The April 2019 UNIT: Incursions boxset is less heavily themed than others, and is essentially three stories over four discs. The headline is the appearance of River Song; for that we wait until the two-part final story. On the way we have some other horrors to deal with.
Category: UNIT
Big Finish UNIT spin-offs
UNIT theme tune trivia
Apologies if this is the most trivial post you ever read (and I ever make) but I’ve spotted something a bit geeky about the Big Finish theme tune for the new series UNIT stories. It came about while listening to UNIT: Incursions (review coming) and thinking about just how to write a theme tune…
The 8th of March review
The Big Finish 2019 International Women’s Day release was The Eighth of March, with four stories, women writers, director and a full range of well-liked women from across the Doctor Who universe. The motif of the 8th of March is in each tale as an anchor; beyond that no big arc or other distraction. As…
UNIT: Dissolution?
One of the talking points of the New Year special Resolution is this: has UNIT actually been disbanded? I suspect not, but whatever the explanation for Polly the call centre operator’s update on UNIT, there are implications. One is Big Finish has to do something to close the gap from where they are now to this…
UNIT Cyber Reality review
Back in May (I’m catching up with my backlog!) we were treated to another epic new-series UNIT boxset: UNIT – Cyber-Reality. It promised much, but for me, while it entertained I have some niggles. I’ll explain…
UNIT Encounters review on Cultbox
I enjoyed the change of pace in UNIT: Encounters and put together a review for CultBox: UNIT Encounters review. Well done Matt Fitton, Roy Gill, Andrew Smith and John Dorney. <>< Message Ends ><>
UNIT Assembled review
I penned some thoughts on the highly enjoyable UNIT: Assembled over on CultBox. It’s a great set of stories by Matt Fitton and Guy Adams, and the best so far for Kate Stewart and Osgood. The review is: Big Finish UNIT Assembled review. Enjoy! +++ Message Ends +++
10 great non-Doctor Who releases in 2016
Apart from the large number of great Doctor Who titles released in 2016, Big Finish also released a lot of other fantastic audio adventures. Ian McArdell and I made a list, checked it twice and now it’s available for you to read over on CultBox: 10 of our favourite audio releases from Big Finish in 2016. :::…
UNIT Shutdown reviewed
The second boxset in the new UNIT range, UNIT — Shutdown, is a high-octane set of stories covering several locations while packing conspiracies, aliens and technological mysteries into a gripping whole. Kate Stewart and Osgood are centre-stage as the team investigates the latest threat to humanity. This time UNIT has to counter both alien and local challenges as…
2015: Top 10 Who releases on CultBox
I gave some thought to Ian McArdell as part of his Top 10 Big Finish Doctor Who releases of 2015. The list is over on Cultbox: Top 10 ‘Doctor Who’ audio releases from Big Finish in 2015. Do have a look and let me know if you agree or disagree! <-+ Message Ends +->
2015: Top 10 non-Who titles on Cultbox
It’s that time of year and fellow reviewer Ian McArdell and I put together a top 10 (after some struggle) of non-Who releases from Big Finish for 2015. Not all of these are Who spin-offs but enough are to make this relevant to this blog. I’m sure there are other titles that could have been added –…
CultBox review of UNIT-Extinction
Here’s my CultBox review of UNIT-Extinction. As I said earlier today, this is very, very good. Do let me know your thoughts. (– Message Ends –)
Red Rocket Rising 