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Adapted from the original German, these award winning stories featuring the father of psychoanalysis have been remade in English, starring David Rintoul. We meet Professor Sigmund Freud in post WWI Vienna, where his methods are still novel and he is moderately successful, but not famous. Now in his sixties, Freud feels rather unfulfilled; dissatisfied with … >
Set in 1870’s Yorkshire, ITV’s Jericho chronicles the travails of a community which has arisen to support the construction of a viaduct. Spanning a valley, the ambitious project will connect two railway lines and the ad-hoc settlement which has sprung up around it hosts a plethora of colourful characters. We are introduced to this rough, … >
One of the criticisms often levelled at Steven Moffat’s era of Doctor Who, and indeed the show as a whole, is the lack of female writers. According to occasional contributor Neil Gaiman, this has been a priority of late, and Season 9 attempted to redress the balance with scripts from Catherine Tregenna and Sarah Dollard. … >
Transmitted on Radio 4 in 2014, as part of their Dangerous Visions series, Derek Jacobi takes the lead in B7 Media’s adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s classic anthology of Mars tales, now available through Big Finish Productions. While the written version boasts nearly thirty tales of varying length, this production chooses to focus on just a … >
Usually when Big Finish acquires the rights to a series, their aim is to continue or complete, often using original cast members. Their approach to the cult 1960’s classic The Prisoner is different; with no surviving cast to call on, writer and director Nicholas Briggs has chosen to “re-imagine” the show, retaining its original idiosyncratic … >
Making her debut (and exit) in 2008’s ‘Silence in the Library’ / ‘Forest of the Dead’ two-parter, it is fair to say that the character of River Song has made a dramatic impact on Doctor Who. Her personal timeline wraps around the Eleventh Doctor’s incarnation, whom she married (sort of), and spills into the regenerations … >
2015 was a pivotal year for Doctor Who on audio. Big Finish, the audio drama company who hold the rights to make classic adventures on audio, had their remit widened to encompass New Series elements up to the end of Matt Smith’s tenure. During the year, the company celebrated the release of their 200th Doctor … >
With 2015’s Christmas special done and dusted, the rumour wheel can start turning in earnest on the next season of Doctor Who. Confirmed to be continuing in his showrunner role, Steven Moffat has been teasing Season 10’s writing line-up with a promise of excitement, revealing: “…we’ve had meetings today with two writers who’ve never written … >
In this unofficial guide to the Doctor Who universe, writer Lance Parkin has attempted to throw his net wider than most. Not only has he drawn from televised events seen on the BBC, but he has weaved in details from the K-9 television series, spin-off video productions and even included information from the wider worlds … >
After reviving three of Torchwood’s core characters (sorry Rhys), this month’s star initially took us rather by surprise. Yvonne Hartman, the uber-professional self-proclaimed people person and director of Torchwood, hails from a time before the organisation had its own TV series; she made her fateful stand against the Cybermen in Doctor Who’s Season 2 finale … >