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Welcome to Playing Doctor SPOILERS! If you haven't watched all of Doctor Who through the fifth episode of series seven, "The Angels Take Manhattan", you don't want to listen to this episode. If you are caught up but don't want to hear rumors and spoilers about the upcoming series, you don't want to listen to this episode.

We say goodbye to the Ponds and hello to some spooky adventures in 1938 New York City. This very Film Noir influenced episode will have you on the edge of your seat.

As always, don’t listen to the entire show if you don’t want to hear possible spoilers when we discuss “The Angels Take Manhattan.”

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John and Lawrence take their paltry knowledge for a walk round the block in this commentary for the final episode in the current run of Doctor Who. Some swears happen, mostly by accident. And obviously it's Philip Glenister. Not whatever John says.

The Angels Take Manhattan....and, to various degrees, the hearts of Warren, Steven, and Chip the Two Minute Time Lord, who sat in Chris's stead to review the mid-season finale and the departure of Matt Smith's near and dear companions, the Ponds. Weeping Statues of Liberty, questions of style vs. substance and what comes next for the series all reared their silent, menacing stone visages before coming to the really terrifying stuff...stats. Add a rant about thigh-less maxi-busts, high praise for Chicks Unravel Time, Chicago TARDIS, and Gel Guard action dolls and you've got yourselves three nerds talking about Doctor Who for an hour and change! And now another long wait until new Doctor Who stories grace our screens again...

Check out the show notes at http://www.radiofreeskaro.com

The Angels Take Manhattan….and, to various degrees, the hearts of Warren, Steven, and Chip the Two Minute Time Lord, who sat in Chris's stead to review the mid-season finale and the departure of Matt Smith's near and dear companions, the Ponds. Weeping Statues of Liberty, questions of style vs. substance and what comes next for the series all reared their silent, menacing stone visages before coming to the really terrifying stuff…stats. Add a rant about thigh-less maxi-busts, high praise for Chicks Unravel Time, Chicago TARDIS, and Gel Guard action dolls and you've got yourselves three nerds talking about Doctor Who for an hour and change! And now another long wait until new Doctor Who stories grace our screens again...

Check out the show notes at http://www.radiofreeskaro.com

The Angels Take Manhattan….and, to various degrees, the hearts of Warren, Steven, and Chip the Two Minute Time Lord, who sat in Chris's stead to review the mid-season finale and the departure of Matt Smith's near and dear companions, the Ponds. Weeping Statues of Liberty, questions of style vs. substance and what comes next for the series all reared their silent, menacing stone visages before coming to the really terrifying stuff…stats. Add a rant about thigh-less maxi-busts, high praise for Chicks Unravel Time, Chicago TARDIS, and Gel Guard action dolls and you've got yourselves three nerds talking about Doctor Who for an hour and change! And now another long wait until new Doctor Who stories grace our screens again...

Check out the show notes at http://www.radiofreeskaro.com

Dave, Elizabeth and Thomas wonder where Kermit fits into The Angels Take Manhattan, and then Elizabeth and Michelle discuss storytelling technique in Doctor Who.

Dave, Elizabeth and Thomas wonder where Kermit fits into The Angels Take Manhattan, and then Elizabeth and Michelle discuss storytelling technique in Doctor Who.

85 days until the 2012 Christmas Special!

CONCENTRATED:

• Welcome to Mostly Harmless Cutaway Question Mark Six featuring Eric! Yes, just Eric. This brief Cutaway is an editorial response or reaction to the very recent Two-minute Time Lord #282.
• Special thanks to Chip, the @2minutetimelord himself for putting out his fantastic podcast!
  

WARNING:

• This discussion contains miscellaneous, Sherlock, Torchwood, new WHO, and classic SPOILERS pertaining to Doctor Who. If you are 100% spoilerphobic to new & classic epsiodes not yet seen, do not complain to us. This episode is MOSTLY HARMLESS & contains EXPLICIT terms and as always expect strokes of innuendo throughout.

LINKS:

• 2MTL 282: twominutetimelord.com
• Please tweet all feedback to be read (and derided) on future eps to @DoctorWhoMHC

DISCLAIMER:

• We apologize for interrupting your regularly scheduled program, but promise not to go off on this sort of excursion again until we feel the need to.
• Not the first time we've interacted or payed homage to 2MTL. Check back in our archives for MHC #19 The 24MTL Cutaway...
  
• This episode was recorded September 30, 2012.
• COMING SOON: MHC #87 The Angels Take Manhattan...
  

