The Unearthly Child Podcast
- Description:
- With a rather different perspective on Doctor Who and its fandom, teenage James shares his interesting views on the captivating science-fiction series.
Homepage: http://unearthlychildpodcast.com
RSS Feed: http://unearthlychildpodcast.com/feed.rss
- Episodes:
- 51
- Average Episode Duration:
- 0:0:17:54
- Longest Episode Duration:
- 0:0:53:52
- Total Duration of all Episodes:
- 0 days, 15 hours, 12 minutes and 50 seconds
- Earliest Episode:
- 27 April 2010 (10:50pm GMT)
- Latest Episode:
- 30 March 2013 (11:55pm GMT)
- Average Time Between Episodes:
- 20 days, 22 hours, 36 minutes and 34 seconds
The Unearthly Child Podcast Episodes
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051 - Rose
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 20 minutes and 22 secondsAfter two years I have returned with a new mission: to find out once and for all why RTD-era Doctor Who was so much better than Moffat-era Doctor Who. We start our journey through the series with Rose, first broadcast on TV 10 years ago to this day.
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050 - The Unearthly Child Podcast: The Angels Take Manhattan and The Snowmen
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 23 minutes and 39 secondsI've caught up just in time: in this episode I review episodes 5 and 6 of this series, The Angels Take Manhattan and The Snowmen, the Christmas special.
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049 - The Unearthly Child Podcast: A Town Called Mercy and The Power of Three
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 27 minutes and 56 secondsWith just a week to go until Doctor Who returns to our screens, A Town Called Mercy and The Power of Three are reviewed this week. Download to find out what I thought of them!
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048 - The Unearthly Child Podcast: Asylum of the Daleks and Dinosaurs on a Spaceship
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 27 minutes and 2 secondsThe second part of the Season 33 is almost upon us, so it's an appropriate time for me to catch up. This week I review Asylum of the Daleks and Dinosaurs on a Spaceship, the first two episodes of this series. Listen to find out if I preferred the Daleks' return or the celestial lizards...
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047 - The Unearthly Child Podcast: The Monster of Peladon
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 22 minutes and 55 secondsFollowing on from last episode, I watched the sequel to Curse: 1974's The Monster of Peladon. Did the fusion of an old setting with a new plot make this serial any good?
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046 - The Unearthly Child Podcast: The Curse of Peladon
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 19 minutes and 0 secondsThe hiatus is over. It's Doctor Who's 49th birthday, and to celebrate a brand new episode of The Unearthly Child Podcast has been produced - and now you can hear it. Today's topic is 1972's The Curse of Peladon. The Doctor and Jo arrive on Peladon and are mistaken for representatives from Earth. The death of the planet's High Priest sparks fears about the legend of Aggedor, a fearsome monster now thought extinct.
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045 - The Unearthly Child Podcast: Night Terrors
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 15 minutes and 12 secondsIt's the battle of the episode nines this week as Doctor Who's "Night Terrors" does battle against Torchwood's "The Gathering".
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044 - The Unearthly Child Podcast: Let's Kill Hitler
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 17 minutes and 42 secondsDoctor Who is back in last Saturday's Let's Kill Hitler, so I'm hear to tell you all what I thought. I also talk about the eighth episode of Torchwood: Miracle Day.
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043 - The Unearthly Child Podcast: Torchwood and Doctor Who catchup
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 15 minutes and 27 secondsAfter a break, I'm back to catch up with the ongoing series of Torchwood, and to display my thoughts on the imminent new episodes of Doctor Who.
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042 - The Unearthly Child Podcast: Torchwood: Miracle Day Parts 1 and 2
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 15 minutes and 47 secondsThis week I have reviews of the first two episodes of the brand new series of spin-off series Torchwood, Miracle Day.
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041 - The Unearthly Child Podcast: The Space Museum
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 12 minutes and 48 secondsWe hop back in time to 1965 this week as I watch The Space Museum for the first time, and then give you my thoughts.
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040 - The Unearthly Child Podcast: Series 32.1 Review
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 53 minutes and 52 secondsThis week on The Unearthly Child Podcast, I review the ups and downs of Series 32, with the help of guest co-host Adam from The 20MB Doctor Who Podcast.
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039 - The Unearthly Child Podcast: Genesis of the Daleks
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 13 minutes and 26 seconds"Genesis of the Daleks" is possibly one of the all-time best episodes of Doctor Who, or so I'm often told. But did I agree? Was this story's themes enough to satisfy my 21st-century thirst for action?
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038 - The Unearthly Child Podcast: A Good Man Goes to War
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 12 minutes and 41 secondsThere were huge expectations going into this supposed "mid-series finale", if such an oxymoron may even be allowed to be brought into existence. But was I pleased with "A Good Man Goes to War?"
