The Ood Cast

It’s here. The difficult second album. Except it wasn’t difficult. It was fun.

All the songs from the third series of The Ood Cast – Doctor Who parodies to the tunes of the most eclectic bunch of music you could imagine.

From Bjork to Radiohead via Show Tunes, Tracy Chapman, The Beatles, Michael Jackson and Monty Python.

But about time travel, headless monks, killer shop dummies and pirates.

TWENTY SEVEN TRACKS!

(and it’s still free)

(although if you want to make a donation to help us with hosting for our next season we will not say no – button is just to the right of this post)

Entire Album - 98.8 MB
01 A Show Of Distinction - 2.06 MB (to the tune of “Big Spender” by Shirley Bassey)
02 Dr Who Writer - 2.27 MB (to the tune of “Paperback Writer” by The Beatles)
03 Our Lodger - 3.36 MB (to the tune of “Our House” by Madness)
04 Clay! (Intro) - 1.59 MB (to the tune of “Shaft!” by Isaac Hayes)
05 Your Song (Fanboy Diss) - 4.15 MB (to the tune of “Your Song” by Elton John)
06 Do You Remember? - 3.94 MB (to the tune of “Remember the Time?” by Michael Jackson)
07 Fake Plastic Men - 4.83 MB (to the tune of “Fake Plastic Trees” by Radiohead)
08 Talking 'bout Regeneration (Live) - 2.32 MB (to the tune of “Talking ’bout a Revolution” by Tracy Chapman)
09 Underneath Your Skin - 3.75 MB (to the tune of “Underneath your Clothes” by Shakira)
10 Silence Is All You'll Hear - 2.95 MB (to the tune of “Silence” by Murray Gold)
11 Frozen - 5.13 MB (to the tune of “Frozen” by Madonna)
12 Don't Go Breakin' My Mic - 5.35 MB (to the tune of “Don’t Go Breakin’ My Heart” by Elton John & Kiki Dee)
13 Wuthering Dead - 3.55 MB (to the tune of “Wuthering Heights” by Kate Bush)
14 Jet Plane To Gallifrey - 4.03 MB (to the tune of “Leaving on a Jet Plane” by John Denver)
15 Ribbons - 3.79 MB (to the tune of “Buttons” by The Pussycat Dolls)
16 Who Don't Impress Me Much - 3.76 MB (to the tune of “That Don’t Impress Me Much” by Shania Twain)
17 Dirty Little Geeks - 3.49 MB (to the tune of “Dirty Little Freaks” by Pink)
18 The Tenth Doctor's Hair (Oodmix) - 4.51 MB (cover of an original song by Radio Rassilon)
19 Four Chords Of Time - 5.41 MB (to the tune of “Four Chords” by Axis of Awesome)
20 Oh So Silent - 3.68 MB (to the tune of “Oh So Quiet” by Bjork)
21 Rory's Summer Of 69 - 3.58 MB (to the tune of “Summer of 69″ by Bryan Adams)
22 I'm On A Pirate Boat - 2.66 MB (to the tune of “I’m on a Boat” by The Lonely Island)
23 Woman In The Box - 3.35 MB (to the tune of “Woman in the Wall” by The Beautiful South)
24 Blue Glory Box - 7.24 MB (to the tune of “Glory Box” by Portishead)
25 I Know It So Well - 3.82 MB (to the tune of “I Know Him So Well” from the musical “Chess”)
26 Flesh Monster - 3.68 MB (to the tune of “Monster” by The Automatic)
27 Always Look On The Bright Side Of Going To War - 3.06 MB (to the tune of “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life” by Monty Python)

Tomb of the Cybermen
Human deal not done,
then metal slugs deflected.
Resting place re-sealed.

The Abominable Snowman
Robot Yeti roam,
guarding nebulous foe.
Astral plane beckons.

The Ice Warriors
Martians wait in ice
for their replacement planet.
Big bang blocks their flow.

The Enemy of the World
Wannabe hero
casts himself as earth’s saviour.
Naughty dictator.

The Web of Fear
Revived by mistake,
Yetis want the Doctor’s mind.
But friends foil his plan.

