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War of the Worlds - Book One / Chapter 14 - In London
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The Martians are on the march and London is just waking to the news. It's all manner of confusion; police knocking on doors warning everyone to leave, carts and wagons loaded with our lives. But where are we supposed to go? A city this size... all moving at once. What's to become of this? What' to become of us? --- Send in a voice message: https://…
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War of the Worlds - Book One / Chapter 13 - How I Fell in with the Curate
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Scorched from my surfing expedition, riding the boiling hot waves of destroyed Martian, I crawl away with just my pants. How am I going to explain this to the wife, wherever she is? And now I wake to this mumbling man of God questioning everything. Very unlike a Curate. Where do we go from here? What's to happen next? --- Send in a voice message: h…
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War of the Worlds - Book One / Chapter 12 - What I saw of the Destruction of Weybridge and Shepperton
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I've decided to throw caution to the wind and reach my wife. Myself and the artilleryman have packed some snacks to sustain us. Time to venture forward! Good lord! Are we the only ones left alive?? Hopefully there is a smashing good fight scene as our brave British military gets their shot at these Martian brutes! And how does the sound man get so …
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War of the Worlds - Book One / Chapter 11 - At the Window
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Since I crashed my cart and killed the horse, I don't know how I'll get home with those... giant, Martian heat ray tripods stalking the countryside. I know... I'll just crawl to the house. And when I get there, I'll just stare furtively out the window. I just hope company doesn't stop by. The place is a real mess! --- Send in a voice message: https…
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War of the Worlds - Book One - The Coming of the Martians . Chapter 10 - In the Storm
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I wish my chimney hadn't gotten blown apart right in the middle of tea. That's really quite rude of those... those... giant, storm-making, Martian-made machines! I know, I'll go rent the horse and cart and get my petrified wife out of this village. Giant tripods that are now co-mingling! There goes the neighborhood! --- Send in a voice message: htt…
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War of the Worlds - Book One - The Coming of the Martians / Chapter 9 - The Fighting Begins
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It starts as a slow news day. Chatting with the neighbor over the fence, a jaunty breakfast with tea and crumpets. Nothing really to report. Besides, the military has got the Martians surrounded. Perhaps I can chat with them and get some news. But, just as I figured, they know less than me. Ah, well. Time to stroll back for dinner. I hear it's supp…
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War of the Worlds - Book One - The Coming of the Martians / Chapter 8 - Friday Night
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After a bloody good meal, I've had a chance to reflect on that massacre. I've decided... it wasn't that bad. Stiff upper lip, you know? In my mind, I'm going back to the pit to see - wow! Everyone's here! Everyone, that is except for the handful of people who were incinerated last night. And what's that sound of boots on the ground? --- Send in a v…
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War of the Worlds - Book One - The Coming of the Martians / Chapter 7 - How I Reached Home
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Since the Martians have that heat ray, I am using humanity's greatest skill- running away. I need to get home to see my wife, let her know what is happening on Horsell Common! Maybe I'll have a glass of wine and a nice meal to put tonight behind me. I mean... was what I saw even real? Well, My wife will listen to me, even if no one else will. --- S…
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War of the Worlds - Book One - The Coming of the Martians / Chapter 6 - The Heat-Ray in the Chobham Road
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Wow- that Martian heat ray really set the place on fire, including most of the people standing near. I ran for cover but had to stop and collect my thoughts. Eh... what's that? More folk are showing up? Everyone, it seems, but the military. I recall that annihilation, that sweeping circle of death. How on Earth does that thing work? --- Send in a v…
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War of the Worlds - Book One - The Coming of the Martians / Chapter 5 - The Heat Ray
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So, the cylinder shot from Mars opened and out came something dripping saliva and waving oozing tentacles about. Everyone ran, screaming, for cover, but no one seems to be able to come to grips with their their fear versus curiosity. Maybe folks just misunderstood the poor thing in the pit and should go back for another look. I mean, just bvecause …
