Clara Oswald’s on a first date with Danny Pink. It’s maybe the most important date in all of Time and Space. More important even than 26/06/10. Or maybe it’s not. Or maybe it’s simultaneously significant and inconsequential. Just like how the episode that it’s centred around is all at once a good story told well … >
Channel 4 has announced details of an “ambitious, suspense-filled original drama series” spanning the UK, US and North Korea. From the makers of Endeavour and Parade’s End, the ten 60-minute episodes will be written by British playwright and screenwriter Matt Charman (Our Zoo). Opposite Number will follow “the closed worlds of North Korea and the … >
Given the title, and perhaps surprisingly with their shape changing abilities, there is no disguising which classic villain stars this month. The popular monsters have rarely been brought to life on audio, but thanks to the recent DVD release of ‘Terror of the Zygons’ and their role in ‘The Day of the Doctor’; it seems … >
After last week’s instalment, in which Hugo Blick ramped up the sex and death to Doorsian levels, one might be forgiven for thinking the final episode was more a coda than anything else: when the music’s over, turn out the lights. Yet while ‘The Paring Knife’ is less incendiary than its predecessor, it matches – … >
Few shows match Spooks when it comes to body counts amongst the regular cast. Chances are that loyalty to Queen and country will result in you being garrotted, hung, blown up or shot (we may yet get all these at once in the new movie). Here are five of the best character executions Spooks has … >
With Stallone, Statham, Schwarzenegger and nearly every other action star of the past few decades reunited this summer in a third instalment in the Expendables franchise, we decided to take a look at some of Hollywood’s most impressive team-up casts. The Expendables III (2014) Who’s in it? Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Terry … >
With a temporal twist worthy of the Doctor himself, the story which was planned to introduce Nicholas Briggs’ new villain to the Big Finish canon has actually turned out to be the third to employ them. ‘The Eminence’, a malevolent gaseous entity with which humanity has endured a lengthy conflict, troubled both the Sixth Doctor … >
Each of the Doctors each received an outing with 2013’s 50th Anniversary collection of Doctor Who reprints, so this year it is the turn of his foes. Casting the net wider than before, this collection holds examples from both the Virgin Publishing’s ‘New Adventures’ and ‘Missing Adventures’ ranges from the early 1990s, as well as … >
To celebrate Lionsgate Home Entertainment’s DVD and Blu-ray™ release of The Railway Man on Monday 5 May, we’ve got Blu-rays to give away to three of our Twitter followers! For a chance to win, just follow @CultBoxTV on Twitter and tweet the following text: Follow @CultBoxTV and RT for a chance to win 3 x … >
While Game of Thrones may be better known for shocking deaths, there are also plenty of partnerships in the series that are just as intriguing. Here are five of our favourite surprising alliances… (Contains spoilers for Seasons 1-3.) 5) Melisandre and Stannis The red priestess has become a permanent fixture by Stannis’s side, and … >