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Two-minute Time Lord is a 2013 Parsec Award-nominated commentary podcast about the BBC\'s popular family science fiction program, Doctor Who, and its spinoffs. 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 n…

Chip Sudderth


    • Oct 22, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 168 EPISODES

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    2MTL 471: Long Time Ago When We Was Fam

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2022 4:33


    2MTL 470: Something Old, Something New

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2022 4:53


    Is RTD2 a nostalgia trip? Some thoughts on last week's announcement of Ncuti Gatwa, today's announcement of Catherine Tate and David Tennant, and the merits of old mistakes vs. new mistakes.

    2MTL 469: TIME DILATION: The Streaming Future of Doctor Who

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2022 19:52


    Jason Snell, co-host of Downstream on Relay FM and head of The Incomparable network of pop culture podcasts, joins me for a look at Doctor Who's future in a world where TV networks struggle to stay relevant and Netflix is losing a bunch of subscribers. The conversation is a "follow-out" from [...]

    2MTL 468: "Legend of the Sea Devils" and Feeling Closer to "Fine"

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2022 3:36


    When you're the sort of person for whom the meaning of "fine" turns from "good enough" to not so much, and maybe you start surrendering to pessimism, even after an honestly revolutionary conversation between Yaz and the Doctor.

    2MTL 467: Parsing Age, Rose/Ten and Thasmin

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2022 4:17


    The most tortured podcast episode title I've ever created, plus my Thasmin wishlist for "Legend of the Sea Devils."

    2MTL 466: New Year's Hangover

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2022 5:54


    Thoughts from the heart about a New Year's special that was a small story, coming at a time when I was struggling to come to terms with the last two years–and how I hope to look at Doctor Who anew following a return to Gallifrey One.

    2MTL 465: Re: Flux ("The Vanquishers")

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2021 6:08


    I'm not entirely sure who "The Vanquishers" applies to, TBH. Anyhoo, I took a little extra time to think about Chapter 6, and Flux as a whole, and why I ultimately think this effort to put eight pounds of plot into a six-pound bag succeeded despite itself.

    2MTL 464: Steeling for the Finale ("Survivors of the Flux")

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2021 5:03


    Tomorrow's the finale. Has the moment been prepared for? Chapter 5 left me a little worried.

    2MTL 463: 2MTL 463: The Power of Blinking Without Blinking (“Village of the Angels”)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2021 3:52


    Recapture the essense of the Weeping Angels from "Blink"? Chibnall and Alderton understood the assignment.

    2MTL 462: Atropositive ("Once, Upon Time")

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2021 4:48


    Space opera? Narrative connections and context emerging? Yes, please: this is the episode that gave me faith in Chris Chibnall's arc. (This episode dedicated to the memory of NPR Books editor Petra Mayer.)

    2MTL 461: Sontar…huh. ("War of the Sontarans")

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2021 3:37


    In which the laudable advancement of the Doctor Who: Flux story and the "rehabilitation" of the Sontarans as villains bumps straight into how I feel about war movies.

    2MTL 460: The Opposite of Episodic (The Halloween Apocalypse)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2021 3:55


    Big, bold, and entirely un-self-contained, Doctor Who: Flux's first chapter may not have been the most welcoming to new viewers but is a very proper lead-off to the show's first modern miniseries.

    2MTL 459: Nicole Hill on Russell T Davies's Return

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2021 12:09


    Nicole Hill of @BlackTARDIS and @blkgirlscreate stops by for a conversation about their hopes and cautions for the new/old showrunner.

    2MTL 458: Pregenerating a Showrunner

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2021 3:32


    No one saw that coming. Russell T Davies's first era of Doctor Who is my favorite. What are some of the traps to avoid with his upcoming return as showrunner?

    2MTL 457: About Noel Clarke

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2021 4:04


    From the April 29, 2021, Guardian (UK): ‘Sexual predator’: actor Noel Clarke accused of groping, harassment and bullying by 20 women You can enjoy Mickey Smith the character in Doctor Who Series 1-4. But don’t defend Noel Clarke the actor. In an article for the UK Guardian on April 29, 2021, journalists Sirin Kale [...]

    2MTL 456: Long Time Passing

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2021 3:49


    Ten months of silence–ten months of waiting and coping–for Yaz, Ryan, and Graham: When "Revolution of the Daleks" was made BEFORE the pandemic, who knew how relevant it would be DURING it?

    2MTL 455: Throwback Review of "Fear Her"

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2020 4:19


    "Always, scribble, scribble, scribble! Eh! Chloe Webber?" After a couple of months away to recharge the batteries, there's no more jarring compare-and-contrast to Doctor Who of 2020 than Doctor Who of 2006's "Fear Her."

