Review: Doctor Who: Big Finish Audio: The Ninth Doctor Adventures 2.3.1: The Seas of Titan

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The Doctor arrives on Titan and joins an undersea exploration… The third set of adventures in Christopher Eccleston’s second season for Big Finish begins with this subaquatic tale from Lizbeth Myles that’s taken on a certain extra potential horror in light of events over the Titanic in recent times (the arrival of the TARDIS in…

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Review: Doctor Who: Big Finish Audio: The Fourth Doctor Adventures 12.6: The Ghost of Margaret

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Disliking goodbyes, the Doctor drops Margaret back near her home – but not as near as she should be… Tim Foley wraps up the saga of Margaret Hopwood – at least for now – with this unusual character-driven two-parter. Sure there’s an extradimensional menace to deal with (and we’re in a certain amount of Sapphire…

Review: Doctor Who: Doom’s Day: 0600-0700: A Doctor in the House? Part One

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Writer: Jody Houser Artist: Roberta Ingranata Titan Comics, out now Doom, the universe’s greatest assassin, is in pursuit of the Doctor, hoping they can save her from Death. It’s Titan’s turn to join the multi-media Doctor Who event, Doom’s Day, bringing in their regular writer/artist combo of Jody Houser and Roberta Ingranata for 0600-0700 of…

Today’s Reviews: Re-examining early Baker

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The About Time series goes back and takes a fresh look at the Tom Baker years in its two releases this year: There are whole new sections based on information that simply wasn’t available originally – a detailed account of the genesis of the Scratchman movie, for example – and a reassessment of what still…

Doctor Who: Royal Blood by Una McCormack

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Doctor Who: The Glamour Chronicles: Royal Blood by Una McCormack I’ve been reading my way through the VNAs* and EDAs,† plus related novels, …

Today’s Reviews: A serpentine conclusion for the Fourth Doctor

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Tom Baker’s Doctor’s adventures at Nest Cottage drew to a (temporary) close with the release of Serpent Crest – and there’s a terrific new edition available: The final volume in a gorgeous series – the presentation is the definition of prestige. Click here to read Nick Joy’s full review and for our other coverage, click…

Hines novelizes The Evil of the Daleks (updated)

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A new take on David Whitaker’s The Evil of the Daleks is coming to BBC Books this October in hardback and audio courtesy of actor Frazer Hines. Young astrophysicist Zoe wishes to join Jamie and the Doctor on their travels. To give her fair warning of the dangers she may face, the Doctor uses a…

2023’s Targets revealed

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BBC Books has released cover images and details on the five new Target novels arriving on 13 July. The Doctor and Donna learn that the planet of the Ood holds cruel and awesome secrets. As they battle for justice and survival, the fate of the entire Ood race hangs in the balance. Will the outcome…

The Sixth Doctor encounters Purity Unleashed

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Big Finish has released details of their third box set for the Sixth Doctor centred around marine biologist Hebe Harrison, out in May. Colin Baker (the Sixth Doctor) and Bonnie Langford (Melanie Bush) star in three full-cast audio adventures – following on from the chilling cliffhanger heard in the previous box set, Purity Undreamed. Marine biologist…

Return to Excelis with the Doctors and Bernice

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The four part Excelis saga is getting a new digital reissue from Big Finish. Originally released on collector’s edition CD in 2002, this miniseries of four full-cast audio dramas chronicles the rise and fall of the city of Excelis on the planet Artaris. The stories feature, variously, Peter Davison (as the Fifth Doctor), Colin Baker (as the Sixth…