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 aforementioned informal gatherings. So alongside our main subject, you'll find us talking about films, and music, and politics, and other TV programmes, and more besides - and occasionally talking to special guests about their interests too. But of course, plenty of Doctor Who.
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Episodes
19 minutes ago
19 minutes ago
MayGann continues - if May Week hasn't happened yet, then we still consider it May - with our review of Paperhouse, Bernard Rose's beguiling but terrifying fantasy that was written by Matthew Jacobs
Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber
3 days ago
3 days ago
As the tumbleweeds gather around the forthcoming Doctor Who Christmas Special, and a year passes since the show was last being broadcast on television, we take stock of the situation and the swirling rumours surrounding the lack of production
Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber and the ghost of Steve Hatcher
6 days ago
6 days ago
Matthew Jacobs, writer of the TV movie, stops by for a chat about his career, his process and his influences - and of course about Doctor Who
Presented by J.R. Southall
Wednesday May 27, 2026
Wednesday May 27, 2026
It's thirty years since Paul McGann's sole outing in a full-length Doctor Who story hit British television screens, so it's about time we took another look to see what we think of it in 2026
Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Ryan Blake
Monday May 25, 2026
Monday May 25, 2026
Geoffrey Sax, director of the 1996 Doctor Who TV movie, talks about his career, his process and his influences, and a bit about Doctor Who too
Presented by J.R. Southall
The Disputation (as mentioned), in fuzzy vision, on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-p3WlesJgaI
Friday May 22, 2026
Friday May 22, 2026
We take a look at a couple of episodes Matthew Jacobs had written for television prior to his work on the Doctor Who TV movie, one for The Jim Henson Hour and the other an instalment of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Dylan Rees
Wednesday May 20, 2026
Wednesday May 20, 2026
A conversation about the "new" elements that comprised Doctor Who in the 1990s, and whether it was the right time for them
Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Ryan Blake
Monday May 18, 2026
Monday May 18, 2026
Written by Meglos' Flanagan and McCulloch and overseen by Verity Lambert, and with Michael Gough, David Calder and Alan David among the supporting cast - not to mention Nigel Havers and Warren Clarke as the two leads - Sleepers appeared five years before the Doctor Who TV movie with Geoffrey Sax in the director's chair
Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold
Friday May 15, 2026
Friday May 15, 2026
Our appreciation of the work of Paul McGann continues as we try and find him in 2002's rights-grab Interview With a Vampire sequel Queen of the Damned, or indeed anything of merit
Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Ryan Blake and Dylan Rees
Wednesday May 13, 2026
Wednesday May 13, 2026
The TV movie helped us make it through the wilderness years, but it's far from the only Doctor Who that was produced during the period
Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber, Ryan Blake, Steve Hatcher and Dylan Rees