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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 Extra: Totally Killer

Another entertainingly high concept teen slasher from Blumhouse, this time with a Back to the Future twist, this time with TV's last teenage witch in the lead; of course we watched it: Totally Killer This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Matt Barber

Oct 23, 202317 min

Blue Box 119: The Lesser Scandalous Times

We examine another critical juncture in Doctor Who history - the appointment of JN-T - and ask what the series might have been like without him This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Jon Arnold Matt Barber Dylan Rees

Oct 20, 202339 min

TV Club 61: The Reckoning

Our reaction to the BBC's new dramatisation of the life and crimes of Jimmy Savile The Reckoning This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Matt Barber Dylan Rees

Oct 18, 202338 min

Film Club Lite 51: The Apple (1980)

Menahem Golan's rock opera with a hint of sci-fi was his attempt to break Hollywood by putting together a musical allegory of the Biblical birth of humankind. What we got instead was a movie widely regarded as one of the worst ever made. Clearly, we were meant to investigate! (Warning: includes explicit language right at the beginning) The Apple This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Jon Arnold Dylan Rees...

Oct 16, 202337 min

TV Club 60: Survivors (1975-77)

It's nearly half a century since Terry Nation's story about the aftermath of a genocidal virus, so how's it looking in 2023? Survivors This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Jon Arnold Jim Cameron Dylan Rees...

Oct 13, 20231 hr 5 min

Who Review Extra 20: The Two Doctors (1985)

Season 22, Sontarans, Saward and Spain plus Robert Holmes, Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines and Servalan herself; The Two Doctors is a must-see recipe for success. Isn't it? The Two Doctors This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Jon Arnold Simon Brett Iain Martin...

Oct 11, 202334 min

Music Club 22: U2

Our attention falls on U2, as we go back through our history and the band's, and try to figure out what makes them work and, when they don't, what doesn't U2 This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Jon Arnold Simon Brett Iain Martin...

Oct 09, 20231 hr 3 min

Blue Box 118: Eric Without End

What if Eric Saward had done this, what if Eric Saward had done that - and what if Eric Saward had done the other? We just couldn't help ourselves This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Jon Arnold Matt Barber Mark Donaldson Iain Martin...

Oct 06, 202343 min

Film Club Extra: El Conde (2023)

Chilean black comedy that reimagines Augusto Pinochet as a 250-year-old vampire? Don't mind if we do! El Conde This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Matt Barber

Oct 04, 202328 min

Film Club Extra: No One Will Save You (2023)

Brian Duffield's follow-up to Spontaneous has quietly appeared on Disney+ (here in the UK) to growing acclaim among The Kids. But what would we "adults" make of it? No One Will Save You (2023) This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Jon Arnold Matt Barber...

Oct 02, 202328 min

TV Club 59: The Second Coming (2003)

We hop back in time twenty years to the first Second Coming of Russell T Davies, to his last TV drama before the announcement that he was to resurrect Doctor Who, and see whether it stands up given all we've learned of Davies' work since The Second Coming This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Jon Arnold Dylan Rees...

Sep 29, 202356 min

Blue Box 117: September News Round-Up

Our thoughts on the new 60th anniversary trailer, and the reveal of Neil Patrick Harris' villain's identity, all digested into a handy near sixty minutes This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Jon Arnold Matt Barber Iain Martin

Sep 27, 202359 min

Private Members Club 19: Sweet F.O.

It's been another one of those weeks in politics, so we couldn't go the weekend without putting our thoughts on the record about it This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Matt Barber

Sep 25, 202345 min

Film Club Duet 13: State of Darkness

Our conversations about British TV energy industry thrillers turns to the two American remakes released at the turn of the 2010s State of Play (2009) Edge of Darkness (2010) This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Jon Arnold Matt Barber...

Sep 22, 202345 min

Film Club Lite 50: Bottle Rocket (1996)

Our thoughts on Wes Anderson's feature debut, Bottle Rocket, in which the Owen brothers play friends who want to be gangsters and there's a large side helping of romcom Bottle Rocket This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Jon Arnold Matt Barber Simon Brett...

