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We’re joined by Jenna Charlton to discuss David Fincher’s critically-acclaimed Mark Zuckerberg biopic which straddles a very fine line between hero worship and cautionary tale.
We talk about the pre-Facebook internet days of Angelfire and MySpace, how the movie mostly gets its tech correct for a change, and our real-life experiences with the privilege which the film displays.
We get a bit serious in the middle as we unpack the overt misogynism on-display in the movie, discuss the impact of Facebook’s push into the editorial and advertising spaces, and look at what happens when content moderation goes awry.
There’s some light-heartedness along the way as the crew discuss the feel-good programs that they use for respite, why Dan’s name didn’t meet AOL standards, and Neil shares a story of an unfortunate encounter with Justin Bieber.
We’ll see you again in October for our discussion on JURASSIC PARK!
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It's time for another long-overdue dive into technology in 90s movies, as we go deep into the "not as bad as you heard it was" Sandra Bullock thriller, The Net.
We investigate whether Jack Devlin has the skills required to be an international spy, whether the film merited the little-known sequel and TV series which it received, and whether Angela should be briefer in her emails when she's being pursued.
As usual, there are tangents upon tangents, as we uncover the secret behind Neil's unwritten novel, Dan's time spent working at the bleeding edge of the early days of the internet, and the time that Neil was framed as a pervert by a badly-trained keylogger.
Films and TV shows mentioned:
Hackers Speed Demolition Man Speed 2 Patriot Games Clear and Present Danger The Hunt for Red October Independence Day Goldeneye North by Northwest Notorious The Net 2.0 From Russia with Love The World Is Not Enough NYPD Blue The Bourne Identity Casino Royale Mr Robot Lost The Amazing Spider-Man Jurassic Park Gravity Bird Box Ocean's 8 Our Brand Is Crisis Crash The Blind Side All About Steve They Live The Silence of The Lambs Bill and Ted Face the Music Star Trek: Short Treks Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Die Hard 2 Doctor Who: Earthshock Hannibal Strangers on a Train Diagnosis Murder The Punisher Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope Proxima Hanna Star Trek: The Next Generation The Mandalorian Firefly Bad Education Palm SpringsOther references:
Taken 3 - Liam Neeson jumps a fence Anatomy of a Scene: fake breakdown of the Taken 3 fence jump Dwayne Johnson in The Net (TV series) Dwayne Johnson in Star Trek: Voyager Jeremy Renner in The Net (TV series) Ian McDiarmid "Do It" Shia Laboeuf "Do It" Ben Stiller "Do It" Blackadder Goes Forth - Alan Darknet Diaries IT Crowd - Fire IT Crowd - 0118... (I was pretty close) IT Crowd - "behind the lady" Goldeneye - Sean Bean impaled Commando - Bennett impaled Family Guy - Brian's novel Star Wars - Maclunkey! Bristol Tourist BoardWe'll be back at the end of August, hopefully with guests, to talk about THE SOCIAL NETWORK.
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Trying to sync your episode with an immovable calendar date? Doing two recordings in one week? Suffering with kidney stones as well? It’s no problem for your favourite (perhaps) test-focused movie buffs, who are here to talk about a sci-fi classic which has an unmentionable sequel, despite the fact that Neil keeps mentioning it.
Dan and Neil are your guides on a trip through that most traditional of holiday tales, featuring a weird mix of American bravado and hubris. The explosions are almost as large as the plot conveniences, as they set out to answer all of the most important questions: Is there such a thing as too much backstory? Was Randy Quaid really abducted by aliens? And does this film feature the most expository line of dialog of all-time?
Oh, by the way, the show that Neil was thinking of which featured a Pringles can antenna was Mr Robot (S2E4, “Master-Slave”). However, any attempt to link to it was MAJORLY spoiler-ridden, so you should just watch all of Mr Robot instead.
Films and TV shows mentioned:
Independence Day: Resurgence The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Jurassic Park The Fly The Tall Man Battlestar Galactica (TV series) The Lost World: Jurassic Park Men in Black Godzilla Armageddon Deep Impact Titanic Goldeneye Ant Man The Legend of Bagger Vance Six Degrees of Separation Enemy of the State Gemini Man Memphis Belle Rocky Balboa The American President The West Wing House of Cards Stargate Mr Deeds The Mummy Planet of the Apes (2001) Doctor Who TV movie (1996) Airport Airplane! The Wonder Years Jason Bourne (2016) Arrival Close Encounters of the Third Kind Hidden Figures Star Wars Independence Day (1983) Avengers: Age of Ultron HamiltonOther references:
Orion Cinema, Burgess Hill Empire magazine Amazon: Chris Hadfield - An Astronaut’s Guide To Life On Earth YouTube: Independence Day UK radio play Wikipedia: Star Trek: Short Treks SETI@home YouTube: Riskstorming the Death Star Image of the British army official who doesn't know how to handle guns YouTube: James Brown and the upside-down Empire State BuildingJoin us again later in July for a long-overdue romp through THE NET!
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Intro music: David Arnold - 1969 / We Came In Peace
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Where have the last two years gone? Neil and Dan reunite as they attempt to quantify the many things that have kept them away from their microphones, whilst also focusing on some of the bigger issues of today (virulent or otherwise).
As well as the many subjects of births, deaths, marriages and bubbles, we attempt to put a positive spin on COVID, discuss the ever-evolving impact of Black Lives Matter on historical media, and there's a rundown of the mixed bag which is the current UK box office for 2020.