DON'T PANIC

Host/Producer: Eric / @BullittWHO
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Blog: bullitt33tvblog.wordpress.com

Co-host: Josh / @whomeJZ
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Coverart/Sketch Artist: Julian / @JLB_Tosche
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HitchikersCutaway: mostlyharmless.freevar.com

Co-hostess: Cat / @fancyfembot
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Legal: Sean H. / @tardistavern
PR: Kyle A. / @FunctionalNerd
Comptroller: Chris B. / @dubbayoo
Morale: Erika E. / @HollyGoDarkly
R&D: Erik S. / @sjcAustenite
Anonymous cold open by Emily K. / @emilyooo
TARDIS Cutaway artwork by Peter Tulay
MHC Theme created by E.A. Escamilla

Tonights as well as the last 24 hours of news and podcast publications, I share my thoughts on 'The Angels Take Manhatten' and the departure of Amy and Rory in Nixxi Winter's absence. Apparently she has fallen ill with PondDeparture syndrom, personally I think it's just a cold! She will hopefully be back by Tuesday's show to give us her thoughts on the mid-series finale. Also stay tuned for news regarding our first ever competition, also during Tuesday's show.

Dave, Elizabeth and Thomas wonder where Kermit fits into The Angels Take Manhattan 

Elizabeth and Michelle discuss storytelling technique in Doctor Who

85 days until the 2012 Christmas Special!

CONCENTRATED:

• Welcome to Mostly Harmless Cutaway Question Mark Six featuring Eric! Yes, just Eric. This brief Cutaway is mostly a response or reaction to the very recent Two-minute Time Lord #282.
• Special thanks to Chip, the @2minutetimelord himself for putting out his fantastic podcast!
  

WARNING:

• This discussion contains miscellaneous, Sherlock, Torchwood, new WHO, and classic SPOILERS pertaining to Doctor Who. If you are 100% spoilerphobic to new & classic epsiodes not yet seen, do not complain to us. This episode is MOSTLY HARMLESS & contains EXPLICIT terms and as always expect strokes of innuendo throughout.

LINKS:

• 2MTL 282: twominutetimelord.com
• Please tweet all feedback to be read (and derided) on future eps to @DoctorWhoMHC

DISCLAIMER:

• We apologize for interrupting your regularly scheduled program, but promise not to go off on this sort of excursion again until we feel the need to.
• Not the first time we've interacted or payed homage to 2MTL. Check back in our archives for MHC #19 The 24MTL Cutaway...
  
• This episode was recorded September 30, 2012.
• COMING SOON: MHC #87 The Angels Take Manhattan...
  

DON'T PANIC

Host/Producer: Eric / @BullittWHO
Email: EscoWHO ~at~ gmail ~dot~com
Blog: bullitt33tvblog.wordpress.com

Co-host: Josh / @whomeJZ
Email: whomeJZ ~at~ yahoo ~dot~com

Coverart/Sketch Artist:  Julian / @JLB_Tosche
Email: samwisewise ~at~ gmail ~dot~com
Tumblr: toscheillustration.tumblr.com
HitchikersCutaway: mostlyharmless.freevar.com

Co-hostess: Cat / @fancyfembot
Email: fancyfembot ~at~ gmail ~dot~com
Sci-Fi Party Line News Network: scifipartyline.net

Mostly Harmless Cutaway / @DoctorWhoMHC
Email: guidetothewhoverse ~at~ gmail ~dot~com
Website: guidetothewhoverse.libsyn.com
Tumblr: doctorwhomhc.tumblr.com 
Facebook: Doctor Who: Mostly Harmless Cutaway 

Legal: Sean H. / @tardistavern
PR: Kyle A. / @FunctionalNerd
Comptroller: Chris B. / @dubbayoo
Morale: Erika E. / @HollyGoDarkly
R&D: Erik S. / @sjcAustenite
Anonymous cold open by Emily K. / @emilyooo
TARDIS Cutaway artwork by Peter Tulay
MHC Theme created by E.A. Escamilla

The gang is all here this week on Doctor Whocast, as we tackle the 2012 Series 7 finale, "The Angels Take Manhatthan." Working through heartache and tears, Bobby, Brian and Jacqui pick apart the last episode we'll be seeing in a while and offer t heir thoughts on our beloved companions. Weeping angels we indeed were! So, until next time, please sit back, relax and enjoy the only podcast that also travels in time!

Farewell to Amy and Rory! Chris from Radio Free Skaro reflects on departing companions and traveling alone, and I try (and somewhat fail) to separate "The Angels Take Manhattan" from the hype and show format. Plus a brief appreciation of Babylon 5's Michael O'Hare. All in successive two-minute (relatively) chunks.

