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Strangers in Space

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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 include any number of subjects that Doctor Who fans might find themselves chatting about during the aforementioned informal gatherings. So alongside our main subject, you'll find us talking about films, and music, and politics, and other TV programmes, and more besides - and occasionally talking to special guests about their interests too. But of course, plenty of Doctor Who. Links page: https://strangersinspace.weebly.com/links.html Where to find the hosts: https://strangersinspace.weebly.com/the-team.html
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Episodes

Film Club Lite 10: Dave Made a Maze (2017)

A bonus extra Film Club Lite in the run-up to Halloween, it's Bill Watterson's (not that Bill Watterson) shoestring fantasy horror comedy from 2017, Dave Made a Maze - spoiler-light for those who haven't seen it

Oct 29, 202122 min

Film Club Lite 09: Night of the Demon (1957)

Matt's latest choice of movie review is Jacques Tourneur's 1957 British horror Night of the Demon (aka Curse of the Demon west of the Atlantic), in which runes are cast, seances will be held and souls must be taken...

Oct 27, 202124 min

Film Club 43: Harry Potter (Part Two)

A slightly shorter edition of Film Club this time, as we go back to Hogwarts to run check out the second half of the Harry Potter saga

Oct 21, 202134 min

Blue Box 73: Series Thirteen Preview

Series Thirteen is almost upon us, but what can we expect from it? In this far from definitive guide to the next six episodes, we predict the precise viewing figures, pull the trailer apart, discuss the BBC's promotional efforts and discover the truth about Ranskoor Av Kolos

Oct 18, 20211 hr 23 min

Film Club 42: Duncan Jones

A conversation about the director of Moon and its semi-followup Mute, Source Code and Warcraft (not A Beginning)

Oct 14, 202154 min

Blue Box 72: Season Two

It's back to London 1965 in this episode, except by the long way around. We're turning our microphones to the subject of the first Doctor's middle series, Season Two

Oct 12, 20211 hr 22 min

Film Club Extra: No Time to Die

Daniel Craig returns as James Bond in No Time to Die, the 25th Bond film from Eon and definitely Craig's last. But what will we make of this much delayed entry in the 007 canon, in this extremely spoiler-heavy review? A video version of this podcast can be watched here

Oct 08, 20211 hr 5 min

TV Club 15: After Pilkington

If it's January 1987 and it's murder among the dons in rural Oxfordshire, then it must be Screen Two's fondly remembered black comedy After Pilkington, starring Bob Peck and Miranda Richardson

Oct 06, 202125 min

Film Club Extra: Free Guy

Not content with Wrexham, looks like Ryan Reynolds has his sights set on the entire internet too. It's The Truman Show meets The Matrix meets TRON meets Ready Player One as we turn our microphones to Free Guy

Oct 04, 202120 min

Blue Box 71: RTD Returns

Our reaction-cast to the news of Russell T Davies' forthcoming return as Doctor Who showrunner.

Oct 02, 20211 hr 30 min

Music Club Extra 01: The Blow Monkeys' Journey to You

It's forty years since The Blow Monkeys formed, and to celebrate they've just released their eleventh studio album. What better way to kick off a new strand of the podcast than with a review of Journey to You

Sep 30, 202142 min

Music Club 02: Oasis

With Matt away, Simon and JR seem to have accidentally recorded another edition of Music Club, and they've stayed in Manchester for this overview of their feelings about Oasis.

Sep 22, 202133 min

Blue Box 70: Series One

It's back to 2005 for the first year of the revived series this time around, as our journey through the Doctor Who back catalogue arrives at Series One Artwork 'borrowed' from Si Hodges

Sep 20, 20211 hr 13 min

Film Club Extra: Gunpowder Milkshake

A short review of the new neo-noir starring Karen Gillan, with support from the likes of Lena Headey, Michelle Yeoh, Carla Gugino and Angela Bassett

Sep 18, 202125 min

Music Club 01: The Smiths

Genius, or self-parody? Or just a new strand of the podcast in which we talk about some musical artists that were culturally or personally significant on our arrested development. First up, The Smiths.

Sep 16, 202131 min

Film Club Extra: 2021 Movie Round-Up

With Simon away watching Fiction Factory, it's down to Matt and JR to talk about a fiction factory of a different kind: it's our review of the movies we've seen through 2021 so far.

Sep 13, 202145 min

Film Club 41: Planet of the Apes (Part Three)

After looking at the original pentalogy, and the Tim Burton calamity, we've finally arrived at the modern Planet of the Apes trilogy. But will it be a Caesar salad or a Koba cabana?

Sep 09, 202155 min

Who Review Extra 02: The Keys of Marinus

It's back to the spring of 1964 for our second short-form Doctor Who review, our subject being Terry Nation's sophomore script The Keys of Marinus. But will we judge it a Velvet Web, or a Sea of Death?

Sep 06, 202132 min

Film Club Lite 08: Akira (1988)

Katsuhiro Ôtomo's 1988 adaptation of the 1982 manga is the latest movie selected for the Film Club Lite treatment

Sep 02, 202129 min

Blue Box 69: Season 26

It was the end, but it prepared for a moment of new beginning... Our journey through Doctor Who arrives at Season 26

Aug 30, 20211 hr 23 min

TV Club 14: The Tenth Man

It's back to 1988 as we take a look at Hallmark's prestige adaptation of Graham Greene's recently unearthed psychological drama, The Tenth Man

Aug 26, 202128 min

Film Club 40: The MCU Phase Two

As J.R.'s maiden voyage through the Marvel Cinematic Universe continues, we pause to talk about the films that make up Phase Two, including the introductions of Ant-Man and the Guardians of the Galaxy

Aug 23, 20211 hr 20 min

Film Club Lite 07: Fame (1980)

In this episode of Film Club Lite, we turn our attention to Fame (Fame!), Alan Parker's movie about wannabe Glee club members in 1980 New York

Aug 19, 202131 min

Blue Box 68: Series Ten

The whole of Peter Capaldi's third season - Steven Moffat's last - in ninety minutes, as our trawl through Doctor Who's past lands on Series Ten Artwork 'borrowed' from FunnyNWittyReferenc

Aug 16, 20211 hr 26 min

Film Club Extra: The Suicide Squad

A short review of the latest from James Gunn, in which Harley Quinn returns as part of a mission movie ensemble in this latest offering from the DC Universe

Aug 12, 202135 min

Film Club Lite 06: The One (2001)

We set the randomiser for this edition of Film Club Lite, and it chose us the 2001 Jet Li-starring martial arts multiverse actioner from James Wong, The One

Aug 05, 202121 min
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