Strangers in Space
849 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 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 27: Stranger Things
August 08, 2022 06:17 - 50 minutes - 46.6 MBOur thoughts on the Duffer Brothers' homage to the 1980s, Stranger Things
Music Club Choices 01: JR's Top Ten
August 05, 2022 06:52 - 37 minutes - 34.1 MBRoad testing a new strand, JR chooses his ten favourite songs and the team discuss the choices A YouTube playlist of the ten songs A YouTube playlist of the ten that got ruled out
Music Club 13: AᗺBA
August 03, 2022 04:28 - 36 minutes - 33.2 MBA conversation about the Swedish pop sensations AᗺBA, during which JR, Jon and Simon each choose their five favourite songs
Episode 87: The Sixth Doctor
August 01, 2022 04:22 - 55 minutes - 50.9 MBHe arrived in a blaze of ill-temper and departed in much the same way, but what is the sixth Doctor's legacy? Matt leads Jon and Mark through a discussion of the short life and times of Colin Baker's incarnation of Doctor Who
Blue Box 87: The Sixth Doctor
August 01, 2022 04:22 - 55 minutes - 50.9 MBHe arrived in a blaze of ill-temper and departed in much the same way, but what is the sixth Doctor's legacy? Matt leads Jon and Mark through a discussion of the short life and times of Colin Baker's incarnation of Doctor Who
Film Club Extra 38: Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)
July 29, 2022 07:08 - 28 minutes - 25.8 MBThe reaction to Taika Waititi's Thor: Ragnarok follow-up has been somewhat Marmite, but how will the Strangers team react to it? Simon leads the discussion in our review of Thor: Love and Thunder
Film Club Extra 37: Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)
July 29, 2022 07:08 - 28 minutes - 25.8 MBThe reaction to Taika Waititi's Thor: Ragnarok follow-up has been somewhat Marmite, but how will the Strangers team react to it? Simon leads the discussion in our review of Thor: Love and Thunder
Bonus Episode: David Warner
July 27, 2022 06:03 - 13 minutes - 11.9 MBA short tribute to the career of David Warner, whose distinctive voice and face graced many a fine film or TV project and who improved those things immeasurably when he did
Film Club Extra 37: David Warner
July 27, 2022 06:03 - 13 minutes - 11.9 MBA short tribute to the career of David Warner, whose distinctive voice and face graced many a fine film or TV project and who improved those things immeasurably when he did
Film Club Lite 28: Dougal and the Blue Cat (1970)
July 25, 2022 06:53 - 30 minutes - 27.5 MBThere's something evil in the Magic Garden and it isn't Robbie Williams... In this edition of Film Club Lite, we turn our microphones to Dougal and the Blue Cat (released in 1972 in the UK), the first long-form spin-off from The Magic Roundabout
Film Club Lite 27: The Tune (1992)
July 22, 2022 05:53 - 18 minutes - 17.2 MBSimon and JR chat about Bill Plympton's debut feature, the 1992 animated musical The Tune
Book Club 01: John Wyndham
July 18, 2022 05:02 - 41 minutes - 37.9 MBOur first tentative steps in the direction of reviewing books, this initial instalment is a potted bibliography of renowned science fiction author John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris, author of The Day of the Triffids, The Midwich Cuckoos and Chocky
Film Club Lite 26: The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (1980)
July 15, 2022 04:32 - 31 minutes - 28.8 MBNow that we've covered Pistol, here's a very much pre-Pistol biography of The Sex Pistols from inside their own camp, an apparent collaboration between manager Malcolm McLaren and director Julien Temple who tell the almost-sort of-true story of what really might have happened but probably didn't
Music Club 12: Radiohead
July 13, 2022 04:25 - 47 minutes - 43.2 MBThe highs and lows and very very highs of the Oxford art-rock outfit with the Exeter connection