Summary:
Adam J Purcell, Fake Keith, Jean Riddler and the Real Keith Dunn discuss the new Doctor Who stories A Town Called Mercy and The Power of Three, review the new Judge Dredd film known only as Dredd, find some general news and a variety of other stuff, specifically:

• 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
• 00:55 — Welcome!
• 02:47 – News:
• 02:55 — Doctor Who: Five Doctors unite to help Janet Fielding.
• 04:44 — Amanda Tapping: Recuring role on Supernatural.
• 05:29 — Alfonso Cuaron & J.J. Abrams: New genre TV series.
• 07:25 — Manimal: Hollywood gets even more desperate.
• 10:10 — Doctor Who: Peter Jackson interested in directing?
• 12:17 — Quickfire Plug: Novelisation of the Rush ablum Clockwork Angels, out now!
• 12:28 — Quickfire Plug: Red Dwarf X starts on Dave, 9pm 4th October 2012.
• 12:38 — Quickfire Plug: Iain M Banks’ new Culture novel The Hydrogen Sonata published 9th October 2012.
• 12:41 — Quickfire Plug: Ben Aaronovitch’s Rivers of London novel, out for a while but still really, really good!
• 12:21 – Doctor Who: A Town Called Mercy.
• 25:15 – Doctor Who: The Power of Three.
• 41:43 – Dredd (the 2012 film).
• 56:43 – Emails and listener feedback.* Hit us yourself at show@StaggeringStories.net
• 79:20 – Farewell for this podcast!
• 81:18 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.

Vital Links:

• Staggering Stories.
• Staggering Stories: Podcast Drinking Game, Fifth edition.
• BBC: Doctor Who.
• Project Motor Mouth.
• Project Motor House.
• Wikipedia: Janel Fielding.
• Wikipedia: Amanda Tapping.
• Wikipedia: Supernatural (TV Series).
• Wikipedia: Alfonso Cuaron.
• Wikipedia: J J Abrams.
• Wikipedia: Manimal.
• Wikipedia: Peter Jackson.
• Wikipedia: Clockwork Angels.
• Red Dwarf.
• Wikipedia: The Hydrogen Sonata.
• Rivers of London.
• BBC: Doctor Who – A Town Called Mercy.
• Wikipedia: Doctor Who – A Town Called Mercy.
• BBC: Doctor Who – The Power of Three.
• Wikipedia: Doctor Who – The Power of Three.
• The InsideOutcast.
• Doctor Who Podcast Alliance.
• Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.
• Google+: Staggering Stories Page.

David and Marty review the Tom Baker and Louise Jameson story, The Sunmakers. Marty has a whopper of a high speed segment, covering the White Wyrm by Big Finish and the first three stories of Series 7, Asylum of the Daleks, Dinosaurs on a Spaceship, and A Town Called Mercy. The guys discuss DVD extras for the Sunmakers and read listener feedback emails. Stay tuned to find out what will be coming on the next Hoo On Who!

This month we bring you our discussion of the Virgin Missing Adventure The Well-Mannered War by Gareth Roberts, author of two other Missing Adventures, The Romance of Crime and The English Way of Death, as well as the screenwriter for the television episodes "The Shakespeare Code", "The Unicorn and the Wasp", "The Lodger", and "Closing Time". From the back cover:

'Destroy them! Destroy them all - now!"

Barclow - an Earth-type planet on the fringes of space at an inestimably distant point in the future. Two factions have laid claim to it: humans from the nearby colony world of Metralubit, and a small group of Chelonian troopers. But in nearly two hundred years of conflict not one shot has been fired in anger, there are regular socials in the trenches, and the military commanders are the best of friends.

The Doctor, Romana, and K-9, arriving in the midst of these bizarre hostilities, find there's real trouble to come. A crucial election on Metralubit is looming, and K-9 is forced to begin a new career as a politician. Meanwhile, Romana meets an old friend and the Doctor discovers that a sinister hidden force may be attempting to alter the war's friendly nature.

What are the plans of Galatea, leader of the beautiful but robotic Femdroids? Who is killing soldiers on both sides of the battle lines? And will K-9's oratory save the day?

Just what is going on?

The "old friend" mentioned above happens to be Menlove Stokes, who previously appeared in Roberts' The Romance of Crime. The Well-Mannered War is notable because it is the last of the Virgin Missing Adventures, published in 1997 as the BBC was preparing to publish its own series of novels featuring past Doctors and an entirely new series with the Eighth Doctor to replace Virgin's New Adventures.

Pour yourself a tankard of Chelonian grog and sit back and relax as we discuss The Well-Mannered War!

Check us out on Facebook, follow us on Twitter via @dwbcpodcast, and email us at dwbcpodcast@gmail.com. Plus, be sure to follow Erik on Twitter via @sjcaustenite and Sean via @tardistavern.

David and Marty review the Tom Baker and Louise Jameson story, The Sunmakers.  Marty has a whopper of a high speed segment, covering the White Wyrm by Big Finish and the first three stories of Series 7, Asylum of the Daleks, Dinosaurs on a Spaceship, and A Town Called Mercy.  The guys discuss DVD extras for the Sunmakers and read listener feedback emails.  Stay tuned to find out what will be coming on the next Hoo On Who!

