A huge two years since we first heard Ian McNeice reprise Sir Winston Churchill for Big Finish, we get The Churchill Years Volume 2. Again, it’s four stories scattered across Winston’s life in four full-cast adventures. The first story, the Paul Morris tale Young Winston could be seen as a template for any number of future … >
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 … >
Concluding the sixth series of The Fourth Doctor Adventures from Big Finish, ‘The Thief who Stole Time’ contains the third and fourth episodes of a story which began in ‘The Skin of the Sleek’, dealing with the fate of the curious planet of Funderell. Marc Platt’s tale delivers on the promise of the first part … >
The terrifyingly topical ‘Smile’ follows in a now longstanding tradition of a) largely brilliant single-word-titled Doctor Who adventures; and b) adventures that make innocuous contemporary things and make them utterly terrifying. But apart from feeling slightly creeped out by using emojis for the next few days, here are a few other things we noticed while … >
This news summary on the tenth 21st Century season of Doctor Who will be updated regularly as more details are revealed. Pre-order the new season on DVD on Amazon here. Pre-order the new season on Blu-ray on Amazon here. Buy ‘The Return of Doctor Mysterio’ on DVD on Amazon here. Watch the trailers… Who is the … >
This will be someone’s first ever episode of Doctor Who. For some kid – or maybe even adult – out there on their sofa, this will be their introduction to fifty-four years of adventure. Bear that in mind when you’re watching ‘The Pilot’. Because it’s easy to remember the first time you encountered Doctor Who, … >
March brought a host of new Doctor Who releases from audio producers Big Finish, with the headline event being the climatic ending to Paul McGann’s epic ‘Doom Coalition’ storyline, a saga which has played out over four box sets. In the regular monthly ranges, the Fifth Doctor trilogy closed with the curious ‘Zaltys’, while Tom … >
February brought the Fifth Doctor, travelling with Adric, Nyssa and Tegan, back to Earth for an adventure in the world of Victorian gentlemen’s clubs, or more specifically ‘The Contingency Club’. Meanwhile, the Fourth Doctor, Romana and K-9 became embroiled with the Sontarans in ‘The Eternal Battle’, and the Third, Jo Grant and Mike Yates took … >
Written by Paul Cornell, ‘Human Nature’ and ‘The Family of Blood’ were the eighth and ninth episodes of the modern Doctor Who era’s third season. The story aired from 26 May to 2 June 2007. Buy 2007’s season on DVD on Amazon here. The story England, 1913. A schoolteacher named John Smith dreams he’s a mysterious time-travelling hero called … >
As the Doctor Who audio producers rounded out 2016 with another bumper month, Colin Baker was kept busy with a pair of main range releases, while the Early Adventure found the First Doctor enduring his first brush with ‘The Sontarans’. A pair of Short Trip releases were under the tree for the Seventh Doctor; first … >