Film Club International 11: RRR
July 11, 2022 07:12 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MBMatt and Mark travel back in time to India a hundred years ago for a rollicking bromance about two frenemies united in a single cause, that bust out of Bollywood to become an international success on its release earlier this year; S.S. Rajamouli's RRR
Bonus Episode: Post-PM
July 08, 2022 07:30 - 35 minutes - 32.8 MBOur reaction to a momentous day in British politics and our answers to the question of who and what comes next
Private Members Club 01: Post-PM
July 08, 2022 07:30 - 35 minutes - 32.8 MBOur reaction to a momentous day in British politics and our answers to the question of who and what comes next
Private Members Club: Post-PM
July 08, 2022 07:30 - 35 minutes - 32.8 MBOur reaction to a momentous day in British politics and our answers to the question of who and what comes next
Film Club Extra: Men
July 06, 2022 13:51 - 32 minutes - 29.3 MBIt's a new Alex Garland film and he's prodding at the outer edges of modern morality once again, so we sat and watched it and here are our impressions
TV Club 26: The Time Traveler's Wife
July 04, 2022 04:31 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MBWith the news that a second season has now been cancelled by HBO, this review - recorded a week ago - becomes our post mortem on Steven Moffat's adaptation of Audrey Niffenegger's book about a woman who is married to an accidental time traveller, The Time Traveler's Wife
TV Club 25: Pistol
July 01, 2022 04:27 - 51 minutes - 47.4 MBSimon and Matt watch the new, dramatised biography of the Sex Pistols on Disney+, examine the legacy of the band, and ask whether it's a better use of Danny Boyle's time than the Richard Curtis pic Yesterday
TV Club 24: Obi-Wan Kenobi
June 29, 2022 04:31 - 40 minutes - 41.9 MBMatt hosts a conversation about the latest Star Wars streaming series on Disney+, the story of what happened to Obi-Wan before the original trilogy and after the prequels
Film Club Extra: Dual
June 27, 2022 04:29 - 15 minutes - 13.8 MBMark and JR exchange differing opinions on the latest outing from Karen Gillan, Riley Stearns' film about a woman who ends up with an unwanted clone, Dual
Film Club Duet 02: Blade Runner
June 24, 2022 04:27 - 53 minutes - 49 MBOn its fortieth anniversary we ask if Ridley Scott's Blade Runner was all it's cracked up to be, and if Denis Villeneuve's Blade Runner 2049 is a worthy sequel
Film Club Duets 02: Blade Runner
June 24, 2022 04:27 - 53 minutes - 49 MBOn its fortieth anniversary we ask if Ridley Scott's Blade Runner was all it's cracked up to be, and if Denis Villeneuve's Blade Runner 2049 is a worthy sequel
Film Club Extra: Jurassic World Dominion
June 22, 2022 09:15 - 18 minutes - 16.5 MBMark and JR discuss the latest film in the Jurassic Park-World franchise, and ask if it might have been better off left stuck in the amber
Episode 86: The Ninth Doctor
June 20, 2022 04:23 - 1 hour - 55.8 MBMatt, Jon and Mark discuss the short-lived era of the first modern Doctor, Christopher Eccleston's ninth
Blue Box 86: The Ninth Doctor
June 20, 2022 04:23 - 1 hour - 55.8 MBMatt, Jon and Mark discuss the short-lived era of the first modern Doctor, Christopher Eccleston's ninth
Music Club 11: Talk Talk
June 17, 2022 04:37 - 46 minutes - 43 MBA retrospective of Mark Hollis' synth-rock outfit Talk Talk, who gradually morphed from a post-punk keyboard band into something much more singular. Including contributions from one host who is experiencing most of the music for the very first time.
Film Club Lite 25: Minority Report (2002)
June 15, 2022 08:41 - 23 minutes - 21.9 MBSteven Spielberg, Tom Cruise, Philip K Dick; what can possibly go wrong?
