Archive for January, 2013
David Bradley to play William Hartnell
28 months ago
by Tony Jones
in TV Shows
Unless you have been offline all day you will have noticed the BBC announcement that David Bradley will play Bill Hartnell in the Mark Gatiss penned drama on the creation of Doctor Who entitled An Adventure in Space and Time.
Jessica Raine and Brian Cox also appear and it should be noted that Jessica also appears in the upcoming episode known as Shadow of the Hex.
The rumour that he will also play The First Doctor in a multi-Doctor special is entirely unconfirmed!
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Flip to return - definitely (maybe)
08 months ago
by Tony Jones
in Big Finish
Further to earlier speculation on Lisa Greenwood returning to the part of Flip (and presumably alongside Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor) we have some more information.
The seventh Big Finish January podcast (skip my letter at the beginning) reveals that Flip is very much in contention for a return though nothing has been firmed up yet. I assumed this was likely given Lisa attended Chicago TARDIS recently.
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Charley and the Sixth Doctor
08 months ago
The best companions don’t just fade away and never was that more true than for Charley Pollard. Having parted company with the Eighth Doctor at the end of The Girl Who Never Was she suddenly found herself travelling with the Sixth Doctor much to the surprise of both her and the fans. In a stroke of brilliance we wondered how this could work, why did The Doctor not recognise her in Storm Warning?
Not only was this a brilliant conceit, Big Finish also restrained it to a fistful of stories, eight in all. This also gave us much fun with the Daleks, the Inconstant Companion DI Patricia Menzies and the imposing Viyrans!
How did it all work out? Read on…
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UNIT: The Coup reviewed
18 months ago
UNIT: The Coup is a short, free story released in November 2004 by Big Finish to promote its then forthcoming UNIT spin-off range. Available on SoundCloud this Simon Geurrier story has to frame a whole spin-off range in a mere twenty minutes and that includes allowing is plenty of time to enjoy Nicholas Courtney in fine form as the Brigadier.
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Companion Chronicles Series 3 sale: 25 - 27 January 2013
09 months ago
Just announced on the forum is a series 3 Companion Chronicle sale starting later today (25th January ) and covering the weekend. Lots of good titles here including Mahogany Murderers and Home Truths.
Details are emerging so it is worth checking the site later:
- Each CD £5
- Downloads £2.99
- A bundle option
- A Specials boxset option!
The Raine Trilogy
09 months ago
In 2011 a set of Lost Stories was released by Big Finish that introduced the character of Raine Creevy, a safe-cracker who joins the Seventh Doctor in the TARDIS and still travels with him by the time of UNIT: Dominion. Conceived in the 1980s, this trilogy gives Andrew Cartmel the chance to share with us a sense of how the show might have evolved. The CD extras also give a good insight into his creative process.
All that said, what are they about and what did I think of them. Be warned, spoilers and personal opinion follow…
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A Big Hand reviewed
49 months ago
As January ticks down towards February we get the first of the Puffin 50th Anniversary books - A Big Hand for the Doctor a First Doctor story written by Eoin Colfer. Set in Victorian London (very familiar territory) this short eBook / eStory (or even eshort) leads the way for this collection. More importantly what is it about and is it any good? Spoilers follow…
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