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
Apr 10, 2026
Apr 10, 2026
1hr 6 min
In a repeat of our Series One poll from 2021, we countdown our listeners' favourite ninth Doctor stories
Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Steve Hatcher
Apr 8, 2026
Apr 8, 2026
1hr 16 min
It's 75 years since The Thing from Another World crawled onto movie screens, so to celebrate this seminal year in sci-fi cinema we've taken another look at that, The Day the Earth Stood Still and When Worlds Collide
Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber and Steve Hatcher
Apr 6, 2026
Apr 6, 2026
58 min
Our thoughts on the recently recovered Doctor Who episodes, the quality of the story in general, and the prospect of more in the future
Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Steve Hatcher
Apr 3, 2026
Apr 3, 2026
57 min
Two adaptations of The Werewolf of Paris for the price of one, as our journey through the Hammer horror back catalogue reaches The Curse of the Werewolf, and we pair it up with Tyburn's later adaptation Legend of the Werewolf to find out if the same story was worth telling again
Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber, Ryan Blake, Steve Hatcher and Dylan Rees
Apr 1, 2026
Apr 1, 2026
45 min
DRASS' new concept work On the Hill is like a musical War of the Worlds for the modern age. So we tuned in for a listen, and a chat with the man himself to find out what it's all about.
Find the record here: https://drass.art
Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Simon Brett and Eric Drass
Mar 30, 2026
Mar 30, 2026
1hr 27 min
As we approach our 14th birthday and pass the revived series' 21st, we wonder how Doctor Who might have differed if Russell T Davies hadn't taken it on in 2005 and it had been left to Steven Moffat to resurrect it a few years later instead
Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber and witnessed by Jon Arnold and Steve Hatcher
Mar 27, 2026
Mar 27, 2026
1hr 20 min
In the first of a new strand, Music Club goes back to 1991 to discuss the best-selling albums and singles and wonder what else people were listening to
Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Simon Brett and Eric Drass
Mar 25, 2026
Mar 25, 2026
59 min
The randomiser has chosen Sarah's last story, and you'd think they'd have conjured up something special for her to go out on
Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber, Ryan Blake and Steve Hatcher
Mar 23, 2026
Mar 23, 2026
1hr 2 min
We braved the hype and went to see Emerald Fennell's Wuthering Heights, so you don't have to
Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold
Mar 20, 2026
Mar 20, 2026
50 min
Our quest to find the most popular first Doctor stories among our listeners comes to an end, with a surprising result
Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Iain Martin