Guide To Stranger Things

As the writing and pre-production work ramps up ahead of the filming of the third season of the Netflix series, Cary Elwes has been cast as the "handsome, slick and sleazy" Mayor Kline.

The forthcoming third season of Stranger Things will drop to eight episodes. This is down one episode on season two, but back to the original count for season one.

In one of the least surprising announcements from the world of entertainment, Netflix have confirmed that Stranger Things will return for a third season.

Now you can explore the town of Hawkins in Minecraft by downloading this map of the town which features in the Netflix show, Stranger Things. There's also skins of all the character available to choose from.

So you've got to the end of Stranger Things, but you're suffering withdrawal symptoms from life in Hawkins. Well, we have a cure for you, a list of all the films and TV shows that have influenced the show in some way that you can go and watch again. Or, if you're really lucky, see for the first time!

It turns out that the Netflix hit series, Stranger Things is based on a real life secret US government project, codenamed "Montauk". Conspiracy theorists believe scientists working on the project conducted mind control experiments.

Just like the first season, #StrangerThings2 left us with more unanswered questions than it did answers, but luckily we already know that there will be at least two more season to come. Here are our hopes, wishes, theories, and expectations for the third season.

If you'd like to get in the realm known as the upside down then first you'll need to establish if there's a festering gateway near by, the easiest way to do this is with a compass or with a kind of light-powered ouija board... Then you'll need to brew a potion to open the gate using the following...

If you're planning on ploughing through all nine episodes of Stranger Things season 2, a total of almost eight hours of supernatural entertainment, then you might need something to keep you going. How about gallons of alcohol and a fun game to play?

This is it folks, on the downhill stretch. Will they save Will? Can they close the gate? Will Dustin find a girl? Will Lucas smooch Max? Will there be another series? Face it, if you're reading this, you already know. But what references did we pick up on to life in the 80s, and other films in general?

The one-off special episode of The Lost Sister is over, El is coming back, the Demodogs are creeping out of the ground setting in process are ride to the end of the series. There's a lot to get through. Let's start by going back, way back to the Jurassic period...

Stranger Things 2 takes a bit of a detour this episode as we follow Eleven's adventures hooking up with her 'sister' Kali. Will she stay with the gang and therefore forget about everyone else in Hawkins?

Whilst Will's connection to whatever evil is lurking below Hawkins grows ever-stronger, nobody seems to have a clue how to save him. Elsewhere, Dustin and Steve form an unlikely bromance, bonding over girlfriend tips and Steve's haircare advice. But will we, the viewers, discover any fresh 80s references?

Dig Dug is of course the name of one of the arcade games we saw Max playing back in episode one. Will episode 5 score highly in our rundown of 80s references in Stranger Things 2? Well, yes, of course it will!

Lots to get our teeth into plot-wise in episode 4. Will starts letting his mum into his world of pain, Hopper digs for the truth, Nancy and Jonathan pair up whilst Eleven makes an interesting discovery. That left less room for the 80s references, but what did they manage to shoehorn in?

After setting up the season and getting us to Halloween in the first couple of episodes, it's time to head on with the plot. Dustin appears to have found a new friend in his bin, what could it be?

Halloween. A night when the barrier between our world, and other worlds, gets so thin, sometimes it breaks and things from beyond can enter our domain. Why should the town of Hawkins be any different during the season of the witch?

If you were lucky enough to remember the 80s, 'Stranger Things', the smash-hit Netflix series now released for its second season, is chock full of references to 80s music, tv, film and fashion. Even if you don’t remember the 80s, or you weren’t even born then, it's fun to try and pick out all the nods to that decade in the show. How many are you picking up in Season 2?

The full list of songs used in the second season of the Netflix smash Stranger Things, listen to all the music with this Spotify playlist.

Have you made it through all nine episodes of the latest season of 'Stranger Things' yet? If so, how much can you remember about the new season? Test your knowledge with this tricky #StrangerThings2 trivia quiz.

Who is Bob in 'Stranger Things'? What is a demodog? What happened to Dustin's hair? And who is Kali? After watching nine solid hours of the latest season of 'Stranger Things', I can now reveal the answer to these questions and more in my A to Z of #StrangerThings2.