Big Finish’s Doctor Who 60th anniversary mini-series concludes with Once and Future: The Union. October’s second dose of Once and Future brings the Doctor Who 60th anniversary audio extravaganza to a close. Still afflicted by his bout of is degeneration, the ailing Doctor is rattling around his personal timeline more than ever. In The Union, … >
The star reunites with Russell T Davies for a sequel to Dark Season, his 1991 children’s television series. Updated 17/03/23: Ahead of its May release, Big Finish have revealed the cover for Dark Season: Legacy Rising. The artwork, by Sean Longmore, centres on the series’ three young leads. That’s Nina Lewis (Bethany Antonia), Jack Parton … >
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 … >
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 … >
Free Speech is the winner of 2020’s ‘Paul Spragg Memorial Short Trips Opportunity’. Celebrating the life of the late Big Finish staffer, the competition opens the door to fresh talent by inviting story submissions. The winning idea is then developed, recorded and finally released for free. This year’s tale, by Eugenie Pusenjak, was chosen by … >
The Enemy of My Enemy is Big Finish’s second full-cast Time Lord Victorious (TLV) drama, part of their contribution to the Doctor Who multi-platform crossover event. Picking up on the cliffhanger of He Kills Me, He Kills Me Not, the Eighth Doctor finds himself ambushed by a unusual bunch of Daleks. Forced into an unholy … >
Her Own Bootstraps, September’s Short Trip, is another which fills in a little continuity reference, like 2019’s Battle Scars. Here, we run with the idea that the Ninth Doctor was present at the eruption of Krakatoa in 1883. The story, as the title suggests, centres on a bootstrap paradox. It begins with the Doctor, travelling … >
‘Regeneration Impossible’, the latest Short Trip, sees range editor Alfie Shaw pushing the constraints of the regular format. Thanks to the remarkable vocal talents of actor Jacob Dudman, this story chronicles a meeting of two Doctors: one during his Victorian isolation, before the events of ‘The Snowmen’, the other at the latter end of his … >
The Twelfth Doctor Chronicles brings Big Finish into Doctor Who’s recent past for more partially-narrated adventures. The first foray into this era outside of the fully narrated Short Trips range, these stories star Jacob Dudman, the remarkable vocal mimic who has also lent his voice to both the Tenth and Eleventh Doctors. He is joined … >
‘The Best-Laid Plans’ is the winner of 2019’s Paul Spragg Memorial Short Trips Opportunity. Released in memory of the much-missed Big Finish employee, it comes from a writer new to Big Finish. The story is one about ideas, with its central character, Dracksil Forg, being overburdened with them. So full, in fact, that he maintains … >