Films and TV shows mentioned:
Contagion Deep Blue Sea Brexit: The Uncivil War Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng Chiang Frozen 2 Space Force Hunters (Amazon Prime) Star Trek: Discovery S1 Serpico Trolls World Tour The Hunt 7500 The Walk (not Man on Wire!) The Dark Knight Rises Inception The Platform High Rise Uncut Gems Punch Drunk Love The Wedding Singer Good Time The Invisible Man The Handmaid's Tale S1 Hollow Man Emma. Jojo Rabbit Thor Ragnaraok Avengers: Endgame The Mandalorian S1 What We Do In The Shadows S1 Birds of Prey Parasite Get Out The Gentlemen Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels King Arthur Aladdin Paddington 2 Dolittle Bad Boys For Life Lethal Weapon 4 Transformers: The Last Knight 6 Underground Sonic The Hedgehog Pokemon: Detective Pikachu 1917 Rope Dunkirk No Time To Die Black Widow Tenet Dune Arrival Blade Runner 2049 Dune (1984 version) HamiltonOther references:
Testers' Island Discs - Episode 25 MoneySupermarket Scott Logic Dan's fundraising page for Macmillan Cancer Research Postman events (including Twitch streams) Twitch: Automation in Testing Online Clifton Suspension Bridge BBC News: UK virus-tracing app switches to Apple-Google model Quality Remarks podcast Episode 12 - Ethics Panel BBC News: Liverpool fans flock to Anfield to celebrate Premier League title BBC News: Beach littering Black Lives Matter BBC News: George Floyd death BBC News: Edward Colston statue torn down BBC News: John Cleese speaks out about Fawlty Towers removal BBC News: 30 Rock: Tina Fey apologises as blackface episodes are withdrawn BBC News: Little Britain pulled from iPlayer and Netflix Meetup: Ministry of Testing Manchester Meetup: Ministry of Testing Buckinghamshire TestBash Home 2020 Upcoming TestBashes Kiuwan: Busting the Security Myths in DevOps The Motrix: Transcendental Learning from the Space Time Continuum Agile Testing Days BBC News: The Hunt release cancelled Star Trek: The Next ConversationWe'll be back again by the weekend, with our timely take on the sci-fi classic INDEPENDENCE DAY!
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We're back from a brief hiatus with - unbelievably - a film which actually deeply relates to testing! We're joined by Mark Tomlinson, who brings his own experiences of dealing with the National Transportation Safety Board, to discuss a film about a remarkable moment of true-life heroism, and the decisions that we make in the heat of the moment.
The events of the movie give us a chance to get into in-depth discussions about the challenges of testing within regulated industries, developing risk mitigation strategies in life-critical environments, debugging/monitoring, and whether quality is a team effort.
There are remarkably few distractions, although we get into some meta-discussion about whether it was correct to portray the NTSB as pantomime villains, a general critique of Clint Eastwood's agenda, a surprising number of references to metallurgy, and we give Mark an introduction to 1980s UK gameshows.
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Equity Miss Sloane Flight Unforgiven Bridges of Madison County Every Which Way But Loose Million Dollar Baby The 15:17 To Paris Gran Torino Ex Machina Deepwater Horizon Runaway Jumanji: Welcome To The JungleMiscellaneous links:
Amazon.co.uk: Captain Chesley B Sullenberger III - Highest Duty TestBash Philadelphia 2017 TestBash San Francisco 2018 Del Dewar - Dressing Up the Spinning Cat Wikipedia: Yanny or Laurel Wikipedia: US Airways Flight 1549 National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Wikipedia: 2015 Shoreham Airshow crash AP News: Real-life investigators object to portrayal in 'Sully' movie Federal Aviation Administration Wikipedia: Hagiography YouTube: Clint Eastwood RNC speech interviewing an empty chair Earwolf: James Bonding podcast /r/MovieDetails: Poster for Gran Torino visible in Sully YouTube: Eddie Izzard - Glorious (Birdstrike) YouTube: Agile Testing Days 2015: Richard Bradshaw - Automation in Testing YouTube: Brendan Gregg - Shouting in the Datacenter YouTube: Austin Powers (1, not 2!) - Bathroom Break YouTube: Sully EPIC SPEECH Wikipedia: The Krypton Factor YouTube: The Krypton Factor - Flight simulator round YouTube: The Krypton Factor - Rearranging perspex shapes YouTube: The Krypton Factor - Tony Slattery and Roger Lloyd Pack in "Dead Ringer" sketch RailPlan 2020Twitters:
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Pop quiz, hotshot! You want to record a new podcast episode, but you also want a break from some of the darker plots that you've talked about recently. Plus, you're snowed-in at home. What do you do? Dan and Neil decide not to shoot the hostage, but to instead kick back with a discussion about Speed.
In an episode recorded at the beginning of March (hence some timeline discrepancies and weird Oscar predictions), they find many parallels with Die Hard, and manage to work-in a surprising number of testing elements, including setting/reviewing acceptance criteria, pairing in the workplace, communicating information, and using psychology to analyse a situation.
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BBC News: The Beast from the East How Did This Get Made? podcast Den of Geek: The strange history of the Die Hard movies Dailymotion: Mythbusters - Speed Bus Jump TV Tropes: Camera Spoofing Dailymotion: The A-Team: Trouble Brewing (skip to 34:00 for the Polaroid scene) YouTube: The West Wing - In Excelsis Deo (Richard Schiff Emmy win) The West Wing Weekly podcast YouTube: Austin Powers - Head PunsFilms and TV shows mentioned:
Die Hard 2 The Thing Pingu Speed 2: Cruise Control The Net The Lake House Jurassic Park Twister Independence Day Die Hard Black Rain The Hunt For Red October Basic Instinct The Jewel Of The Nile The Matrix Point Break Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure The Haunting Under Siege Equilibrium Minority Report Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life Tomb Raider (2018) The Rock Swordfish The Martian Ferris Bueller's Day Off Star Trek: Generations The Corner The Wire Lenny The Wonder Dog I, Tonya The Hateful Eight Lady Bird Game Night The Game The Mercy Finding Your FeetAs hinted near the end, our next episode will be based on the true-life story of SULLY with special guest Mark Tomlinson!
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[email protected]Intro music: Mark Mancina - Speed (Main Title)
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We return a little later than planned, as we discuss one of the greatest thrillers of our time, getting into discussions about psychology, interviewing, misogyny and gender politics, and appropriate occasions for purchasing FBI-themed cakes.
