The Sonic Toolbox
- Description:
- Two hard core science fiction fans, the DW Geek Girls - Cheryl Lowe and Daisy Kaufman - talk about the science of Doctor Who, both real and fictional. Come along as we try to explain away the impossible physics and and bring you some relevant real world science, too. Not to mention the general Doctor Who love.
Homepage: http://thesonictoolbox.blogspot.com/
RSS Feed: http://sonictoolbox.libsyn.com/rss
- Episodes:
- 483
- Average Episode Duration:
- 0:1:04:34
- Longest Episode Duration:
- 0:3:06:41
- Total Duration of all Episodes:
- 21 days, 15 hours, 43 minutes and 31 seconds
- Earliest Episode:
- 30 April 2020 (11:55pm GMT)
- Latest Episode:
- 21 April 2019 (4:00pm GMT)
- Average Time Between Episodes:
- 5 days, 10 hours, 25 minutes and 38 seconds
The Sonic Toolbox Episodes
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How I Made Your Monster
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 18 minutes and 28 secondsMonsters! We're discussing CG vs practical. What we like, what we don't, and what we feel could have been done better the other way. Monsters!
Sorry this is late, but chemo sucks.
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Post-Gally Wrap Up
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 9 minutes and 39 secondsFinally, we let you know what we did in L.A. and at Gally.
Sorry for the delay in getting this to you. Daisy needed a longer recuperation period than in past years and didn't have the energy to record. But all is good now, and we are back on track!
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Pre-Gally Extravaganza
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 26 minutes and 55 secondsGallifrey One is just down the block (even closer than around the corner), and we're very excited. Once more, we give you our annual PRE-GALLY EXTRAVAGANZA!!! #gally1
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Wrapping Up Series 11
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 38 minutes and 17 secondsNow that we've seen all of Jodie's first series as the Doctor, what do we think of it? What do we think of her? What's on our minds in general? All this, and more! Just click "play".
WARNING: Contains small rabbits
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Resolution - Review
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 14 minutes and 40 secondsOur thoughts and feelings about this first ever New Year Day episode.
So sorry for the delay, but Daisy is OK. Full explanation about what is going on, healthwise, is within. Thanks so much for the support.
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The Battle of Ranskor Av Kolos - Review
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 39 minutes and 19 secondsIt's the end of the Series as we know it...and we feel fine! At least about this final episode of Series 11. And a few other things we ramble on about.
WARNING: Contains relatively relavant rabbits and SPOILERS.
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It Takes You Away - Review
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 20 minutes and 37 secondsDid this story take us away? Or did it make us want to go away? Well...you'll just have to hit play and find out.
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The Witchfinders - Review
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 18 minutes and 57 secondsWitch hunt? Attack of the mud zombies? Where's Sam and Dean? All these questions, and more, are discussed in our review of The Witchfinders.
WARNING: Contains spoilers
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Kerblam! - Review
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 18 minutes and 59 secondsIt's Amazon in space! And while Cheryl and Daisy love Amazon, do we love this story? Take a listen and find out.
WARNING: Contains spoilers.
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Demons of the Punjab - Review
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 2 minutes and 50 secondsThe history of Yaz. This week we are given another historical, only this time it's more personal. Join us as we discuss the 6th episode of Series 11.
WARNING: Contains spoilers.
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The Tsuranga Conundrum
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 9 minutes and 19 secondsOoh! Another Chibnall script. Do we like it? Do we not? You'll just have to listen to find out!
Sorry about my mic, no idea what's going on with it. Also, sorry about my brain. No idea what's going on with it, either.
WARNING: Contains spoilers and rabbit
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Arachnids In The UK - Review
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 17 minutes and 14 secondsSpiders. Cheryl doesn't like spiders. Daisy does. This could be fun.
WARNING: Contains spoilers and rabbits.
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Rosa - Review
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 9 minutes and 8 secondsHistorically, Doctor Who did best with historical storylines. After all, it started as an educational show. But how's it do with the American Civil Rights Movement? We shall see.
WARNING: Contains spoilers
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The Ghost Monument - Review
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 3 minutes and 13 secondsRaw and unfiltered, yet again, we bring you our first impressions of The Ghost Monument. Also, feedback!
WARNING: Contains spoilers
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The Woman Who Fell to Earth - Review
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 2 minutes and 5 secondsOur raw, unedited review of Jodie Whittaker's first outing as The Doctor.
WARNING: Contains spoilers
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Message to Our Listeners
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 3 minutes and 38 secondsA very important message for our listeners.
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Androids Among Us
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 3 minutes and 29 secondsAndroids have been a staple of science fiction ever since the Golden Age, and Doctor Who has had it's fair share of them. We're discussing some of our favorite TV androids this week, both in Doctor Who and elsewhere.
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Protectors of the World U.N.I.T.e!
