My wander back through the Big Finish Subscriber Short Trips hits 2010 and four more great Doctor Who stories to enjoy. Four authors, three readers, four Doctors and six companions (and some UNIT pseudo-companions) — you spoil us! Excitement aside, are these worth a listen? Short answer, yes; long answer…
I reviewed the Nick Briggs Second Doctor story The Isos Network as part of the monthly round-up I produce with Ian McArdell. I had some reservations about the prose style, but that aside this is a great story and both Jamie and Zoe are spot-on. The review is here: ‘Doctor Who’ audio play reviews round-up: Out in January…
In Playing Ben Jackson Part I, Elliot Chapman (shown dressed as Sixie at Big Finish Day 7) talked in great depth about approaching the role of Ben Jackson and gave a unique actor’s insight into how Michael Craze originally performed with the First Doctor. In this second part Elliot talks about Ben’s time with the Second Doctor, and Jamie.…
Prompted by a full Companion Chronicles sale, here is the second part of my guide said range. It follows on from The R3 Companion Chronicles Collector’s Guide Part I. This part covers series 5 - 8. This is intended as a reference and is field under Home > Guides, as are all the other Red Rocket series guides.
I had a lot to say about this story over on Kasterborous, but as promised here are some more thoughts on the middle episode of the locum doctors trilogy. Alan Barnes took on the challenge of placing the Sixth Doctor into a Second Doctor Cybermen tale, re-uniting him with Jamie and Zoe. They met before in the Legend of the Cybermen trilogy, though circumstances…
I had plenty to say about Alan Barnes’s locum Doctors story Last of the Cybermen over on Kasterborous. Do pop over and have a look: REVIEWED: LAST OF THE CYBERMEN. A local review will follow! <:> Message Ends <:>
The February 2015 Short Trips release was Little Doctors by Philip Lawrence, with Frazer Hines taking care of all the vocals and Lisa Bowerman directing. I’ve already reviewed this on CultBox so I may skip some details here. This is a Second Doctor story, and as you should expect features Jamie and Zoe. I enjoyed January’s Flywheel Revolution - how…
A quick link to my CultBox review of the February 2015 Short Trips story Little Doctors by Philip Lawrence. Read by Frazer Hines this is an amusing story and well worth a listen. The review is ‘Doctor Who’ audio story review: ‘Little Doctors’ (Big Finish Monthly Short Trips) — as usual do feel free to let me know what…
First Merry Christmas to all visitors to mine humble blog. Second, welcome to Big Finish-mas 2014! Every day for twelve days over the holidays there will be special offers on download only. Will there be a thirteenth? Each day (or so) I’ll update this post with the details and some thoughts. It isn’t all Doctor Who related…
This month (December 2014) sees the release of main range title The Rani Elite which is release number 194. In 2015 Big Finish will release the 200th title in the range. To mark the occasion there will be a run of three releases under the banner of The Locum Doctors. Details are here: BIG FINISH - DOCTOR WHO 2015:…
A mention of my Starburst review of the final Companion Chronicles - John Dorney’s Second Chances. It’s farewell in the company of Zoe as her trilogy of tales gets wrapped up. The review is: Audio Review: SECOND CHANCES - THE COMPANION CHRONICLES (DOCTOR WHO). Usual rules - if you want to leave a comment please do. ……
The second set of Lost Stories leads off with the Dick Sharples story Prison in Space. Dick Sharples wrote many other things (Adam Adamant, The Saint, Doctor Finlay and even The Bill) but this is the only piece he ever wrote for Doctor Who. It is a Second Doctor story with Jamie and Zoe performed by Frazer Hines and Wendy…
