Doctor Who – Big Finish casts another new First Doctor

Stephen Noonan is taking on the role first created by William Hartnell.  While we wait for news of Jodie Whittaker’s successor to be announced, presumably sometime prior to filming on Series 14, Big Finish have installed another First Doctor in the TARDIS. Over the past few years the company, makers of officially licensed audio dramas … >

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The Lone Centurion Volume 2: Camelot – Doctor Who audio review

The Lone Centurion Volume 2: Camelot continues the adventures of Rory Williams, who has taken it upon himself to guard his wife inside the Pandorica.  Doctor Who’s Series 5 finale saw Amy Pond’s luckless (and deceased) fiancé restored to life as an Auton Roman Centurion. Unable to resist his programming, he shot her and placed … >

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Torchwood: Cadoc Point review

Sgt Andy Davidson sets out for Cadoc Point, for a poignant Torchwood tale of love, loss and regret.  Cadoc Point provides another outing Cardiff’s finest, the redoubtable Sgt Andy Davidson. While stories often pair him with a Torchwood team member, this time Andy is acting on his own initiative. Set after the fall of Torchwood, … >

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Louise Jameson joins the cast of itv’s Emmerdale

The beloved former Doctor Who companion and Eastender is bound for The Woolpack.   Louise Jameson, best known to cult TV fans as the savage Leela – a companion to the Fourth Doctor – is joining the cast of itv’s long-running soap opera Emmerdale. The actress will play Mary, the mother of longstanding character Rhona Goskirk … >

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Jekyll and Hyde comes to Big Finish

Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novella is becomes an audio drama.  After a long wait, Nicholas Briggs is bringing his adaptation of the classic gothic tale, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, to Big Finish. The production first had life on the stage as a 2016 touring production, will join the their classics range … >

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The Lichyrwick Abomination – Doctor Who Short Trips audio review

The latest ‘Paul Spragg Memorial Short Trip Opportunity’ Winner delivers atmosphere in spades.  Doctor Who audio producers Big Finish annually mark the birthday of their late colleague Paul Spragg, December 29th, with the release of a free Short Trips story. The author of this tale is picked through a competition, which seeks to encourage fresh … >

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Doctor Who novel Watchers by Matthew Waterhouse is released

The actor has penned a tale featuring Adric and the Fourth Doctor vs the Daleks.  Written and narrated by Matthew Waterhouse, Doctor Who: Watchers is the second ‘audio novel’ from Big Finish. These enhanced audio books aim to recreate the feel of the beloved Target novelisations of the 1970s and 80s. After the success of … >

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The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Lost Warriors – audio boxset review

Lost Warriors is the third boxset of adventures for Christopher Eccleston’s Ninth Doctor.  As with Respond To All Calls before it, these are three discrete Doctor Who tales with a thematic link, rather than a three-parter like Ravagers. Once again travelling alone, the Doctor finds allies on his adventures — all of which are Earthbound … >

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Doctor Who – Big Finish announce Bambera series UNIT: Brave New World

Brigadier Winifred Bambera returns for a 1990’s set UNIT spin-off series with Big Finish.  As revealed in the most recent edition of Doctor Who Magazine, UNIT – the Doctor’s sometime military allies and employers – are getting another audio series. In addition to the exploits of Kate Stewart, Osgood and co, UNIT: Brave New World … >

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