Category: Ninth Doctor
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REVIEW | The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Shades of Fear
It’s strange to think that, this time a couple of years ago, all we had to enjoy from Christopher Eccleston‘s Ninth Doctor was his all-too-short run of thirteen episodes on on television. Well, thanks to Big Finish and this latest boxset in the Ninth Doctor Adventures series, this most elusive of Doctors now has a…
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Who Review Awards (2022)
2022 has been quite the year for Doctor Who. We’ve had three new adventures for the Thirteenth Doctor on television, culminating in her explosive regeneration story: The Power of the Doctor. Not one but two new Doctors have been announced, in David Tennant‘s Fourteenth Doctor and Ncuti Gatwa‘s Fifteenth Doctor. Big Finish have released hours…
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REVIEW | The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Hidden Depths
Released on Doctor Who‘s 59th anniversary is Hidden Depths: the latest collection of Ninth Doctor audio adventures from Big Finish! This time, the Doctor will explore hidden depths and face unseen dangers as he does battle with the villainous Sea Devils, visits a German health spa in the 1860s, and encounters old friends Liv Chenka…
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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 Ninth Doctor Adventures: Back to Earth
Who’d have thought it? This time two years ago, the likelihood of any further adventures for Christopher Eccleston‘s Ninth Doctor seemed very slim indeed… and now here we are in 2022, with his FIFTH Big Finish boxset! Back to Earth is the first of four sets making up the second series of Ninth Doctor Adventures,…
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REVIEW | The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Old Friends
This time a year ago, Christopher Eccleston‘s Ninth Doctor had one of the shortest tenures of any Time Lord, with just a single televised series of thirteen episodes. Jump forward, and, thanks to Big Finish, we now have twelve more audio adventures for Doctor number nine, with twelve more on their way over the next…
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Big Finish Top 10 (2021)
Just like that, we’ve reached the end of another year, and, as usual, we’re going to be taking a look back at the top ten Big Finish releases of the last twelve months. It’s certainly been quite an exciting year for audio drama, with the long-awaited return of Christopher Eccleston as the Ninth Doctor; the…
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REVIEW | The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Lost Warriors
The Ninth Doctor returns for his third boxset of audio adventures, and this time he’s travelling back in time, where he’ll encounter lost warriors from history, and from far beyond the stars. 1. “The Hunting Season” by James Kettle The Doctor arrives at Duberry Hall in the 1930s, and finds it under siege from a…
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REVIEW | The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Respond to All Calls
Daniel Mansfield and Matt Wilson discuss the latest set of adventures for the Ninth Doctor: Respond to All Calls! Matt Wilson: The second volume of Christopher Eccleston’s new era has arrived, and it certainly does not fall into the trap of ‘difficult second album syndrome’. What I’m about to say may be controversial: I wasn’t…