TMU0002: StarQuest Headlines for March 14, 2018

What do tesseracts, wormholes, and quantum physics have to do with the Eucharist?; Famed physicist Stephen Hawking has died at age 76.; According to Star Wars The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson, if you buy the movie online or on bluray, you have access to a music only version of the movie; Apple has purchased Texture, which some call the Netflix for magazines.

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SCR009: Secrets of Star Trek Discovery, Part 2

Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli and Fr. Cory Sticha return to look at the second half of the first season of Star Trek Discovery. How did their theories about what would happen hold up? They also assess the season as a whole, look at each character and the cast and then discuss that amazing cliffhanger.

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WHO059: Shada

Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss the previously and newly restored Doctor Who story: “Shada”. Starring Tom Baker, the 4th Doctor, and written by Douglas Adams, the original Shada was never completed due to a BBC strike in 1979. Now the whole story is available with animation and newly recorded voiceovers by the original cast to fill in the gaps. But is it any good? Was it worth the effort?

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WHO058: Twice Upon A Time

Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss the long-awaited Christmas 2017 episode of Doctor Who, which brings together the First Doctor and the 12th Doctor in an adventure that ends with the 12th Doctor’s regeneration. And which marks the end of the Stephen Moffat era of Doctor Who. 

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WHO057: An Adventure in Space and Time

It’s a TV show about the TV show! Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha look at the 2013 BBC dramatization of the beginnings of the Doctor Who TV show, starring David Bradley as William Hartnell, the first Doctor, and who also appears in the 2017 Christmas special as the first Doctor. Our discussion gets even more timey wimey than that!

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WHO056: The Time of the Doctor

Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha complete their review of all the regenerations of the Doctor with Matt Smith, the 11th Doctor. How does this regeneration compare to the others? Did following on the 50th Anniversary Special and before that the big season finale rob it of some its impact? Plus, Clara’s family!

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WHO055: The Long Game

Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha continue their New Who Rewatch with the 7th episode of the 9th Doctor (Christopher Eccleston) season, “The Long Game”. Featuring Simon Pegg as a great villain as well as the first time a Companion was ever kicked off the Tardis for bad behavior, the episode also offers commentary on “fake news” and Big Data… all from 2005!

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SCR008: Secrets of Star Trek Discovery

Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss and analyze the first half of the first season of Star Trek: Discovery. Does it live up to the hype? Is it a worthy successor to all the Star Trek that comes before? Plus discussions of streaming v. broadcast, the more mature content and themes, the dark tone, and how it fits in Star Trek continuity.

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WHO054: The End of Time

Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha continue their look at the regenerations of all the Doctors, this time looking back at the regeneration of the 10th Doctor, played by David Tennant. This two-part episode features the return of the Master as played by John Simm and well as Wilfred, Donna Noble’s granddad, not to mention Timothy Dalton as a Time Lord. Plus, our panel discusses casting news from the next new season of Doctor Who.

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