K9 joins River Song for Big Finish adventure

The Doctor’s robot dog K9 will meet the Doctor’s wife, time-travelling archaeologist and adventurer River Song, in the adventure Forever Home, as part of  Series 8 of Big Finish’s audio drama The Diary of River Song. Alex Kingston (River Song) will star alongside Salome Haertel (android Rachel), Derek Griffiths (24th century war criminal, Annam Henic), … >

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Star Cops - Mars Part 2 - cover

Star Cops: Mars Part 2 review

The guiding principle of Star Cops, which continues to make the series so effective on audio, is that it should always be a police procedural which just happens to unfold in space. This latest trilogy of investigative adventures from Big Finish, which concludes the current series of adventures based on the planet Mars, embraces that … >

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Framed Photo of Susan (Carole Ann Ford), the Doctor's granddaughter

Carole Ann Ford remains keen on a TV return to Doctor Who

In an interview in SFX magazine, Carole Ann Ford reiterated her interest in appearing as first Doctor companion Susan in Doctor Who with Jodie Whittaker. When asked her thoughts on appearing as Susan with the thirteenth Doctor, she giggled and said: “Now there’s a thing. I have toyed with that: ‘Oh, Grandfa – ma!’ I … >

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The New Counter Measures - The Dalek Gambit

The New Counter-Measures: The Dalek Gambit review

With the Daleks determined to thwart the Movellan Manoeuvre on Earth, the momentum picks up in this second and concluding instalment of the current incarnation of The New Counter-Measures audios from Big Finish. Alerted to their presence, the Daleks commit to wiping out Movellan’s ambition. Predictably, they are unconcerned if the price is the incineration of … >

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Blake's 7 Restoration Part 3 - Big Finish - cover

Blake’s 7 Restoration Part 3 review

The already-impressive Blake’s 7 Restoration trilogy reaches a fitting (and a more than a little emotional) conclusion in this just-released final four-story boxset. These closing stories make their canonically adept way through a series of entertaining adventures that attempt to address the unanswered questions posed in the first TV series: what were the intentions of … >

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Big Finish - Star Cops - Mars - Part 1

Star Cops: Mars Part 1 review

The Star Cops make their way to the lawless frontier planet of Mars in the opening instalment of a new twin boxset audio serial from Big Finish. This sci-fi cop procedural has made the transition from 1980s cult TV show to the audio realm very effectively. With the property now well established, Star Cops Mars … >

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The Paternoster Gang: Heritage 2 review

Following on from June’s Paternoster Gang: Heritage 1, we now have three more adventures for Mme Vastra, Jenny and Strax in Paternoster Gang: Heritage 2. Food for thought Dan Starkey (Strax himself) wrote first story “Dining with Death”. Strax often (unknown to him) provides the humour in the Paternoster Gang, and here it is almost … >

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Space 1999 - Breakaway - Big Finish

Space: 1999 Breakaway review

The latest 1970s genre property to receive the Big Finish audio makeover treatment is the hugely fondly remembered interstellar epic Space: 1999 – the opening episode of which is retold here infused with a strong contemporary ethos and tone that remains respectful but not reverential to the original source material. The second live action series … >

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The Diary of River Song Series 6 review

River Song ends her grand tour of all Doctors past in four new full-cast adventures, intersecting with the first four Doctors. Technically River has already met the Fourth Doctor in this series, but who’s counting? In this sixth (and at least one more is coming) set of stories, the team of writers has excelled themselves … >

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Dorian Gray: The Lost Confessions Review – new stories

Back in 2016 we reviewed the fifth season of Dorian Gray tales with heavy heart and a sense of closure. Fast forward three years and Big Finish has released Dorian Gray: The Lost Confessions. There are three new adventures for Dorian, all written by Scott Harrison from scripts by producer / director Scott Handcock. Alexander … >

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