If your Doctor Who fan credentials are old enough, you’ll be able to realise how disquieting it might have been to learn that Class was premiering on BBC iPlayer. Your paranoid, withered fanboy heart would have known that the BBC were betraying the Time Lord, and throwing the spin-off show onto a funeral pyre where … >
Some thirty years since concluding their television adventures, the cast of ‘Robin of Sherwood’ have reunited thanks to a highly popular crowdfunding initiative. The popular adaptation of the Robin Hood story, which ran for three seasons starring first Michael Praed, and then Jason Connery, was a big show for itv in the mid-80s, weaving the … >
It sometimes seems, with ever increasingly-detailed playsets and figures coming on to the market, that ‘toys’ today aren’t really designed for children at all, but are in fact aimed squarely at the adult collector market. It’s a shame, because I’m sure I can’t be the only child of the 1970s who spent many a happy … >
As 2015 comes to a close, we’ve picked out ten of our favourite new titles from Big Finish over the past 12 months. We’ll be counting down our highlights from the main Doctor Who range in a separate list, but 2015 has been a spectacular year for Big Finish’s other properties and we’d highly recommend … >
Tom Hughes will star as Prince Albert alongside Jenna Coleman in ITV’s major new drama series Victoria. The 29-year-old British actor starred in BBC Two’s spy drama The Game earlier this year, written by Doctor Who writer Toby Whithouse. ITV’s new eight-part drama from the makers of Poldark follows the early life of Queen Victoria (Doctor … >
If, like myself, your earliest television memories include Tom Baker’s Fourth Doctor, Bruce Banner’s transformation into the Incredible Hulk and the terrifying combination of Rod Hull and Emu, then it’s likely that lodged somewhere in the back of your mind will be images from the mid-‘70s sci-fi adventure series Space: 1999. Executively produced by Thunderbirds … >
Having delivered stories with both Captain Jack and Ianto Jones, this third Torchwood release from Big Finish revisits Gwen Cooper (Eve Myles) and Rhys Williams (Kai Owen). While the first two stories were set within the timeframe of the television series, ‘Forgotten Lives’ takes place some years after the events of ‘Miracle Day’ and we … >
Outside the government and beyond the police, Torchwood were ready to fight the future on behalf of the human race for four seasons across 2006 to 2011 before the team was put on indefinite hiatus at the end of US/UK co-production Miracle Day. Thankfully, those good people at Big Finish have begun to reunite the … >
Several new cast members have been announced for the next season of Wolfblood. 12 new half-hour episodes began filming in Newcastle/Gateshead last week and will air on CBBC in 2016. The BBC has promised “a fresh new look and cast” in Season 4, with “a new, urban backdrop”. Former wild wolfblood Jana (Leona Vaughan) will … >
Since Merlin cast his last spell in 2012 and walked off into history, you may have been feeling a little bereft. Atlantis tried to fill a gap but was sadly cut down before it finished telling its tale. At least we can console ourselves that many of the Camelot crew have gone on to other … >