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Dark Gallifrey – 2025’s first trilogy stars Missy

It’s time for a clash of the umbrellas as Missy encounters the Seventh Doctor for her part of Dark Gallifrey.  Doctor Who audio producers Big Finish released two trilogies released in their Dark Gallifrey saga during 2024. The 24-part epic, which focusses on Time Lord villains, continues in 2025 with two more three-parters. Following Morbius … >

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Caitlin Blackwood returns as Amelia Pond for Big Finish (updated)

A teenage Amelia encounters Missy and Leela meets Marie Curie in a new audio drama boxset for International Women’s Day – The Eighth of March: Strange Chemistry.  Updated 05/03/23: Ahead of the box set’s release this week, there’s now a trailer abroad. It gives us a first chance to hear Catlin Blackwood as the teenage … >

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Camelot and Oz featured in two new Doctor Who mash-up books

Two new Doctor Who crossover novels, Legends of Camelot and The Wonderful Doctor of Oz, will be available on 10 June. Both Puffin Classic novels are written by Jacqueline Rayner. Legends of Camelot “While investigating a strange energy in Carbury, the Tenth Doctor and Donna Noble are pulled into a different dimension, smashing a giant … >

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Missy Series 2 audio review

‘Missy Series 2’ continues the adventures of the Doctor’s best enemy, in her unforgettable “Scary Poppins” incarnation, as played by Michelle Gomez. Her first audio series brought adventures in Earth’s history and a brush with the Meddling Monk. This second outing builds on that, with two earthbound tales and two at large in the universe. … >

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Missy Series 1 review

Exclusively available from the Big Finish website until the end of April, Missy Series 1 delivers exactly what it says on the cover: Michelle Gomez as that most diabolical of Time Lords, Missy, in what must surely be the first set of many. Across four CD-length stories, Missy is able to do her worst, unchallenged … >

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Audio Review: The Diary Of River Song series 5

Since opening her diary for Big Finish, the time-travelling archaeologist Professor River Song (Alex Kingston) has dutifully picked her way back up her husband’s timeline, most recently reaching the Fourth Doctor. For this fifth volume however, River chronicles encounters with another Time Lord – one who is presented in four different, but equally deadly flavours. … >

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John Simm would “absolutely consider” returning to Doctor Who

In an interview with the Metro, John Simm was asked if he might play opposite Jodie Whittaker in Doctor Who. He gave an encouraging anwer: “I’ve no idea but if they asked me I’d absolutely consider it because she’s fantastic. It’s always a pleasure and a joy to go back and do that show and … >

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Doctor Who: get ready for The Missy Chronicles!

The BBC has announced a brand new book of Doctor Who stories featuring one of the Doctor’s more notable foes: Michelle Gomez’s Missy! The Missy Chronicles will be published by BBC Books on February 22nd, in time for International Women’s Day. It’ll cost £9.99, and it features stories from Jacqueline Rayner, Cavan Scott, Paul Magrs, James … >

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