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After a busy series opener and a slightly less frenetic, if rather gory follow-up, Class settles in to its weekly pattern with ‘Nightvisiting’, which draws its beautifully macabre premise from the notion of the dead returning to visit those left behind. Despite seeing a fair amount of death on the show already, the episode focused … >
In another busy month from the Doctor Who audio producers, we celebrate Torchwood’s Tenth Anniversary with the special release ‘The Torchwood Archive’ and John Hurt returns in another trio of adventures for the ‘The War Doctor Volume 3: Agents of Chaos’. Also, those stalwart Victorian investigators of the infernal, Jago & Litefoot notch up their … >
Both Hooten (Michael Landes) and Alex (Ophelia Lovibond) get to grips with elements of their past this week, as the show comes to Moscow on the trail of a (possibly mythical) 51st Imperial Fabergé Egg. Meeting with an old contact who claims to know the egg’s location, some more of Hooten’s mysterious backstory is brought … >
From the pen of YA author Patrick Ness, and the current Doctor Who production team, BBC Three’s Class feels like a far more confident programme than either of its Whonivese spin-off forebears. Set at the Coal Hill School, the parent show’s earthbound launch pad and latterly Clara Oswald’s place of work, it centres on a group of Sixth … >
This week’s adventure came to interrupt Lady Alexandra Lindo-Parker (Ophelia Lovibond) amid crucial decisions surrounding her upcoming nuptials; while Alex has been making plans, her stalwart colleague Ella (Jessica Hynes) has gone and got herself kidnapped by bandits. Working to a forty-eight hour time limit, in which she had to both relieve the British Museum … >
This autumn has seen a few audio Doctor Who re-releases from Big Finish. First the epic 50th Anniversary series ‘Destiny of the Doctor’ in new packaging, and secondly a bunch of hard to find tales under the banner of ‘Short Trip Rarities’. ‘Destiny of the Doctor – The Complete Adventure’ Originally appearing monthly throughout 2013, … >
The adventure comes not a moment too soon this week, with the call to action from Lady Alex (Ophelia Lovibond) helping Hooten (Michael Landes) extricate himself from a sticky situation with a gang of Bolivian mobsters. Summoned to the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan by Penny McQuinn (Joanna Scanlan), the pair are soon on the trail … >
After their Roman holiday, this week’s escapade begins with our heroes working together from the beginning, with Hooten (Michael Landes) ostensibly on the British Museum payroll as Lady Alex (Ophelia Lovibond) attempts to uncover the tomb of Alexander the Great. While she is making a presentation to the authorities in Alexandria, seeking permission to dig … >
In another busy month from the Doctor Who audio producers, the main range brought the Seventh Doctor back to face the consequences of a previous adventure, while the third ‘Early Adventures’ season kicked off with a space-faring epic for the First Doctor, Susan, Ian and Barbara. The second volume of ‘Philip Hinchcliffe Presents’ tales saw … >
Moving on from her recent discovery of El Dorado, a little time has passed and we catch up with the British Museum’s Lady Alex (Ophelia Lovibond) in Rome. Ostensibly in the Italian capital to go wedding dress shopping with her mother, Alex is far more interested in some recently discovered archaeological treasures which have found … >