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Our thoughts, unabridged and unswayed by popular opinion, on the live action Starship Troopers films, beginning with the Paul Verhoeven adaptation in 1997, including 2004's Hero of the federation and concluding with Marauder (2008) - just in case we neglect to name them during the conversation This episode presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Iain Martin Our podcast links page The Stars...

Director Martin Brest's follow-up to Beverly Hills Cop was a comic road movie starring Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin, but did it live up to its predecessor's reputation? Midnight Run This episode presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber and Iain Martin Our podcast links page

Doctor Who is back, and so are Lee and Simon, so what would we all make of the first Tennant-Tate special The Star Beast? Presented by Matt Barber, with Jon Arnold, Simon Brett, Lee Rawlings and J.R. Southall Also available on YouTube: Reviews playlist News playlist Links page

The anniversary so far could probably best be described as something old, something new, something borrowed and several things broken. But the question is, how much are we enjoying them all...? Our review of Destination: Skaro, The Daleks in Colour and the updated An Adventure in Space and Time This episode presented by: Matt Barber With: Jon Arnold Jim Cameron J.R. Southall The video playlist of...

It's Day Seven, the final edition (for now!) of the audio version of our Anniversary Quiz, and today it's the turn of the challengers to come and see if they can team up to take down our reigning champion. Or basically just turn the whole thing into a big old smut fest Watch the whole thing instead  here, in our Quiz Playlist This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Joe Ford Jon Arnold Rod B...

It's Day Six (the weekend edition if you were watching on YouTube) of the audio version of our Anniversary Quiz, and today therefore it's the turn of the celebrities to come in and be bamboozled by ill-explained brain-tweezers - and maybe bring some friends along to help. Or confuse matters even more Watch the whole thing instead  here, in our Quiz Playlist This episode presented by: J.R. Southall...

It's Day Five (nominally the final day) of the audio version of our Anniversary Quiz, and today's edition is ostensibly our Doctor Who variation on House of Games - with a few tweaks and extras Watch the whole thing instead  here, in our Quiz Playlist This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Jon Arnold Matt Barber Iain Martin

It's Day Four of the audio version of our Anniversary Quiz, and today's edition is our Doctor Who variation on University Challenge Watch the whole thing instead  here, in our Quiz Playlist This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Jon Arnold Mark Donaldson Matt Barber

It's Day Three of the audio version of our Anniversary Quiz, and today's edition is our Doctor Who variation on University Challenge Watch the whole thing instead  here, in our Quiz Playlist This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Dylan Rees Iain Martin Matt Barber

David Fincher's latest takes him back to the world of crime, so obviously we're on the scene investigating... This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Matt Barber Mark Donaldson

It's Day Two of the audio version of our Anniversary Quiz, and today's edition is our Doctor Who variation on Impossible Watch the whole thing instead  here, in our Quiz Playlist This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Dylan Rees Iain Martin Mark Donaldson

More tumult in the corridors of power can only mean one thing: more talking about the tumult in the corridors of power This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Jon Arnold Matt Barber

It's Day One of the audio version of our Anniversary Quiz, and today's edition is our Doctor Who variation on Pointless Watch the whole thing instead here, in our Quiz Playlist This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Jon Arnold Dylan Rees Mark Donaldson

Our thoughts on the ever-more-imminent Tennant and Tate Specials about to land on our television screens, plus discussion of other pressing, prescient or merely just depressing matters. Includes talk of Daleks and viewing figures. This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Jon Arnold Dylan Rees

You might think it's Doctor Who's sixtieth anniversary that we're currently celebrating, but in some quarters it's the thirtieth anniversary of the thirtieth anniversary that's of more relevance. And so here is our review of that period, with particular emphasis on the first old new (not-quite?) Who since the original run came to an end, Dimensions in Time This episode presented by: Dylan Rees Wit...

In the second half of our conversation, we discuss Russell T Davies' work in television, in the years between his first stint and recent return to Doctor Who - and consider how this might impact upon his forthcoming episodes Russell T Davies This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Jon Arnold Dylan Rees

With Russell T Davies' return to our Doctor Who screens imminent, it's unsurprising that the randomiser has chosen one of the lesser lights of his first stint for us to review this month. But is Fear Her really as bad as all that? This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Jon Arnold Matt Barber Iain Martin

Recorded just about the news of the Colour Cut-down broke, a round-up of a bunch of other news plus reviews of the things we've already watched, as we head into the anniversary month This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Jon Arnold Matt Barber Dylan Rees

Fifty years on from The Exorcist, there's a new demonic possession in town and this time it's a two-for-one The Exorcist: Believer This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Matt Barber

For Halloween this year we're looking back to the 1970s, when the BBC's Play For Today strand would occasionally err into The Wicker Man territory and tell stories of townsfolk adrift in the countryside... Robin Redbreast (1970) Penda's Fen (1974) Red Shift (1978) This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Jon Arnold Matt Barber Jim Cameron

We discuss Russell T Davies' work in television, in the years before he first became showrunner of Doctor Who Russell T Davies This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Jon Arnold Dylan Rees

As we approach the anniversary month, the news of what to expect accelerates. And also, as it turns out, the news of what not to expect. Our thoughts on the new music, the new side-show, and the An Unearthly Child situation Also available on YouTube This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Jon Arnold Matt Barber Iain Martin

Another entertainingly high concept teen slasher from Blumhouse, this time with a Back to the Future twist, this time with TV's last teenage witch in the lead; of course we watched it: Totally Killer This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Matt Barber

We examine another critical juncture in Doctor Who history - the appointment of JN-T - and ask what the series might have been like without him This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Jon Arnold Matt Barber Dylan Rees

Our reaction to the BBC's new dramatisation of the life and crimes of Jimmy Savile The Reckoning This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Matt Barber Dylan Rees