The Doctor Who Big Blue Box Podcast

The News As bare as a freshly mopped TARDIS floor. Review story this episode: Torchwood: Adrift Gwen is not happy with Jack who seems to be hiding something as the people of Cardiff disappear. PC Andy is back who tries to get Gwen to care once more but has she been embedded within Torchwood's elitist "alien-only" point of view for too long now? Coming in two weeks: Castrovalva It's been SO LONG si...

The News Nowt this week. Review story this episode: The Bells of Saint John Clara is back for the third time for the Series 7 mid-series opener as The Eleventh Doctor battles some unruly wifi, in a snazzy new costume too! Coming next week: Torchwood: Adrift More rift activity is causing disappearances around Cardiff and Gwen is determined to uncover the truth, with or without Jack's approval. Than...

The News We finally got the confirmation of the news we've known about for months - Jodie and Chibbers are leaving the show at the end of next year. We give you our thoughts. Review story this episode: Torchwood: From Out of the Rain Scary looking circus peeps pop up this time as the Night Travellers try to steal the lives of Cardiff folk. Should be a good creepy one this so what did we think? Com...

The News Finally, some news on Series 13. We chat about the recent Doctor Who panel at Comic Con and the subsequent teaser. Review story this episode: The Dalek Invasion of Earth No, not Mr Cushing, but the Hartnell six-parter that has the TARDIS team on the ropes. Robomen, Slyther, bombs, romance and that speech. Lots to take in but what did we think? Coming next week: Torchwood: From Out of the...

The News We didn't mention it in the "proper" news segment but The Sarah Jane Adventures is heading to BritBox next month - yay! Review story this episode: Torchwood - Something Borrowed On the surface, this is a crazy idea and the trailer makes this ep look a tad naff but... what do we actually think of Gwen's alien pregnancy, shapeshifters and the bants between parents? Coming next week: The Dal...

The News Nothing this week. Review story this episode: The Pandorica Opens & The Big Bang We review Matt Smith's first finale as Series 5 goes out with a bang, quite literally with Moffat flexing his timey-wimey muscles. Coming next week: Torchwood: Something Borrowed A weird one next week as Gwen finds herself up the duff, pregnant with an alien the day before she's due to mary Reece. Yep, we...

The News The BBC has confirmed that a Doctor Who panel is confirmed for Comic-Con on the 26th July featuring Jodie Whittaker, Mandip Gill, John Bishop, The Chibbers and, apparently, a surprise special guest. Review story this episode: Torchwood: A Day in the Death We pick up where we left off from Series 2 of TW and Owen is not having a good time. Will a random person also in pain help him find ab...

The News Olly Alexander quashes rumours of his casting as the next Doctor and we say goodbye to Jackie Lane. Review story this episode: Planet of the Spiders We're off to Metebelis III to chase after that sodding blue crystal to stop the eight legs from dominating the universe. A decent send-off for Jon Pertwee or like the Whomobile is it style over substance? Coming next week: Torchwood: A Day in...

The News Rumours about Jodie's replacement are still doing the rounds but nothing of value to talk about. Review story this episode: The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Man Who Never Was This is it. We've come to the end of our run of reviews for The Sarah Jane Adventures. We have loved watching and reviewing this show, it really is a gem within the world of Doctor Who and its spin-off's. We get straig...

The News More rumours about Jodie's exit could change the format of the show for the next couple of years and we say goodbye to the White Witch of Devil's End Damaris Hayman. Review story this episode: The Sound of Drums & Last of the Timelords After our short break of a few weeks, we're blasting back into the review segment with a Tenth Doctor era finale to series 3. The Master is back and se...

Co-host Adam is away on his travels at the moment so Garry has drafted in the Big Blue Box writing team to talk about the TV Movie turning 25, the Ninth Doctor story Ravagers from Big Finish PLUS a deep-dive into Doctor Who's potential over-saturation of extended media and some thoughts on Series 13. Thank you all for listening to this week's episode and remember to follow the podcast wherever you...

The News No news this week. Review story this episode: The Curse of Clyde Langer Clyde is not having a good time in this story as we approach the end of our run of The Sarah Jane Adventures. Mature themes to tackle and some amazing performances all around. Let's dive in... without getting any splinters. Coming week after next: Torchwood - A Day in the Death We're back to Torchwood for our next re...

