The fifth instalment of Big Finish’s Doctor Who 60th anniversary series is Once and Future: The Martian Invasion of Planetoid 50. The latest chapter of Once and Future provides another cocktail of characters drawn from different eras of Doctor Who – but is it a pleasing mix? Premise Five chapters into the audio celebration of … >
Once and Future 5 – The Martian Invasion of Planetoid 50 sees the Tenth Doctor encounter Missy, with the Paternoster Gang along for the ride! Updated 12/09/23: Doctor Who‘s diamond celebration continues with David Tennant and Michelle Gomez. Today sees the release of the latest adventure in the celebratory Doctor Who: Once and Future series. … >
Updated 26/03/22 – Sherlock Holmes – The Seamstress of Peckham Rye wins ‘Best Audio Drama’. The original Sherlock Holmes adventure, beat out stiff competition from Audible and the BBC to scoop the prize at the 2022 Audio Awards. To celebrate, the audio adventure is available in a flash sale; there’s 20% off the regular asking … >
Peladon charts the history of one of the Doctor Who’s favourite planets through the ages. It’s been fifty years since the Third Doctor and Jo first travelled to Peladon. A feudal Earth-like society, though mineral rich, it was on the cusp of membership to the Galactic Federation – though not all his people shared that … >
There’s long been a correlation between the festive season and the telling of ghostly and unnerving tales. In a year in which it’s nigh on impossible to find much by way of “Xmas cheer”, stories that bring to the fore those unsettling and disquieting themes feel particularly apposite right now. Latest monthly Torchwood audio adventure … >
Shadow of the Daleks 2 is comprised of four single-episode stories, concluding the Fifth Doctor’s puzzling encounter with the Time War; the temporal conflict between the Time Lords and the Daleks of which he should have no knowledge. Seemingly compelled to meet the same faces over and over, the Doctor leans more and more of … >
Big Finish has a justly deserved reputation for quality audio drama, recreating favourite Cult television shows. Even they can’t match their own high standards every time, which is why a more average release stands out from the crowd. May 2020’s Doctor Who: The Third Doctor Adventures Volume 06 is at best average, and shows even Big … >
Big Finish released Doctor Who: The First Doctor Adventures Volume 04 in March 2020. Like previous volumes (such as volume 03) it’s two stories over four discs, mimicking the original four short episode stories we often had in the 1960s and 1970s. This range brings us a reimagined and entirely recast TARDIS team. The Doctor and Susan … >
With its links to the Hartnell era revealed in a surprisingly left-field cliffhanger, which doubtless sent many a fan scrabbling for Wikipedia or a Loose Cannon reconstruction, ‘The Syndicate Master Plan’ concludes with a second volume of stories. Avoiding substantial spoilers, while at the same time acknowledging some familiar faces appear on the box set … >
Written by Jonathan Barnes, The Master Of Blackstone Grange finds Sherlock Holmes (Nick Briggs) somewhat lacking focus. Moriarty is no more, Holmes is lacking a serious challenge, and it is Watson (Richard Earl) who finds a new client, Horace Grigg (Nigel Hastings) and Holmes is about to embark upon a new quest when he learns … >