The Hoxteth Time Capsule – Doctor Who Short Trips audio review

For the last eight years, Doctor Who audio producers Big Finish have honoured their late colleague Paul Spragg by running a Memorial Short Trip Opportunity in his name. The competition invites submissions from new writers, with the winner chosen to be developed into a short story which is released for free each December. 2023’s winning … >

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Doctor Who Season 15: The Collection Blu-ray range

Doctor Who – The Collection – Season 15, featuring Tom Baker’s fourth season as the Fourth Doctor is the next release to come to Blu-ray in March 2024. The announcement is accompanied by a specially-shot trailer featuring Leela vs the Time War, written by series contributor Pete McTighe (Kerblam! and Praxeus) and featuring Louise Jameson’s … >

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Paul Spragg Memorial winner: Doctor Who – The Hoxteth Time Capsule

This year’s story is the Doctor Who Short Trip ‘The Hoxteth Time Capsule’, written by Paul Davis.  Since 2016, audio producers Big Finish have run a Memorial Script Opportunity to honour their late, much-missed colleague Paul Spragg. The competition invites submissions (a synopsis and script extract) from writers new to the company, with the chosen … >

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Doctor Who: The Star Beast

Doctor Who special ‘The Star Beast’ screens in London

The TARDIS prop was set up outside Battersea Power Station in London on 6 November in conjunction with a press screening of the Doctor Who 60th anniversary special The Star Beast. It’s all gone a bit #DoctorWho round here… pic.twitter.com/QQyqURYQxh — Nick Cannon (@nickycafc) November 6, 2023 The special guests at the screening included some … >

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Big Finish release a book of Doctor Who cover art

Doctor Who – The Art of the Audio Adventures showcases the covers from more than twenty years of Big Finish audio dramas.  As Doctor Who’s 60th anniversary approaches, there’s no end of merchandise on offer. The latest comes from Big Finish, the home of Doctor Who audio dramas – who present a volume which celebrates … >

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Doctor Who - Bonnie Langford as Mel

Bonnie Langford: Mel “doesn’t deal with carrot Juice or fitness” on Doctor Who any more

Bonnie Langford graces the cover of Doctor Who Magazine issue 595 and is featured an interview where she describes how Mel Bush has changed in her return to Doctor Who. The actress played companion Melanie (Mel) Bush, mainly to Colin Baker’s Sixth Doctor. Mel will return for more epic adventures with Ncuti Gatwa’s Fifteenth Doctor. … >

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Doctor Who – Once and Future: Two’s Company audio review

The fourth instalment of Big Finish’s Doctor Who 60th anniversary series is Once and Future: Two’s Company. It’s the wildest combination of characters yet, as the Sixth Doctor encounters Jackie Tyler, Lady Christina and an older Harry Sullivan… but is it a smorgasbord or just a trifle? Once and Future’s fourth adventure begins with the … >

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Doctor Who – Once and Future 4 released

Once and Future 4 – ‘Two’s Company’ sees the Sixth Doctor meet a curious mix of old friends.  Updated 16/08/23: Doctor Who‘s diamond celebration continues. To celebrate the release of the fourth instalment of Once and Future, Big Finish’s 60th Doctor Who anniversary audio series, there’s another video trailer. This one embraces the cocktail of … >

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The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

‘The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot’ Doctor Who sequel plans scrapped

In an interview with Radio Times, Peter Davison revealed that his plans to create a follow-up to his hit 2013 sketch, The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot, for this year’s 60th anniversary of Doctor Who have been scrapped. “I came up with an idea. It was deemed, by those I showed it to, as utterly unacceptable, although … >

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