Two-minute Time Lord
- Description:
- Two-minute Time Lord is a commentary podcast about the BBC ' s popular family science fiction program, Doctor Who. We ' ll try to keep this context in mind as we review episodes, comment on the news of the moment, and otherwise pontificate: Doctor Who is not FOR a thirtysomething podcaster. It ' s for that nine-year-old behind the sofa. But his or her mum and dad have been invited along for the ride, as are those of us who were kids when Peter Davison first picked up a cricket bat. And we ' ll keep it to two minutes, because we ' re ALL in a hurry.
Homepage: http://twominutetimelord.com/wp
RSS Feed: http://twominutetimelord.com/wp/?feed=podcast
- Episodes:
- 373
- Average Episode Duration:
- 0:0:07:03
- Longest Episode Duration:
- 0:1:35:17
- Total Duration of all Episodes:
- 1 days, 19 hours, 50 minutes and 53 seconds
- Earliest Episode:
- 13 June 2025 (1:14am GMT)
- Latest Episode:
- 13 April 2025 (12:55am GMT)
- Average Time Between Episodes:
- 14 days, 15 hours, 26 minutes and 14 seconds
Two-minute Time Lord Episodes
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2MTL 148: Plan B for Watching Doctor Who Internationally
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 3 minutes and 25 secondsFor about as long as I've been podcasting, I've been on the warpath seeking the international release of Doctor Who episodes as close to the BBC One airdate as possible. I'm forced to admit that may not be practical most of the time for smaller networks such as BBC America.
So here's my Modest Proposal for Plan B: more-expensive premium downloads of the episodes as soon as they've aired on BBC One, before they hit the international networks. Give a listen for the details, and let me know what you think.
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2MTL 147: Revisiting "Vincent and the Doctor"
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 3 minutes and 4 secondsWhile the U.K. suffers the beginning of the Long Night Without Doctor Who, the U.S. and Canada have only gotten around to "Vincent and the Doctor," very much an outlier among the whole of Series 5. Thoughts about character development, starry nights and Fandom Wars (TM) within!
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2MTL 146: Uncle Erik Explains "The Big Bang"
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 7 minutes and 0 secondsAn aggrieved Erik from Bridging the Rift joins me for a lightning round of answers to supposedly unanswered questions that were answered in "The Big Bang."
Did you get that?
Bridging the Rift is a podcast dedicated to Doctor Who fandom, fan culture and creative pursuits.
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2MTL 145: Comedian Toby Hadoke Reviews "The Big Bang"
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 11 minutes and 44 secondsComedian and Friend of 2MTL Toby Hadoke hopped on Skype with me thirty minutes after "The Big Bang" and reviewed it!
Toby's the creator of "Moths Ate My Doctor Who Scarf," and the upcoming "Now I Know My BBC." He's also writing with Rob Shearman "Running Through Corridors," a memoir of reviewing every Doctor Who episode within a year.
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2MTL 144: Series 5 Was Made for the Box Set
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 3 minutes and 11 secondsI'm seeing a parallel between Babylon 5 and the current series of Doctor Who, in the driving, defining nature of the story arc being carried through the thirteen episodes. Is this a good thing?
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2MTL 143: SPOILERS - Tony Lee Reviews "The Pandorica Opens"
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 9 minutes and 51 secondsDoctor Who comics writer and FRIEND OF 2MTL* Tony Lee reviews "The Pandorica Opens"!
* "Friend of…" is a registered trademark of Radio Free Skaro, used without permission. So there.
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2MTL 142: SPOILERS - James from Creeping With Armstrong Reviews "The Lodger"
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 5 minutes and 11 secondsPop culture/bromance podcast Creeping with Armstrong's co-host James takes a spin on 2MTL to review "The Lodger." Programming note: this is the LAST weekly U.K. guest review to feature a podcaster. The next two guest reviewers will be — different.
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2MTL 141: Torchwood, Y'all! (Redux)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 2 minutes and 51 secondsThoughts about Torchwood's new international flavor (spelled without a "u") and a spoiler-free note about the BBC's press synopsis for this year's finale round out today's podcast!
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2MTL 140: Character Development and "Amy's Choice"
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 2 minutes and 49 seconds"Amy's Choice" was a powerful piece of storytelling, offering a fundamental insight into the Doctor's character, and a significant turning point for Amy. The character development was welcome after a first half of the series that seemed overly efficient in its characterization.
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2MTL 139: Luke from TMDWP Reviews "Vincent and the Doctor"
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 3 minutes and 10 secondsLuke from the ever-visual TMDWP — The Minute (MY-newt) Doctor Who Podcast — takes his turn in the guest chair with two minutes on "Vincent and the Doctor."
