Author: Daniel Mansfield
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REVIEW | Master! Nemesis Express
Eric Roberts returns as the Master, as everyone’s favourite villainous Time Lord locks horns once again with glamorous bounty hunter Vienna Salvatori (Chase Masterton) aboard the Kairos: a serpentine cruiser traversing the Time Vortex itself! Check out our review below! And you can check out our review of the first volume of Master! here! 1. […]
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CAPSULE REVIEW | Doctor Who: Colditz
The Doctor and Ace arrive in Germany, 1944… right in the middle of Colditz Castle! Imprisoned by the bloodthirsty Kurtz, the two must fight for their freedom, or face death in one of Nazi Germany’s most formidable prisoner of war camps. As Ace ingratiates herself with the other prisoners and plots an escape, the Doctor […]
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THE THIRTEENTH DOCTOR REVISITED | Nikola Tesla’s Night of Terror
As part of our Thirteenth Doctor retrospective, we take a look at Nikola Tesla’s Night of Terror, which sees the Time Lord encounter two influential inventors and the sinister, scorpion-like Skithra in Gilded Age New York! The Doctor This is a really strong showing for Jodie Whittaker‘s Thirteenth Doctor. Pairing this particular incarnation of the […]
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REVIEW | The Fifth Doctor Adventures: Forty 2
Back in January, Big Finish began their celebration of the Fifth Doctor’s fortieth anniversary with the release of Forty 1 (review here), which saw our favourite Time Lord face off against Cybermen and Ice Warriors while being thrown across his own timeline by a mysterious force. Now Forty 2 concludes this storyline with a six-part […]
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REVIEW | Torchwood: Restricted Items Archive Entries 031-049
George Hewitt reviews July’s Torchwood release, which sees Ianto delve into the Restricted Items Archive. Check out our interview with star Gareth David-Lloyd here! We have two debuts in this Torchwood release – it’s Maddie Wilson‘s first entry to the range as writer, and Steven Kavuma‘s first as director. And what a great story for […]
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REVIEW | Torchwood: Dead Plates
George Hewitt reviews June’s Torchwood release, featuring the sinister Bilis Manger… The fourth Torchwood Monthly Range story to feature Bilis Manger is, in line with his previous appearances, a creepy affair. This time round, we encounter Bilis in a restaurant in 1970s Soho, surrounded by a group of people all of whom he believes to […]
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REVIEW | The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Into the Stars
After three Earth-based adventures in Back to Earth (review here), the Ninth Doctor heads Into the Stars, where he’ll encounter a troupe of very strange Sontarans, a group of rich criminals endangering the last of the Zetacene and Jack Frost himself! Read on for my thoughts! 1. “Salvation Nine” by Timothy X Atack The planet […]
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CAPSULE REVIEW | Doctor Who: Solitaire
When Charlotte Pollard finds herself in a seemingly inescapable toyshop, she has no idea who she is or how she got there. Her only hope of escape is by playing along with the difficult- and sometimes downright dangerous- games set up for her by the mysterious Toymaker. With the Doctor’s essence trapped inside a ventriloquist’s […]
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REVIEW | The Diary of River Song: Two Rivers and a Firewall
River Song is back in Two Rivers and a Firewall: an exciting new audio boxset from Big Finish Productions! Whereas her last set of audio adventures, New Recruit, was a series of linked tales involving the Third Doctor, Liz Shaw and UNIT, this release is an anthology of stories set all throughout River’s timeline, seeing […]