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Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
The Cuse of Fatal Death (Who Review Extra 72)

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2026 49:30


As May week kicks off in Cambridge, MayGann spreads its wings to include Steven Moffat's first turn behind the Doctor Who TV typewriter, The Curse of Fatal Death in 1999 Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber, Ryan Blake, Simon Brett and Steve Hatcher

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Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Matthew Jacobs Short Trips Part 2 (TV Club 989)

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2026 57:34


We take a look at three TV episodes Matthew Jacobs wrote for television after his work on the 1996 Doctor Who movie, a feature-length adaptation of Lorna Doone, an episode of Wexford and the Screen Two instalment Mothertime Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

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Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
The Tenth Doctor Poll Results (Blue Box 220)

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2026 103:51


The results of our quest to find our listeners' favourite tenth Doctor stories Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Steve Hatcher

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Piper Beyond the Gates of Dusk (Blue Box 219)

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2026 54:01


Christmas is cancelled, and so we convened to discuss what this might mean for the future of Doctor Who Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Ryan Blake

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Stormbreaker (2006) (Film Club Lite 99)

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2026 35:35


We catch up with Geoffrey Sax's career a decade after he directed the TV movie, to find him undergoing yet more behind-the-scenes interference on another adaptation of a beloved children's franchise Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
School Reunion (Who Review Extra 71)

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2026 57:20


By way of tribute to the recently departed Anthony Head, our review of the early David Tennant story Presented by J. R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Ryan Blake

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Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
MayGann That Might Have Been (Blue Box 218)

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2026 76:40


We name the stories we think Matthew Jacobs might have chosen, had he been asked to supervise a season of Paul McGann episodes in the wake of the TV movie Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber, Simon Brett and Steve Hatcher

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Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Paperhouse (1988) (Film Club Lite 98)

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2026 38:18


MayGann continues - if May Week hasn't happened yet, then we still consider it May - with our review of Paperhouse, Bernard Rose's beguiling but terrifying fantasy that was written by Matthew Jacobs Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Blue Box 217: Our Old Friend Entropy

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2026 54:31


As the tumbleweeds gather around the forthcoming Doctor Who Christmas Special, and a year passes since the show was last being broadcast on television, we take stock of the situation and the swirling rumours surrounding the lack of production Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber and the ghost of Steve Hatcher

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Doctor Who the TV Movie (Who Review Extra 70)

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2026 80:24


It's thirty years since Paul McGann's sole outing in a full-length Doctor Who story hit British television screens, so it's about time we took another look to see what we think of it in 2026 Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Ryan Blake

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Dandies and Clowns: The TV Movie (Blue Box 216)

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2026 57:30


A conversation about the "new" elements that comprised Doctor Who in the 1990s, and whether it was the right time for them Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Ryan Blake

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
How Wilderness For You (Blue Box 215)

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2026 77:29


The TV movie helped us make it through the wilderness years, but it's far from the only Doctor Who that was produced during the period Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber, Ryan Blake, Steve Hatcher and Dylan Rees

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
AMC Sony Who...? (Blue Box 214)

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2026 51:14


With new rumours swirling about where the future of Doctor Who might lie, we take a look at the latest evidence and discuss its potential Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber and Ryan Blake

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Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
James Lee Burke Double Bill (Film Club Duets 43)

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2026 83:13


It's Dave Robicheaux agogo in an accidental double bill, after we decided to talk about Heaven's Prisoners (1996) to give Eric Roberts a little coverage before MayGann kicks off in earnest, and ended up recording a whole nother episode on its follow-up film, 2009's In the Electric Mist Presented by J.R. Southall, with Iain Martin and first Matt Barber then Ryan Blake

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Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
The Night of the Doctor (Who Review Extra 68)

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2026 38:52


The randomiser decided that MayGann should begin a few days earlier than planned, so we find ourselves reviewing the eighth Doctor's six-minute resurrection during Doctor Who's fiftieth anniversary celebrations Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Steve Hatcher

