Strangers in Space
868 episodes - English - Latest episode: 14 days ago - ★★★★ - 9 ratingsBroader 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.
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Episodes
TV Club 47: Twin Peaks (The Original Series)
April 10, 2023 06:59 - 1 hour - 58.5 MBIn the first part of our Twin Peaks retrospective, Matt leads the conversation through a discussion of the original two television series from 1990 and 1991 - but can the sceptic on the team be convinced to embrace the damn' fine coffee?
Blue Box 105: The Twelfth Doctor
April 07, 2023 06:47 - 1 hour - 73 MBMatt and the team turn their focus to the twelfth Doctor Peter Capaldi, in this episode beset with technical issues which we hope won't ruin your enjoyment of the conversation
Film Club 55: Tomb Raider
April 05, 2023 04:27 - 1 hour - 62.7 MBIain and JR discuss the three attempts to bring Lara Croft to the silver screen, and the various pros and cons of each
Who Review Extra 11: The Curse of Peladon
April 03, 2023 06:02 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MBWe all know the EU subtext, but does The Curse of Peladon still stack up as a Doctor Who story?
Private Members Club 15: You Can Run But You Can't Hide
April 01, 2023 07:05 - 40 minutes - 37.2 MBA comparison between the current situations of three "populist" politicians and leaders, for each of whom the past might be catching up Note: this was recorded before the news broke about Donald Trump's indictment
Music Club 19: Burt Bacharach
March 29, 2023 04:29 - 43 minutes - 29.8 MBIn tribute to Burt Bacharach, we choose our Top 5 Bacharach compositions and the artists whose versions we prefer
Film Club Extra: All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)
March 27, 2023 04:29 - 22 minutes - 20.3 MBWinner of Best International Feature Film at this year's Academy Awards, Edward Berger's All Quiet on the Western Front is the third adaptation of the Erich Maria Remarque novel and the second time the story has been nominated for the Best Picture Oscar
Film Club Extra: Cocaine Bear
March 24, 2023 06:51 - 21 minutes - 20 MBIt's here, but is it any good? We watched Cocaine Bear, so you wouldn't have to
Film Club Extra: Luther: The Fallen Sun
March 22, 2023 07:15 - 30 minutes - 27.8 MBOur thoughts on the new Luther TV movie, in which Idris Elba's character gets the boot from the establishment where he's been working these last years, and fetches up as a special agent for Netflix instead
Desert Planet Picks 55: Dylan Rees
March 20, 2023 09:14 - 52 minutes - 48.4 MBOur recent addition Dylan chooses the eight items he would take with him, if he was about to be marooned on a desert planet
TV Club 46: Endeavour
March 17, 2023 05:31 - 1 hour - 65.9 MBNow that Inspector Morse's origins have been fully explored - or as fully as writer Russell Lewis is going to - we turn our microphones to the prequel series Endeavour, and ask if it's a spin-off that lives up to its predecessor
TV Club 45: The Last of Us
March 16, 2023 06:59 - 44 minutes - 41 MBDylan and JR give their thoughts on the new and recently concluded post-apocalypse drama The Last of Us
Blue Box 104: Whose of Games Day Five
March 15, 2023 07:06 - 47 minutes - 43.3 MBIt's the final day of our Doctor Who-themed House of Games-styled quiz, with Matt, Jon and Iain challenging to be the ultimate victor Until Round Tow, whereafter JR's challenge is to inject some sense of jeopardy back into the competition; in the end, the only winner is you, of course, the listener
Film Club Extra: Oscars 2023
March 14, 2023 05:30 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MBOur thoughts on the winners and occasionally losers, after this year's Academy Awards were announced
Film Club Extra: The Whale
March 13, 2023 05:25 - 27 minutes - 25.3 MBAhead of our reaction on the Oscar results themselves, here are our thoughts on the latest from Darren Aronofsky, The Whale, for which Brendan Fraser has been nominated Best Actor
Film Club Extra: Triangle of Sadness
March 12, 2023 08:04 - 25 minutes - 22.9 MBThe last Best Picture nominee we're going to get to before the Oscars announce their winner, is Ruben Östlund's Triangle of Sadness, a satire on status mostly set on a ship
Private Members Club 14: Dispatch of the Day
March 11, 2023 05:31 - 31 minutes - 28.9 MBIt comes to a pretty pass when football's 'Mr. Nice Guy'™ gets sent off from his own television hosting job, but that's thirteen years of Tory government for you: not so much football sponsorship as footballer censorship; our thoughts
Film Club Extra: Top Gun: Maverick
March 10, 2023 05:29 - 17 minutes - 16 MBTop Gun: Maverick might perhaps be the most unlikely candidate for this year's Best Picture Academy Award, but does it stand a chance in hell of winning?
