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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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37:20

Blue Box 181: Summer Quiz

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2025/08/01

Our now traditional seasonal quiz returns for a summer instalment, pitting our three teams' wits against some House of Games styled Doctor Who themed rounds as the grudge between two particular hosts deepens Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Steve Hatcher as Delta Free, Ryan Blake and Iain Martin as Thoros Belter, and Matt Barber and Luke Molloy as Terror Alpha

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57:10

TV Club 84: Summer Round-Up

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2025/07/30

A round-up of some recent TV, starting with Murderbot, taking in Bookish, and finally some thoughts about Poker Face Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Ryan Blake

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56:01

Film Club Extra: The Fantastic Four: First Steps

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2025/07/28

It's doing great box office from mostly positive reviews, but what would our team make of the new Fantastic Four film - fourth time lucky? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Ryan Blake and Simon Brett

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01:17:09

Film Club Duet 31: Superman and Thunderbolts*

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2025/07/25

Our - fairly spoilery (especially in the latter case) - thoughts on two recent superhero pictures: James Gunn's revitalisation of Superman; and now arriving on streaming services, the MCU's new team Thunderbolts* Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Ryan Blake and Simon Brett

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51:21

Blue Box 180: Resurrection Who 2. Devil's Planet

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2025/07/23

It's Season 2 of our own, rebooted Doctor Who, and someone else's turn to have a go at creating a themed series of episodes telling a compelling, coherent story out of the concept of only remaking the stories of the past Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold

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40:58

Film Club Lite 79: The Faculty (1998)

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2025/07/21

From the writer of Scream and the director of From Dusk Till Dawn, The Faculty debuted underwhelmingly but seems to have picked up cult status over the years. So what would we make of it? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber, Ryan Blake, Simon Brett and Dylan Rees

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28:39

Blue Box 179: The Death of Doctor Who

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2025/07/18

Our thoughts on recent off-camera developments and the future - or lack thereof - of Doctor Who Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Ryan Blake, Simon Brett and Steve Hatcher

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01:11:14

Music Club 28: David Bowie

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2025/07/16

From the King Bees to Tin Machine and beyond, Davie Jones had quite the career in pop. We assembled a team of six to choose our Top 5 Bowie songs, eventually narrowing down our choices till we arrived at what might be his greatest single of all. Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Ryan Blake, Simon Brett, Iain Martin and Harry Palmer

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42:01

Who Review Extra 50: Victory of the Daleks

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2025/07/14

It was the Daleks' first appearance in Steven Moffat's Doctor Who and the first time Matt Smith's Doctor had come face to face with them - and it was very much Amy's first time too - but Victory of the Daleks has always divided opinions. The question is, after fifteen years would that still be the case? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber, Ryan Blake and Simon Brett

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41:17

Film Club Lite 78: Cube (1997)

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2025/07/11

There can't be many horror films where it's the Japanese who've remade it in their own language rather than the other way around, but the original Cube is one. We take a look to see how it stands up nearly thirty years later Presented by J.R. Southall, with Ryan Blake and Dylan Rees

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31:43

Film Club Lite 77: Deep Rising (1998)

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2025/07/09

Deep Rising was the last film Stephen Sommers made before he went stratospheric with The Mummy, but while it's basically Aliens on an abandoned ship, is it actually any good? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Simon Brett and Dylan Rees

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01:18:14

Blue Box 178: Resurrection Who 1. The Nightmare Begins

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2025/07/07

In the first on a new strand, we ask the question: if Doctor Who were to be rebooted from scratch (with our mascot Phoebe Waller-Bridge as the Doctor), which of the stories that it has already told would stand up to being told again? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber

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01:09:26

Film Club 72: Back to the Future

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2025/07/03

It's four decades since Doc Brown's DeLorean DMC-12 whisked Michael J. Fox back in time to meet his parents when they were youngsters, but how does the Back to the Future trilogy look forty years into its own future? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Ryan Blake and Steve Hatcher

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42:29

Who Review Extra 49: Rise of the Cybermen

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2025/07/01

An alternative Earth with a parallel Pete (and Jackie), and a new origins story for the Cybermen. But how does The Age of Steel stack up almost two decades later? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber and Ryan Blake

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57:17

Film Club Extra: 28 Years Later

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2025/06/26

We went to see Alex Garland and Danny Boyle's return to the 28 Laters saga, so you don't have to Presented by J.R. Southall, with Ryan Blake Spoiler warning: right from the beginning of this conversation, we'll be talking about all the major developments of the film, including its ending

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01:23:47

Blue Box 177: The Season 2 Listeners' Poll

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2025/06/23

Our listeners listed their favourite to least favourite stories of the latest season of Doctor Who, so we got someone in who hadn't seen many of them, to try and help understand the results Presented by J.R. Southall, with Iain Martin

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01:03:56

Blue Box 176: Primed for 'Action!'

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2025/06/21

Legopolis himself, Mr Steven Schapansky, joins us to talk about the future of Doctor Who: who will be making it, who will be running it, who will be the star and more urgently for right now, which streamer will the BBC pair up with to publish it? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber, Mark Cockram, Steve Hatcher, Iain Martin and special guest Steven Schapansky

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01:14:06

TV Club 83: Andor (Season Two)

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2025/06/19

A conversation about Andor, with particular emphasis on the recent second season Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber, Ryan Blake and Simon Brett

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01:16:28

Film Club Duets 30: Bond Not-Bond

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2025/06/17

To lose the rights to one Bond might be considered unlucky, to lose the rights to two looks like carelessness. Our thoughts on the two non-Eon Productions 007 movies, Casino Royale (1967) and Never Say Never Again Presented by J.R. Southall, with a rotating cast of Bond co-hosts, including Jon Arnold, Matt Barber, Ryan Blake and Dylan Rees

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01:08:24

Music Club 27: Simon and Garfunkel

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2025/06/12

We each choose our favourite five Simon and Garfunkel songs Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Steve Hatcher

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