Guest contributor Kieran Brennan breaks into Paul McGann's second series of audio adventures with this review of Invaders from Mars! It’s Halloween 1938, and the Doctor and Charley have landed in New York on the night of OrsonWelles infamous radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds. Of course we know that the entireincident was … Continue reading THE EIGHTH DOCTOR REVISITED | Invaders from Mars
Guest contributor Kieran Brennan tackles Minuet in Hell, undeniably one of the most controversial of the Eighth Doctor's early adventures at Big Finish... The Doctor (with amnesia) is stuck in a mental asylum, Charley (with amnesia) is working in agentleman’s club and the Brigadier keeps bumping into them. Oh, and demons and satan andvampire hunters … Continue reading THE EIGHTH DOCTOR REVISITED | Minuet in Hell
We're continuing our journey through the Sixth Doctor's early adventures at Big Finish with The Spectre of Lanyon Moor! Read on for our thoughts on Old Sixie and Evelyn's second adventure, and their first encounter with the Brigadier! The TARDIS brings the Doctor and Evelyn to Lanyon Moor in Cornwall, where they soon discover an … Continue reading RETRO REVIEW | Doctor Who: The Spectre of Lanyon Moor
Guest contributor Kieran Brennan continues his journey through the Eighth Doctor's early adventures at Big Finish with The Stones of Venice! What's supposed to be a nice holiday for the Doctor and Charley soon goes wrong as the pair arrive in Venice in the not-too-distant future, which they find quickly sinking into the sea. What … Continue reading THE EIGHTH DOCTOR REVISITED | The Stones of Venice
Twenty-one years ago, in Big Finish's sixth ever Doctor Who release, Colin Baker made history by being the first Doctor to get his own audio-exclusive companion. Introduced in The Marian Conspiracy by Jacqueline Rayner, Dr. Evelyn Smythe would go on to star in nineteen audio adventures with the Sixth Doctor, up until actress Maggie Stables' … Continue reading RETRO REVIEW | Doctor Who: The Marian Conspiracy
Guest contributor Kieran Brennan continues his journey through the Eighth Doctor's early audio adventures with Sword of Orion: Paul McGann's first encounter with the Cybermen! While on a quick visit to an alien planet in the future, the Doctor and Charley find themselves trapped aboard an abandoned star destroyer... and they're not alone. The Eighth … Continue reading THE EIGHTH DOCTOR REVISITED | Sword of Orion
Guest contributor Kieran Brennan takes us on a journey through the Eighth Doctor's early adventures at Big Finish, starting with Storm Warning by Alan Barnes! Though listening to Storm Warning in 2021 may have it appear as a standard, but good, Big Finish story, there should be no doubt it’s perhaps one of the most … Continue reading THE EIGHTH DOCTOR REVISITED | Storm Warning
Guest contributor Lincoln Wilson handles this week’s Retro Review. Read on for his thoughts on Whispers of Terror by Justin Richards! The Doctor (Colin Baker) and Peri (Nicola Bryant) arrive at the Museum of Aural Antiquities, a storage facility for all known audio transcripts, wire-taps and speeches ever recorded. They soon encounter an intruder who appears to be … Continue reading RETRO REVIEW | Doctor Who: Whispers of Terror
Guest contributor Lincoln Wilson handles this week's Retro Review. Read on for his thoughts! So, the time of reckoning is at hand. After (almost) 275 monthly releases, stretching way back to July 1999 and the release of very first story (The Sirens of Time) of Big Finish’s flagship Doctor Who audio range, the end is … Continue reading RETRO REVIEW | Doctor Who: Dust Breeding
This week's Retro Review takes us back to the early days of the Doctor Who Monthly Range, with The Juggernauts: a four-part adventure featuring the Sixth Doctor, Mel... and the Daleks! What better release to talk about with yesterday's announcement of Doctor Who: The Collection - Season 24 boxset featuring none other than Mel herself! … Continue reading RETRO REVIEW: Doctor Who – The Juggernauts
