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Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Who Review Extra 54: Fury from the Deep

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2025 51:21


The randomiser takes us to yet another isolated workplace in the 1960s, but will Victoria's screaming save the day, or is Fury from the Deep just a load of old gas? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Ryan Blake

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Film Club 73: Quatermass at Hammer

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2025 63:41


It's seventy years since Nigel Kneale's most famous creation made his way from the small screen to the big, but how successful was the transfer to Quatermass at Hammer? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Steve Hatcher

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Film Club Lite 85: All the President's Men (1976)

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2025 28:51


In tribute to Robert Redford we've taken another look at the movie he and Dustin Hoffman, plus director Alan J. Pakula and screenwriter William Goldman, made about the Watergate break-in Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Blue Box 188: The Fault Locator Panel

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2025 54:44


When does pushing the boundaries become going too far? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber and Ryan Blake

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Film Club Extra: Together

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2025 31:43


The only way we could talk about what the title means, is to get heavily into spoiler territory - so if you haven't seen Together yet, then set this review aside until you have Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Film Club Extra: Weapons

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2025 35:12


Warning: if you haven't seen Weapons yet and are thinking of doing so, this review contains major spoilers to all of the film's big plot developments Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Who Review Extra 53: Torchwood: End of Days

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2025 27:39


Having discovered a run of form in the latter half of the first season, would Torchwood stick the landing with its first series finale? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Ryan Blake

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Film Club Extra: The Naked Gun (2025)

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2025 29:49


How well would Liam Neeson perform following in the shoeprints of Leslie Nielsen? And could the revival of The Naked Gun live up to the gag-a-minute reputation of the original? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber and Ryan Blake

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Blue Box 186: Fixing Doctor Who

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2025 69:40


How would you script edit the problematic stories of the past in order to deproblematise them, but without removing the problematic elements? Or: how do you fix a problem like The Talons of Weng-Chiang? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Ryan Blake

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Film Club Extra: I Know What You Did Last Summer (2025)

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2025 43:53


If you woke up on January 1st and persuaded yourself that what you needed most this year was a further instalment of I Know What You Did Last Summer, then bingo you're in luck. For everybody else, here's our review. Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber and Ryan Blake

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Blue Box 184: Who News: Chronic Hysteretics

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2025 24:53


The quotes coming out of Edinburgh this week might have made it feel like we're stuck in 1989 all over again (or is that 1985?), but this is a different century now - so what did we make of the idea that the TARDIS is "going nowhere"? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Who Review Extra 51: Human Nature

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2025 46:11


Shakespeare might, according to the tenth Doctor, be the most human human being who ever lived - but that isn't going to stop the tenth Doctor himself from having a go. Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Blue Box 181: Summer Quiz

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2025 37:20


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

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
TV Club 84: Summer Round-Up

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2025 57:10


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

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Film Club Lite 79: The Faculty (1998)

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2025 40:58


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

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Who Review Extra 50: Victory of the Daleks

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2025 42:01


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

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Blue Box 178: Resurrection Who 1. The Nightmare Begins

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2025 78:14


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

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Who Review Extra 49: Rise of the Cybermen

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2025 42:29


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

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Blue Box 176: Primed for 'Action!'

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2025 63:56


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

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
TV Club 83: Andor (Season Two)

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2025 74:06


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

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Film Club Duets 30: Bond Not-Bond

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2025 76:28


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

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Music Club 27: Simon and Garfunkel

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2025 68:24


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

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Film Club Lite 76: Come See the Paradise (1990)

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2025 30:40


Thirty-five years ago, Alan Parker made a film about the internment of American citizens during WWII, because their ethnicity didn't fit the current political climate Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Blue Box 173: Piper at the Gates of Who

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2025 62:07


Is she or isn't she? Billie Piper seems to have been cast as the next Doctor - so we get into the possible how and why (and who) of it. Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber, Ryan Blake, Simon Brett and Steve Hatcher

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Who Review 41: The Reality War

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2025 71:09


Our thoughts on the Season 2 (or Series 15) finale Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber (and a little Steve Hatcher cameo)

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Blue Box 172: The Story Still to Come

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2025 67:42


Our preview of this year's Doctor Who season finale, spoiler-free (until a short well-announced section at the very end) and filled with as much nonsense as we could possibly muster Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Steve Hatcher

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Who Review 40: Wish World

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2025 69:39


Our thoughts on Wish World, this year's penultimate episode and the first half of the two-part finale Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Iain Martin

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Blue Box 171: The Moment is Being Prepared For

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2025 39:34


An EXTREMELY SPOILERIFIC round-up of this week's news and gossip Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber, Steve Hatcher and Iain Martin

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Who Review 39: The Interstellar Song Contest

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2025 70:01


We turn our microphones to the subject of the Eurovision Song Contest pastiche in our latest review Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber, Mark Donaldson, Luke Molloy and Jon Arnold