We also salvage the best bits of our failed Oscars announcement episode, highlighting a few nominations that we hope will win big, and staking our reputations on a few predictions of our own.
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Ministry of Testing charity calendar Saving Linnea Wikipedia: List of Big Five Academy Award winners and nominees YouTube: The Silence of The Lambs as a Romantic Comedy Wikipedia: The Silence of The Lambs: Accusations of homophobia, transphobia and sexism YouTube: Frasier - Dan Butler as Bulldog YouTube: The Silence of The Lambs - Chris Isaak cameo YouTube: The Silence of The Lambs - George Romero cameo YouTube: Medal of Honor: Allied AssaultYouTube trailers for films and TV shows mentioned:
Hannibal (movie) Saw Red Dragon Hannibal Rising Manhunter Hannibal (TV series) Casino Royale It Happened One Night One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest American Hustle La La Land The Wire Breaking Bad Se7en True Detective Criminal Minds Prime Suspect Contact Nell The Killing (Danish version) Spiral Sicario Sicario 2: Soldado The X Files The Day of the Jackal I.T. The Crying Game Philadelphia The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert To Wong Foo The Danish Girl Heat Monk Diagnosis: Murder Columbo Detroit Wonder Woman Justice League Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Moon The Shape of Water The Post Darkest Hour Saving Private Ryan Dunkirk Blade Runner 2049 Molly's Game Loving VincentTwitters:
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We begin 2018 with a discussion of Neil's favourite film of 2017, and a worrying early revelation about Dan's general problems with musicals. But we persevere, and discover not only a few musical gems in Dan's closet, but also a shared appreciation for some of the plot elements in La La Land.
Things get a bit philosophical and introspective as we dig into how we motivate ourselves (and others) when we (or they) suffer setbacks, how we tell our own stories about the world around us, taking the opportunities that come your way, avoiding being paralysed by "what if", and a few of the many screw-ups we've made in our past relationships.
As usual, we get sidelined by literal vs metaphor, fantasy physics, childhood dreams, Neil adopting some of Mia's vocabulary, and using BCC in emails.
At the end we have a very brief discussion about The Last Jedi, which is basically spoiler-free, but if you want to be really careful then you might want to fast-forward a couple of minutes!
YouTube links to songs referenced from La La Land:
Another Day of Sun Someone in the Crowd Mia and Sebastian's Theme Take On Me / I Ran / Tainted Love A Lovely Night Planetarium Start A Fire Audition (The Fools Who Dream)Miscellaneous references:
Neil's profile on Untappd Dan's profile on Untappd YouTube: Kermode and Mayo's Film Review channel Empire podcast History vs Hollywood: The Greatest Showman vs The true story of P.T. Barnum Empire: Rogue One interview about the missing TIE Fighter TestBash San Francisco 2018 Curbed: La La Land - The ultimate filming location map Game of Thrones location tours YouTube: A-Ha - "Take On Me" YouTube: A Flock Of Seagulls - "I Ran" Hollywood Reporter: How La La Land Got Its 6-Minute Sunset Dance Just Right (In Only 4 Takes) YouTube: Wayne's World 2 - Kenny G YouTube: Wayne's World - Bohemian Rhapsody Speak Easy The BRIT School YouTube: Galileo Observatory in Grand Theft Auto V vs the real-life Griffith Observatory BBC News: Golden Globes 2018 Prince Charles Cinema - Blade Runner & Blade Runner 2049 double-feature (some tickets still available!) Amazon.co.uk: Ben Elton - The First CasualtyYouTube trailers for films and TV shows mentioned:
Monty Python and the Holy Grail The Producers (1968) Les Miserables (theatre) Miss Saigon (theatre) Baby Driver Saturday Night Fever Staying Alive Mamma Mia! Mamma Mia! 2 The Greatest Showman Moulin Rouge The Umbrellas of Cherbourg Rogue One: A Star Wars Story The Commuter Singin' In The Rain Rebel Without A Cause The Lion King (movie) The Lion King (musical) Beauty and the Beast (2017) The Big Bang Theory Mulholland Drive LA Confidential That Thing You Do! Sliding Doors Doctor Who - Turn Left Quantum Leap Drive Blade Runner 2049 Molly's Game Star Wars: The Last Jedi Star Trek: Discovery - Despite Yourself Black Mirror - The National Anthem Black Mirror - USS Callister Black Mirror - Arkangel Doctor Who - Twice Upon A Time (Christmas 2017 episode) Blackadder Goes Forth ending Hannibal Red Dragon
As we discuss in the episode, January is a bit manic, but if all goes to plan then we'll be back with THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS in two weeks' time!
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As the year draws to a conclusion, Neil and Dan give a rundown of their favourite movies of the past 12 months, and highlight a few festive turkeys.
The show notes are deliberately brief to avoid spoilers, but if you want to see the films which we discussed in YouTube trailer format, there are some playlists linked below.
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YouTube trailers: Neil's worst 10 films of 2017 YouTube trailers: Dan's films of 2017 YouTube trailers: Neil's top 10 films of 2017 Letterboxd: All of Neil's 2017 cinema viewings rankedThanks everyone for listening to us this year, and we'll see you on January 12th as (joy of joys) it's finally time for LA LA LAND!
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In an episode recorded over the course of five hours, your hosts gather at Chez Neil for their own mini Christmas party, with a fine array of mince pies, cheeses and ales, as well as two of their favourite festive movies. The result? A fun and rambling journey which gets increasingly erratic as we continue.
Both nursing sore throats and hangovers from previous nights' office parties, we nevertheless get to all of the important questions, such as why Hans Gruber owns a TARDIS on wheels, which of Macaulay Culkin's traps constitute appropriate force, whether the Nakatomi Corporation employees deserved an externally-hosted Christmas party, how long Kevin McAllister would survive in Die Hard, and which film has the most inept police presence.
There's also a special post-credits treat, as Dan treats us to a reading of A Die Hard Christmas.
Home Alone discussion begins at 6 minutes, and Die Hard commences at 33 minutes.
