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
Wednesday Jan 21, 2026
Wednesday Jan 21, 2026
We pay our respects (in our own irreverent fashion) to two significant guest actors from the original run of Doctor Who, by watching the stories in which they appeared: The Robots of Death and Battlefield
Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber, Steve Hatcher and Ben Verth
Monday Jan 19, 2026
Monday Jan 19, 2026
After our recent trip through the various Jurassic Parks, we went on to discover what the subsequent Jurassic Worlds had to offer
Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber
Friday Jan 16, 2026
Friday Jan 16, 2026
Our Hammer watch through concentrates on the continuation of the Count this time, with our thoughts on Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966), Scars of Dracula (1970), The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973) and The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974)
Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber, Steve Hatcher and Dylan Rees
Wednesday Jan 14, 2026
Wednesday Jan 14, 2026
In response to a question from the General Witchfinders on the last Radio Free Skaro advent calendar, we were prompted to wonder what might have happened if the Cushing movies had carried on on an annual basis throughout the original run of Doctor Who, and therefore to pick one story from each season that they might have adapted for the silver screen
Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber
Monday Jan 12, 2026
Monday Jan 12, 2026
We talk about our first experiences of the three Jurassic Park movies and discuss how well they stand up today
Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber
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Friday Jan 09, 2026
Friday Jan 09, 2026
Oliver Stone's first political thriller is the story of North American interference leading to regime change in Latin America, so what on earth possessed us to think of reviewing it right now is a mystery
Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold
Wednesday Jan 07, 2026
Wednesday Jan 07, 2026
Now that the plastic has been cleared away, some more thoughts on the qualities of the latest Doctor Who spin-off The War Between the Land and the Sea
Presented by J.R. Southall, with Steve Hatcher and Ben Verth
Monday Jan 05, 2026
Monday Jan 05, 2026
We take a look at Edgar Wright's recent adaptation of Stephen King's Richard Bachman novel The Running Man, after going back to the first film adaptation by Paul Michael Glaser back in 1987
Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber
Friday Jan 02, 2026
Friday Jan 02, 2026
We induct Blakes 7 into the Who Review Extra randomiser by taking a look at the sixth episode of the third series, in which Paul Darrow and Colin Baker come face to face for the first time, and Vila cops off with a Carry On girl.
Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber
Thursday Jan 01, 2026
Thursday Jan 01, 2026
Our listener James Wheildon asked if we could get down to the brass tacks of why we came to like Doctor Who in the first place. So we gave it a go!
Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Simon Brett, Iain Martin and eventually, Ryan Blake