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Strangers in Space 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.
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Film Club 62: The Evil Dead
Sam Raimi's Evil Dead trilogy takes itself far less seriously than most of the rest of its contemporary "video nasty" movies, but how does it stand up four decades on?
Presented by Dylan Rees, with Mark Donaldson and J.R. Southall -
Blue Box 148: Dandies and Clowns - the Master (Part One)
Was the Master's introduction into Doctor Who in 1971 (every story for the entire year) too much? Or do his eight (would have been nine) stories across the era justify their existence every time?
Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Iain Martin -
Film Club 61: Resident Evil (Part One)
In the first of two episodes covering the live action Resident Evil saga, we turn our attention to the first three films, 2002's original, it's 2004 sequel Apocalypse and Extinction from 2007
Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Dylan Rees -
Film Club Extra: YouGov's Top 25 Horror Films
We went back to the YouGov website to find out what their sample survey said about the most popular horror films in the UK, and suffice it to say there were some mysteries along the way.
Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber -
TV Club 70: Terry Nation Short Trips
In a new mini-strand attempting to find out what Doctor Who writers get up to when they're not writing Doctor Who, we take a look at some of Terry Nation's other work, including episodes of Hancock, Blakes 7 and The Avengers
Presented by Dylan Rees, with Jon Arnold and J.R. Southall -
Who Review Extra 31: A Town Called Mercy
The middle story in Series 7A (like, don't get excited man) is Toby Whithouse's Western, A Town Called Mercy: but will we find it OK Corral, or Last Chance Saloon?
Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber
Customer Reviews
Friends in Space
A worthy successor to The Blue Box Podcast.
Very good*
As a big Doctor who fan whom has listened to quite a few podcasts on the topic, I find this very good. I really enjoy the story reviews and rankings individually from each season. They’ve done it very well with consummate detail. You will notice an asterisk, yes, this is for the unnecessary Sixth Doctor bashing. The criticism has become typically monotonous amongst podcasters. This however I was disappointed in, the individuals have stated they haven’t watched certain stories recently yet are reviewing them. That’s simply not providing a good review. It’s lazy.
Also, when reviewing Attack of the Cybermen, one podcaster stated ‘It makes no sense to have slaves on Telos’. Ok, fact checking this; they aren’t ‘slaves’ they are rejects of not fully converted Cybermen. Revelation of the daleks next, one podcaster wasn’t sure why they were using dead humans on Necros, well, Davros was using them to create a new race of daleks.
No, the Colin Baker wasn’t great overall, but, please don’t be typical Doctor Who podcasters whom just bemoan the existence of season 22 and 23. He was great. He played the part as he was requested and the blame firmly sits with the writing, direction and production. Please broaden your scope and also focus on the plenty of positives existing in those two seasons.
Overall however, excellent!