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War of the Worlds - Book One - The Coming of the Martians / Chapter 4 - The Cylinder Opens
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Hmmm... the crowd is growing down at Horsell Commons. Everyone's clamoring to get a glimpse at the cylinder shot from Mars. Well, even though it's not a meteorite like I had hoped... it can't be anything alive after that landing! Wait a minute... what's that sound? (cue TENTACLES) Public Domain Playhouse; your cross between a podcast, an ebook, and…
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War of the Worlds - Book One - The Coming of the Martians / Chapter 3 - On Horsell Commons
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Huh. Go figure. A few months ago, we saw some flashes of light on the surface of Mars. Now a meteorite lands right here, in Horsell Commons! Weird that it's a cylinder though. Told those lads to stop throwing stones at it too, not sure what to make of the bloody thing. Pretty boring really. Not much more to see than if it were a downed tree or over…
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War of the Worlds - Book One - The Coming of the Martians / Chapter 2 - The Falling Star
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So, did you see that falling star last night? Yeah, some crazy old bloke said it landed over there in Horsell Common and that there were actually men inside! Haha! He must be drunk! But, me and a bunch of the guys are going to go over there and see what's the fuss. You can come along for the ride too if you want. --- Send in a voice message: https:…
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War of the Worlds - Book One - The Coming of the Martians / Chapter 1 - The Eve of the War
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War is coming. We know this because it's in the chapter title. Also, "War" is in the book's title too, so there are a lot of hints that war is a big part of this story. This chapter, the unnamed narrator tells us about Mars as though we already know it. "Mars is running out of resources as everyone knows..." In this chapter, the narrator is lucky e…
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The Call of the Wild - Final Summary and Wrap Up
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The Call of the Wild- Summary and Wrap Up Jack London writes a classic story that remains in our lexicon of euphemisms today, although it was written in 1906. Set during the Klondike gold rush of the 1890s, the story follows Buck, a huge half Saint Bernard, half Scottish shepherd dog who, in Chapter One, starts his story in sunny California. So, ho…
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The Call of the Wild - Chapter 7 - The Sounding of the Call
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The Call of the Wild Jack London writes a classic story that remains in our lexicon of euphemisms today, although it was written in 1906. Set during the Klondike gold rush of the 1890s, the story follows Buck, a huge half Saint Bernard, half Scottish shepherd dog who, in Chapter One, starts his story in sunny California. So, how does "The Call" cap…
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The Call of the Wild - Chapter 6 - For the Love of a Man
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The Call of the Wild Jack London writes a classic story that remains in our lexicon of euphemisms today, although it was written in 1906. Set during the Klondike gold rush of the 1890s, the story follows Buck, a huge half Saint Bernard, half Scottish shepherd dog who, in Chapter One, starts his story in sunny California. So, how does how does the l…
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The Call of the Wild - Chapter 5 - The Toil of Trace and Trail
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The Call of the Wild Jack London writes a classic story that remains in our lexicon of euphemisms today, although it was written in 1906. Set during the Klondike gold rush of the 1890s, the story follows Buck, a huge half Saint Bernard, half Scottish shepherd dog who, in Chapter One, starts his story in sunny California. So, how do the wilds of the…
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The Call of the Wild - Chapter 4 - Who Has Won to Mastership
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The Call of the Wild Jack London writes a classic story that remains in our lexicon of euphemisms today, although it was written in 1906. Set during the Klondike gold rush of the 1890s, the story follows Buck, a huge half Saint Bernard, half Scottish shepherd dog who, in Chapter One, starts his story in sunny California. So, Who has won to mastersh…
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The Call of the Wild - Chapter 3 - The Dominant Primordial Beast
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The Call of the Wild Jack London writes a classic story that remains in our lexicon of euphemisms today, although it was written in 1906. Set during the Klondike gold rush of the 1890s, the story follows Buck, a huge half Saint Bernard, half Scottish shepherd dog who, in Chapter Three, gets him to the wilds of the Canada? What is the Call of the Wi…
