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Tolkien Discussion: Fantasy, Wales, The Hobbit movie and more!

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Caleb Woodbridge and Olivia Cottrell are joined by fellow Tolkien-geeks Gwen Williams and Alex Zens to get the literary lowdown on all things Middle-Earth related.

We chat about why we love Tolkien, plus those things about his writing that perhaps aren’t quite so great. We also discuss Tolkien’s impact on the fantasy genre, his relationship with Wales, and what it’s like to study Tolkien at university. And to round it off, we talk about the upcoming Hobbit movie and what we liked and didn’t like about The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy.

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YA Books Discussion: ‘Chaos Walking’ and ‘Mortal Engines’

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The podcast takes a literary turn as we discuss the latest in young adult literature, in particular Patrick Ness‘s award winning Chaos Walking trilogy, and A Web of Air, Philip Reeve‘s second prequel to Mortal Engines. For the first time, we’re joined by our friend Claire Fayers, writer and children’s literature aficionado extraordinaire!

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Note: Apologies for the sound quality – we recorded this podcast over lunch in a café, and there was a fair bit of background noise, which we’ve done our best to remove in editing!

A Look Into the Future – Matt Smith, Steven Moffat and Series 5

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We talk about what the future might hold for Doctor Who as Matt Smith prepares to take possession of the TARDIS key and Steven Moffat steps up to the position of show runner.

How will the youngest Time Lord in the history of the show measure up? Who should his companion be? And what sort of changes (if any) can we expect to see in the tone and direction of the series as a whole?

We discuss this and, er… High School Musical in the latest edition of A Podcast of Impossible Things!

This edition’s commentators: Caleb, Peter, Swithun and James

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You can also listen to Caleb’s live reactions to the casting announcement as it was made on BBC1 in our previous special edition.

Note 09/02/2009: If you’ve had any problems downloading the podcast, it should now be fixed!

David Tennant’s Departure and 11th Doctor Speculation Special

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Join us, a bunch of Cardiff based fans, for a brief retrospective of David Tenannt as the 10th Doctor and speculation on who will be (and should be) the 11th Doctor. We also announce the winners of our Big Finish Short Trips competition.

This edition’s commentators: Caleb, James, Peter and Swithun. Visit our Meet the Team page!

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Doctor Who Discussion – 4.07b Eurovision Special

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Join us, a bunch of Cardiff-based Doctor Who fans as we complain about the lack of Doctor Who this week, discuss the appointment of Steven Moffat as Who‘s new showrunner and take a look forward to ‘Silence In The Library’ and beyond.

This week’s commentators: Caleb, Peter, Swithun and James.

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