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Earth Station Who is a show dedicated to the culture around the BBC icon Doctor Who. Join Mike F, Mike G and Dave as we explore the 50 year history and fandom surrounding the Doctor With reviews, interviews and just general talk you never know WHO might pop up.

Ice, ice, baby! The Ice Warriors revealed! Mike, Mike, Phantom Troublemaker, the award-winning author Bobby Nash, and special guest Nicole Mazza travel down to cold depths of the sea to discuss the...

Earth Station Who is a show dedicated to the culture around the BBC icon Doctor Who. Join Mike F, Mike G and Dave as we explore the 50 year history and fandom surrounding the Doctor With reviews, interviews and just general talk you never know WHO might pop up.

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Join us this week for one of the most insane episodes since Edge Of Destruction as we meet fish sticks, mad scientists, and death pools. Also find out who English Gav's two favo(u)rite scientists are.

Second Doctor, Polly, Ben, and Jamie When the TARDIS lands on a deserted volcanic island, The Doctor and his companions find themselves kidnapped by primitive sea-people. Taken into the bowels of the earth they discover they are in the lost kingdom of Atlantis. Offered as sacrifices to the fish-goddess, Amdo, the doctor and his companions are rescued from the jaws of death by the famous scientist, Zaroff. But they are still not safe and nor are the people of Atlantis. For Zaroff has a plan, a plan that will make him the greatest scientist of all time - he will raise Atlantis above the waves - even if it means destroying the world... Episodes - 4 Credits Writen By: Geoffrery Orme Directed By: Julia Smith Links Kelpie Seaweed Ale The Underwater Scene DTT 4.05 - The Underwater Menace (mp3 download) screencap credit: classicalgallifrey.blogspot.co.uk

Join us this week for one of the most insane episodes since Edge Of Destruction as we meet fish sticks, mad scientists, and death pools. Also find out who English Gav's two favo(u)rite scientists are.

Second Doctor, Polly, Ben, and Jamie

When the TARDIS lands on a deserted volcanic island, The Doctor and his companions find themselves kidnapped by primitive sea-people. Taken into the bowels of the earth they discover they are in the lost kingdom of Atlantis. Offered as sacrifices to the fish-goddess, Amdo, the doctor and his companions are rescued from the jaws of death by the famous scientist, Zaroff. But they are still not safe and nor are the people of Atlantis. For Zaroff has a plan, a plan that will make him the greatest scientist of all time - he will raise Atlantis above the waves - even if it means destroying the world...

Episodes - 4

Credits

Writen By: Geoffrery Orme

Directed By: Julia Smith

Kelpie Seaweed Ale

The Underwater Scene

DTT 4.05 - The Underwater Menace (mp3 download)

screencap credit: classicalgallifrey.blogspot.co.uk

Join us this week for one of the most insane episodes since Edge Of Destruction as we meet fish sticks, mad scientists, and death pools. Also find out who English Gav's two favo(u)rite scientists are.

Second Doctor, Polly, Ben, and Jamie When the TARDIS lands on a deserted volcanic island, The Doctor and his companions find themselves kidnapped by primitive sea-people. Taken into the bowels of the earth they discover they are in the lost kingdom of Atlantis. Offered as sacrifices to the fish-goddess, Amdo, the doctor and his companions are rescued from the jaws of death by the famous scientist, Zaroff. But they are still not safe and nor are the people of Atlantis. For Zaroff has a plan, a plan that will make him the greatest scientist of all time - he will raise Atlantis above the waves - even if it means destroying the world... Episodes - 4 Credits Writen By: Geoffrery Orme Directed By: Julia Smith Links Kelpie Seaweed Ale The Underwater Scene DTT 4.05 - The Underwater Menace (mp3 download) screencap credit: classicalgallifrey.blogspot.co.uk

Join us this week for one of the most insane episodes since Edge Of Destruction as we meet fish sticks, mad scientists, and death pools. Also find out who English Gav's two favo(u)rite scientists are.

Second Doctor, Polly, Ben, and Jamie When the TARDIS lands on a deserted volcanic island, The Doctor and his companions find themselves kidnapped by primitive sea-people. Taken into the bowels of the earth they discover they are in the lost kingdom of Atlantis. Offered as sacrifices to the fish-goddess, Amdo, the doctor and his companions are rescued from the jaws of death by the famous scientist, Zaroff. But they are still not safe and nor are the people of Atlantis. For Zaroff has a plan, a plan that will make him the greatest scientist of all time - he will raise Atlantis above the waves - even if it means destroying the world... Episodes - 4 Credits Writen By: Geoffrery Orme Directed By: Julia Smith Links Kelpie Seaweed Ale The Underwater Scene DTT 4.05 - The Underwater Menace (mp3 download) screencap credit: classicalgallifrey.blogspot.co.uk

Join us this week for one of the most insane episodes since Edge Of Destruction as we meet fish sticks, mad scientists, and death pools. Also find out who English Gav's two favo(u)rite scientists are.

