As regular readers may be aware, Tom Baker, the popular television actor has died and been reincarnated as a giant moggy, the self-styled King of Cats. Aided by his perky former co-star Suzy Goshawk (Katy Manning), and acidic housekeeper Mrs Frimbley (Susan Jameson), he resides at Baker’s End in the village of Happenstance where all … >
Tom Baker has long been obsessed with his own mortality, famously purchasing his own gravestone which is handy as ‘The King of Cats’ begins on the way to his funeral. When he first returned to the role of the Doctor, it was for the now defunct AudioGo in three series of linked adventures, written by … >
With the Doctor taking a rest in 2016, a year apparently already too chock full of “national moments”, it is the perfect time for us raid the back catalogue of Doctor Who’s CBBC spin-off. Bringing back the much-loved companion who travelled with both Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker, The Sarah Jane Adventures capitalised on the … >
A busy month for Big Finish started with the release of The Third Doctor Adventures: Volume 1. In the absence of Jon Pertwee, Tim Treloar takes the part of both a narrator and the Third Doctor, alongside Katy Manning as Jo Grant and Richard Franklin as Mike Yates. The boxset consists of two 2-CD stories. … >
In the run up to their 200th monthly release, Big Finish have found a novel way to ring the changes; mixing up eras by pairing older companions with their regular roster of Doctors. ‘The Defectors’ begins as a Pertwee story, but promptly substitutes the Seventh Doctor in place of the Third. The Time Lord has … >
Big Finish has released The Worlds of Big Finish, because it can. Over the many years since their first ever audio, many ranges have come and gone, and even if some of them come from the universe of Doctor Who, they don’t rely upon it for their vitality. With The Worlds of Big Finish, writer … >
‘Time Tunnel’ is the third in a series of new Doctor Who short stories read by an original cast member. In this case it’s Katy Manning recreating Jo Grant and the Third Doctor’s era in a Nigel Fairs story. The setup is simple – UNIT are called to investigate a train full of corpses; all … >
Former Doctor Who companion Katy Manning has visited the show’s studio in Cardiff and posed for photos on the TARDIS set with Peter Capaldi. Manning commented: “Oh I had the biggest smile on my little mush all day! Such a happy lucky Katy.” She also described Capaldi as “not only a superb actor but one … >
For the penultimate Companion Chronicles story, we return to an old favourite. Continuing from where 2010’s ‘Find and Replace’ left off, Jo Jones (née Grant) is off on an adventure with the irrepressible Iris Wildthyme. For those not acquainted with Ms Wildthyme, the trans-temporal adventuress, suffice to say that she is a sometime ally, sometime … >
The Doctor, Jo Grant and UNIT investigate a series of deaths in a South Wales Mine, wherein the victims have been found with green glowing skin. There’s toxic waste in the tunnels and giant maggots coming out of the ground. Somehow it all connects to Global Chemicals and their mysterious Boss… Best moments Episode … >