As part of its continued foray into the new-Who license territory, Big Finish has released The Ninth Doctor Chronicles. It comprises four stories, with Nick Briggs narrating and voicing the Ninth Doctor in the absence of Christopher Eccleston, and also with Rose (and no Billie Piper). In style it’s like the Companion Chronicles mixed with the Short Trips…
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The coming of the Doctor Chronicles
An intriguing new-Who announcement from Big Finish this week with The Doctor Chronicles. It’s a lot like the Companion Chronicles for the ninth – eleventh Doctors, with Nick Briggs voicing the Doctors. First up is a Ninth Doctor boxset for Jackie Tyler (Camille Coduri, pictured) and Adam Mitchell (Bruno Langley). The news item is: DOCTOR WHO – THE DOCTOR CHRONICLES! The set…
Rob Shearman talks with OU Who Soc
Many thanks to OU Doctor Who Society who let me attend a recent meeting where Rob Shearman was giving a talk. Apologies to Rob for the picture – it’s the best of the few I managed with my phone! If you ever get the chance to hear Rob talk, do take it — he’s very unassuming, has…
Is Jackie Tyler joining Torchwood?
Whatever Big Finish is doing in studio with John Barrowman this week just got stranger — we now have pictures of John in studio with Camille Coduri (left). Is Jackie Tyler joining Torchwood or is something else going on? This Radio Time post gives some detail but also suggests more Tenth Doctor recording – confused? Let’s…
Eccleston won’t reprise Ninth Doctor any time soon
As part of this week’s Big Finish podcast (May #5, 16 May 2016) Nick Briggs confirmed Christopher Ecccleston will not be back in the TARDIS anytime soon. With recent news on licence extension and the release of the Tenth Doctor Adventures fans were optimistic for even more news. It seems Big Finish has approached Eccleston who…
The Doctor Who Companion launches
March 26, 2016 saw the launch of a new blog – The Doctor Who Companion. If you want the full experience there’s the inevitable FaceBook page, and a twitter feed. There’s plenty of material to get stuck into already. Why not pop over and let me know what you think?
The almost Day of the Doctor
Full marks to Bleeding Cool for their article How Doctor Who’s 50th Anniversary Looked When Christopher Eccleston Was Still In It – And Billie Piper Wasn’t. Drawn from the recent release by storyboard creator Andrew Wildman of sketches from Day of the Doctor it gives a fascinating glimpse of the anniversary show we could have had.
The Churchill Years Volume 1 reviewed
An interesting beast, this collection of stories returns Ian McNeice to the role of Winston Churchill and covers all the newly licensed incarnations of the Doctor (ie ninth – eleventh). It has no TV companions, instead relying on a range of other characters to act as ersatz companions. For me this was an interesting set…
Big Finish clarifies its licence for Doctor Who
Tucked away on the Big Finish website is an FAQ page. Amidst all the details is an interesting section: Will Big Finish be producing plays based on the current TV series of Doctor Who? It’s worth a read…
The Doctors’ Timelines Index
And there’s more timeline goodness. On the Big Finish forum we don’t only have The Companions’ Timelines Index but also The Doctors’ Timelines Index. This is an epic piece of work in progress and is available here: The Doctors’ Timelines Index. Thanks to Tim / forum user billy2. === Message Ends ===
The Churchill Years – first thoughts
Another of the many titles announced today as Big Finish strives into new-Who territory is The Churchill Years. Of the titles announced, this feels most like a one-off (and no doubt will be followed by further Churchill stories!) The setting seems to include World War II; I hope we get some young Churchill in this as well….
New Who for Big Finish
Massive news from Big Finish today – MORE NEW SERIES DOCTOR WHO FROM BIG FINISH. Timed for the end of the month, and not leaked in the new DWM, this is huge change of scope for Big Finish as they incorporate more new era Who into their portfolio. There is far too much to talk about in…
Red Rocket Rising 