The Ninth Doctor Adventures - Hidden Depths

Big Finish announce Christopher Eccleston vs the Sea Devils. In space!

We have the details of the next Ninth Doctor Adventures boxset: Hidden Depths.  Christopher Eccleston’s Doctor Who renaissance as the Ninth Doctor continues apace at Big Finish. With six boxsets of The Ninth Doctor Adventures already available, the audio producers have just dropped news of November’s release. Titled Hidden Depths, the set promises a meeting … >

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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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The Davison era at Forty: Janet Fielding interview

Celebrating Forty years of the Fifth Doctor, Doctor Who star Janet Fielding answers our questions.  2022 marks forty years of the Fifth Doctor era and audio producers Big Finish are celebrating with two boxsets. Forty was released in January and Forty 2 comes out today. Across three stories, featuring classic villains, Peter Davison’s Doctor spends … >

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Ninth Doctor Into The Stars

The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Into the Stars – audio boxset review

Into the Stars is the sixth boxset of audio adventures for Christopher Eccleston’s Ninth Doctor. As the title suggests, this trio of stories see him travelling at large in the universe in contrast to the previous boxset of Earthbound exploits. Here, he meets a group of highly unusual Sontarans, becomes embroiled in a high-stakes alien … >

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The Diary of River Song Series 10

The Diary of River Song Series 10 audio drama review

Two Rivers and a Firewall sees Alex Kingston’s impressible time-travelling adventuress Professor River Song notch up her tenth solo boxset.  Free of Doctorly encounters, she instead meets an impossible version of herself, wins an auction, accepts a shopping invitation and spends some time in her digital afterlife. The Two Rivers The set begins with River … >

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UFO: Destruct Positive! — audio drama review

With UFO:Destruct Positive!, Big Finish brings yet another much loved show to audio — does this live up to already high standards? We take a listen… Released today, UFO:Destruct Positive! sees Big Finish bring back another classic Gerry Anderson show from the 1970s (from a lineup already including Space: 1999). Given the passage of time, it’s been entirely … >

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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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Tron, The Omen and Doctor Who actor David Warner dies at 80

British actor David Warner, who starred in the blockbuster films Tron, The Omen and Titanic has died at the age of 80 from a cancer-related illness on Sunday, July 24, 2022. Warner played the villainous ENCOM executive Ed Dillinger in Tron, photojournalist Keith Jennings in The Omen and valet henchman Spicer Lovejoy Titanic. He recently … >

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