The Grey Man of the Mountain is the last solo outing for Sylvester McCoy’s seventh incarnation of the Doctor, before Big Finish winds up the monthly range with a final multi-Doctor story in March. Review to follow, of course. Back to matters at hand, we’ve a story for the Doctor and Ace (Sophie Aldred) set … >
Masterful celebrates the Doctor’s best enemy on the fiftieth anniversary of the character’s onscreen debut. An eight-disc collection, it contains the eponymous full-cast drama as well as two short trips and a longer narrated tale. The headline story also features the audio debut of John Simm’s “Harold Saxon” incarnation. Masterful A three-disc, full-cast epic, Masterful … >
Today (November 23) is Doctor Who day, and Big Finish has a gift for us — the first part of a Companion Chronicles adventure, Polly’s Story. To celebrate 57 years of Doctor Who, Big Finish is giving listeners the chance to get part one, Polly’s Story, performed by Anneke Wills, Nicholas Courtney and John Pickard, completely free for one week only. … >
Recent years had seen a shortage of Nicola Bryant stories as Big Finish took the opportunity to develop other companions for Colin Baker’s sixth Doctor. We had a burst of stories at the end of 2019, including the enjoyable Blood on Santa’s Claw and Other Stories, but there’s always room for more. What we hope … >
Two Doctor Who-related productions were nominated for the 2020 Royal Television Society West of England Awards and both won in their categories. The The Doctor Who Cookbook – Revisited by Moon Balloon Productions won for Factual Entertainment and Features. The video cookbook was included in the special features for Doctor Who The Collection Season 23 Blu-ray. … >
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Composer Segun Akinola’s Doctor Who Series 12 soundtrack is currently available from Silva Screen Records. The collection features 48 selections from Akinola’s work, two of which are available on YouTube. The first musical piece, The Bloke Watching Your Dreams, is from Episode 7, Can You Hear Me? The episode features the sinister god, Zellin, who … >
To celebrate 15 years since the 2005 relaunch of Doctor Who, London Book & Screen Week will host a panel moderated by award-winning journalist and broadcaster Samira Ahmed with actress Sophie Aldred, screenwriter Vinay Patel and writer Simon Guerrier. Sophie Aldred, best known as the Seventh Doctor’s companion Ace, has been working as a professional … >
A specially shot announcement trailer for the fourth Doctor series Blu-ray The Collection – Season 14 was released featuring Louise Jameson, who played Leela in the series and a VOC robot from The Robots of Death. The trailer was penned by Doctor Who writer Pete McTighe, who wrote Kerblam! and the upcoming Doctor Who Series … >
Every Doctor Who fan knows that this popular show has entertained audiences for generations. Having won countless awards over the past five decades, it has even scooped no less than five NTA awards in the consecutive years between 2005-2010. It doesn’t come as too much of a surprise, then, that the series has found its … >