The latest Star Trek: Lower Decks season 2 episode was Kayshon, His Eyes Open — a great title and (at least one) an Easter Egg as well Season 2 episode 2of Star Trek: Lower Decks brought us a replacement for Boimler (Jack Quaid’s character starts on the USS Titan with Ryker), and the inevitable jostling for position … >
After the Daleks breaks new ground for The Early Adventures, as it continues a story after the Doctor has departed. Picking up directly from The Dalek Invasion of Earth, it follows Susan, the Doctor’s granddaughter, who was memorably locked out of the TARDIS and forced to start a new life in the ruins of Earth. … >
New Big Finish audiobook The Palluma Project offers another voyage of discovery through Big Finish’s expanding Blake’s 7 universe and, at the same time, the chance to step through an unseen adventure in the established second TV series’ timeline. Writer Tim Gambrell makes use of the more extensive narrative space provided by the audiobook format … >
Star Trek: Lower Decks is back on Prime, and Strange Energies encapsulates the series values perfectly The USS Cerritos is back and the story remind us how season 1 ended. On the Cerritos, Ensign Beckett Mariner (Tawny Newsome) is her usual would-be maverick self, and her relationship with her mother Captain Carol Freeman (Dawnn Lewis) … >
It’s understandable if a degree of reluctance sets in when you hear of a film that was ‘the darling of Sundance festival’ having won three of the biggest prizes – U.S. Grand Jury Prize, U.S. Dramatic Audience Award, and a Special Jury Ensemble Cast Award. That’s after its having been scoped up by Apple two … >
Latest Big Finish Torchwood audio release Madam, I’m is a complex story of mind manipulation, timeline trickery and serial substitution delivered through the interactions of a well-matched trio of characters. Set in the early post-War Torchwood era, the pairing of the scheming Norton Folgate and the wily Lizbeth Hayhoe has already proven an effective combination, … >
In October 2015, waitress/stripper Aziah “Zola” King broke the internet with a 148-long Twitter thread that went viral. With an exceptionally innate sense of storytelling, she regaled her followers- then the rest of the world – with her story of a work road trip that went wild. The kind of story that gets wilder with … >
HBO Max is expanding its podcast portfolio and this includes Batman: The Audio Adventures With what it calls Scripted Audio Originals, Look-Backs, Brand Pods (and more), HBO Max is getting very serious about podcasts. They’ve also inked an expansion deal With Audacy, and seen a six-fold increase in portfolio since 2019. We’ll bring the news down (thanks to … >
Welcome to the CultBox Podcast roundup for July 2021. Our favourites this month have included… From Queer to Eternity #11 – Samuel Barnett Hosted by prolific Big Finish director/producer Scott Handcock, From Queer to Eternity features conversations with guests from across the LGBTQ+ community, sharing stories of their experiences and exploring what it means to … >
Dalek Universe 2 continues the Tenth Doctor’s series of adventures trapped in a pre-Time War, Terry Nation inspired universe. Separated from his TARDIS, he has found two allies in Earth’s Space Security Service, agents Anya Kingdom and Mark Seven. While the Daleks themselves again take a backseat, it begins by exploring Mark Seven’s backstory; the … >