    2MTL 454: It's Always Time to Engage

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2020 4:34


    Why is it difficult for so many fans to engage with Doctor Who's politics? Constance Gibbs: "For Black Doctor Who fans, the TARDIS is a legendary, loaded image"

    2MTL 453: Within Our Confession Dials

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2020 3:16


    There's been a lot of great Doctor Who content that speaks to the global pandemic thanks to creators recruited and organized by folks such as Chris Chibnall and Emily Cook. But 2015's "Heaven Sent" seems particularly relevant as well…

    2MTL 452: WHO IS THE DOCTOR 2 Makes a House Call (Time Dilation)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2020 30:31


    Graeme Burk, co-author with Robert Smith? of WHO IS THE DOCTOR 2, stops by to talk about slow-cooker episode criticism in a time of lightning-fast hot takes (not that I'm familiar with that at all) and staying connected with Doctor Who in a stay-at-home world. (An earlier audio glitch has been fixed!)

    2MTL 451: The Brain, Revisited

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2020 4:14


    Suddenly, there's much, much more to the Doctor–and yet this new "retcon" to the Doctor's past winds up being staggeringly respectful to everything that's gone before on television. Let's talk about a challenge to The Master–and to Doctor Who fans themselves.

    2MTL 450: Point of No Return

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2020 3:29


    Execution: pretty darn good! Cybermen: terrifying! Confidence that Part Two will stick the landing: (flailing gestures)?

    2MTL 449: Two Things About "The Haunting of Villa Diodati"

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2020 4:00


    2MTL 448: The Most Important Story

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2020 3:48


    Sometimes, the plot isn't the point and the bad guys are a side issue. Sometimes, the point is how humans treat other humans.

    2MTL 447: The (Other) Three Doctors

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2020 3:49


    A mostly solid story by McTighe and Chibnall, but I'm REALLY here for a Doctor-ish Yaz and a Doctor-ish Ryan. Joy Piedmont on representation in "Praxeus" (Twitter thread) Sage Young's recap at Head Over Feels

    2MTL 446: Gallifreyan Nature

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2020 3:55


    That sound you heard was a podcaster's brain exploding, trying to figure out how to compress everything from "Fugitive of the Judoon" into roughly two minutes. Listener, this episode was A LOT.

    2MTL 445: A Two-fisted Tale of Tesla

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2020 3:40


    Would you believe, Nikola Tesla in the TARDIS? Now that's just nuts. (See also theincomparable.com/radio)

    2MTL 444: Percolating on "Orphan 55"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2020 5:01


    It took longer than two minutes to explain–heck, longer than six days to figure out–why "Orphan 55" confounded me.

    2MTL 443: Looking Backward Too Soon

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2020 3:27


    "Spyfall Part Two" was a strong conclusion to the opening Series 12 two-parter, but there was one creative decision I'm wary of, and another that really should have been done differently.

    2MTL 442: Three Questions About "Spyfall"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2020 4:23


    Chris Chibnall and company knocked the first episode of Series 12 out of the park but there's a caution: where there is a Part One, there must always be a Part Two. Here are three things to look for in the conclusion of "Spyfall" on January 5.

    2MTL 441: Advent

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2019 3:35


    Celebrating the impending advent of Series 12, and also the best fandom advent calendar ever: Radio Free Skaro's Fluid Links on YouTube.

    2MTL 440: Annualized

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2019 4:40


    Behold, The Dr Who Annual 1977 in all its bonkers glory.

    2MTL 439: Throwback Review of "Love and Monsters"

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2019 4:03


    There's not a lot of distance between covering ELO songs with a band of Tenth Doctor investigators, and enjoying Doctor Who fandom culture. You just have to watch out for the Abzorbaloffs in both places. Check out Reality Bomb Live in New York for 2019, occasionally invaded by me.

    2MTL 438: Titan's Take on Thirteen

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2019 6:32


    Are you stuck with me in the between-series Doctor Who doldrums? Check out the now-complete first year of Thirteenth Doctor stories by the top-notch creative team of Jody Houser, Rachael Stott, Roberta Ingranata, and Enrica Erin Angiolini! ALSO: Please join me in supporting Who For Schools! (TWITT's interview with Houser and Stott)

    2MTL 437: Guilt, Shame, Obligation, and Regeneration

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2019 5:33


    Prompted by Erik's remembrance of Terrance Dicks in 2MTL 435, some thoughts about the modern moral character of the Doctor: how Doctors 9-12 changed the game from Terrance Dicks's model, and how the Thirteenth Doctor changes the game again.

