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 … >
Across the trilogy, Sir Derek Jacobi’s Master will encounter Bernice Summerfield, David Warner’s Unbound Doctor, the War Doctor and Torchwood’s Captain John Hart. Audio producers Big Finish have revealed the second trilogy from their epic Dark Gallifrey series featuring Doctor Who villains. Following on from Morbuis, the second set of stories focus on Sir Derek … >
The audio producers announce the future for the spacefaring archaeologist and sometime TARDIS traveller. The enduring character of Professor Bernice Summerfield, created by writer Paul Cornell for the Doctor Who – The New Adventures book series, has been around since the early 1990s. However, she gained a new level of fame when actor Lisa Bowerman … >
Things get historical for Christopher Eccleston as he grapples with spectres of the past. As The Ninth Doctor Adventures continue in Buried Threats, he’s reunited with his former companion and archaeologist Professor Bernice Summerfield. A Theatre of Cruelty The set begins with a historical, bringing the innovative French avant-garde playwright Antonin Artaud into the life of … >
Big Finish’s first lady Bernice Summerfield will encounter the Ninth Doctor for Buried Threats. Updated 16/02/24: Doctor Who – The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Buried Threats is released. Christopher Eccleston is back another box set of Ninth Doctor audio adventures, released on the actor’s 60th birthday. To mark the occasion, producers Big Finish have dropped another … >
Toby Jones leads The Chimes – Dickens’ lesser-known follow up to A Christmas Carol. We’re all doubtless familiar with A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens’ festive morality tale from 1843 of the hard-hearted Scrooge who’s encouraged to change his miserly ways after a series of spectral visitations. The author followed up with a second tale – … >
Sylvester McCoy’s devious Seventh Doctor is promised an epic 12-part audio adventure send off. With classic Doctor Who‘s untimely cancellation in 1989, Sylvester McCoy’s Seventh Doctor didn’t get to go out on his own terms. Had the show returned, there were tentative plans for a regeneration at the end of the forthcoming season. Of course, … >
The audio series follows the human survivors of ‘The Satan Pit’ as they put the Ood into Torchwood. Updated 09/10/23: Covers and cast details released for the autumn of the Ood. As we begin the Torchwood Ood trilogy on audio, Big Finish have released covers and cast details for each of the trilogy’s three tales. … >
Bilis Manger returns to terrify once final time. The veteran actor and director Murray Melvin passed away on the 14th of April 2023. Melvin enjoyed a varied career on stages, with roles in films such as A Taste of Honey, Alfie and The Phantom of the Opera. However, for many, he was best known as Torchwood‘s sinister … >
For the last seven years, Doctor Who audio producers Big Finish have honoured the memory of their late colleague Paul Spragg with a scriptwriting competition. The Paul Spragg Memorial Short Trip Opportunity invites submissions from new writers, with the winner chosen to be developed into a short story which is released, for free, each December. … >