Review: Doctor Who: Big Finish Audio: Once and Future 3: A Genius for War

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Pulled out of his timestream by Gallifrey, the Doctor finds themself temporarily stabilised into their seventh incarnation and recruited by the General (Ken Bones) and Veklin. A message has come in from someone who has information on how to win the Time War: Davros. And the only thing he asks is that the Doctor break…

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Review: Doctor Who: Big Finish Audio: Short Trips 12.X: The World Tree

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Nora Wicker’s day is about to become even stranger when she sees a young man in her garden… The 2022 Paul Spragg Memorial Trip winner had its traditional release at the end of the year, this time featuring the 11th Doctor in a story written by newcomer Nick Slawicz and recorded by Big Finish stalwart…

Review: Doctor Who: Big Finish Audio: The Ninth Doctor Adventures 2.3.3: Flatpack

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Everyone goes to Flatpack – so it’s not too surprising that old friends can reunite… John Dorney wraps up this collection of Ninth Doctor stories with a tale that links him to his (Big Finish) past, as Nicola Walker and Rebecca Root reprise their roles from the Eighth Doctor stories. Set some time after the…

Review: Doctor Who: Big Finish Audio: The Sixth Doctor Adventures 1.3: Maelstrom

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The Doctor, Mel and Hebe encounter some very unusual survivors… Jonathan Morris plays with the listener’s expectations in this final story of the first Hebe Harrison box set, which seems to be set a bit of time after her adventures on the Moon – she’s got a clearer idea of what’s involved with space and…

Review: Doctor Who: Big Finish Audio: The Ninth Doctor Adventures 2.3.2: Lay Down Your Arms

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At a spa in Bad Homburg, the Doctor encounters a Russian Tzar… or does he? Lisa McMullin’s script is something of a backdoor celebrity historical, although unless you’re familiar with key German literature of the late 19th century, you may not connect the title with one of the key characters… (Unusually the description of this…

Today’s Reviews: It’s the Kerblam! Target

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Everybody looks forward to a visit from the Kerblam! man… Ultimately, it’s a straightforward story, parodying the working conditions endured within the warehouse of large retailer, and McTighe doesn’t try to complicate things by adding any unnecessary asides. Click here to read Nick Joy’s full review, and for our other coverage, click here.  

Review: Doctor Who: Books: The Zygon Invasion

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by Peter Harness BBC Books, out now The 12th Doctor faces the fallout of the fragile peace between Zygons and humans – can he stop the world from plunging into war? Peter Capaldi’s 2015 Series 9 two-parter The Zygon Invasion / The Zygon Inversion written by Peter Harness and Steven Moffat is novelised by Harness as…

Target novels of the anniversary specials coming in January

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The three latest Doctor Who adventures featuring the Fourteenth Doctor and Donna Noble will become novels. BBC Books will be expanding the Doctor Who Target range with three new titles in January 2024. The collection are novelisations of the 2023 Doctor Who Specials, which will feature David Tennant as the Fourteenth Doctor and Catherine Tate…

Review: Doctor Who: Books: Planet of the Ood

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by Keith Temple BBC Books, out 13 July  The Doctor and Donna learn that the planet of the Ood holds cruel and awesome secrets. The third episode of David Tennant’s last full season as the Doctor, Planet of the Ood, was transmitted in April 2008, written by Keith Temple, writing for the show for the…

Review: Doctor Who: Books: Warriors’ Gate and Beyond

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by Stephen Gallagher BBC Books, out 13 July The TARDIS is caught in a collapsing void between two different universes – and the Fourth Doctor, Romana and Adric must enter a dangerous alliance with a race of enslaved, time-sensitive aliens. As a 12-year-old I struggled with Warriors’ Gate when it was first transmitted – I…