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Loaded: Why Die Hard is the greatest Christmas movie of all time The Independent: YouGov poll claims Die Hard isn't a Christmas film Wikipedia: Home Alone (franchise) (yes there are five of them) Crave: Conspiracy - Uncle Frank Was Behind Everything In Home Alone Wikipedia: Scranton, PA (yes it has an airport) The Week: Diagnosing the Home Alone burglars' injuries - a professional weighs in Wikipedia: Tony Martin (UK farmer) Arcade Attack: Interview with Violet Berlin (including her Micro Machines videogame appearance) YouTube: Angels with Filthy Souls Waitrose Perfect Cheeseboard Arundel Brewery beers Neil's timing chart from the 100km South Coast Challenge YouTube: Run-DMC - Christmas in Hollis The Bluebird, Chelsea (venue for Dan's Medidata Christmas party) One Embankment, London (venue for Neil's ZPG Christmas party) Phil Spencer Twitter: Neil meeting Phil Spencer YouTube: Skyfall meets Home Alone Amazon.co.uk: Doogie Horner - A Die Hard ChristmasYouTube trailers for films mentioned:
Who Framed Roger Rabbit? Elf Bad Santa Miracle on 34th Street The Santa Clause Santa Claus: The Movie It's A Wonderful Life The Muppet Christmas Carol Jingle All The Way Aladdin: The Return of Jafar Heat Uncle Buck My Girl Richie Rich Bone Alone Spy Kids Agent Cody Banks If Looks Could Kill / Teen Agent The Breakfast Club Pretty in Pink Die Hard 2 Die Hard With A Vengeance Cutthroat Island The Hunt For Red October Predator Last Action Hero Witness The Living Daylights Licence to Kill Ghostbusters Ocean's Eleven (2001) AliensWe'll be back on December 22nd with our BEST & WORST OF 2017, where a much more sober Neil and Dan will reveal their biggest hits and misses of the year.
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[email protected]Intro music: John Williams - Home Alone theme
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Yo listeners! Another conference means another live episode, as we join you from backstage at TestBash Philadelphia, to talk about Rocky, the only film that we could realistically talk about (despite special guest Keith Klain's best attempts to pitch ludicrous alternatives).
In an episode which isn't sponsored by Ministry of Testing (despite how much it might seem like it is), we discuss some of our favourite TestBash talks, demonstrate some terrible impressions, discuss what the film can teach us about coaching and self-actualisation, and are yet again confounded by inappropriate male advances in movies.
We also name-checked a whole load of conference speakers and organisers, whose Twitter accounts are linked here: Gene Gottimer, Christine McGarry, Kim Knup, Ash Coleman, Sarah Deery, Kate Paulk, Jenny Bramble, Emma Keavney, Gwen Diagram
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Keith Klain's website and podcast - QualityRemarks.com Ministry of Testing Dojo Twitter: #testbash feed from TestBash Philadelphia Jim's Steaks YouTube: Family Guy - Rocky Montage YouTube: Team America - Montage YouTube: Dodgeball: The five rules of dodgeball YouTube: All the montages from Rocky I-VI YouTube: Bill Conti - Opening score from For Your Eyes Only YouTube: Rocky Jumped A Park Bench (sightseeing tour) YouTube: On Her Majesty's Secret Service - Steadicam ski scene Wikipedia: Amerigo Vespucci The Inquirer: The tragic title fight that changed boxing (Ray Mancini v Kim Duk-Koo) The Independent: The night Michael Watson's career was ended (fight with Chris Eubank) Testers' Island DiscsYouTube trailers for films and TV shows mentioned:
The Wire (season 2) Luther (season 1) Detroit Back to School Happy Gilmore The Wedding Singer 50 First Dates Punch Drunk Love Billy Madison 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea Batman TV series: Burgess Meredith as The Penguin Clash Of The Titans Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story The Karate Kid Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot Doctor Who: Destiny of the Daleks Blade Runner Blade Runner 2049 Mission Impossible TV series Rocky II High Society The Philadelphia StoryOur next episode will be our Christmas Special on December 8th (a week later than normal), when we'll be taking a festive frolic through HOME ALONE and DIE HARD, plus a discussion about the best and worst Christmas films of all-time!
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Come get some! We're talking about Edgar Wright's first film in the Cornetto trilogy, and looking into our own experiences versus the film's portrayal of friendship, house-shares, and relationships. Plus, there's a zombie outbreak, so there's that.
We analyse the strengths and weaknesses of Shaun's zombie survival plan, and how our own plans might differ. We also debate the issues which rage within Shaun's group, applaud the level-headedness of the female sidekicks, and discuss whether threat modelling is an effective tool against the undead. Also, we reveal plans for a huge on-location episode in 2018!
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YouTube: Spaced zombie scene which inspired Shaun of the Dead YouTube: Simon Pegg in Star Trek: Beyond YouTube: Simon Pegg in Doctor Who - The Long Game BBC Radio 1 "Greatest films of all-time" poll in 2011 Shaun of the Dead filming locations Wikipedia: Wells, Somerset Wall's Cornetto YouTube: House of Pain - Jump Around YouTube: Baby Driver - Opening credits YouTube: Black Mirror season 4 trailer YouTube: Jessica Hynes in Doctor Who YouTube: Jessica Hynes in W1A YouTube: W1A - Syncapatico computer system YouTube: Timesplitters 2 trailer Urban Dictionary: A Henry Pathetic Motorways: M68 Middleton Link YouTube: Grandmaster Flash - White Lines YouTube: White Lines in Shaun of the Dead YouTube: Doctor Who - The Creature From The Pit BeerHawk: Beer advent calendar Wikipedia: Smoking ban in England YouTube: Fence shortcuts in Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz YouTube: The Walking Dead S01E02 - Covering themselves in zombie entrails Wikipedia: Bravo (UK TV channel) YouTube: Shaun of the Dead - Don't Stop Me Now scene YouTube: Reservoir Dogs - Mexican Standoff "Zombies, Run!" mobile app NHS: Couch to 5K Super Testing Bros podcast Twitter: Photo of podcast recording at the pre-TestBash Manchester meetup Twitter: @TestPappy's photo of the "podcast of podcasts" at TestBash ManchesterYouTube trailers for films and TV shows mentioned:
Shaun of the Dead Hot Fuzz The World's End The Shawshank Redemption Clueless Anchorman Yes Man Dead Set In Bruges Les Miserables Predator
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Well, it was inevitable. A trawl through Neil's favourite Bond movie results in an unprecedented level of pedantry, fact-checking and conversational rabbit-holes, as we lean particularly hard into the uncomfortable elements of the movie, including inappropriate remarks in the workplace, the enigma of Boris, and unconvincing love stories.