Second Doctor, Polly, Ben, and Jamie

When the TARDIS lands on a deserted volcanic island, The Doctor and his companions find themselves kidnapped by primitive sea-people. Taken into the bowels of the earth they discover they are in the lost kingdom of Atlantis. Offered as sacrifices to the fish-goddess, Amdo, the doctor and his companions are rescued from the jaws of death by the famous scientist, Zaroff. But they are still not safe and nor are the people of Atlantis. For Zaroff has a plan, a plan that will make him the greatest scientist of all time - he will raise Atlantis above the waves - even if it means destroying the world...

Episodes - 4

Credits

Writen By: Geoffrery Orme

Directed By: Julia Smith

Kelpie Seaweed Ale

The Underwater Scene

DTT 4.05 - The Underwater Menace (mp3 download)

screencap credit: classicalgallifrey.blogspot.co.uk

DOCTOR WHO TIN DOG PODCAST REVIEWS COLD WAR reprinted from wiki "Cold War" is the ninth episode of the seventh series of the British science-fiction drama Doctor Who. It first aired on BBC One on 13 April 2013. The episode starsMatt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor and Jenna-Louise Coleman as Clara Oswald. It is the first TV episode to feature the Ice Warriors since the Third Doctor serial The Monster of Peladon in 1974. Contents   [hide]  1 Plot 2 Production 3 Broadcast and reception 3.1 Critical reception 4 References [edit]Plot The episode opens on a Soviet submarine sailing near the North Pole in 1983 during the Cold War. A nuclear weapons launch drill they are running is interrupted by Professor Grisenko. In the submarine's cargo hold a sailor prematurely begins to defrost a block of ice that Grisenko believes contains a frozen mammoth and is attacked. The submarine begins sinking as the creature in the ice escapes and runs amok. The TARDIS materialises inside the submarine; Clara and the Doctor tumble out, believing that they are in Las Vegas. Although the sailors restrain them the Doctor convinces Captain Zhukov to maneuver the submarine to the side, landing it safely and preventing it from imploding. During this the TARDIS inexplicably dematerialises. The Doctor tells the captain and his crew that he and Clara are time travelers. They then encounter the escaped Ice Warrior, Grand Marshall Skaldak. The Doctor convinces them that they must be peaceful, but a frightened soldier shocks Skaldak with a cattle prod knocking him out cold. The chained Skaldak calls for his brothers to find him. The Doctor convinces Captain Zhukov that someone must speak to Skaldak. The Captain insists but the Doctor refuses, saying that as an enemy soldier, Skaldak will not talk to him. Zhukov refuses to let the Doctor do it. As the only one who knows the Ice Warriors, the Doctor is too valuable to risk. Clara volunteers, and although reluctant, the Doctor allows her to go. She relays the Doctor's words to Skaldak but he knows that the Doctor is listening. After learning that he has been encased in the ice for 5000 years Skaldak laments the loss of his daughter and his people. Skaldak escapes from his armor, and stops broadcasting the signal to the other Ice Warriors, believing himself to be the only one of his kind left. The Doctor surmises that, thinking himself alone in the universe, Skaldak has nothing left to lose. Skaldak manages to grab and kill three members of the crew. Having learnt of the ongoing Cold War and the mutually assured destruction, Skaldak plans to use the submarine's nuclear missiles to provoke a global thermonuclear war and destroy humanity as revenge for the humans attacking him, as under Martian code humanity as a whole has declared war on the Ice Warrior race. Reaching the bridge, he is able to connect himself to the sub's missile guidance systems and activate the missiles. The Doctor and Clara attempt to persuade Skaldak to show mercy when the sub is rocked by a tractor beam from above. The Ice Warrior's people have arrived over the site of the submarine's undersea grounding, and haul it to the surface. Skaldak is beamed aboard the Ice Warriors spaceship, though the missile launch system is still active. Showing mercy, Skaldak deactives the missiles remotely. When the Doctor's sonic screwdriver informs him the TARDIS has reappeared, he informs Clara that it had "relocated" automatically as part of the H.A.D.S. (short for "Hostile Action Displacement System") at the South Pole. The Doctor sheepishly ask Zhukov for a lift. [edit]Production Writer Mark Gatiss had been lobbying to bring back the Ice Warriors, and came up with new ideas which finally sold the episode. The Ice Warriors were a well-known villain of the original Doctor Who series. They appeared alongside the Second Doctor (Patrick Troughton) in The Ice Warriors (1967) and The Seeds of Death (1969) and returned in the Third Doctor (Jon Pertwee) storiesThe Curse of Peladon (1972) and The Monster of Peladon (1974).