The Doctor Who Big Blue Box Podcast

Hey, Who fans, and welcome to The Big Blue Box Roundtable. In this month's RT, Garry is joined by Harry, Maria and Matt for a Valentine's Month special. Yep, love is in the air as we talk about the best Doctor Who episodes for the romantics out there and what companion would be the best date? Join us now for this and more! This is The Big Blue Box Podcast, hosted by Garry and Adam. We cover Doctor...

Hey, Who fans, and welcome to The Big Blue Box Roundtable. In this month's RT, Garry is joined by Harry, Maria and Matt! They give us their thoughts on a couple of stories released since the December 24 RT - Joy to the World and The War Games in Colour. As you can imagine, these guys have plenty of interesting and insightful thoughts on those stories so grab a cuppa and settle in. Enjoy! This is T...

Hey, Who fans and welcome to Episode 417. This episode is a slightly shorter Garry-solo episode recapping some Doctor Who news stories that landed over the last couple of weeks plus a recap of an article posted last week with an update on The Big Blue Box and some exciting announcements! Links to the stuff we mentioned: The Capital Cutaway event The Season 7 blu ray box set pre-order at Amazon , H...

Hey, Who fans! We hope you all had a fantastic Christmas and New Year! Welcome to Episode 416. After the Christmas and New Year break, we're back with our first episode of 2025, which kicks off with, you guessed it, a catch-up on what we've been up to and all the recent Doctor Who news. Our review story is the recent Christmas Special, Joy to the World. P.S. We have another podcast project coming...

Hey, Who fans, and welcome to The Big Blue Box Roundtable. For our last episode of 2024 and to inject some Doctor Who festive spirit into the proceedings, Garry is joined by Harry, Maria and Jordan to have a good old chin wag on our fav Who Christmas specials plus a look forward to our hopes for 2025. Before that, however, we'll give you guys an update on the last bits of Who news for the year. En...

Hey, Who fans and welcome to Episode 415. Garry is flying the TARDIS solo this week to catch you up on the latest Doctor Who news as well as the details for the first Big Blue Box meetup in 2025 at the Capitol Cutaway event in London. Enjoy! Links to the stuff we mentioned: Links to news and other bits we mentioned in this episode... Doctor Who will gain more than it loses by remastering The War G...

Hey, Who fans and welcome to Episode 414. Matt Steele, from our writing team, joins me this week as we celebrate the recent birthday of former Doctor Matt Smith, reflecting on his enduring impact on the franchise and the unique connection fans have with the show. There's not much news knocking about but Ncuti's comment (now edited out on The Graham Norton Show) regarding the potential for a third...

Hey, Who fans and welcome to Episode 413. I'm joined by a special co-host this week - Maria from the writing team! This week, we take a look at the buzz surrounding Ncuti Gatwa's comments about a potential third season of Doctor Who, which sparked controversy among fans along with the implications of Gatwa's remarks, examining how they were edited during a recent appearance on the Graham Norton Sh...

Hey, Who fans and welcome to Episode 412. This week Garry is joined by special co-host Harry Walker, one of the Big Blue Box writing team, who you would have heard on the monthly Round Table episodes. First up, the news: Carole Ann Ford hopes to return as Susan, the new Fifteenth Doctor and Ruby Sunday figures are arriving soon, Tom Baker and Louise Jameson reunite for two stories from Big Finish,...

Hey, Who fans, and welcome to The Big Blue Box Roundtable. It's nearly a full house for the September Round Table, Who fans! This time, Garry is joined by Jordan, Maria, Harry and Matt for their review of the recent live performance of The Stuff of Legend starring Paul McGann from Big Finish. After that we wind down with some chat about the recently announced spin-off The War Between the Land and...

Hey, Who fans and welcome to Episode 411. This week, after a quick chat on the recent Dragonfire screening at Riverside Studios, we're diving into the still-lost story, now animated, The Power of the Daleks for our review. This is an important story as it's the very first televised regeneration and Patrick Troughton's first performance as The Doctor. Often regarded as a pure classic, what do we th...

Hey, Who fans and welcome to Episode 410. It's been a busy week for the BBB crew! We kick off this week's episode with a recap of the events we attended - The BBC Doctor Who Proms and the BFI screening of The Happiness Patrol - then we dive into our review story this week: The Crusade. This is The Big Blue Box Podcast, hosted by Garry and Adam. We cover Doctor Who news, reviews, commentaries, gene...

