Strangers in Space
Our Apocalypse UK occasional season begins with some thoughts on Cornell Wilde's 1970 adaptation of the John Christopher novel The Death of Grass, a film which prefigures Survivors in the afterglow of Easy Rider Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Jim Cameron and Dylan Rees
info_outline Who News: Trailer DropStrangers in Space
The first substantial trailer for BBC & D+ RTD-2 S1 has dropped, and so we start the conversation with some more thoughts about Steven Moffat's involvement Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber
info_outline Who Review Extra: Dulkis et Dalekanium EstStrangers in Space
One thousand episodes ago, we produced our first podcast on the Blue Box Podcast feed. In order to mark the passing of another 999 episodes since then, a double-header of nostalgic significance presented by a roll-call of hosts: The Dominators, and first Death to the Daleks Introduced by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber, Simon Brett, Jim Cameron, Mark Cockram, Dylan Rees and Iain Martin - and the spirit of Uncle Kev
info_outline TV Club 68: Twin Peaks The ReturnStrangers in Space
A quarter of a century on, Twin Peaks fans were rewarded with another 18 episodes to round out the mystery and explain what the hell was going on. But was Twin Peaks The Return akin to Midi-chlorian madness, or did it leave us scratching our heads all the more? Presented by Matt Barber, with Jon Arnold, Iain Martin and J.R. Southall
info_outline Blue Box 139: TDI FridayStrangers in Space
You might have thought a simple announcement of the date that the new series of Doctor Who would launch on would elicit little more reaction than "That's nice, wonder what I'm doing that day" but no, the future is here and the past is unforgiving Presented by J.R. Southall with Jon Arnold
info_outline Blue Box 138: The Great AI Vs Animation DebateStrangers in Space
The Celestial Toymaker is soon to be with us, meanwhile Ian Levine is publishing bits of his own animated reconstructions and the BBC have decided to use AI to promote Doctor Who... Or are things not actually quite as wild as they might seem. Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Dylan Rees
info_outline Film Club Extra: Oscars 2024Strangers in Space
Our reaction to the winners and this time the ceremony itself, at the 96th Academy Awards Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber
info_outline Film Club Lite 56: Election (1999)Strangers in Space
A breakthrough role for Reese Witherspoon and a break-back part for Matthew Broderick in Alexander Payne's second feature Election Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber
info_outline Who Review Extra 28: Invasion of the DinosaursStrangers in Space
Malcolm Hulke's final Doctor Who serial returns to some of the themes of his first solo story, but in this post-Brexit populist age of isolationism, does Invasion of the Dinosaurs start to look frighteningly prescient? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Jim Cameron
info_outline Film Club Extra: The Zone of InterestStrangers in Space
Our thoughts on the tenth and last of the Best Picture nominees from this year's Academy Awards; spoiler: it isn't exactly Barbie. Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Mark Donaldson
info_outlineJoin the Strangers in Space team as they head back to early 1985, in order to re-examine Doctor Who's first attempt at moving to 45-minute episodes, as producer JN-T nears the end of his Eric Saward experiment. It's our re-review of Season 22 folks!
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