The origin story of the Cybermen, based on the ideas of their co-creator Gerry Davis. Thanks to a neat line or two from Steven Moffat, we know that Cybermen are inevitable. They’re the horrific result of a simple equation: “People plus technology minus humanity.” However, the Cybermen who met the First Doctor at the South … >
Cyber co-creator Gerry Davis ideas become an audio drama for the Fifth Doctor’s Season 19 team. While we famously saw the ‘Genesis of the Daleks’ in 1975, the origins of the Cybermen were only alluded to during Doctor Who‘s classic television run. Instead, they appeared fully formed in ‘The Tenth Planet’, with the cloth-faced monstrosities … >
Told across two box sets, Hooklight stars the Season 19 TARDIS crew. Updated 12/02/25: Hooklight first trailer! Ahead of its April launch, Big Finish have revealed our first glimpse of Hooklight, in an auditory sense that is. Launching in April 2025, writer Tim Foley’s twelve-part tale promises a great quest for the Fifth Doctor and his … >
Here’s our January 2025 Podcast Roundup – our favourites from the worlds of CultBox. In no particular order, this month’s picks are… Something Who Episode 108: The War Games in Colour Editor Benjamin Cook and Lead Colourisation Artist Rich Tipple return to discuss ‘The War Games in Colour’. Talking to host Richard Smith, the pair … >
The audio drama draws on the ideas of the Cybermen co-creator Gerry Davis. The Fifth Doctor met the Cybermen on television in the fateful ‘Earthshock.’ However, before that storyline became a fixed point in Doctor Who history, an alternative idea explored the origins of the metal men from Mondas. While the Cybermen were first introduced in … >
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. … >
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 … >
The actor has penned a tale featuring Adric and the Fourth Doctor vs the Daleks. Written and narrated by Matthew Waterhouse, Doctor Who: Watchers is the second ‘audio novel’ from Big Finish. These enhanced audio books aim to recreate the feel of the beloved Target novelisations of the 1970s and 80s. After the success of … >
It’s been four decades since Peter Davison visited Castrovalva. Never ones to miss a good anniversary, Doctor Who audio producers Big Finish have released the first of two celebratory volumes to mark Peter Davison’s 40th anniversary as the Doctor. The actor, best known at the time for playing Tristan Farnon in All Creatures Great and … >
The Lost Resort and Other Stories sees Peter Davison’s Fifth Doctor reunited with his companions Nyssa, Tegan and Marc. Suffering a crisis of conscience, in the wake of Marc’s partial cyber-conversion, he temporarily abandoned them on a supposedly safe planet – eventually choosing to return after a series of solo adventures. This boxset, containing three … >