Ian McArdell
@ianmcardell.bsky.social
Father, husband, Broadcast Engineer, Sci-fi fan, CultBox reviewer and Nimon apologist.
Just landed on CultBox, my review of the latest River Song boxset, War Widow, from @bigfinish.bsky.social starring #AlexKingston & #PaulMcGann cultbox.co.uk/reviews/the-... #DoctorWho #AudioDrama
The Death and Life of River Song: War Widow – audio boxset review
War Widow, a 4 part audio drama boxset find River Song caught up in the Time War, with knowledge of the Doctor's future. Alex Kingston stars.
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My take on Adrift, the latest instalment of the #StarCops Conflict series is now up at CultBox: cultbox.co.uk/reviews/star... #audiodrama @bigfinish.bsky.social
Star Cops – Conflict: Adrift – audio drama review
There’s more Conflict for the Star Cops as their latest investigation poses the possibility of a monster in space… but monsters aren’t real, are they? Set in the near-future, Star Cops generally kept ...
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This interview with Russ Abbott by @shattenstone.bsky.social is lovely. Abbott had a career, a good one. He had a lovely time. And then he stopped. And that's fine. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
‘In 1984, I worked 363 days’: how Russ Abbot soared to success – then walked away
The comedian dominated Saturday night TV in the 1980s, with his sketch shows attracting 18 million viewers. Next came the West End musicals and sitcoms. But in 2016 he quietly disappeared from the lim...
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Fresh up on CultBox, my take on the latest Ninth Doctor Adventure - Dark Tides @bigfinish.bsky.social cultbox.co.uk/reviews/the-... #DoctorWho #audiodrama
The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Dark Tides - Doctor Who audio review
It’s a retro-futuristic chiller for the Ninth Doctor and Rose as they encounter the mysterious Dark Tides. Freed from the confines of Rose’s home on the Powell Estate, where the first half of the seri...
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My take on the latest instalment of The Thirteenth Doctor Adventures is now up at CultBox: cultbox.co.uk/reviews/the-... #DoctorWho @bigfinish.bsky.social #audiodrama
The Thirteenth Doctor Adventures: The Hallamshire Incident - Doctor Who audio drama review
The Hallamshire Incident sees a crashed Ice Warrior ship, and a clash of the personal and the professional for Yaz, police officer and Thirteenth Doctor companion.
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Misunderstanding the Paddington psychopomp meme, patronising Binface, pretending to be remotely relevant to a future Clacton by-election, *and* posting AI slop? That's quite a lot of unforced errors you've packed into just nine words and a "picture".
Now up on CultBox - my take on Peace at Last, the final episode of the #DoctorWho: Rutans vs Sontarans mini-series from @bigfinish.bsky.social cultbox.co.uk/reviews/ruta... #audiodrama
Rutans vs Sontarans: Peace at Last – Doctor Who audio drama review
The final of Rutans vs Sontarans brings the Doctor, Charley and C'rizz to the most unlikely of conferences - but can there be Peace at Last?
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Fresh up on CultBox, my take on #DoctorWho: Thirteen O'Clock - the latest release in The Ninth Doctor Adventures cultbox.co.uk/reviews/the-... #audiodrama @bigfinish.bsky.social
The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Thirteen O’Clock – audio review
Rose and the Ninth Doctor can't seem to escape the Powell Estate - 'Thirteen O'Clock' reveals what keeps dragging them back.
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Fresh up on CultBox - my take on the thrid instalment of Doctor Who - Rutans vs Sontarans: Grave Moon cultbox.co.uk/reviews/ruta... @bigfinish.bsky.social #DoctorWho #audiodrama
Rutans vs Sontarans: Grave Moon – Doctor Who audio drama review
Love, loss and Geordies await the Sixth Doctor and Peri as Rutans vs Sontarans continues with Part 3 - Grave Moon.
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Fresh up on CultBox, my take on Dark Gallifrey: The Meddling Monks from @bigfinish.bsky.social cultbox.co.uk/reviews/dark... #DoctorWho
Dark Gallifrey: The Meddling Monks trilogy audio review
Dark Gallifrey, the Time Lords villains series, continues with a mismatched pair of Meddling Monks. Dark Gallifrey enters its third year with it strangest offering yet. Following outings for Morbius,...
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Fresh up on CultBox, my take on the latest boxset of @bigfinish.bsky.social's The Fourth Doctor Adventures - Lethal Progress cultbox.co.uk/reviews/the-... #DoctorWho #audiodrama
The Fourth Doctor Adventures: Lethal Progress audio boxset review
The price of progress - away from Earth, the Fourth Doctor and Sarah enjoy three lethal brushes with scientific endeavour. Tom Baker stars.
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Oh, man, that's a punch in the gut. Fantastic actor, always a delight to see him in anything. RIP Anthony Head. Goodnight, Giles. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Anthony Head: Buffy and Ted Lasso actor dies at 72
The 72-year-old British actor also had roles in shows including Merlin and Little Britain.
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Fresh up on CultBox, my review of the latest Rutans vs Sontatans story: Rendition starring the Second and Eighth Doctors! cultbox.co.uk/reviews/ruta... #DoctorWho @bigfinish.bsky.social #audiodrama #Sontatans #Rutans
Rutans vs Sontarans: Rendition – Doctor Who audio drama review
Rendition, the 2nd part of Rutans vs Sontarans, sees the Doctor, Jamie and Zoe come to the aid of a medical ship full of Rutans in danger...
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Fresh up on CultBox, my take on #DoctorWho - The War Doctor Rises: Fear of the Light - the return of the Rani to @bigfinish.bsky.social cultbox.co.uk/reviews/the-... #audiodrama
The War Doctor Rises: Fear of the Light – audio drama review
Rani, what were you like in the Time War? Big Finish explore the role of the Rani in Time War in The War Doctor Rises: Fear of the Light.
