The latest monthly Torchwood release from Big Finish returns the spotlight to the character of Gwen Cooper, who was last heard from in the richly atmospheric standalone story Night of the Fendahl released back in April. That return to the mythos of the Fendahl made for a creepy and unnerving tale. Smashed has an altogether … >
A low-budget, low-rent film crew are shooting their latest schlock horror in the mocked-up catacombs of Fetch Priory. It’s a hackneyed, tawdry slasher, replete with all the overused “young woman as sacrificial victim” clichés. But this film project is not just a case of tacky production values and poor creative choices. This movie director and … >
Released just as the bleaker weather and receding daylight hours announce the arrival of autumn, Big Finish’s latest original audio drama is a classy, quality chiller. This immersive and atmospheric tale of ghostly spectres and ‘spirits from beyond the grave’ unfolds as winter takes hold of an isolated and eccentric country estate and long-buried secrets … >
It looks like the BBC are going to continue Keeping Faith, as they’ve announced that production on a second series of the hit drama is currently underway… The series, which started out life on BBC One Wales, was a true word-of-mouth hit – it garnered so much attention on its original channel that BBC One picked … >
The story of the BBC Wales and S4C drama Keeping Faith has been a hugely successful one, with the acclaimed drama initially screening just in Wales, before getting a summer showing on BBC One in the rest of the UK. Headlined by the brilliant Eve Myles, the show is created by Matthew Hall, and followed … >
There had been rumours at one point suggesting that Eve Myles – Gwen in Torchwood, of course – was heading to the cast of Doctor Who series 11 for a return appearance. Not so, apparently, but Myles has nonetheless been chatting about Jodie Whittaker’s turn as the Doctor in a new interview. Talking to the … >
A word of mouth success, the mystery thriller Keeping Faith has proven to be quite a hit for the BBC Wales and S4C. Starring Torchwood’s Eve Myles, the show premiered on S4C in Welsh and BBC One Wales in English. Through the BBC’s iPlayer service, it’s notched up nearly 10 million viewers, too. Its popularity … >
The internet has been awash over the past week or two with rumours surrounding Doctor Who series 11. The initial trailer for Jodie Whittaker’s first run in the TARDIS is apparently due later this month. And according to sources – and we can’t find the original source of this particular part of the story, hence … >
The latest Torchwood release from Big Finish is We Always Get Out Alive, a Gwen and Rhys story with both Eve Myles and Kai Owen performing. If that’s not enough to rouse interest, it was also written by the prolific Guy Adams. Guy takes us to a car journey. Gwen and Rhys are on the … >
After a six month break, which saw the launch of the Torchwood: Aliens Among Us series, a new run of monthly Torchwood releases from Big Finish began with the return of an old adversary. Before Captain Jack Harkness became Torchwood’s brooding immortal hero, we saw him as Doctor Who’s reformed temporal con man. Earlier than that, … >