Film Club Extra: Women Talking
March 09, 2023 05:33 - 23 minutes - 21.9 MBHaving talked about She Said earlier in the year, we now turn our microphones to Plan B films' other MeToo movie, Sarah Polley's latest, the Best Picture-nominated drama Women Talking
Blue Box 103: Whose of Games Day Four
March 08, 2023 05:32 - 31 minutes - 28.4 MBIt's the penultimate edition of our Doctor Who-themed House of Games-styled quiz, as Dylan, Iain and Matt go five rounds in an evenly paced competition
Film Club Extra: Elvis
March 07, 2023 05:25 - 35 minutes - 32.7 MBBaz Luhrmann's glitterball biography of Elvis Presley - or of Colonel Parker perhaps - is the latest review in our rundown of this year's Best Picture nominees
Private Members Club 13: Windsor Dazzle
March 06, 2023 07:19 - 30 minutes - 28 MBIt's been a curious week in UK politics, what with Rishi Sunak's Windsor framework and Matt Hancock's double-dealing ghost writer; obviously that was how we wanted to kick off Oscars week
Film Club Extra: The Banshees of Inisherin
March 03, 2023 06:19 - 23 minutes - 21.9 MBMartin McDonagh's film about a feud on a remote Irish island exactly a century ago is the latest of this year's Best Picture nominees to come under our microphones
Blue Box 102: Whose of Games Day Three
March 01, 2023 05:28 - 44 minutes - 40.4 MBIt's the third day of our Doctor Who meets House of Games style quiz, and this one's a guest edition as podcast hosts Phil from Who's He? and Harry from Who Can Convince You challenge our own Jim from the Krynoid Pod
Film Club Lite 36: The Keep (1983)
February 27, 2023 05:26 - 27 minutes - 25.3 MBCult classic or tangerine nightmare? Only in the 1980s could Michael Mann go to the studio with a three-hour cut of his second feature, a demonic horror set in an East European castle during WWII and all playing out to the sound of a synth-pop score. What on Earth would we make of that?
Film Club Extra: Tár
February 24, 2023 05:26 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MBWhat's more important, art or humankind-ness? That's the question Todd Field asks in his latest, the Best Picture nominated Tár - but does the film provide any answers? Matt and JR go looking
Blue Box 101: Whose of Games Day Two
February 22, 2023 07:11 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBA Doctor Who-themed House of Games rip-off, it's Day Two of our 'new' quiz format as JR sets the questions in another series of five rounds Can also be watched like a real television programme, as part of our YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD7MPHXjCYVXbrHHyQOFvRu-Oy5EEaFGZ
Film Club Favourites 06: Jon Arnold
February 20, 2023 06:59 - 50 minutes - 46.5 MBOur co-host Jon chooses films in ten categories, that have made a significant impression upon him
TV Club 44: 12:01 (1993)
February 17, 2023 05:23 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MBIf you hadn't had enough Groundhog Day already, then here's a contemporaneous television take on the idea, although this second adaptation of Richard Lupoff's short story hasn't aged nearly as well according to (most of) our panel
Blue Box 100: Whose of Games Day One
February 15, 2023 07:37 - 35 minutes - 32 MBA Doctor Who-themed House of Games rip-off, it's Day One of our 'new' quiz format as JR sets the questions in a series of five rounds Can also be watched like a real television programme, as part of our YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD7MPHXjCYVXbrHHyQOFvRu-Oy5EEaFGZ
Desert Planet Picks 54: Mark Blayney
February 13, 2023 05:24 - 1 hour - 57.6 MBPoet, journalist and mentor Mark Blayney chooses the eight items he would take with him, if he was about to be marooned on a desert planet Photo by Dave Daggers
Film Club Lite 35: Groundhog Day (1993)
February 10, 2023 05:46 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MBIt's three decades since Harold Ramis' romantic comedy turned the time-loop twist into a genre in its own right, but how does it stand up thirty years later? JR and Dylan chat about Groundhog Day
Film Club Lite 34: Groundhog Day (1993)
February 08, 2023 05:33 - 26 minutes - 23.9 MBIt's three decades since Harold Ramis' romantic comedy turned the time-loop twist into a genre in its own right, but how does it stand up thirty years later? Iain and Mark talk Groundhog Day