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 15 minutes and 4 secondsThe Brigadier, Benton, Mike Yates. U.N.I.T. Who were they, what did they do, and how many rabbits will they cause us to chase?
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In the Blink of an Angel
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 25 minutes and 21 secondsWe get sciency! New studies have been published about the science behind Weeping Angels. This week we look at what they are, how they move (and don't move), and how to kill them.
WARNING: Supernatural rabbit chasing
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Focus on Mark Sheppard
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 39 minutes and 0 secondsWe're focusing our lenses on a man who's CV reads like a Best of SF Television in the 21st Century. His characters are the villains we hate to love, and the good guys we love to hate. This week it's all about Mark Sheppard. Mostly.
WARNING: Spring is here and the rabbits are multiplying.
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The Almost Science of Almost People
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 5 minutes and 24 secondsTaking a look at Gangers from the Series 6 two parter The Rebel Flesh/The Almost People, we attempt to explain the in universe science behind them.
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Who Would Win
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 33 minutes and 7 secondsFrom Sherlock Holmes to Dean Winchester, we pit some of our favorite argumentative characters from other fandoms against the mind of The Doctor.characters from other fandoms against the mind of The Doctor.
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Fooling Around With Fandoms
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 57 minutes and 59 secondsNow that it's April, we're fooling around with some ideas on what other fandoms might work for us, podcast wise. Because...well...you know...
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Post-Gally Wrap Up
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 55 minutes and 27 secondsWe've survived another Gally! We made it out of Los Angeles alive! We're back, and this is what happened. Mostly.
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Pre-Gally Extravaganza!
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 36 minutes and 15 secondsIt's that time of year again. Join us as we get ready for the Gallifrey One convention in Los Angeles next weekend. We're going thru the schedule of events, getting excited about what we want to see, and counting how many times we're going to need the time turner to get to everything.
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Glass Avatars - The Future is Tomorrow
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 36 minutes and 29 secondsQuarantine is over and we're all back and healthy. For the most part. We did our best to edit out all the coughing, but we may have missed a couple, sorry. But, we're back, and we're discussing those glass avatars from the Christmas special and looking into the very real possibility of humans being able to do something like this in the not to distant future.
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Twice Upon A Time - Review
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 35 minutes and 35 secondsSo, we finally have all our Doctors in a row enough to bring our review of the Christmas episode this year. We apologize for the lateness of this review. These last couple of weeks have been filled with both biological and technical ich. But we're back! Consider us regenerated, like the Doctor! Now, on with the spoilery, Christmasy show!
WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS
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Twice Upon a Time - First Impression
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 16 minutes and 58 secondsMerry Christmas! It's that time of year when Doctor Who has a Christmas special, Cheryl gets sick, and snow is on the ground. Oh! Did I say Cheryl is sick? Unfortunately, she is coughing too much to be able to record, but I (Daisy) am here to give you my first impression of this year's Christmas special.
We'll have a full review just as soon as Cheryl gets better.
WARNING: Contains spoilers
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A Deep Breath Before Christmas
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 21 minutes and 28 secondsWe revisit Peter Capaldi's fist outing as The Doctor in anticipation of seeing his last story as our favorite Time Lord. It's amazing how things change with time and distance.
WARNING: Contains rabbits
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Invaders From Outer Space
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 32 minutes and 54 secondsWith Christmas so near, we thought it only fitting for us to look back on all the times that the earth has been invaded.
We, too, seem to have been invaded...by rabbits. It appears they have gotten into our audio equipment. Which explains our weird sound problems.
WARNING: Contains rabbit chasing
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Grant the Superhero Revisited
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 29 minutes and 54 secondsIt must be rabbit season again, because they keep running around. But not to worry. They don't distract that much from our talking about last year's Christmas episode "The Return of Doctor Mysterio". In the run up to this year's Christmas show, and the Doctor's regeneration, we're giving Doctor Mysterio a second look and refreshing our memories with what we liked and didn't like.
WARNING: Rabbit chasing ahead
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Picking Ourselves Up By Our Bootstraps
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 9 minutes and 10 secondsWe're talking about the Bootstrap Paradox also known as a Closed Time Loop. A lovely little scientific anomaly that allows science fiction writers to confuse the hell out of their readers and viewers.
Please also excuse our brief audio problem mid-show. This was the best we could fix it (and the reason we're a tad late posting).
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Over the Water and After the Something
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 12 minutes and 31 secondsWe're discussing "Under the Lake" and "Before the Flood". This isn't really a review, as we did that when they first aired, but more a revisiting and re-discovery. We also have feedback, and a few rabbits.
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Dropping Thru The Floor Is D. Bomb!
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 9 minutes and 51 secondsRemember Capt. Jack's square gun? Well, the "Architect's" dimensional shift bomb is very similar. We figure out how it works in this episode. Get your math books out, this gets real.
PSA: Do yourself and your neighbors a solid and get involved with your local CERT (Community Emergency Response Team). Contact your local fire department or emergency management department, or visit their website, and join the next training class. You won't regret it when the next disaster hits.
