The Doctor, Mel and Hebe take Professor Patricia McBride to a future Sheffield – with dire consequences. Spoilers And so the villain of the piece (indeed the whole four box-set arc) is revealed, and done in such a way that explains why they think their viewpoint makes sense, while never letting the audience have any…
The latest Black Archive has some fascinating points – but an overreliance on one source… While the reader might not always subscribe to what’s being posited, the ideas are typically backed up with multiple credible and respected sources. It’s just unfortunate that this book begins with its weakest part. Click here to read Nick Joy’s…
The Big Finish portion of the Doom’s Day saga has been unveiled. Sooz Kempner makes her Big Finish debut in four full-cast audio adventures as part of the multi-platform Doctor Who story, Doom’s Day. The cover artwork and guest cast details are now revealed for Doctor Who – Doom’s Day: Dying Hours, a four-part audio…
The Doctor and Jamie are sent by Raven to investigate a clinic… This latest post-War Games adventure for the Doctor and Jamie comes from Australian writer Paul F. Verhoeven, although it’s clear from what is said in the extras that script editor/director Nicholas Briggs was heavily involved in its germination. It shares its name with…
London 1923 – and an alien race has the audacity to invade a gentlemen’s club… James Kettle pens the middle story of this box set, giving us a historically-set story that plays very much into the milieu of PG Wodehouse and his fellows – with the Doctor playing a cosmic (and sometimes comic) Jeeves. (There’s…
Professor McBride calls for the Doctor and friends’ help when she makes a shocking discovery in a Scandinavian research facility… Jonathan Morris returns for a second adventure for the Sixth Doctor, Mel and Hebe, and it’s a cracking tale that uses the TARDIS in ways that I’ve expected it to be used far more frequently…
By John Walsh Titan Books, out now A guide to the making of the classic 1960s Dr. Who movies, lavishly illustrated and packed with insights into these beloved films. I have a great affinity towards the Peter Cushing Dr Who movies, not least because this was my very first encounter with the character. Having watched…
The Time Lords bring the Doctor to Edinburgh in 1776… We’ve known since the release of the Third Doctor story The Annihilators nearly 18 months ago that the post-War Games Second Doctor would be travelling with an older Jamie McCrimmon, although for obvious reasons, the reasons for that were glossed off in that tale. Now,…
The Doctor, Mel and Hebe find themselves assisting a scientific research party in very different ways… Adam Christopher’s debut story for Big Finish comes with this 70 minute audiobook tale, performed by Toby Hadoke, who captures the inflections of the three leads (Colin Baker, Bonnie Langford and Ruth Madeley) admirably without trying to give a…
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…