[1] Showrunner Steven Moffat had originally been hesitant to bring back the Ice Warriors, worrying that they were seen as "the default condition for what people thought of as rubbish Doctor Whomonsters — things that moved very, very slowly and spoke in a way that meant you couldn't hear a word they said."[2] Writer Mark Gatiss, however, was a fan of the Ice Warriors' stories and had been campaigning to bring them back.[1][2] In a phone conversation with Moffat that was originally supposed to be about their show Sherlock, Gatiss pitched new and "very clever ideas" of what to do with the Ice Warriors, and Moffat agreed.[3] What sold Moffat were the submarine setting and seeing what the Ice Warriors looked like underneath their suits.[4] Gatiss felt that the Ice Warriors had a lot of gaps in their timeline and had not been featured in a while, which allowed a lot of room to explore them.[5] The submarine was Gatiss's idea; he felt that Doctor Who called out to be set on a submarine.[4] Executive producer Caroline Skinner described the story as "Letting a huge Ice Warrior loose at the heart of a classic Hunt For Red October style submarine movie."[1] Gatiss chose the time period because he was "kind of obsessed" with the Cold War, and felt that there were several times in the 1980s where the danger was close.[4] Gatiss also described "Cold War" as a "love-letter" to the base-under-siege stories that were common during Troughton's time;[6] the episode even contains a reference to Troughton's The Krotons, which was the last time the TARDIS' HADS had been mentioned.[7] The read-through for "Cold War" took place on 6 June 2012, with filming beginning on 13 June.[8] For the submarine setting, the cast would be sprayed in between every take.[9] The scenes in which the characters are drenched in water were achieved by constantly pouring "gallons and gallons of water" on the cast. Coleman found the experience fun, while Smith said that it made acting easier.[4]Coleman said, "The whole make-up process was reversed as they would damp us down in the morning and rub my mascara off!"[9] For the shots of the submarine in the ocean, a model was used. It was suspended upside-down with "shredded feathers" blown at it to give the effect of being under the sea.[4] Unlike some other returning monsters, the Ice Warriors were not heavily redesigned. Gatiss insisted upon keeping the fundamentals of the original[5] and Moffat explained that the original design was not well-known enough to put a new spin on it, and so Skaldak's shell is just a "super-version of the original".[3] Of the original design, Millennium FX's Neill Gorton said, "My problem with the old ones is they had Lego hands and weird, spindly arms but a bulky body and these strange saddlebag hips, almost feminine. They had fur sticking out everywhere. So all of that together didn't suggest "ice warriors." They should be much beefier and stronger. We gave it more of a bodybuilder physique, changed the hands and styled the body to make it look more like armour-plating, even though it's reptilian."[10] The costume was made of flexible urethane rubber instead of the fibreglass like the original, as it would damage less easily and be more comfortable to wear. The costume was made to specially fit Spencer Wilding.[10] Though only some of the Skaldak's real appearance was shown on-screen, Gorton stated that they created a full animatronic body.[7] [edit]Broadcast and reception "Cold War" was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 13 April 2013.[11] Overnight ratings showed that 5.73 million viewers watched the episode live,[12] a 28.8% audience share.[13] The episode also received an Appreciation Index of 84.[14] [edit]Critical reception The episode received generally positive reviews. Dan Martin of The Guardian wrote that "Cold War" was "easily the best of this new series so far, and Mark Gatiss's finest contribution yet." He praised the reinvention of the Ice Warrior and felt that the elements came together to form a "tense, tightly wound, claustrophobic but also full of heart."[15] Zap2it's Geoff Berkshire said that "Cold War" was better than Gatiss' previous episodes "The Idiot's Lantern" and "Victory of the Daleks". He praised the guest cast, but wished "their characters had a bit more meat to them."