The Doctor Who Big Blue Box Podcast

Hey, Who fans and welcome to Episode 342. We chat about another couple of names thrown into the hat for the Fourteenth Doctor, Adam fills us in on the recent Fantom even and the news segment is a sad one. Our review story this week is Torchwood: Children of Earth "Day Three". This is The Big Blue Box Podcast, hosted by Garry and Adam. We cover Doctor Who news, reviews, commentaries, general chat,...

Hey, Who fans and welcome to Episode 341. We chat about the upcoming BFI event for Revelation of the Daleks then, after some recording problems (noisy neighbours putting the kibosh on our recording last week), we're back to conclude the episode and jump into our review. Our review story this week is The Faceless Ones. This is The Big Blue Box Podcast, hosted by Garry and Adam. We cover Doctor Who...

Hey, Who fans and welcome to Episode 340. No official news to chat about this week but Adam fills us in on the latest Fantom Events con, an unexpected actor features in the latest rumour on the next Doctor and the people of Newport, Wales, enjoy their new regenerated TARDIS. Our review story this week is Torchwood: Children of Earth "Day Two". This is The Big Blue Box Podcast, hosted by Garry and...

The News Some news, finally! Some new Target books are on the way, releasing in July this year and the next blu ray boxset is The Sixth Doctor's Season 22. Review story this episode: Day of the Daleks Some Third Doctor action this week featuring time travel, U.N.I.T, Aikido chops and a rather angry UN rep. Oh, and the Daleks are in it for a bit. Coming next week: Torchwood: Children of Earth "Day...

Welcome to another Round Table, Who fans! We're kick-starting our new monthly series of catch-ups with the Big Blue Box Team and on this one, it's Garry, Jordan, Maria, Mark and Matt. As a newcomer to Doctor Who or someone that gets asked a lot from newbies, have you considered what stories to recommend from both classic and modern Who? This month we're each throwing up our recommendations that wi...

The News There's still no news to report on. Review story this episode: Torchwood: Children of Earth "Day One" With series' one and two in the bag, it's time we moved on to Children of Earth to see what we think of this five-part mini-series. Coming next week: Day of the Daleks Finally, after what feels like an age, some Third Doctor/Pertwee action! We can't wait to pop this one on and see what th...

The News Nothing to chat about this week. Review story this episode: The Hand of Fear After a couple of months of modern era Who it's awesome to be firing up the nuclear reactor and checking out some Fourth Doctor and Sarah Jane action in this creepy four-parter from series 14. Coming next week: Torchwood: Children of Earth "Day One" We found the first two series of TW a bit up-and-down so does th...

The News Nothing to waffle about. Review story this episode: Eve of the Daleks The Festive Special was an interesting one. No heavy plot arcs, no crazy multiverse shenanigans, just an action-packed romp but how do we feel about it on the back of Flux? Coming next week: The Hand of Fear We're back to our regular schedule and so next week it's a dive back to the classic years for Sarah Jane's last a...

To finish off the year we've got the whole team together for a round table and dive into Series 13/FLUX to chat about what we liked, what we didn't and what we're looking forward to in Jodie's last few episodes. We want to thank our writing team for jumping into this episode PLUS the huge array of articles they've published this year. Maria, Mark, Jordan, Matt and Harry - you guys are awesome. We'...

The News Adam gives us a rundown of the screening of "The City of Death" at the BFI plus the usual viewing figures and ratings. Review story this episode: Flux Chapter Six: The Vanquishers We're here, the end of this six-part series that saw The Doctor and her companions facing their most dangerous enemies. What did we make of this finale? Coming next week: Overal Series 13 Round Table with the Te...

The News Adam gives us the lowdown on the recent Fantom Event in Chiswick and the usual viewing figures update. Review story this episode: Flux Chapter Five: Survivors of the Flux The penultimate story is upon us for review and instead of answering any questions from the start of Series 13, we've got even more! Coming next week: Flux Chapter Six: The Vanquishers This is it, the culmination of what...

The News A quick run-through on the ratings and The Abominable Snowmen is getting animated, out next year. Review story this episode: Flux Chapter Four: Village of the Angels The Angels are back and creepier than ever as they try to capture The Doctor but not for the reasons we thought were obvious. Coming next week: Flux Chapter Five: Survivors of the Flux Dan and Yaz are still trapped in 1901 an...

