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

17 minutes ago

1hr 46 sec

On the day Andy Burnham becomes Prime Minister, we go back to his Party Pieces interview with The Quietus in 2022, and ask whether we think the man who chose to be represented by these thirteen records is the right man to represent us in the highest office in the country. Or maybe just give our opinions on his opinions.
Presented by J.R. Southall, with Simon Brett and Eric Drass
Party Pieces: https://thequietus.com/interviews/bakers-dozen/andy-burnham-bakers-dozen-favourite-music/

3 days ago

48 min

In the first half (albeit recorded second) of a Too Hot for TV crossover, we take a look at the ill-fated 1980s TV adaptation of John Christopher's The White Mountains trilogy
Presented by J.R. Southall, with Ryan Blake and Dylan Rees
On tomorrow's episode of Too Hot for TV (recorded first), we'll be looking at the prequel novel and various comic strip adventures: https://linktr.ee/Dylan_Rees

5 days ago

32 min

With The Avengers now in the randomiser we take Who Review Extra all the way back to February of 1963, a time before Doctor Who even existed, to check out the Season 2 episode School for Traitors and see how it stands up against the style the series would hit later on
Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Jul 13, 2026

31 min

In the aftermath of MayGann, we take a look at Smart Money, the 1986 TV movie that predicts the hacker dramas of the 1990s and which is the first collaboration between TV movie writer Matthew Jacobs and Candyman director Bernard Rose
Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber
You can watch Smart Money here on YouTube: https://youtu.be/1wVSRDFWc9E

Jul 10, 2026

49 min

England's chances in the World Cup, Nigel's farrago in Clacton, Ann Widdecombe's surprising connection to Doctor Who and more in this emergency unstoppable edition of Private Members Club 
Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold

Jul 10, 2026

37 min

Paul McGann's very first screen appearance was in a Play for Today written by Wally K Daly (author of the ill-fated Doctor Who story The Ultimate Evil), and so we extended MayGann in order to take a look
Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Ryan Blake

Jul 8, 2026

1hr 39 min

The results of our listeners poll to find the most loved stories of the Jon Pertwee era
Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Steve Hatcher

Jul 6, 2026

1hr 14 sec

The second film in the DC Gunniverse seems to have stalled at the box office, and it can't just be down to embittered Snyder fans casting a hex upon it - indeed, our review team of four shrank to half its promised size when two didn't even bother to go see it. We decided to make up for their absence by talking longer
Presented by J.R. Southall, with Ryan Blake

Jul 3, 2026

36 min

Films about filmmakers are always intriguing, and back in 1990 the director of The Graduate collaborated with Carrie Fisher to tell a fictionalised account of her relationship with her mother
Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Simon Brett

Jul 1, 2026

43 min

Now that we've hit July, we can no longer claim it's MayGann, and so by way of saying goodbye we join Sylvester McCoy for his 1996 video diary in which we find him Bidding Adieu to the role of Doctor Who
Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Steve Hatcher

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