[16] The Independent reviewer Neela Debnath described the story as "slick and intelligent" with "cinematic aesthetics and tone."[17] Patrick Mulkern of Radio Times found an inconsistency with the TARDIS translation matrix, but overall was positive towards the acting, visual aspects, and story.[7] The Daily Telegraph reviewer Gavin Fuller gave the episode four out of five stars, describing it as "finely crafted" and "thrilling." He praised the setting and the dialogue, but felt that the Russian characters were "perilously close to being ciphers."[18] Digital Spy's Morgan Jeffery awarded the episode five out of five stars, saying that it was "fresh and exciting" but also had a "wonderfully old-school tone." He wrote that it had "one of the best guest casts to have graced Doctor Who since the show returned in 2005" and also praised the reintroduction of the Ice Warriors and the production values.[19] Alasdair Wilkins of The A.V. Club gave "Cold War" a grade of A, highlighting the tense atmosphere, the "bold new direction" taken with the Ice Warriors, the guest performances, and Clara's importance.[20] Russell Lewin of SFX gave "Cold War" four out of five stars, praising the set and direction as well as the Ice Warrior. On the other hand, Lewin noted that, as a base-under-siege story, it did not play with the narrative form or "go anywhere we couldn't have predicted," with the exception of the Ice Warrior breaking out of its suit.[21] IGN's Mark Snow gave the episode a rating of 8.3 out of 10. Snow praised the reintroduction of the Ice Warriors and called Skaldak "the show's most memorable villain in a while, thanks to his stern, occasionally psychopathic approach to problem solving, and an environment that helped make the bulky, heavy creature design imposing rather than laughably naff." However, he felt that some of Skaldak's effects were "laughably rubbery" and that his motivations were "psychotically random."[22] [edit]References ^ a b c "SFX EXCLUSIVE: Official! Ice Warriors to Return to Doctor Who this Year". SFX. 11 February 2013. Retrieved 16 March 2013. ^ a b "Doctor Who's Steven Moffat: I wasn't keen on bringing back the Ice Warriors". Radio Times. 21 February 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2013. ^ a b Setchfield, Nick (18 March 2013). "Doctor Who Press Launch Revelations". SFX. Retrieved 19 March 2013. ^ a b c d e "Behind the Scenes of Cold War" (Video). BBC. 13 April 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2013. ^ a b Setchfield, Nick (9 April 2013). "Mark Gatiss Talks The Return Of The Ice Warriors". SFX. Retrieved 10 April 2013. ^ Gatiss, Mark (13 April 2013). "Doctor Who's Mark Gatiss: Why I wanted to bring back the Ice Warriors". Radio Times. Retrieved 14 April 2013. ^ a b c Mulkern, Patrick (13 April 2013). "Doctor Who: Cold War review — Mark Gatiss's Ice Warrior revival is a classic in the making". Radio Times. Retrieved 14 April 2013. ^ "The Fourth Dimension: Cold War". BBC. Retrieved 14 April 2013. ^ a b "Interview with Jenna-Louise Coleman" (Press release). BBC. 18 March 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2013. ^ a b Mulkern, Patrick (7 April 2013). "Doctor Who: Cold War preview — the Ice Warriors' return offers something for both newcomers and fans". Radio Times. Retrieved 7 April 2013. ^ "Doctor Who Cold War". BBC. Retrieved 14 April 2013. ^ Golder, Dave (14 April 2013). "Doctor Who "Cold War" Overnight Ratings". SFX. Retrieved 14 April 2013. ^ Hilton, Beth (14 April 2013). "'Britain's Got Talent' makes triumphant return to ITV with 9.35m". Digital Spy. Retrieved 14 April 2013. ^ "Cold War AI:84". Doctor Who News Page. 15 April 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2013. ^ Martin, Dan (13 April 2013). "Doctor Who: Cold War – series 33, episode 8". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 April 2013. ^ Berkshire, Geoff (13 April 2013). "'Doctor Who' Season 7 episode 8 review: 'Cold War' reintroduces the Ice Warriors".Zap2it. Retrieved 14 April 2013. ^ Debnath, Neela (13 April 2013). "Review of 'Cold War'". The Independent. Retrieved 14 April 2013. ^ Fuller, Gavin (13 April 2013). "Doctor Who: Cold War, BBC One, review". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 14 April 2013. ^ Jeffery, Morgan (13 April 2013). "'Doctor Who': New episode 'Cold War' review". Digital Spy. 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This week our travelers went back in time...to 1983. Well, they say that the past is another country, and that was certainly the case this time around. And best of all, it was written by Mark Gatiss!

