Since 2014 your hosts Garry and Adam have waffled about Doctor Who (almost) every week. We cover the latest news, merch, convention reports and reviews. Listen for free on the usual podcast apps or on our website bigblueboxpodcast.co.uk and while you're there, you can check out the awesome reviews and editorial articles from our amazing writing team. Thanks for stopping by and remember... Aaaaaaaallons-y!
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Funky Theme Tune and 3rd Doctor Vibes for Our Review of K9 and Company
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Hey, Who fans and welcome to Episode 409. After a brief chat about the new Blake's 7 Series 1 Blu-ray collection, we dive into the news: a high-ranking Disney executive has shared some very positive remarks about Season 1 of Doctor Who and Catherine Tate is set to host the Doctor Who BBC Proms next week. For our review this week, it's something we …
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Hey, Who fans and welcome to the [Month] Round Table! It's a busy one this month, Who fans, as Garry is joined by Jordan, Harry, Maria and Matt to talk about which companions (and a few Doctors!) either overstayed their welcome or should have stuck around for longer. You will not believe some of the answers! Oh, and Harry gets an issue off of his c…
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Chronotis, Chronology, and Catastrophe: The Shada Saga
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Hey, Who fans and welcome to Episode 408. This week, after our usual catch-up, we're looking at a story infamous for its incomplete content, various reconstructions, versions and remasters. It's time to review our last Tom Baker story: Shada. This is The Big Blue Box Podcast Join us each week for a new episode every Friday from your hosts Garry and…
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A Spin-Off Finally Announced and Chasing Abominable Snowmen
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Hey, Who fans and welcome to Episode 407. This week's big news comes fresh from the announcement at San Diego Comic Con last week that we're getting a Doctor Who spin-off - The War Between the Land and the Sea. Headed up by a couple of previous familiar (but not the same) faces and U.N.I.T. this starts filming this month and should land next year. …
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The Daleks Are In Hot Pursuit And Farewell Barbara and Ian!
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Hey, Who fans and welcome to Episode 406. This week we have a natter on the BBC's annual report and how they feel the latest season of Doctor Who has performed then it's onto our review of The Chase which also happens to be our last ever surviving full live-action review (it's all reconstructions and animated stuff after this). This one is a slight…
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The Most Marmite Doctor Who Animation? The Celestial Toymaker Review
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Hey, Who fans and welcome to Episode 405. It's been a while since we reviewed an animated lost story and what better story to dive into than the recently released, very Marmite offering, The Celestial Toymaker. We've not spoken about it much on the podcast other than covering the release announcements (although our roving reporter Maria did a great…
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Our Last McCoy Review - The Curse of Fenric
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Hey, Who fans and welcome to Episode 404. It's with a heavy heart that we come to our last 7th Doctor story to review. We've put it off for long enough but it's time to say goodbye to Sylvester McCoy (unless we decide to re-review them all. Joking. Or are we? Probably). Is this last story a belter or a damp squib? It's not all bad news for McCoy fa…
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Hey, Who fans and welcome to the [Month] Round Table! Now that the dust has settled on Season One, it's time to get the thoughts from our writers as they chat about their favourite episode, their least favourite episode, Ncuti, Millie and lots more. Jordan, Matt and Maria join Garry for plenty of Doctor Who insight and bants. Enjoy! This is The Big…
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Hey, Who fans and welcome to Episode 403. This is it, Who fans! The culmination of this new era of Doctor Who. Does this episode leave us feeling satisfied and that "can't wait for Season Two" feeling or like some previous episodes in this season, leave us flat? Listen now to find out. Enjoy! This is The Big Blue Box Podcast Join us each week for a…
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Our Review of The Legend of Ruby Sunday
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Hey, Who fans and welcome to Episode 402. We're almost at the big finish (lol, excuse the pun) and the finale of Season One! Join us for this week's episode as we review the penultimate episode The Legend of Ruby Sunday and THAT villain reveal! Enjoy. This is The Big Blue Box Podcast Join us each week for a new episode every Friday from your hosts …
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Hey, Who fans and welcome to Episode 401. We're moving through this season quickly now with only two episodes left! Before the two-part finale though we're diving into the Bridgerton-esque episode Rogue. Have we picked up from last week or does this season continue to be a bit hit and miss? This is The Big Blue Box Podcast Join us each week for a n…
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Hey, Who fans and welcome to Episode 400. We're back to reviewing individual episodes and this week we're diving into the latest episode from Season One - Dot and Bubble, a dark episode influenced by Black Mirror. Did it succeed in that or was it a Tractator-sized flop? This is The Big Blue Box Podcast Join us each week for a new episode every Frid…
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Hey, Who fans and welcome to Episode 399. It's been a couple of weeks so we have a nice catch up over a cup of tea then it's full steam ahead into our review of the last two episodes from Season One - Boom & 73 Yards. Enjoy, Who fans. This is The Big Blue Box Podcast Join us each week for a new episode every Friday from your hosts Garry and Adam. W…
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Hey, Who fans and welcome to the [Month] Round Table! It's a good time to gather the team and dive in, mid-season, to discuss the first four episodes and how we're feeling overall about this new era of Doctor Who. Join Garry, Maria, Harry and Jordan for the May Round Table. Enjoy. This is The Big Blue Box Podcast Join us each week for a new episode…
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Our Review of Space Babies & The Devil's Chord
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Hey, Who fans and welcome to Episode 398. Welcome, Who fans, to another episode and this week we're chomping at the bit to get our thoughts out there for the first two episodes of the new season - Space Babies & The Devil's Chord. With no big news to cover we dive straight in so join us as we kick off this new era and our thoughts on new Doctor Who…
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Doctor Who - Season One Has Arrived!
