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Welcome to the Podcast Roundup for January 2023 – our favourites in the worlds of CultBox. Our picks this month, in no particular order, are… Full Disclosure S2, Ep120 – George Takei Promoting his new West End musical Allegiance, this is primarily a discussion of the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII. The Star Trek … >
The 1970’s iteration of Torchwood continues as Roberta Craven handles the Nestene threat in her own idiosyncratic way. In the first part of Torchwood: Double we met the organisation’s 1970s boss, Roberta Craven. A former spy with bags of attitude, she carries a burden of guilt around from her former career. On top of … >
“We fight or we die!” With the third and (apparently final) season of Picard landing mid-February, the show has dropped a final trailer. The 2 minute, 45 second promo dropped during an NFL playoff game on the American CBS network. In it, we’re granted a look at the Captain of the U.S.S. Titan played by Todd … >
A new version of the acclaimed documentary lands on DVD and Blu-ray. Last March we reported on the launch of Gerry Anderson: A Life Uncharted. The documentary, released via BritBox, used previously unpublished interviews to share the untold stories of the film and television pioneer. Here’s the synopsis: He was the creator of some of the … >
A new four volume story arc for the enduringly popular team of Jenny, Madame Vastra and Strax. It has been a while since we last heard from The Paternoster Gang, the Doctor’s Victorian-era allies who first appeared in 2011’s ‘A Good Man Goes to War’. Notwithstanding Sontaran Nurse Strax’s apparent demise in that debut story … >
A television series, a new game and another Tomb Raider movie too? Last Friday (Jan 27), THR revealed that Phoebe Waller-Bridge is turning her screen-writing attention to a television adaptation Tomb Raider. With video games looking like fertile territory, given the roaring success of The Last of Us, bringing some in-demand talent to pen the … >
The hit show is coming back for a second season, plus there’s an accompanying HBO podcast too. In news that will doubtless surprise few, HBO have recommissioned The Last of Us after airing just two episodes. The show, which adapts the hit Paystation game, follows Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) across a zombie-infected … >
The Doctor Who spin-off returns with a diarized tale which threads its way through the show… and beyond. Class, the 2016 Doctor Who teen spin-off from Patrick Ness came and went like a summer cloud on television. While we enjoyed it, it’s fair to say that the show didn’t reach its full potential. Arguably, primarily … >
With the show landing today, the Poker Face creator muses on the show’s potential. One of our most-anticipated shows of the moment is Poker Face. Premiering today on the US streamer Peacock, the 10-part mystery show stars Natasha Lyonne (Russian Doll) as Charlie Cale, who has an uncanny ability to tell if someone is … >
Friend of the Family sees Alex Kingston’s River Song woven into the history of a single family across the generations Boxsets of The Diary of River Song, which chronicle the exploits of the Doctor’s time travelling significant other, usually consist of four separate stories. Often, there is a theme or a story arc, but mostly … >