Series 11 may be over, but you can still grab a Big Finish bargain in the final special offer sale: THIRTEENTH DOCTOR SPECIAL OFFERS WEEK 10. A range of goodies, including Lady Christina and Jenny! — Message Ends —
Over on the Doctor Who Companion are collective thoughts on It Takes You Away have been gathered: HERE’S WHAT THE DOCTOR WHO COMPANION THOUGHT OF IT TAKES YOU AWAY. It’s fair to say I was possibly the most positive, and it’s a bigger divergence than I expected. Let me know what you think! *** Message Ends ***
Following The Thirteenth Doctor’s new scarf, it seems the item in question is a rather up-market Paul Smith creation called Blue Rainbow Stripe Merino-wool Scarf. For a mere £70 you can get one of your own.
You can now sign-up (December 2018) for a Doctor Who themed escape room experience in a number of places, currently UK only. Called Doctor Who When Worlds Collide, it’s available in Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Manchester. Oxford and Reading. No idea how long these will be around, and the theme is about thwarting a Cybermen invasion. I checked Reading and…
So, series 11 is coming to an end and we can look forward to all sorts of articles on how it was or wasn’t as good as hoped, or better or the end of the show or any other opinion. Until then we’ve the small battle of The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos to deal with.…
Big Finish has announce the winner of the 2018 Short Trips Opportunity 2018, and it’s a Second Doctor story The Last Day at Work, written by Harry Draper. Read by Nick Briggs, it will be available free later this month (December 2018). News item here: SHORT TRIPS OPPORTUNITY 2018. Congratulations to Harry and a review will follow soon!…
After what seems like weeks of small leaks, we finally have details on the release of the animated Doctor Who: The Macra Terror. The Cultbox piece is pretty comprehensive, and saves me writing my own: Doctor Who lost episode The Macra Terror: animation coming soon. Key fact is it can be ordered from early January 2019, so…
Obverse Books has released their tenth collection of Iris Wildthyme stories, Wild Thymes on the 22. Edited by Stewart Sheargold (Big Finish Productions), Wild Thymes on the 22 features new fiction by Steve Cole, Richard Wright, Matthew Bright, Cody Schell, Neil Chester and many others, with a special wrap-round cover by noted comics artist Paul Hanley.
Over on FaceBook in the Big Finish Audio group, someone called Phil Johnson has been beavering away making new covers for various titles. The covers all have the new series 11 logo and are rather attractive. Of course, I was drawn to his cover for my Fifth Doctor story Rulebook. +++ Message Ends +++
This week’s review for series 11 of Doctor Who, the (in my mind) rather splendid It Takes You Away is somewhat longer than normal. It’s also over on The Doctor Who Companion. Do have a look and let me know what you think of the review and the episode: REVIEWED: IT TAKES YOU AWAY. *** Message…
The Big Finish celebration of series 11 of Doctor Who continues with offers including both the War Doctor and the Ninth Doctor. As ever some good titles, and I’d like to highlight the Churchill Years as being worth a listen (both volumes). Full details: THIRTEENTH DOCTOR SPECIAL OFFERS WEEK 9. — Message Ends —
Here’s the collective view on The Witchfinders from the Doctor Who Companion. Most of my colleagues liked it more than I, but we have many of the same observations on the way through. +++ Message Ends +++