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Fresh up on CultBox, my take on the first boxset of the new Eleventh Doctor Adventures from @bigfinish.bsky.social cultbox.co.uk/reviews/the-... #DoctorWho
The Eleventh Doctor Adventures: The First Question audio boxset review
Miles Taylor takes over as Big Finish's Eleventh Doctor for a new boxset - The First Question - with a new companion, Eleanor Fong.
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And another one... my take on the latest release in the @bigfinish.bsky.social Thirteenth Doctor Advenures range is up on CultBox: cultbox.co.uk/reviews/the-... #DoctorWho #ThirteenthDoctor #JodieWhittaker #MandipGill #audiodrama
The Thirteenth Doctor Adventures: Aegis – Doctor Who audio review
The Doctor and Yaz head undercover to free the mysterious Tourist in the latest Thirteenth Doctor audio drama: Aegis
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Why Are You More Successful Than Me? with Richard Bacon - Chris Chibnall on writing, #DoctorWho #Broadchurch #SevenDials and more. Well worth a listen! podcastaddict.com/why-are-you-... via @PodcastAddict #podcast
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And another one... my take on the latest release in the @bigfinish.bsky.social Thirteenth Doctor Advenures range is up on CultBox: cultbox.co.uk/reviews/the-... #DoctorWho #ThirteenthDoctor #JodieWhittaker #MandipGill #audiodrama
The Thirteenth Doctor Adventures: Aegis – Doctor Who audio review
The Doctor and Yaz head undercover to free the mysterious Tourist in the latest Thirteenth Doctor audio drama: Aegis
cultbox.co.uk
Fresh up on CultBox, my take on the first boxset of the new Eleventh Doctor Adventures from @bigfinish.bsky.social cultbox.co.uk/reviews/the-... #DoctorWho
The Eleventh Doctor Adventures: The First Question audio boxset review
Miles Taylor takes over as Big Finish's Eleventh Doctor for a new boxset - The First Question - with a new companion, Eleanor Fong.
cultbox.co.uk
Fresh up on CultBox, my take on the latest release from @bigfinish.bsky.social's The Worlds of #DoctorWho range - UNIT Eras: Hostile Universe. cultbox.co.uk/reviews/unit... #audiodrama
UNIT Eras: Hostile Universe - The Worlds of Doctor Who audio review
Big Finish dives into four Eras of UNIT, the outfit who defend the Earth from a Hostile Universe in the absence of the Doctor.
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Fresh up on CultBox, my take on the latest boxset of #DoctorWho - The Sixth Doctor Adventures: Expulsion which reunites the Doctor and Peri with Turlough. cultbox.co.uk/reviews/the-... #audiodrama @bigfinish.bsky.social
The Sixth Doctor Adventures: Expulsion – audio boxset review
Expulsion sees former companion Turlough reunited with the Sixth Doctor and Peri for three new adventures in history.
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Hi I wrote about the making of classic platformerChuckie Egg and talked to its creator Nigel Alderton. Please give it a read as I want to show there’s an audience for this gaming history stuff 🙏 www.theguardian.com/games/2026/a...
‘People still remember it 40 years later’: the making of Chuckie Egg
The iconic game that came to define 8-bit programming still conjures flutters of nostalgia 40 years on – all thanks to a 15-year-old tea boy who worked a Saturday shift in a computer shop in Greater M...
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Fresh up on CultBox, my take on the latest Ninth Doctor and Rose adventure from @bigfinish.bsky.social - back on the Powell Estate again for Pandemonium by Katharine Armitage. cultbox.co.uk/reviews/doct... #DoctorWho #audiodrama #ChristopherEccleston #BilliePiper
Doctor Who: The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Pandemonium audio review
Living history! The Doctor and Rose return to the Powell Estate (again) and all hell is breaking loose in Pandemonium.
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Meet Peter Purves in Manchester Film is Fabulous! is delighted to announce that Doctor Who icon, Peter Purves, will be signing autographs at HOME Manchester, following the screening of “The Daleks’ Master Plan” episodes on Saturday, 23rd May 2026. Photo by Christopher John Ball
Working my way through #TheDaleksMasterPlan with a new appreciation. I'm moved to recommend the terrific #DoctorWho: The Missing Episodes Podcast, providing suberbly focused nerdery, detective work and speculation along the way! @missingepisodespod.bsky.social www.podbean.com/pw/pbblog-rk...
Doctor Who: The Missing Episodes Podcast | Tim
Tim and guests review Doctor Who’s missing episodes.
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Fresh up on CultBox, my take on the first part of #DoctorWho: Rutans vs Sontatans - Betrayal at the House of Sontar, starring #JoMartin as the #FugitiveDoctor cultbox.co.uk/reviews/ruta... @bigfinish.bsky.social #audiodrama
Rutans vs Sontarans: Betrayal at the House of Sontar - Doctor Who audio review
The Fugitive Doctor visits Sontar with an offer, but should they trust her? Jo Martin stars in the first episode of Rutans vs Sontarans.
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I've written a short piece about the Riverside event for the Radio Times website: www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/do...
Doctor Who fans given new hope for missing episodes – as Peter Purves celebrates The Daleks' Master Plan restoration
At a special screening of the latest rediscovered episodes, there was more reason for fans to be optimistic of future finds.
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What a terrific afternoon, experiencing long lost (and recently rediscovered) #doctorwho episodes on the big screen - and getting to meet Peter Purves too! Thanks to the amazing work of @filmisfabulous.bsky.social for bringing these two episodes home!
