The Ood Cast

Basically I’ve got too much time on my hands. So after we’d recorded the winner of the Underground song contest – “Going Underground” by The Jam which was obviously a very worthy winner (and can be heard at the end of Episode 12) – I somehow found myself writing lyrics for the second most popular tune “Sound of the Underground”.

Didn’t I have more important work to do? Shouldn’t I have been writing my Edinburgh show? Did the thought of calling this post Girls Alood make me giggle like a schoolgirl? The answer to all these questions is a resounding YES! Nevertheless, Laura has graciously recorded it and we present it here now as a sort of bonus feature.

And FYI, the song she’s come up with for Episode 13 is pure, unadulterated beautiful brilliance. See you on Wednesday.

Sound of the Underground

“Right, we’re going to convert this woman, but we’ll start with the bikini areas …”

This week on The Ood Cast, we all go a bit mental. There’s a review of “The Hungry Earth” in which we mercilessly rip into Chris Chibnall before all agreeing that we rather liked the episode and some truly terrifying accent work.

Laura explains why Jon Pertwee reminds her of a sheep that does taekwondo, Andy makes one too many pun-based Dad jokes, Alpha educates us on the provenance of the Silurians and Sigma delves into the psychological differences between men and women when watching scenes involving physical pain.

There’s also some made up news, a subterranean job interview, a visit to the British Secret Service, a segment set behind the scenes at a Doctor Who production meeting and the results of our Underground song competition.

Did you miss us?

So much.

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In last week’s episode we did a sketch in homage to the late, great Fast Show showcasing Alpha’s jazz voice and picking up on Amy’s apparent love of Peruvian Folk music. The track that eventually went out with that sketch, a kind of punchy Latin dance number, was Laura’s second attempt to create something catchy.

We didn’t include her first attempt because, in Laura’s own words “it made you want to peel your own ears off”.

Arguably closer to to the Peruvian Folk ideal, it is nonetheless a gruelling experience. Click on the following link with care.

Peruvian Folk Disaster

“The only thing missing for me was three of them in a bath rolling down the hillside.”

On this week’s Ood Cast, we face the consequences of leaving too much psychic pollen lying around our perfectly appointed studio and that’s as well as dropping in on the Doctor “acquiring” said narcotic substance, hearing what happened to the frozen Peruvian folk band, discussing what we made of The Shaun of the Summer Wine (sorry, Amy’s Choice) and, last but not least, a visit from a legendary 70s rock group …

So, make your choice …

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Further to last week’s episode, it’s clear to us that that the following was a major influence on Matt Smith’s portrayal of the Doctor. The bow tie, the crazy face, the way he moves … it’s an eerily accurate prototype for the current iteration of our favourite Time Lord.

“Funny how you can say something in your head, and it sounds … fine.”

We sharpen up our canines in this week’s Ood Cast – and that’s nothing to do with dogs and pencil sharpeners…

Join us to revel in Venetian wonder as we find out what the aftermath of the freak weather was for gondoliers, and how this event affected the course of opera… We drop in on another parents’ evening and hear what happened when a popular fishing programme took the show over to the waterways of Italy.

And that’s as well as the usual mix of Ood Cast news, song and aural dance…

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“Only in Doctor Who would you have a conversation … with a man in the process of having his neck snapped.”

Pull up a comfy chair and relax – it’s nice in here …

In this week’s Ood Cast, we treat you so very, very well. As well as the regular news and the usual review, we explore the musical side to the Byzantium with two songs – TWO!

We do actually talk a bit about Flesh and Stone too, as well as grabbing a sneaky peek at the future of Church fetes, and maybe … just maybe, there’s a Myrka joke hiding in there somewhere …

So, pour yourself something to calm the nerves and have a listen …

We’ll get you sorted out.

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Finally got around to editing together the music video for Laura’s song from our episode “Pond Life”. It’s the one set to the tune of Mark Ronson’s version of “Valerie”, retelling the events of “The Beast Below” from Amy’s point of view.

On top of Laura’s amazing vocals, with the visuals it actually makes a really good summary of the whole plot. Like a musical summation.

If you like these, leave a comment (and a suggestion of which of our songs you’d like to see tackled next) and we’ll get going on it.