Strangers in Space

Given the gossip and rumour surrounding the eventual, inevitable change of companion, we returned to our microphones to give some further opinions on the state of play in Cardiff Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Mark Donaldson and Dylan Rees

The latter 1990s were a new golden age for smart and unusual thrillers, and even John Frankenheimer was getting in on the act; but more important than whether we liked it, what's with De Niro's pronunciation of Hereford? Ronin This episode presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Mat Barber and Mark Donaldson Our links page

The field of contenders for this year's Best Picture Oscar just narrowed, with the announcement of the ten nominated films; our reaction to the Academy Award nominees and our predictions of the potential winners Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold

Recorded just before the Mirror broke its latest gossip about the companion merry-go-round, here's a mid-month digest of our thoughts about recent developments and potential future ones Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber, Iain Martin and Dylan Rees

What happens when Terry Nation scribbles the idea for a story on the back of a fag packet, and it is of all people Douglas Adams that thereafter takes up the mantle? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber, Jim Cameron, Iain Martin and Dylan Rees

We were at a loose end, and this is how we filled the time Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Iain Martin

Martin Scorsese's latest is another three-hour epic starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro, but will it be in serious contention for this year's Best Picture Academy Award? This episode presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Mark Donaldson

Alexander Payne's latest The Holdovers feels like a traditional Christmas tale told using some equally traditional trappings, but does it have enough about it to get it into this year's Academy Awards conversation? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Mark Donaldson

Saltburn: is it as sticky as it sounds? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Mark Donaldson

Our listeners voted on their favourite stories from the last two years of Doctor Who, and these are the results Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Mark Donaldson Our podcast links page

Recorded at the end of last year, but now oddly even more relevant thanks to preva-Rishi-cation's comments about an autumn election, here are our thoughts on what 2024 might bring in the world of UK and US politics Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

A look back at this year's ghostly Yuletide fare, the latest A Ghost Story for Christmas (this time Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Lot 249), the final episode of Ghosts, and Imagine - Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Guest question-master Rod sets a fiendishly difficult (and unseasonably lengthy) post-Yuletide quiz, which mostly tests our stamina and summons forth more smut than solutions Presented by Rod Brown, with Jon Arnold, Mark Cockram, Joe Ford and J.R. Southall

He's been a permanent fixture in the musical firmament for over half a century, so we couldn't think of a more appropriate way to end the year than with a tribute to Elton John after his retirement this summer This episode presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Iain Martin

It's the fifteenth Doctor's full debut, and the introduction to his new companion Ruby Sunday, but was the new era born in a blaze of glory...? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

A Christmas miracle... Our review of Torchwood: Miracle Day - so you don't have to Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Dylan Rees

Some additional thoughts on the post-anniversary mini-series - also known as the 14th Doctor Specials - now that we've had a little time to digest them Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Dylan Rees

It wouldn't be Christmas if we weren't talking about some more M.R. James adaptations in a TV Club, and this year it's the period in the late twenty-hundreds when the strand was tentatively returning to the BBC. Covering: A View from a Hill (2005) Number 13 (2006) Whistle and I'll Come to You (2010) Presented by Matt Barber, with Jim Cameron and Lee Rawlings... and one other

Once we found out that Colin Baker was going to be in a cheap and cheerful British answer to the Hallmark-style Christmas movie, we couldn't spend our holidays without taking a look Christmas at the Holly Day Inn This episode presented by J.R. Southall, with Mark Donaldson, Iain Martin and Dylan Rees Our podcast links page

In the year the fifth Indiana Jones film finally happened, we look back over the entire saga Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Simon Brett

Some more critical nexus points from the history of Doctor Who; we ask what the series might have looked like if it hadn't been made by the BBC, who a single year showrunner might have been, and what impact RTD's bi-generation might have... This episode presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber, Simon Brett and Iain Martin Our podcast links page

A bigger than usual panel talks through the final end for David Tennant's Doctor Who, and the beginnings of a brand new era This episode presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber, Simon Brett, Lee Rawlings and Iain Martin

The eleventh Doctor's second Christmas Special takes a trip to Steven Moffat's first attempt at doing a Christmas planet, but what will we find when we get there? This episode presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber, Jim Cameron and Dylan Rees Our podcast links page

We missed out on podcasting about Barbenheimer at the time, so what better way to spend Christmas than by recreating the phenomenon in the depths of winter? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Mark Donaldson Our podcast links page

Something new for Doctor Who, or just 2008 times two? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Simon Brett and Iain Martin Also available on YouTube: Reviews playlist News playlist Links page