Interesting news from Big Finish for First Doctor fans: Susan (Carole Ann Ford), Steven Taylor (Peter Purves) and a recast Dodo Chaplet (Lauren Cornelius). The press release follows…
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First Doctor Adventures volume 04 review on CultBox
My review for The First Doctor Adventures volume 04 is up on CultBox. I’d be interested in other opinions — for me this set didn’t reach the heights it might have done, but it’s all subjective despite best efforts. My thoughts are here: The First Doctor Adventures Volume 04 audio review. ++( Message Ends )++
Companion Chronicles: First Doctor Volume 3 review on CultBox
The Companion Chronicles: First Doctor Volume 3 is an overdue return for the range and four great stories. All companion groupings are represented with Susan, Vicki, Steven, Ben and Polly. I found all the stories to be worth a listen and thought provoking. I put some thoughts together on CultBox: Doctor Who – The Companion…
The DWC reviews the whole of season one!
Over on The Doctor Who Companion, something exciting has started, with REVIEWED: DOCTOR WHO SEASON 1 – A MILD CURIOSITY. Yes, it’s a look at the whole of the first ever season of Doctor Who as a set.
Susan to return in 2020! #AprilFool
Doctor Who fan and printer engineer Ken Fawes received a surprise when repairing a broken printer at BBC Cardiff. After he’d replaced the burnt out fuser controller, he put the printer into test mode and had it reprint the last job it had processed. All normal, until out popped a copy of a script for…
Should Big Finish remake Unearthly Child (and even Daleks)?
Listening to the January 2019 First Doctor Adventures release, a thought struck me: what if Big Finish remade Unearthly Child? Is it a mad idea? Why would you want to make it? Could you even get the permissions? Stay with me and I’ll walk you through my thinking…
If River met Susan…
Here’s a mad idea I can’t get out of my head: what if River Song ends up meeting Susan on a future Big Finish boxset? River’s already worked her way back to the Fourth Doctor, so what comes next. There are options for earlier Doctors, but what about meeting Susan? Here’s an imaginary scene where they…
Doctor Who: The Scripts – The Daleks
I only recently became aware of a short run series of books from the late 1980s-mid-1990s called Doctor Who: The Scripts. I was really pleased to be given a copy of The Daleks from this range. They’re readily available second-hand and none too expensive.
Short Trips A Small Semblance of Home review
Paul Phipps, better known for his work on the Dark Shadows range wrote the latest (September 2018) Big Finish Short Trips, a First Doctor adventure, A Small Semblance of Home, read by Carole Ann Ford. It’s a cunning story of the Doctor’s obsession riding roughshod over the feelings of Barbara, Ian and Susan in his quest for something unspecified. I enjoyed…
The Horror of Coal Hill – free from the BBC
Don’t forget to grab the free short story The Horror of Coal HIll by Gavin Collinson. It’s part of the advent calendar 2017 and has not only the First Doctor, but also Susan, the Third and Sarah Jane Smith! Grab it now before you forget! +++ Message Ends +++
All Hands on Deck review
No sooner have we had one great Short Trips set in the Time War era (A Heart on Both Sides), than we get another. This month we have had the delights of All Hands on Deck, an Eddie Robson story directed by Lisa Bowerman and narrated by Carole Ann Ford, and all under the auspices of script…
David Bradley to star in the First Doctor Adventures
In what may have seemed inevitable with his appearance in the TV episode Twice Upon a Time, Big Finish has today announced a new series of First Doctor Adventures with David Bradley playing the First Doctor. Not only do these feature David Bradley, but the rest of the TARDIS cast from An Adventure in Space and Time are appearing:…
Red Rocket Rising 