Posts tagged podcasts
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!
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The Ood Cast: Episood Six – The End of Time (Part 2)
Feb 22nd
“Perhaps it’s time. This is only the furthest edge of the Time War. But at its heart, millions die every second. Lost in bloodlust and insanity. With Time itself then resurrecting them, to find new ways of dying, over and over again. We have become a travesty of life. Isn’t it better to end it? At last?”
The end of an era, the passing of a baton. Another man saunters off.
This week, the intrepid crew of the Ood Cast tackle the final episode of the Tenth Doctor’s reign.
We took advice from Tom Baker’s final words as the Doctor (“It is the end. But the moment has been prepared for”) and made sure we all had drinks and snacks to take our minds off the upsetting events that unfolded on the screen.
It was the end. And we had certainly prepared for it. So well, in fact, that we were able to record a podcast afterwards.
So, listen in to see which of us was teary-eyed, which was just a bit ticked off that he took so long to actually shuffle off his tenth mortal coil, and just how much of that last sentence I invented…
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The Ood Cast: Episood Five – The End of Time (Part 1)
Feb 15th
It is said that in the final days of Planet Earth, everyone had bad dreams…
To the west of the north of that world, the human race did gather in celebration of a pagan rite. To banish the cold and the dark.
Each and every one of those people had dreamt of the terrible things to come. But they forgot, because they must. They forgot their nightmares, of fire, and war, and insanity.
They forgot. Except for four…
Legends tell that these four intrepid humans used their rememberances only for good. To guard against evil, protect against invasion.
But the legends are wrong.
They used it to record a podcast.
And this week, in Episood 5, we look at the End of Time (Part 1).
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The Ood Cast: Episood Four – The Waters of Mars
Feb 8th
Tap tap tap tap.
Tap tap tap tap.
Do you remember the old days of “Classic Who”? You know, the days when budgets were the size of your mum’s weekly housekeeping allowance which meant that stories were claustrophobic and terrifying, even when the monsters occasionally seemed to be constructed from items you saw her making a cake with the week before?
No? Well, it doesn’t matter… Not all of us do either. But we’ve seen a lot of it on VHS…
But Who and isolated bases on the surface of a foreign planet is a marriage made in heaven, right?
Download the newest episood to find out what happened after we watched The Waters of Mars in a darkened room, complete with a few glasses of liquid handy, which members of our happy band then refused to touch a drink for considerable time afterwards.
Oh, and to find out what exactly caused an argument that might yet cause the premature end of the podcast …
Save your tissues though, because we’ve almost got to the final of the 5 death rattles Mssrs Tennant and Davies served up for our viewing pleasure. And those were where the real tear-jerking moments were… (well, that’s what it said in the Radio Times…)
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The Ood Cast: Episood Three – Planet of the Dead
Feb 1st
It’s episode three of The Ood Cast and this week we’re talking about the first installment in the ‘He will knock 4 times’ saga that ends the Tenth Doctor’s life – the aptly named Planet of the Dead.
Flies in boiler suits, dodgy CGI, a wrecked double decker bus, Lara Croft and fires of iniquity all feature in our rambling review of the story. Allies are made, old enemies revealed and friendships tested – and that’s just during the podcast. The story itself is even more exciting.
Join us as we discuss cinematography, production logistics, morality, travel cards and Laura’s huge crush on David Tennant.
Next week: The Waters of Mars and one almighty bust up that threatens to destroy the Ood Cast.
Forever.
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The Ood Cast: Episood One – Beginnings
Jan 19th
Chris Fosten writes:
It’s here. The Ood Cast: Episood 1. (That’s right, we’re busting out puns right from the get go – that’s just how we roll.)
The most important thing we want everyone to know before we start (and we say it on the podcast too) is that we love the show. Utterly. Even when we are disappointed by what we see, we love it.
Even, it seems, when we have quite large, uber-geeky reasons for never wanting to see that hour of TV again, we still do. And we still go and buy the DVDs.
