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 … >
Chapter Three of Doctor Who: Flux has just landed. Here’s what we thought of Once, Upon Time… Naturally, spoilers follow. Tony Jones: It started so well. Enter Bel, played by Thaddea Graham (who impressed in The Irregulars) one of two excellent pieces of casting and a well judged character, with a meaningful narrative thread. Then we … >
Chapter Two of Doctor Who: Flux has just landed. Here’s what we thought of War of the Sontarans… Naturally, spoilers follow. Tony Jones: Well, that was great fun, from start to finish indeed. The full-pelt pacing from last week was turned down a notch, allowing for some character as well as action. The team … >
The Algerian-French actress will play a woman “with a mysterious past”. Deadline have broken the news that Sofia Boutella (Star Trek: Beyond, Kingsman: The Secret Service) has been cast in Zack Synder’s new sci-fi movie. Rebel Moon is Zack Snyder’s first project to fall under the director’s new ‘first look partnership’ with the streamer, through … >
The Third Doctor Adventures Volume 8 sees two new four-parters for Tim Treloar as the Doctor. Conspiracy in Space sees a return for the Draconians in a follow-up to the 1973 tale Frontier in Space. Meanwhile, The Devil’s Hoofprints finds the Doctor and Sarah back in the 19th century for a monstrous encounter. The Eve … >
Chapter One of Doctor Who: Flux has just landed. Here’s what we thought of The Halloween Apocalypse… Naturally, spoilers follow. Tony Jones: Definitely a lot better than I was afraid it might be, though I would have liked a bit more Doctor + Yaz before John Bishop gets introduced. The opening was too frenetic for my … >