Over on The Doctor Who Companion they’re having an Eighth Doctor week, and as part of that I was asked to contribute a guide for new listeners on audio, suggesting which Big Finish Paul McGann titles they might start with.
Tag: c’rizz
Absolution reviewed
The first main range release in the 100s was Absolution by Scott Alan Woodward (who also wrote Juggernauts and some other bits). This is an Eighth Doctor story and is pivotal as it tidies up the last of the Divergent Universe arc by disposing of C’rizz. This then allows for Charley to leave in two releases time in…
Something Inside reviewed
Trevor Baxendale (who started off writing for the Eighth Doctor in the book The Janus Conjunction) penned Something Inside a story for the Eighth Doctor, Charley and C’rizz. This is a claustrophobic tale of prisons and psychic powers; how well does it stand out from the crowd?
Memory Lane reviewed
In the few years I’ve been collecting Big Finish and scouring through the back catalogue, Memory Lane is a title I’ve been aware of but not reached, until now. Written by Eddie Robson and released in October 2006 it is an Eighth Doctor story with Charley and C’rizz as companions. Having been seduced by the trailer long…
The Divergent Universe arc reviewed
Following various sales I collected all the Charley and Eighth Doctor stories from after Zagreus up until before The Girl Who Never Was. This comprises the stories from the Divergent Universe (which I review in this piece) and the subsequent stories (which I may review elsewhere). Scherzo also came in this set but that is reviewed here: Scherzo by Robert Shearman…
Eighth Doctor celebration sale
In case you haven’t seen it this weekend Big Finish has a special sale to mark the short-listing of Dark Eyes for an award. You can now get every release ever from the main range that has featured the Eighth Doctor for £5! This lasts until the end of the weekend (let’s see what happens…
Who are the five companions from Night of the Doctor?
By now I assume you have watched the Night of the Doctor and it is possible that one line may have intrigued you. The line in question is from just before the Eighth Doctor (Paul McGann) takes the potion to trigger his regeneration. He remembers five past companions for the last time in that incarnation and the…
Other Lives
The great benefit of playing catch-up with the Dr Who Main Range from Big Finish (apart from saving a lot of money in the sales) is that you have a ready supply of un-listened to material to hand. Whilst it inevitably varies you do sometimes get absolute gems. In my recent listening one of these…
Timelines: The Eighth Doctor
The Eighth Doctor‘s timeline is the most open to interpretation given all we know is one TV story and that he is in some ways the bridge to the new TV series from the Classic. To set out the sequence I will use the rule of ‘follow the companion’ (and the wiki entry – update October…
Red Rocket Rising 