In the 1980s, there were only 63 Black films by, for, or about Black Americans. But in the 1990s, that number quadrupled, with 220 Black films making their way to cinema screens nationwide. What sparked this “Black New Wave?” Who blazed this path for contemporaries like Ava DuVernay, Kasi Lemmons and Jordan Peele? And how did these films transform American culture as a whole? Presenting The Class of 1989, a new limited-run series from pop culture critics Len Webb and Vincent Williams, hosts ...
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Ep. 51 – Messing with the Humans
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Show Notes & Links:
- Missy (the previous incarnation of The Master?) was last seen at the end of S10
- Part 1 was directed by Jamie Magnus Stone, Part 2 by Lee Haven Jones
- Ada Lovelace was a pioneer in computer science & Noor Khan a British WWII hero
- Big Finish should ask Nakkiah Lui to write about the Doctor in the Outback
- Google used to have a ‘don’t be evil’ clause in it’s Code of Conduct
- Unlike the classic-villain-free season which preceded it, the previous New Year’s Day special, Resolution, included a Dalek
- Day of the Doctor was the amazing culmination of the 50th Anniversary Year
- The Cartmel Master Plan was never really Cartmell’s master plan
- Kylo Ren is a Star Wars villain
- Omega & Rassillon were (two of?) the founders of Gallifrey
- There was a Classic example of ‘contact’ in The Three Doctors
- The Remnants mentioned The Timeless Child in The Ghost Monument
- The Boneless were antagonists from another dimension in Flatline
- It’s Artron Energy, not Archon Old Man
- Donna’s fate in Journey’s End was very controversial
We are also at handwavium.net & on Twitter @handwavium
59 episodes
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Show Notes & Links:
- Missy (the previous incarnation of The Master?) was last seen at the end of S10
- Part 1 was directed by Jamie Magnus Stone, Part 2 by Lee Haven Jones
- Ada Lovelace was a pioneer in computer science & Noor Khan a British WWII hero
- Big Finish should ask Nakkiah Lui to write about the Doctor in the Outback
- Google used to have a ‘don’t be evil’ clause in it’s Code of Conduct
- Unlike the classic-villain-free season which preceded it, the previous New Year’s Day special, Resolution, included a Dalek
- Day of the Doctor was the amazing culmination of the 50th Anniversary Year
- The Cartmel Master Plan was never really Cartmell’s master plan
- Kylo Ren is a Star Wars villain
- Omega & Rassillon were (two of?) the founders of Gallifrey
- There was a Classic example of ‘contact’ in The Three Doctors
- The Remnants mentioned The Timeless Child in The Ghost Monument
- The Boneless were antagonists from another dimension in Flatline
- It’s Artron Energy, not Archon Old Man
- Donna’s fate in Journey’s End was very controversial
We are also at handwavium.net & on Twitter @handwavium
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