Join us this week for one of the most insane episodes since Edge Of Destruction as we meet fish sticks, mad scientists, and death pools. Also find out who English Gav’s two favo(u)rite scientists are.

Second Doctor, Polly, Ben, and Jamie

When the TARDIS lands on a deserted volcanic island, The Doctor and his companions find themselves kidnapped by primitive sea-people. Taken into the bowels of the earth they discover they are in the lost kingdom of Atlantis. Offered as sacrifices to the fish-goddess, Amdo, the doctor and his companions are rescued from the jaws of death by the famous scientist, Zaroff. But they are still not safe and nor are the people of Atlantis. For Zaroff has a plan, a plan that will make him the greatest scientist of all time - he will raise Atlantis above the waves - even if it means destroying the world…

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Writen By: Geoffrery Orme

Directed By: Julia Smith

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Kelpie Seaweed Ale

The Underwater Scene

DTT 4.05 - The Underwater Menace (mp3 download)

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After over 4 decades, the Ice Warriors are back in this weeks episode, “Cold War.” We take time to discuss this quintessential (some might say “routine”) Doctor Who Story. Was the reintroduction of what Steemo called the perfect example of bad Doctor … Continue reading →

This week we harken back to the old days, when we would unceremoniously cram two episodes of Who into one podcast, the difference being that this time I’m going to throw in some ceremony. So, henceforth and without delaye, by Official Decree and with all due Pomp and/or Circumstance, the Arrowe of Time doth lay forth the episodes twain, “The Rings of Akhaten”and “Cold War” for placing upon the Populace’s manifold Ears and Mindes. And now I will never write like that again.

Our first and last “FanVid of the Week,” more commonly known as WhoTube, was created by YouTube user James Farr and is entitled “Blink To The Future – A Doctor Who / BTTF Mashup”: http://youtu.be/dmK3AQ2Yozk

On this episode, the ESO crew wake up to find themselves in the 25th century! Mike, Mike, the award-winning author Bobby Nash, and special guest Joe Crowe (RevolutionSF.com) discuss the futuristic world of Buck Rogers. Joe also is this week’s victim in The Geek Seat and cries for Col. Wilma Deering to save him! All … Continue reading →

"The Ice Warriors are a double threat, if they could dance they’d be a triple threat…"

In which there is much electronica and hippity-hopping, a mammoth foetus, broken bones and broken promises and a lovely pickle.

Reviews: Cold War
Air Date: 18th April 2013
Additional notes: This entire episode was recorded with all the Oods sitting crossed legged on the floor beside a low table. All except Chris Sigma. He had a luxury bean bag.

With Mike off to Vegas Ian & Dave take up diving, but soon give it up when they realize you can't Drink & Dive. So the make there way back to to Dry Dock to dry off and get on with this weeks Commentary: Doctor Who - Cold War.

With Mike off to Vegas Ian & Dave take up diving, but soon give it up when they realize you can't Drink & Dive. So the make their way back to Dry Dock to dry off and get on with this weeks Commentary: Doctor Who - Cold War.

With Mike off to Vegas Ian & Dave take up diving, but soon give it up when they realize you can't Drink & Dive. So the make their way back to Dry Dock to dry off and get on with this weeks Commentary: Doctor Who - Cold War.

With Mike off to Vegas Ian & Dave take up diving, but soon give it up when they realize you can't Drink & Dive. So the make their way back to Dry Dock to dry off and get on with this weeks Commentary: Doctor Who - Cold War.

This past week Mark Gatiss took us back to the 80s. Join Deb, Erika, Liz, and Tansy and find out how we felt about Duran Duran, Ultravox, submarines, and most importantly, the ICE WARRIOR. Who was thrilled? Who was meh? Who wants to make out with the set designer and director? All these things and more await you on this week's Verity!

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Also covered [links on our site]:A Celebration of Doctor Who!Big Finish: Eldrad Must Die!The Spartacus finale kills all joy forever."I Built a TARDIS" video!

This past week Mark Gatiss took us back to the 80s. Join Deb, Erika, Liz, and Tansy and find out how we felt about Duran Duran, Ultravox, submarines, and most importantly, the ICE WARRIOR. Who was thrilled? Who was meh? Who wants to make out with the set designer and director? All these things and more await you on this week's Verity!

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Also covered [links on our site]:
A Celebration of Doctor Who!
Big Finish: Eldrad Must Die!
The Spartacus finale kills all joy forever.
"I Built a TARDIS" video!