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2MTL 138: The Doctor Chooses a Personality
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 2 minutes and 53 secondsIn 2MTL 136 we noted this new Doctor's increased alienness and, more importantly, his decreased ability to relate to the people around him. In today's podcast, we look within the fiction for a reason why.
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Two Minutes About Radio Free Skaro
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 2 minutes and 0 secondsBuried somewhere there in the back of their TWO-HOUR EPIC are my good wishes for the Radio Free Skaro crew, who just released their 200th "official" podcast. Let me share them here as well, in exactly two minutes. Helpful advance info: Chris is the guy who's talked about having a T-shirt made: "My Doctor is Asexual."
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2MTL 137: SPOILERS - James from The Doctor Who Podcast Reviews "Cold Blood"
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 4 minutes and 35 secondsJames from THE* and the Dad's Army Podcast takes his turn in the chair for his review of "Cold Blood."
* (I'm starting a campaign here and now — just as 2MTL is short for Two-minute Time Lord, I think the short form for The Doctor Who Podcast should simply be "THE.")
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2MTL 136: An Unearthly Doctor
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 2 minutes and 57 secondsSo what's up with this Eleventh Doctor guy, anyway? It's not just that he's "alien" — it's that his emotional wires are SERIOUSLY crossed….
UPDATE: Where you hear the word "peanut butter" think "marmalade."
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2MTL 135: SPOILERS - The Ood Cast Reviews "The Hungry Earth"
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 6 minutes and 25 secondsIt's an all-singing, all-dancing, review of the Silurians' return in "The Hungry Earth" thanks to Laura and Chris Sigma of The Ood Cast! (@theoodcast on Twitter)
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2MTL 134: TIME DILATION - Paul Cornell on His BBC3 Pilot "Pulse" and Loving Series 5
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 9 minutes and 30 secondsMemorize this Twitter hashtag: #pulsebbc3. 'Cos like Being Human before it, Paul Cornell's new pilot project — the science fiction/medical horror show Pulse (Facebook link) — has a chance to be picked up as a full series if the online reaction is strong enough. Paul talks with me about the show he scripted, and also takes me up on my invitation to gush about Doctor Who Series 5 for a bit.
(Time Dilation episodes of 2MTL put aside the two-minute format temporarily for longer interviews and such. And now you know…the rest of the story.)
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2MTL 133: SPOILERS - Damon Querry Reviews "Amy's Choice"
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 4 minutes and 16 secondsDamon "Tachyon TV" Querry rounds out the triumvirate's series of guest reviews with a look at "Amy's Choice."
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2MTL 132: "The Time of Angels" and the Perils of High Expectations
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 2 minutes and 49 secondsCould "The Time of Angels" live up to the relentless fan adulation, or was I doomed to disappointment because my expectations were just too inflated? Well…at least there was one big development in the Doctor's character that made the episode worthwhile.
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2MTL 131: SPOILER - Nat from Bridging the Rift Reviews "Vampires of Venice"
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 4 minutes and 4 secondsNat from the excellent Bridging the Rift podcast looks at "Vampires of Venice," comparing it to the other standard-length single episodes we've had thus far in Series 5.
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Help Luke Run 10K for Charity in a Tom Baker Scarf
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 3 minutes and 45 secondsHelp Luke Harrison raise funds for worthy charities by supporting him in his 10K run. You can MAKE him do it in a Tom Baker scarf if you act quickly!
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2MTL 130: "Victory of the Daleks" Revisited
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 3 minutes and 6 secondsIn a time of GREATEST EPISODES EVAR, "Victory of the Daleks" meekly peeks its eyestalk out and asks the rest of the world, "Remember me? I wasn't that bad!"
(Big thanks to Mark Goodacre for posting Ross's review in 2MTL #129 while I was away.)
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2MTL 129: SPOILERS - Creeping with Armstrong's Ross Reviews "Flesh and Stone"
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 3 minutes and 18 secondsRoss from Creeping with Armstrong reviews "Flesh and Stone", episode 5 in the 2010 series of Doctor Who. Guest introduction by Mark Goodacre.
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2MTL 128: The Secret to Doctor Who's Success
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 3 minutes and 39 secondsAn easy answer to the success of Doctor Who is that it's not limited by genre — and no doubt that's a big part. But even more important is the mystery of the elevenfold man, the Doctor himself. How does that help hold longtime fans who must inevitably say goodbye to "their" Doctor?