Today marks exactly ten years since the first ever episode of Primeval aired. ITV’s sci-fi series started as a competitor to Doctor Who in the Saturday evening family drama slot, but quickly grew into something far more interesting. It was a show that, rather appropriately, evolved a lot over its lifetime – but even if nothing … >
One of the most subtle and gifted actors to take on the role of the Time Lord, Peter Capaldi has been terrific at the helm of the TARDIS over the past four years. But before 2017 comes to an end, he’ll be handing over the mantle to someone else. The new Doctor will see their … >
Barely had Live and Let Die been allowed to breathe and The Man with the Golden Gun was already in production; released, for the first time since the early Sean Connery years, only one year after its predecessor. Whilst a whiff of familiarity may be present, Roger Moore once again proves wholly capable of the interplay … >
With the show’s creators giving fans very little information to go on, the future of the BBC’s Sherlock is very much in limbo at the minute. The majority of the viewers are desperate to have the show back despite very mixed opinions on last month’s ‘The Final Problem’. Season 4’s finale caused a lot of … >
The earliest Doctor Who serial starring Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor known to exist in its entirety, ‘The Tomb of the Cybermen’ is the first serial of the show’s fifth season. The four-part story originally aired from 2 September to 23 September 1967 Buy ‘The Tomb of the Cybermen’ on DVD on Amazon here. … >
Written by Paul Cornell, ‘Human Nature’ and ‘The Family of Blood’ were the eighth and ninth episodes of the modern Doctor Who era’s third season. The story aired from 26 May to 2 June 2007. Buy 2007’s season on DVD on Amazon here. The story England, 1913. A schoolteacher named John Smith dreams he’s a mysterious time-travelling hero called … >
‘The Talons of Weng-Chiang’ was the final serial of Doctor Who‘s fourteenth season. The six-part story originally aired from 26 February to 2 April 1977. Buy ‘The Talons of Weng-Chiang’ on DVD on Amazon here. The story The Doctor and Leela arrive in Victorian London, whereupon they stumble upon an investigation into a series of strange … >
Which fictional sports do you wish you could play in real life? Did you want to play quidditch after reading the Harry Potter books? Or fancy a pod race after watching The Phantom Menace? Or feel brave enough to give rollerball a try? SBO.net have compiled a brilliant infographic looking at some of fiction’s greatest … >
By the time 2005 arrived, we had reached the fourth instalment in the Harry Potter franchise: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. It seems bizarre that more than a decade has passed since we were introduced to the Quidditch World Cup and the Triwizard Tournament; to Beauxbatons, Durmstrang, Robert Pattinson’s Cedric Diggory and the … >
“Here we go again…” Once every four years or so, the media gets to play the game of ‘who will be the next Doctor?’ – a game that often involves the same names cropping up again and again. Here at CultBox, we’re more than happy to jump on a Whovian bandwagon; but we can’t help … >