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The Call of the Wild - Chapter 2 - The Law of Club and Fang
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The Call of the Wild Jack London writes a classic story that remains in our lexicon of euphemisms today, although it was written in 1906. Set during the Klondike gold rush of the 1890s, the story follows Buck, a huge half Saint Bernard, half Scottish shepherd dog who, in Chapter One, starts his story in sunny California. So, how does he get to the …
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The Call of the Wild - Chapter 1 - Into the Primitive
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The Call of the Wild Jack London writes a classic story that remains in our lexicon of euphemisms today, although it was written in 1906. Set during the Klondike gold rush of the 1890s, the story follows Buck, a huge half Saint Bernard, half Scottish shepherd dog who, in Chapter One, starts his story in sunny California. So, how does he get to the …
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Written by Clement Clarke Moore in 1823 under the original title "A Visit From St. Nicholas." --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/public-domain-playhouse/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/public-domain-playhouse/support
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The exciting conclusion of the Public Domain Playhouse rendition of the famous gothic novella written by Robert Louis Stevenson. This podcast performance features the final chapters of the book including, "Dr. Lanyon's Narrative," and "Henry Jeckyll's Full Statement of Case." --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/publ…
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Second Installemnt of Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde. This podcast performance includes the Chapters, "The Incident of the Letter," "Remarkable Incident of Dr. Lanyon," "Incident at the Window," and "The Last Night." These chapters detail how Hyde has murdered a proninent man and is now hunted. It also explains why Dr. Lanyon has died a premature death a…
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The first four chapters of the classic Robert Louis Stevenson gothic novella, Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde. Brought to you courtesy of PublicDomainPlayhouse. The first chapters include Story of the Door," "Search for Mr. Hyde," "Dr. Jeckyll was Quite at Ease," and "The Carew Murder Case." --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/…
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The exciting finale of the Charles Dickens' classic holiday story of redemption, "A Christmas Carol." Stave 5, "The End of It," shows that Ebeneezer Scrooge has indeed taken the message of the Christmas Spirits to heart, and thus changed his ways. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/public-domain-playhouse/messageSu…
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The fourth chapter of the timeless Charles Dickens' classic holiday story, "A Christmas Carol," is titled, "The Last of the Spirits." In it, Scrooge meets "The Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come," and sees what will happen if he doesn't change his ways. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/public-domain-playhouse/message…
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Charles Dickens classic story of redemption, "A Christmas Carol," Stave 2, The First of Three Spirits, as performed by Public Domain Playhouse.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/public-domain-playhouse/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/public-domain-playhouse/support…
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Listen to the classic Charles Dickens holiday story, "A Christmas Carol," as performed by Public Domain Playhouse.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/public-domain-playhouse/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/public-domain-playhouse/support…
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Entry number 2 into the summer movie season comes in the ginormous form of the King of Monsters himself - Godzilla. Gareth Edwards takes on the task of re-booting a franchise that was slaughtered by Roland Emmerich in the 90s. ACcording to the box office - he succeeds! But did he convince Arcturus & TheBeast? Listen on to find out!…
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Captain America 2 : The Winter Soldier - Movie Review
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Phase 2 of the Marvel’s Avengers series is truly well underay. After the underwhelming efforts that were Thor 2 and Iron Man 3 - would the First Avenger bring back hope to aficionados with his second outing?By arcturus.mgctv@gmail.com
