For the last seven years, Doctor Who audio producers Big Finish have honoured the memory of their late colleague Paul Spragg with a scriptwriting competition. The Paul Spragg Memorial Short Trip Opportunity invites submissions from new writers, with the winner chosen to be developed into a short story which is released, for free, each December. … >
Welcome to the Podcast Roundup for December 2022 – our favourites in the worlds of CultBox. Our picks this month, in no particular order, are… Out to Lunch with Jay Rayner S8, Ep 7 – Al Murray Jay’s eighth season of podcast lunches have been dropping since October, but his chat with Al Murray caught … >
Welcome to the Podcast Roundup for November 2022 – our favourites in the worlds of CultBox. Our picks this month, in no particular order, are… Acting for Others Presents… Miriam Margolyes and Sir Derek Jacobi In a new podcast, fundraising for theatre workers in need, two theatrical legends meet. Highlights include Jacobi’s mortifying Boris Karloff … >
Christopher Eccleston’s Ninth Doctor returns for a seventh boxset of adventures. This time, he enjoys three stories loosely themed around threats that lurk beneath the surface. As well as encountering old aquatic adversaries in a surprising setting, he tackles alien terrors in a 19th Century German spa and meets former companions in a dangerous retail … >
The TV Movie Master is back for another round with Vienna – on a train speeding through the Time Vortex! Master!: Nemesis Express is the second boxset outing for Eric Robert’s dastardly incarnation of the Master. Who doesn’t love a good space train? In this case, the story takes place onboard the Kairos, a pleasure … >
Writer Stephen Wyatt dramatizes the final years of John Nathan-Turner, classic Doctor Who’s last producer. In the years since his death, plenty has been written and said about the life and times of John Nathan-Turner (aka JN-T). JN-T’s association began with Doctor Who in 1969 and he worked on the show intermittently across the subsequent … >
Dorian Gray celebrates ten years at Big Finish with considerable style and poignancy. Released to mark ten years at Big Finish, The Confessions of Dorian Gray: The Anniversary brings a chance for the series’ many fans to revisit a favourite as Alexander Vlahos returns to the role in another Scott Handcock penned and directed production. Add … >
Welcome to the Podcast Roundup for October 2022 – our favourites in the worlds of CultBox. Our picks this month, in no particular order, are… That Gaby Roslin Podcast – Ghosts First up, the irrepressible Gaby Roslin hosts four of the writers and stars of Ghosts. As well as plenty of chat about how the … >
Colin Baker’s aberrant iteration of the War Doctor continues his battles in Doctor Who Unbound series. In the first Doctor of War boxset, the Fourth Doctor went through with the fateful decision to touch a certain pair of wires together in a Skaro bunker. From that point, his personal chronology spun out in a different … >
David Tennant had a very productive lockdown… but is this the last of his Tenth Doctor efforts for now? While the pandemic was catastrophic for the creative arts, it did produce a few unexpected surprises. One such ray of light in dark times was the sudden availability of David Tennant to audio producers Big Finish. … >