James McLean and John Kenneth Muir are back with another fascinating chat about US TV and movie culture. This time, The Fugitive — the 1960s TV series and a 1993 Harrison Ford movie — is the starting point.Read More →
Big news this week in the world of Doctor Who, where Bradley Walsh was finally confirmed as part of the regular cast of Chris Chibnall’s reimagined show. PLUS: Lego Dimensions ends, which means there’s now no active Doctor Who video game beyond Doctor Who: Legacy. Christian Cawley and James McLeanRead More →
Excited by Shada’s imminent DVD release? Thrilled by the idea of 60 minute episodes of Doctor Who Series 11? Coins burning a hole in your pocket, and fancy a unique purchase from somewhere selling unusual Doctor Who-inspired merchandise? You’ve come to the right place. Christian Cawley and guest James BaldockRead More →
Remember Defender? Chase HQ? Time Crisis? The sound of Charlie Brown’s teacher calling out bingo, in a fug of cigarette smoke and the black and red uniforms of the Nobles Amusements cash girls? Or the feeling of putting too much money into a machine and having to leave credits behind?Read More →
Hitting subscription channel CBS All Action (and Netflix in the UK), Star Trek: Discovery introduces a new take on the Star Trek franchise. This week, Christian Cawley and James McLean investigate the new world, which takes place within the old continuity, and introduces characters such as Michael Burnham, Saru, someRead More →
PodKast with a K co-founder Brian Terranova has decided to step down from regular appearances with the Kasterborous team. This week, Christian Cawley remembers some of the high points of his pan-Atlantic collaboration with Brian, covering their work together on Kasterborous.com, the Time Leech comic strip, and of course, theRead More →
There’s a new Star Wars movie out in December… but what the heck is going on with the other two films currently in production? In the past six months, both the Han Solo origin movie and Star Wars Episode 9 have lost their directors. How has this happened? Who isRead More →
Christian Cawley and Gareth Kavanagh look back at the halcyon days of Teletext, and 8-bit computers in homes and schools in the 1980s in this latest Coaxial. There’s even some talk of 16-bit classics like the Amiga and the Atari ST — a must for fans of retro computing, andRead More →
Since the Russell T Davies/Julie Gardner-lead Doctor Who game genre TV a much-needed revival in 2005, producers on both sides of the Atlantic have taken a new interest in genre TV. While the UK had suffered a hiatus of such TV until the “Doctor Who effect” struck, in the US,Read More →
One week on, and we still can’t quite believe it. He’s not an obvious Doctor Who companion, so we have to ask: has Bradley Walsh really been cast in Doctor Who Series 11? Is the production in some sort of bizarre existential crisis? Or will this prove to be excellentRead More →
Well, it’s been a nice summer, but we’re back! James McLean and Brian Terranova are in the hot-seat this week, steering conversation from The X-Files to Star Wars: The Last Jedi via Spider-Man: Homecoming and comedy in order to try to work out why real life keeps permeating fiction. WhyRead More →
Well that was perhaps the worst week in Doctor Who since 1989. Reaction against the Jodie Whittaker news denounced as “sexism”; Peter Davison dragged into a Twitter firestorm by former Labour leader Ed Miliband (who has so far refused to apologise) leading to the former Doctor Who star quitting theRead More →
