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We kick off 2013 with a look at something that has had a profound influence on both myself and Ralph, although we did not acquire it till more recently, I speak of Transformers: Continued Generation 2, published by TMUK (Transmasters[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Tis the season to be jolly, fa la la la la la la la la, A DVD from Phil sends Ralph of his trolley, fa la la la la la la la la, Downed we now our festive vodka, fa[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

We’ve covered Television, toys, advent calendars, annuals, comics, alcohol so far in our seasonal journey, but we were in danger of getting all the way through without looking at music. Christmas is a time of songs, carols and novelty pop[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Another ritual of Christmas these days is the Doctor Who Christmas Special, which to many of you started with 2005. Oh you bandwagon-hoppers, didn’t you know the first Doctor Who Christmas Special was in 1965 with “The Feast of Steven”,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

We’re back and in an unusual role reversal it’s Rolph that has procured a random comic from Oxfam, although he’s decided to give it to Andy for Christmas. What amazing comic has he found, what delights are contained within…DINO-RIDERS ISSUE[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Christmas is a time of gift-giving and for once the intrepid Stardub team get a gift that is not from the Silent Member (Philip Ayres). Listener and all-round swell chap @Cassius335/Alan John Wilkinson has sent the Stardub team a mystery[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

On the seventh day of Christmas our team get into the numerical swing of things and talk about Five (yes, we are that awkward and contrary), that’s right five…Christmas themed Transformer Christmas comic stories published by Marvel UK. Fans of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

We are at the halfway stage and we’ve turned to drink (if you are still with us, I dare say you’ve already started knocking them back), in our daily dose of seasonal themed tat we’ve turned to festive ales. We[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

On the fifth day of Christmas our team inexorably find themselves talking about Transformers again. Oh don’t act all surprised, you knew it would happen just as we did! This time, we talk about one of the most seen dead[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

And lo it came to pass that on the fourth day of Christmas one of our number was so affected by the season he began speaking in tongues. I’ll let you all try to puzzle out which one of our[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

On the Third Dub of Christmas, a rare insight into the blackened, shrivelled husk of a heart that pumps bile around the body of one half of our team. Andu shares with you The Transformers Annual from 1985, which ranks[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

It’s day two of the Twelve Dubs of Christmas, and the worlds of Christmas and the Turnbull Taste Challenge collide in a yuletide slobberknocker of epic proportions as the licensed chocolate purveyors Kinnerton have two of their advent calendars under[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

The festive season is all about giving, so here in the nerve-centre of pop-culture cenobites everywhere that is Stardub we’ve decided to join in with the giving. So every day for the next twelve days you will get a new[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Rolph has finished the great challenge set by co-host Andu to see 100 films at the cinema in 2012. An ordeal capped off by the Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger. Remember[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

In an unusually topical episode (recorded scant hours before uploading) your intrepid team are returning to the most colourful and controversial eras of Doctor Who, that of the Sixth Doctor, Colin Baker. Up for discussion is The Two Doctors, which[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

The team are back and in their sights this episode – Souls Ark – a Doctor Who spin-off style film so bad the director took his name off it.  This has to be good.  Footloose 2011 is also watched/endured –[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

What passes for normal service here has been resumed, we’ll be picking up the Sixth Doctor Retrospective in a few episodes time. In the meantime your intrepid team talk about the importance of going outside for gatherings such as the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Right we’re back with the first of a trilogy of podcasts which will be spread out over the coming months as we watch and celebrate the stories of the Sixth Doctor aka Colin Baker. Before we get to that, there[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

The resolution to the ongoing story-arc of Stardub Series 2 that you and half of the podcast team knew nothing about is upon you.  A mystery package from friend of the podcast Little Philip Ayres is discussed at the start[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Travel back in time before last episode and in 2.15 we left you with a cliffhanger… “Friend” of the show Little Philip Ayres has gifted us a Robocop DVD – Dark Justice.  This is the ill-advised, ill-fated relaunch on TV[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...