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Hey, Who fans and welcome to Episode 397. For this weekly episode on the day of new Doctor Who landing, we're taking this episode to chat about what we're excited about, what we're hoping to see and overall enjoy the hype train as rolls into a new era of Who. However you're watching today's new episode, at midnight or over breakfast, enjoy and we l…
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Mille Gibson Drama Debunked and Our Last(ish) Fourth Doctor Story Review!
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Hey, Who fans and welcome to Episode 396. We kick off with a couple of quick things - firstly RTD was interviewed recently and cleared up the Millie Gibson leaving drama and, as we thought, it was all fine and planned plus Character released a new Ruins of Skaro set (linked below). We finish up with our review of our last ever (full story) Tom Bake…
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Patiently Waiting for New Doctor Who PLUS Our Review of Nightmare of Eden
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Hey, Who fans and welcome to Episode 395. Hello dear listener and welcome to another episode. This week there's sod all news as we await the new season to start so we dive straight into our review of the classic Tom Baker story Nightmare of Eden. Enjoy. This is The Big Blue Box Podcast Join us each week for a new episode every Friday from your host…
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Two Trailers for Season 1 and We Re-visit Spearhead from Space
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Hey, Who fans and welcome to Episode 394. Welcome to episode 394, Who fans! We chat about the two new trailers for Doctor Who Season One (yep, still weird for now, lol) then we're onto our re-visit of Spearhead from Space (Garry reviewed this solo back in April of 2014 so now we're reviewing it together). Enjoy! This is The Big Blue Box Podcast Joi…
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Hey, Who fans and welcome to the [Month] Round Table! Another month and another Round Table! This time Garry is joined by Jordan, Matt, Maria and Harry to chat about the latest news and a couple of interesting stories - The Moff is back writing for Who and all the divisive chat about the new series broadcast/streaming times. It's all here and more …
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RTD Teases on Insta and We're Off to Tigella for Our Review of Meglos
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Hey, Who fans and welcome to Episode 393. Hey, Who fans! There's actually a couple of news items to get into this week after a dry spell for news and then we're reviewing another Fourth Doctor story - Meglos. Enjoy! Links to the stuff we mentioned in the news: Russell T Davies teases Doctor Who announcement is "incoming" Doctor Who's Steven Moffat …
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Back to Skaro to Wake Davros Up for Our Review of Destiny of the Daleks
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Hey, Who fans and welcome to Episode 392. After not being able to record last week we have a catch up and as it's very quiet on the Doctor Who news front at the moment, we dive into our review of Destiny of the Daleks. Enjoy! This is The Big Blue Box Podcast Join us each week for a new episode every Friday from your hosts Garry and Adam. We talk ne…
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Hey, Who fans and welcome to the [Month] Round Table! Harry, Maria and Jordan join Garry to discuss the deeper theories and mystery of who abandoned Ruby at the church and what those guys think of the season/series number reset. Enjoy! This is The Big Blue Box Podcast Join us each week for a new episode every Friday from your hosts Garry and Adam. …
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Ncuti's Audition Script Made Public and We're Back on Peladon
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Hey, Who fans and welcome to Episode 391. Light on news but the BBC have released a bunch of scripts, one of them being Ncuti's audition which looks interesting then we return for our last ever (well, we say ever, there's another story on the horizon for us to review together) Third Doctor story The Monster of Peladon. This is The Big Blue Box Podc…
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Happy 600th Issue DWM and Our Review of The Invasion of Time
