Doctor Who Icons books: Frida Kahlo and the Skull Children & Charles Darwin and the Silurian Survival

Two Doctor Who Icons books coming out this year

Penguin Books introduces a new Doctor Who Icons series with two new books which promise to be a thrilling journey through time celebrating the Doctor’s encounters with legendary figures from the past. The Thirteenth Doctor meets the illustrious artist Frida Kahlo in Frida Kahlo and the Skull Children. Some art can be deadly… Young Frida … >

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Big Finish celebrate the Fourth Doctor at 50 with a special adventure

‘The Curse of Time’ will fit into Tom Baker’s celebrated first season. The indomitable Tom Baker first burst onto our screens as the Fourth Doctor in 1974. Across seven years he redefined the role, bringing an otherworldly charm to the Time Lord and creating an indelible mark on the series. While The Fourth Doctor Adventures … >

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The Box of Terrors – Doctor Who audio novel review

Big Finish celebrate Doctor Who‘s 60th Anniversary with the story of an impossible meeting between Omega, two Doctors… and two versions of Sarah Jane Smith!  While audio producers Big Finish were frenetically degenerating Doctors in the monthly-released saga Once and Future, the show’s 60th Anniversary itself saw the release of a more traditional multi-Doctor tale. … >

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70s Doctor Who book audio vinyl created for Record Store Day

Stories and features from the celebrated book THE AMAZING WORLD OF DOCTOR WHO have been brought to life exclusively for Record Store Day, 22 April 2023. Begun in 2008, Record Store Day is an annual celebration of record store culture. Special vinyl releases, live events and performances are planned. With new sound design and familiar … >

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Doctor Who: Classic Doctors New Monsters Volume 3 audio review

Welcome to Classic Doctors New Monsters 3: The Stuff of Nightmares.  “There are some corners of the universe which have bred the most terrible things! Things which act against everything we believe in. They must be fought!” So said the Second Doctor. While his monstrous foes often only make a single onscreen appearance, we often … >

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Doctor Who: The Third Doctor Adventures Volume 8 audio review

The Third Doctor Adventures Volume 8 sees two new four-parters for Tim Treloar as the Doctor. Conspiracy in Space sees a return for the Draconians in a follow-up to the 1973 tale Frontier in Space. Meanwhile, The Devil’s Hoofprints finds the Doctor and Sarah back in the 19th century for a monstrous encounter. The Eve … >

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Scourge of the Cybermen – Doctor Who audio novel review

Scourge of the Cybermen is the first of a new range of “audio novels” – in other words, enhanced audiobooks, as distinct from audio dramas – from Big Finish. Written by Simon Guerrier, it uses the format to tell a “Target books” style story; over more than seven hours, the tale mirrors the structure of … >

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Return of the Cybermen – Doctor Who The Lost Stories 6.1 audio review

Return of the Cybermen is the latest of Big Finish’s Doctor Who Lost Stories. While most such tales derive from commissioned storylines that went no further, or ultimately rejected scripts, this is something different. Written for Tom Baker’s first season, the production team of the day felt that the script by Gerry Davis (Cyberman co-creator … >

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