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037 - The Unearthly Child Podcast: The Almost People
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 14 minutes and 14 secondsI can barely contain my feelings on this week's Doctor Who episode: "The Almost People" in Episode 37 of The Unearthly Child Podcast.
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036 - The Unearthly Child Podcast: The Rebel Flesh
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 14 minutes and 31 secondsIs "The Rebel Flesh" even worse than writer Matthew Graham's first attempt at Doctor Who: "Fear Her"? Find out what I think here...
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035 - The Unearthly Child Podcast: The Doctor's Wife
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 14 minutes and 3 secondsA controversial title led to a brilliant episode this week as I review "The Doctor's Wife".
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034 - The Unearthly Child Podcast: The Curse of the Black Spot
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 12 minutes and 58 secondsPirates ahoy! in this week's Doctor Who, and my thoughts on the episode are presented in this Unearthly Child Podcast.
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033 - The Unearthly Child Podcast: Day of the Moon
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 12 minutes and 21 secondsThe series opener of Doctor Who continued apace into its second episode. What did I think of the plot's twists and turns? Can Steven Moffat ever be forgiven?
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032 - The Unearthly Child Podcast: The Impossible Astronaut
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 19 minutes and 12 secondsDoctor Who is back and so are weekly episodes here at The Unearthly Child Podcast. This week I talk about the good and the bad of series premiere "The Impossible Astronaut"; and also a mention of one Elisabeth Sladen.
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031 - The Unearthly Child Podcast: The Time Monster
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 13 minutes and 21 secondsOn this day (the sixth anniversary of Doctor Who's return, don't you know), this episode I bring you my insightful thoughts towards 1972 serial The Time Monster.
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030 - The Unearthly Child Podcast: The Dominators
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 15 minutes and 52 secondsSecond Doctor story The Dominators has received mixed reviews in the past, but I watched it with a pair of fresh eyes. Did this alter what my response was to the episode? Listen to find out!
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029 - The Unearthly Child Podcast: The Movie and New Earth
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 17 minutes and 58 secondsTwo stories are covered in this episode - the 1996 TV Movie starring Paul McGann; and David Tennant's second story "New Earth". I've not really liked either in the past, so what do I think of them on reflection?
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028 - The Unearthly Child Podcast: The Sontaran Experiment
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 13 minutes and 33 secondsMy run-through of classic Doctor Who continues on apace with this week's episode regarding 1975 story "The Sontaran Experiment". Did I think it was a classic or a clunker? You'll have to listen to find out...
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027 - The Unearthly Child Podcast: A Christmas Carol
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 17 minutes and 28 secondsIt's the start of a new year, and as we must we start by looking back at the old, and the 2010 Christmas Special A Christmas Carol. It was Christmassy as ever but imaginatively written, as I discuss in this week's The Unearthly Child Podcast.
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026 - The Unearthly Child Podcast: Christmas!
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 12 minutes and 45 secondsIt's just one day until Christmas and the Doctor Who special A Christmas Carol so I preview that episode in this episode, as well as talking about the Australian TV series K9.
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- 0:00:00 Intro
- 0:01:35 A Christmas Carol
- 0:09:09 K9
- 0:11:13 Closing
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025 - The Unearthly Child Podcast: The Ark in Space
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 16 minutes and 54 secondsAs Christmas approaches, there is build-up for A Christmas Carol in the news section, while I tell you what my thoughts were on watching The Ark in Space for the very first time...
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- 0:00:00 Intro
- 0:01:44 The Ark in Space
- 0:07:23 News
- 0:13:36 Various pleas
- 0:15:18 Closing
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024 - The Unearthly Child Podcast: SJA and Christmas
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 20 minutes and 49 secondsWe're back! Or at least, I am. After a slightly-longer-than-usual gap (sorry about that), I have no fewer than three Sarah Jane stories to talk about: The Empty Planet, Lost in Time, and Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith. Which did I like, and which didn't I?
We also cover some of the more important news from the last three weeks, including soundtrack CDs and a trailer for the Christmas Special, A Christmas Carol, and even a discussion of Matt Smith's appearance on American TV.
Sections
- 0:00:00 Intro
- 0:02:00 The Empty Planet
- 0:05:29 Lost in Time
- 0:09:27 Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith
- 0:11:46 News
- 0:19:24 Outro
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023 - The Unearthly Child Podcast: RegenerGate and Sarah Jane
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 22 minutes and 21 secondsIn the covering of recent Sarah Jane Adventures stories The Vault of Secrets and Death of the Doctor, there are such interesting tangents such as spoilers in trailers and the infamous RegenerGate itself.
