The Doctor and Romana reunite with those indefatigable investigators of the infernal, Jago & Litefoot. Thrown together during 1977’s ‘The Talons of Weng-Chiang’, Professor George Litefoot and Henry Gordon Jago were an unlikely double act. However, with Trevor Baxter as the thoughtful pathologist, and Christopher Benjamin playing the loquacious impresario, they were a perfect paring. … >
Tom Baker and Louise Jameson return for more audio dramas as the Fourth Doctor and Leela. It’s always fun to launch into another series of adventures with the irrepressible Tom Baker. In this fourteenth run of audio stories, he’s paired with Louise Jameson’s noble savage Leela, with adventures set around 1977/78. Both tales excuse K-9 … >
Two new books are announced for Penguin Books Doctor Who Icons series. Shirley Jackson and the Chaos Box by Kalynn Bayron The best stories should never be unwritten. When a strange signal echoes through time to the heart of the TARDIS, the Doctor follows it to the home of Shirley Jackson. But the strangeness deepens … >
The latest blending of Doctor Who eras brings us the Krillitaine, the Lupari and the Monks. Big Finish’s Classic Doctors New Monsters range returns for its fifth outing, providing more occasions for earlier Doctors to encounter creatures from the post-2005 series. In Faithful Friends, the genetic ability acquiring Krillitaine of ‘School Reunion’ return in two … >
The Doctor deals with the Krillitane and the Monks, and the Lupari have their day in Classic Doctors New Monsters 5: Faithful Friends audio box set. Doctor Who history is rife with occasions where we meet a new monster, yet the Doctor knows then of old. The Classic Doctors New Monsters range from Big Finish … >
The fan-favourite infernal investigators star in The Lord of Misrule with the Fourth Doctor and Romana I. Professor George Litefoot and Henry Gordon Jago were two unlikely characters thrown together by the events of 1977’s ‘The Talons of Weng Chiang’. On paper, the Victorian pair had little in common – Litefoot is a pathologist, while … >
Actor Tom Baker has been honoured by King Charles with a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) award for services to television. The 90-year-old actor was chosen along with other recipients as part of the New Year Honours. Baker is best known for his portrayal of the fourth incarnation of the Doctor … >
The Doctor Who audio producers have also released the winner of 2024’s Paul Spragg Memorial Script Opportunity. We’re still in the Christmas season but the universe of Doctor Who never rests. Onscreen, we’ve enjoyed The War Games in colour, 2024’s Doctor Who Prom and the Christmas Special ‘Joy to the World’. From the world of … >
In Doctor Who Magazine 610, Doctor Who showrunners Russell T Davies, Steven Moffat, Chris Chibnall and the Doctor Who TV Movie’s producer Philip Segal talk about how Fourth Doctor classic Doctor Who producer Philip Hinchcliffe inspired them. The magazine also includes an interview with Hinchcliffe himself, the man behind Fourth Doctor classics such as Genesis … >
Harry Sullivan and Naomi Cross conclude their adventures with Tom Baker’s Fourth Doctor. UNIT’s medic Harry Sullivan continues his time-travels, in the company of Naomi Cross – a fellow UNIT operative. Dominant Species is their third box set of tales, made up of a 2-part story on a ship crossing the Atlantic in WWI, and … >