Brigadier Winifred Bambera returns for a 1990’s set UNIT spin-off series with Big Finish. As revealed in the most recent edition of Doctor Who Magazine, UNIT – the Doctor’s sometime military allies and employers – are getting another audio series. In addition to the exploits of Kate Stewart, Osgood and co, UNIT: Brave New World … >
It’s been four decades since Peter Davison visited Castrovalva. Never ones to miss a good anniversary, Doctor Who audio producers Big Finish have released the first of two celebratory volumes to mark Peter Davison’s 40th anniversary as the Doctor. The actor, best known at the time for playing Tristan Farnon in All Creatures Great and … >
Patrick Troughton’s son will take on his father’s role for a new run of box sets. Doctor Who audio producers Big Finish have taken the step of casting Michael Troughton as the Second Doctor. A successful actor in his own right, Michael Troughton starred in the 1980s/90s political sitcom The New Statesman with Rik Mayall. … >
Freema Agyeman is back as Martha Jones for her own Doctor Who spin-off audio box set. As a regular in Series 3 and guest star in series 4, the Doctor’s medical student turned UNIT Doctor companion saw a far bit of action. None more traumatic though than her year walking the Earth while the Master … >
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 … >
Steed and Mrs Peel will feature in 3 new adventures, drawn from the pages of TV Comic. Since they ran out of Lost Episodes to adapt, audio producers Big Finish have been busily bringing the comic strip exploits of The Avengers to life. Set in the 1960’s, with its tongue increasingly in its cheek, the … >
The history of the Pertwee-era Doctor Who planet will be returned to four times in a forthcoming boxset. With 2022 just around the corner, it’s fifty years since Doctor Who first visited Peladon, arriving on the side of Mount Mageshra in the middle of a thunderstorm. In the 1970s, the feudal planet served as host … >
In series 8 of her Diary, River Song (Alex Kingston) was in the company of robots, now, in The Diary of River Song series 9 New Recruit, she’s back in more familiar (to fans) territory — the era of the third Doctor Big Finish may reasonably be accused of overusing the motif of River back in the life of a … >
On it’s 30th anniversary, Russell T Davies reintroduces his “very first drama” which has come to audio. Three decades to the day of its first episode, RTD introduces the audiobook novelisation of Dark Season, his fondly remembered Children’s BBC series from 1991. If you don’t remember the show (or weren’t around at the time), here’s … >
Sir Derek Jacobi chats candidly to Big Finish’s Scott Handcock about his life and career. The latest in their occasional ‘In Conversation’ series, audio producers Big Finish have sat down with Sir Derek Jacobi. The legendary actor, best known on television for shows such as I, Claudius, Cadfael and Last Tango in Halifax, has also … >