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The CultBox Podcast Roundup – June 2023

Hailing frequencies open, here’s our June 2023 Podcast Roundup – our favourites from the worlds of CultBox.  Our picks this month, in no particular order, are… We Can Be Weirdos Ep 6 – The Ghostbuster: Dan Aykroyd and his Close Encounters Presenter Dan Schreiber (of No Such Thing As A Fish) talks to the comedy … >

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2023 Doctor Who Target novels artwork revealed

Five new Doctor Who Target novelisations will become available from July 2023, each written by the original screenwriters of the television episodes. With newly-commissioned artwork from Anthony Dry, these five new novelisations of Doctor Who stories celebrate the 50th year of the novel range, and also coincides with the show’s 60th anniversary. Four of the … >

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Doctor Who Magazine pays tribute to ‘The Sarah Jane Adventures’

The latest Doctor Who Magazine features a 28-page retrospective of every story in The Sarah Jane Adventures, the much-loved spin-off from Doctor Who that ran from 2007-11 and starred Elisabeth Sladen. Included are new interviews with stars Daniel Anthony, Tommy Knight and Anjli Mohindra, plus lead writer Phil Ford. Other highlights of the new issue … >

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Five stories join Doctor Who Target book range

BBC Books has announced that it will expand the Doctor Who Target range with five new titles for Summer 2023. The new 2023 titles celebrate Target publishing Doctor Who books for half a century. – each written by the original screenwriters of the TV episodes with newly-commissioned cover artwork by Anthony Dry. Launched in 1973, … >

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‘Wizards vs Aliens’ not recommissioned for Season 4

Wizards vs Aliens looks unlikely to return for a fourth season this year. CBBC’s sci-fi adventure drama has apparently been placed on hiatus due to budget constrictions. The show’s co-creator Russell T Davies told Broadcast that there is currently “not enough money” to make new episodes, but says it has not been axed. Starring Scott … >

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‘Wizards vs Aliens’ review: ‘Twilight Falls’

A very good run of stories – and a few hundred years of wizard history – culminate in ‘Twilight Falls’, the final story of Wizards Vs Aliens’ third season. I will always be delighted by the sight of Dan Starkey’s actual face, and what a treat it was to see it make an appearance sans … >

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‘Wizards vs Aliens’ review: ‘The Key Of Bones’

This week’s Wizards Vs Aliens story, ‘The Key of Bones’, is Season 3’s penultimate adventure and very much feels like it. It seems like most of this story exists to set up what’s to come in next week’s two-part finale; indeed, the real action of this story doesn’t come until Part 2. It’s a complex, … >

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‘Wizards vs Aliens’ Season 3 episode guide

Created by Russell T Davies (Doctor Who) and Phil Ford (The Sarah Jane Adventures), fantasy adventure drama Wizards vs Aliens returns to CBBC for ten new episodes this autumn. Wizards vs Aliens follows the young wizard Tom Clarke and his science-savvy friend Benny as they attempt to stop the Nekross, who are threatening to destroy … >

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‘Wizards vs Aliens’ review: ‘The Daughters of Stone’

Oh Wizards vs Aliens, you arch manipulators of emotion. I can honestly say, when I set about to watch ‘The Daughters of Stone’, I did not expect to find myself uttering the above sentiment, but here we are. What drives this adventure of witches and deceptions and haunting are a series of overlapping stories about … >

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