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Ian McArdell

Classic Doctor Who is coming to Forces TV

The UK free-to-air channel beings a run of classic Doctor Who stories this month.  Forces TV have announced that they will be showing a run of twelve stories from the classic era of Doctor Who. With BBC repeats a rarity and access to these episodes otherwise needing a subscription or a boxset budget, it’s great … >

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Torchwood: Cadoc Point review

Sgt Andy Davidson sets out for Cadoc Point, for a poignant Torchwood tale of love, loss and regret.  Cadoc Point provides another outing Cardiff’s finest, the redoubtable Sgt Andy Davidson. While stories often pair him with a Torchwood team member, this time Andy is acting on his own initiative. Set after the fall of Torchwood, … >

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Strange New Worlds - Spock, Pike and Number One (from Discovery Season 2)

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – Khan connection & Starfleet Academy

Also, that Section 31 Emperor Georgiou series is still in the pipeline!  With Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, the Enterprise-based, Captain Pike-led series spinning out of Discovery, due in May, executive producer Akiva Goldsman has confirmed a key character’s familial connection. Christina Chong is playing La’an Noonien-Singh and, at the show’s recent Television Critics Association … >

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Chloe – Cast and Crew speak ahead of the show’s premiere

The psychological drama, starring Erin Doherty and written by Alice Seabright starts this weekend.  Ahead of the launch of Chloe, the new drama from Sex Education writer and director Alice Seabright, members of the cast and crew have talked about the show. Chloe follows the story of an obsessed friend who goes to remarkable lengths to … >

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Picard Season 2 – new images and an audio drama

With the new season imminent, the show has dropped a pile of new images. Plus, there’s an audio drama coming too. With Season 2 of Star Trek: Picard just over a month away, the promotional engine has kicked up a gear. Over the weekend, a number of new images landed showing more of Picard himself, … >

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The CultBox Podcast Roundup – January 2022

Welcome to the CultBox Podcast roundup for January 2022.  Our favourites this month have included, in no particular order… Back To One #186 – Eric Roberts The prolific Eric Roberts talks to Peter Rinaldi about his approach to acting and how he achieves such a volume of work. He’s a fascinating subject with plenty of … >

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Doctor Who: Peladon – audio boxset review

Peladon charts the history of one of the Doctor Who’s favourite planets through the ages.  It’s been fifty years since the Third Doctor and Jo first travelled to Peladon. A feudal Earth-like society, though mineral rich, it was on the cusp of membership to the Galactic Federation – though not all his people shared that … >

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Louise Jameson joins the cast of itv’s Emmerdale

The beloved former Doctor Who companion and Eastender is bound for The Woolpack.   Louise Jameson, best known to cult TV fans as the savage Leela – a companion to the Fourth Doctor – is joining the cast of itv’s long-running soap opera Emmerdale. The actress will play Mary, the mother of longstanding character Rhona Goskirk … >

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Wolf Like Me – trailer drops for Peacock’s new horror-comedy series (updated)

The show, from director Abe Forsythe, stars Josh Gad and Isla Fisher.  We’ve seen it described as a ‘supernatural dramedy’ and also genre bending, but finally Peacock’s new horror-comedy series Wolf Like Me lands this month. Starring Josh Gad (Frozen, Avenue 5) and Isla Fisher (The Wedding Crashers, Visions), it’s the tale of a mis-matched couple who … >

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