Giving the creator of Coupling and Joking Apart the Doctor Who showrunner job was bound to bring problems - unless of course that's the man the BBC wanted in charge of the programme.

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Blue Box 199: Squeezed into a Skirt (Fixing Steven Moffat)

Our mixed reaction to the first two episodes of the latest Doctor Who spin-off, The War Between the Land and the Sea

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Steve Hatcher

With highly inappropriate language right from the very start

Who Review: The War Between the Land and the Sea, Week One

It's exactly half a century since Stanley Kubrick followed A Clockwork Orange with his stately, painterly picture Barry Lyndon. But will we be impressed by its languid pace and artistic aspirations?

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber, Steve Hatcher and Luke Molloy

Film Club Lite 89: Barry Lyndon (1975)

The last time Russell T Davies went five-part serial with a Doctor Who spin-off was Torchwood: Children of Earth, and at the time it was a great success. We went back and took another look.

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Dylan Rees

Who Review Extra 58: Torchwood Children of Earth

In which we turn our minds back twenty years to the moments when the first RTD era overstepped the mark, and wonder whether it was ever unacceptable as family viewing

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Steve Hatcher

Blue Box 198: So Much Darker, So Much Madder (Fixing RTD)

The Stephen King adaptations continue to roll in, the latest being this adaptation of his cheery 1979 Richard Bachman novel The Long Walk. Did we go along for the stroll though, or would we grind to a halt?

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber

Film Club Extra: The Long Walk

Paul Thomas Anderson has made what Wiki are describing as a "black comedy action thriller film", but would we find it as hard to describe how we felt about One Battle After Another as they struggled to say what it is?

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber and Luke Molloy

Film Club Extra: One Battle After Another

The randomiser has chosen the Series 2 finale of Torchwood, Doctor Who's first major spin-off drama, for us to take a look at - but will it fare any better than the Series 1 finale as chosen by the very random randomiser just a few weeks ago?

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Steve Hatcher

Who Review Extra 57: Torchwood: Exit Wounds

You might think script editor Eric Saward's tenure on Doctor Who coincided with a period of calm rather than controversy, but we're here to pull back the covers and see if we can't find something to that doesn't smell quite right

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber

Blue Box 197: Fowl Pestilence

Our thoughts on the photo of Billie Piper and Paul McGann on the TARDIS set that emerged at the weekend, leading onto a conversation about what we are expecting for the 2026 special

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Steve Hatcher

Blue Box 196: Time Trash (Piper & Paul)

Broader and deeper than just Doctor Who Main episodes: talking about Doctor Who so you don't have to Film Club: reviewing and contextualising a popular movie or film director TV Club: ditto but TV Film Club Lite: focussing on a particular movie for a shorter, more focussed review Music Club: the hosts talk about artists that have been influential in their lives Who Review Extra: choosing an older Doctor Who story for the shorter review routine Desert Planet Picks: once in a while, a special guest chooses the eight items they'd take with them, if they were about to be marooned on a desert planet

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