Doctor Who: The Trials of a Time Lord – audio box set review

Old Sixie is back for a tale which features enemies from all across his era.  This year, Big Finish are celebrating Colin Baker’s four decades as the Sixth Doctor. They’ve done this with two longer tales, each bringing in elements from his time onscreen and his many audio dramas. The first audio box set, The … >

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Doctor Who – Once and Future: A Genius for War audio review

The third instalment of Big Finish’s Doctor Who 60th anniversary series is Once and Future: A Genius for War. It’s a rematch for the Seventh Doctor and Davros – but will there be unlimited rice pudding for all? For Once and Future’s third story, we find the degenerating Doctor – in his seventh incarnation – … >

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Doctor Who – Once and Future 3 released (updated)

Once and Future 3 – ‘A Genius for War’ brings the Doctor face to face with an old enemy. Updated 20/07/23: Davros plays chess! To celebrate the release of the third instalment of Once and Future, the Doctor Who 60th Anniversary audio series, audio producers Big Finish have provided another video trailer. Again echoing ‘The Five Doctors’, … >

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Doctor Who and the Ark – The Lost Stories 7.1 audio review

Big Finish adapt an earlier draft of the tale which eventually became ‘The Ark in Space’.  You’d be hard pressed to find a Doctor Who fan who doesn’t hold ‘The Ark in Space’ in high esteem. However, Tom Baker’s second story came to the screen via a rather tortured path. Initially penned by another writer, … >

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Doctor of War: Destiny – Doctor Who audio boxset review

Colin Baker’s aberrant iteration of the War Doctor continues his battles in Doctor Who Unbound series.   In the first Doctor of War boxset, the Fourth Doctor went through with the fateful decision to touch a certain pair of wires together in a Skaro bunker. From that point, his personal chronology spun out in a different … >

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Colin Baker to tour as Sherlock Holmes in The Hound of the Baskervilles

The actor is swapping his multi-coloured coat for a deerstalker in a radio-play-on-stage production.  Colin Baker is touring the UK this autumn, playing Sherlock Holmes in a production of The Hound of the Baskervilles. He’s joined by Terry Molloy as Dr Watson which is a fascinating pairing for Doctor Who fans; Molloy is, of course, … >

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New Scarifyers audiobook released to support the DEC Ukraine Appeal

MI:13 are back for a new adventure, An American Werewolf in Ludlow, read by Terry Molloy.  As the shocking situation in Ukraine unfolds, those brilliant audio producers Bafflegab have responded. They have used their talents to produce a special adventure for The Scarifyers; all profits from the release will support the Disasters Emergency Committee Ukraine … >

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