Sep 20, 202325 min

Blue Box 116: Yankee Doodle Who

More Doctor Who What Iffery, this time concentrating on the question of whether America should be making, or should have made, the series This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Jon Arnold Matt Barber Mark Donaldson

Sep 18, 202340 min

Film Club Lite 49: Defence of the Realm (1985)

Arriving around the same time as Edge of Darkness, this was another energy industry adjacent conspiracy thriller, albeit more in the classic Hollywood style; but man, the cast and credits Defence of the Realm on YouTube Defence of the Realm on Wiki This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Matt Barber Mark Donaldson...

Sep 15, 202329 min

TV Club 58: Messiah

Ken Stott as a dour Scottish detective solving themed religious murders in a rain-soaked city (for four series, before regenerating into Marc Warren), should be right up our street you would think... We (mostly) watched all of Messiah, so you wouldn't have to Messiah This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Matt Barber Mark Donaldson...

Sep 13, 202343 min

Who Review Extra 19: Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?

In which we ignore the controversy that is Gareth Roberts, and instead concentrate on the merits of the first series Sarah Jane Adventure which introduces the character and concept of the Trickster Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? This episode introduced by: J.R. Southall With: Jon Arnold Matt Barber Jim Cameron...

Sep 11, 202324 min

Film Club Duet 12: Nazi Hunting in the USA

A comparison of the two big Nazi hunter films of the 1970s, each starring Laurence Olivier in very different roles Marathon Man (1976) The Boys from Brazil (1978) This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Matt Barber...

Sep 08, 202348 min

TV Club 57: State of Play (2003)

In another episode discussing a modern TV conspiracy thriller relating to the energy industry, we focus our attention on Paul Abbott's 2003 BBC One series State of Play State of Play (2003) This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Jon Arnold

Sep 06, 202344 min

Blue Box 115: Trial Without Tribulation

A double helping of Doctor Who What Iffery in this edition, as first one team and then another discuss what might have happened if we'd travelled into the series' past and radically altered the course of its history These episodes presented by: J.R. Southall With: Jon Arnold Matt Barber Simon Brett Iain Martin Dylan Rees...

Sep 04, 202355 min

Film Club Extra: No Hard Feelings

Our review of Jennifer Lawrence's recent romantic comedy, Gene Stupnitsky's follow-up to Good Boys No Hard Feelings This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Mark Donaldson

Sep 01, 202323 min

Film Club Duet 11: The Wicker Legacy

Fans of 1973's The Wicker Man are divided over its two follow-ons; divided over which is worse, the remake or the sequel. So we watched them again, only to discover that one wasn't as bad as we'd thought it was... The Wicker Man (2006) The Wicker Tree (2011) And our original review of The Wicker Man (1973) This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Jim Cameron Dylan Rees...

Aug 30, 20231 hr 3 min

Blue Box 114: August News Round-Up

Our August news dispatch, in which we look at the stories behind the stories in the world of Doctor Who this month Our YouTube news playlist This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Jon Arnold

Aug 28, 202338 min

Film Club Duet 10: Judges Dredd (1995/2012)

The fans hated one, but audiences ignored the other. So which Judge Dredd film is better - and what would they have needed to start a franchise? Judge Dredd Dredd This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Iain Martin Dylan Rees...

Aug 25, 20231 hr 2 min

TV Club 56: Edge of Darkness (1985)

In which we take Troy Kennedy Martin's story apart strand by strand, before finally declaring how great we think it is Edge of Darkness This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Jon Arnold

Aug 23, 202344 min

Who Review Extra 18: The Rescue (1965)

Our Time-Space Visualiser tunes into January 1965 so we can take a look at Doctor Who's first story post-Susan, The Rescue The Rescue This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Jon Arnold Matt Barber Dylan Rees...

Aug 21, 202323 min

Film Club Extra: Asteroid City (2023)

A conversation about Wes Anderson and review of his latest, Asteroid City This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Jon Arnold Simon Brett Links page for the podcast: Strangers in Space...

Aug 18, 202351 min

TV Club 55: The Bear

It's won multiple awards as a comedy and it's currently one of the most talked about TV shows of the last year or so - but is The Bear really a comedy? Well, here we are, talking about it some more... The Bear This episode presented by: Dylan Rees With: Mark Donaldson J.R. Southall...

Aug 16, 202335 min
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