There's plenty to celebrate though, as your presenters explore their respective histories with the Bond series, the novels, and the GoldenEye 007 game on the Nintendo 64. Dan wants a laser pistol, Neil wants to talk physics, everyone reminisces about trying to connect to the internet in the 1990s, and for a change there are some valuable insights from the director's commentary.
It's a time for heroes, as Dan's tonsillitis battles through our longest-ever recording session, and Neil somehow manages to edit over three hours of material into a sub-2hr podcast. (If you've got a well-stocked liquor cabinet, the original tapes are available on request.)
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Neil's 11 pages of notes about GoldenEye James Bonding podcast YouTube: Diamonds Are Forever - Mr Wint and Mr Kidd's "Bombe Surprise" 2 Minute Terminator podcast Star Wars Minute podcast YouTube: GoldenEye 007 N64 trailer YouTube: GoldenEye 007 N64 soundtrack YouTube: The Office - Gareth "You will never win" YouTube: Adele - Skyfall YouTube: Sheryl Crow - Tomorrow Never Dies YouTube: Garbage - The World Is Not Enough YouTube: Chris Cornell - You Know My Name YouTube: Jack White & Alicia Keys - Another Way To Die YouTube: Bono - GoldenEye (demo) YouTube: U2 - Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me YouTube: Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen - Theme from Mission Impossible YouTube: A View To A Kill - Beach Boys on the soundtrack Wikipedia: Contra Dam, Switzerland Contra Dam bungee jump experience YouTube: Casino Royale parkour sequence BBC: Amazing Bond stunt wins top award (Sky Movies 2002 movie stunt poll) YouTube: The Man With The Golden Gun - car stunt with terrible sound effects YouTube: The best (and worst) of Sheriff J W Pepper YouTube: Sean Bean death montage (spoilers for everything) Leavesden Studios (Warner Bros) YouTube: The Spy Who Loved Me - ski chase and parachute YouTube: Fast and Furious 6 Runway Length calculation (from a fellow pedant) YouTube: GoldenEye opening credits GIF of the moment the Aston Martin and Ferrari collided (at the end of this clip) Wikipedia: Baccarat Amazon.co.uk: Ian Fleming - Casino Royale Wikipedia: Eurocopter Tiger Wikipedia: Derek Meddings Malwarebytes: Goldeneye ransomware - the Petya/Mischa combination rebranded Wikipedia: Risk analysis YouTube: GoldenEye - Scene between M and Bond ("sexist, misogynist dinosaur") YouTube: Skyfall - Q meets Bond (exploding pen callback) YouTube: Desmond Llewellyn's final scene in The World Is Not Enough Twitter: GoldenEye - GIF of the police car which gets crushed, but everyone survives YouTube: Batman v Superman Dropbox reference Nene Valley Railway filming history Bluebell Line filming history YouTube: GoldenEye - Deleted scene of Ouromov and Boris: "I crush bugs" YouTube: The Simpsons - Inanimate carbon rod YouTube: GoldenEye - final fist-fight with the villain Entertainment Weekly article about "Hello to Jason Isaacs"YouTube trailers for films and TV shows mentioned:
Spectre Live and Let Die A View To A Kill Octopussy For Your Eyes Only From Russia With Love On Her Majesty's Secret Service Casino Royale (Daniel Craig version) Goldfinger Diamonds Are Forever Remington Steele The Living Daylights Licence To Kill The Man With The Golden Gun Sharpe - Sean Bean saying "bastard" a lot First Knight 24: Live Another Day (set in London) Tomorrow Never Dies The Day Today Kingsman: The Golden Circle X-Men Taken Hudson Hawk Krull The World Is Not Enough The Death of Stalin The Thick of It Veep Leon: The Professional The Bourne Identity Blade Runner 2049We'll be back in a fortnight for a much shorter episode about SHAUN OF THE DEAD, hope you'll join us then!
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After finally overcoming the communication problems associated with talking to the other side of the world, we're joined by Mike Talks for a discussion about WarGames, the film that did for the 80s what Hackers did for the 90s, yet somehow without feeling anywhere near as dated as the latter.
It's an enjoyable film with plenty to celebrate, and plenty of relevant discussion points including how humans interact with artificial intelligence, and the many obvious security vulnerabilities that are on display. However we don't neglect our duty in highlighting some very disturbing gender roles, and we reluctantly stray onto the topic of Donald Trump.
Along the way, the team talk through their childhood gaming and programming experiences, Mike shares some (non-classified) military IT stories, Dan proposes an unlikely trilogy of technology films, and Neil gets sidetracked by background details as usual.
Oh, and if you've got an Amazon Echo, Google Home or Siri-enabled device in earshot, you're probably going to want to disable its microphone for the duration of this episode. We didn't, and paid the consequences.