Because, to us, Doctor Who isn’t something we can take or leave. It’s almost the thing that has been with us since we were wee bairns in the highlands. Or small children from the south of England (delete according to the way you wish to think of us).
In the words of countless Mitchell characters in Eastenders (so I’m told), “It’s family”. And it is.
Chris has said on this very blog that the Doctor has had a massive effect on the way he chose to do things (I’m still a little unsure about the blazer and the celery in the lapel, although I’m sure we’ll all get used to it), but for the three of us who make up the male contingent of the podcast, it’s something that rings a – cloister – bell. (Ha! See what I did there?! Oh, never mind)
Laura brings a fresh and sharp view to proceedings to prove that we are just old school idiots sometimes. And that sometimes we do have a point. But not all the time.
We would readily admit that we are sometimes critical. But it’s simply, and only, because we love the show and like to sit around daydreaming about what we’d like to see happen next, or how something should be done.
That could be just me.
And sometimes, life really doesn’t come to any harm if you ask a few questions about things.
Join us for our little journeys through (limited) Time and (cramped) Space. We’d all love you to.
This song is ending, but the story never ends … I’m kidding, that was a terrible line.
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The Stairwell Recommends: Podcasts & Leisure Wear
Jan 13th
Today, I’d like to bring everyone’s attention to the numerous advantages of the humble podcast.
These are as follows:
1. They’re free.
2. They feature a wide range of the world’s best comedians, thinkers and assorted artistic types.
3. They’re free.
I can’t for the life of me work out why they’re not more popular. There are podcasts out there that dance all over the faces of the vast majority of mainstream comedy shows. Being independently produced they are also blissfully unconcerned with the sort of stuff that habitually leads to creative stagnation – money, demographics, marketing, pandering to the lowest common denominator … right through to coherence and sanity. Of course it’s a continuum like any other sort of broadcast media but generally speaking you can find more genuinely original, challenging content on a podcast than can be found anywhere in the TV schedules .
Want some recommendations? Thought you’d never ask. These can all be found on iTunes as I guess it’s the most well know podcatcher but if you get the podcasting-bug don’t be afraid to check out some of the independent sites.
Okay so …
Daniel Kitson – This guy is awesome. He’s one of those stand-ups that never quite got the national acclaim of middle of the road comedians like Michael McIntyre and Peter Kay but he’s incredibly sharp and really funny. He reminds me of Jim.
Only funny, like I said.
Carpool – The guy who played Kryten, Robert Llewellyn, in Red Dwarf gives celebrities lifts in his car and then has a chat with them on the way. Surreal but brilliant.
Mark Kermode – Best film critic ever.
Adam & Joe – This is probably the most consistently funny podcast I’ve ever listened to and regularly makes me laugh out loud. They are both hugely talented. Song Wars – where they challenge each other to make up songs around different themes each week is particularly awesome.
As It Occurs To Me – Richard Herring wrote and recorded these, one a week, for 10 weeks and then released them unedited. He used no pre-written material, finding things during the week to generate content. By the end it’s more like a fever dream than a comedy show. But the person having the dream is very funny so it’s also incredibly compulsive to listen to.
Penny Arcade: Dungeons & Dragons Podcast – This is a real oddity. The guys who run Penny Arcade sit down to play a new version of Dungeons & Dragons. One of them has never played a role playing game before. They then proceed to rip the piss out of their earnest Dungeon master for the next few hours. “I am Jim Darkmagic. Of the New Hampshire Darkmagics.” It’s really, really funny.
The Odd Cast – “Listening to this podcast is like being down the pub with your best friends – the conversations are not always coherent but you can be sure of some witty banter with some film, tv, life, love and comedy put-downs all thrown in.” Not my words, the words of an anonymous iTunes reviewer (which might possibly have been us).
Also – Leisure Wear – like pyjamas but warmer. I love my new trousers. I’m telling you, Leisure Wear is the way forwards.
