Doctor Who: The Ood Cast

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Booming Marvellous Dec 15, 2010

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“I really enjoyed them skirting round the issue and occasionally touching it and jumping away like some sort of frightened cat.”

On this week’s Ood Cast, still a member down, Laura, Andy and Chris Alpha take the Slitheen by the skin suit and use their time wisely. Not by invading the Earth using decoy pigs in space suits (or even pigs in blankets – it is the festive season after all), but by revisiting series one’s Boom Town. They wonder out-loud into handily positioned microphones whether the episode was as shaky as the planning permission for that nuclear power station in the episode must have been….

We discover (not necessarily this order): just what happened at that Cardiff Council planning meeting when the power station was approved; why Chris Alpha wanted to make a snowman instead of watching the episode; why they all agreed that they did and did not like it; and that Laura had absolutely no inspiration for a song this week.

Only joking. Of course there’s a song.

Window Shopping Dec 01, 2010

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“If I’d gotten in there I’d have flattened myself against the doors and built up some sort of coat stand barricade…”

You know when you go shopping, and something just leaps out at you? Literally?

Well, this week on The Ood Cast we are Sigma-less for the first time, and have a good look around before trying a spot of nostalgia to mask our temporary loss by going back to the very beginning of the good Doctor’s return to give the traditional Ood Cast treatment to the Series One opener, Rose.

We whisk you through a head writer’s neighbourhood gossip, the costume selection process, and we have a go at explaining one of the enduring mysteries of the new series – just why did the Eighth Doctor regenerate?

All this and some poetry, and there might well be some songs too. You never know…

Culture Vultures Nov 17, 2010

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"Come along, Smith!"

Yes, come join the Ood Cast as we dip our toes in the warm, nostalgic waters of The Sarah Jane Adventures and our first review for the series, Death of the Doctor.

Unsettlingly Andrew-less, we draft in a close family member to discuss days gone by, whether people's heads fit their shoulders, the ways we deal with bereavement and how Santiago is like a chicken.

There's also sketches about the dangers of a whole species having the same job and what would happen if RTD went more RTD than he'd ever gone before.

GLORIOUS!

Claymation Nov 03, 2010

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"It's like asking Superman to weed your herbaceous border... "

An exciting landmark episode of The Ood Cast this week as we conduct our very first interview with someone who is actually involved professionally with Doctor Who.

Listen as we struggle valiantly to maintain a thin veneer of calm while quizzing Mr Clayton Hickman on Sarah Jane, The Brilliant Book, his time at Doctor Who Magazine and anything else we think would be sensible and interesting to talk about.

Then continue to listen in horror whilst we get over excited and ask him to divulge secrets to Season 6 and which monster he would get intimate with to save the universe? All this and a telling off, a lost bet, a murder, tales from the wilderness years and an Elton John song about the dark side of fandom.

You're welcome.

The Sontaran Ones Oct 20, 2010

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"What happens if you cut off his legs? If you bisect the Doctor, do you get two Doctors?"

In this fortnight's episood, we get mildly heated over regenerative issues, dissect some classic British comedy TV, find out what a Splish is, create some memorable nicknames for former Doctors and tackle both Madness and The Beatles (no, it's not about 'Turn Left').

Join us for a packed episode- and find the answer to the riddle - 'Why did the Timelord jump out of the tree?'

There might even be a special guest or ten ...

The Ood, The Bad & The Ugly Oct 06, 2010

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"Steven Moffat? He's a squat, wiry haired, plump, plum-eared genius ..."

Theatrical nudity, sycophantic grovelling and an Ice Warrior with a grudge.

The Ood Cast is back with more unflattering descriptions of the leading lights of our televisual lives. Find out what happened when Sigma met the Moff, listen to the Ood's first script collaboration, get an update on the operating status of the Littlest Doctor and *spoiler alert* find out key locations for the Christmas Special ...

Also, win a drink on us, and listen in horror as we jump the (space) shark.

Ah, it's good to be back!

Wibbley Wobbly What? Jul 08, 2010

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"I'm going to sex it right up ... like a sexy bent shoe."

That's what happens when you leave two recently engaged Who fans alone with a microphone ...

This week, Chris Sigma and Laura present a whole hodge podge of tidbits scattered from the final two episodes, present the winner of the lyrics competition, discover just how tantalising a cup of tea can be and listen to the existential crisis of a Star Whale. It's a bit schizophrenic- but with a person who's had ten other personalities being our starting point, who can blame us?

The Big Shebang Jul 01, 2010

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"It's like dissecting a kitten. It's just not as cute when it's all in bits everywhere ..."

On this week's bumper and rather euphoric Ood Cast, the reverie of a season finale goes to our heads ... or is that the wine?

Either way, we have loads of fun, and its probably unintelligible to anyone who wasn't there. Sorry about that. Well, we're not - you don't have to pay for this ...

As well as our late discussion of whether Steven Moffat pulled off his first attempt at a finale, we have a bit of a nose around a museum gallery of unusual fossils, find out how Rory gets on at a job interview, drop in on the results of the fire safety investigation into the TARDIS explosion and see how many of us it takes to stop Andy talking his way through the entire show.

We're almost at the end of our season, with the finale just around the corner ... but are we threatened by how good The Big Bang was?

You bet we are...

Childish Things Jun 24, 2010

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"He fall into the crack and he never come back ... that's a-Rorrrrrrry ..."

This week, the Ood Cast try and ignore the temptation to run around screaming like excited children (we did that after the recording had finished) and take a trip into a land of childhood memories and councils of war...

We see what would happen if the Anti-Doctor coalition had picked a different book from Amy's shelves and our helpful fly-on-the-wall learns how all those different species put aside their differences to trap their slippery target.

We find time to talk about The Pandorica Opens too, of course, and the weekly song makes a triumphant return ...

Bigger on the Offside Jun 16, 2010

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"I'm trying to think of a biscuit that rhymes with Pandorica ..."

On this week's sparkling Ood Cast, we embrace World Cup fever ... and talk about "The Lodger".

Join us as we find out what happened when the footballing might of Gallifrey's sole player took on the ringers of Skaro's planetary playmakers; blow the whistle on a secret habit that the Littlest Doctor thought he had hidden from everyone; discover what some football pundits made of James Corden's constant presence on our screens at the weekend, sympathise with Laura's sore throat, get slightly put off by the Master of theatrical gestures and also hear what topical thing Alpha thinks should be in the next series of Who.

So, squeeze yourself through those turnstiles, get a mug of bovril and settle down for kick off with the Ood Cast.

Plunger ball!

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