Can there truly be peace between the Rutan Host and the Sontaran Empire? We find out in the Rutans vs Sontarans finale… First mentioned back in 1970, the conflict between the Sontaran clone warriors and the gelatinous gestalt of the Rutan Host has raged for centuries. The Doctor’s adventures have brushed up against the conflict … >
The Fifteenth Doctor fought the Rani onscreen, but just what did she get up to during the Time War? Big Finish discovers in the latest War Doctor boxset Fear of the Light… The Doctor’s history with the Rani stretches back to their academy days, but we first met her in the 80s. She battled the … >
The Fugitive Doctor is on the run from Division, and arrives on the planet Sontar with an offer… In 2024, a four-part Big Finish series took us into an endless battle: Sontarans vs Rutans. Of the two, we’re more familiar with the militaristic clone warrior Sontarans than the shape-changing Rutan host, and the series lent … >
Whatever happened to the Cybermen during the Time War? Cybergene reveals all… We know that the almighty temporal conflict between the Time Lords and the Daleks set the universe alight. Other races were caught in the crossfire of the Last Great Time War or wiped out as collateral damage. However, such a focus on the … >
Big Finish’s Doctor Who 60th anniversary mini-series drops an extra morsel, pitting Doctor against Doctor for Once and Future: Coda – The Final Act. The 60th anniversary tale Doctor Who: Once and Future raced up and down the timelines of the Whoniverse last year. Monthly instalments dropped from April 2023, each fronted by a different incarnation of … >
The extra instalment of the Big Finish 60th Anniversary series sees a clash of two outsider Doctors. You know what it’s like with mysterious, hitherto unknown incarnations of the Doctor. One is unveiled for the show’s 50th anniversary celebrations, then another appears just a few years later. Of course, John Hurt’s War Doctor and Jo … >
The saga continues, drawing in Bernice Summerfield, Torchwood’s Captain John and the War Doctor. 2024 has seen the start of Dark Gallifrey – a multi-year, multi-part series set in the Whoniverse. Taking the focus from the Doctor, the saga instead shines a light on their greatest foes – villainous Time Lords. First up was a … >
The legendary Time Lord villain Morbius returns during the Time War with a lust for vengeance and a vendetta against the Doctor. Morbius is a legendary Time Lord, a tyrant who led and lost civil war in that ancient society long ago. The Fourth Doctor encountered what was left of him in ‘The Brain of … >
It’s the Fugitive Doctor vs The War Doctor as the Doctor Who 60th anniversary audio mini-series returns. Doctor Who – Once and Future, the celebratory audio mini-series, dropped its seven original parts between May and October 2023, in the run up to the show’s 60th Anniversary celebration. The Whoniverse has been through a lot since … >
The Doctor’s granddaughter returns for further audio adventures in the Time War. Back in 2020, Doctor Who audio producers Big Finish addressed the fate of the Doctor’s granddaughter during the Time War. As the conflict between the Time Lords and the Daleks engulfed the universe, Susan’s War saw her recruited to aid her people – … >