Stephen Noonan’s tenure as the First Doctor continues with the return of an old companion. Now in his third boxset of adventures, Stephen Noonan’s performance of the First Doctor breaks new ground. Fugitive of the Daleks not only pits him against his deadliest foes, but also reunites the Doctor with a former companion. Vicki (Maureen … >
Stephen Noonan makes his Big Finish debut as the First Doctor. To begin a new era for the character, Big Finish have made the bold decision to cast a new First Doctor. Enter Stephen Noonan, character actor and former member of the RSC, to give his take on the wily, witty and wilful original occupant … >
With The First Doctor Adventures Volume 05, Big Finish continues to demonstrate the strengths (and weaknesses) of its recast first Doctor series The recast team of David Bradley (the Doctor), Claudia Grant (Susan), Julian Glover (Ian) and Jemma Powell (Barbara) get involved in two more two-disc adventures, doing their best to recreate the feel of the … >
Big Finish released Doctor Who: The First Doctor Adventures Volume 04 in March 2020. Like previous volumes (such as volume 03) it’s two stories over four discs, mimicking the original four short episode stories we often had in the 1960s and 1970s. This range brings us a reimagined and entirely recast TARDIS team. The Doctor and Susan … >
The latest four-disc boxset for the recast Big Finish first Doctor team provides two stories for our enjoyment: one a pure historical, the other a rather different beast altogether. The first story is Marc Platt’s The Phoenicians, a sumptuous tale of royalty, history, legend and desperate measures. David Bradley’s Doctor has all the style, charm … >
Back as the first Doctor, Susan, Barbara and Ian are David Bradley (now also the first Doctor on TV, courtesy of last year’s Christmas special Twice Upon A Time), Claudia Grant, Jemma Powell and Jamie Glover. Now on their second boxset, they no longer sound strange to the ear, and the set overall feels more polished … >
Big Finish has a first-class reputation as a purveyor of high-quality audio drama, recreating classic shows and in the case of Doctor Who finding new opportunities for actors to return to roles fans love. The need to match the feel and sound of the originals has meant very little recasting over the years, and only … >
With a new voice actor in the lead, Big Finish have launched a new series of Eleventh Doctor adventures. So far, Matt Smith has yet to succumb to the lure of reprising his Doctor – he’s busy flying dragons and filming Star Wars. However, producers Big Finish continue to make audio dramas set in his … >
Across more than six decades of Doctor Who, the Time Lord has stared down Daleks, outwitted the Master and rewired reality with a sonic screwdriver. Yet some of the most gripping moments in the show have nothing to do with raw power and everything to do with chance. The Doctor, for all that godlike knowledge, … >
The Doctor and Yaz have been dogged by the mysterious Tourist. Now, they take the bait and turn around to discover who’s been following them. We’re mid-way through The Thirteenth Doctor Adventures, and the slow build of the Tourist plotline has come to a head. The latest episode sees the Doctor infiltrating the Aegis Protectorate, … >