Stardub

So we bring to a close the daily assault on your senses that has been the read through of A Vast Predatory Bird. I hope you’ve enjoyed the episodes and if you want to get your hands on a printed[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

We kick off the episode with some shilling for the impending Scotcon gathering before diving in to the titanic text that is Transformers: Retribution.  The latest official prose Transformers novel will it be the first prose effort to come close[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Continuing on from Episode 64 – a sweary intro from Andu prompts Rolph to talk about The Smugglers from Doctor Who.  Which holds the honour of being the least remembered Doctor Who story of all time, the discussion runs the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

It’s an uncommonly topical installment of the Stardub podcast this time out, as our titanic hosts Rolph and Andu speak to you from the Baines Cave about their recent cinematic ventures. First off the blocks is the Robocop remake, where[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

It’s 2014 so what better way to start a new year than by looking back on the old.  Rolph and Andu talk about the gifts they gave and received to kick our show off, before talking about the splendid Lew[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

IT’S CHRISTMAS in a day or so, timezones not withstanding! So in the season of gifts we give you the Stardub Christmas special and it’s all about gifts.  The greatest gift they’ll get this year is liiife sang the folks[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

We’re back after a wee delay (I mean we took longer than expected, no bladder control issues in this podcast), and so is Paul McGann!  That one seems to a bit more popular on the internet than we are, for[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

A little later than planned due to Lego based jaunts and laziness but we’re back with Episode 61. In what can only be described as a self-harming on a near-biblical scale our intrepid team are teabagging themselves with two titanic[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

  Not a typo, not a misspelling, in this podcast one of our hosts reads an informative leaflet on how to inject drugs in your groin, courtesy of the other’s real life job. Don’t say we don’t teach you anything[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Episode 59 sees a lot of procrastinating from the team before they can work up the energy and the fortitude to brave Doctor Who – The Web Planet, so before they do that they spend time talking of happier times[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Welcome back to the Stardub podcast gentle listener.  Roalph and Andu kick off the latest effort, with some handwringing about collecting as one of them attempts to justify buying the Titan Class Metroplex to their other half.  They then move[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

We’re back with some devastating news about Batman fan films courtesy of Youtube Roulette.  We take a detour by way of a Sonic Fan Film located here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtCtQpclpY8 which gives you a 15 minute drinking game of destiny, after this[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

It’s a new dawn in Stardub Central.  The long-lost Rolph has returned from his odyssey into the wilderness, but is he a changed man?  What stories does he have to share?  None! Why is that you ask.  Simple – friend[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

It’s another episode of Stardub and another Stunt-Rolph joins Andu in the ongoing mission to throw themselves onto the hand grenades of pop culture.  Once more we have the Silent Member on board and guess what he isn’t silent! That’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

It’s our third episode without Rolph, but fear not his ghost permeates the podcast.  What?  I totally didn’t kill him, how many times do I have to say this?  He will return in our hour of need, like Optimus Prime[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Right, the first living and breathing Stunt Rolph takes his place alongside Andy for your  irregularly scheduled Stardub podcast installment. We welcome Kaptain Karl Thurgood to the show (as he was the very, very first Stunt Rolph – waay back[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

We kick off the first in an unusual set of episodes of the Stardub podcast.  Due to real life issues, it’s proved a bit troublesome for Rolph and Andu to be available as the same time and given we have[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

A brand new theme tune heralds the same old nonsense as we are back with another dose of Stardub. Long time friend of the podcast and perpetrator of Moomintrollage – JiiDee has bequeathed a mighty gift to us.  A Box Of Unseen[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Right, we’ve reached the Nifty Fifties and Marvel style we’ve returned to the original numbering! This episode sees our still medicated Rolph, inflict another Turnbull Taste Challenge on Andu, it’s Easter-related and looks to Ralph like an engorged penis.  What[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

We’re back, after missing a week, due to scheduling issues. So one half of the team is hopped up on pain medication as he has a busted wing, but that doesn’t stop us sharing our thoughts on Marvel Comics, Thunderstrike[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

We kick off 2013 with a look at something that has had a profound influence on both myself and Ralph, although we did not acquire it till more recently, I speak of Transformers: Continued Generation 2, published by TMUK (Transmasters[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Tis the season to be jolly, fa la la la la la la la la, A DVD from Phil sends Ralph of his trolley, fa la la la la la la la la, Downed we now our festive vodka, fa[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

We’ve covered Television, toys, advent calendars, annuals, comics, alcohol so far in our seasonal journey, but we were in danger of getting all the way through without looking at music. Christmas is a time of songs, carols and novelty pop[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Another ritual of Christmas these days is the Doctor Who Christmas Special, which to many of you started with 2005. Oh you bandwagon-hoppers, didn’t you know the first Doctor Who Christmas Special was in 1965 with “The Feast of Steven”,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