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Hey, Who fans and welcome to Episode 390. Episode 390 is here, Who fans so grab a cuppa and enjoy our waffle about digital vs physical media, collecting, Doctor Who magazine PLUS our review of the classic Fourth Doctor story - The Invasion of Time. This is The Big Blue Box Podcast Join us each week for a new episode every Friday from your hosts Gar…
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Hey, Who fans and welcome to the [Month] Round Table! With a few hours of January left, we just about made it! A small team on this one - Garry, Jordan and Matt - to discuss the latest Doctor Who news, the writers to give us their thoughts on The Church on Ruby Road, recent merch and the "news" or Mille Gibson leaving the show a bit earlier than wa…
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Companion Change-Up, New Toys and Our Review of Frontier in Space
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Hey, Who fans and welcome to Episode 389. There's not much in the way of big news so we briefly chat about the Millie Gibson controversy, some new toys announced at the UK Toy Fair and then onto our review of the Third Doctor story - Frontier in Space. This is The Big Blue Box Podcast Join us each week for a new episode every Friday from your hosts…
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Hey, Who fans and welcome to Episode 388. There isn't any big Doctor Who news this week so after a chat about the upcoming Season 15 boxset release, we leap into our review (with hands firmly on hips) of the Fourth Doctor story: Revenge of the Cybermen. This is The Big Blue Box Podcast Join us each week for a new episode every Friday from your host…
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Hey, Who fans and welcome to Episode 387. It's taken us a few weeks (Garry had been struck down with the cyber-flu) but we're back to kick off 2024 with our review of the Fifteenth Doctor's first full episode - The Church on Ruby Road. This is The Big Blue Box Podcast Join us each week for a new episode every Friday from your hosts Garry and Adam. …
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60th Special No3 Review - The Giggle
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Hey, Who fans and welcome to Episode 386. Other than the (arguably) very catchy Children in Need song - The Goblin Song, there hasn't been any big Doctor Who news so we're leaping straight into our review of the final 60th Anniversary special - The Giggle. This is The Big Blue Box Podcast Join us each week for a new episode every Friday from your h…
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Hey, Who fans and welcome to the [Month] Round Table! It's the last Round Table of the year! We've rounded up Matt, Harry, Jordan and Maria to talk about the first two Doctor Who 60th special episodes - The Star Beast and Wild Blue Yonder. That's after we have a quick chat on some news including the upcoming charity single for Children in Need The …
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60th Special No2 Review - Wild Blue Yonder
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Hey, Who fans and welcome to Episode 385. We have some details for the now confirmed Christmas Day Special so after a chat on that we crack on with our review of the second 60th anniversary special - Wild Blue Yonder. This is The Big Blue Box Podcast Join us each week for a new episode every Friday from your hosts Garry and Adam. We talk news, revi…
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60th Special No1 Review - The Star Beast
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Hey, Who fans and welcome to Episode 384. Since we last recorded there have been loads of things happening in the run-up to the 60th specials so after a catch up we round up that stuff and then dive into our review of the first special - The Star Beast. This is The Big Blue Box Podcast Join us each week for a new episode every Friday from your host…
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Hey, Who fans and welcome to the [Month] Round Table! We have a very spooky Round Table this month Who fans as Garry is joined by Mark, Harry, Maria, Matt and Jordan. After a quick catch-up on the news, we each dive into our top creepiest Doctor Who moments PLUS as a bonus, Jordan shares a proper, real-life ghostly experience. Enjoy and Happy Hallo…
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Most of Doctor Who on iPlayer, New Merch and More!
