The Doctor Who Companion has raced on with its season reviews and time for me to take a quick peek at the last big Fourth Doctor era. It’s seasons 16 – 18: the Romana years!
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The Cuthbert Annals IV – The Final Phase reviewed
And so July 2013 brings us to the end of the second series of Fourth Doctor Adventures and the final outing for Mary Tamm’s Romana. This is also the fourth of the stories in which Tom Baker’s Doctor gets to spar with David Warner’s Cuthbert, vainglorious villain from the Conglomerate and his allies the Daleks! When…
The Cuthbert Annals III – The Dalek Contract reviewed
The Fourth Doctor Adventures second series approaches the final furlong with Nick Briggs taking us back to Cuthbert and the Conglomerate with The Dalek Contract. The title evokes memory of the AudioVisuals story The Destructor Contract in which Cuthbert first appeared; beyond that this is actually the follow up to The Sands of Life (Cuthbert Annals I) and War Against the…
The Justice of Jalxar reviewed
Big Finish released the April Fourth Doctor Adventure The Justice of Jalxar in March 2013 to allow people to have it ahead of Big Finish Day 3. This John Dorney story was set in Victorian London and gave us a reunion of the Fourth Doctor with Jago and Litefoot. Apart from missing young Ellie Higson this was a full…
The Cuthbert Annals II – War against the Laan reviewed
The Fourth Doctor Adventures continue the story started in The Sands of Life (reviewed here in The Cuthbert Annals I) with War Against the Laan again written by Nick Briggs. So far the quality of the 4DA has been very high and I was keen to know if the standard would continue. As a quick reminder, the…
Stealers from Saiph Reviewed
The third series of the Companion Chronicles came to a graceful ending with The Stealers from Saiph a Fourth Doctor story performed by Mary Tamm and written by Nigel Robinson (his first piece for Big Finish though he has done several since). Set in 1929 and sounding out the era that would be returned to so well in The…
The Cuthbert Annals I – The Sands of Life reviewed
Nick Briggs takes over the Fourth Doctor Adventures with the first of four stories which he writes and directs all featuring Cuthbert and The Conglomerate. For those who don’t know these are both imported from the world of AudioVisuals though unlike other AudioVisuals (e.g. Sword of Orion) it is only the character who has appeared rather than a…
Killer Androids in 1920s Hampshire – it doesn’t Auntie Matter!
We start 2013 with the first of the second series of seven Fourth Doctor Adventures these featuring both Tom Baker and Mary Tamm as Roman I. I hadn’t originally aimed to get these (budget reasons) but cracked when I saw that they would include a Jago & Litefoot tale and two tales drawn from the Audio Visuals…
Red Rocket Rising 