The Orphan Quartet concludes the regular River Song audio series after twelve volumes. Since her last appearance with the Doctor in ‘The Husbands of River Song’, Alex Kingston has led her own audio series for Big Finish. Today, they publish the final chapter of The Diary of River Song. Across twelve volumes, River has encounter … >
Professor River Song will open her diary for a twelfth and final volume of adventures: The Orphan Quartet. Ever since her last onscreen appearance as the time-travelling archaeologist, Alex Kingston has been reprising the character for her own audio spin-off. Across eight glorious years of audio adventures, Professor Song has met multiple Doctors, Masters and … >
Christopher Eccleston returns another set of audio adventures as the Doctor encounters Shades of Fear. For the final box set of his second series at Big Finish, the Ninth Doctor travels from a present day charity shop to the far future on a colony world. While some of the threats are new, there’s also an … >
The Lone Centurion Volume 2: Camelot continues the adventures of Rory Williams, who has taken it upon himself to guard his wife inside the Pandorica. Doctor Who’s Series 5 finale saw Amy Pond’s luckless (and deceased) fiancé restored to life as an Auton Roman Centurion. Unable to resist his programming, he shot her and placed … >
BBC One’s Merlin began in 2008 as a family show but as the seasons progressed, it became darker as the viewers got older. This certainly became evident as the fantasy drama entered its fourth season. > Buy the complete Merlin Season 1-5 boxset on Amazon. We often look back on Merlin as either a light-hearted, … >
Which stories are more real? Those where their authenticity is proven, or the ones we have retold in our heads, where literal truth has given way to poetic meaning? It’s the single big idea at the heart of ‘Robot of Sherwood’, and if it sounds pretentious, really it isn’t. It is, in fact, as comic … >
I am aware that it is much to hope for, but I for one won’t give up on the dream that there will indeed be a Series 6, or a miniseries, or even a film.
Merlin’s producer Julian Murphy expressed surprise that fans were waiting for Merlin to reveal his powers. Let’s look at the arguments both for and against.
Fantasy drama Merlin returns to BBC One for a second series on 19th September 2009 for another 13 episodes.
Television drama has always borrowed from the world around it, but digital life creates a particular challenge. A police interview can be staged in a room that feels timeless; a scene involving a phone, a social platform or an artificial-intelligence tool can date almost as soon as it is filmed. Viewers use these technologies every … >