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Mike blog post: Programming - it was acceptable in the 80s... Wikipedia: Official Secrets Act Wikipedia: Korean Air Lines Flight 007 (shot down in 1983) Wikipedia: Able Archer exercise Wikipedia: 1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident (Stanislav Petrov) Wikipedia: Strategic Defense Intiative ("Star Wars") Wikipedia: Ditchling Wikipedia: Cuban Missile Crisis Box Office Mojo: 1983 US Box Office figures Roger Ebert's WarGames review Leonard Maltin's WarGames review Wikipedia: 8-inch floppy disk YouTube: Clip referred-to as the Tomorrow's World clip (it was actually the Thames TV show Database) Wikipedia: Micro Men (docu-drama about the birth of home computing) Wikipedia: The Computer Programme (1982 BBC instructional series about home computing) Wikipedia: Non-repudiation WhatIs.com: Four-eyes authentication principle YouTube: South Park - Cartman triggers Siri/Alexa/Google Home YouTube: Montage of Star Trek self-destruct sequences Gizmodo: Google anti-diversity memo YouTube: Thunderbirds "woman driver" scene Weta Workshop: Studio Tour Wikipedia: DEFCON levels Wired article mentioning John Lennon's proposed WarGames role Check Point: Overview of the Havij hacking tool YouTube: Troy Hunt - "Hacking is child's play - SQL injection with Havij by 3 year old" sqlmap Kali Linux Time.com: Avril Lavigne is the celebrity most likely to give you a virus Never Say Never Again - Domination videogame showdown Wikipedia: Zero-sum game Memory Alpha: Kobayashi Maru scenario Wikipedia: Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD) Neil's tweet of 120 different maneuver names from WarGames
Return of the Jedi Octopussy Never Say Never Again Deutschland 83 The Americans The Day After Threads When The Wind Blows The Terminator Colossus the Forbin Project Terms of Endearment Flashdance Trading Places Saturday Night Fever Staying Alive Superman III Fail Safe 2001: A Space Odyssey The Computer Programme episode 1 The Last Starfighter Doctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks Hackers Swordfish Whiz Kids Automan Tron Mad Max WarGames: The Dead Code (terrible 2008 sequel) Star Trek: Discovery Blade Runner 2049
YouTube trailers for films and TV shows mentioned:In two weeks, we'll be venturing into the world of James Bond for the first time, to discuss Pierce Brosnan's first outing as 007, GOLDENEYE!
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[email protected]Intro music: Arthur B. Rubinstein - WarGames Intro Theme
Outro music: Arthur B. Rubinstein - Edge of the World -
This week, we "embrace the possible" as we chat to Leigh Rathbone about Yes Man, a Jim Carrey romantic comedy which tells the somewhat-real-life story of Carl Allen, an unconfident recluse who is encouraged to say "yes" to more things in his life. We talk to Leigh about how Yes Man inspired him to do the same with his testing career, and the opportunities that opened up for him when he did this.
There are discussions about work-life balance, the responsibility of employers to help with maintaining balance, and when it might be appropriate to say "no".
As we progress, we pitch a role for Jim Carrey in Dunkirk, wonder if trespassing can be romantic, Leigh auditions to be our voiceover artist, and Neil still manages to crowbar-in a La La Land reference.
Interview segment begins at 44:50.
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LinkedIn: How watching 'Yes Man' changed my testing, and Shop Direct life (article by Leigh) Let's Talk About Tests, Baby: Episode 58 - Don't go chasing waterfalls (with Leigh) Let's Talk About Tests, Baby: Episode 59 - Hot tub time machine (with Leigh) Meetup.com: Liverpool Tester Gathering Leeds Testing Atelier TestBash Manchester Vernon Richards (@TesterFromLeic) on Twitter Software Testing Clinic Shop Direct Amazon.co.uk: Yes Man by Danny Wallace YouTube: Jim Carrey as The Riddler in Batman Forever YouTube: Frank Gorshin as The Riddler in the Batman 60s TV series YouTube: She & Him (Zooey Deschanel's band) - Stay Awhile James Bonding podcast Wikipedia: Nneuro-linguistic programming (NLP) TestBashby t-shirt Blog post about the Yes Man soundtrack Let's Talk About Tests, Baby: Episode 85 - Sound effects and overdramatics (preparing for TestBash Manchester) Prezi Ministry of Testing OWASP Slideshare: Rosie Sherry - Why and How Testers Should Act Like Marketeers (European Testing Conference 2017) The Testing Show - podcast with Matt Heusser and co YouTube: Liar Liar - blue pen scene Wikipedia: Mindfulness Wikipedia: Impostor syndrome Wikipedia: Dunning-Kruger effect Meetup.com: Agile in Leeds Meetup.com: 5* QA London More about the Testers' Island Discs podcastYouTube trailers for films mentioned:
Yes Man Batman Forever The Mask The Cable Guy The Truman Show Liar Liar Bruce Almighty New Girl (Zooey Deschanel TV series) The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Elf The Hangover Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Spectre 8mm The Wicker Man (Nicolas Cage 2006 remake) The Man With The Golden Gun Episodes LA ConfidentialDan's away in New Zealand for the next two weeks, so keep your eyes peeled on Twitter for confirmation of our next movie!
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It's time to LET OFF SOME STEAM as we look at one of the finest examples of the 80s action movie genre. Arnie's on a mission to rescue his kidnapped daughter, while Neil and Dan are on a mission to constantly over-think every situation in the film.
Amongst all of the crazy one-liners, explosions and deaths, we study John Matrix's mission, his requirement-gathering skills, and bemoan his poor password security. On the other side of the fence, we look at villain Bennett's seeming love for his nemesis, discover the interesting real-life circumstances which led to some odd costuming, and we unleash our terrible Australian accents.
There are plenty of distractions along the way, as we draw repeated comparisons to the Bond franchise, get into knots over whether it's "Matrixes" or "Matrices", debate whether a rocket launcher is better than a door handle, analyse the weird musical adjectives of Creem magazine, make plans for a Christmas double-header episode, and give shouts-out to our mums.
