Blue Box 179: The Death of Doctor Who

Our thoughts on recent off-camera developments and the future - or lack thereof - of Doctor Who Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Ryan Blake, Simon Brett and Steve Hatcher

From the King Bees to Tin Machine and beyond, Davie Jones had quite the career in pop. We assembled a team of six to choose our Top 5 Bowie songs, eventually narrowing down our choices till we arrived at what might be his greatest single of all. Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Ryan Blake, Simon Brett, Iain Martin and Harry Palmer

It was the Daleks' first appearance in Steven Moffat's Doctor Who and the first time Matt Smith's Doctor had come face to face with them - and it was very much Amy's first time too - but Victory of the Daleks has always divided opinions. The question is, after fifteen years would that still be the case? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber, Ryan Blake and Simon Brett

There can't be many horror films where it's the Japanese who've remade it in their own language rather than the other way around, but the original Cube is one. We take a look to see how it stands up nearly thirty years later Presented by J.R. Southall, with Ryan Blake and Dylan Rees

Deep Rising was the last film Stephen Sommers made before he went stratospheric with The Mummy, but while it's basically Aliens on an abandoned ship, is it actually any good? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Simon Brett and Dylan Rees

In the first on a new strand, we ask the question: if Doctor Who were to be rebooted from scratch (with our mascot Phoebe Waller-Bridge as the Doctor), which of the stories that it has already told would stand up to being told again? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber

It's four decades since Doc Brown's DeLorean DMC-12 whisked Michael J. Fox back in time to meet his parents when they were youngsters, but how does the Back to the Future trilogy look forty years into its own future? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Ryan Blake and Steve Hatcher

An alternative Earth with a parallel Pete (and Jackie), and a new origins story for the Cybermen. But how does The Age of Steel stack up almost two decades later? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber and Ryan Blake

We went to see Alex Garland and Danny Boyle's return to the 28 Laters saga, so you don't have to Presented by J.R. Southall, with Ryan Blake Spoiler warning: right from the beginning of this conversation, we'll be talking about all the major developments of the film, including its ending

Our listeners listed their favourite to least favourite stories of the latest season of Doctor Who, so we got someone in who hadn't seen many of them, to try and help understand the results Presented by J.R. Southall, with Iain Martin