Category: Big Finish
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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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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 | 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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REVIEW | The Year of Martha Jones
For a whole year, Martha Jones travelled the world, telling stories of the Doctor in the hopes of ending the Master’s reign of terror. Now, thanks to Big Finish Productions, we get to hear exactly what she got up to during that year. The wait is over, Freema Agyeman is back and The Year of […]
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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 […]
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CAPSULE REVIEW | Doctor Who: The Eye of the Scorpion
The TARDIS is drawn off course, and arrives in Egypt, 1400 BC, where the great God-King Pharaoh has recently died. After saving a young woman from a bloodthirsty mercenary, the Doctor and Peri learn that she is Erimem, the next in line to the throne! Returning to Thebes with her, they discover that traitors are […]
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REVIEW | The Sixth Doctor Adventures: Purity Undreamed
The TARDIS team expands as the Sixth Doctor, Mel and Hebe return in Purity Undreamed: a new audio boxset from Big Finish Productions! Hebe, played by Ruth Madeley, made her debut earlier this year in Water Worlds (review here), which was an interesting, if a little by the books, introduction to Doctor Who‘s first wheelchair-user […]
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REVIEW | Classic Doctors, New Monsters: The Stuff of Nightmares
The Classic Doctors, New Monsters range returns with The Stuff of Nightmares, a collection of four new audio adventures which pit Doctors from the classic series of Doctor Who against monsters from the post-2005 series. This set sees Tom Baker, Colin Baker and Paul McGann return to the range alongside Tim Treloar in his Classic […]
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