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- 0:00:00 Intro
- 0:01:27 The Vault of Secrets
- 0:07:18 Death of the Doctor
- 0:12:49 RegenerGate
- 0:16:45 News
- 0:19:24 Outro
- 0:21:00 Promo for The 20MB Doctor Who Podcast
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- Doctor Who News Page (http://www.doctorwhonews.com)
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022 - The Nightmare Man
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 11 minutes and 58 secondsA short episode this week as I discuss The Nightmare Man, the first story of the new Sarah Jane Adventures series, as well as taking a dive into the surprisingly shallow news basket from the past fortnight.
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- 0:00:00 Intro
- 0:01:22 The Nightmare Man
- 0:08:35 News
- 0:10:33 Outro
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- Doctor Who News Page (http://www.doctorwhonews.com)
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021 - The Unearthly Child Podcast - Sarah Jane, TARDIS, and more...
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 19 minutes and 55 secondsWith eight days to go until series four of The Sarah Jane Adventures, I cover the first three series and reveal what I'm hoping for from the fourth. I also review the third Adventure Game, TARDIS, and look back at the recent news. There's also some feedback from none other than Adam from the 20mb Doctor Who Podcast.
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- 0:00:00 Intro
- 0:01:20 Discussion of The Sarah Jane Adventures
- 0:09:22 Doctor Who Adventure Game - TARDIS
- 0:12:50 The last two weeks' worth of news
- 0:16:39 Feedback from Adam Pearson
- 0:18:18 Outro
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- Doctor Who News Page (http://www.doctorwhonews.com)
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020 - The Unearthly Child Podcast - Robot
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 23 minutes and 0 secondsI move on to the Tom Baker's Fourth Doctor, and tell you what my first impressions were of his first story, Robot. There's also all the news from the last couple of weeks.
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- 0:00:00 Intro
- 0:00:46 Review of Robot
- 0:07:48 Plea for feedback
- 0:08:36 Podcast announcement
- 0:09:20 2011 series news
- 0:11:57 The Sarah Jane Adventures news
- 0:12:49 Miscellaneous news
- 0:20:15 Plea for donations
- 0:21:34 Outro
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- Preview clip from "Death of the Doctor" (http://amplify.com/u/aoiq)
- Official BBC Dalek Blueprints (http://dvice.com/archives/2010/09/official-bbc-bl.php)
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- Where I gets me my news (http://www.doctorwhonews.com)
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019 - The Unearthly Child Podcast
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 13 minutes and 30 secondsThere's been one or two rather major announcements in the world of Doctor Who in the last week, and after covering those, I also talk about some of the other news. I also speak about how I first became a Doctor Who fan, back in 2005.
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* 0:00:00 Intro
* 0:01:13 Major news
* 0:04:10 Less important news
* 0:06:18 Rest of the news
* 0:09:18 How I became a Doctor Who fan
* 0:11:46 OutroLinks
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018 - The Unearthly Child Podcast: News and Stuff
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 15 minutes and 16 secondsI catch up with all the news that matters (or doesn't) from the last few weeks while I was away and then talk about some other stuff. Please send any comments or feedback to unearthlychildpodcast@gmail.com
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017 - The Unearthly Child Podcast: Planet of the Daleks
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 19 minutes and 11 secondsIn the last episode for a few weeks, I tell you what I thought of the Terry Nation story Planet of the Daleks, as well as some interesting titbits of news from the last week. Please send any comments or feedback to unearthlychildpodcast@gmail.com
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016 - The Unearthly Child Podcast: Frontier in Space
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 15 minutes and 1 secondThe looooong wait until Christmas continues with this week's retrospective look at the 1973 classic story Frontier in Space. With its political themes of empires on the brink of war, I tell you what my first impressions were of these six episodes. Please send any comments or feedback to unearthlychildpodcast@gmail.com
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015 - The Unearthly Child Podcast: Season 31 Overview Part 2
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 22 minutes and 9 secondsI continue my look back at the most recent series of Doctor Who. In this episode, part 2 of 2, I discuss my least favourite episodes from this season, as well as the characters, and what we could be looking forward to. Please send any comments or feedback to unearthlychildpodcast@gmail.com
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014 - The Unearthly Child Podcast: Season 31 Overview Part 1
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 24 minutes and 27 secondsWe kick-start the long wait until Christmas by looking backwards at the most recent series of Doctor Who. In Part 1 of 2, I discuss the overall themes of the series, the cinematography, and which episodes I enjoyed watching the most. Please send any comments or feedback to unearthlychildpodcast@gmail.com
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013 - The Unearthly Child Podcast: G Sharp
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 11 minutes and 34 secondsI've just got for you a quick mini-episode this week, just to keep you up to date, and also to review the recent Doctor Who Adventure Game Blood of the Cybermen. Scary! Please send any comments or feedback to unearthlychildpodcast@gmail.com
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012 - The Unearthly Child Podcast: Geronimo!
