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Big Finish release ‘Genesis of the Cybermen’ Lost Story

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 … >

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Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour - Wendy Padbury, Patrick Troughton & Frazer Hines

The CultBox Podcast Roundup – January 2025

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 … >

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Big Finish release The Fugitive Doctor: Most Wanted

Jo Martin’s mysterious Doctor returns as the star of her own audio drama series.  Updates 29/01/25: The Fugitive Doctor: Most Wanted is released. It’s been the best part of three years since it was first announced, but audio adventures of The Fugitive  Doctor are finally here. While the character appeared in the anniversary mini-series Once … >

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Big Finish Day 2025 is announced for June 21st

The celebration of the production company’s audio drama output is themed as a live podcast. Tickets are available now for this year’s Big Finish Day. For 2025, the convention returns to Derby and the event is taking place at QUAD, in association with the Whoovers. With the event themed as The Big Finish Podcast: Live, … >

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The Third Doctor Adventures – ‘The Quintessence’ audio review

The Doctor and Jo Jones face the original Cybermen from the doomed planet of Mondas.  Pitting the Third Doctor against the Cybermen is always something special, as we didn’t see them during Pertwee era. While it’s happened before on audio, ‘The Quintessence’ offers an intriguing new spin; rather than the robotic sounding creatures who evolved … >

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Doctor Who: The Stuff of Legend – live recording released

Paul McGann and India Fisher appeared live on stage at London’s Cadogan Hall in September 2024.  Following a flurry of Doctor Who on television this Christmas, audio producers Big Finish have been filling in the days to New Year with some festive treats. The last of these, released today, is the much-anticipated live recording of … >

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All BBC Doctor Who Christmas content and times

Doctor Who fans will be treated to four festive specials this Christmas. December 23: The War Games – new colourisation BBC Four and BBC iPlayer from 9pm The 1969 second Doctor serial The War Games features the TARDIS team, including companions Zoe and Jamie, as they discover that soldiers from different historical periods have been … >

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Genesis of the Cybermen – Big Finish announce Doctor Who Lost Story

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 … >

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