Doctor Who showrunner: unresolved mysteries create fillable gaps

In an interview with SFX Magazine, Russell T Davies explained his rationale for leaving some Doctor Who plot mysteries unresolved and unexplained. According to Davies, the reason why characters break the fourth wall to talk to or wink at the audience is contained in a scene which never made it to the screen in an … >

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The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Star-Crossed – Doctor Who audio review

In his final boxset (for now), Christopher Eccleston’s Ninth Doctor encounters River Song for a trio of Star-Crossed audio adventures.  The formidably flirty Professor River Song has caught up with most of her husband’s faces. Since concluding her television adventures, she’s rattled though his regenerational back-catalogue in her own audio series. She’s also hooked up … >

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The Ninth Doctor & River Song: Star-Crossed is released

The final box set in the current run of The Ninth Doctor Adventures sees three encounters with River Song.  Updated 29/05/24: Star-Crossed is out! Today see the release of Star-Crossed, the latest set of audio adventures for Christopher Eccleston’s Ninth Doctor. The three stories see this most isolated of incarnations in the path of the … >

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Big Finish announce ‘The Death and Life of River Song’ (updated)

Alex Kingston’s time-travelling archaeologist launches herself into a new audio series, beginning with a prequel to ‘The Ark in Space’.   Updated 15/05/24: Cover art, cast and storyline details With her creator returning to Doctor Who this weekend, Big Finish have revealed more about River Song’s upcoming audio exploits. The first box set in her new … >

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The Man Who Fell to Earth is coming to BBC Radio 4

Christopher Eccleston will join Harry Treadaway in an audio drama based on the classic novel. Walter Tevis’ 1963 novel The Man Who Fell To Earth famously inspired the 1976 movie starring David Bowie. More recently, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Bill Nighy and Naomie Harris starred in a modern television adaptation for Showtime. Now, the Radio Times reports … >

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The Ninth Doctor to meet River Song for three Star-Crossed audio dramas

Christopher Eccleston stars with Alex Kingston across three stories in Star-Crossed. As his third series of audio adventures draw to a close, the Ninth Doctor faces his greatest challenge yet. Christopher Eccleston’s incarnation of the Time Lord will enjoy three audio adventures with Alex Kingston’s time-travelling archaeologist Professor River Song. River, who becomes the Doctor’s … >

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The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield continue at Big Finish

The audio producers announce the future for the spacefaring archaeologist and sometime TARDIS traveller.  The enduring character of Professor Bernice Summerfield, created by writer Paul Cornell for the Doctor Who – The New Adventures book series, has been around since the early 1990s. However, she gained a new level of fame when actor Lisa Bowerman … >

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The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Buried Threats audio review

Things get historical for Christopher Eccleston as he grapples with spectres of the past.  As The Ninth Doctor Adventures continue in Buried Threats, he’s reunited with his former companion and archaeologist Professor Bernice Summerfield. A Theatre of Cruelty The set begins with a historical, bringing the innovative French avant-garde playwright Antonin Artaud into the life of … >

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Doctor Who – The Ninth Doctor to meet Bernice Summerfield (updated)

Big Finish’s first lady Bernice Summerfield will encounter the Ninth Doctor for Buried Threats.  Updated 16/02/24: Doctor Who – The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Buried Threats is released. Christopher Eccleston is back another box set of Ninth Doctor audio adventures, released on the actor’s 60th birthday. To mark the occasion, producers Big Finish have dropped another … >

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Six returning shows we’re looking forward to in 2024

There’s plenty that’s new to television in 2024, but also lots of returning shows vying for our attention.  Here’s a quick rundown of six shows that we will be setting the series link button for… Death in Paradise / Beyond Paradise There’s two for one here, as Death in Paradise and its UK based spin-off … >

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