Looking ahead to the thirteenth Doctor's final story, and some thoughts on the journey so far

Three TV films from the noughties this time, each one an education in what it takes to become (and in one case stop being) Prime Minister: The Deal (2003), The Long Walk to Finchley (2008) and Margaret (2009)

Matt introduces a new member of the Strangers team and leads the conversation through a discussion of Peter Davison's time as the fifth Doctor Who

Nigel Kneale's version of a Christmas ghost story in 1972 was this attempt to explain away the phenomenon through a revised exploration of the concept of residual haunting - but how does The Stone Tape look (and sound) fifty years later?

A few of our thoughts

What better way to fill the power vacuum left behind by Johnson's exit than with Liz Truss, right? Our thoughts on the new Prime Minister (delayed by a week after the news cycle overtook us).

With Crimes of the Future, David Cronenberg returns to the body horror that made his name - and even uses the name of one of his own films (despite this not being a remake). But now that it's landed in the UK, what did we think of it?

Dr Robert, lead singer and chief songwriter of The Blow Monkeys, chooses the eight items he would take with him, if he was about to be marooned on a desert planet Robert's Patreon page (to which JR contributes): https://www.patreon.com/drrobert/posts

Autumn live dates (JR will be at the Worthing gig): https://www.theblowmonkeys.com/live-dates

A fan, a lapsed fan and an agnostic form the panel for this discussion of Atlanta, Georgia's finest song-workers, R.E.M.

Now that we've all had chance to digest Jordan Peele's third offering as director, was Nope the dope, or was there scope for improvement...?