Blink | Doctor Who #2.1

Don’t blink or you might miss out as Marc Gunn and Mikey Mason discuss the episode “Blink” from Doctor Who. Plus, you’ll get to hear the songs they write, inspired by the episode.

SHOW TIMES

• 2:00 - Upcoming Shows
• 5:20 - Marc and Mikey News
• 9:13 - Five-Minute Show Summary
• 13:30 - Show Discussion
• 32:29 -  Mikey's Song
• 44:28 - Marc's Song

SHOW NOTES

MARC: My name is Marc Gunn, the creator of the Firefly Drinking Songs show.

MIKEY: And I’m Mikey Mason, creator of the Beer Powered Time Machine Podcast and currently the MIKEYtalks podcast.

MARC: This is episode ONE of our new 10 episode season of the In The Verse Podcast.

Mikey: Since we are, sadly, out of episodes of Firefly to discuss and write about, we’ll be finding inspiration in episodes of other media; TV shows, Comic Books, Cartoons, maybe even video games?

MARC: As always, you can support us in this and other creative endeavors by supporting Mikey at http://patreon.com/mikeymason/ 

MIKEY: And by supporting Marc at http://patreon.com/celtfather 

UPCOMING SHOWS & NEWS

MARC GUNN

• OCT 28: Boo! Scary Halloween Songs on Coffee with The Celtfather @ Noon
• OCT 30: The Lost Druid, Avondale Estates, GA @ 6:30-9 PM
• NOV 3: Playing Favorites on Coffee with The Celtfather @ Noon
• NOV 5-7: CONjuration, Atlanta, GA
• NOV 12: Interstellar Ginger Beer & Exploration Co., Alabaster, AL @ 8-10 PM
• NOV 13: Hammond House Concert, Hammond, LA @ 7:30 PM
• EVERY WEDS, Coffee with The Celtfather @ 11 AM ET

MIKEY MASON

• Monthly online shows. October’s happened no October 22nd. One is upcoming in November and one in December. These are usually scheduled for Friday nights at 8pm EST at Twitch dot tv slash comedyrockgeek.

BAND NEWS

• Marc: Selcouth is finally done. I also bumped up the MP3 releases on my Patreon. You can get a free MP3 from my latest episode of Pub Songs & Stories when you subscribe.
• Mikey: My Patreon patrons are still getting a new song EVERY Monday - that’s 52 songs a year for as little as $1/month (though you’re perfectly welcome to pledge more, if you can afford it and want to!) & MIKEYtalks podcast

PLOT SYNOPSIS 

MARC - This plot synopsis is very simplified, and is a slightly modified version of the plot synopsis found on the wikipedia page for the episode. 

MIKEY - It is absolutely no substitute for watching the episode, and it will definitely contain SPOILERS if you haven’t seen the episode. You have been warned.

MARC - In 2007, Sally Sparrow, intrigued by a message written to her under peeling wallpaper about "the Weeping Angel", explores the abandoned house Wester Drumlins with her friend Kathy Nightingale. At the moment Kathy disappears, Kathy's grandson, Malcolm, delivers to the house a message from 1987 about the long life Kathy led. Kathy had been sent back in time to 1920.

MIKEY - Before leaving, Sally takes a Yale key hanging from the hand of a statue. Sally visits Kathy's brother, Larry, at work to tell him that Kathy loves him, as the letter requested. Larry explains that he has been documenting an "Easter egg" in seventeen different DVDs containing a video message of a man having half of a conversation with the viewer. Larry gives Sally a list of the DVDs. 

MARC - Four Weeping Angel statues follow Sally to the police station, where they take an impounded fake police box and send DI Billy Shipton back to 1969. The man in the Easter egg, a time traveller called the Doctor, has also been sent to the past, and asks Billy to relay a message decades later. 

MIKEY - Billy puts the Easter egg on the DVDs. In 2007, a much older Billy phones Sally to visit him on his deathbed in the hospital. Before he dies, Billy instructs Sally to "look at the list". The list is Sally's own DVD collection.

MARC - Sally and Larry return to the house and play the Easter egg on a portable DVD player. Sally discovers she can converse with the Doctor in 1969, as he possesses a copy of the complete transcript that Larry is currently compiling. The Doctor explains that aliens called Weeping Angels send people back in time by touching them, and feed off the potential energy of their remaining days. 

MIKEY - The Doctor also explains that the Weeping Angels turn to stone statues when any living creature observes them. He fears they are seeking the vast reserves of time energy in the police box, which is his time machine, the TARDIS, and could cause enormous damages as a result.

MARC - A Weeping Angel pursues Sally and Larry to the basement where the TARDIS is. Sally and Larry use the Yale key to hide inside, while the four Weeping Angels attack. Larry inserts a now-glowing DVD, which also functions as a control disk, in the console's DVD player. The ship returns to the Doctor, while leaving Sally and Larry behind. 

MIKEY - The Weeping Angels standing around the TARDIS get tricked into looking at each other and are permanently frozen. A year later, Sally and Larry meet the Doctor prior to his being stuck in 1969. Sally hands the Doctor Larry's transcript, and warns that he will need it.

THANK YOU PATRONS

Marc: As you know, Mikey and I make our living as full-time musicians. We love creating our music for you. But it would be near impossible to release as much great music and podcasts if it wasn’t for the generosity of people just like you.

Mikey: So if you enjoyed this show, please support what you love. Your generosity pays for the production and promotion of our music and this podcast. 

Marc: I am extremely grateful to everyone who supports my Gunn Runners Club on Patreon.You are all so generous with your support. Thanks to my newest Patron: George Mears. 

I also want to thank each of these incredible patrons: Not Higgins, C.J. Taylor, Melinda & Jeremiah Westly, Sarah Crockett, Bill Mandeville, William McKissack, Brian Morin, Carol Baril, Kurt Goodyear, Miranda Nelson, Jan Czenkusch, Luke Miller, Josh Brown, LauraMay Sorkin, Scott & Melanie Wienhusen, Doris Lane, Alexis, James ODell, Eric Ray, Marie Alm, James Regan, Les Howard, Cary Whitney, Tim M. O'Brien, Troy Rodgers. 

Mikey: Thank you so so much to the amazing Patreon patrons who help keep the music being made, especially @oopswrongcookie, Amy Stuart, Michael Khandelwal, Josh Logan, Ame Morris, Les Howard, Brian Jackey, Jon Haight, John R Woollard. Scot Mealy, Randy Brown, Robin Abess, Scott & Melanie Wienhusen, Jeremy D Jackson and Jennifer Lewis

WHAT’S NEXT?

• Rankin & Bass present The Hobbit

CLOSING NOTES

Marc: Thanks so much for listening. You can download many of our songs when you sign up on our Patreon pages. Find out more about Marc Gunn and Mikey Mason and how to support our music on Patreon. 

Mikey: We would love your comments, suggestions, songs and lyrics or links to videos to share in the next show. Use the hashtag #InTheVerse. You can post them on the Blue Sun Tour Facebook page or email [email protected] 

Marc: In the ‘Verse was produced by Marc Gunn and Mikey Mason. Sign up on our website and find out more about us and the show at http://fireflydrinkingsongs.com