We catch up with Geoffrey Sax's career a decade after he directed the TV movie, to find him undergoing yet more behind-the-scenes interference on another adaptation of a beloved children's franchise

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

Stormbreaker (2006) (Film Club Lite 99)

By way of tribute to the recently departed Anthony Head, our review of the early David Tennant story

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

School Reunion (Who Review Extra 71)

We name the stories we think Matthew Jacobs might have chosen, had he been asked to supervise a season of Paul McGann episodes in the wake of the TV movie

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber, Simon Brett and Steve Hatcher

MayGann That Might Have Been (Blue Box 218)

MayGann continues - if May Week hasn't happened yet, then we still consider it May - with our review of Paperhouse, Bernard Rose's beguiling but terrifying fantasy that was written by Matthew Jacobs

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

Paperhouse (1988) (Film Club Lite 98)

As the tumbleweeds gather around the forthcoming Doctor Who Christmas Special, and a year passes since the show was last being broadcast on television, we take stock of the situation and the swirling rumours surrounding the lack of production

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

Blue Box 217: Our Old Friend Entropy

Matthew Jacobs, writer of the TV movie, stops by for a chat about his career, his process and his influences - and of course about Doctor Who

Presented by J.R. Southall

Matthew Jacobs (in The Interview Room)

It's thirty years since Paul McGann's sole outing in a full-length Doctor Who story hit British television screens, so it's about time we took another look to see what we think of it in 2026

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

Doctor Who the TV Movie (Who Review Extra 70)

Geoffrey Sax, director of the 1996 Doctor Who TV movie, talks about his career, his process and his influences, and a bit about Doctor Who too

Presented by J.R. Southall

The Disputation (as mentioned), in fuzzy vision, on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-p3WlesJgaI

Geoffrey Sax (in The Interview Room)

We take a look at a couple of episodes Matthew Jacobs had written for television prior to his work on the Doctor Who TV movie, one for The Jim Henson Hour and the other an instalment of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

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

 

Matthew Jacobs Short Trips Part 1 (TV Club 98)

A conversation about the "new" elements that comprised Doctor Who in the 1990s, and whether it was the right time for them

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

Dandies and Clowns: The TV Movie (Blue Box 216)

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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