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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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Bonus Episode: Public Service Announcement

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2025/12/07

If you hadn't noticed the absence of episodes in our feed for the last few days, here is where you can find out why - and if your feed has been updating as normal, then ignore this little news burst! We've moved to a new home, and if your subscription hasn't stayed active you might need to re-subscribe. A Links Page with links to all of our outlets can be found HERE Alternatively find us in these places: Apple Podcasts URL https://tinyurl.com/2tftx5ju Podbean URL

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59:25

Blue Box 198: So Much Darker, So Much Madder (Fixing...

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2025/12/05

In which we turn our minds back twenty years to the moments when the first RTD era overstepped the mark, and wonder whether it was ever unacceptable as family viewingPresented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Steve Hatcher

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21:25

Film Club Extra: The Long Walk

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2025/12/03

The Stephen King adaptations continue to roll in, the latest being this adaptation of his cheery 1979 Richard Bachman novel The Long Walk. Did we go along for the stroll though, or would we grind to a halt?Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber

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23:58

Film Club Extra: One Battle After Another

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2025/12/02

Paul Thomas Anderson has made what Wiki are describing as a "black comedy action thriller film", but would we find it as hard to describe how we felt about One Battle After Another as they struggled to say what it is? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber and Luke Molloy

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33:06

Who Review Extra 57: Torchwood: Exit Wounds

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2025/12/01

The randomiser has chosen the Series 2 finale of Torchwood, Doctor Who's first major spin-off drama, for us to take a look at - but will it fare any better than the Series 1 finale as chosen by the very random randomiser just a few weeks ago? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Steve Hatcher

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01:14:49

Blue Box 197: Fowl Pestilence

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2025/11/27

You might think script editor Eric Saward's tenure on Doctor Who coincided with a period of calm rather than controversy, but we're here to pull back the covers and see if we can't find something to that doesn't smell quite right Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber

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32:31

Blue Box 196: Time Trash (Piper & Paul)

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2025/11/25

Our thoughts on the photo of Billie Piper and Paul McGann on the TARDIS set that emerged at the weekend, leading onto a conversation about what we are expecting for the 2026 special Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Steve Hatcher

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33:41

TV Club 87: Alien: Earth

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2025/11/24

Nearly half a century (and eight further films) on from Ridley Scott's original, the Alien franchise comes to television. But is it a natural fit, and is that where it belongs? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber

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43:56

Blue Box 195: A Dropsical Old Camp Follower

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2025/11/21

A conversation about Reeltime Pictures' Myth Makers series of interviews, concentrating on two releases in particular, in honour of Dylan's recently published book Presented by J.R. Southall, with Dylan Rees Doctor Who Myths and Legends: The Reeltime Pictures Story at Telos

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34:40

Music Club Extra 10: Silk Cuts: Tell Me It's Not True

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2025/11/19

Our review of Tell Me It's Not True, the debut album by indie band Silk Cuts Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Simon Brett Vinyl edition at Rough Trade Download edition at Bandcamp YouTube channel Linktree

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37:52

Film Club Extra: Frankenstein (2025)

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2025/11/17

Guillermo del Toro and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein ought to be a match made in Heaven, but what would we make of it ahead of our patchwork Hammer watch-through starting next week? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber, Simon Brett and Steve Hatcher

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32:04

Film Club Lite 88: Tremors (1990)

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2025/11/14

We're about as far on now from Tremors, as that was from 1954's Them! when it came out in 1990 - but are giant worms in the Sierra Nevada still such a fun concept in 2025? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Dylan Rees

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01:10:51

Blue Box 194: Resurrection Who 8. A Change of Identity

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2025/11/12

Our imaginary reboot of Doctor Who, created entirely from remakes of stories of the past, finds itself under the auspices of a new showrunner - and with a new Doctor in the form of Michelle Terry Presented by J.R. Southall, with Simon Brett

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47:31

Film Club Duets 35: The Hidden (1987) and Body...

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2025/11/10

Two films with aliens masquerading as human beings from either side of 1990, one being Abel Ferrara's take on (Invasion of the) Body Snatchers, and the other from the director of A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge Presented by J.R. Southall, with Mark Donaldson and Dylan Rees

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53:27

Music Club 29: Soft Cell

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2025/11/07

We mark the passing of founder member Dave Ball, by looking back at his time in Soft Cell alongside Marc Almond Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Simon Brett and Eric Drass Eric's Shardcore website

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39:58

Who Review Extra 56: The Three Doctors

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2025/11/05

It's over half a century now since the Doctors' timelines first crossed in something resembling what we might know now as an "anniversary special", and certainly the lustre has come off The Three Doctors somewhat in those fifty-odd years - according to some reports at least. But how does it stand up five decades on? The randomiser has decided we take a look Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Steve Hatcher

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58:52

Film Club Extra: Caught Stealing

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2025/11/03

Austin Butler in a crime comedy from the director of Black Swan, Mother! and Requiem for a Dream? That couldn't possibly work... could it? (Warning: contains spoilers for major plot developments.) Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Ryan Blake

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37:43

Blue Box 193: The Wholloween Challenge

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2025/10/31

In which we divide into teams in order to choose the Doctor Who story that is the most appropriate for its Halloween broadcast slot Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Steve Hatcher, Matt Barber and Ryan Blake

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35:43

Blue Box 192: RTD's Full Circle

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2025/10/30

Doctor Who is back, and this time it's just for Christmas - or is it? We try to get to the bottom of yesterday's announcement countering the premature death notices for RTD's Doctor Who Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Simon Brett

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01:09:37

Film Club 75: Jordan Peele

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2025/10/29

An overview of the three films directed by the Monkeypaw Productions man: Get Out, Us and Nope Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Ryan Blake

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