Doctor Who: The Lord of Misrule – audio novel review

The Doctor and Romana reunite with those indefatigable investigators of the infernal, Jago & Litefoot. Thrown together during 1977’s ‘The Talons of Weng-Chiang’, Professor George Litefoot and Henry Gordon Jago were an unlikely double act. However, with Trevor Baxter as the thoughtful pathologist, and Christopher Benjamin playing the loquacious impresario, they were a perfect paring. … >

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Doctor Who – The Fourth Doctor Adventures: The Hellwood Inheritance audio boxset review

Tom Baker and Louise Jameson return for more audio dramas as the Fourth Doctor and Leela.  It’s always fun to launch into another series of adventures with the irrepressible Tom Baker. In this fourteenth run of audio stories, he’s paired with Louise Jameson’s noble savage Leela, with adventures set around 1977/78. Both tales excuse K-9 … >

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The Death and Life of River Song: Ace and Tegan audio box set review

River Song meets two of her husband’s best friends, Ace and Tegan, in a time-twisting four-part adventure. With her own capacity to time-travel, Professor River Song (Alex Kingston) encountered three Doctors on screen, and has met more on audio since. However, her latest adventure brings her into contact with two of the Doctor’s former travelling … >

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The CultBox Podcast Roundup – March 2025

Here’s our March 2025 Podcast Roundup – our favourites from the worlds of CultBox.  In no particular order, this month’s picks are… Virtually Parkinson interviews Steven Moffat Doctor Who and Sherlock scribe Steven Moffat joined the AI version of the late Sir Michael Parkinson for a chat. It’s an interesting project, with the AI trained … >

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Genesis of the Cybermen – Doctor Who: The Lost Stories review

The origin story of the Cybermen, based on the ideas of their co-creator Gerry Davis. Thanks to a neat line or two from Steven Moffat, we know that Cybermen are inevitable. They’re the horrific result of a simple equation: “People plus technology minus humanity.” However, the Cybermen who met the First Doctor at the South … >

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The CultBox Podcast Roundup – February 2025

Here’s our February 2025 Podcast Roundup – our favourites from the worlds of CultBox.  In no particular order, this month’s picks are… David Tennant Does a Podcast with… Ben Schwartz Back after a four-year long gap, David Tennant’s podcast feed came back to life at the end of January with a teasing “Is this thing … >

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The Fugitive Doctor Adventures: Most Wanted – audio review

Jo Martin’s incarnation of the Doctor kicks off her own series of audio adventures. The Fugitive Doctor materialised in a head-spinning revelation as part of the Thirteenth Doctor’s arc. At the end of her debut tale, she flew off for her own adventures leaving us befuddled but wanting more. This rogue incarnation then reoccurred throughout … >

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Classic Doctors New Monsters 5: Faithful Friends audio review

The latest blending of Doctor Who eras brings us the Krillitaine, the Lupari and the Monks.  Big Finish’s Classic Doctors New Monsters range returns for its fifth outing, providing more occasions for earlier Doctors to encounter creatures from the post-2005 series. In Faithful Friends, the genetic ability acquiring Krillitaine of ‘School Reunion’ return in two … >

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The CultBox Podcast Roundup – January 2025

Here’s our January 2025 Podcast Roundup – our favourites from the worlds of CultBox.  In no particular order, this month’s picks are… Something Who Episode 108: The War Games in Colour Editor Benjamin Cook and Lead Colourisation Artist Rich Tipple return to discuss ‘The War Games in Colour’. Talking to host Richard Smith, the pair … >

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