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 … >
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 … >
Originally part of ‘Masterful’, the Jon Culshaw narrated audiobook will be available to download separately. At the start of 2021, Doctor Who audio producers Big Finish released ‘Masterful’, a boxset which commemorated 40 years of the Master. While the centrepiece was a dizzying multi-episode, multi-Master tale, the late Roger Delgado’s incarnation was celebrated with a … >
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 … >