The Doctor and Romana reunite with those indefatigable investigators of the infernal, Jago & Litefoot. Thrown together during 1977’s ‘The Talons of Weng-Chiang’, Professor George Litefoot and Henry Gordon Jago were an unlikely double act. However, with Trevor Baxter as the thoughtful pathologist, and Christopher Benjamin playing the loquacious impresario, they were a perfect paring. … >
Big Finish announced a series of audio adventures starring Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper. Twenty years ago, Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper reinvigorated Saturday evenings with their starring roles on Doctor Who. As the traumatised Ninth Doctor and his new companion Rose Tyler, the pair visited the end of the world, met Charles Dickens and … >
The latest blending of Doctor Who eras brings us the Krillitaine, the Lupari and the Monks. Big Finish’s Classic Doctors New Monsters range returns for its fifth outing, providing more occasions for earlier Doctors to encounter creatures from the post-2005 series. In Faithful Friends, the genetic ability acquiring Krillitaine of ‘School Reunion’ return in two … >
The fan-favourite infernal investigators star in The Lord of Misrule with the Fourth Doctor and Romana I. Professor George Litefoot and Henry Gordon Jago were two unlikely characters thrown together by the events of 1977’s ‘The Talons of Weng Chiang’. On paper, the Victorian pair had little in common – Litefoot is a pathologist, while … >
There’s another massive year coming as Jodie Whittaker joins Big Finish to lead her own series of Thirteenth Doctor audio dramas in 2025. Producers Big Finish celebrated twenty-five years of making official Doctor Who audio dramas in 2024. However, they’ve no signs of slowing down with a packed schedule for the year ahead. Here are … >
Actor Tom Baker has been honoured by King Charles with a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) award for services to television. The 90-year-old actor was chosen along with other recipients as part of the New Year Honours. Baker is best known for his portrayal of the fourth incarnation of the Doctor … >
Back in Gallifrey’s history Morbius was defeated… but he’s a villain who doesn’t intend on staying dead! 2024 sees the beginning of a multi-year, multi-part series entitled Dark Gallifrey. Set in the Whoniverse, it showcases Time Lord villains who have troubled the timelines over the show’s long history. As the saga rolls out we’re promised … >
A special vinyl record of the complete narrated TV soundtrack of Doctor Who: The Crusade, with linking narration by William Russell, is due for release in October from Demon Records, a subsidiary of BBC Studios. First broadcast in March and April 1965, the story has become a noted classic among Doctor Who historical adventures, with … >
‘The Curse of Time’ will fit into Tom Baker’s celebrated first season. The indomitable Tom Baker first burst onto our screens as the Fourth Doctor in 1974. Across seven years he redefined the role, bringing an otherworldly charm to the Time Lord and creating an indelible mark on the series. While The Fourth Doctor Adventures … >
The actor first played Sutekh in the 1975 Tom Baker classic ‘Pyramids of Mars’. Now, Gabriel Woolf has returned to bring Sutekh’s “gift of death to all humanity” and the BBC put some questions to him… How does it feel reviving Sutekh after nearly 50 years? It felt sort of inevitable in a way. I’d … >