Sherlock Holmes Short Stories

Hugh Bonneville to narrate Sherlock Holmes, Short Stories podcast

Journey through fog-laden streets, across windswept moors, and into crumbling manor homes with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s original short stories.  Hugh Bonneville (Paddington, The Agency) is to narrate a series of Sherlock Holmes tales for a new short stories podcast. Produced by Noiser Podcasts, who produce the brilliant Real Dictators and Short History Of…, the … >

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Doctor Who – Once and Future: Coda – The Final Act wraps up 60th

The extra instalment of the Big Finish 60th Anniversary series sees a clash of two outsider Doctors.  You know what it’s like with mysterious, hitherto unknown incarnations of the Doctor. One is unveiled for the show’s 50th anniversary celebrations, then another appears just a few years later. Of course, John Hurt’s War Doctor and Jo … >

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Big Finish confirm the 2024 Paul Spragg Memorial winner

The Writers’ Script Opportunity encourages new writers in memory of the late Big Finish staffer Paul Spragg. The much missed Paul Spragg was a champion of new writing talent. To honour his memory, Big Finish holds an annual open opportunity for authors to write a Doctor Who short story. The winning script is produced and then … >

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Vam PD – Big Finish launch their new bloodsucking audio drama

The series also stars Alimi Ballard, Mara Wilson and Warren Brown.  Updated 31/10/24: Vam PD drops overnight! With Halloween fever taking hold, Big Finish have launched their new vampire audio drama overnight. The original series stars former Buffy the Vampire Slayer villain Juliet Landau, with Alimi Ballard (Sabrina the Teenage Witch), Mara Wilson (Matilda) and … >

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Doctor Who Magazine 609 includes exclusive Target book

The latest addition to the Target Books range is included with the next issue of Doctor Who Magazine – The Evil of the Daleks. The Evil of the Daleks novelisation is adapted by actor Frazer Hines who played companion Jamie alongside Patrick Troughton’s Second Doctor. Ranging from Victorian England to Skaro, home world of the … >

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Genesis of the Cybermen – Big Finish announce Doctor Who Lost Story

The audio drama draws on the ideas of the Cybermen co-creator Gerry Davis.  The Fifth Doctor met the Cybermen on television in the fateful ‘Earthshock.’ However, before that storyline became a fixed point in Doctor Who history, an alternative idea explored the origins of the metal men from Mondas. While the Cybermen were first introduced in … >

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Blake’s 7 revives Avon’s backstory in Avon – A Terrible Aspect

Paul Darrow’s Blake’s 7 prequel novel for his character gets the audiobook treatment.  Last month, we heard that Blake’s 7, the classic BBC science fiction series, is getting the Blu ray treatment. The classic 70s/80’s BBC series will enjoy updated effects and interviews from the team behind Doctor Who – The Collection. Now, the late … >

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Tom Baker battles the Dominators and the Quarks on audio

The latest release in The Fourth Doctor Adventures range from Big Finish is Dominant Species.  Tom Baker’s thirteenth audio series draws to a close with the Dominant Species box set, out today. The beloved long scarf wearing incarnation of the Doctor has been travelling with his old friend Harry Sullivan (Christopher Naylor) and a new one, … >

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Doctor Who: Matthew Jacobs writes an 8th Doctor audio drama

The writer of the Doctor Who TV movie contributes a script to the upcoming audio box set Deadly Strangers. Matthew Jacobs’ connection to Doctor Who goes back to his childhood. His father Anthony Jacobs appeared opposite William Hartnell in ‘The Gunfighters’ and he has memories of a set visit. Fast-forwarding to 1996, with script credits … >

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