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Time Heist re-review.
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 14 minutes and 28 secondsWe discuss Time Heist. The first on our road to regeneration, where we say goodbye to 12 and hello to 13. Plus, we have Gally news! Apologies about the sound.
There was something wrong with Daisy's mic. We didn't know until we went to edit. This is the best we were able to get it.
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Badges! We don't need no stinkin' badges!
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 5 minutes and 47 secondsWe're discussing those emotion indicator badges from the episode "Smile". We also talk a bit about the eclipse that the US just experienced (some of us experiencing it better than others...Cheryl).
Also, no news. And amazingly very little rabbit chasing.
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The Reign of...OOH! Rabbits!
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 57 minutes and 41 secondsWe swear, this is a Doctor Who podcast. But the rabbits needed one last (we hope) run before summer ends. And we didn't realize how non-riveting The Reign of Terror was, but we do manage to get a review in there, somewhere.
WARNING: Contains rabbits
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Episode 243: Of Rabbits and Other New Creatures
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 42 minutes and 29 secondsWe haven't been able to clear out all the rabbits from the studio just yet. But we're pressing on and discussing some of the new creatures and species that we've been introduced to during this last series. Season. Series/season. Serison. You know what we mean.
WARNING: Contains rabbits
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Episode 242: Series 10 and the Great Fan Explosion
Episode Duration: 0 days, 2 hours, 10 minutes and 32 secondsWeee'Rrrre baa-Aa-k! Daisy's movied in to her new place and ready to roll! Cheryl's all reasted up and now we're both ready to tacklle two of the most difficult subjets of our Whovian lives: how Series 10 was as a whole, and the casting of regen 13. Hang on to your seats, it's gonna be a bumpy ride!
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Episode A10.2: Life is What Happens When You're Making Other Plans
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 7 minutes and 1 secondThis isn't the show you were expecting. Daisy sneaks 5 minutes out of an unexpected crisis to explain why.
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Episode 241: The Doctor Falls - Review
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 18 minutes and 21 secondsThis is it! The Finale!! For us, for Bill, for The Master/Missy, for The Doctor. Or is it? Well, it is the last episode of the season at least. And our last raw review till Christmas.
Also, more reviews from Sharon Rose. And just a little audio trouble from Cheryl (we're sorry).
WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS
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Episode 240: World Enough and Time - Review
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 28 minutes and 18 secondsThe world is ending and Skype is the first to go. And go, and go. Sorry for the delay in posting this review, but the technical problems that plagued our recording extended to keep Daisy from being able to edit and post this till the day after.
But here it is! Our review of World Enough and Time, the penultimate episode of Series 10. Pardon all the gush.
WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS
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Episode 239: The Eaters of Light - Review
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 59 minutes and 53 secondsDue to technical difficulties (great way to start, right?) this is our brief review of The Eaters of Light. We hit all the important, to us, points, and fully explore our opinion of this story.
WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS
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Episode 238: Empress of Mars - Review
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 22 minutes and 21 secondsMark Gatiss gives us the Ice Warriors again. We give you a review. See how it all goes around.
Also, a bit of news. And Sharon Rose gives us her take of "The Lie of the Land" in our feedback section.
WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS...and rabbits. Lots of rabbits.
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Episode 237: The Lie of the Land - Review
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 27 minutes and 11 secondsAnd so we come to the last of the three Monkmy episodes. Did it wrap up well? Did it crash and burn? Did it even happen?
WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS
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Episode 236: Extremis/The Pyramid at the End of the World - Review
Episode Duration: 0 days, 3 hours, 6 minutes and 41 secondsThis is a long one folks. We're reviewing the first two of Series 10's three parter. We've also got the first Gally news of the season and some fantastic feedback/reviews from our own Sharon Rose!
WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS
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Apololgy 10.1
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 7 minutes and 4 secondsWe apologize for the delay of the review for Extremis.
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Episode 235: Oxygen - Review
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 59 minutes and 33 secondsA space station plagued with zombies...and a podcast plagued with audio problems. Not too sure which is worse. But at least audio problems won't kill you. But we apologize for them all the same. So if you hear Cheryl cut out, or some weird echos, don't worry. It's not you, it's us. Anyway, we still manage to talk up a storm on our first impressions of this latest episode.
WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS
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Episode 234 - Knock Knock - Review
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 8 minutes and 28 secondsWho's there? Ghoulies and ghosties and...wood lice? Yeah, Doctor, we think dryad sounds better, too. We'll tell you what else we think...right here, just hit play!
WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS
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Episode 233: Thin Ice - Review
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 58 minutes and 35 secondsThe Thames is frozen, let's party! This is real history on Doctor Who again. Well, except for the big beastie under the ice. So, what did we think of it? Ya gotta listen to find out.
WANING: CONTAINS SPOILERS