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Who Review 38: The Story and the Engine

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2025 58:58


Doctor Who Season Two Five Review Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Who Review 37: Lucky Day

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2025 58:52


As we reach the mid-point of this latest (last?) series of Doctor Who, are we any nearer to discovering what it's all been about and how it's all going to end? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Who Review 36: The Well

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2025 56:20


It's the first episode this year to feature a writer other than RTD in the credits, but was it  a case of "well played" or "oh well" Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Who Review 35: Lux

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2025 70:06


Cartoon characters stepping out of cinema screens is just the start of the weirdness this week, but does it all add up to a lick of sense and does it matter if it doesn't? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Film Club Duets 29: A Christopher Landon Duo

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2025 44:37


As his latest, the Hitchcockian thriller Drop arrives in cinemas, we take a look at what director and writer Christopher Landon has been up to since the Happy Death Day movies and Freaky: recent Valentine themed slasher Heart Eyes, and the Netflix family film We Have A Ghost Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Who Review 34: The Robot Revolution

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2025 55:35


Doctor Who is back and there's a brand new companion to introduce, but was The Robot Revolution as slight and fluffy as RTD's previous season openers? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Film Club Lite 74: The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2025 22:32


Among the many much more successful films that Val Kilmer appeared in, the pone that we've chosen by way of marking his passing is The Island of Dr. Moreau, the fascinating and ill-fated Richard Stanley adaptation of H.G. Wells' novel Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Blue Box 170: The Doctor Who Season Two Preview

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2025 52:45


Further thoughts about the shape of Season 2, and the potential longevity of Doctor Who, ahead of the launch next weekend Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
TV Club 82: Adolescence

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2025 33:21


It's not only the subject matter that makes Adolescence compelling, it's the production choices too; we take a look under the bonnet and try to figure out why it's getting such a positive reaction Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Who Review Extra 48: Carnival of Monsters

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2025 29:39


The third Doctor gets back into space after a long lay-over on Earth, only to find himself stuck inside a miniscope with Drashigs, Leslie Dwyer and Major Daly; the randomiser brings us to the Carnival of Monsters Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Film Club Duets 28: Alien Fan Projects

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2025 39:18


Our slow crawl through the Alien universe takes in a couple of fan projects, last year's Australian short No Man's Land, and the recently streaming documentary Alien On Stage about - you guessed it - a stage production of the first Alien movie in Dorset (and Leicester Square) Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Mark Donaldson No Man's Land is available for free on YouTube

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Blue Box 169: Between the Idea and the Reality

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2025 71:51


It's two decades since Doctor Who returned - but has it lived more in those twenty years than others do in eighty? We talk about the best and the worst of the revival, plus a little quiz. Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber, Steve Hatcher, Iain Martin and Harry Palmer

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Film Club Duets 27: Mulholland Drive (1999 & 2001)

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2025 45:50


A comparison of the film that began life as the pilot for what could have been a Twin Peaks spin-off series, but which went on to become regarded as perhaps David Lynch's best work, and that original TV movie which has of course subsequently surfaced online Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Who Review Extra 47: The Leisure Hive

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2025 36:48


The randomiser brings us to the beginning of Season 18, and the dawn of a brand new era - albeit with the same lead actors and one of the same writers who had been working on Doctor Who for the last couple of seasons. So how does The Leisure Hive look now? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Steve Hatcher

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Who Review Extra 46: Torchwood: Adam

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2025 31:08


The randomiser has found us an episode from Torchwood's second series, but will we be more impressed with Adam than we were with some of the stories from Series One? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Luke Molloy

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Film Club Duets 25: The Brutalist & A Complete Unknown

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2025 60:28


Two more Best Picture hopefuls come under the spotlight, immigrant drama The Brutalist and Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, plus we give our final predictions ahead of the ceremony itself Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Luke Molloy

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Private Members Club 28: Spoilers of War (February News Blast #3)

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2025 26:34


Bargaining tactics or kissing Putin's ass? It's just another week in Trumpton Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Film Club Extra: Metro-Goldwyn-May I? (February News Blast #2)

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2025 24:03


How will 007 make out now he's moved to Amazon MGM Studios? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Blue Box 168: Fifteen After Eighteen, Don't Go (February News Blast #1)

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2025 24:15


A start date for the new series, and more rumours about it being Ncuti Gatwa's last Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Film Club Extra: Wolf Man

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2025 33:48


There's a new Wolf Man pic on the block, as part of the revised Monster Universe. And one of our extended team just happens to be watching his way through the original Universal horror collection... So what would he, and we, think? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Steve Hatcher

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space
Private Members Club 27: Mine Camp

Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2025 59:33


Recorded just moments before Elon Musk's attempted buyout of Chat GPT, a new voice joins us on the feed to try and make sense of just three weeks' worth of Trump.2 Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Mikey Smith