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He is well. Sorry to hear this but he is very well.

My friend used to have a story telling about this Doctor Who episodes but I haven't seen the episode yet. I'm planning to get my own copy soon. on Amazon.com. -get youtube views

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Cultdom Episode 202 – Dr Who ‘Nightmare in Silver’ Review

The Cultdom Collective Live Review of Doctor Who ‘Nightmare in Silver’ Series 2 Part 2 (Spoilers!)

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Cultdom Episode 201 – Dr Who ‘The Crimson Horror’ Review

The Cultdom Collective Live Review of Doctor Who ‘The Crimson Horror’ Series 2 Part 2 (Spoilers!)

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Cultdom Studio Review – Star Trek Best Of Both Worlds

Gloriously remastered and on the big screen – Star Trek: The Next Generation ‘The Best of Both Worlds’ was a special event in cinemas nationwide – Ian, Jeff and Logan bring you this Cultdom Studio Review

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Cultdom Commentary: Doctor Who – Hide

Dave and Ian stop by Mikes place with a Ouija Board with hopes of contacting Jim Beam or Jack Daniels when Mike gets sucked into an pocket Universe (it happens more often than you think). So Dave and Ian put the telly on but can’t shut up during this weeks Commentary: Doctor Who – Hide Series 7 Part two (Episode 10)

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NOTE: Posting a few episode updates as had issues posting here last week. Cheers, daveac

Journalism 101: It's always a good idea to confirm your sources. Yes, one source can be as incorrect as another or yet another, etc., but there is some safety in numbers... well, except when it comes to U.S. Presidential Election results.

There aren't enough hours in the day to verify every fact of fiction that is Doctor Who but I can honestly say that there are at least 2,345 words in http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Translation_circuit. I hasten to add that said article is not the definitive work on the subject. Why? Time can be rewritten and canon evolves.

As to the accuracy of such a resource, here's a snippet from the article, "The Fourth Doctor identified the mercenary trader Garron as originating from Somerset simply by hearing his accent, despite the fact that he was on the planet Ribos at a time before it had become aware of other worlds and hence would have no reason for an Earth native to visit it. (TV: The Ribos Operation)." This particular excerpt is nested within a paragraph which begins with, and I quote, "Multilingual individuals were sometimes capable of identifying what language was being spoken."

Why is the Doctor's ability to deduce the origin of Garron's Somerset accent even in an article about the TARDIS Translation Circuit? Is there any evidence in the whole of the story that English wasn't the native language of Ribos? Planet Earth is home to some of the Doctor's best friends. Don't folks in Somerset speak English? What was being translated? Garron's accent certainly may have given the Doctor cause to question his presence on Ribos but to imply that the TARDIS Translation Circuit was responsible for the identification makes no more sense than the magic wand the sonic screwdriver has become.

A show of hands for everyone that remembers what the "sonic device" was first used for when it appeared way back when. To me, the TARDIS Translation Circuit is not unlike the magic screwdriver, uh, sorry, sonic wand...  The Circuit is "unseen" but just as magical, no?

Time is sometimes rewritten inside of a single episode like Rose. Canon often evolves from episode to episode, however sometimes it lies dormant for a very long time. Prior to Cold War, the last time we saw an Ice Warrior on screen was in The Monster of Peladon, some 40 years ago! Another show of hands... how many of us imagined the green exterior of this particular species was little more than armor?

The point is that no matter how well the lore of Who is explained in a given story, it can be unraveled and reconstituted in the next. I just wish the writers, directors and producers held fast to certain bits of its history in the same way the Doctor stands firm with "fixed points in time" otherwise the lure of the program suffers. How? I've heard and read remarks made by members of other fan groups concerning the way in which Doctor Who has been "Americanized" and while they haven't defined exactly what that means, I get their drift... but get this... it isn't produced in America! At the end of the day it remains a British program. Americans have as much control over Doctor Who as Brits have in deciding US Presidential elections. Sadly, at times one makes about as much sense as the other.

Agreed. I said the same thing while watching this episode. I would had the crew speaking Russian with subtitles until the TARDIS arrived. That would had been my preferred way of doing it if indeed I was doing it. Perhaps they had thought of it as well but the time and budget wouldn't allow for it? I don't know. It could also be argued that they don't do that with other scenes that may take place on other worlds (where presumably they are not speaking English) in which there are scenes and dialogue prior to the TARDIS arriving.

I thought the size difference between a mammoth and an Ice Warrior was a bit glaring for one to be mistaken for the other as well. I sort of wrote it off as perhaps they thought it was part of mammoth instead of a whole one or as you suggested, one that was not fully grown yet. Perhaps there was something recorded that made it clearer, but was edited out for pacing. 

All and all, I thought it was a good story and episode. It did have some problems as you pointed out. I think they could had gotten the TARDIS out of the way (so that they would be trapped in the sub) in another way other than relocating it half-way around the world, but then again, we don't know the range of the translation circuit. We probably can point to various other stories where it continued to work while the TARDIS was well out of sight and range (what we may guess the range might be). 

I believe it was also a bit of a nod to the 1979 ALIEN film in certain scenes as well. While I appreciated it, they may not had worked as well as I would like. 

So while there was possibly a mammoth size error, I don't believe as a whole there were any mammoth sized errors that would had taken the enjoyment of this episode away for me.

The podcast has been on hiatus as we deal with the disaster left by Superstorm Sandy. See here. Yes, Doctor Who: Podshock along with the other shows will return as soon as it is possible. The demolition phase is nearing the end in this recovery process. We hope to get back to producing new episodes during the reconstruction and salvaging phase. 

You can see some of recovery progress of the Sandy aftermath here.

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Cultdom 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 there way back to to Dry Dock to dry off and get on with this weeks Commentary: Doctor Who – Cold War. Series 7 Part two

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This has been my pet peeve since the series came back, but it seems to have gotten even worse as of late.

To add insult to injury, it is used like a magic wand. It seems to be able to do everything these days on the Doctor's whim.

I say this as a "gadget person" and as someone that always liked the Sonic Screwdriver, but it needs limitations (not just wood). It can't be the Doctor's magic wand.

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Louis

The Rings Of Akhaten... obviously one of the best new series episodes to feature the Silence because I've watched it twice and have forgotten what it is about. It's sort of like watching a PBS documentary on the paintings of Norman Rockwell while eating steamed crabs... lots of evocative images but when you're done you're still hungry.