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Hey, Who fans and welcome to Episode 383. It's a short episode this week as Garry rounds out the latest news from the world of Doctor Who. Links to news and other bits we mentioned in this episode... Doctor Who News - 60 Years of Doctor Who on iPlayer Adventures in Type and Space: A Celebration of Classic Doctor Who Title Sequences | Ten Acre Films…
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Breaking Down the Recent Trailer for the 60th Anniversary Specials
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Hey, Who fans and welcome to Episode 382. Hey, Who fans! We're back this week for a deep dive into the recently released trailer for the 60th Anniversary. The Doctor, Donna, DoctorDonna, another Doctor, Beep, UNIT, Kate, Rose, The Toymaker, the TARDIS, flashbacks, Wrarth... phew! It's all in there so join us as we chat about all things 60th and mor…
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Hey, Who fans and welcome to the [Month] Round Table! Welcome to the September 2023 round table and we have a huge episode for you. After a catch up we dive into every Doctor and pick out an episode to watch if you haven't got the time for a full marathon. Loads of waffle and laughs as always. Enjoy, Who fans and allons-y! Thank you for listening t…
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Hey, Who fans and welcome to the [Month] Round Table! Welcome to the August Round Table where Garry is joined by Harry, Jordan, Maria and... Adam! Yes co-host The Geeks Handbag is here as we cover the news and then have a chat about missing Doctor Who episodes. Should private collectors hand them over? How many are out there? What missing stories a…
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Hey, Who fans and welcome to the [Month] Round Table! It's all about recent Doctor Who merch this month as we talk through announcements for the new blu ray Collection Season 20 box set, the 14th Doctor's Sonic Screwdriver and a Fourth Doctor vinyl set The Tom Baker Record Collection. We finished up with a whimsical chat on which Doctor we'd love t…
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Hey, Who fans and welcome to the [Month] Round Table! Welcome to the June Round Table where Garry is joined by Harry, Matt, Maria, Mark and Jordan to talk through stories they would like to see/read/hear in extended media. Allons-y! This is The Big Blue Box Podcast Join us each week for a new episode every Friday from your hosts Garry and Adam. We …
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Hey, Who fans and welcome to the [Month] Round Table! Welcome back to another Round Table. Garry is joined by Maria and Jordan to break down the recent teaser trailer for the upcoming 60th Anniversary Specials. Enjoy, Who fans! This is The Big Blue Box Podcast Join us each week for a new episode every Friday from your hosts Garry and Adam. We talk …
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Hey, Who fans and welcome to the [Month] Round Table! Phew, just made it for March! This month's special is around some Who news that's dropped over the last few weeks including the trailer dropping for the upcoming multiplatform story Doom's Day, Steven Moffat coming back to write for Who and could the first official spin-off show be a UNIT show s…
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Our Last Fifth Doctor Review! Tenerife, I mean, Planet of Fire
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Hey, Who fans and welcome to Episode 381. There's no news to speak of so we crack straight on with our review of the Fifth Doctor story - Planet of Fire. This is also our last review of the Davison era, yes I know it's finally here, so farewell Mr Davison, and thank you. This is The Big Blue Box Podcast Join us each week for a new episode every Fri…
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Doom's Day Inbound, Moffat Back, UNIT Back and The Master Pops Up in Colony in Space
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Hey, Who fans and welcome to Episode 380. We actually have news to talk about this week: the recently announced Doom's Day trailer; the close-to-being-confirmed rumour of Steven Moffat returning to write for Who and the other rumour of Jemma Redgrave returning to head up a UNIT spin-off. With the news out of the way, we hop into our review of the T…
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Underworld... When the CSO Guy Has Too Much Coffee
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Hey, Who fans and welcome to Episode 379. Adam gives us the lowdown on the recent BFI event, a chat about some new pics of David Tennent in his new Fourteenth Doctor outfit then we're onto our review of the Fourth Doctor story Underworld. This is The Big Blue Box Podcast Join us each week for a new episode every Friday from your hosts Garry and Ada…
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We're Off Bug Hunting on Vortis for Our Review of The Web Planet
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Hey, Who fans and welcome to Episode 378. While Adam gets excited about the upcoming BFI Event for The Sea Devils this weekend, we give you the details on this year's Bedford Who Charity Con then we're buzzing over to Vortis for our review of the First Doctor story - The Web Planet. Links to the stuff we mentioned: Bedford Who Charity Con (and the …
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Shoddy Daleks, Sinister Eyes and The Doctor in Snazzy Fur in Planet of the Daleks
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Hey, Who fans and welcome to Episode 377. It's all quiet out there for Who news so without too much waffle we dive into our review of the Third Doctor story Planet of the Daleks where the Doctor is up against invisible foes, sinister eyes in the dark and possibly the shoddiest Daleks we've ever seen. This is The Big Blue Box Podcast Join us each we…
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Hey, Who fans and welcome to the [Month] Round Table! After a busy scheduled January, we're back with the team for the February Round Table. This month Garry and Adam are joined by Harry, Maria and Matt to discuss Ncuti's new outfit, what we're hoping to see for the specials and a couple of questions from our Discord friends. Enjoy! This is The Big…
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Ncuti's New Outfit and a Big Eye Patch Fail in The Android Invasion
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Hey, Who fans and welcome to Episode 376. We chat about the new set pictures showing Ncuti in a new outfit then we travel to the creepy village of Devesham for our review of the Fourth Doctor story - The Android Invasion. Links to the stuff we mentioned: SciFiCollector Picks Up Un-Released EagleMoss Figures (SciFiCollector Website) This is The Big …
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Spies, Lies and The Doctor in a Swishy Outfit for The Reign of Terror
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Hey, Who fans and welcome to Episode 375. After some more waffle about Doctor Who's back catalogue (hopefully) one day moving over to BBC iPlayer, we dive into the French Revolution for our review of the First Doctor story - The Reign of Terror. This is The Big Blue Box Podcast Join us each week for a new episode every Friday from your hosts Garry …
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