The Annihilators is the latest audio outing for the Third Doctor, where he encounters a former incarnation. Jon Pertwee’s first season of Doctor Who holds a special place in the heart of fans of a certain vintage. As the series burst into colour, the Doctor became an earthbound alien ally; working with the Brigadier and … >
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 … >
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 … >
Blue Boxes is the latest Doctor Who Short Trip, set in Season Seven, with the Third Doctor still adjusting to his Earthbound exile. With UNIT’s telephones under attack, and some mysterious deaths, the Doctor and Liz Shaw dive into the world of ‘Phreaking’. Like early hackers, the ingenious phreakers used homemade generators to replicate the … >
Big Finish has a justly deserved reputation for quality audio drama, recreating favourite Cult television shows. Even they can’t match their own high standards every time, which is why a more average release stands out from the crowd. May 2020’s Doctor Who: The Third Doctor Adventures Volume 06 is at best average, and shows even Big … >
Decline of the Ancient Mariner, the latest Short Trip from Big Finish, takes place in a less-frequented corner of the Doctor Who universe. Set in Jon Pertwee’s final season, sadly, neither of the actors who led the show are still with us… and yet, in this charming piece of prose, both the third Doctor and … >
In the very early years of Doctor Who, script editors tended to start their tenure full of ideas for their version of the show, only to find themselves slowly run down by the sheer amount of work involved, just putting out what’s proven to work. They didn’t stick around for longer than two years, usually wanting to … >
In 2016, to honour the memory of a much missed colleague, Big Finish launched the first ‘Paul Spragg Short Trip Memorial Opportunity’. Offering writers new to the company the chance to submit a short story idea, with the prize of a commission and its subsequent release, it yielded the entertaining Seventh Doctor tale ‘Forever Fallen’ … >
Only the eternally impressive Lis Sladen emerges with much credit from a fatally overambitious and overblown attempt.