The Lost Resort and Other Stories sees Peter Davison’s Fifth Doctor reunited with his companions Nyssa, Tegan and Marc. Suffering a crisis of conscience, in the wake of Marc’s partial cyber-conversion, he temporarily abandoned them on a supposedly safe planet – eventually choosing to return after a series of solo adventures. This boxset, containing three … >
Welcome to the CultBox Podcast roundup for September 2021 Our favourites this month have included, in no particular order… The Line-Up with Shaun Keaveny: Jodie Whittaker – Mud, Mates & Wine Flights The Line Up sees host Shaun Keaveny talk his guest through their fantasy music festival. From the location, to the food and the … >
Big Finish continue the late-80’s police procedural in space with a Jack the Ripper style murder mystery Due for release in December 2021, Sins of the Father finds Moonbase under attack from a mysterious killer who leaves disturbing messages at each victim’s demise, and whom the Star Cops must unmask while they still can… Here’s … >
The deliciously creepy Bilis Manger returns to the Torchwood fray in Curios, the latest release in the monthly audio range. This new adventure continues Big Finish’s efforts to explore interesting corners and unseen episodes in the Torchwood timeline, taking the opportunity to provide fresh perspectives on events that play out before or after known points … >
The Eleven sees Mark Bonnar’s multifaceted Time Lord villain granted his own boxset, pitched against another Doctor. He has met the Eighth in Doom Coalition and Ravenous, plus the Seventh for Dark Universe; on this occasion, presumably earlier in both their timelines, he encounters Colin Baker’s bombastic Sixth Doctor. Welcome to Molaruss An abandoned TARDIS … >
Welcome to our Lucifer season 6 review — short version, we loved it! So. Lucifer season 6. The final season. The one added after what was originally the final season. There were tears, animation, easter eggs, character returns and even a few surprises. Written very much with the fans in mind (without whom it would have ended … >
The latest Star Trek: Lower Decks episode is the curiously named You Say Mugato, I Say Gumato — we explain why and give you the highlights of the episode Star Trek: Lower Decks season 2 bubbles along nicely with the latest episode You Say Mugato, I Say Gumato. The story itself is fairly straightforward (see below), but the … >
The Secrets of Det-Sen brings the TARDIS to the Himalayas for a story with the First Doctor, Stephen and Dodo. Set some three hundred years earlier, it serves as a prologue to the Troughton-era story The Abominable Snowmen. The release makes for a Yeti-ful summer with The Web of Fear appearing on Blu-ray, its missing … >
Welcome to the CultBox Podcast roundup for August 2021 Our favourites this month have included… 14 for 14 (The Doctor Who Show Presents…) The ever-entertaining Australian podcast The Doctor Who Show, with its genial hosts Rob and Dave, presents a special episode in reaction to the (not so shocking) revelation that Jodie Whittaker is set … >
Respond To All Calls is the second audio outing for Christopher Eccleston’s Ninth Doctor at Big Finish. While travelling alone, pre-Rose, these tales see him answering distress calls of different sorts. Unlike the first time-hopping boxset of this range, Ravagers, these are discrete stories with a familiar structure; one story is set in the past, … >