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Project Hail Mary (Film Club Extra 138)

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2026 40:56


Our thoughts on the recent live action adaptation of Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary, from the duo who almost made Solo: A Star Wars Story Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber and Steve Hatcher

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Second Doctor Poll Results (Blue Box 213)

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2026 83:20


The results of our quest to find our listeners' favourite second Doctor stories Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Dune (1984) (Film Club Lite 94)

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2026 31:09


As we await the third adaptation in the modern Dune film series, we cast our minds back to David Lynch's badly received 1984 version and wonder if it's better than its reputation would suggest Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Lost in Time - A Sarah Jane Adventure (Who Review Extra 67)

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2026 22:32


The randomiser brings us to one of the lesser Sarah Jane Adventures, but will we get lost in Lost in Time? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Steve Hatcher

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Who's Favourites (Blue Box 212)

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2026 68:14


After 999 episodes on the podcast feed, we decided the 1,000th should be something momentous and mind-blowing - and then we recorded this instead. Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber, Ryan Blake, Mark Donaldson and Iain Martin

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Ninth Doctor Poll Results (Blue Box 211)

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2026 66:50


In a repeat of our Series One poll from 2021, we countdown our listeners' favourite ninth Doctor stories Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Steve Hatcher

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
1951 Again (Film Club 81)

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2026 76:15


It's 75 years since The Thing from Another World crawled onto movie screens, so to celebrate this seminal year in sci-fi cinema we've taken another look at that, The Day the Earth Stood Still and When Worlds Collide Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber and Steve Hatcher

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
The Daleks' Master Plan (Who Review Extra 66)

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2026 58:09


Our thoughts on the recently recovered Doctor Who episodes, the quality of the story in general, and the prospect of more in the future Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Steve Hatcher

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Werewolves of Paris and Spain (Film Club Duets 42)

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2026 57:04


Two adaptations of The Werewolf of Paris for the price of one, as our journey through the Hammer horror back catalogue reaches The Curse of the Werewolf, and we pair it up with Tyburn's later adaptation Legend of the Werewolf to find out if the same story was worth telling again Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber, Ryan Blake, Steve Hatcher and Dylan Rees

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Swapping in Steven (Blue Box 210)

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2026 87:36


As we approach our 14th birthday and pass the revived series' 21st, we wonder how Doctor Who might have differed if Russell T Davies hadn't taken it on in 2005 and it had been left to Steven Moffat to resurrect it a few years later instead Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber and witnessed by Jon Arnold and Steve Hatcher

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
The Hand of Fear (Who Review Extra 65)

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2026 59:56


The randomiser has chosen Sarah's last story, and you'd think they'd have conjured up something special for her to go out on Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber, Ryan Blake and Steve Hatcher

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Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
First Doctor Poll Results (Blue Box 209)

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2026 50:21


Our quest to find the most popular first Doctor stories among our listeners comes to an end, with a surprising result Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Iain Martin

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Oscar Results 2026 (Film Club Extra 136)

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2026 44:49


Our reaction to the results at the 98th Academy Awards Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Ian Levine Myth Makers (Who Review Extra 64)

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2026 38:38


We take a look at the new Myth Makers interview with Ian Levine, so you don't have to Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

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Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Hamnet (Film Club Extra 135)

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2026 49:57


Five years after Nomadland won Best Picture, Director and Actress at the Academy Awards, Chloé Zhao is back to potentially repeat the feat. But what would we make of the last of this year's ten Oscar hopefuls? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Ryan Blake

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
The Secret Agent (Film Club Extra 134)

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2026 23:35


Our Oscars watch-through arrives in Brazil, for the political thriller The Secret Agent Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Marty Supreme (Film Club Extra 133)

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2026 28:26


Our journey through this year's Academy Awards Best Picture nominees continues with Josh Safdie's first solo project as director, featuring Timothée Chalamet as Marty Supreme Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Iain Martin

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Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Get Off My World - Fixing RTD Again (Blue Box 208)

