It’s a family affair as Paul McGann’s Doctor reunites with Susan and encounters River Song in ‘The Union’, the Once and Future finale. Updated 25/10/23: It’s the end of the Doctor Who 60th anniversary audio mini-series, but will it enjoy a suitably big finish? Once and Future: The Union is led by Paul McGann’s Eighth … >
In Doctor Who Magazine 591, showrunner Russell T Davies discusses the casting of Yasmin Finney as Rose in a feature called The Runaway Pride as the publication celebrates the most significant LGBTQ+ characters from the show’s history. Also in the issue, award-winning writer Jamie Mathieson looks back on his episodes: Mummy on the Orient Express, … >
Feature-length drama The House That Wasn’t Haunted continues The Omega Factor story. Jack Gerson’s terrifying television series gripped viewers in 1979 as the secretive Department 7 investigated the paranormal. Based in Edinburgh, the team encountered ESP, telekinesis and spiritual possession, bringing them into conflict with a sinister organisation known as Omega. While the show … >
The statuesque Doctor Who villains are also battling a pair of Doctors on audio this July. Fresh from their appearances in Flux, including the entertaining Village of the Angels, the monsters are adding both a board game and a new audio drama to their repertoire in the coming months. Amazingly, it’s almost fifteen years since … >
The prolific audio producers at Big Finish will be making Doctor Who audio dramas until at least 2030! In news guaranteed to gladden the heart of Doctor Who audiophiles, if not their bank managers, Big Finish have announced that they have renewed their Doctor Who licence. The company have the go ahead to create audio … >
The Dalek Protocol kicks off Dalek Universe, Big Finish’s latest Tenth Doctor series with a prologue for the Fourth. It is also a sequel to the Pertwee classic Death to the Daleks, a favourite of Dalek supremo Nicholas Briggs. The action returns us to the planet of the Exillons. With the space plague in a … >
Big Finish have been creating Doctor Who audio adventures for twenty years. During that time, they have worked with multiple Doctors, most of the companions and a whole host of popular characters and villains from the television series, as well as creating a universe of their own. As is traditional, this milestone is being celebrated … >
Though this would-be high-tension drama declares to be about the high-stakes world of online gambling, that fib is discarded early for a regular plot involving a young guy mentored in shiftiness by a charismatic criminal. As a way to seem authentic, a banal voiceover throws around phrases like “You gotta go all-in or cash out!” … >
Since Doctor Who’s 2005 revival, love and relationships have become part of the drama like never before. With Valentine’s Day coming up, CultBox runs down our top couplings… Amy Pond and Rory Williams (2010 – 2012) With the Eleventh Doctor crash-landing into her childhood, before returning to find her all grown up, it was … >
Each month we’re picking out the best of the latest Doctor Who products on sale! 2016 might be a quiet year for Doctor Who, with Season 10 not due to arrive on our screens until next spring, but that doesn’t mean there’s not plenty to keep fans busy. Check out August’s top goodies… Doctor … >