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INTERVIEW | Carrie Tankersley
Recently, George Hewitt spoke to Big Finish cover artist Carrie Tankersley about her work for the various Doctor Who and spin-off ranges that she has designed artwork for. This interview is presented exclusively here on Who Review. Hi Carrie! Thanks for talking to us. How did your career as an artist start? Was it something…
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REVIEW | Torchwood Among Us 1: Episode 3 – Misty Eyes
George Hewitt reviews the third episode of Torchwood: Among Us, which sees the return of Eve Myles as Gwen! Since 2017’s second instalment of Torchwood Series 5, Aliens Among Us 2, Tim Foley has been a core part of Big Finish‘s Torchwood series, having contributed many scripts to the range. This is his first episode for Series 7, and it gives listeners…
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REVIEW | Torchwood Among Us: Episode 2 – Colin Alone
George Hewitt reviews the second episode of Torchwood: Among Us Moving on from the excellent series opener with Ng and Orr, the star of this episode is, as the title would suggest, Colin Colchester-Price. Colin is Mr Colchester’s husband, one of the few characters in Big Finish‘s many Torchwood ensembles who feels genuinely grounded to reality. Colin…
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REVIEW | The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Pioneers
After what seems like no time at all, the Ninth Doctor is back for his third series of audio adventures, which kicks off with Pioneers. In our review of the previous boxset, we felt that the series had become a little stale, refusing to switch up the one-and-done story structure or give Christopher Eccleston much…
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REVIEW | The War Doctor Begins: Comrades-in-Arms
Since 2021, the highly talented Jonathon Carley has played the young War Doctor at Big Finish, and after a successful first run of four boxsets his take on the character returns with The War Doctor Begins: Comrades-in-Arms. The first four sets alternated between three standalone stories and big, three-part epics, and Comrades-in-Arms falls somewhere in…
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REVIEW | Torchwood Among Us: Episode 1 – Aliens Next Door
George Hewitt reviews the opening episode of Big Finish‘s new Torchwood series: Among Us! After a four year break since God Among Us concluded, Torchwood is back with its seventh series, Among Us! Series 6 ended with Torchwood going on the run, and the first episode of the new series, Aliens Next Door by Ash Darby, follows on from there. Immediately, this…
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REVIEW | Iris Wildthyme and the Polythene Terror
The Iris Wildthyme and Friends range of audiobooks from Big Finish continues with Iris Wildthyme and the Polythene Terror written by Paul Magrs. The story itself is a kind of spin on the Doctor Who episode Spearhead from Space, seeing Iris exiled to Earth in the 70s, where she joins the Ministry for Incursions and…
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REVIEW | Once and Future: Past Lives
Big Finish‘s celebration of Doctor Who‘s sixtieth anniversary begins! Past Lives is the first instalment in the eight-part Once and Future series, which sees the Doctor flung back into his previous bodies by a degeneration weapon, meeting old friends and enemies along the way. This story sees the Doctor settle in his fourth incarnation (Tom…
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INTERVIEW | James Goss
After successfully reinventing the series for audio back in 2015, Big Finish is bringing listeners the seventh series of Torchwood this May. George Hewitt had the opportunity to speak to producer and co-writer of the series, James Goss, to discuss his early days with the BBC, producing Torchwood, and previewing the upcoming Among Us series.…
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REVIEW | The Fourth Doctor Adventures: New Frontiers
After two boxsets of the Fourth Doctor travelling solo, Tom Baker reunites with Louise Jameson for two new four-part audio adventures. But the Doctor and Leela aren’t alone- they’re joined by Nerys Hughes as Margaret Hopwood, who we first met in last year’s The Ravencliff Witch (review here). We left that story feeling decidedly neutral…