Big Finish has just released Missy Series 02. Michele Gomez returns with a splendid cast, including Rufus Hound as a certain meddling monk alongside Dan Starkey as Strax. Full details after the break.
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Masterful cover reveal!
Big Finish has just released the cover for Masterful. It’s interesting — count the number of Masters! There’s also more detail on the release itself particularly the extras. The press release is below.
Doctor Who: I Am The Master coming in November
If you enjoyed The Missy Chronicles or just want a set of short stories about the Master in many of his/her incarnations, you’ll want to know about a new book. Available November 2020, I Am The Master (Legends of the Renegade Time Lord) has stories from Peter Anghelides, Mark Wright, Mike Tucker, Beverley Sanford, Matthew…
Does the Chibnall Masterplan explain why the Master hates the Doctor?
Yes more clickbait! Actually I’m trying to think through what we know of the Chibnall Masterplan and how it might be used in context of part of Doctor Who history. I’ve thought about why the Doctor left Gallifrey, now another long-standing theme – why does the Master hate the Doctor? Is it instinct? Is it…
More Missy coming this July!
Following from Missy Series 01, we have the exciting news of Missy Series 02! No Doctor in sight but a welcome return for the Rufus Hound Monk as Michelle Gomez delights us again with this most mercurial of Masters. Here are my thoughts on series 01. Press release after the break…
John Simm re-Mastered by Big Finish!
John Simm will be making his Big Finish debut as the Master in 2021! If that wasn’t excitement enough there will be eight Masters in total (including Missy) in this release marking 50 years since the Master first appeared on TV.
Ravenous 4 review
The latest Eighth Doctor / Liv Chenka / Helen Sinclair sixteen-disc epic comes to a conclusion in Ravenous 4. I’ve had mixed views on this series; in my mind it’s really a second set with the Eleven and the Ravenous have taken a while to come to life. This set also has more Masters than…
The Eighth Doctor meets the Masters (and Missy)!
Big Finish has announced a multitude of Masters for Ravenous 4. Released October 2019, Paul McGann’s Eighth Doctor meets the Eric Roberts Master once more. Nicola Walker (Liv Chenka) will also get to play alongside Derek Jacobi again (they appear in Last Tango in Halifax) as the War Master makes and appearance. Add the Geoffrey…
Missy Series 1 review on CultBox
I rather loved Missy Series 1 and said as much in my CultBox review. It’s four great stories by Roy Gill, John Dorney, Nev Fountain and Jonathan Morris and Michelle Gomez is brilliant to listen to (and her episode with Rufus Hound as the Meddling Monk is just one highlight). Read my review here: Missy…
River Song 5.1 The Bekdel Test review
With boxset number five, Alex Kingston’s River Song takes a rest from wandering back through the Doctor’s timeline in four new stories where she meets some of the incarnations of the Master. The first encounter (and they aren’t in Master timeline order – why would the be!) is the Jonathan Morris story The Bekdel Test. River…
Series 11 trailer and more!
By now I’m sure you’ll have seen (several times, with and without pop music) the official series 11 trailer from the BBC, but did you find out about if from the BBC’s newsletter? If so you’ll have also seen lots of Big Finish bits as well.
Missy comes to Big Finish
In news bound to prove popular, Big Finish has revealed Michelle Gomez will return to the part of Missy for a boxset due February 2019. We don’t have all the details of stories but we do know she will be meeting the Meddling Monk as played (with relish) by Rufus Hound. The set is available…
Red Rocket Rising 