This year’s story is the Doctor Who Short Trip ‘The Hoxteth Time Capsule’, written by Paul Davis. Since 2016, audio producers Big Finish have run a Memorial Script Opportunity to honour their late, much-missed colleague Paul Spragg. The competition invites submissions (a synopsis and script extract) from writers new to the company, with the chosen … >
The fourth instalment of Big Finish’s Doctor Who 60th anniversary series is Once and Future: Two’s Company. It’s the wildest combination of characters yet, as the Sixth Doctor encounters Jackie Tyler, Lady Christina and an older Harry Sullivan… but is it a smorgasbord or just a trifle? Once and Future’s fourth adventure begins with the … >
Once and Future 4 – ‘Two’s Company’ sees the Sixth Doctor meet a curious mix of old friends. Updated 16/08/23: Doctor Who‘s diamond celebration continues. To celebrate the release of the fourth instalment of Once and Future, Big Finish’s 60th Doctor Who anniversary audio series, there’s another video trailer. This one embraces the cocktail of … >
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 … >
The Tenth and Sixth Doctors collide for a high-concept, time twisting face-off with the Weeping Angels. ‘Wink’ is the latest in the Out of Time series of doctorly collisions. The range sees David Tennant’s version of the Time Lord meeting his former selves and facing a few famous foes. The title, of course, nods to … >
New companion Hebe Harrison joins Old Sixie and Mel for Water Worlds. Classic Doctors and new faces are all the rage at the moment, with the incoming RTD2 era filming scenes for Doctor Who‘s 60th Anniversary celebrations on the streets of London (spoilers!) However, it will be a long time until we see the fruits … >
There’s a fresh line-up of familiar foes with unexpected Doctors! Across their wide output of Doctor Who audios, every classic series Doctor now has their own range at Big Finish. Either with the original actor or judiciously recast, each incarnation appears in full-cast drama boxsets. While they often encounter period-appropriate threats, it’s also immense fun … >
Further to the recent announcement, we now have a list of the stories Forces TV viewers can look forward to. After the exciting news that a selection of classic Doctor Who stories from the 1970s and 80s are coming to Forces TV, we were left with a puzzle – what would they show? Thanks to … >
The UK free-to-air channel beings a run of classic Doctor Who stories this month. Forces TV have announced that they will be showing a run of twelve stories from the classic era of Doctor Who. With BBC repeats a rarity and access to these episodes otherwise needing a subscription or a boxset budget, it’s great … >
Peladon charts the history of one of the Doctor Who’s favourite planets through the ages. It’s been fifty years since the Third Doctor and Jo first travelled to Peladon. A feudal Earth-like society, though mineral rich, it was on the cusp of membership to the Galactic Federation – though not all his people shared that … >