Posts tagged comedy
The Ood Cast S02E18 – Wibbley Wobbly What?
Jul 8th
“I’m going to sex it right up … like a sexy bent shoe.”
That’s what happens when you leave two recently engaged Who fans alone with a microphone …
This week, Chris Sigma and Laura present a whole hodge podge of tidbits scattered from the final two episodes, present the winner of the lyrics competition, discover just how tantalising a cup of tea can be and listen to the existential crisis of a Star Whale. It’s a bit schitzophrenic- but with a person who’s had ten other personalities being our starting point, who can blame us?
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 24:57 — 23.1MB)
The Ood Cast S02E17 – The Big Shebang
Jul 1st
“It’s like dissecting a kitten. It’s just not as cute when it’s all in bits everywhere …”
On this week’s bumper and rather euphoric Ood Cast, the reverie of a season finale goes to our heads … or is that the wine?
Either way, we have loads of fun, and its probably unintelligible to anyone who wasn’t there. Sorry about that. Well, we’re not – you don’t have to pay for this …
As well as our late discussion of whether Steven Moffat pulled off his first attempt at a finale, we have a bit of a nose around a museum gallery of unusual fossils, find out how Rory gets on at a job interview, drop in on the results of the fire safety investigation into the TARDIS explosion and see how many of us it takes to stop Andy talking his way through the entire show.
We’re almost at the end of our season, with the finale just around the corner … but are we threatened by how good The Big Bang was?
You bet we are…
(This episode also features guest artwork by the extremely talented Mr Jonathan Monkhouse)
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 38:10 — 35.3MB)
The Ood Cast S02E16 – Childish Things
Jun 23rd
“He fall into the crack and he never come back … that’s a-Rorrrrrrry …”
This week, the Ood Cast try and ignore the temptation to run around screaming like excited children (we did that after the recording had finished) and take a trip into a land of childhood memories and councils of war …
We see what would happen if the Anti-Doctor coalition had picked a different book from Amy’s shelves and our helpful fly-on-the-wall learns how all those different species put aside their differences to trap their slippery target.
We find time to talk about The Pandorica Opens too, of course, and the weekly song makes a triumphant return …
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 31:38 — 29.3MB)
The Ood Cast S02E15 – Bigger on the Offside
Jun 16th
“I’m trying to think of a biscuit that rhymes with Pandorica …”
On this week’s sparkling Ood Cast, we embrace World Cup fever … and talk about “The Lodger”.
Join us as we find out what happened when the footballing might of Gallifrey’s sole player took on the ringers of Skaro’s planetary playmakers; blow the whistle on a secret habit that the Littlest Doctor thought he had hidden from everyone; discover what some football pundits made of James Corden’s constant presence on our screens at the weekend, sympathise with Laura’s sore throat, get slightly put off by the Master of theatrical gestures and also hear what topical thing Alpha thinks should be in the next series of Who.
So, squeeze yourself through those turnstiles, get a mug of bovril and settle down for kick off with the Ood Cast.
Plunger ball!
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 34:58 — 32.3MB)
The Ood Cast S02E14 – Art
Jun 9th
“Finger nails are good at scratching …”
In this week’s Ood Cast, a host of stars…
We join Richard Curtis as he receives some feedback on his first draft of Vincent and the Doctor, talk about beauty and colour and other giant horse-turkey related nonsense and tag along with a tour of a rather interesting gallery.
And we’re joined by a star completely of his own making: Laura’s dad – who blows us away (like pencil shavings on his sketch pad) with this week’s song.
All that, plus the Ood Cast news and a very special visit from a tiny scale model TARDIS … carrying the one and only Littlest Doctor.
How can you not join us?
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 37:37 — 34.9MB)
The Ood Cast S02E12 – Onwards & Downwards
May 26th
“Right, we’re going to convert this woman, but we’ll start with the bikini areas …”
This week on The Ood Cast, we all go a bit mental. There’s a review of “The Hungry Earth” in which we mercilessly rip into Chris Chibnall before all agreeing that we rather liked the episode and some truly terrifying accent work.
Laura explains why Jon Pertwee reminds her of a sheep that does taekwondo, Andy makes one too many pun-based Dad jokes, Alpha educates us on the provenance of the Silurians and Sigma delves into the psychological differences between men and women when watching scenes involving physical pain.
There’s also some made up news, a subterranean job interview, a visit to the British Secret Service, a segment set behind the scenes at a Doctor Who production meeting and the results of our Underground song competition.
Did you miss us?
So much.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 27:53 — 25.9MB)
The Ood Cast S02E10 – Underwater Love
May 12th
“Funny how you can say something in your head, and it sounds … fine.”
We sharpen up our canines in this week’s Ood Cast – and that’s got nothing to do with dogs and pencil sharpeners…
Join us to revel in Venetian wonder as we find out what the aftermath of the freak weather was for gondoliers, and how this event affected the course of opera… We drop in on another parents’ evening and hear what happened when a popular fishing programme took the show over to the waterways of Italy.
And that’s as well as the usual mix of Ood Cast news, songs and aural dance…
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 37:45 — 34.9MB)
The Ood Cast S02E09 – More Death, Vicar?
May 5th
“Only in Doctor Who would you have a conversation … with a man in the process of having his neck snapped.”
Pull up a comfy chair and relax – it’s nice in here …
In this week’s Ood Cast, we treat you so very, very well. As well as the regular news and the usual review, we explore the musical side to the Byzantium with two songs – TWO!
We do actually talk a bit about Flesh and Stone too, as well as grabbing a sneaky peek at the future of Church fetes, and maybe … just maybe, there’s a Myrka joke hiding in there somewhere …
So, pour yourself something to calm the nerves and have a listen …
We’ll get you sorted out.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 31:53 — 29.5MB)
The Ood Cast S02E02 – Geeky Nuts & Bolts
Mar 17th
“I like to think of the Doctor as a Liver Fluke. Now if you don’t know what a Liver Fluke is, it looks a bit like a fried mushroom and you tend to find them in abattoirs …”
This week on the Ood Cast we discuss Chris’ attempt at a unified theory of time travel within the Doctor Who universe. That’s right, we spend half an hour earnestly debating a fictional concept. That’s how we roll on the Ood sphere. Apparently.
Despite acknowledging early on that the real reason that Doctor Who’s approach to time travel doesn’t make sense is because the writers make it up as they go along, we press on regardless and come up with a pretty reasonable explanation that encompasses water mazes, fixed points in time, a technological reading of evolution, calcified internal organs and the fact that the Doctor is probably part-TARDIS.
Bon appetit!
P.S We believe our theory of time travel to be bullet proof and challenge you to find examples that prove us wrong. Write to us at oodcast@me.com or at www.facebook.com/theoodcast. Or you could address your tweet to @theoodcast. Go on … we dare you.
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The Ood Cast S02E01 – Four Doctors & a Funeral
Mar 10th
“There’s texture to it, there’s weirdness to it, there’s a Hinchcliffe Doctor Who-ness about it.”
And so with the grinding and wheezing of millennia-old engines, the second season of the Ood Cast pulls itself into corporeal existence. This week on the show we get a bit over-excited about the new series, wave aside petty disputes about season numbers and bow ties, reaffirm our mission statement to be a force for optimism and enthusiasm in Doctor Who fandom and then spoil it all by talking about James Corden. We then descend into a heated discussion about things that are pink and deadly. Plus, in an Ood Cast exclusive, we present an audio trailer for Richard Curtis’ episode of the new series. All this and a jingle about geeky pedantry.
Classic Ood Cast!
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:36 — 27.3MB)
