Welcome to the CultBox Podcast roundup for December 2021 Our favourites this month have included, in no particular order… Full Disclosure with James O’Brien S2, Ep74 – Johnny Vaughan James O’Brien talks to fellow radio show host Johnny Vaughan about his life before becoming a presenter. With nothing to sell and apparently never having opened up … >
With Stranger in a Strange Land released, the streamer offers a brief behind-the-scenes look. After the first chapter of The Book of Boba Fett debuted on the 29th December, Disney+ have followed up with a short behind the scenes promo. Focussing on the central performance of Temuera Morrison, who plays the titular anti-hero, the minute-long … >
Long before the Tenth Doctor’s adventure in The Unicorn and the Wasp, the Doctor encountered alien Vespids in Hornet’s Nest, a fourth Doctor audio adventure recorded in 2010. The unique audio was Tom Baker’s remarkable first return to the role of the Doctor since his television departure. In May of 2022, Hornet’s Nest will be … >
The Sixth and final chapter of Doctor Who: Flux has just landed. Here’s what we thought of The Vanquishers… Naturally, spoilers follow. Tony Jones: it had to happen, and for me this was the one where we saw behind the smoke and the mirrors and realised there was little of actual substance. While the idea of … >
Torchwood Soho: Ashenden returns us to the world of 1950s Torchwood, the province of Samuel Barnett’s devious agent Norton Folgate. As before, the story begins with Cardiff’s finest everyman, Sgt. Andy Davidson (Tom Price). Pulled back to the past, he knows he is due another encounter with Norton Folgate (Samuel Barnett). It also reunites us … >
Welcome to the CultBox Podcast roundup for November 2021 Our favourites this month have included, in no particular order… The Economist Asks – Brian Cox Promoting his book Putting the Rabbit in the Hat, actor Brian Cox talks to Anne McElvoy about villains, Scottish politics, his role as Logan Roy in Succession and the show’s … >
Chapter Five of Doctor Who: Flux has just landed. Here’s what we thought of Survivors of the Flux… Naturally, spoilers follow. Tony Jones: well that left me in two frames of mind. Watching as a piece of entertainment it was all very jolly, and didn’t the Division space station look fantastic! Where would we be … >
Filling another gap in missing Doctor Who episodes, The Abominable Snowmen will be released in 2022 on DVD, Blu-ray and as an exclusive Steelbook this year. The six-part Season 5 second Doctor story The Abominable Snowmen was recreated in animation based on audio recordings of the original episodes. Most of the six-part adventure story was … >
Chapter Four of Doctor Who: Flux has just landed. Here’s what we thought of Village of the Angels… Naturally, spoilers follow. Tony Jones: a lot to like here, though it was mostly the new characters who shone for me. I like the fact we’re getting the Bel and Vinder story dripped in as well, but … >
In series 8 of her Diary, River Song (Alex Kingston) was in the company of robots, now, in The Diary of River Song series 9 New Recruit, she’s back in more familiar (to fans) territory — the era of the third Doctor Big Finish may reasonably be accused of overusing the motif of River back in the life of a … >