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River Song dives into Tudor intrigue for her next audio boxset

Alex Kingston’s irrepressible time traveller Professor River Song faces ‘The Dissolution of Time’. Since her audio adventures rebranded themselves as The Death and Life of River Song, River has grappled with a prequel to ‘The Ark in Space’, and found herself entangled with ‘Ace and Tegan’. For the range’s third volume however, she’s set to … >

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Big Finish release The Fugitive Doctor: Most Wanted

Jo Martin’s mysterious Doctor returns as the star of her own audio drama series.  Updates 29/01/25: The Fugitive Doctor: Most Wanted is released. It’s been the best part of three years since it was first announced, but audio adventures of The Fugitive  Doctor are finally here. While the character appeared in the anniversary mini-series Once … >

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Big Finish announce two more Lost Doctor Who Stories (updated)

‘Operation Werewolf’ and the original plan for ‘The Three Doctors’ both become Doctor Who Lost Stories.  Updated 07/06/24: Cover, cast and further details revealed for ‘Operation Werewolf’. While ‘Deathworld’, which eventually evolved into ‘The Three Doctors’ naturally fascinates, there’s a second lost Doctor Who story imminent. Today, audio producers Big Finish have unveiled the cover … >

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Doctor Who on Children in Need – a colourful history

In preparation for another exclusive Doctor Who scene on BBC Children in Need night, we reflect on the show’s long association with the charity fundraiser.  Doctor Who is back on our screens this month. Saturday 25th November brings us the first of three 60th Anniversary Specials starring David Tennant and Catherine Tate as the Fourteenth … >

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The English – a first look at Emily Blunt’s new Western series

The show, which also stars Chaske Spencer, comes from writer/director Hugo Blick.  The BBC and Prime Video have released a batch of images from their upcoming series The English, which describe as “… a mythical Western drama.” Starring Emily Blunt and Chaske Spencer, the show promises to take on themes of identity and revenge to … >

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The CultBox Podcast Roundup – May 2022

Welcome to the CultBox Podcast Roundup for May 2022.  Our favourite podcasts this month in the worlds of film and tv have included, in no particular order… Two-Minute Time Lord #469 – TIME DILATION: The Streaming Future of Doctor Who Host Chip Sudderth picks the brain of Jason Snell about Doctor Who‘s potential place in … >

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Where are the cast of BBC One’s ‘Robin Hood’ now?

As fans celebrate ten years since Robin Hood began on Saturday evenings on BBC One, let’s take a look at what the cast have been up to since the adventure drama series came to an end. Buy the Season 1 box set on Amazon here.   Jonas Armstrong Apart from appearing in seven episodes of … >

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‘True Blood’ star replaces Christopher Eccleston in ITV’s ‘Safe House’

Stephen Moyer and Zoe Tapper have joined the cast of Safe House. Four new 60-minute episodes of the drama will begin filming in Wales, Liverpool and Manchester later this month. The thriller series launched on ITV last April, averaging 6.5 million viewers and a 24% share. Season 1’s Christopher Eccleston, Marsha Thomason and Paterson Joseph were all originally due to return for … >

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