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Ladies and Germs!! Prepare for an absolute corker of a ‘cast putting the “C” back in MGCTv - thats right! Prof Marvel’s fanboy rage following the announcement of the principal cast for the Fantastic Four reboot was the inspiration behind this one. PapaKenn & JD from InSessionFilm joined us on this one. What followed was a absolute expletive & laugh…
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The Walking Dead Season 4 resumed last sunday (2 days ago on the 9th). But what you guys DIDN’T know was that Arcturus joined fellow ‘casters across the pond Geek Soul Brother & The Private to share their thoughts on the season so far. An interesting discussion followed and the subject of the show’s longevity came up - do you agree with our views? …
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Objective: Taking the bullet so you don’t have to. Status: Achieved. You’re welcome. Casualties: Arcturus, TheBeast, BillyQuick.By arcturus.mgctv@gmail.com
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We are at the end of January and Scorsese’s latest opus still rules the UK box office. MGCTv jump back onto the podcasting horse and bring you a review. Arcturus, TheBeast and Prof Marvel watched this one - I think its safe to say everyone had a good time, but exactly HOW MUCH of a good time did they have? Listen on to find out!!…
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Arrow returns to the small screens of our American friends this week while we have to wait in the UK for at least another month!! Recorded just before the holidays and now out just in time is a discussion Arcturus & Prof Marvel recorded of their thoughts on season 2 so far. Enjoy!By arcturus.mgctv@gmail.com
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Ladies and gents - as you all undoubtedly race back to your various homes to be with your families for the festive period - allow us to present you with a BANG show recorded sometime recently - can you guess when by the UK top 5? Needless to say - joining Arcturus & TheBeast for our customary move chatter is sure to keep you entertained during your…
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MGCTv - The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - Review
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The MGCTv late night screening last week was “Hunger Games: Catching Fire”. Arcturus & TheBeast sans BillyQuick headed down to the Kingston IMAX to watch the latest in franchise juggernauts to grace our screens. The world loves Jennifer Lawrence (As do we at MGCTv), but will the crew warm to the 2nd installment of the series? Listen on to find out!…
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The BANG show returns!! Join Arcturus, BillyQuick & TheBeast as they attempt to discuss the UK box office top 5, movie news and upcoming releases...”ATTEMPT” being the operative word as they get extremely sidetracked in airing their views on GRAVITY ...... where do YOU stand on the movie? Please join the debate and find us on twitter!! Enjoy!!…
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Not to be dissuaded by the disparity in release dates between the Old and New world...MGCTv decided to get Mark & Laura’s take on Alfonso Cuaron’s latest opus. With TheBeast officiating the proceedings...did our US correspondents deem this to be the modern sci-fi classic the collective media are willing it to be?? Listen on to find out!!…
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Woody Allen’s latest project was released stateside in mid-summer, and eventually made its way onto British soil a fortnight ago just as the Autumn enters its final throes....So Arcturus & Mark got together and examined the merits of Blue Jasmine.....apparently Cate Blanchett puts in a great performance.....…
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A welcome entry to the autumn/fall movie season - Ron Howard’s RUSH has generally been well received in Europe amongst the Formula 1 cognoscenti and general audiences. Arcturus & BillyQuick are fans of the sport - were they also full of praise? Listen on to find out!! Join the debate on twitter and on our facebook page too!…
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Late to these sunny shores - RIPD finally lands and tries to make a splash in the UK box office. The trailers gave us all the impression that this amounted to little more than a MIB re-imagining. Were we right? BillyQuick, Prof Marvel & TheBeast sat down to discuss it. Enjoy!!By arcturus.mgctv@gmail.com
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Completion of a trilogy? Arcturus & BillyQuick certainly hope not!! Director David Twohy teams up with Vin Diesel once more after 8 years to bring back our favourite sci-fi anti-hero of recent times to the big screen. After the mediocre reception that Chronicles of Riddick received, can Vin Diesel’s newly acquired box office midas touch re-energise…
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So did Jim Carey’s very public denouncement of the violence contained within this movie deter movie fans? OR did it simply fan the flames of publicity? That unfortunately (or fortunately) was NOT the issue when BillyQuick, TheBeast & ProfMarvel sat down to discuss the film! Rather, once again, the comic/graphic novel heavily influenced how this fil…
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