Hey, Who fans and welcome to Episode 409. After a brief chat about the new Blake's 7 Series 1 Blu-ray collection, we dive into the news: a high-ranking Disney executive has shared some very positive remarks about Season 1 of Doctor Who and Catherine Tate is set to host the Doctor Who BBC Proms next week. For our review this week, it's something we haven’t discussed in years— K9 and Company: A Girl...

Hey, Who fans, and welcome to The Big Blue Box Roundtable. It's a busy one this month, Who fans, as Garry is joined by Jordan, Harry, Maria and Matt to talk about which companions (and a few Doctors!) either overstayed their welcome or should have stuck around for longer. You will not believe some of the answers! Oh, and Harry gets an issue off of his chest regarding that Sutekh thing. It's all he...

Hey, Who fans and welcome to Episode 408. This week, after our usual catch-up, we're looking at a story infamous for its incomplete content, various reconstructions, versions and remasters. It's time to review our last Tom Baker story: Shada . This is The Big Blue Box Podcast, hosted by Garry and Adam. We cover Doctor Who news, reviews, commentaries, general chat, plus our regular Round Table epis...

Hey, Who fans and welcome to Episode 407. This week's big news comes fresh from the announcement at San Diego Comic Con last week that we're getting a Doctor Who spin-off - The War Between the Land and the Sea . Headed up by a couple of previous familiar (but not the same) faces and U.N.I.T. this starts filming this month and should land next year. After the news, we're onto our review of the clas...

Hey, Who fans and welcome to Episode 406. This week we have a natter on the BBC's annual report and how they feel the latest season of Doctor Who has performed then it's onto our review of The Chase which also happens to be our last ever surviving full live-action review (it's all reconstructions and animated stuff after this). This one is a slightly bonkers story, but does it bring us the best of...

Hey, Who fans and welcome to Episode 405. It's been a while since we reviewed an animated lost story and what better story to dive into than the recently released, very Marmite offering, The Celestial Toymaker. We've not spoken about it much on the podcast other than covering the release announcements (although our roving reporter Maria did a great round-up of the cinema release at The BFI ) so it...

Hey, Who fans and welcome to Episode 404. It's with a heavy heart that we come to our last 7th Doctor story to review. We've put it off for long enough but it's time to say goodbye to Sylvester McCoy (unless we decide to re-review them all. Joking. Or are we? Probably). Is this last story a belter or a damp squib? It's not all bad news for McCoy fans though as before the review, we chat about the...

Hey, Who fans, and welcome to The Big Blue Box Roundtable. Now that the dust has settled on Season One, it's time to get the thoughts from our writers as they chat about their favourite episode, their least favourite episode, Ncuti, Millie and lots more. Jordan, Matt and Maria join Garry for plenty of Doctor Who insight and bants. Enjoy! This is The Big Blue Box Podcast, hosted by Garry and Adam....

Hey, Who fans and welcome to Episode 403. This is it, Who fans! The culmination of this new era of Doctor Who. Does this episode leave us feeling satisfied and that "can't wait for Season Two" feeling or like some previous episodes in this season, leave us flat? Listen now to find out. Enjoy! This is The Big Blue Box Podcast, hosted by Garry and Adam. We cover Doctor Who news, reviews, commentarie...

Hey, Who fans and welcome to Episode 402. We're almost at the big finish (lol, excuse the pun) and the finale of Season One! Join us for this week's episode as we review the penultimate episode The Legend of Ruby Sunday and THAT villain reveal! Enjoy. This is The Big Blue Box Podcast, hosted by Garry and Adam. We cover Doctor Who news, reviews, commentaries, general chat, plus our regular Round Ta...

Hey, Who fans and welcome to Episode 401. We're moving through this season quickly now with only two episodes left! Before the two-part finale though we're diving into the Bridgerton-esque episode Rogue . Have we picked up from last week or does this season continue to be a bit hit and miss? This is The Big Blue Box Podcast, hosted by Garry and Adam. We cover Doctor Who news, reviews, commentaries...

Hey, Who fans and welcome to Episode 400. We're back to reviewing individual episodes and this week we're diving into the latest episode from Season One - Dot and Bubble , a dark episode influenced by Black Mirror. Did it succeed in that or was it a Tractator-sized flop? This is The Big Blue Box Podcast, hosted by Garry and Adam. We cover Doctor Who news, reviews, commentaries, general chat, plus...

Hey, Who fans and welcome to Episode 399. It's been a couple of weeks so we have a nice catch up over a cup of tea then it's full steam ahead into our review of the last two episodes from Season One - Boom & 73 Yards. Enjoy, Who fans. This is The Big Blue Box Podcast, hosted by Garry and Adam. We cover Doctor Who news, reviews, commentaries, general chat, plus our regular Round Table episodes...