Strangers in Space

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 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. Links page: https://strangersinspace.weebly.com/links.html Where to find the hosts: https://strangersinspace.weebly.com/the-team.html

Episodes

August 6, 2025 62 mins

Our imaginary rebooted Doctor Who reaches its third season, showing that even after a misunderstanding about what the concept entails, interesting choices can still occur

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Steve Hatcher

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Could Jurassic World: Rebirth live up to its name and breathe new life into the dinosaga?

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Mark Donaldson

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August 1, 2025 37 mins

Our now traditional seasonal quiz returns for a summer instalment, pitting our three teams' wits against some House of Games styled Doctor Who themed rounds as the grudge between two particular hosts deepens

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Steve Hatcher as Delta Free, Ryan Blake and Iain Martin as Thoros Belter, and Matt Barber and Luke Molloy as Terror Alpha

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July 30, 2025 57 mins

A round-up of some recent TV, starting with Murderbot, taking in Bookish, and finally some thoughts about Poker Face

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Ryan Blake

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It's doing great box office from mostly positive reviews, but what would our team make of the new Fantastic Four film - fourth time lucky?

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Ryan Blake and Simon Brett

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Our - fairly spoilery (especially in the latter case) - thoughts on two recent superhero pictures: James Gunn's revitalisation of Superman; and now arriving on streaming services, the MCU's new team Thunderbolts*

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Ryan Blake and Simon Brett

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It's Season 2 of our own, rebooted Doctor Who, and someone else's turn to have a go at creating a themed series of episodes telling a compelling, coherent story out of the concept of only remaking the stories of the past

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold

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July 21, 2025 40 mins

From the writer of Scream and the director of From Dusk Till Dawn, The Faculty debuted underwhelmingly but seems to have picked up cult status over the years. So what would we make of it?

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber, Ryan Blake, Simon Brett and Dylan Rees

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July 18, 2025 28 mins

Our thoughts on recent off-camera developments and the future - or lack thereof - of Doctor Who

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Ryan Blake, Simon Brett and Steve Hatcher

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July 16, 2025 71 mins

From the King Bees to Tin Machine and beyond, Davie Jones had quite the career in pop. We assembled a team of six to choose our Top 5 Bowie songs, eventually narrowing down our choices till we arrived at what might be his greatest single of all.

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Ryan Blake, Simon Brett, Iain Martin and Harry Palmer

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It was the Daleks' first appearance in Steven Moffat's Doctor Who and the first time Matt Smith's Doctor had come face to face with them - and it was very much Amy's first time too - but Victory of the Daleks has always divided opinions. The question is, after fifteen years would that still be the case?

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber, Ryan Blake and Simon Brett

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July 11, 2025 41 mins

There can't be many horror films where it's the Japanese who've remade it in their own language rather than the other way around, but the original Cube is one. We take a look to see how it stands up nearly thirty years later

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Ryan Blake and Dylan Rees

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Deep Rising was the last film Stephen Sommers made before he went stratospheric with The Mummy, but while it's basically Aliens on an abandoned ship, is it actually any good?

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Simon Brett and Dylan Rees

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In the first on a new strand, we ask the question: if Doctor Who were to be rebooted from scratch (with our mascot Phoebe Waller-Bridge as the Doctor), which of the stories that it has already told would stand up to being told again?

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber

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July 3, 2025 69 mins

It's four decades since Doc Brown's DeLorean DMC-12 whisked Michael J. Fox back in time to meet his parents when they were youngsters, but how does the Back to the Future trilogy look forty years into its own future?

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Ryan Blake and Steve Hatcher

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An alternative Earth with a parallel Pete (and Jackie), and a new origins story for the Cybermen. But how does The Age of Steel stack up almost two decades later?

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber and Ryan Blake

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June 26, 2025 57 mins

We went to see Alex Garland and Danny Boyle's return to the 28 Laters saga, so you don't have to

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Ryan Blake

Spoiler warning: right from the beginning of this conversation, we'll be talking about all the major developments of the film, including its ending

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Our listeners listed their favourite to least favourite stories of the latest season of Doctor Who, so we got someone in who hadn't seen many of them, to try and help understand the results

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Iain Martin

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June 21, 2025 63 mins

Legopolis himself, Mr Steven Schapansky, joins us to talk about the future of Doctor Who: who will be making it, who will be running it, who will be the star and more urgently for right now, which streamer will the BBC pair up with to publish it?

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber, Mark Cockram, Steve Hatcher, Iain Martin and special guest Steven Schapansky

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June 19, 2025 74 mins

A conversation about Andor, with particular emphasis on the recent second season

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber, Ryan Blake and Simon Brett

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