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CAST 2017 Association for Software Testing Nods to Twitterers at CAST: Claire Moss, Carol Brands, Josh Gibbs, Griffin Jones, Michael Larsen WeTest New Zealand Wikipedia: The League of Gentlemen Twitter: BBC press office tweet to @DaveChannel YouTube: The League of Gentlemen - "Hello Dave" Netflix: The League of Gentlemen YouTube: Father Ted - Dougal wants to watch Aliens Bad Puns and Machine Guns podcast: Commando episode YouTube: Rick & Morty: Pickle Rick goes Commando YouTube: Deja View: Russia's Identical Remake of Commando (English shot comparison) YouTube: D-Day / День Д (Russian 2008 remake of Commando, no subtitles) Wikipedia: James Horner YouTube: James Horner: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan soundtrack YouTube: James Horner: Titanic soundtrack YouTube: Conan the Barbarian: Conan punching a camel Cover of Creem magazine YouTube: Boy George in The A-Team Dangerous Minds: Bennett lets off some steam about his Commando character's sexuality YouTube: Thunderball: Connery "She's just dead" YouTube: All of Arnold Schwarzenegger's puns from Batman & Robin YouTube: Q scene from Goldeneye (plaster cast rocket launcher, "that's my lunch") YouTube: Q scene from The World Is Not Enough ("never let them see you bleed") YouTube: Fast & Furious 6 - "Ride or Die" YouTube: Arnold Schwarzengger's recent message for President Trump and Neo-Nazis YouTube: The Simpsons: The Cartridge Family (Homer gets a gun) YouTube: Twins - "I'll be back" YouTube: The Running Man - "I'll be back" YouTube: Last Action Hero - "I'll be back" Wikipedia: Power Station Testers' Island Discs podcast submission formDan's testing soundtracks:
Spotify: Cinematic Chillout (by Spotify) Spotify: Testing Soundtracks (by Dan)Commando scenes and one-liners from YouTube:
"I was afraid you'd miss me" Opening montage (logging, ice-creams and deer, oh my) "Wrong" "If Matrix was here, he'd laugh too" "I'll be ready, John" "He's dead tired" Mall fight - the "meatbomb" and Tarzan swing "I LIED" / "I let him go" Motel room fight Gearing up on the beach Potting shed rampage "Let's party" "Shoot you between the balls" / "Let off some steam" "No chance"YouTube trailers for films referenced:
Doctor Who: The Empress of Mars The French Connection Get Carter The Parallax View Three Days of the Condor A View To A Kill Conan the Barbarian The Terminator 48 HRS Predator Aliens RoboCop Scream Trainspotting Pulp Fiction Reservoir Dogs Natural Born Killers Batman & Robin Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice The Running Man Total Recall Die Hard 2 Predator 2 Predators The A-Team The Delta Force American Ninja Chopping Mall Johnny English Maggie Die Hard Beverly Hills Cop Mission Impossible II Face/Off The 6th DayWE'LL BE BACK in two weeks' time, when Leigh Rathbone is our special guest to discuss the Jim Carrey comedy YES MAN, and his experiences with taking a similar approach to his testing career!
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[email protected]Intro music: James Horner - Commando Main Title
Outro music: Power Station - We Fight For Love -
This week, we're honoured to be joined by Angie Jones and Ash Coleman to discuss one of the most important films of recent times, Hidden Figures. It's a heartwarming tale of three women overcoming terrible systemic prejudices, though it's bittersweet as we talk through how many of its stories are still prevalent today.
Our guests take us on a deep-dive through some important cultural talking-points, including how we educate children about race issues, how feminist movements tend to favour white women, how we can shift a community's mentality, and the labeling of so-called "Social Justice Warriors".
Within the workplace, we look at why companies struggle with diversity and inclusion (D&I), how D&I problems can become business problems, the hallmarks of effective leaders, and how bold young women are leading the way.
We also finally get our toes wet in the "manual vs automation" debate, and we welcome our first ever feline guest to the show!
Note: News about Google's alleged "anti-diversity" paper was breaking at the time of recording; the leaking of the paper (and subsequent fallout) came some days later.
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Credit Karma Twitter Cineworld Unlimited Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc Black Girls Code Black Girls Code on Twitter YouTube: Katherine Johnson receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Barack Obama Snopes.com: Pentagon Built with Extra Bathrooms Due to Racial Segregation? (TRUE) BBC News: What happened at Grenfell Tower? (London fire) YouTube: Procter & Gamble commercial: "The Talk" Max Landis: Maybe HBO's Confederate Isn't A Good Idea Guide to Allyship Geek Feminism Wiki: Intersectionality GOV.UK: Equality Act 2010 The Verge: A Google employee wrote an anti-diversity 'manifesto' that's going viral inside the company Gizmodo: Here's the Full 10-Page Anti-Diversity Screed Circulating Internally at Google CrossBrowserTesting: Don't Limit Diversity to Just Your Browsers (Angie article) Techpoint: Google's Photo App Accidentally Tagged Blacks As Gorillas Denver Post: Uber's search for a female CEO has been narrowed down to 3 men BBC News: Report on the BBC's "gender pay gap" CNN: Trump to reinstate US military ban on transgender people collectSPACE: When did John Glenn ask for 'the girl' to check the numbers? Wikipedia: Space Shuttle Challenger disaster Amazon.co.uk: Chris Hadfield - "An Astronaut's Guide To Life On Earth" Amazon.co.uk: Chris Hadifled - "You Are Here: Around the World in 92 Minutes" Amazon.co.uk: Tim Peake - "Hello, is this Planet Earth?" Amazon.co.uk: Stephen Hawking - "A Brief History of Time" Amazon.co.uk: Gary Fildes - "An Astronomer's Tale: A Bricklayer's Guide to the Galaxy" The Guardian: Why the lack of Indian and African faces in Dunkirk matters Angie's upcoming events WeTest New Zealand Let's Test South Africa TestBash PhiladelphiaYouTube trailers for films referenced in this episode:
The Emoji Movie The Transporter Refueled Commando The Shawshank Redemption Detroit Star Wars: The Last Jedi Straight Outta Compton The Zookeeper's Wife A United Kingdom Their Finest DunkirkNext time, we'll be taking our first dive into the world of 80s action movies, as we pick apart the brilliant madness of Arnold Schwarzenegger's 1985 movie COMMANDO!
