The CultBox Podcast Roundup – February 2024

Here’s our February 2024 Podcast Roundup – our favourites from the worlds of CultBox.  In no particular order, the picks this month are… Young Again – Peter Capaldi Kirsty Young kicks of a second run of her podcast which asks sees guests reflect on life lessons and asks the question: If you knew then, what … >

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Doctor Who: The Star Beast

Doctor Who special ‘The Star Beast’ screens in London

The TARDIS prop was set up outside Battersea Power Station in London on 6 November in conjunction with a press screening of the Doctor Who 60th anniversary special The Star Beast. It’s all gone a bit #DoctorWho round here… pic.twitter.com/QQyqURYQxh — Nick Cannon (@nickycafc) November 6, 2023 The special guests at the screening included some … >

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The Greatest Show in the Galaxy: TP McKenna, Sylvester McCoy & clowns

Children of the Circus – new musical Doctor Who sequel

A new musical play returns to the Psychic Circus and reunites the cast of ‘The Greatest Show in the Galaxy’.  Tickets please! Back in 1989, Doctor Who’s 25th Anniversary season concluded with ‘The Greatest Show in the Galaxy’. The mystical four-parter, from writer Stephen Wyatt, saw the Seventh Doctor and Ace visit the Psychic Circus … >

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Sylvester McCoy

The Last Day – Big Finish to tell the Seventh Doctor’s final story

Sylvester McCoy’s devious Seventh Doctor is promised an epic 12-part audio adventure send off.  With classic Doctor Who‘s untimely cancellation in 1989, Sylvester McCoy’s Seventh Doctor didn’t get to go out on his own terms. Had the show returned, there were tentative plans for a regeneration at the end of the forthcoming season. Of course, … >

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The Fourteenth Doctor (David Tennant) brandishing his sonic screwdriver

BBC Four to air Doctor Who documentary with David Tennant

As part of the Doctor Who 60th anniversary celebrations, David Tennant time travels back through the BBC archives to tell the story of the Doctor’s classic era in a BBC Four documentary titled Talking Doctor Who. The show will feature a selection of rarely seen interviews and clips covering William Hartnell’s first incarnation right through … >

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Doctor Who musical celebration coming to BBC Radio 2

To mark the 60th anniversary of Doctor Who, radio and television presenter Jo Whiley hosts a very special edition of Sunday Night is Music Night on BBC Radio 2 – Doctor Who @ 60: A Musical Celebration, with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and the BBC Singers, conducted by Alastair King, celebrating the glorious … >

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Three Doctor Who showrunners: RTD, Chibnail & Moffat

Three showrunners reunite for Doctor Who concert

Doctor Who @ 60: A Musical Celebration, a special concert held on Thursday, 28 September 2023 at BBC Hoddinott Hall in Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff saw the reunion of three Doctor Who showrunners, Russell T Davies, Chris Chibnall and Steven Moffat.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Russell T Davies … >

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Sylvester: Who’s The Real McCoy?

Sylvester McCoy’s life story to be brought to the screen

Sylvester McCoy will tell his extraordinary life story in a very special film as a part of his 80th birthday celebrations. Entitled Sylvester: Who’s The Real McCoy?, the film sees McCoy telling his remarkable life story on screen — the first time he has released any kind of memoir — and the first ever movie … >

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Doctor Who: Once and Future 3: A Genius for War cover art (crop)

Doctor Who – Once and Future 3 released (updated)

Once and Future 3 – ‘A Genius for War’ brings the Doctor face to face with an old enemy. Updated 20/07/23: Davros plays chess! To celebrate the release of the third instalment of Once and Future, the Doctor Who 60th Anniversary audio series, audio producers Big Finish have provided another video trailer. Again echoing ‘The Five Doctors’, … >

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