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 … >
While the Troughton-era Early Adventure, ‘The ISOS Network’, may have been bumped to January, there was still plenty going on in the world of Doctor Who audio this month, including the release of the first ‘War Doctor’ Box Set ‘Only the Monstrous’ and the return of Torchwood One’s Yvonne Hartman in ‘One Rule’. Very much … >
A welcome return to the world of Oscar Wilde’s Dorian Gray for Alexander Vlahos in The Spirit of Christmas, a perfectly paced pair of deliciously dark stories for the holiday season. First up is ‘Desperately Seeking Santa’, in which writer Tim Leng sets Santa up as a killer who breaks into Dorian’s house one December. … >
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 … >
Aimed squarely at the Christmas market for younger fans, BBC Children’s Books have released a few Doctor Who related stocking fillers, in addition to October’s entertaining volume The Time Lord Letters and the stunning Impossible Worlds art book. Being young at heart, we decided to dive in and connect with our inner child… Doctor … >
Dorian Gray is real, and inspired the Oscar Wilde novel. He does have a portrait in his attic, and is forever young. This is the premise behind Big Finish’s Dorian Gray range, and here Alexander Vlahos (Merlin) returns once more to play the (at times) amoral hedonist. These stories are very much aimed at adults … >
After a warm reception to Big Finish’s hard-hitting audio continuation of Terry Nation’s Survivors, this month sees the release of the third box set. Set in a world where huge swathes of the population have fallen victim to flu-like virus, the stories deal with the consequences and tough decisions facing those left behind as they … >
Having enjoyed the film countless times on television, plus having met the world of Oz again recently though the musical Wicked and Sam Rami’s 2013 prequel movie Oz the Great and Powerful, it is fair to say we thought we knew the story of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz quite well. This audio version, adapted … >