TV Club 23: The Midwich Cuckoos
June 13, 2022 06:15 - 36 minutes - 33.6 MBIt's 65 years since the publication of John Wyndham's classic story about an invasion of alien babies, and so here's our review of Sky TV's latest adaptation
Who Review Extra 05: Frontier in Space
June 10, 2022 04:28 - 25 minutes - 22.9 MBIt's been a long wait, but it's finally time for us to rewatch Malcolm Hulke's Season 10 story Frontier in Space, and decide whether it's a scintillating political thriller or just two-and-a-half hours' worth of going around in not very interesting circles
Film Club Extra: Everything Everywhere All At Once
June 08, 2022 04:26 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MBNow that we've all had chance to see it, here's our review of the Daniels' follow-up to Swiss Army Man, the multi-universe comedy drama set in a laundry, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Music Club 10: Nick Drake
June 06, 2022 04:25 - 47 minutes - 43.5 MBA conversation about the brief but influential musical career of singer-songwriter Nick Drake
TV Club 22: Picard Season 2
June 02, 2022 09:04 - 38 minutes - 35.1 MBSimon, Jon and Matt discuss the second season of the Star Trek The Next Generation spin-off Picard
Music Club 09: Madonna
May 27, 2022 04:28 - 49 minutes - 45.5 MBJR springs a surprise subject for the latest Music Club episode, leading to a hunt through some forty year old memories and a few revelations about our favourite Madonna songs
Film Club Lite 24: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
May 25, 2022 05:35 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MBIt's forty years since Steven Spielberg's horror film for kids about a friendly resurrecting alien who gets stranded on Earth, was first released. So here we are looking back on it, with mostly fond eyes
Bonus Episode: Shooting Not Ncuti
May 23, 2022 04:23 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MBA moderately spoilery round-up of some Doctor Who casting and shooting news, after the first week of outdoor recording on Russell T Davies' return to the programme
Blue Box Bonus 40: Shooting Not Ncuti
May 23, 2022 04:23 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MBA moderately spoilery round-up of some Doctor Who casting and shooting news, after the first week of outdoor recording on Russell T Davies' return to the programme
Film Club 50: Spielberg in the 1970s
May 20, 2022 04:28 - 1 hour - 64 MBAhead of the fortieth anniversary of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, we look at Steven Spielberg's first four movies from The Sugarland Express to 1941, taking in Jaws and Close Encounters of the Third Kind along the way
Film Club Lite 23: I'll Do Anything (1994)
May 18, 2022 04:26 - 26 minutes - 24.3 MBUnhitched from our James L Brooks conversation, a separate discussion on the musical he made with songs by Prince, Sinead O'Connor and Carole King, which were subsequently removed before the movie's release - begging the question, was I'll Do Anything any better without them?
Bonus Episode: Re-Sitting Tennant
May 16, 2022 08:34 - 33 minutes - 30.4 MBFifteen years after they took their final trip in the TARDIS (by the time their new episode is broadcast, that is), David Tennant and Catherine Tate return to Doctor Who. That's right, it's another Sunday and another casting announcement, so here are our immediate thoughts on the reveal
Blue Box Bonus 39: Re-Sitting Tennant
May 16, 2022 08:34 - 33 minutes - 30.4 MBFifteen years after they took their final trip in the TARDIS (by the time their new episode is broadcast, that is), David Tennant and Catherine Tate return to Doctor Who. That's right, it's another Sunday and another casting announcement, so here are our immediate thoughts on the reveal
Episode 85: Call of Ncuti
May 13, 2022 05:25 - 1 hour - 57.2 MBIs it too early to invent the expression Doctor Whuti? Our thoughts on the casting of the new Doctor Who
Blue Box 85: Call of Ncuti
May 13, 2022 05:25 - 1 hour - 57.2 MBIs it too early to invent the expression Doctor Whuti? Our thoughts on the casting of the new Doctor Who
Film Club 49: James L Brooks
May 11, 2022 04:22 - 1 hour - 55 MBYou'll have seen his name attached to every episode of The Simpsons, his directorial debut won Best Picture at the Oscars and he once did a musical without any songs with Prince (but that's another story); we turn our attention to Jack Nicholson's most long-term employer James L Brooks
Music Club 08: Suede
May 09, 2022 04:28 - 39 minutes - 30.2 MBThirty years ago it looked like they might be about to replace sliced bread, but things didn't go quite that far for Suede. Our latest Music Club profile, primarily focussing on their imperial phase in the 1990s
Episode 84: The Fourth Doctor
May 06, 2022 04:24 - 1 hour - 76.4 MBMatt, Jon and Mark take a look at the tenure of the fourth Doctor Tom Baker, in the first of a series of Doctor retrospectives that will look at the legacy of the actors and the characters they created in the role
Blue Box 84: The Fourth Doctor
May 06, 2022 04:24 - 1 hour - 76.4 MBMatt, Jon and Mark take a look at the tenure of the fourth Doctor Tom Baker, in the first of a series of Doctor retrospectives that will look at the legacy of the actors and the characters they created in the role
Film Club Lite 22: The Quick and the Dead (1995)
May 04, 2022 04:26 - 21 minutes - 19 MBAs a postscript to our Man With No Name episode, Simon chooses Sam Raimi's 1990s Western The Quick and the Dead as a subject for conversation in the latest Film Club Lite