The latest series of Early Adventures continues with another outing for Jemma Powell as Barbara Wright. Philip Lawrence brings us The Fifth Traveller and we welcome Jospa (James Joyce) to the TARDIS. Just what is going on and what adventures will befall the First Doctor, Ian, Barbara, Vicki and Jospa? Let’s find out…
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Short Trips Volume III reviewed
In 2010 / 2011, the Doctor Who Short Trips range was a regular (every few months) set of two CDs brimming with short stories read by a range of actors, for all the licensed Doctors and written by a kaleidoscope of writers. For no clear reason, I’ve decided to commence reviews with May 2011 and Short Trips Volume…
Domain of the Voord cover
As the Companion Chronicles wind down we look forward to The Early Adventures and Big Finish has now released the cover for the first of these. It is, of course, a First Doctor story and is called Domain of the Voord by Andrew Smith (note to self – must interview Andrew at some point). The Big Finish news item is here: FIRST…
The Sleeping City reviewed
The February 2014 release in the Companion Chronicles range was a First Doctor story entitled The Sleeping City. Written by Ian Potter it was performed by William Russell and John Banks. Set after Ian and Barbara have returned to Earth will we find that the greatest threat is to be faced after leaving the TARDIS?
Ian gets fired up – The Library of Alexandria reviewed
April 2013 saw the release of Simon Guerrier’s Companion Chronicle The Library of Alexandria (out of sequence having been swapped for the delayed The Alchemists). This First Doctor story is narrated by William Russell as Ian Chesterton and supported by Susan Franklyn as Hypatia (an actual historical figure). Now my knowledge of ancient history is patchy and…
The Reunion – a Radio 4 documentary
Any fans with access to Radio 4 may like to catch Sue MacGregor’s documentary The Reunion which will be broadcast on Sunday April 7th at 11:15 am. The documentary explores the early days of Doctor Who and in the studio will be many guests from the show’s early days including Carole Ann Ford, William Russell and Peter…
William Russell to play ‘Harry’ in AAISAT and more
Feast Management Limited has mentioned on their William Russell page that he will be appearing as a character called Harry in An Adventure in Time and Space alongside David Bradley as William Hartnell and Claudia Grant as Susan. This is obviously a very popular move and we now wonder who Harry is and what interaction he…
The Flames of Cadiz reviewed
January 2013 brought us the two-disc release The Flames of Cadiz a pure historical tale from Marc Platt. Being January we not only had two discs but also two companions in the form of Susan and Ian Chesterton with both Carole Ann Ford and William Russell being in fine form. Despite a lot of positives to…
Short Trips – Rise and Fall on SoundCloud, more coming
Big Finish are continuing to upload some great material to SoundCloud and have just put up the Short Trips story Rise and Fall which is an Ian Chesterton / First Doctor tale, read by William Russell, set on a planet whose timeline runs much faster than that of the TARDIS crew. This is a decent little story…
The Rocket Men reviewed
The second story in the sixth season of the Big Finish Companion Chronicles is The Rocket Men written by John Dorney and directed by Lisa Bowerman. It is due to be followed up with Return of the Rocket Men in November 2012. This is a visually dramatic First Doctor story told by Ian Chesterton and tells the tale of rocket-pack…
Welcome to the Chesterton Exhibition
Season 7 of the Companion Chronicles kicks off with The Time Museum (there was a First Doctor tale called The Space Museum) performed by William Russell (Ian Chesterton) and Philip Pope (as Pendolin) and written by James Goss (who produced some Torchwood tales I reviewed here). The last few Ian Chesterton tales that I heard…
Ian vs. the albatross killer – The Transit of Venus reviewed
Jacqueline Rayner’s Transit of Venus was one of several made available in special June offers (see here) this to coincide with the transit itself happening. Given how much I enjoyed the freebie The Revenants which was also a William Russell / First Doctor tale (reviewed here) and also the superb Doctor Who and the Pirates by Jacqueline Rayner this story…
Red Rocket Rising 