This past week Mark Gatiss took us back to the 80s. Join Deb, Erika, Liz, and Tansy and find out how we felt about Duran Duran, Ultravox, submarines, and most importantly, the ICE WARRIOR. Who was thrilled? Who was meh? Who wants to make out with the set designer and director? All these things and more await you on this week's Verity!

^E

Also covered [links on our site]:
A Celebration of Doctor Who!
Big Finish: Eldrad Must Die!
The Spartacus finale kills all joy forever.
"I Built a TARDIS" video!

Two hundred! Two hundred episodes of THE Doctor Who podcast! One hundred and ninety-nine episodes since that review of The Eleventh Hour all the way back in 2010! Woo-hoo! How then, should we celebrate such a landmark? What would be appropriate?! Hmmm. We at The DWP thought long and hard on this. There could be [...]

They call him The Pugilist. It is the dawn of a new century and a vigilante is on the loose. The scourge of the criminal underclass. The saviour of the virtuous and the protector of the weak. The police are baffled, the public enamoured…  but Professor George Litefoot and Henry Gordon Jago are on the case. Or at least they will be when they've finished their beer. What is the source of The Pugilist's spectacular supernatural powers? Is he alone in his noble quest? And what is his connection to the spate of corpses discovered around London? As they descend further into a nefarious netherworld, the infernal investigators may be out of their depth. They're going to need help if they're to get out of this alive. The help of an old friend and his new assistant. The help… of the Doctor and Romana. Written By: John DorneyDirected By: Ken Bentley Cast Tom Baker (The Doctor), Mary Tamm (Romana), Trevor Baxter (Professor George Litefoot), Christopher Benjamin (Henry Gordon Jago), Mark Goldthorp (Bobby Stamford), Rosanna Miles (Mary Brown), Ben Bishop (Stone), Adrian Lukis (Harvey Marsh)

It's been a great week for Cold War enthusiasts, and the latest episode of Doctor Who, plugs into the zeitgeist to tell a good old fashioned submarine under siege story featuring the return of The Ice Warriors. So was this week's outing all wet? Tune in dear listeners and find out if Derek Gladu, Beverly Brown and special guest Neil Perryman of the Adventures with the Wife in Space warmed up to 'The Cold War'.

 

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It’sssssss the MMWAB review of “Cold War”…and now that joke has run its course.

So did the return of the Ice Warriors (well really an Ice Warrior) get our temperatures rising? What are our theories on Clara three episodes in? When will you get to hear Ewan and I sing “Back for Good?” Some of these questions and others are answered within. Listen and enjoy!

Greetings fellow Whovians!  This week on The Happiness Patrol we are proud to introduce our newest member, Mr. Chas M.  Chas is a longtime fan of all things WHO and we here at The Happiness Patrol couldn't be...well, HAPPIER!

Join us as talk about this week's episode "COLD WAR".

It's fun, it's great, it's an all new Happiness Patrol!!!


The Happiness Patrol Episode 108: Doctor Who and The Canadian

It’s time for the Kasterborous podKast (with a “K”) to turn its attention to Doctor Who‘s triumphant return of the Ice Warriors in Cold War.

Once again without Brian Terranova, this is another two-hander with James McLean and Christian Cawley mulling over the Mark Gatiss episode, discussing the casting and the monster redesign.

But we’re not going to simply talk about the new episode – after all, the 50th anniversary episode has been shooting in London recently, and Paul McGann has been making “come and get me” noises to BBC Wales.

Oh, and then there’s the issue of scheduling. Brought to you in an unscheduled rant.

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• Cold War Reviewed on Kasterborous
• Cold War Reviewed by Christian Cawley for Outpost Skaro
• Could Paul McGann Be Called for 50th?
• Is Summer Falls Littered with Series 7b Clues?
• Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Location Reports
• Matt Smith Hangs from TARDIS for Doctor Who 50th!

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Two hundred! Two hundred episodes of THE Doctor Who podcast! One hundred and ninety-nine episodes since that review of The Eleventh Hour all the way back in 2010! Woo-hoo! How then, should we celebrate such a landmark? What would be appropriate?! Hmmm. We at The DWP thought long and hard on this. There could be [...]

Two hundred! Two hundred episodes of THE Doctor Who podcast! One hundred and ninety-nine episodes since that review of The Eleventh Hour all the way back in 2010! Woo-hoo! How then, should we celebrate such a landmark? What would be appropriate?! Hmmm. We at The DWP thought long and hard on this. There could be [...]

