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Strangers in Space

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…

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Film Club Lite 105: Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)

In the first second of our two podcasts marking the passing of Sam Neill, we take a look at Taika Waititi's 2016 film Hunt for the Wilderpeople Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Simon Brett

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Who Review Extra: Bugs: All Under Control

In order to mark the passing of Tom Chadbon, we randomly selected an episode of something relatively genre-orientated that he'd been in, and the randomiser said Bugs. Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

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Film Club Lite 104: The Dish (2000)

In the first first of two podcasts recorded in order to mark the passing of Sam Neill, we take a look at his 2000 film The Dish Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Simon Brett

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Film Club Lite 103: The Vast of Night (2019)

Andrew Patterson's second film The Rivals of Amziah King is out on limited release today, so we thought we'd head back seven years to take a look at his debut - The Vast of Night - and see how much promise it shows Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Simon Brett

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Blue Box 224: The Eleventh Doctor Poll

The results of our listeners poll to find the most loved stories of the Matt Smith era Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber, Steve Hatcher and Ian Winterton

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Film Club Extra 145: Disclosure Day

In which Steven Spielberg goes back to the early days of his career and produces a new spin on Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Well, we say "new"; he updates it to the themes and concerns of the mid-1990s at least. Presented by J.R. Southall, with Ian Winterton

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Who Review Extra 76: The Avengers: The Hour That Never Was

Who Review Extra takes us right back into The Avengers again, and this time into the middle of Season Four to find Mrs Peel settling in nicely and the format fully up and running... Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

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Film Club Extra 144: The Odyssey

Christopher Nolan's latest is another updating of the movies he no doubt caught during summer holidays when he was a kid; the fidelity of his vision isn't important, so much as the quality of the outcome Presented by J.R. Southall, with Ian Winterton

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Film Club Extra 143: Spider-Man: Brand New Day

Warning: there are big spoilers to significant plot developments in our review of the latest from the MCU, so make sure you've seen Spider-Man: Brand New Day before you listen to this episode Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Ryan Blake and Simon Brett

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Film Club Extra 142: Obsession

It's been possibly the cinema sensation of the summer; we finally took a look at Curry Barker's low budget, big box office, high concept horror film Obsession Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Ian Winterton

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Blue Box 223: The 2026 Holiday Quiz

For this year's summer quiz we have invited the Trap One Podcast to join us in our low-jinks, as we once more lean into the House of Games pastiche express Presented by J.R. Southall Representing Strangers in Space: Jon Arnold and Matt Barber And for Trap One: Si Hart, Dan Hollingsworth, Mark McManus and Tom Newsom Warning: the quiz plays better as a visual experience and you can do that here:…

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