Doctor Who – The Stuff of Legend (Studio Version) – audio review

The Eighth Doctor and Charley Pollard encounter danger, Daleks and the Master down a Cornish tin mine. To celebrate their 25th anniversary, Big Finish Productions – Doctor Who’s audio producers – have created a story for the stage. Doctor Who – The Stuff of Legend was performed live four times over weekend of 14th/15th September, … >

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Doctor Who – The Stuff of Legend – Big Finish live on stage (updated)

The audio drama company announce a live Doctor Who drama, starring Paul McGann and India Fisher. Updated 30/07/24: A second date added with two more chances to see ‘The Stuff of Legend’ live. ‘The Stuff of Legend’, the live Doctor Who audio drama being presented on stage, sold out in record time. Consequently, producers Big … >

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Doctor Who: Classic Doctors New Monsters Volume 4 audio review

Four classic Doctors take on monstrous creations from the mind of Moffat in Classic Doctors New Monsters 4: Broken Memories.  Across their countless adventures, the Doctor often runs into foes they have met before. Classic Doctors, New Monsters gloriously exploits this fact by imperilling pre-2005 Doctors with threats from the modern series. As the range … >

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Torchwood: Double Part 2 audio review

The 1970’s iteration of Torchwood continues as Roberta Craven handles the Nestene threat in her own idiosyncratic way.   In the first part of Torchwood: Double we met the organisation’s 1970s boss, Roberta Craven. A former spy with bags of attitude, she carries a burden of guilt around from her former career. On top of … >

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Torchwood: Double Part 1 audio review

It’s another new era for Torchwood, as 1970s head Roberta Craven deals with an oily Auton threat Since landing on audio in 2015, Big Finish has been industriously filling out the Torchwood timeline past and future. However, the closest we’ve come to the 1970s is ‘The Dollhouse’, a one-off Charlie’s Angels inspired tale based in … >

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Jekyll and Hyde

Big Finish Classics: Jekyll and Hyde audio review

Jekyll and Hyde is the long-awaited audio version of Nicholas Briggs’ take on the classic gothic novella.  Robert Louis Stevenson’s Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde was first published in 1886. Despite running to a mere 141 pages, it is one of the most celebrated pieces of gothic fiction. From big screen adaptations … >

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Doctor Who: Classic Doctors New Monsters Volume 3 audio review

Welcome to Classic Doctors New Monsters 3: The Stuff of Nightmares.  “There are some corners of the universe which have bred the most terrible things! Things which act against everything we believe in. They must be fought!” So said the Second Doctor. While his monstrous foes often only make a single onscreen appearance, we often … >

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The Lone Centurion Volume 2: Camelot – Doctor Who audio review

The Lone Centurion Volume 2: Camelot continues the adventures of Rory Williams, who has taken it upon himself to guard his wife inside the Pandorica.  Doctor Who’s Series 5 finale saw Amy Pond’s luckless (and deceased) fiancé restored to life as an Auton Roman Centurion. Unable to resist his programming, he shot her and placed … >

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Jekyll and Hyde comes to Big Finish

Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novella is becomes an audio drama.  After a long wait, Nicholas Briggs is bringing his adaptation of the classic gothic tale, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, to Big Finish. The production first had life on the stage as a 2016 touring production, will join the their classics range … >

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