Strangers in Space

Were the Cybermen treated right during their first few years in Doctor Who - or did the makers of the programme come up with a brilliant idea and then have no clue what to do with it? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber and Ben Verth

Joe Ford, of the podcast A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife, chooses the eight items he would take with him, if he was about to be marooned on a desert planet Presented by J.R. Southall A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife Joe Ford on Twitter/X Joe's photo choice (hiding somewhere behind 15-year-old him!):

Steven Moffat returns to Doctor Who to write his first episode for over six years, but does he still have the old magic or has he lost his touch? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Dylan Rees

It's a quarter of a century since George Lucas released the first of the Star Wars prequels, but how is that film trilogy looking twenty-five years on? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Simon Brett

After our discussion about the Sam Raimi trilogy last week, we turn our attention to the two modern resurrections, and ask if they are worthy successors - or indeed, whether the spirit of Evil Dead is really in them at all Presented by J.R. Southall, with Mark Donaldson and Dylan Rees

It's the first series of RTD's second era but is it a new dawn or just back to old habits - or is it indeed a fresh start at all? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Lee Rawlings

In 2018 YouGov made a survey of British adults to discover how they felt about the various actors who have played Doctor Who - so we've gone back to the website five years later and sifted through the data to see if those opinions have changed in the meantime... Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Mark Donaldson

Sam Raimi's Evil Dead trilogy takes itself far less seriously than most of the rest of its contemporary "video nasty" movies, but how does it stand up four decades on? Presented by Dylan Rees, with Mark Donaldson and J.R. Southall

Was the Master's introduction into Doctor Who in 1971 (every story for the entire year) too much? Or do his eight (would have been nine) stories across the era justify their existence every time? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Iain Martin

In the first of two episodes covering the live action Resident Evil saga, we turn our attention to the first three films, 2002's original, it's 2004 sequel Apocalypse and Extinction from 2007 Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Dylan Rees

We went back to the YouGov website to find out what their sample survey said about the most popular horror films in the UK, and suffice it to say there were some mysteries along the way. Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

In a new mini-strand attempting to find out what Doctor Who writers get up to when they're not writing Doctor Who, we take a look at some of Terry Nation's other work, including episodes of Hancock, Blakes 7 and The Avengers Presented by Dylan Rees, with Jon Arnold and J.R. Southall

The middle story in Series 7A (like, don't get excited man) is Toby Whithouse's Western, A Town Called Mercy: but will we find it OK Corral, or Last Chance Saloon? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Apple TV+ seems to have made itself a home for sophisticated sci-fi of late, but how does this story of what happens to the people who've stepped out of Earth's atmosphere compare? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber Constellation on Wiki

With Season One now fairly imminent and series previews appearing the press, we thought we'd round up some recent news with rumours, summaries and - spoilers! - some spoilers too Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

We asked Chat GPT to tell us why Terrance Dicks was the worst writer in the history of Doctor Who, in the hope it would at least provide illuminating evidence for the contrary... Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Citizen Kane meets Amadeus, but is Gary Oldman going to be enough to get us through Bernard Rose's period biopic? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

A conversation about characters and creatures who could or should make a return to Doctor Who, in this episode focussing on the villains and monster species Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Mike Bartlett switches from Doctor Foster to Doctor Who, but can David Suchet lift a story with an ending that takes an unexpected left turn towards pleasantville Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

A remake of the 1989 Patrick Swayze film from the director of The Bourne Identity sounds like exactly the kind of thing we needed to report back on - so duly here are our views on Amazon Prime's Road House Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber

A conversation about characters and actors who could or should make a return to Doctor Who, in this episode focussing on Doctors, companions and fellow Time Lords Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber

A listener question about the value of multi-Doctor stories begins a conversation over the next few weeks about returning characters and whether they are worth it Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Dylan Rees

Sean Connery as a middle ages monk with Christian Slater as his sexually awakened sidekick in this medieval mystery, for which Matt's friend Will re-joins the team as we embark upon an epic conversation - with a few sound issues, which hopefully won't mar the experience Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Will Travis

Now that they've released the episode titles, we take a deep dive into the expectations and speculations we have for RTD's first full series back at the helm of Doctor Who; but be warned, we will be talking spoilers here (although be aware, we'll probably be getting most of this wrong anyway) Hosted by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

We thought it would be interesting to find out what happens when you ask Chat GPT to behave like a Doctor Who fan, and this is the result... Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber and Iain Martin