Doctor Who: The Ood Cast

"Toast: It's like someone took bread and really kicked it up a notch." You remember that phrase 'Event TV'?  Well, having waited for 9 years to see a) Doctor Who back properly and b) 6 more years to see an episode written by Neil Gaiman, certain members of the crew of the good ship Ood were a little excited to say the least.  And what a treat we were given... So now it's our turn to share the joy...

"The dog star looked a little bit like Anish Kapoor's Leviathan ... except for a sort of glowing white version of it." Avast ye net lubbers! Grab your hook hands, strap on your wooden legs and join the Oods on the high seas this week as they slightly review Curse of the Black Spot and then have a look at what happens when they're let loose on the suspiciously-coloured remaining drinking supplies....

"You should all devote countless hours to rubbing baby oil into our huge freaky heads." Equipment malfunctions be damned- this week three of the Oods brush aside a major technical hitch and are joined by the 2 Minute Time Lord and Radio Free Skaro motormouths Chip and Steven as they bring you their review of 'Day of the Moon', the episode so scary that Laura attempted to hide behind both parents a...

"That is the best insult ever. You're just far too clever and inventive..." Remember the old days, when everyone's favourite podcast with a tenuous Ood pun for a title used to release new stuff every week? We're finding it hard to remember too. But those days are back! We've talked Andy down from the ceiling, lifted Chris Alpha's jaw from the carpet, dried Chris Sigma's tears of joy and tempted Lo...

"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...

"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 (And because we recorded it three weeks ago we're also woefully out of date when it comes to details of Season 6 so...

"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...

"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 so...

"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 i...

"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 ch...

"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 com...

“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...

“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 a...

"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 in...

“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 revis...

“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 go...

"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 sk...

"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 an...

"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...

"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 Little...

"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...

"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 la...

"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...

"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...

"Finger nails are good at scratching ..." In this week’s Ood Cast, a host of stars... We join Richard Curtis as he receives some feedback on his first draft of Vincent and the Doctor, talk about beauty and colour and other giant horse-turkey related nonsense and tag along with a tour of a rather interesting gallery. And we’re joined by a star completely of his own making: Laura’s dad – who blows u...