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Strangers in Space

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

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33:59

Film Club Extra: Conclave

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2024/12/06

In what could be an early contender for next year's Best Picture awards, Ralf Fiennes lays intrigue on top of irresolution as he takes charge of the conclave of old men tasked with choosing a new Pope Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber and Mark Donaldson

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54:13

Blue Box 163: A Hateful of Wallow

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2024/12/04

What is it about Doctor Who that can engender the kind of fans who'll post YouTube videos decrying it as "Too woke!" or fill the comments on social media with the claim that it "died in 2017!" Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

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39:55

Film Club Lite 69: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the...

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2024/12/02

As it approaches its twentieth birthday, we look back at the big screen adaptation of Douglas Adams' ubiquitous novel/radio series/TV show/towel rack, and ask whether it's better than its reputation suggests and if not, why not Presented by J.R. Southall, with Iain Martin

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25:48

Film Club Lite 68: Darkest Day (2015)

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2024/11/29

We take a look at a film which started life as a student project essentially remaking parts of 28 Days Later - or The Day of the Triffids - but which proved such a calling card for its director, he went on to work on movies like The Martian and Alien: Covenant Presented by J.R. Southall, with Dylan Rees You can watch Darkest Day on Amazon Prime for 99p

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45:27

Blue Box 162: Squaring Sherlock Street

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2024/11/27

We ask if Doctor Who has become a cultural phoenix, destined to rise again from its own ashes every time it burns itself out - and whether that makes it a story that keeps being retold, or keeps being added to Presented by Matt Barber, with Jon Arnold and J.R. Southall

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32:34

Film Club Lite 67: Gladiator (2000)

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2024/11/25

There's a new Gladiator in town, so what better time to take a look at where it came from, in our review of Ridley Scott's first go around the amphitheatres of ancient Rome Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

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27:14

Film Club Lite 66: Uncovered (1994)

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2024/11/22

After our review of The Ninth Gate, based on - or maybe inspired by - Arturo Pérez-Reverte's novel The Dumas Club, we decided to take a look at an earlier adaptation of another of his novels The Flanders Panel, which Jim McBride filmed as Uncovered with Kate Beckinsale in only her second big screen outing Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber The entire film is up on YouTube: Uncovered (1994)

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39:26

TV Club 76: The Day of the Triffids (2009)

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2024/11/20

Having covered the first BBC adaptation of John Wyndham's The Day of the Triffids in our Apocalypse UK mini-strand, it would have been remiss of us not to talk about the one that followed in 2009 Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jim Cameron and Dylan Rees

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26:16

Film Club Lite 65: Festival (2005)

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2024/11/18

We take a look at Annie 'The Book Club' Griffin's only theatrically released film Festival from 2005, which one of our number has an unusual connection with Presented by J.R. Southall, with Ben Verth

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54:22

Who Review Extra 40: The Web Planet

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2024/11/15

Doctor Who was only twelve stories old when they decided to mount a production as ambitious as The Web Planet, but was that a mistake or was it a decision justified by the enormous audiences The Web Planet achieved? Our thoughts on Schrödinger's Doctor Who story Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Jim Cameron and Harry Palmer

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32:11

Film Club Lite: Children of Men (2006)

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2024/11/13

Our occasional Apocalypse UK mini-strand takes a sidestep into a film that might have been made by Nostradamus, painting a terrifying portrait of the kind of Britain we're not quite living in now Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber, Simon Brett and Dylan Rees

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44:59

Film Club Extra: Joker: Folie à Deux

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2024/11/11

In which half the world wants Arthur Fleck to pay for his crimes, while the other half wants him telling more jokes - but all Arthur wants to do is sing for his sweetheart. Our thoughts on Joker: Folie à Deux Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber and Luke Molloy

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44:39

Film Club Extra: Starve Acre

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2024/11/08

Creepy folk horror tale starring ex-Doctor Who Matt Smith, of course we're going to take a look at that Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Jim Cameron

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47:58

Film Club Extra: Alien: Romulus

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2024/11/06

The latest film in the Alien franchise has been described by some as the best for nearly 40 years, so we took a closer look Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber and Ian Winterton

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43:32

Private Members Club 25: What Dreams May Come

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2024/11/04

Recorded on Saturday (2nd November) shortly after the result of the Tory leadership election was announced, our thoughts on that and the recent Labour budget, and our predictions for the US General Election Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

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29:48

Who Review Extra 39: 42

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2024/11/01

Everybody's got to start somewhere, and Chris Chibnall's first Doctor Who story was 42. Eighteen years on, here's what we think of it now. Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

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01:14:09

Film Club 68: Helloween Special

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2024/10/30

For Halloween this year, we've watched three films from the late twentieth century involving unwitting protagonists going on a journey they wouldn't have wanted to undertake... Angel Heart (1987), The Devil's Advocate (1997) and The Ninth Gate (1999) Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

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30:14

Film Club Extra: Hellboy The Crooked Man

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2024/10/28

Another decade, another cinematic Hellboy reboot - but is this one any good and why can't they seem to get it right? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Richie Morgan

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57:42

Blue Box 161: Dandies and Clowns - the Master (Part Two)

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2024/10/25

It wasn't long after the untimely death of Roger Delgado, that his most enduring creation was being resurrected - and soon after that he had a new full-time replacement. But do these subsequent iterations of the Master fulfil the brief that was laid down back in 1971? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Mark Donaldson and Iain Martin

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01:19:57

Book Club 04: Top 10 Targets

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2024/10/23

We asked our listeners to name their favourite Doctor Who novelisations, and here are the results Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Luke Molloy

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