Time runs out for Amy and Rory Pond, as The Angels Take Manhattan! Caleb, Sarah and Suzie try not to blink as we discuss Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill’s exit from Doctor Who, as well as the return of the Weeping Angels and River Song. With Amy and Rory being the longest serving companions since the series returned in 2005, is this a fitting end to their story?

Steven Moffat said “If the Ponds’ departure doesn’t make you openly weep, I haven’t done my job.” Did he succeed for you? Let us know what you thought!

This month we bring you our discussion of the Virgin Missing Adventure The Well-Mannered War by Gareth Roberts, author of two other Missing Adventures, The Romance of Crime  and The English Way of Death, as well as the screenwriter for the television episodes “The Shakespeare Code”, “The Unicorn and the Wasp”, “The Lodger”, and “Closing Time”.  From the back cover:

‘Destroy them!  Destroy them all – now!”

Barclow – an Earth-type planet on the fringes of space at an inestimably distant point in the future.  Two factions have laid claim to it: humans from the nearby colony world of Metralubit, and a small group of Chelonian troopers.  But in nearly two hundred years of conflict not one shot has been fired in anger, there are regular socials in the trenches, and the military commanders are the best of friends.

The Doctor, Romana, and K-9, arriving in the midst of these bizarre hostilities, find there’s real trouble to come.  A crucial election on Metralubit is looming, and K-9 is forced to begin a new career as a politician.  Meanwhile, Romana meets an old friend and the Doctor discovers that a sinister hidden force may be attempting to alter the war’s friendly nature.

What are the plans of Galatea, leader of the beautiful but robotic Femdroids?  Who is killing soldiers on both sides of the battle lines?  And will K-9’s oratory save the day?

Just what is going on?

The “old friend” mentioned above happens to be Menlove Stokes, who previously appeared in Roberts’ The Romance of Crime.  The Well-Mannered War is notable because it is the last of the Virgin Missing Adventures, published in 1997 as the BBC was preparing to publish its own series of novels featuring past Doctors and an entirely new series with the Eighth Doctor to replace Virgin’s New Adventures.

Pour yourself a tankard of Chelonian grog and sit back and relax as we discuss The Well-Mannered War!

Check us out on Facebook, follow us on Twitter via @dwbcpodcast, and email us at dwbcpodcast@gmail.com.  Plus, be sure to follow Erik on Twitter via @sjcaustenite and Sean via @tardistavern.

My first thoughts review of Doctor Who: The Angels Take Manhattan, Amy and Rory's last story and a rip roaring return of the Weeping Angels.

End theme this week is Doctor Who_Weeping Angels mix by Decus which you can download here http://whomix.windbubbles.net/remix/432

Album art was photographed by Tim Drury(that would me then)

If you want to send me comments or feedback you can email them to tdrury2003@yahoo.co.uk or contact me on twitter where I'm @tdrury or send me a friend request and your comments to facebook where I'm Tim Drury and look like this http://www.flickr.com/photos/tdrury/3711029536/in/set-72157621161239599/ in case you were wondering.

My first thoughts review of Doctor Who: The Angels Take Manhattan, Amy and Rory's last story and a rip roaring return of the Weeping Angels.

End theme this week is Doctor Who_Weeping Angels mix by Decus which you can download here http://whomix.windbubbles.net/remix/432

Album art was photographed by Tim Drury(that would me then)

If you want to send me comments or feedback you can email them to tdrury2003@yahoo.co.uk or contact me on twitter where I'm @tdrury or send me a friend request and your comments to facebook where I'm Tim Drury and look like this http://www.flickr.com/photos/tdrury/3711029536/in/set-72157621161239599/ in case you were wondering.

Tonight we mourn the passing (or not) of the Pond's, we provide thelast 24 hours of DW news and podcasts and I'm delighted to say our new forums are online, so get posting! What a day guys! Enjoy.....

My first thoughts review of Doctor Who: The Angels Take Manhattan, Amy and Rory's last story and a rip roaring return of the Weeping Angels.

End theme this week is Doctor Who_Weeping Angels mix by Decus which you can download here http://whomix.windbubbles.net/remix/432

Album art was photographed by Tim Drury(that would me then)

If you want to send me comments or feedback you can email them to tdrury2003@yahoo.co.uk or contact me on twitter where I'm @tdrury or send me a friend request and your comments to facebook where I'm Tim Drury and look like this http://www.flickr.com/photos/tdrury/3711029536/in/set-72157621161239599/ in case you were wondering.

It’s yet another episode of The Cloister Room! Tom and Louis discuss the ups and downs of The Power of Three, and get drawn off on a long tangent about who is fit to run Doctor Who when Moffat eventually steps down.