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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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 … >

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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, … >

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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 … >

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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 … >

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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 … >

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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 … >

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The CultBox Podcast Roundup – August 2023

Here’s our August 2023 Podcast Roundup – our favourites from the worlds of CultBox.  In no particular order, the picks this month are… Blank Podcast – Georgia Tennant Georgia Tennant speaks to Giles Paley-Phillips and Jim Daley on nepotism, recognising her privilege and learning to live with social anxiety. There’s also plenty on her career … >

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Doctor Who Doom’s Day: Dying Hours audio drama details revealed

Doom encounters the Eighth Doctor and Charley, the Silence and Jackie Tyler on Big Finish.  The multi-platform Doctor Who adventure Doom’s Day comes enjoys its audio drama component in September. Doom’s Day follows a time travelling assassin, played by Sooz Kempner, through twenty-four hours. The story plays out across prose, audio, comic strip and games. … >

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‘The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot’ Doctor Who sequel plans scrapped

In an interview with Radio Times, Peter Davison revealed that his plans to create a follow-up to his hit 2013 sketch, The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot, for this year’s 60th anniversary of Doctor Who have been scrapped. “I came up with an idea. It was deemed, by those I showed it to, as utterly unacceptable, although … >

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