Starring the Seventh Doctor, Ace and Mel (who has re-joined the TARDIS after her travels with Glitz), Big Finish’s Doctor Who story The Blood Furnace brings the companions home to Earth and relatively close to their respective times as they materialise at a Merseyside shipyard in 1991. It soon becomes a rather personal trip for Mel too, as … >
In the second episode of Red Dwarf’s twelfth series, the crew encounter a group of rogue mechanoids who put the minds of Lister, Rimmer and Cat into mech bodies as punishment for ‘enslaving’ Kryten.
In the run-up to its twelfth series, which lands on Dave on 12th October, I’m rewatching Red Dwarf from the beginning. This week it’s time to reach for the maple syrup, taramasalata, or (if it makes any difference) hummus in Red Dwarf IV. With bigger sci-fi adventures and the addition of Kryten as a full-time … >
The co-creator of the TV show Lost has admitted that it’s likely the divisive TV drama will be revisited – and he’s got some thoughts about that. Talking to TV Line, Lindelof was asked about a new series of Lost, and said “I’ve thought about that a lot”. He added that his hope is that … >
Channel 4 has announced that it’s greenlit six episodes of Marc Wootton’s new comedy series, High & Dry. The show started as one of its BLAP shorts, the channel’s online showcase for new programme ideas. And now it’s been taken to a full series. High & Dry has elements of Lost about it. As the … >
While the adventures of the Twelfth Doctor, Bill and Nardole continue to blaze across our Saturday nights, there is plenty more happening in the Doctor Who universe. Here are out Big Finish Doctor Who audio story reviews for May 2017
Space: the final frontier. Doctor Who has always had an interesting relationship with the darker parts of our universe. Given a chance to sketch out humanity’s future, it will likely come down on something that’s flawed, but ultimately optimistic, with many of the societal issues that plague us here on Earth in 2017 stamped out … >
Since 2005, Doctor Who has given us a Christmas special every year. While some have been the perfect gift, there are some that we’ve wanted to exchange for something else in the Boxing Day sales. Yes, it’s currently May, but it’s always a suitable time for a Christmas feature when you have a TARDIS. Here’s how … >
Broadchurch returns to ITV later this month for a final season. David Tennant and Olivia Colman are back as DI Alec Hardy and DS Ellie Miller, this time investigating a serious sexual assault in the Dorset community. Buy the Season 1-2 box set on Amazon here. Order Season 3 on DVD on Amazon here. Season … >
At the end of another productive year for the audio wizards at Big Finish, we have picked out ten of the best new titles from the past 12 months. We’ll be counting down our highlights from the main Doctor Who ranges in a separate list, but 2016 was a spectacular year for Big Finish’s other properties … >