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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

Blue Box 92: Hello Ruby Sunday

Our thoughts on the unveiling of the new Doctor Who companion Millie Gibson, as well as the obligatory Coro vs Corrie debate

Nov 21, 202241 min

TV Club 37: The Devil's Hour

Our review of the latest series from Hartswood and Amazon Prime, starring Peter Capaldi and Jessica Raine in The Devil's Hour

Nov 18, 202231 min

Desert Planet Picks 53: Iain Martin

Winterhill author and co-host of the All of Time and Space podcast, and venerable member of this very parish, Iain Martin chooses the eight items he would take with him, if he was about to be marooned on a desert planet All of Time and Space podcast Iain's books

Nov 16, 20221 hr 27 min

Blue Box 91: Disney Who...?

A lengthy discussion taking in all the latest Doctor Who news, from the Disney+ deal to the DWM comic strip

Nov 14, 20221 hr 25 min

Who Review Extra 07: Mindwarp

Misunderstood, or simply a mistake? The second segment of the Trial of a Time Lord has long been one of Doctor Who's lesser regarded stories - but what will the Strangers team make of it?

Nov 11, 202235 min

Film Club 53: The Godfather Trilogy

JR and Ross discuss Francis Coppola's trilogy of mafia epics, and ask if our received wisdom is correct about the order in which we value them

Nov 07, 20221 hr 6 min

Blue Box 90: The Eleventh Doctor

Who do you cast to follow the first Doctor ever to take Doctor Who to number one in the national TV charts? The seasoned pro, or the little known youngster who turns up and wows you during the audition process? Matt leads the conversation through a discussion of the eleventh Doctor, Matt Smith

Nov 04, 202245 min

Film Club Extra: Don't Worry Darling

JR and Mark watch Olivia Wilde's second feature Don't Worry Darling, in an attempt to separate the art from the controversy

Nov 02, 202223 min

Film Club Duet 04: Nosferatu-two

A conversation about FW Murnau's 1922 silent classic Nosferatu and its fictional making of, 2000's Shadow of the Vampire

Oct 31, 202244 min

Film Club 52: Philip K Dick

A round-up of the less celebrated adaptations of Philip K Dick's writing, including reviews of A Scanner Darkly, Next, The Adjustment Bureau and more

Oct 27, 20221 hr

Who Review 20: The Power of the Doctor

We had so many contributors to our review of the final thirteenth Doctor story, we had to split into two groups to record it. So here's our 2-for-1 episode on The Power of the Doctor; first JR, Matt, Simon and Lee (yes, Lee!), and then Iain, Jon and - uh - Matt again take over for the second half of the podcast

Oct 25, 20222 hr 8 min

Private Members Club 09: Bye Bye Boris

Boris drops out of the race and Rishi becomes the only runner of note, and so now we have a new Prime Minister, a real Man of the People. Ahem. It's another edition of Private Members Club

Oct 25, 202224 min

TV Club 36: The Midnight Club

JR and Matt chat about The Midnight Club, Netflix' latest addition to its "Flanaverse Collection"

Oct 22, 202223 min

Private Members Club 07: Apocalypse Truss

We're back again (two of us, at least), because it's been yet another hectic day in Downing Street; the Prime Minister has resigned. The second one this autumn. This is starting to look like carelessness...

Oct 20, 202238 min

Private Members Club 06: Fracking Hell

Another day in parliament, another rash of manoeuvres in the ministerial merry-go-round that might be better known as Drowning Street

Oct 19, 202221 min

TV Club 35: She-Hulk: Attorney at Law

Simon leads the conversation through a discussion of the latest from Marvel and Disney+, the rather divisive She-Hulk: Attorney at Law

Oct 19, 202238 min

Private Members Club 05: Don't You Think She Looks Um

Another tumultuous week in Downing Street seems to have opened the door for yet another change in leadership in the UK, potentially the third this parliament. So of course we took to our microphones to wag lyrical our feelings on these latest developments.

Oct 17, 202231 min

Film Club Extra: Flux Gourmet

Matt and Mark review Peter Strickland's latest, Flux Gourmet, a film about sonic catering and the power struggle between artist and sponsor

Oct 12, 202235 min

TV Club 34: Inside Man

I'm fairly sure "Moffat" must mean "mixed-reaction" in a Scottish-English dictionary, because everything the man writes turns to equal parts furrowed brows and religious fervour - but what were we to make of his latest screen endeavour, a tall tale of potential murder in a suburban vicar's cellar?

Oct 10, 202244 min

Film Club Lite 30: Honest (2000)

David A Stewart of the Eurythmics directs three of the All Saints in a post-Lock Stock gangster movie set in the swinging 'sixties ... what could possibly go wrong?

Oct 05, 202227 min

TV Club 33: Ghosts

With the fourth series now out in the wild, it was high time we took a look at the BBC sitcom Ghosts

Oct 03, 202231 min

Music Club 15: Michael Jackson

Elizabeth Taylor might have dubbed him the King of Pop, but what do we think of Michael Jackson? Following the format of our ABBA episode, we each choose our five favourite (or least favourite) Jacko records

Sep 28, 20221 hr 2 min

Film Club 51: The Road to Downing Street

Three TV films from the noughties this time, each one an education in what it takes to become (and in one case stop being) Prime Minister: The Deal (2003), The Long Walk to Finchley (2008) and Margaret (2009)

Sep 23, 202248 min

Blue Box 88: The Fifth Doctor

Matt introduces a new member of the Strangers team and leads the conversation through a discussion of Peter Davison's time as the fifth Doctor Who

Sep 21, 20221 hr 8 min
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