Big Finish has released the schedule for this weekend’s livestream and it’s a great festival of audio entertainment. Full details in the news piece: Livestream Schedule – #BigFinish20at20, and I’ll pick out some personal highlights below…
If you’re missing all things Moon Landing and Doctor Who, why not pop along to The Doctor Who Companion where they are having a good look at all things moon, including OUR MOON BABY: WHY I LIKE PETER HARNESS’ VISION IN KILL THE MOON. There are some good pieces there, even if I don’t agree…
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Many sources are reporting the Cybermen will be back in series 12 to face the Thirteenth Doctor, but I’m thinking wind back ten (!!) incarnations and why not visit Peladon again? Big Finish did an excellent job with the Fifth Doctor in the Barnaby Edward story The Bride of Peladon, but I think we need…
In a much expected (and welcome( announcement, we find out Catherine Tate will be back alongside Jacqueline King as Donna and Sylvia Noble. Full details of Donna’s solo boxset (ie no Doctor) are in the news piece: Donna Noble saves the world!
Ignoring the fact of the show’s cancellation after (during?) season 26, students of the show tend to regard the Seventh Doctor‘s era as a resetting of direction, a rethink of the mythos, even a regeneration. Does this stack up when you consider the stories? Let’s have a check check…
My wander through Jon Pertwee’s first season as the Third Doctor (ie Season 7) comes to an end with Inferno. Some people say it’s the best story of the season, if not the whole Pertwee era; others say the Primords look like werewolf zombies. All I know is it’s parallel universe time!
Sargasso by Christopher Cooper was the June 2019 Torchwood release from Big Finish. Its main character is Rhys Williams (Kai Owen), who finds himself on a container ship stranded in waters he’d rather not be in. The cover gives a lot away, but that’s just the invitation to the party, assuming your idea of a…
Sheridan Smith as back as Lucie Miller in a new set of full-cast stories with the Eighth Doctor, and Big Finish is marking her return with a 50% sale on the previous adventures. Details on the sale are: The Lucie Miller Collection. I thought I’d share some recommendations, given this blog is named for the…
I put together some thoughts on the June 2019 Julian Richard Doctor Who Short Trips: The Same Face for CultBox. The story is a Third Doctor tale with Jo Grant and performed by Katy Manning. The review is: Doctor Who Short Trips: The Same Face review. <<< Message Ends >>>
The DWAS has just released their latest (and free) issue of Cosmic Masque, volume VIII to be precise. It’s the usual mix of stories, reviews and articles and is available (with previous issues) here: Cosmic Masque New Volume. *** Message Ends ***
Working my way through Season 7, (see Spearhead from Space and The Silurians) I arrive at The Ambassadors of Death a story of which I have little recollection (it was broadcast March – May 1970). Rewatching it, despite a number of flaws (many of which are also mentioned in the Radio Times review) I think…
I was more downbeat than normal with my recent post Doctor Who has peaked – so what? I do think I time will come when the show has a break from TV (and not just the odd year we already get), but I also do think we will make the sixtieth anniversary in 2023. Yes,…