    2MTL 436: Eccleston on Eccleston

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2019 3:36


    A Mail on Sunday article previews Christopher Eccleston's revelation in his new book I Love the Bones of You: he lived with mental health issues while launching Doctor Who as the Ninth Doctor.

    2MTL 435: Erik Stadnik on Terrance Dicks's Legacy

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2019 4:43


    "Like all truly great writers, Terrance Dicks is a moralist." So begins Erik Stadnik of The Writers' Room: The Outer Limits and The Real McCoy podcast, the week after the legendary Doctor Who script editor and writer passed away.

    2MTL 434: Shannon Sudderth on Random Encounters

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2019 4:25


    Shannon Sudderth, podcasting partner and co-habitationist of your humble host, returned to Doctor Who with Chris Chibnall and Jodie Whittaker. She shares her joy about reconnecting with Doctor Who fandom in ways large, small, and totally accidental. Find Shannon on Twitter @Starfury10, on The Incomparable Network, and as one third of The [...]

    2MTL 433: Centering Yasmin Khan

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2019 3:13


    I loved Series 11 but one of its areas of improvement is emphatically Yaz. What needs to happen to give this underused character her turn in the spotlight?

    2MTL 432: Kayti Burt on Rose Tyler, Class, and Being Invited Into a TARDIS

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2019 6:43


    Den of Geek US's Kayti Burt saw herself in Rose Tyler, and watched as the TARDIS changed Rose just as Kayti's experiences–and her slowly growing distance from her working-class background–changed her. (You can listen to Kayti and Chip every week, along with Jen Burt and Warren Frey from Radio Free [...]

    2MTL 431: Doctor Who's New Home

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2019 2:47


    While Doctor Who will never become so obscure that it can only be found with a hunting dog and a Ouija board, Chip is definitely on the pessmistic side when it comes to Doctor Who's next streaming home: HBO Max.

    2MTL 430: Joy Piedmont on Dating and Doctor Who

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2019 5:40


    If you're searching for a Significant Other, how important is it that they be into the same things you are? If you're as immersed in Doctor Who fandom as Reality Bomb co-producer Joy Piedmont is, should a potential partner get into Doctor Who as well? The answer is more complicated than you might [...]

    2MTL 429: Doctor Who and Peak Pop Culture

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2019 3:13


    Fans of every other franchise in the world seemed to have a lot to celebrate at San Diego Comic Con. Doctor Who wasn't part of the hype machine–so how IS our beloved time-travelling show doing these days?

    2MTL 428: Nicole Hill on Danny Pink

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2019 3:30


    Welcome to our first guest essayist of the new 2MTL! I met Nicole Hill in person for the first time at the 2019 Gallifrey One convention. It was a pleasure to talk with her then, and soon after I followed her on Twitter only soon after to read a couple of epic threads she wrote [...]

    2MTL 427: Regeneration

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2019 2:59


    Welcome to the new Two-minute Time Lord Podcast: alternating essays by Chip and–hopefully!–a constellation of new perspectives from the Doctor Who community.

    2MTL 426: Throwback Review of "The Satan Pit"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2019 3:08


    We're back, and we're picking up where we left off… …sort of! Join us next week for a glimpse at the new 2MTL!

    2MTL 425: Forward

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2017 5:00


    A Christmas Eve reflection on what it means to let go of even a beloved Doctor, in order to embrace the future. (I now podcast about Doctor Who every week with Alyssa Franke at This Week in Time Travel on The Incomparable podcast network. Please follow us on Twitter or Facebook!)

    2MTL 424: Wimbledon Nerves

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2017 3:15


    The balloon's going up. Sunday after Wimbledon, we'll know who the Thirteenth Doctor is. Here are 120 seconds (more or less) of thoughts as fandom holds its breath. I now podcast about Doctor Who every week with Alyssa Franke at This Week in Time Travel on The Incomparable podcast network. Please check [...]

    2MTL 423: Because There Are (No) Limits

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2017 4:22


    Originally aired on This Week in Time Travel 5: Chip was recently asked why he gravitated toward/obsesses over Doctor Who above all other fandoms. Turns out, it's personal.

    2MTL 422: HOLD MY BEER.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2017 4:05


    OK, so Chip has a new podcast that he's spending more time on, and yet he can't wait until next Tuesday to respond to this Guardian column: "How Can Smug, Stale Doctor Who Get Back to its Glory Days?" Here we go…

    Announcing "This Week in Time Travel"

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2017 3:50


    Joining The Incomparable podcast network on March 28, Alyssa Franke, I, and some of our friends and (dare we say) Companions will take a look at the week that was–and the week that will be–in the worlds of Doctor Who. New episodes of This Week in Time Travel will drop every Tuesday. I'm super [...]

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