StrangersCast

Strangers in Space

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Broader and deeper than Doctor Who...Back in the early months of 2012 we started life as the Blue Box Podcast, a small team of three (then four, then five...) people podcasting our thoughts on Doctor Who, in the classic style of a bunch of friends the microphones were just accidentally eavesdropping on during a conversation in the pub. Over a decade later, the team has expanded and so has the remit; nowadays we publish episodes approximately three times a week, and the discussion has moved on to include any number of subjects that Doctor Who fans might find themselves chatting about during the...

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Jul 10, 2026

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Episodes

Blue Box 178: Resurrection Who 1. The Nightmare Begins 07.07.2025

In the first on a new strand, we ask the question: if Doctor Who were to be rebooted from scratch (with our mascot Phoebe Waller-Bridge as the Doctor), which of the stories that it has already told would stand up to being told again? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber

Film Club 72: Back to the Future 03.07.2025

It's four decades since Doc Brown's DeLorean DMC-12 whisked Michael J. Fox back in time to meet his parents when they were youngsters, but how does the Back to the Future trilogy look forty years into its own future? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Ryan Blake and Steve Hatcher

Who Review Extra 49: Rise of the Cybermen 01.07.2025

An alternative Earth with a parallel Pete (and Jackie), and a new origins story for the Cybermen. But how does The Age of Steel stack up almost two decades later? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber and Ryan Blake

Film Club Extra: 28 Years Later 26.06.2025

We went to see Alex Garland and Danny Boyle's return to the 28 Laters saga, so you don't have to Presented by J.R. Southall, with Ryan Blake Spoiler warning: right from the beginning of this conversation, we'll be talking about all the major developments of the film, including its ending

Blue Box 177: The Season 2 Listeners’ Poll 23.06.2025

Our listeners listed their favourite to least favourite stories of the latest season of Doctor Who, so we got someone in who hadn't seen many of them, to try and help understand the results Presented by J.R. Southall, with Iain Martin

Blue Box 176: Primed for ’Action!’ 21.06.2025

Legopolis himself, Mr Steven Schapansky, joins us to talk about the future of Doctor Who: who will be making it, who will be running it, who will be the star and more urgently for right now, which streamer will the BBC pair up with to publish it? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber, Mark Cockram, Steve Hatcher, Iain Martin and special guest Steven Schapansky

TV Club 83: Andor (Season Two) 19.06.2025

A conversation about Andor, with particular emphasis on the recent second season Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber, Ryan Blake and Simon Brett

Film Club Duets 30: Bond Not-Bond 17.06.2025

To lose the rights to one Bond might be considered unlucky, to lose the rights to two looks like carelessness. Our thoughts on the two non-Eon Productions 007 movies, Casino Royale (1967) and Never Say Never Again Presented by J.R. Southall, with a rotating cast of Bond co-hosts, including Jon Arnold, Matt Barber, Ryan Blake and Dylan Rees

Music Club 27: Simon and Garfunkel 12.06.2025

We each choose our favourite five Simon and Garfunkel songs Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Steve Hatcher

Film Club Lite 76: Come See the Paradise (1990) 09.06.2025

Thirty-five years ago, Alan Parker made a film about the internment of American citizens during WWII, because their ethnicity didn't fit the current political climate Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Blue Box 175: The Season 2 Retrospective 07.06.2025

Noe that the latest season of Doctor Who has finished its run, we convened a team of mostly people who didn't make it to the individual episode reviews, to look back over the last eight weeks and say what they thought Presented by J.R. Southall, with Simon Brett, Luke Molloy and Dylan Rees

Blue Box 174: Whose Doctor Who 05.06.2025

We were planning to get together to discuss how Doctor Who functions in a world where it's both streamed and broadcast, but given how much uncertainty there is about the series' future right now, we decided to make that the spine of the conversation. Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Dylan Rees

Blue Box 173: Piper at the Gates of Who 03.06.2025

Is she or isn't she? Billie Piper seems to have been cast as the next Doctor - so we get into the possible how and why (and who) of it. Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber, Ryan Blake, Simon Brett and Steve Hatcher

Who Review 41: The Reality War 31.05.2025

Our thoughts on the Season 2 (or Series 15) finale Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber (and a little Steve Hatcher cameo)

Blue Box 172: The Story Still to Come 28.05.2025

Our preview of this year's Doctor Who season finale, spoiler-free (until a short well-announced section at the very end) and filled with as much nonsense as we could possibly muster Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Steve Hatcher

Who Review 40: Wish World 24.05.2025

Our thoughts on Wish World, this year's penultimate episode and the first half of the two-part finale Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Iain Martin

Blue Box 171: The Moment is Being Prepared For 20.05.2025

An EXTREMELY SPOILERIFIC round-up of this week's news and gossip Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber, Steve Hatcher and Iain Martin

Who Review 39: The Interstellar Song Contest 17.05.2025

We turn our microphones to the subject of the Eurovision Song Contest pastiche in our latest review Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber, Mark Donaldson, Luke Molloy and Jon Arnold

Music Club 26: The UK’s Top 10 Eurovision Performances 12.05.2025

In between the Kenneth McKellars and the Jeminis, the UK has actually won Eurovision five times and come runner-up a further sixteen. But which of those songs was the overall best performing? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Simon Brett

Who Review 38: The Story and the Engine 10.05.2025

Doctor Who Season Two Five Review Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Who Review 37: Lucky Day 03.05.2025

As we reach the mid-point of this latest (last?) series of Doctor Who, are we any nearer to discovering what it's all been about and how it's all going to end? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Who Review 36: The Well 26.04.2025

It's the first episode this year to feature a writer other than RTD in the credits, but was it  a case of "well played" or "oh well" Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Music Club 25: The Sisters of Mercy 24.04.2025

It's just over forty years since The Sisters of Mercy's debut album came out, and more than three decades since the still-active band released their third and most recent. So we convened a panel of people for whom the band had meant something special back in the 1980s, for a meandering chat about Andrew Eldritch and his ever-changing cohort. Presented by J.R. Southall, with Mark Couperthwaite and...

Film Club 71: Alfie 21.04.2025

The one person guaranteed not to be able to answer the question "What's it all about?" is Alfie himself - although he'd surely tell you otherwise. We cast a 21st century eye back at the 1966 film, it's astonishing 1975 sequel, and even the 2004 remake Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Jim Cameron

Who Review 35: Lux 19.04.2025

Cartoon characters stepping out of cinema screens is just the start of the weirdness this week, but does it all add up to a lick of sense and does it matter if it doesn't? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

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