The News Normal viewing figures for Series 13 so far. Review story this episode: Flux Chapter Three: Once, Upon Time We're halfway through Series 13 and it's not looking good for The Doctor and her companions. Time storms, Daleks, Cybermen, Weeping Angels, a previous incarnation and a mysterious figure not happy with The Doctor. Yes, it is as confusing as it sounds. Try and keep up! Coming next we...

The News No news this week. Review story this episode: Flux Chapter Two: War of the Sontarans Can this second episode carry the momentum from last week and produce another good ep? Lots of Sontar-ha! and the big question still remains... (no, not "What is the flux?" although that is a good question) "Who is Swarm?". Coming next week: Flux Chapter Three: Once, Upon Time It looks like the storyline...

The News Viewing figures for The Halloween Apocalypse, title and synopsis revealed for Chapter Three and according to The Times, the BBC could be losing a hefty amount in commercial revenue due to RTD moving production to Bad Wolf. Review story this episode: Flux Chapter One: The Halloween Apocalypse Tis back Who fans! After what seems like a right old age, Series 13 is now upon us. Now the dust h...

The News More Series 13 news as the title for episode 2 is announced plus a small clip of Dan emerges showing him dealing with an unruly trick or treater. Review story this episode: The Evil of the Daleks This recently released animated 7-parter went down well among fans so we dive in to see what those Daleks are up to and how the animation holds up. Coming next week: Chapter One: The Halloween Ap...

The News The first episode of Series 13 has a title and a start time (here in the UK). Just over a week to go! Review story this episode: The Name of the Doctor Series 7's finale is a bit of brain melter but is it a good timey-wimey thanks to The Doctor's friends and a certain other Doctor shows up for a belter of a cliffhanger. We chat through it all. Coming next week: The Evil of the Daleks We'r...

The News We have a confirmed start date for Series 13! Yes, mark your calendars for Sunday 31st October where we'll find out what all this Flux business is. We also chat about the latest Season 17 blu ray box set and the recently announced DW Worlds of Wonder exhibition kicks off in Liverpool in May next year. Review story this episode: The Gunfighters "So fill up your glasses..." meh, we'll stop...

Co-host Adam is still on hols so Garry has assembled Matt, Maria, Mark and Harry from our writing team to talk about the most underrated episodes from the RTD era. Thank you all for listening to this week's episode and remember to follow the podcast wherever you listen to your podcasts so you don't miss an episode when they land every Friday. Stay cool and until next week - Allons-y!

Welcome to episode 326. There's no review episode this week as Garry flies the TARDIS solo. Instead, he rounds up a couple of cool news items before doing a long-overdue Q&A. Enjoy Who fans! The News The Doctor Who Experience is off on tour! After closing its doors in Cardiff permanently the same company is now taking it on tour from March next year in the UK with international dates being ann...

Co-host Adam is away on his travels at the moment so join Garry as he assembles Matt, Jordan and Maria from our writing team to chew the fat on the huge news that dropped recently: Russell T Davies is returning as showrunner on Doctor Who! Thank you all for listening to this week's episode and remember to follow the podcast wherever you listen to your podcasts so you don't miss an episode when the...

The News Some cast members were spotted out and about in Cardiff, including a returning face, and John Bishop has wrapped filming. Review story this episode: Torchwood: Exit Wounds It feels like a right old slog but we've finally made it to the end of Series 2. What did we think of this often liked finale? We're not crying, you are. Coming soon: The Gunfighters When we return, we'll be heading ove...

The News Star of Arachnids in the UK Tanya Fear has been found after a missing person scare and Adam runs down his visit to see Evil of the Daleks at the BFI. Review story this episode: Daleks in Manhattan & Evolution of the Daleks Hard to believe but we're down to our last few Tenth Doctor stories now, we know, sad face. Until then let's (web) swing over to NYC in the 1930s to see what those...

The News Chris Eccleston is still adamant about not appearing on-screen as The Doctor while dropping some details about his fallout with RTD and we sadly say goodbye to Tony Selby aka Sabalom Glitz. Review story this episode: Torchwood: Fragments We can almost reach out and touch the end of Series 2, so close! In this penultimate episode, the Torchwood team are down but not out as we get treated t...

The News A great ebook has landed from John Collier taking a look at the Doctor Who exhibitions in Blackpool from the 70s, 80s and later in the mid-2000s. Blackpool Remembered is available to download for free here . Review story this episode: Castrovalva It's been ages since we reviewed any Fifth Doctor stories and as a sort of follow up to our Tom Baker month, back in April where we finished on...