Doctor Who - The Eighth Doctor Adventures: In the Bleak Midwinter

Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor Adventures – In the Bleak Midwinter audio review

Lady Audacity Montague’s adventures continue with the Eighth Doctor and bring festive chills for all In The Bleak Midwinter.  Retuning the Eighth Doctor to his early days, November 2023’s Audacity gave him a new travelling companion. Played by Jaye Griffiths, Lady Audacity Montague is a remarkable woman, with strong opinions and a wisdom beyond her … >

Posted Filed under

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 … >

Posted Filed under
Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor - Audacity cover art crop

Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor Adventures – Audacity audio review

It’s a fresh era for Paul McGann’s Eighth Doctor as he finds a new companion in Lady Audacity Montague.  Despite his minimal screen time on the programme, the Eighth Doctor has enjoyed an incredible life on audio. He’s travelled with Charley, Lucie, Liv, Helen and Bliss, to name but a few companions, at different points … >

Posted Filed under
Once and Future 7 - The Union Special Edition cover art

Doctor Who – Once and Future: The Union audio review

Big Finish’s Doctor Who 60th anniversary mini-series concludes with Once and Future: The Union. October’s second dose of Once and Future brings the Doctor Who 60th anniversary audio extravaganza to a close. Still afflicted by his bout of  is degeneration, the ailing Doctor is rattling around his personal timeline more than ever. In The Union, … >

Posted Filed under
Once and Future 7 - The Union Special Edition cover art

Doctor Who – Once and Future audio mini-series finale lands

It’s a family affair as Paul McGann’s Doctor reunites with Susan and encounters River Song in ‘The Union’, the Once and Future finale.  Updated 25/10/23: It’s the end of the Doctor Who 60th anniversary audio mini-series, but will it enjoy a suitably big finish? Once and Future: The Union is led by Paul McGann’s Eighth … >

Posted Filed under
Doctor Who - The Eighth Doctor Adventures: In the Bleak Midwinter cover art crop

Big Finish create another new era for Paul McGann’s Doctor (updated)

He’s joined by another new companion too: get ready for the Eighth Doctor and Audacity. Updated 13/10/23: While we’ve yet to hear the Doctor meet his newest companion, as Audacity is out in November, audio drama producers Big Finish have revealed the cover art and details for their second boxset together. Landing in December, with … >

Posted Filed under

Big Finish release a book of Doctor Who cover art

Doctor Who – The Art of the Audio Adventures showcases the covers from more than twenty years of Big Finish audio dramas.  As Doctor Who’s 60th anniversary approaches, there’s no end of merchandise on offer. The latest comes from Big Finish, the home of Doctor Who audio dramas – who present a volume which celebrates … >

Posted Filed under

The CultBox Podcast Roundup – September 2023

Here’s our September 2023 Podcast Roundup – our favourites from the worlds of CultBox.  In no particular order, the picks this month are… I’ll Explain Later: a Doctor Who podcast Back for a new season of six weekly episodes, hosts Jon West and Matt Nida discuss classic and modern Doctor Who. Always political, sometimes pithy … >

Posted Filed under