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So, the recently confirmed tenth season of Doctor Who will see head honcho, lead writer and Master of Nightmares Steven Moffat remaining with the programme. This would mean he has been responsible for the production of six seasons of the show; a total of over 80 episodes if current rates are maintained. While certain corners … >
Professor Bernice Summerfield was created in Virgin’s 1990’s New Adventures book range. Starting as a companion, the 26th century archaeologist survived as the star after the BBC took the Doctor Who book rights back in house. Later she gained her own audio adventures, where actress Lisa Bowerman brought the character to life at Big Finish. … >
“I thought we might need a gang,” says the Doctor in ‘Dinosaurs on a Spaceship’. “Never really had a gang before. It’s new.” He’s totally lying, of course. The Time Lord has been fond of having a gang around him right since the very first episode back in November 1963 and, while he seems to … >
The world of Doctor Who publishing is chock full of reference books. In order to stand out, you need to be offering something unique to make an impact. With his personal brand of accessible and enthusiastic fandom, Cameron K. McEwan – better known as the creator of the Blogtor Who website (and occasional CultBox contributor) … >
Conspicuous by their absence for the first six seasons of Doctor Who, but given their enduring popularity, it was inevitable that the Earth’s former inhabitants would menace the Doctor on screen eventually. Over the years, the prehistoric monsters have been seeing flying over London, albeit in an alternate, broken timeline in ‘The Wedding of River … >
Theatre Impresario Henry Gordon Jago (Christopher Benjamin) and Police Pathologist Professor George Litefoot (Trevor Baxter) were thrown together in the classic Doctor Who tale ‘The Talons of Weng Chiang’. Since 2010, as Victorian investigators of infernal incidents, they have been enjoying a terrific series of audio adventures. The latest boxset sees the pair leave London … >
In the run up to their 200th monthly release, Big Finish have found a novel way to ring the changes; mixing up eras by pairing older companions with their regular roster of Doctors. ‘The Defectors’ begins as a Pertwee story, but promptly substitutes the Seventh Doctor in place of the Third. The Time Lord has … >
The final chapter of this second E-Space trilogy begins not by resolving the cliff-hanger from ‘Equilibrium’, but rather with the TARDIS returned to our universe and the Doctor keeping an appointment. He comes as the bearer of bad news and begins to tell his tale; the TARDIS was in pursuit of Tegan, who had been … >
Tony Jones and Ian McArdell review this month’s new Doctor Who plays from Big Finish… Doctor Who Main Range #199 ‘Last of the Cybermen’ The second in the “locum Doctors” trilogy, which “translocates” a Big Finish Doctor back in time for an adventure with his early companions, this tale sees the Sixth paired with … >
Of all the programmes in the late Gerry Anderson’s back catalogue, Terrahawks is one we were not expecting to be granted an audio afterlife. Originally produced in 1983, it mixed latex puppetry and model effects work with comedy, rather than the more straight laced drama of Stingray or Thunderbirds, to entertain for three season. Being … >