Kicking off their HG Wells season, which promises six stories throughout 2017, Big Finish present the incomparable John Hurt as The Invisible Man. Respectfully delayed by a few weeks for the saddest of reasons, fans can now enjoy the first of two bittersweet treats this month – not only does John Hurt voice the titular … >
Taking its inspiration from what is recorded of Marcus Tullius Cicero’s speech in his first famous trial, circa 80 BC, Big Finish breaks into new territory presenting a legal whodunit with a pleasing classical twist. Despite its historic origins, no pre-requisite knowledge is called for as writer David Llewellyn breathes a modern sensibility into the … >
A new year brings a new trilogy of main range stories, this time for Peter Davison, with his Season 19 line-up of Nyssa, Tegan and Adric for a full on space adventure with ‘The Star Men’. Meanwhile, the Fourth Doctor Adventures reunite the Doctor, Romana II and K-9 with the perennially popular ‘Jago and Litefoot’ … >
Since 2014, Big Finish’s loving recreations of The Avengers’ lost episodes have transported us back to the formative years of a much loved cult classic. With a harder edge and less absurdity than it became known for, the show was a crime drama which focused on Dr David Keel and the enigmatic spy who regularly … >
Her story may be over on television, but Alex Kingston’s time travelling archaeologist continues to thrive on audio. While last year’s debut season saw her encounter the Eighth, and she has subsequently starred in his Doom Coalition saga, this second box set allows Ms Song to cross Doctors Six and Seven off her temporal bucket … >
Big Finish’s latest three-disc Torchwood release is not set in Cardiff, nor does it contain any Captain Jack. Instead it gives us a few days in the life of the Canary Wharf headquarters before it was so rudely destroyed by Daleks and Cybermen. Titled Torchwood One: Before the Fall, it stars Tracy-Ann Oberman as Yvonne Hartman … >
Eight years since they first appeared with the Fifth Doctor in the main range story The Judgement of Isskar, and three and a half years since the characters of Abby and Zara bid farewell in the third season of Graceless, writer Simon Guerrier has brought back his semi-divine characters for one more outing. For the … >
Despite his being a bona-fide British sci-fi icon, we have to confess that CultBox was not terribly familiar with the exploits of Colonel Dan Dare. Born of 1950s comic strip adventures in The Eagle, before radio plays and various adaptations, the square-jawed ‘Pilot of the Future’ has been gently modernised and returns to the airwaves … >
As the Doctor Who audio producers rounded out 2016 with another bumper month, Colin Baker was kept busy with a pair of main range releases, while the Early Adventure found the First Doctor enduring his first brush with ‘The Sontarans’. A pair of Short Trip releases were under the tree for the Seventh Doctor; first … >
At the end of another productive year for the audio wizards at Big Finish, we have picked out ten of the best new titles from the past 12 months. We’ll be counting down our highlights from the main Doctor Who ranges in a separate list, but 2016 was a spectacular year for Big Finish’s other properties … >