Two hundred! Two hundred episodes of THE Doctor Who podcast! One hundred and ninety-nine episodes since that review of The Eleventh Hour all the way back in 2010! Woo-hoo! How then, should we celebrate such a landmark? What would be appropriate?! Hmmm. We at The DWP thought long and hard on this. There could be [...]

Ian Todd and Elise Harris chat about Memorable episodes of Doctor Who. Screen Con takes place at Parks Leisure Centre in North Shields Website-www.screen-con.com/

Ian Todd and Elise Harris chat about Memorable episodes of Doctor Who. Screen Con takes place at Parks Leisure Centre in North Shields Website-www.screen-con.com/

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Following the events of "The Bells of Saint John", the Doctor decides to learn more about his new companion Clara and travels into her past to observe her. He finds her parents met by a chance encounter caused by a gust of wind blowing a leaf into her father's face and then later discovers that her mother died while Clara was a teenager. The Doctor takes theTARDIS back to the present and collects Clara as previously arranged. He asks her where she would like to go and she requests to be shown "something awesome". The Doctor takes Clara to the Rings of Akhaten. There they observe a series of planetoidsorbiting a planet, with a shining pyramid on one of them. The Doctor takes Clara to a giant alien marketplace and introduces her to several aliens, including a merchant named Dor'een who attempts to rent them a space bike. The Doctor explains that the market doesn't use hard currency but rather trades in items of sentimental value. Clara becomes separated from the Doctor and encounters a little girl who appears to be running and hiding. Clara catches up to her and she explains that her name is Merry Gejelh, and that she is the Queen of Years. Merry tells Clara that she is hiding because she is supposed to sing a song at a ceremony and she is afraid to get it wrong. Clara reassures her and Merry heads to the ceremony. The Doctor and Clara attend the ceremony, where The Doctor explains that since the Rings were settled there has been a constant song sung to keep an angry god asleep. The people fear that the god, which they call Grandfather, will awaken and consume the entire universe if the song is ever interrupted. Merry begins singing, joined by a chorister at the pyramid. During the song, a mummy in a glass case at the pyramid begins to awaken. Merry panics, believing she made a mistake in the song. A beam of light from the pyramid envelopes her and she is pulled toward the pyramid and the mummy. The Doctor and Clara quickly find Dor'een and rent the space bike using Clara's mother's ring as payment. They ride the bike to the pyramid where they find the mummy struggling to escape the case and consume Merry's soul. The Doctor promises Merry that she doesn't have to sacrifice herself and that he will stop Grandfather. As they attempt to leave a group of creatures called the Vigil arrive and attempt to force Merry to sacrifice herself. The Doctor manages to hold the Vigil at bay long enough to let Clara and Merry escape from the throne room, but then the case shatters and the mummy breaks free. A ray of light strikes the planet, revealing that Grandfather is not the mummy, but rather Akhaten itself, a planet-sized parasitic creature. Clara and Merry flee back to the ceremony and the Doctor faces the creature, realizing it feeds off of memories, stories, and feelings. He tries to overfeed it by offering the sum total of his Time Lord memories. This by itself is not enough to sate the creature, and Clara returns to help. She offers the creature the leaf that blew into her father's face on the day he met her mother. The leaf contains an infinite amount of untold potential that Clara's mother never saw because she died early. The creature, overwhelmed by the infinite potential it has consumed, implodes on itself and the planet and the Rings are saved. The Doctor returns Clara to her home on the same day they left and gives her back her mother's ring. He tells her that all the creatures she saved wanted her to have it back. Suddenly Clara remembers seeing The Doctor at her mother's funeral and asks why he was there. He tells her that she reminds him of someone who died, and she rebukes him for using her as a replacement. He assures her that he was not replacing his friend, and Clara sets off home. [edit]Continuity In "The Bells of Saint John", the Doctor finds a preserved leaf pressed between the pages of Clara's book, 101 Places to See. Clara enigmatically refers to it as "page one". The opening scene in "The Rings of Akhaten" explains this statement, showing how a mishap involving the leaf led to her parents' first meeting.[2] The Doctor mentions to Clara that he had visited Akhaten long ago with his granddaughter. This is a reference to Susan Foreman, the companion and granddaughter of William Hartnell's First Doctor.[3] [edit]Production Writer Neil Cross was a Doctor Who fan, but had never had the time to write an episode. Executive producer Caroline Skinner, who was new with the seventh series, knew him and offered to work his schedule around writing an episode; he was willing to do it.