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After last week’s uneasy agreement between the brothers, we saw Johnny (Hans Matheson) assuming his responsibilities, taking keys and ruffling feathers, even before the credits rolled. There was scant time to enjoy his elevated status though, as the spectre of Red Killeen’s death threatened to overwhelm events. His body, buried below the grave of the … >
Although presented as an unknown by the press, the young Matt Smith had a fair track record our screens before taking the role of the Eleventh Doctor. Post-Doctor Who, he has already started to make waves in Hollywood. Following last year’s Terminator movie with Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) and Ryan Gosling’s Lost River, the 33-year-old … >
“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. Although it may feel that the enduring Doctor Who line-up is that of the Time Lord and a single, feisty female companion, there have actually been various … >
With Big Finish now able to play with elements of 21st Century Doctor Who, we have already been treated to some amazing dramas such as ‘The Diary of River Song’, where River encountered the Eight Doctor, and ‘UNIT: Extinction’ in which an Auton invasion was foiled by Kate Stewart, Osgood and the team. We have … >
With Sherlock writer Steve Thompson’s new ITV drama passing its halfway point, we finally gained an answer to one of Jericho’s mysteries. Sadly, it was everything we had expected, and less. Yes, the awkward tension between Isabella and Johnny, prompted by their dark secret, was nowt but a night of passion crowned by a broken … >
Kicking off a new year of Doctor Who audio adventures, ‘The Diary of River Song’ became an unexpected Christmas present when it was made available to download early off the back of her festive television appearance. The first volume of ‘The Churchill Years’ arrived too, offering adventures for the Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh Doctors – … >
After the revelation of John(ny) Blackwell’s familiar connections, the news began to ripple through the town of Jericho. For her part, Annie Quaintain opted to create some distance between them in the hope of luring her son back across the way from his new employer, Ralph Coates. At Blackwood House, the eldest son’s return has … >
Despite strong fan opinions voiced on the new paradigm Daleks, we’re sure most would agree that Ian McNiece’s role as Winston Churchill in 2010’s ‘Victory of the Daleks’ was a triumph. Shrewdly positioned as a long-time friend of the Doctor, the door was thrown open for further adventures before and after. Picking up the baton, … >
Business rather than romance was the order of the day as Charles Blackwood married Isabella Lampton and freed her inheritance for investment in the Culverdale Viaduct project. Clearly destined to be a thoroughly modern marriage, the groom seemed a little vague on details such as the sleeping arrangements. Instead, his focus was on raising the … >
Having not made a full appearance in Big Finish’s range since it began with ‘The Conspiracy’, Torchwood’s erstwhile leader Captain Jack Harkness returns in ‘Uncanny Valley’, still on the trail of the shadowy global conspiracy known only as “The Committee”. The story begins with Jack arriving unannounced at the door of a remote Welsh castle, … >