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
Monday Apr 21, 2025
Monday Apr 21, 2025
The one person guaranteed not to be able to answer the question "What's it all about?" is Alfie himself - although he'd surely tell you otherwise. We cast a 21st century eye back at the 1966 film, it's astonishing 1975 sequel, and even the 2004 remake Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Jim Cameron
Saturday Apr 19, 2025
Saturday Apr 19, 2025
Cartoon characters stepping out of cinema screens is just the start of the weirdness this week, but does it all add up to a lick of sense and does it matter if it doesn't? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber
Thursday Apr 17, 2025
Thursday Apr 17, 2025
Just as Doctor Who was returning to our screens twenty years ago, The League of Gentlemen were signing off - with what would turn out to be a divisive (albeit ultimately temporary) full-stop on their canon, a film that turns the original concept on its head; our thoughts are somewhat mixed Presented by Dylan Rees, with Mark Donaldson, Steve Hatcher and J.R. Southall
Monday Apr 14, 2025
Monday Apr 14, 2025
As his latest, the Hitchcockian thriller Drop arrives in cinemas, we take a look at what director and writer Christopher Landon has been up to since the Happy Death Day movies and Freaky: recent Valentine themed slasher Heart Eyes, and the Netflix family film We Have A Ghost Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber
Saturday Apr 12, 2025
Saturday Apr 12, 2025
Doctor Who is back and there's a brand new companion to introduce, but was The Robot Revolution as slight and fluffy as RTD's previous season openers? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber
Thursday Apr 10, 2025
Thursday Apr 10, 2025
Among the many much more successful films that Val Kilmer appeared in, the pone that we've chosen by way of marking his passing is The Island of Dr. Moreau, the fascinating and ill-fated Richard Stanley adaptation of H.G. Wells' novel Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber
Monday Apr 07, 2025
Monday Apr 07, 2025
Further thoughts about the shape of Season 2, and the potential longevity of Doctor Who, ahead of the launch next weekend Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber
Friday Apr 04, 2025
Friday Apr 04, 2025
It's not only the subject matter that makes Adolescence compelling, it's the production choices too; we take a look under the bonnet and try to figure out why it's getting such a positive reaction Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber
Wednesday Apr 02, 2025
Wednesday Apr 02, 2025
Two modern audio adaptations of Triffids novels come under the microphones as part of our slowly-expanding Apocalypse UK strand, the first a 2001 BBC World Service radio version of Wyndham's original The Day of the Triffids, the second Big Finish's 2014 The Night of the Triffids, its official sequel as adapted by the author of the novel, Simon Clark Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jim Cameron and Dylan Rees
Tuesday Apr 01, 2025
Tuesday Apr 01, 2025
With Eurovision (and indeed, the interstellar version) on the horizon once again, we thought it high time we took a look back at the debut Bucks Fizz album from 1981, which followed in the wake of their own Eurovision success Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold