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Strangers in Space
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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Episodes
Film Club Lite 75: The League of Gentlemen’s Apocalypse (2005) 17.04.2025 31:32
Just as Doctor Who was returning to our screens twenty years ago, The League of Gentlemen were signing off - with what would turn out to be a divisive (albeit ultimately temporary) full-stop on their canon, a film that turns the original concept on its head; our thoughts are somewhat mixed Presented by Dylan Rees, with Mark Donaldson, Steve Hatcher and J.R. Southall
Film Club Duets 29: A Christopher Landon Duo 14.04.2025 44:37
As his latest, the Hitchcockian thriller Drop arrives in cinemas, we take a look at what director and writer Christopher Landon has been up to since the Happy Death Day movies and Freaky: recent Valentine themed slasher Heart Eyes, and the Netflix family film We Have A Ghost Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber
Who Review 34: The Robot Revolution 12.04.2025 55:35
Doctor Who is back and there's a brand new companion to introduce, but was The Robot Revolution as slight and fluffy as RTD's previous season openers? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber
Film Club Lite 74: The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996) 10.04.2025 22:32
Among the many much more successful films that Val Kilmer appeared in, the pone that we've chosen by way of marking his passing is The Island of Dr. Moreau, the fascinating and ill-fated Richard Stanley adaptation of H.G. Wells' novel Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber
Blue Box 170: The Doctor Who Season Two Preview 07.04.2025 52:45
Further thoughts about the shape of Season 2, and the potential longevity of Doctor Who, ahead of the launch next weekend Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber
TV Club 82: Adolescence 04.04.2025 33:21
It's not only the subject matter that makes Adolescence compelling, it's the production choices too; we take a look under the bonnet and try to figure out why it's getting such a positive reaction Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber
Book Club 05: The Day and Night of the Triffids (2001 / 2014) 02.04.2025 32:57
Two modern audio adaptations of Triffids novels come under the microphones as part of our slowly-expanding Apocalypse UK strand, the first a 2001 BBC World Service radio version of Wyndham's original The Day of the Triffids, the second Big Finish's 2014 The Night of the Triffids, its official sequel as adapted by the author of the novel, Simon Clark Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jim Cameron and...
Music Club Extra 08: Bucks Fizz (1981) 01.04.2025 25:12
With Eurovision (and indeed, the interstellar version) on the horizon once again, we thought it high time we took a look back at the debut Bucks Fizz album from 1981, which followed in the wake of their own Eurovision success Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold
Who Review Extra 48: Carnival of Monsters 31.03.2025 29:39
The third Doctor gets back into space after a long lay-over on Earth, only to find himself stuck inside a miniscope with Drashigs, Leslie Dwyer and Major Daly; the randomiser brings us to the Carnival of Monsters Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber
Film Club Duets 28: Alien Fan Projects 28.03.2025 39:18
Our slow crawl through the Alien universe takes in a couple of fan projects, last year's Australian short No Man's Land, and the recently streaming documentary Alien On Stage about - you guessed it - a stage production of the first Alien movie in Dorset (and Leicester Square) Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Mark Donaldson No Man's Land is available for free on YouTube
Blue Box 169: Between the Idea and the Reality 26.03.2025 1:11:51
It's two decades since Doctor Who returned - but has it lived more in those twenty years than others do in eighty? We talk about the best and the worst of the revival, plus a little quiz. Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber, Steve Hatcher, Iain Martin and Harry Palmer
Desert Planet Picks 79: Iain Key 24.03.2025 45:08
DJ and author Iain Key chooses the eight items he would take with him, if he was about to be marooned on a desert planet Presented by Simon Brett
TV Club 81: The League of Gentlemen (Part Two) 21.03.2025 53:39
Our return visit to Royston Vasey continues with Series Three and the anniversary specials, plus a chat about The League of Gentlemen live Presented by Dylan Rees, with Mark Donaldson, Steve Hatcher, Harry Palmer and J.R. Southall Warning: includes one use of a very naughty word, from Mark Pottyface Donaldson
Film Club Lite 73: Hoot (2006) 19.03.2025 36:02
After we discovered the existence of a children's film based on a novel by Bad Monkey and Striptease author Carl Hiaasen, we just had to take a look. And what an array of surprises we found there... Presented by J.R. Southall, with Iain Martin
Film Club Duets 27: Mulholland Drive (1999 & 2001) 17.03.2025 45:50
A comparison of the film that began life as the pilot for what could have been a Twin Peaks spin-off series, but which went on to become regarded as perhaps David Lynch's best work, and that original TV movie which has of course subsequently surfaced online Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber
Who Review Extra 47: The Leisure Hive 14.03.2025 36:48
The randomiser brings us to the beginning of Season 18, and the dawn of a brand new era - albeit with the same lead actors and one of the same writers who had been working on Doctor Who for the last couple of seasons. So how does The Leisure Hive look now? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Steve Hatcher
Film Club Duets 26: Inseminoid (1981) and Xtro (1982) 12.03.2025 41:25
We take a look at two of the low-budget British films that came out in the wake of Alien, and rather foolishly - or otherwise - said "I can do that!" Presented by J.R. Southall, with Dylan Rees
TV Club 80: The League of Gentlemen (Part One) 10.03.2025 1:05:14
In the first instalment of a three-part retrospective of The League of Gentlemen, we cast our microphones over the radio show, the first two TV series and the Christmas Special Presented by Dylan Rees, with Mark Donaldson, Steve Hatcher, Harry Palmer and J.R. Southall
Who Review Extra 46: Torchwood: Adam 07.03.2025 31:08
The randomiser has found us an episode from Torchwood's second series, but will we be more impressed with Adam than we were with some of the stories from Series One? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Luke Molloy
Film Club Extra: Oscars 2025 & I’m Still Here 04.03.2025 52:14
Our reaction to the 97th Academy Awards, the winners and the ceremony - and a review of Best International Feature winner I'm Still Here Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Mark Donaldson
Film Club Duets 25: The Brutalist & A Complete Unknown 02.03.2025 1:00:28
Two more Best Picture hopefuls come under the spotlight, immigrant drama The Brutalist and Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, plus we give our final predictions ahead of the ceremony itself Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Luke Molloy
TV Club 79: V 28.02.2025 34:34
The original miniseries of V rocked the world back in 1983, but how is it looking over forty years on? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Dylan Rees
Film Club Extra: Better Man 26.02.2025 30:38
Robbie Williams eventually made it out from under the shadow of Take That, but can he escape his own demons? That's the question the auto/biographical film Better Man poses - but after it flopped in America, all we want to know is, is it any good? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Simon Brett
Blue Box 168: Fifteen After Eighteen, Don’t Go (February News Blast #1) 24.02.2025 24:15
A start date for the new series, and more rumours about it being Ncuti Gatwa's last Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber
Film Club Extra: Metro-Goldwyn-May I? (February News Blast #2) 24.02.2025 24:03
How will 007 make out now he's moved to Amazon MGM Studios? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber
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