Doctor Who: The Ood Cast

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A Preview To A Kill Apr 20, 2011

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"I've got scurvy now, scurvy is cool."

Well here we go again ...

Season Six is so close we can taste it. The expectation of its riches, its promises and dark rewards, fill our every waking moment. The sense of something spectacular is palpable. The ghost train is opening its doors...

Join The Ood Cast, as they guide you through the next seven weeks of televisual wonder in a preview episode gilded with the kind of balls-out crazy speculation that could get a person arrested. Prophets or madmen? Seers or fools? Decide for yourself as you hear what kind of hat the Doctor will wear in EVERY EPISODE, what’s impossible about the impossible astronaut and something about apricots.

All this and a review of the Doctor Who Experience PLUS highlights of Season Five recapped in a four minute mega-medley of over 35 popular tunes with the same chord sequence.

Remember what’s past, look to the future but beware SPOILERS.

(and by SPOILERS we mean, ill-informed guesswork and a sprinkling of nuts)

Non Sequiturs Apr 13, 2011

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"I think I can make the noise of a door creaking open with my hair..."

Bit of a weird one for you this week as The Ood Cast go back to basics. Four people, four microphones, in a room, talking. Yes, this is the Oods unplugged and unhinged without the aid of a script or a safety net.

(And because we recorded it three weeks ago we're also woefully out of date when it comes to details of Season 6 so definitely no spoilers)

There's even less cohesion than usual as Andy, Laura, Alpha and Sigma jump from one topic to the next with the linguistic grace of a herd of buffalos with big feet dancing swan lake on a minefield. Comments that have no immediate relevance, a review of Space & Time, hysteria, memoirs, podcest and a very special birthday wish all make an appearance.

And, okay, there are a few short sketches about the Brigadier and a cover of a song by the lovely folk at Radio Rassilon too.

But mostly it's tales told by idiots, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing...

We wouldn't have it any other way.

Oodstock Mar 16, 2011

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"And even if it was the real Adric, you'd hardly go to him for advice on how to not crash into the Earth, would you?"

They're back - the Ood Cast is whole once more.

Witness Andy & Alpha's triumphant return in a blaze of domestic bliss, voyeurism, Myrka-wrangling, donkey-diving and flat out convention-running mayhem.

Yes, this week on the show our prodigal podcasters are treated to their very own mini-convention stuffed to the gills with special guests, music and cockamamy insight.

And in what we promise is the very last piece of Gallifrey One coverage, Sigma & Loz debrief us on the adventure of a lifetime amidst luggage-shaped life rafts and falling debris.

Not your usual convention.

But then again what do you expect when the ticket's free?

Gallifrey or Bust: Day Four Feb 20, 2011

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"Chris was representing. I was repre-snoozing..."

It's the final part of our Gallifrey coverage. The dream is ending.

(Alph & Andy will be back next episode, we promise)

But what have we got in store for you until then?

A familiar voice in a La-la-land sketch with a twist, last day memories and analysis, quiz battles, personal highlights, podcest, pretty words and a geek anthem to blow your socks off.

So long LA, it's been emotional.

Epic & emotional.

And fairly calorific.

Gallifrey or Bust: Day Three Feb 19, 2011

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"Oh... it's made out of raffia. Yaaaaaay?"

Welcome, brave audio travellers.

It's Day Three of our Gallifrey coverage and Laura & Sigma are bouncing off the walls pepped up on a sugar rush delivered straight to the heart by America's finest cuisine.

Stuffed with subs, porked out on pancakes and filled with Philly cheese steaks our podcasting pair bring you a round-up of Saturday's experiences including their respective panel highlights, a discussion about the Masquerade of Mandragora and why they don't get the whole Tikki thing.

Plus a typical American daytime commercial and a song where Laura takes the three most recent incarnations of the Doctor to task for their various foibles.

That's right, we said 'foibles', we're not playing around here.

Gallifrey or Bust: Day Two Feb 18, 2011

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"It's like looking in a dark wood and finding all the squirrels have the faces of friends."

Welcome back.

The first full day of Gallifrey has been and gone & the two globe-trotting Oods have been stunned by the sheer generosity and warmth of welcome they've received on the West coast of the Americas.

Join them now for a short recap of the day, an explanation that sheds some light on Laura's childhood, a daring escape in a dimensionally-transcendental suitcase and a song about convention badge ribbons.

Feistier than an entire lagoon of Amy Ponds.

Gallifrey or Bust: Day One Feb 16, 2011

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"In a special treat for listeners in the UK, Andrew & Chris will be recording themselves crying gently into their tea."

In the first of a series of mini-episodes, Sigma & Laura set off for the Gallifrey convention in Los Angeles, leaving poor old Andy & Alpha behind to fend for themselves in the chilly gloom of London Town.

Listen as our heroes share their hopes & fears for the coming week before a special song at the end rubs it in, Denver-style.

Then keep listening every day this week for updates on the convention, interviews (if we pluck up the courage to talk to guests) & other stuff that we'll no doubt think is funny at 2 in the morning when we're three sheets to the wind.

You can also follow us through the lens of the Twitterverse at @theoodcast and #gally.

Happy trails.

The Regeneration Game Jan 26, 2011

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“True or False? A Sontaran’s favourite food is potato waffle?”

Strap yourself in for an entirely new podcasting experience as The Ood Cast present The Regeneration Game. Yes, no one has ever tried it before, it’s a quiz show based on Doctor Who.

Genius.

No, wait, come back, this is different, honest - this is a new kind of quiz. A quiz where intelligence, an agile brain and an exhaustive knowledge of the subject will have no bearing whatsoever on whether you end up winning.

Maybe it’s because the questions are mostly made up? Maybe it’s because Chris Sigma hasn’t brought a pen and paper to write down the scores? Maybe it’s because truth is an abstract concept which can only be explored and never known?

Whatever the reason you can be sure of an adrenalin-filled question-base thrill ride of an episode including title mash ups, mime, Dalek co-hosts, over 9 flavours of jingle and an appearance by “The Moth”.

Let’s get QUIZZICAL!

Gelth & Safety Jan 12, 2011

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“And sometimes he puts his chin on his neck and looks a bit like a skinhead Ronald McDonald...”

Ravenous for some fun? Listen to the hungry Ood Cast as they speculate which Doctors would make the best-of-the-comestibles, encounter a brief hiatus anytime they try to say the word 'gaseous' and indulge themselves in ridiculous flights of foley.

Also, overhear why the Gelth truly deserved extinction and why Doctor Who is like a milkshake (back on the food again? We've got to start having dinner before we record...)

Jumping the Shark Dec 29, 2010

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"Every time he had to act with Katherine Jenkins he forgot his lines and went all giggly."

Welcome, Ladies & Gentlemen, Boys & Girls, Frozen Collateral & Dickensian Urchins, to a bumper Ood Cast Christmas Special.

If you thought all the festive treats were over then think again - we've slaved for days over a hot mixing desk to bring you something very special indeed. So why not peak inside our oven (podcast episode)? There you'll find bickering families, imaginary childhood friends, exploding grass, jealous ice-pops and a bunch of eight year olds dissecting Ghost Light.

All that plus our review of A Christmas Carol (by way of bonsai, first kisses and adjustable time ratios), a song about upload schedules and the answer to the question "What would happen if Steven Moffat wrote an episode of The Ood Cast?"

AND a sneak preview of what you should expect from us in 2011.

Merry Crystal Feast, Everyone!