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2026 62:34


What were the problems in the most recent era of Doctor Who - and what solutions might have avoided them? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Frankenstein at Hammer (Film Club 80)

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2026 64:20


Our Hammer watch through arrives at a choice of Frankenstein sequels, The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958), Frankenstein Created Woman (1967) and Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969) Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber, Ryan Blake, Steve Hatcher and Dylan Rees

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Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
F1 (Film Club Extra 132)

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2026 35:55


Our Oscar conversation moves onto one of the year's less likely nominees, the racing car movie F1 Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Iain Martin

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Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
A Better Catchment of Friends (Blue Box 207: The Best Spin Off)

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2026 61:15


We talk through Doctor Who's modern era spin-off shows, pitting them against each other in an effort to decide which is the more justified Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
TV Club 91: Small Prophets

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2026 39:18


Mackenzie Crook returns with a new series about a man growing homunculi in his garden shed Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber and Simon Brett

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Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Empress of Mars (Who Review Extra 63)

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2026 40:30


It's getting on for a decade since Mark Gatiss wrote his last Doctor Who, but how does it stack up against his earlier episodes? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Steve Hatcher

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Sentimental Value (Film Club Extra 131)

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2026 27:11


Joachim Trier's film Affeksjonsverdi - or Sentimental Value - about an aging film director's two daughters and the different paths they take, is our next Best Picture nominee ahead of this year's Oscars Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Fixing Chris Chibnall: The Systems Aren't the Problem (Blue Box 206)

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2026 77:22


Which were the bits of the Chris Chibnall era where fandom thought it overstepped the mark - and did it really? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Train Dreams (Film Club Extra 130)

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2026 28:08


Our watch through of this year's Best Picture nominees arrives at Train Dreams, the story of the unacknowledged folk who built what would become modern America  Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Taxi Driver (1976) (Film Club Lite 91)

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2026 53:35


It's fifty years since Robert De Niro first rolled Martin Scorsese's cab onto the mean streets of New York, so we thought that was the perfect time to go back and take another look Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber and Luke Molloy

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
The Android Invasion (Who Review Extra 62)

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2026 67:57


The randomiser chooses what is widely considered to be the runt of one of Doctor Who's greatest ever seasons - but is either of those things really true? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Ben Verth

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Sinners (Film Club Extra)

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2026 34:02


Our journey through this year's Academy Award Best Picture nominees continues with a look at Ryan Coogler's vampire movie Sinners Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Dracula at Hammer Volume 2.5 (Film Club Duets 41)

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2026 59:49


After our conversation about the Dracula films at Hammer, we decided to carry on and watch two further instalments: Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970) and Dracula A.D. 1972 Presented by Steve Hatcher, with Matt Barber, Dylan Rees and J.R. Southall

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Cushing On Again Regardless (Blue Box 205)

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2026 57:32


The second half of our conversation in which we choose the individual stories we think might have made for decent Peter Cushing-style movies, this time going into the 1980s Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Bugonia / 2026 Oscar Nominations (Film Club Extra)

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2026 41:41


We start a watch through of this year's Best Picture nominees with Yorgos Lanthimos' latest Bugonia, following a chat about its competition in various categories Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
The Robots of Death & Battlefield (Who Review Extra 61)

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2026 88:31


We pay our respects (in our own irreverent fashion) to two significant guest actors from the original run of Doctor Who, by watching the stories in which they appeared: The Robots of Death and Battlefield Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber, Steve Hatcher and Ben Verth

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Jurassic Worlds (Film Club 79)

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2026 87:43


After our recent trip through the various Jurassic Parks, we went on to discover what the subsequent Jurassic Worlds had to offer Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Dracula at Hammer (Film Club 78)

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2026 77:30


Our Hammer watch through concentrates on the continuation of the Count this time, with our thoughts on Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966), Scars of Dracula (1970), The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973) and The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974) Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber, Steve Hatcher and Dylan Rees

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