Now in the second year of its box-set format, The Companion Chronicles – partially narrated stories related by the Doctor’s fellow travellers – returns with four stories set in the Troughton era, and heralded by a rather wonderful video trailer. After the sad passing of Debbie Watling last year, the line-up of available companion actors … >
For this latest Doctor Who Short Trip we join Turlough back in the classroom. Not at Brendon, the public school from Mawdryn Undead where the Doctor first encountered him, but at the futuristic St. Neot’s – a school run on traditional lines for the elite of the galaxy. Shrouded from the hubbub of the universe, St. Neot’s … >
While the Ninth Doctor showed Rose ‘The End of the Word’, it was not until the second series of modern Doctor Who that we saw the TARDIS visit a whole new world onscreen, when the Tenth brought Rose to smell the apple grass of ‘New Earth’. Later, he also brought Martha and saved the New … >
Running in various formats since 2004, Gallifrey has chronicled eight series worth of political machinations at the heart of Time Lord society. Following the stories of the Doctor’s former companions Romana and Leela. Latterly, the series has added Ace to its roster, picking up on the notion that the Doctor was preparing her for life … >
Having always felt more like the lead of her own show, rather than the guest star, it is no surprise that River Song has thrived on audio, courtesy of Big Finish. After dealing with an ancient threat to the universe in the first volume of her adventures, alongside the Eighth Doctor, and becoming entangled with … >
While Dan Starkey is doubtless most familiar to Doctor Who fans for his role onscreen as most of the modern Sontarans, notably the nurse, Victorian butler and comic stooge Strax, he has also worked extensively for Big Finish in various roles. Kicking off a new year of Short Trips, ‘The Authentic Experience’ is his first … >
To mark the 50th anniversary of Captain Scarlet’s first appearance on TV (and played by Francis Matthews), Big Finish has released a seven-disc boxset of audio adventures, including a full disc of interviews. It’s a wonderful nostalgia feast for any fan of the show, and if you even half-remember watching the original show it will … >
We’re going to get tales of the War Master to sit alongside the late John Hurt’s ‘War Doctor’.
Big Finish has released a promotional photo of the cast for their upcoming fifth season of Torchwood. Featuring new characters co-created and overseen by Russell T Davies, Torchwood: Aliens Among Us was announced last weekend. Season 5 follows the events of 2011’s Miracle Day and sees Captain Jack, Gwen and Rhys reunited in Cardiff. Joining John Barrowman, Kai Owen, Tom Price … >
Nearly six years since its fourth run, Torchwood is returning for a fifth season. Big Finish exclusively announced details of Torchwood: Aliens Among Us at DWAS Capitol II convention at the weekend. Featuring new characters co-created and overseen by Russell T Davies, Season 5 follows the events of 2011’s Miracle Day and sees Captain Jack, Gwen and Rhys … >