Writer Guy Adams like setting the Doctor a challenge or three, and his latest Big Finish main range title, The Quantum Possibility Engine, is no exception. Sylvester McCoy’s seventh Doctor has his work cut out when Melanie Bush (Bonnie Langford) steals the TARDIS and leave both him and Ace (Sophie Aldred) prisoners. Meanwhile Solar System … >
Despite Chris Chibnall’s statements that there would be no returning characters, all the episodes would be stand-alone and there would be no series arc, scenes in the second episode of Doctor Who Series 11, The Ghost Monument suggest otherwise. A series arc villain? There was a mention of the Stenza in a carved message on the … >
September 2018’s Big Finish Doctor Who main range release is The Dispossessed. Written by Mark Morris, it’s a gripping seventh Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) tale, with both Mel (Bonnie Langford) and Ace (Sophie Aldred) as companions. What makes this particularly enjoyable are both the setting and the characters, all of which feel well-conceived and innovative. It … >
1980s Doctor Who had some bold stories – and Andrew Cartmel was one of the big reasons why…
Kicking off a larger than normal tranche of Sylvester McCoy seventh Doctor stories is the main range two-disc release, Una McCormack’s Red Planets. With the Doctor are companions Ace (Sophie Aldred) trapped in 1961 Berlin, and Mel (Bonnie Langford). Mel is with the Doctor in 2017, but something is wrong: welcome to the Kingdom of … >
The Doctors collection has been a real surprise, a series of DVD sets that celebrate the time on Doctor Who for each of the respective Time Lords. They’ve brought together interviews, documentaries and materials, and whilst they’re not official BBC releases, they’ve proven very welcome sets for fans. What’s more, a couple more have been … >
Here’s the video that announced Sylvester McCoy to many as Colin Baker’s successor in Doctor Who…
Rounding out a trilogy for the Seventh Doctor, Ace and Mel, ‘The Silurian Candidate’ acts serves as a sequel to 1983’s futuristic sea base-under-siege story ‘Warriors of the Deep’. It also grants the returned Mel an opportunity to see the Doctor’s more manipulative nature, a tendency he developed after her departure in ‘Dragonfire’. Set in … >
This Big Finish Doctor Who tale kicks off a second trilogy of stories for Sylvester McCoy’s Seventh Doctor in the company of both his onscreen companions; Mel having re-joined the TARDIS crew post ‘Dragonfire’ and after her (mis)adventures with Sabalom Glitz. Written by John Dorney, the story takes place within an isolated futuristic community, with … >
The latest in the range of unofficial Koch Media Doctor Who releases – and they’ve been really very good so far – is heading to stores in March, it’s been confirmed. The Doctors: Monsters! will feature the documentary I Was A Doctor Who Monster, hosted by Sylvester McCoy. Furthermore, five titles from the Myth Makers … >