Fury from the Deep
Problems on oil rigs
caused by seaweed possession.
Screams prove a killer.

The Wheel in Space
Space rodent recce
before Cybermen attack.
No match for lasers.

The Smugglers
Kidnapped to find loot,
Doctor breaks smuggling ring,
then leaves when fight starts.

The Tenth Planet
Estranged twin returns,
metal men come to convert.
They get too greedy.

Regeneration (I)
Exhausted old man
fades into baggy trousers
and wakes with bowl cut.

The Second Doctor
A cosmic hobo,
Lord of time and twinkling eyes.
But not recorders.

The Power of the Daleks
Colonial deaths,
traitors and inert old foes
stopped by power surge.

The Highlanders
Captured by Redcoats,
resorts to smuggling arms
and gains a piper.

The Underwater Menace
Raising Atlantis
is deranged Prof’s evil scheme.
Doctor drowns the dream.

The Moonbase
A plague on the moon
is cyber-caused with poison.
Cocktails save the day.

The Macra Terror
“Hi De Hi” mind games
keep big gas-run crabs alive.
They just break a pump.

The Faceless Ones
Young people vanish,
replace a generation.
Doctor brings them home.

The Evil of the Daleks
Daleks play with genes,
Doctor spreads the human touch.
Civil war ensues.

Galaxy Four
Violent feminists
who want their dirty work done
are left to their fate.

Mission to the Unknown
Poison jungle plot,
Dalek conquest overheard.
Warning never launched.

The Myth Makers
Vicki bags a prince,
warrior Steven gets hurt,
Doctor invents horse.

The Daleks’ Masterplan
Doctor steals a core,
helps minions to defect
and fight treachery.

The Massacre
Steven saves servants,
Doctor doesn’t lose his head
and finds a Dodo.

The Ark
Servants take revenge
for a plague the Doctor cured.
A peace deal is struck.

The Celestial Toymaker
Lethal trilogic
and parlour-game-playing toys
sunk by impression.

The Gunfighters
Wild west dentist trip
makes locals suspicious.
They shoot off OK.

The Savages
Stolen lives in charge.
Leader drains the Doctor’s own,
then turns on himself.

The War Machines
Hypnotic A.I.
plans conquest by WOTAN clan.
Soldiers re-programmed.

Planet of the Giants
Door fault shrinks the crew,
who solve crimes against farming.
Contains no giants.

The Dalek Invasion of Earth
Old foes invade the earth,
To pimp their ride and cruise space.
Susan falls in love.

The Rescue
Shipwreck survivors
live in fear of costume.
Scooby Doo reveal.

The Romans
Two are sold as slaves,
Doctor doesn’t play the lyre.
Rome burns as they leave.

The Web Planet
Butterflies revolt
to escape octo-thing’s web.
Ants and guns kick ass.

The Crusade
Saracen ambush,
Sir Ian rides to the rescue.
They flee from both sides.

The Space Museum
Time travel hazard
Shows them their own exhibits.
Future must be changed.

The Chase
Daleks chase Doctor
‘till a fight distracts their rage.
Cue Benny Hill theme.

The Time Meddler
Monk plans Viking rout
but is left behind (trappist).
Carry on Time Lord.

I wrote a poem for Chris and Loz’s wedding yesterday, and was really thrilled that they liked it enough to print it in the order of service. I posted it over on my own blog earlier, but here it is for the large majority who’ve never been over there!  The reaction was wonderful, so I hope you all like it too!

I Cannot Count The Ways
(for Chris and Laura)

I could have stopped to make a bouquet
from bluebells and tulips
every day when they were in season,
roses and jasmine when they died.
I might have adorned your neck
with daisies and buttercups,
and filled the air around you
with meadow breezes.
I could have walked to green spaces
to show you Starlings,
diving and spiralling just for us.
I could have lain with you on a hilltop
and named every one of the stars
as reasons to just look at you
(and then I would want re-enact that Doctor Who trailer
and talk about where we would go, just you and I).
I could have picked sunflowers and sweet peas
to give me an excuse
to touch your hair.
I could call you in
just to feel my heart miss that beat
when you walk into a room.
I could record a podcast to spread my words
virally across the world,
just so they knew my joy.
I could fill your world with the rhythm
of Shakespeare’s sonnets,
serenade you with a mariachi band,
or steal in your window to leave
a box of chocolates.
I could have taken hours of our lives
to explain how my heart fills
and my fingertips ache
for your skin,
how my lungs swell with music
when you meet my eyes
and your voice
sparkles in the air.
I cannot count the ways I could shout my love.

