The CultBox Podcast Roundup – October 2022

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 … >

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Doctor of War: Destiny – Doctor Who audio boxset review

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 … >

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The CultBox Podcast Roundup – September 2022

Welcome to the Podcast Roundup for September 2022 – our favourites in the worlds of CultBox.  Our picks this month, in no particular order, are… That Gaby Roslin Podcast S3 Ep2: Josette Simon OBE The award-winning actor talks to Gaby about life and her loathing of labels. The chat also takes in her work across … >

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Jekyll and Hyde

Big Finish Classics: Jekyll and Hyde audio review

Jekyll and Hyde is the long-awaited audio version of Nicholas Briggs’ take on the classic gothic novella.  Robert Louis Stevenson’s Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde was first published in 1886. Despite running to a mere 141 pages, it is one of the most celebrated pieces of gothic fiction. From big screen adaptations … >

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Gallifrey: War Room 1 – Allegiance audio review

War Room is the latest iteration of Gallifrey, chronicling the events of Doctor Who‘s Time War.  As the last boxset of Gallifrey: Time War wrapped up, it left our heroes in desperate straits. With the resurrected Rassilon dominant, in the form of the belligerent Richard Armitage, attempts at resistance crumbled. Romana was captured and consigned … >

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The CultBox Podcast Roundup – August 2022

Welcome to the Podcast Roundup for August 2022 – our favourites in the worlds of CultBox.  Our picks this month, in no particular order, are… Back to One #217 – Adrian Pasdar Peter Rinaldi talks to actor Adrian Pasdar (Heroes, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) about his career and his acting process. It’s an entertaining affair with … >

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Ninth Doctor Into The Stars

The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Into the Stars – audio boxset review

Into the Stars is the sixth boxset of audio adventures for Christopher Eccleston’s Ninth Doctor. As the title suggests, this trio of stories see him travelling at large in the universe in contrast to the previous boxset of Earthbound exploits. Here, he meets a group of highly unusual Sontarans, becomes embroiled in a high-stakes alien … >

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The Diary of River Song Series 10

The Diary of River Song Series 10 audio drama review

Two Rivers and a Firewall sees Alex Kingston’s impressible time-travelling adventuress Professor River Song notch up her tenth solo boxset.  Free of Doctorly encounters, she instead meets an impossible version of herself, wins an auction, accepts a shopping invitation and spends some time in her digital afterlife. The Two Rivers The set begins with River … >

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UFO: Destruct Positive! — audio drama review

With UFO:Destruct Positive!, Big Finish brings yet another much loved show to audio — does this live up to already high standards? We take a listen… Released today, UFO:Destruct Positive! sees Big Finish bring back another classic Gerry Anderson show from the 1970s (from a lineup already including Space: 1999). Given the passage of time, it’s been entirely … >

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