Archive for March, 2013
Ringing in the new - The Bells of St John reviewed
66 months ago
The excitement mounts as we near the return of the Eleventh Doctor in The Bells of St Johns (BBC episode page here). Meanwhile the Beeb have already leaked some news about the 50th Anniversary (see separate post) which is odd timing.
I reprise what we know and what I expect after the break then will review the episode shortly after transmission (as will 100s of others!). Enjoy…
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That David Tennant anniversary news
26 months ago
Widely reported including the BBC Doctor Who blog (where the picture came from - read here) and BBC News (here) is the news that David Tennant and Billie Piper will be joining Matt Smith and Jenna-Louise Coleman in the 50th anniversary story. The cast is also beefed up with John Hurt.
Obviously I know no more than I can dig up on a quick scan of the internet but I am gathering that this was widely known and that the anniversary story may now be 90 minutes not 60.
Why announce today when The Bells of St Johns is showing? My thoughts are:
- It was widely known and therefore release the news when the BBC wants
- There might be an announcement for each episode of this mini-series of eight (Eccleston next?)
- This can’t be everything - expect enough news to sate the fans’ immediate appetite then more over the summer.
The Glorious Revolution reviewed
06 months ago
August 2009 brought us The Glorious Revolution a Second Doctor Companion Chronicle written by Jonathan Morris. Directed by Nigel Fairs this is a Jamie led story performed by Frazer Hines with Andrew Fettes who at the time of writing has been in a dozen Big Finish releases from several ranges.
Frazer performs some of my favourite Second Doctor stories such as Shadow of Death so I looked forward to this as I loaded into my car CD player. How did it do? Find out…
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Big Finish REVERT Sale - Easter weekend 2013
06 months ago
Just coming out on the Big Finish forum and FaceBook page is a teaser for an Easter 2013 Sale under the REVERT banner. I assume this means something back at pre-release price.
Details as they emerge!
Update - we now know this is a chance to get the 2012 Special Releases at pre-release price - full details were available. Specifically:
- Love and War the Seventh Doctor, Benny and Ace story
- Dark Eyes - a wonderful Eighth Doctor boxset (see my thoughts here)
- Unit: Dominion - the Seventh Doctor, Raine and Klein with a fantastical array of alien races (see my review here)
- Voyage to Venus and Voyage to the New World two tales of Jago & Litefoot with the Sixth Doctor. The first of these is a must buy reviewed here
Still here? Off you go and but them now!
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Big Finish Day 4 announced
06 months ago
Due to the overwhelming success of Big Finish Day 3, we already have the announcement of Big Finsh Day 4! This will be January 18th 2014 in a new venue - The Copthorne Hotel, Slough. The official announcement is here on and the link to but tickets is through Tenth Planet.
See you there!
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Destiny of the Doctor notes from Big Finish Day 3
07 months ago
by Tony Jones
in Big Finish
The first panel at Big Finish Day 3 was entitled The Fiftieth Anniversary and featured Nick Briggs, Carole Ann Ford and John Ainsworth amongst others. After a lot of interesting chat including the forthcoming An Adventure in Time and Space - Nick mentioned his part as the original voice of the Daleks and Carole mentioned that she and William Russell had visited the set as guests. No more was allowed to be said.
The conversation then went on to the Destiny of the Doctor series and I list below the various points that were made (subject to the vagaries of memory)
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Vienna news from Big Finish Day 3
07 months ago
by Tony Jones
in Big Finish
Vienna Panel at BF Day 3
One of the panels I listened to at Big Finish Day 3 was that for Vienna Salvatori (the impossibly glamorous bounty hunter). In attendance were (in order on the picture) Mark Wright, Jonathan Morris, Chase Masterson, John Banks, Nev Fountain and Ken Bentley.
A lot of things were discussed and I thought I would capture some of the details here for those who weren’t at the convention. Anything said is of course subject to change, and any mistakes are down to my memory.
I still think some details are worth sharing…
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