Film Club Lite 33: Groundhog Day (1993)
February 06, 2023 07:18 - 40 minutes - 36.9 MBIt's three decades since Harold Ramis' romantic comedy turned the time-loop twist into a genre in its own right, but how does it stand up thirty years later? Matt leads the gang through a conversation about Groundhog Day
Film Club Lite 32: Severance (2006)
February 03, 2023 07:30 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MBFollowing our review of the TV drama Severance, here's our review of the film Severance, Christopher Smith's 2006 comedy-horror starring Danny Dyer
TV Club 43: The Hound of the Baskervilles
February 01, 2023 05:33 - 40 minutes - 37 MBOur thoughts on Tom Baker's appearance as Sherlock Holmes in Letts and Dicks' classic serial adaptation of The Hound of the Baskervilles Watch along: https://archive.org/download/the-hound-of-the-baskervilles-1982
Private Members Club 12: A Rish Away
January 30, 2023 05:34 - 42 minutes - 38.7 MBObsolete even before it hits the feed, here are our thoughts as they stood on Saturday evening, regarding the then-still-serving Zahawi situation - plus Boris' motivation in visiting the Ukraine, can Labour win an overall majority at the next election, and more
Film Club Extra: The Menu
January 28, 2023 05:34 - 24 minutes - 22 MBBig spoiler warning: our review of The Menu, from The Web of Caves director Mark Mylod, is a conversation about all aspects of the film - which you should definitely see before listening
Film Club Extra: The Fabelmans, and Oscar Nominees 2023
January 26, 2023 05:30 - 57 minutes - 52.4 MBOur vague thoughts on the likely contenders for the top honours at this year's Academy Awards, plus (at 33.56) a review of Steven Spielberg's latest and most autobiographical picture, The Fabelmans
Blue Box 99: The Seventh Doctor
January 23, 2023 05:32 - 1 hour - 61 MBAn overview of the seventh Doctor era, led by Matt, in which we ask the time honoured question: Which is better, Season 25 or Season 26?
Film Club Extra: Decision to Leave
January 20, 2023 05:33 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MBMark and J.R. take a look at Park Chan-wook's latest, the double BAFTA-nominated romantic murder mystery Decision to Leave - in a mainly spoiler-light review
Film Club Extra: The State of the DCEU
January 18, 2023 06:45 - 57 minutes - 52.4 MBDylan asks the team if James Gunn can be the saviour the DC movie universe requires, or whether Zack Snyder has already led it too far down the wrong path
TV Club 42: Severance Season One
January 16, 2023 05:29 - 37 minutes - 33.9 MBA (moderately spoilery) conversation about Severance, Apple TV+'s series actualising the work-life balance in modern society
Film Club Extra: She Said
January 13, 2023 05:32 - 38 minutes - 35.5 MBMaria Schrader's film about the investigation into cinema mogul and sexual predator Harvey Weinstein
Private Members Club 11: 12 Years a Tory (Part Two)
January 11, 2023 05:33 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MBThe second part of our conversation about the state of the world and how we got here
Film Club Extra: White Noise
January 09, 2023 07:15 - 24 minutes - 22.1 MBOur thoughts on Noah Baumbach's adaptation of Don DeLillo's apparently timeless postmodern consumerist satire on death, recently released by Netflix
Blue Box 98: Missing Colour
January 06, 2023 07:13 - 40 minutes - 37.5 MBMight the BBC be colourising black and white Doctor Who and animating further missing episodes for the sixtieth anniversary?
Blue Box 97: Chris Boucher
January 04, 2023 08:06 - 1 hour - 55.4 MBA profile of the recently departed television writer and script editor, whose works include Blakes 7 and Star Cops, as well as three highly regarded Doctor Who serials
Private Members Club 10: 12 Years a Tory (Part One)
January 02, 2023 08:29 - 45 minutes - 41.8 MBThe first instalment of a fairly breezy (but nevertheless quite explicit) conversation about how we got to where we are now
TV Club 41: Christmas Telly Round-up 2022
December 30, 2022 05:28 - 49 minutes - 45 MBA round-up of some of the television we watched over the Christmas holiday, including Inside No 9, A Ghost Story for Christmas, Ghosts and Detectorists. Spoiler warning: we will be talking about plot developments and resolutions