Classic Doctors New Monsters 5 Faithful Friends

Classic Doctors New Monsters 5: Faithful Friends audio review

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 … >

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Doctor Who Magazine celebrates fifty years of the Fourth Doctor

Doctor Who Magazine celebrates fifty years of the Fourth Doctor with an 84-page special edition packed with all-new features, interviews, infographics and fiction. June marks the 50th anniversary of the Fourth Doctor’s first appearance. “Tom Baker made such an extraordinary impact that, to some people, he will always be the Doctor,” says editor Marcus Hearn. … >

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Sapphire & Steel are reassigned – to download

Audio dramas based on the classic sci-fi/fantasy series Sapphire & Steel are now available again from Big Finish Productions.  “All irregularities will be handled by the forces controlling each dimension. Transuranic, heavy elements may not be used where there is life. Medium atomic weights are available: Gold, Lead, Copper, Jet, Diamond, Radium, Sapphire, Silver and … >

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Costume designer to share experience dressing the Doctor, Toymaker and Goblins in Doctor Who Magazine

Costume designer Pam Downe will discuss dressing Ncuti Gatwa’s stylish new Doctor and how she created looks for the Toymaker and the Goblin army in Doctor Who Magazine 601. Also in DWM 601: • Script to Screen: An in-depth look at how the Goblin army developed, from the original concept to the finished product – … >

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Doctor Who Season 15: The Collection Blu-ray range

Doctor Who – The Collection – Season 15, featuring Tom Baker’s fourth season as the Fourth Doctor is the next release to come to Blu-ray in March 2024. The announcement is accompanied by a specially-shot trailer featuring Leela vs the Time War, written by series contributor Pete McTighe (Kerblam! and Praxeus) and featuring Louise Jameson’s … >

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Doctor Who on Big Finish – our top 6 releases of 2023

Audio producers Big Finish have enjoyed another industrious year of dramas in the Doctor Who universe. Here’s six of our favourites… The Diary of River Song: Friend of the Family The Doctor’s wife has been blazing her own trail since 2015 but, although we didn’t know it at the time, this was the penultimate release … >

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The Omega Factor: The House That Wasn’t Haunted – cover revealed

We now have all the details about the forthcoming two-hour, full-cast “audio movie”.  Released this October, ‘The House That Wasn’t Haunted’ continues the audible terrors of The Omega Factor. Audio producers Big Finish revived the supremely scary 1970s series back in 2015, to follow the work of Department 7. Since then, Louise Jameson, who plays … >

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The Fourth Doctor Adventures: Angels and Demons audio review

Tom Baker concludes his twelfth series of audio adventures with a bumper boxset of four stories. Angels and Demons sees the irrepressible Fourth Doctor travelling with Leela (Louise Jameson) and Margaret Hopwood (Nerys Hughes). Angel and Demons is comprised of four stories – three two-parters and a ripping four-part encounter with the Weeping Angels. The … >

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The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Pioneers audio review

In his ninth box set of audio adventures, Christopher Eccleston’s Doctor encounters humanity’s Pioneers in various guises. The stories that kick off his third audio series take us from space in the far future, to the frozen Arctic wastes and finally the birth of a national obsession. The Green Gift Writer Roy Gill begins where … >

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