The News We say goodbye to Frank Cox, director of classic Who, who sadly passed away aged 80. Review story this episode: The Eleventh Hour Matt Smith's first episode as we usher in Series 5. New showrunner, new theme, new TARDIS and new companions. What do we think to Matt's first outing? Coming next week: The Sarah Jane Adventures - The Curse of Clyde Langer Clyde gets a rough ride in this story...

The News Nothing happening this week. Review story this episode: Logopolis It's the end... but the moment has been prepared for. We finish up our Tom baker month AND Tom's era. Not to worry, we've still got plenty of Fourth Doctor stories to review but for now, let's enjoy Tom's final moments as The Doctor. Coming next week: The Eleventh Hour It was great to hang with Tom B for the last month but...

The News Nothing happening this week. Review story this episode: The Keeper of Traken We've finished the E-Space trilogy but our Tom Baker month continues as we say hello Nyssa and The Master returns for Tom's penultimate story. Coming next week: Logopolis It's the end... but the moment has been prepared for. We finish up our Tom baker month next week AND Tom's era. Not to worry, we've still got p...

The News Nowt. Review story this episode: Warriors' Gate An absolutely bonkers serial so try to follow us as we try to follow this story where we say farewell to Romana and K-9 and does The Doctor and Adric manage to escape E-Space? Coming next week: The Keeper of Traken We've finished the E-Space trilogy but our Tom Baker month continues as we say hello Nyssa and The Master returns for Tom's penu...

The News More chat on who will succeed Jodie as the next Doctor. Review story this episode: State of Decay The Doctor, Romana and Adric take on some vampire lords. Garlic and UV lights at the ready. Coming next week: Warriors' Gate We close out the E-Space Trilogy as it's crunch time for the Doctor. We say goodbye to Romana II and the last performance by John Leeson as K-9. Thank you all for liste...

The News Chris Eccleston is back in Big Finish's new trailer for Ravagers. Review story this episode: Full Circle We're falling through the CVE into E-Space as we kick-off our Tom Baker month for our review of Full Circle . Coming next week: State of Decay A creepy story next week as the Doctor, Romana and Adric take on some vampire lords. Garlic and UV lights at the ready. Thank you all for liste...

The News Catherine Tate is NOT coming back to Who. Review story this episode: The Daleks An important serial this one, setting up the formula for plenty of stories, even in modern Who. A beefy seven-parter full of adventure and the odd bit of cheeky Hartnell. Coming next week: Full Circle We kick-off a Tom Baker month next week with the start of our reviews of the E-Space Trilogy. Welcome, Adric a...

The News Jo Martin appears to be well up for returning as the Fugitive Doctor. Review story this episode: SJA - Sky We kick-off the fifth and final series of The Sarah Jane Adventures with our review of Sky. Coming next week: The Daleks We're going waaaay back, right back to the second ever story in fact, for our review of The Daleks, for a First Doctor story that started the sixty (Earth) years c...

The News Nothing this week. Review story this episode: Partners in Crime Those cute Adipose blobs of fat and the sinister Miss Foster are up for review this week as Donna joins the Doctor full time to kick-off series 4. We fans of this much loved comedic story or do our scores just... walk away? Coming next week: SJA - Sky It's bittersweet but we dive into the last series of The Sarah Jane Adventu...

The News A couple of names are thrown into the ring for the next Doctor after Jodie as the betting odds go live. Review story this episode: Torchwood: Dead Man Walking Owen was killed at the end of Reset but thanks to Jack and the glove, he's back. But, a dark grim force is trying to come back through him. Coming next week: Partners in Crime Some cheeky Doctor & Donna action next week as we lo...

Yes Who fans, episode 300 is here! It seems strange to be talking about our three hundredth episode, in a way it's not that many compared to many other podcasts and indeed, a few other Doctor Who podcasts but for us personally it's an achievement we're proud of. Adam and I started waffling about Who back in 2014 and with the odd week here and there we've consistently managed to record every week....

The News Another slow week, no news. Review story this episode: Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith An emotional one this week as we wrap up Series 4. It's gone by quick and, although we have a few stories to come in Series 5, it feels like the end. What did we think? Coming next week: Episode 300 Celebration Next week we celebrate 300 episodes of the show. There's no review story as we're doing a special r...

The News Another slow week, no news. Review story this episode: The Angels Take Manhattan The Angels are back and taking over NYC. The mid-series finale (we know, sigh) that was the end for the Ponds. Decent one this or does it taste like yesterdays bagels? Coming next week: SJA - Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith The end of SJA Series 4 is upon us! Sad face. Join us as we round off Series 4 so get those...