We’re back and in an unusual role reversal it’s Rolph that has procured a random comic from Oxfam, although he’s decided to give it to Andy for Christmas. What amazing comic has he found, what delights are contained within…DINO-RIDERS ISSUE[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Christmas is a time of gift-giving and for once the intrepid Stardub team get a gift that is not from the Silent Member (Philip Ayres). Listener and all-round swell chap @Cassius335/Alan John Wilkinson has sent the Stardub team a mystery[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

On the seventh day of Christmas our team get into the numerical swing of things and talk about Five (yes, we are that awkward and contrary), that’s right five…Christmas themed Transformer Christmas comic stories published by Marvel UK. Fans of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

We are at the halfway stage and we’ve turned to drink (if you are still with us, I dare say you’ve already started knocking them back), in our daily dose of seasonal themed tat we’ve turned to festive ales. We[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

On the fifth day of Christmas our team inexorably find themselves talking about Transformers again. Oh don’t act all surprised, you knew it would happen just as we did! This time, we talk about one of the most seen dead[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

And lo it came to pass that on the fourth day of Christmas one of our number was so affected by the season he began speaking in tongues. I’ll let you all try to puzzle out which one of our[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

On the Third Dub of Christmas, a rare insight into the blackened, shrivelled husk of a heart that pumps bile around the body of one half of our team. Andu shares with you The Transformers Annual from 1985, which ranks[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

It’s day two of the Twelve Dubs of Christmas, and the worlds of Christmas and the Turnbull Taste Challenge collide in a yuletide slobberknocker of epic proportions as the licensed chocolate purveyors Kinnerton have two of their advent calendars under[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

The festive season is all about giving, so here in the nerve-centre of pop-culture cenobites everywhere that is Stardub we’ve decided to join in with the giving. So every day for the next twelve days you will get a new[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Rolph has finished the great challenge set by co-host Andu to see 100 films at the cinema in 2012. An ordeal capped off by the Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger. Remember[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

In an unusually topical episode (recorded scant hours before uploading) your intrepid team are returning to the most colourful and controversial eras of Doctor Who, that of the Sixth Doctor, Colin Baker. Up for discussion is The Two Doctors, which[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

The team are back and in their sights this episode – Souls Ark – a Doctor Who spin-off style film so bad the director took his name off it.  This has to be good.  Footloose 2011 is also watched/endured –[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

What passes for normal service here has been resumed, we’ll be picking up the Sixth Doctor Retrospective in a few episodes time. In the meantime your intrepid team talk about the importance of going outside for gatherings such as the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Right we’re back with the first of a trilogy of podcasts which will be spread out over the coming months as we watch and celebrate the stories of the Sixth Doctor aka Colin Baker. Before we get to that, there[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

The resolution to the ongoing story-arc of Stardub Series 2 that you and half of the podcast team knew nothing about is upon you.  A mystery package from friend of the podcast Little Philip Ayres is discussed at the start[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Travel back in time before last episode and in 2.15 we left you with a cliffhanger… “Friend” of the show Little Philip Ayres has gifted us a Robocop DVD – Dark Justice.  This is the ill-advised, ill-fated relaunch on TV[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Right we are back after the sweary interlude of Stardub After Dark. We resolve 2.14’s cliffhanger thanks to the help of listener, little Philip Ayres. We give you our insights into Step Up 4: Miami Heat because the thoughts of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Recorded on Sunday night at the end of Auto Assembly 2012. I apologise for the slightly dubious quality of it, as it was done at the bar itself.  This both refers to the audio and the language used, which is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Battle Beasts Issue 1 from IDW Publishing kicks off this episode, as we see not only the return of this slightly obscure toy franchise, but also card covers to IDW comics.  Rolph also regales us with his surefire way to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

We kick things off talking about Laser Mission (a.k.a. Soldier of Fortune) in tribute to the passing of Ernest Borgnine. We talk of our recent trip to Glasgow Comic Con, anecdotes about Chicken Farming and the Aids Suggestion Box in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Okay so instore for you this episode, a brief overview of the 2D Comic Festival which our team attended this year.   We liked the festival, we hated the quiz and we will tell you why, with some swearing.  We take[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

We kick things off with an epic struggle as we review and report on the epic struggle that was Lego Star Wars: Battle of Hoth game.  Which of our co-hosts emerged victorious? We dip our feet into Doctor Who as[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Your Pop Culture Cenobites kick things off with a look at Danger 5, which sees us veer into discussion of Gerry Anderson’s Thunderbirds.  Battle-lines are drawn, swearing occurs, guns are stuck to and nobody wavers in their position. We then[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Our longest episode yet sees the intrepid team take on the three Star Wars prequel films (The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones & Revenge of the Sith) on blu-ray as they reappraise them following their thoughts on the Hairy[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Twilight – a film about vampires and chaste romance or cruel and unusual punishment?  Lots of swearing and almost no debate follows. Bot-Shots Optimus Prime and trailer get unboxed and assessed as Rolph once again moans about being bullied into[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...