Big Finish’ Short Trip supplements the world of Doctor Who this month by featuring the meddling Time Lord known as The Monk, played here by Rufus Hound.
A new main range Doctor Who release from Big Finish features a brace of seventh Doctor stories, ‘Shadow Planet’ and ‘World Apart’. They star Sylvester McCoy, alongside Sophie Aldred as Ace and Philip Olivier as Hex.
We’re going to get tales of the War Master to sit alongside the late John Hurt’s ‘War Doctor’.
While the adventures of the Twelfth Doctor, Bill and Nardole continue to blaze across our Saturday nights, there is plenty more happening in the Doctor Who universe. Here are out Big Finish Doctor Who audio story reviews for May 2017
Big Finish has released a promotional photo of the cast for their upcoming fifth season of Torchwood. Featuring new characters co-created and overseen by Russell T Davies, Torchwood: Aliens Among Us was announced last weekend. Season 5 follows the events of 2011’s Miracle Day and sees Captain Jack, Gwen and Rhys reunited in Cardiff. Joining John Barrowman, Kai Owen, Tom Price … >
Nearly six years since its fourth run, Torchwood is returning for a fifth season. Big Finish exclusively announced details of Torchwood: Aliens Among Us at DWAS Capitol II convention at the weekend. Featuring new characters co-created and overseen by Russell T Davies, Season 5 follows the events of 2011’s Miracle Day and sees Captain Jack, Gwen and Rhys … >
While the Twelfth Doctor has returned to our television screens with a new season, his predecessors remain busy on audio all year long. April was no exception, bringing outings for his Fourth, Fifth and Tenth incarnations. The Fifth Doctor and Nyssa star in a pair of two-part stories, ‘Alien Heart’ and ‘Dalek Soul’ which form … >
March brought a host of new Doctor Who releases from audio producers Big Finish, with the headline event being the climatic ending to Paul McGann’s epic ‘Doom Coalition’ storyline, a saga which has played out over four box sets. In the regular monthly ranges, the Fifth Doctor trilogy closed with the curious ‘Zaltys’, while Tom … >
February brought the Fifth Doctor, travelling with Adric, Nyssa and Tegan, back to Earth for an adventure in the world of Victorian gentlemen’s clubs, or more specifically ‘The Contingency Club’. Meanwhile, the Fourth Doctor, Romana and K-9 became embroiled with the Sontarans in ‘The Eternal Battle’, and the Third, Jo Grant and Mike Yates took … >
With this final boxset of three stories, Big Finish marks the end of War Doctor’s story with a strong set of scripts brought to life by a superb cast, great directing and impressive sound design. With John Hurt’s passing away, listening to these stories is all the more poignant; as fans we can but admire … >