Strangers in Space

A discussion of the band They Might Be Giants, formed in New York in 1982 by Lincolnites John Flansburgh and John Linnell

In an admittedly perhaps ill-advised tribute to the career of William Hurt, we decided to go back to the movie that firmly put him on the Hollywood map, Lawrence Kasdan's 1981 directorial debut, the steamy thriller Body Heat. And there is lots of steam. Lots of it

JR and Simon look back to the turn of the 1990s and "rave culture", and discuss The Stone Roses' place in taking indie music overground

By way of an appetizer for our forthcoming millennial angst Film Club episode, here's a short review of an existential thriller from the 1960s: John Frankenheimer's Seconds

It's our very last season poll, and we're going back to 1976 to talk about Philip Hinchcliffe's third and final year as producer of Doctor Who: Season 14

Mark and Matt turn their attention to the subject of comic Czech sci-fi, with particular emphasis on Jindřich Polák's 1977 film Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea, aka Zítra Vstanu a Opařím se čajem

Once planned to be the last season for Steven Moffat, our journey through the Doctor Who back catalogue reaches its final destination of the modern incarnation: Series Nine (With apologies to mimikeyu for co-opting the art)

JR and Simon take a trip back to the 1980s to talk about playgrounds, peer pressure and programming, and to examine the differences and similarities between The Cure and Depeche Mode

Another music-themed Film Club Lite review, and this time it's JR's choice: New Zealander Jason Lei Howden's 2015 comedy horror with a heavy metal theme, Deathgasm

Triumph, or travesty? It's the Trial of a Time Lord, as Season 23 goes under the scrutiny of our own particular Whodiciary

Did Disney's thirds Mandalorian series live up to the first two...?

Matt and Mark take a look at the films nominated for Best Picture at the 2022 Academy Awards

It's time to wind the clocks back to 2007; David Tennant was enjoying his middle series as the tenth Doctor, Martha was stepping into Rose's shoes (or not) and Steven Moffat had just delivered Blink. But what did we make of it all?

A short extra episode in which we choose our favourite songs from the Bond movies

In the second half of our discussion about the use of incidental music in Doctor Who, we concentrate on our feelings around the use of incidental music in the revived series Plus ten minutes at the beginning on the latest anniversary casting rumour concerning David Tennant

Lee and Matt mark Ian Anderson's Blackpool-born band Jethro Tull's 55 years of existence by discussing their history and reviewing their new album

A comparison between the two recent movie versions of Macbeth, and a discussion of Shakespeare on film

Matt and Simon discuss Once, John Carney's 2007 Irish musical romantic drama starring Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová

With JR absent, Matt and Simon convene to discuss the rumours of a certain actor's possible return to the role of Doctor Who...

A conversation about the first half of the third phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, including the introductions of Spider-Man and Black Panther

Our "music month" round of musically themed film reviews begins with Simon's choice, the Pet Shop Boys' absurdist memoir It Couldn't Happen Here

It's the first half of our discussion about the use of incidental music in Doctor Who, this time focussing on our memories of the classic series

Mark Donaldson of On the Time Lash joins us now that the dust has settled on Flux, to talk about the thirteenth series of Doctor Who

We did eventually manage to record our review of Eve of the Daleks, but only after ten minutes' worth of interruptions from JR jr. 

Simon talks to Matt and guest Jon Arnold about their work writing Black Archive titles for Obverse Books . Yes, Matt has written one - about The Dæmons!