[4] Executive producer and lead writer Steven Moffat was pleased to have Cross join, as he was a showrunner in his own right with Luther.[4] Cross had written the tenth episode of the series, "Hide", and was asked to write "The Rings of Akhaten" because the producers liked "Hide".[5] Jenna-Louise Coleman named "The Rings of Akhaten" one of her favourites of the second half of the seventh series, as it was the first adventure for Clara which allowed the audience to watch the story "[begin] again".[6] The concept behind having the episode based around an alien planet occured to Moffat, Skinner, and producer Marcus Wilson when realising they had done big location pieces in the first half of the series with "A Town Called Mercy" and "The Angels Take Manhattan", but had none for the second half.[7] They decided to do a story set in "a world created in our studios to make you really feel you're out there", rather than having the Doctor "promise unearthly wonders to his companions, and then get them trapped in an underground tunnel".[7] As such, the episode was designed to allow the Doctor to actually show his new companion the wonders he had promised.[5]The production team aimed to show "the best alien planet" on Doctor Who.[8] The read-through for "The Rings of Ahkaten" was held on 17 October 2012, with filming beginning the next week on 22 October.[9]Director Farren Blackburn had previously worked on the programme in the 2011 Christmas special "The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe".[9] According to Matt Smith, there were "between 50 and 60 prosthetic aliens" in a scene set in an alien market.[10]Millennium FX's Neill Gorton remarked that he had "always wanted to do a scene like the Star Wars cantina" and had worked on different moulds in his spare time in case they could be used in the future, as making thirty different aliens would be out of the budget.[11] Much of the episode was constructed around talks of what could be created with limited resources. For example, Cross recalled that producer Marcus Wilson called him and asked, "We've always wanted to have a speeder-bike like in The Return of the Jedi and we know how to do it inexpensively, so can you get one into the story?"[5] To help establish the year at the beginning of the episode "Ghost Town" by The Specials is heard and the Doctor is seen reading a 1981 copy of The Beano.[9] [edit]Broadcast and reception "The Rings of Akhaten" was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 6 April 2013.[12] Overnight ratings showed that it was watched by 5.5 million viewers live.[13] It received an Appreciation Index of 84.[14] [edit]Critical reception The episode received positive to mixed reviews. Neela Debnath of The Independent called it "heart-warming" and felt that centering the episode around a child "adds something". She also praised the aesthetics and the caring nature of Clara's character.[15] Zap2it's Geoff Berkshire shared similar sentiments, and also praised Emila Jones' performance.[16] Both Debnath and Berkshire likened the storytelling to the Russell T Davies era (2005–2010).[15][16] The Guardian reviewer Dan Martin described the story as "slight and straightforward [but] told it in broad and effective strokes" with "gorgeous" visuals. He particularly praised the emotional effectiveness of the ending, but felt that "The Mummy", although visually impressive, was "a little bit of a squib after all the build-up".[17] IGN's Mark Snow gave "The Rings of Akhaten" a rating of 7.2 out of 10. He wrote that Akhaten "felt like a fully formed world" but criticised the resolution and the Mummy's appearance.[18] Gavin Fuller of The Daily Telegraph gave the episode three and a half out of five stars and called it "a mixed bag ... but still with enough elements of uniqueness to demonstrate, almost 50 years on, just why there is still nothing like Doctor Who on television". He wrote that the religion and singing was well-realised, but felt the "mind parasite" was too similar to the Great Intelligence which was featured the previous week, and also thought the many aliens "gave more than a hint of trying too hard and did not get things off to the best of starts".[19] Digital Spy reviewer Morgan Jeffery praised Clara and the monsters, but felt that after a good build-up the episode fell apart at its climax, which he felt was "far too fantastical".[20] SFX reviewer Richard Edwards was more negative, giving the episode three stars out of five. He felt that the story had a lot of interesting ideas but then became standard. He also criticised the use of the sonic screwdriver and the Doctor's monologue, which he felt had been overused too much recently, but said that the episode was saved by Clara.[21]Patrick Mulkern of Radio Times was also disappointed, saying that it "amounts to little more than series of events and has a more preposterous premise than usual". He ques

We're churning episodes out like bug spray on boll weevils lately, and, as we promised, this time we have a discussion of "The Two Doctors", Robert Holmes' penultimate story. Grab the carrot juice, play a merry tune on your recorder, and slip into some bright, tight-fitting boob gear, and join us as we travel to Spain.

Plus there's just a little bit of discussion about "The Rings of Akhaten" and "Cold War"!

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