Review: Doctor Who: Books: Pull to Open

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by Paul Hayes Ten Acre Films, out now The inside story of how the BBC created and launched Doctor Who. When a book contains a foreword by Toby Hadoke, where said Doctor Who aficionado acknowledges being corrected by another author, you realise that the book in your hand contains a forensic level of accuracy and…

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Review: Doctor Who: Big Finish Audio: The Ninth Doctor Adventures 3.2.3: Run

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The Doctor assists an old friend who is running for office… Robert Valentine’s concluding tale for this set starring Christopher Eccleston sees Jane Goddard reprise her role as Alpha Centauri – although at a much earlier point in the hexapod’s life than we’ve met them before. This is an “AC” who is just embarking on…

Doctor Who–New book takes fans through a time portal to a place that wasn’t

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Review by C.J. Bunce Have you ever experienced the Mandela Effect–that certainty that you’ve experienced something that is later proven to you that it actually didn’t happen?  May…

Review: Doctor Who: Big Finish Audio: The Eighth Doctor Adventures: Stranded 4.1: Crossed Lines

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Desperate to try to put things right, the Eighth Doctor embarks on a risky venture in the recent past… Matt Fitton takes up the pen for this first instalment of the final Stranded box set, picking up on the devastation wrought by the death of Andy Davidson in the previous adventure. The Doctor has a…

Review: Doctor Who: Big Finish Audio: The Ninth Doctor Adventures 3.2.2: The Butler Did It

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The Doctor appoints himself sleuth in charge when a friend is poisoned… After the raw tension of the box set opener, James Moran’s detective tale is a huge amount of fun, as Christopher Eccleston displays other sides to his incarnation, notably his complete inability to take a hint that his presence is neither wanted nor…

Dangerous Manoeuvres on Gallifrey

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Big Finish has released details for the second box set in the ongoing Gallifrey: War Room saga, due for release in September. Louise Jameson (Leela) and Ken Bones (the General) reprise their TV Doctor Who roles in four new full-cast audio dramas. The cast also includes Chris Jarman (as Rasmus), Carolyn Pickles (as Ollistra), Beth…

Review: Doctor Who: Big Finish Audio: Once and Future 4: Two’s Company

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The Third Doctor gets a letter delivered. Jackie Tyler gets a job offer. Lady Christina gets a friend. Harry Sullivan gets duped. On paper this shouldn’t work. The ongoing plot surrounding the Doctor’s degenerations is wrapped up in a clash with a familiar face in a new situation and three old companions interacting in new…

Review: Doctor Who: Big Finish Audio: The Fifth Doctor Adventures 3.2: The Edge of the War

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Nyssa is cycling through the French lanes; Tegan is running a bar… and the Doctor is nowhere to be found… Jonathan Barnes pens the second story in the Conflicts of Interest box set for the season 20 TARDIS team, and it’s a suitably labyrinthine tale that reminded me of some of Marc Platt’s early work…

Review: Doctor Who: Big Finish Audio: The Seventh Doctor Adventures: Interlude: The Haunting of Bryck Place

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A house in Tudor times is being haunted… by Ace… Georgia Cook’s 80-minute audiobook interlude for the Seventh Doctor and Ace hits the spot in a number of ways, not least (with one small exception – psychic paper? Really?) in being a very good evocation of the period in which it’s set in Doctor Who…

Today’s Reviews: Isolation Below There

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There’s a spooky feel to the first of the new Ninth Doctor tales: Christopher Eccleston has shown a real flair for this side to his Doctor, trying to help but refusing to be fobbed off by excuses when he knows that he’s not being told the whole story. Click here to read our full review…