And now we are here,
standing together to make
a public statement
in an architectural megaphone.
Signing our names together,
and becoming the whole
we are meant to be.
I do not need to count the ways,
I want to live just one.

The First Doctor

Old grandfather time,

Doddering through then and now.

No regrets, no tears.

Season One.

An Unearthly Child

Strange girl from blue box,

Nosey teachers go Stone Age.

Tribe of Gum get fire.

The Daleks

War-ravaged planet,

Condiment-shaped robots rule,

Pacifists kill them.

The Edge of Destruction

TARDIS malfunctions,

Doctor suspects sabotage

(he just missed a switch).

Marco Polo

Clueless explorer

Gives TARDIS to Kublai Khan,

Pointless swordfight end.

The Keys of Marinus

Four keys must be found,

The foe has already won,

But blows himself up.

The Aztecs

Barbara worshipped,

Ian duels while Doctor flirts,

No one re-writes time.

The Sensorites

Natives are dying,

Doctor finds the needed cure.

Was mad humans’ fault.

The Reign of Terror

Caught up in spy’s web

Doctor blags his freedom twice,

Then escapes revolt.

OK, so we have a lovely summer ahead of us now, with no Who, no Ood Cast, and only 3 episodes of Sherlock to wait for… Oh and that Torchwood thing, too.

But, as the sunny days start to distract us Oods, the blog seems to fall back into my care while the others are all off being busy with plays and weddings and that.  But I have plans…

I’ll try and keep the discerning visitors to the site busy with some brand new entries for the Ood Cast Guide (if anyone has requests for things I haven’t already written, drop us a line), and also with a bit of a special Haiku challenge. 

You might remember that in the episodes where we reviewed Series 6 part 1 (that’s what the DVD is called, so I’m sticking to that), I tried to sum up the episodes with Haikus.  Well, starting this summer, I’ll be having a go at trying to sum up every story from 1963 to 2011…

It is almost certainly a crazy thing to try and do, but it’ll be fun, and hey I have a head start, having already written the last 6. And hopefully I’ll start to uncover bits and pieces I’ve missed or forgotten over the years along the way…

By the end of it (which I imagine will be well after the summer break has finished) I’ll have written over 200 of the things.  And will probably need a darkened room to lie down in for a bit.

The intention will be to write a season of Who each week (which to start with will mean roughly one a day), but that may change as we go along.  For now, though – Season One will be up and about for you to read at the end of this week.

“They’ve taken her, you see. They’ve taken my fiancée.”

This is it. The final episode of Season 3. The intricate, gossamer threads of our artful narrative finally weave together to reveal the epic truth. Join the Ood Cast as they plunge headlong through time & space in a thrilling, last gasp dash to save one of their own.

Witness samurai sword wielding Time Lords, robotic Canadians, ruddy-cheeked podcast proteges and dastardly revenge-stricken megalomaniacs in camper vans. Thrill to the sounds of weirdly accurate baby noises, lactating Sontarans & playdough manipulating Daleks. All this, a review of A Good Man Goes To War and a song about Headless Monks sung simultaneously by fourteen different podcasters scattered across the globe.

Featuring the vocal talents of Radio Free Skaro, The Two Minute Time Lord, Radio Rassilon, The Doctor Who Podcast, Bridging The Rift, Tim’s Take On, Adventures in Time, Space & Music, The Minute Doctor Who Podcast, The Crossover Adventures, The Doctor Who Book Club, The DWO Whocast & The Flashing Blade, this is one barn-storming audio joy blitz.

Guest starring Clayton Hickman & Gareth Roberts with amazing cover art by Louis B Tosche of the Mostly Harmless Cutaway Podcast.

In the language of the Forest, we’d be called The Ood Cat (they don’t have a word for podcast).

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