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[email protected]Intro music: Hans Zimmer - Katherine
Outro music: Kim Burrell and Pharrell Williams - I See A Victory -
In an episode best summarised as "it seemed like a good idea at the time", Neil and Dan attempt to get their teeth into Netflix's recent high-profile tech offering, The Circle, starring Emma Watson and Tom Hanks, only to find there's very little meat on those plot bones.
It's light on spoilers (as there's not a lot to spoil), but we envision a story which might have been, had they decided to actually include character arcs, plot developments and meaningful conclusions.
We keep ourselves amused along the way, coming up with the rules of proper Slack and social media etiquette, deciding whether the film's irony was intentional, paying tribute to the wonder of Bill Paxton, and wondering why John Boyega got involved at all.
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Neil's review of The Circle for NewOnNetflixUK YouTube: Bill Paxton being killed by an Alien, a Predator and a Terminator YouTube: Black Mirror - "The Entire History of You" trailer YouTube: Black Mirror - "Nosedive" trailer YouTube: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) trailer YouTube: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) trailer YouTube: My Scientology Movie (Louis Theroux) trailer Slack - Ministry of Testing Slack - Testers.io Neil's Slack @channel meme YouTube: Electrocution from Thunderball YouTube: Eye-gouging from Spectre YouTube: Beck - Dreams YouTube: Detroit trailer YouTube: Attack the Block trailer BBC News: How the world's first webcam made a coffee pot famous YouTube: The Incredibles trailer YouTube: Terminator Genisys trailer Twitter account for Karl The Fog (the famous San Francisco fog) YouTube: Apocalypse Now introduction (featuring The Doors - The End)For our next episode, we'll be talking about HIDDEN FIGURES with two special guests - Angie Jones and Ash Coleman, all the way from San Francisco!
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In a long-awaited episode, Dan and Neil are joined by special guest Christopher Chant to discuss the Oscar-winning picture Whiplash, a film which tells the story of the relationship between budding jazz drummer Andrew Neiman (Miles Teller) and his tutor Terence Fletcher (JK Simmons), and how their worlds collide in a quest for perfection.
In a deep and serious episode, we share information on coaching and mentoring techniques that we have observed and used, exchange thoughts on how to motivate others and ourselves, talk about balancing personal and professional commitments, and ways that we can demonstrate/uncover skill.
Your hosts share their own experiences from the world of music, discuss other famous big-screen student-pupil relationships, and Neil takes every possible opportunity to reference Damien Chazelle's follow-up film La La Land.
We also play some lengthy clips from the film, which are HEAVILY expletive-laden. You have been warned.
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Bluedot Festival James Bach: Test Jumpers - One Vision of Agile Testing Neil Studd: The Whiplash approach to motivating testers Neil Studd: "Good Job": A story of motivation, encouragement and dramatic failures YouTube: Rififi (1955) trailer YouTube: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg trailer YouTube: Full Metal Jacket - Clips from Boot Camp YouTube: Weird Al Yankovic's Whiplash parody Maaret Pyhäjärvi: Articles about Mob Testing Neil Studd: What's wrong with 9-to-5 testers? Amazon: Cal Newport - Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World Amazon: Josh Kaufman - The First 20 Hours: How to Learn Anything... Fast Amazon: Malcolm Gladwell - Outliers (the book whiich popularised the theory that you can become an expert in anything given 10,000 hours) Ministry of Testing Ministry of Testing: The Club (formerly Software Testing Club) YouTube: Two Night Stand trailer Amazon: Shawn Achor - The Happiness Advantage YouTube: Shawn Achor TED Talk - The Happy Secret to Better Work Whiplash soundtrack on Spotify YouTube: We Have A Pope trailer YouTube: Better Call Saul S0E09 car crash (big spoilers!) Geek Mental Help Week TestBash Philadelphia IMDB: I Believe In Miracles BBC Video Archive: Sir Alex Ferguson & Sir David Beckham boot row YouTube: The Karate Kid trailer Toby Hadoke on Twitter (@TobyHadoke) Toby Hadoke's "Who's Round" podcast YouTube: Steve Cross: What Day Did The World End in The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy? Chaotic Adequate D&D podcast The Adventure Zone podcastWe're back to our usual fortnightly schedule now, so we'll see you all on August 4th when we'll be discussing the new Netflix movie THE CIRCLE.
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We interrupt our regularly-scheduled programming to bring you our first emergency broadcast! Hot on the heels of our discussion of The Deadly Assassin comes the announcement of the new Doctor, with Jodie Whittaker becoming the first woman to play the show's leading role.
In an episode where Neil and Dan spend most of their time agreeing with each other for a change, we delve into the inevitable social media outrage, discuss the reasons why the announcement points to an exciting future, bemoan the lack of non-violent superheroes in the modern age, and debate the nature of fandoms.
As usual, Dan brings a wealth of experience from the world of Doctor Who, outlining the history of strong female figures in the show, both in front of and behind the camera. And Neil actually manages to keep up this time!
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YouTube: TARDIS cloister bell YouTube: BBC announcement - "The Thirteenth Doctor revealed" Wikipedia: Doctor Who - An Adventure in Space and Time (starring David Bradley as William Hartnell) YouTube: Black Mirror - The Entire History of You trailer (starring Jodie Whittaker) Verity - Doctor Who podcast BBC News: BBC pay report YouTube: Little girl's reaction to Thirteenth Doctor announcementDoctor Who episodes referenced (ordered by airdate):
Genesis of the Daleks (1975) The Deadly Assassin (1976) The Five Doctors (1983) Warriors of the Deep (1984) Resurrection of the Daleks (1984) Blink (2007) Silence in the Library (2008) The Doctor's Wife (2011) Hell Bent (2015) The Doctor Falls (2017) - Peter Capaldi's final regular episode The Doctors (2017) - upcoming Christmas 2017 specialOur normal schedule resumes on Friday, when we'll be bringing you our discussion on WHIPLASH with Christopher Chant - hint, you'll want to set aside a couple of hours for that one!
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