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
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
Wednesday Dec 31, 2025
Wednesday Dec 31, 2025
Two of the four biggest-selling singles of the 1980s, a massive Christmas single, that range of t-shirts and an album that was more a statement of art than something to be listened to; we end the year with our memories of the phenomenon that was Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Simon Brett and Eric Drass
(Eric's Shardcore website)
Tuesday Dec 30, 2025
Tuesday Dec 30, 2025
Another year, another Christmas Eve - and another Mark Gatiss A Ghost Story for Christmas. Was this latest one any good? We take a look at The Room in the Tower.
Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber
Monday Dec 29, 2025
Monday Dec 29, 2025
It's thirty years since Brad Pitt appeared in two movies that have influenced cinema in immeasurable ways in the three decades since, but how well have Seven and 12 Monkeys stood the test of time?
Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber
Friday Dec 26, 2025
Friday Dec 26, 2025
As part of our journey through the Hammer back catalogue, we take another wander off the beaten path to look at two 1966 movies that were both made on the same sets (and include a number of shared actors too): The Plague of the Zombies and The Reptile
Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber, Steve Hatcher and Dylan Rees
Thursday Dec 25, 2025
Thursday Dec 25, 2025
This year for Christmas we decided to watch a pair of British holiday romances, with a surprising connection to our very own podcast!
Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Luke Molloy
Wednesday Dec 24, 2025
Wednesday Dec 24, 2025
During the original run of Doctor Who, there were nine stories whose broadcast spanned Christmas Day. But which of them is the most Christmassy?
Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Steve Hatcher
Tuesday Dec 23, 2025
Tuesday Dec 23, 2025
The Disney Doctor Who deal comes to a conclusion (in the UK at least) with the final chapter of the latest spin-off The War Between the Land and the Sea, but is it a fitting end to a troubled time?
Presented by J.R. Southall and Ryan Blake, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber
Monday Dec 22, 2025
Monday Dec 22, 2025
With an odd number of participants there's something a little different about the make-up of the teams in this year's Christmas quiz - but the quality of the questions hasn't changed
Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Steve Hatcher, and Matt Barber and Steve Hatcher
Friday Dec 19, 2025
Friday Dec 19, 2025
We turn our attention to Hammer's iconic first attempts at their three staple horror characters, in The Curse of Frankenstein (1957), Dracula (1958) and The Mummy (1959)
Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber, Steve Hatcher and Dylan Rees