The next volume of Big Finish’s The Third Doctor Adventures will pit the Doctor and Jo Jones against the men from Mondas in ‘The Quintessence’. Famously, Jon Pertwee’s Third Doctor didn’t encounter the Cybermen during his original television run. While that fact has been remedied a few times, in ‘The Five Doctors’ and on audio, … >
It’s the potato-headed Sontaran clone army vs the shape-changing jellyfish Rutan Host as Doctor Who celebrates fifty years of conflict. Updated 19/03/25: The trailer is out for ‘In Name Only’ Ahead of its April release, Big Finish have dropped the trailer for the final part of Sontarans vs Rutans. From writer John Dorney, ‘In Name … >
The Third Doctor is acting suspiciously, but the Brigadier and Sarah Jane Smith are on his trail. Can he be trusted? The first skirmish of the Sontarans vs Rutans mini-series took us to Ancient Ireland with the Eighth Doctor. In the second, the action shifts to Doctor Who’s much-loved UNIT era in the 70s (or … >
Jon Pertwee’s Third Doctor Season 9 Blu-ray is available for pre-order for a spring release. A specially shot announcement trailer was released, written by new series contributor Pete McTighe (Kerblam! and Praxues) and featuring Katy Manning back as Jo. Across an action-packed twenty-six episodes, the Doctor and Jo (Katy Manning) face off against Daleks, Ogrons, … >
According English journalist, broadcaster, author, cultural historian and Doctor Who fan Matthew Sweet in The Telegraph, a long-lost script for a Doctor Who film starring Jon Pertwee has recently resurfaced. The 1986 script, Dr Who’s Greatest Adventure, was revealed screening at the British Film Institute (BFI). The movie pitted two Time Lords, a young Doctor … >
Stewart Bevan, who played Professor Clifford Jones in the Doctor Who Season 10 television story The Green Death, has died at the age of 73. Bevan’s character, Professor Clifford Jones, was the love interest of companion Jo Grant (Katy Manning) and the two character’s engagement was the impetus for Jo to end her adventures with … >
Scourge of the Cybermen is the first of a new range of “audio novels” – in other words, enhanced audiobooks, as distinct from audio dramas – from Big Finish. Written by Simon Guerrier, it uses the format to tell a “Target books” style story; over more than seven hours, the tale mirrors the structure of … >
Jon Pertwee’s second Doctor Who season as the third Doctor, featuring the debut of Katy Manning as Jo Grant and Roger Delgado as the Master, is the next release to come to Blu-ray with Season 8 on 23 February 2021. Doctor Who: The Collection – Season 8 includes newly remastered stories Terror of the Autons, … >