Audio dramas based on the classic sci-fi/fantasy series Sapphire & Steel are now available again from Big Finish Productions. “All irregularities will be handled by the forces controlling each dimension. Transuranic, heavy elements may not be used where there is life. Medium atomic weights are available: Gold, Lead, Copper, Jet, Diamond, Radium, Sapphire, Silver and … >
Here’s our October 2023 Podcast Roundup – our favourites from the worlds of CultBox. In no particular order, the picks this month are… Out To Lunch with Ade Edmonson – Jim Howick Out to Lunch has a new host, with the emphasis shifting slightly from the food to the comic chat with the endearingly demented … >
David Whitaker in an Exciting Adventure with Television is written by Simon Guerrier. In time to celebrate Doctor Who‘s 60th anniversary, publisher Ten Acre Films (The Long Game, Pull to Open) are releasing a book about one of the people who was instrumental in the show’s early success: David Whitaker. Riffing on the title of … >
Paul Hayes, writer of The Long Game, has returned to the birth of Doctor Who Back in October 2021, Ten Acre Films released a remarkable book about Doctor Who‘s triumphant 2005 revival. In The Long Game, writer Paul Hayes spoke to the people who restored the show’s place as a national institution. His fascinating interviews, … >
Big Finish adapt an earlier draft of the tale which eventually became ‘The Ark in Space’. You’d be hard pressed to find a Doctor Who fan who doesn’t hold ‘The Ark in Space’ in high esteem. However, Tom Baker’s second story came to the screen via a rather tortured path. Initially penned by another writer, … >
Big Finish are bringing us two further alternate takes on familiar tales from the Fourth Doctor’s first season. With most of the best-known “lost” Doctor Who stories now produced on audio – that’s stories which for one reason or another originally didn’t make it to the small screen – audio producers Big Finish have begun … >
Scourge of the Cybermen is the first of a new range of “audio novels” – in other words, enhanced audiobooks, as distinct from audio dramas – from Big Finish. Written by Simon Guerrier, it uses the format to tell a “Target books” style story; over more than seven hours, the tale mirrors the structure of … >
Once again Big Finish is giving away a free audio adventure in lockdown each week — this week it’s Blake’s 7 Turing Test As before, Big Finish is giving away one free audio drama each week during lockdown and this week it all starts with Blake’s 7 Turing Test by Simon Guerrier. Every Monday, a … >
Ten years ago, Big Finish had the Fifth Doctor (Peter Davison) engage in a second search for the Key to Time. As part of this, writer Simon Guerrier created two new companions: Amy (now renamed as Abby) played by Ciara Janson and Zara played by Laura Doddington. Created is the word; Abby and Zara were … >
Shadow of the Daleks 1 is the first of two volumes, which together make up an eight-part story. It sees the Fifth Doctor sucked into the Time War; the devastating temporal conflict between his people and the Daleks which belongs in his own personal future. Compelling the Doctor to repeatedly encounter the same faces, Shadow … >