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 18 minutes and 9 secondsSeries Fnarg is now over! Whatever shall we do?! Well, first, let's discuss the series finale The Big Bang - the conclusion to both The Pandorica Opens and all of series Fnarg. Absolutely beautiful scenes interspersed this well-written episode, and that's not all that I talk about today. There's also the news regarding The Sarah Jane Adventures, Matt Smith at Glastonbury, and much more! Links: Matt Smith & Orbital at Glastonbury (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CsRspuC-TI) Please send any comments or feedback to unearthlychildpodcast@gmail.com
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011 - The Unearthly Child Podcast: Dalek Double Dosage
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 20 minutes and 34 secondsI talk about not one, but two, recent episodes of Doctor Who today, each featuring the Daleks. The first is the recent epic that aired on BBC TV, The Pandorica Opens. The second is the extremely fun computer game City of the Daleks, which will soon be available outside of the UK. Throw in a bit of news and you've got a great episode of The Unearthly Child Podcast. Please send any comments or feedback to unearthlychildpodcast@gmail.com
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010 - The Unearthly Child Podcast: Stick-less
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 20 minutes and 34 secondsI was less than supportive of this episode of Doctor Who, The Lodger, because of its lack of coherent or connected plot and the football. Mostly the football. Please send any comments or feedback to unearthlychildpodcast@gmail.com
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009 - The Unearthly Child Podcast: Fun Rooster
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 19 minutes and 30 secondsLooking back at this week's less-than-spectacular episode, Vincent and the Doctor, I dicuss whether this was really a Doctor Who episode or another Richard Curtis film. Please send any comments or feedback to unearthlychildpodcast@gmail.com
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008 - The Unearthly Child Podcast: Honestly Absurd
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 21 minutes and 36 seconds"I've got to be honest with you, son," said Mo, in a mildly Welsh accent, "we're in the centre of the Earth, and there are lizard men." Best. Quotation. Ever. The "lizard men" of course refers to the Silurians, who last week made their re-appearance in Doctor Who in the two parter of The Hungry Earth and Cold Blood. I use this podcast to tell you what I thought about these episodes, and some recent news. Please send any comments or feedback to unearthlychildpodcast@gmail.com
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007 - The Unearthly Child Podcast: Hostile Diversions
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 19 minutes and 0 secondsThere was Doctor Who on telly on Saturday night? Nobody told me! I was watching some 4-hour epic war film from 1969. It's really different to other war films, because it's about these aliens who have stolen loads of different wars and are playing games with them, and- Alright, it's The War Games, but you get the message. This episode, I recorded outside. I'd be interested to know whether you think this improved or reduced the quality of the podcast. Please send me those thoughts, and any other comments you have, to unearthlychildpodcast@gmail.com
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006 - The Unearthly Child Podcast: Tweet Tweet
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 16 minutes and 1 secondHow fabulously stupendously brilliantly amazing was Amy's Choice? I'll tell you how amazing - very amazing! Listen to the podcast to find out more... You can email me feedback and comments at unearthlychildpodcast@gmail.com or visit unearthlychildpodcast.com for the latest updates.
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005 - The Unearthly Child Podcast: Telegraphed Delights
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 11 minutes and 37 secondsTaking advantage of all the free stuff I can get with newspapers, I take a listen to BBC Audio's recent Matt Smith reading, The Runaway Train. You can email me feedback and comments at unearthlychildpodcast@gmail.com or visit unearthlychildpodcast.com for the latest updates.
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004 - The Unearthly Child Podcast: Your Mum
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 15 minutes and 48 secondsDid I like the most recent episode, The Vampires of Venice? Did I not? You'll have to listen to find out. I also see what's been in the news recently. You can email me feedback and comments at unearthlychildpodcast@gmail.com or visit unearthlychildpodcast.com for the latest updates.
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003 - The Unearthly Child Podcast: Do. Not. Blink.
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 14 minutes and 33 secondsCatching up with the new series, I take a look at perhaps the best two-parter the series has put out since 2005, The Time of Angels and Flesh and Stone. I also see what's been in the news recently. Links - Graham Norton Show clip (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnpZS_54uoA) You can email me feedback and comments at unearthlychildpodcast@gmail.com or visit unearthlychildpodcast.com for the latest updates.
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002 - The Unearthly Child Podcast: Basically, Run.
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 18 minutes and 55 secondsIn this episode, I look back at Matt Smith's first three episodes: The Eleventh Hour, The Beast Below, and Victory of the Daleks. You can email me feedback and comments at unearthlychildpodcast@gmail.com or visit unearthlychildpodcast.com for the latest updates.