Doctor Who gets in the Christmas mood with “Blood on Santa’s Claw“. As there is no Christmas Day special (again) for Doctor Who this year, the good folk at Big Finish are helping to fill the void again. The Sixth Doctor, Peri and Joe meet characters from fiction and folklore in a Yuletide audio selection …
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Doctor Who: Emissary of the Daleks from Big Finish and starring Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant is out now. On the planet Omnia, a young man leads the Doctor and Peri through the battle-scarred ruins of a city. Among the rubble he shows them proof that their invaders and new masters, thought to be invincible, …
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Doctor Who: Voyage to the New World Written by Matthew Sweet Published by Big Finish This sequel to the recent Voyage to Venus picks up from the latter’s cliffhanger ending, which left Professor Lightfoot, Henry Gordon Jago and the Sixth Doctor facing hostile natives in late 16th Century America. The story details the fate of …
Doctor Who: The Acheron Pulse Written by Rick Briggs Doctor Who: The Shadow Heart Written by Jonathan Morris Published by Big Finish Two very different audio dramas play out the latest Big Finish trilogy, which features the Igris as introduced in The Burning Prince. The Acheron Pulse opens with the Sixth Doctor on the planet …
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This seemingly one-off release features Professor George Litefoot and Henry Jago on a trip with the Sixth Doctor. The erstwhile Victorians (famed for an appearance in The Talons of Weng-Chiang and their own audio series) find themselves on Venus in the far future, where a variety of beasts are hunted by an all female race. …
Written by Andrew Smith Published by Big Finish Andrew Smith revisits his abandoned TV treatment for the Sixth Doctor and Peri, and in this latest Lost Story audio drama brings us the thrilling ‘genesis’ of the Sontarans. The Doctor and Peri land in 18th century England, tracking alien technology they have discovered on the moon. …
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Written by Gary Hopkins Published by Big Finish This latest audio adaptation from the abandoned 23rd TV season of Doctor Who sees writer Gary Hopkins finally making good on his original pitch (then titled Meltdown) 26 years later. And what a pitch that must have been. The return of Victoria Waterfield, companion to Patrick Trougton’s …
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Doctor Who: The Guardians of Prophecy Written by Johnny Byrne and Jonathan Morris Published by Big Finish This release is the first of three Lost Stories featuring the Sixth Doctor and Peri. Conceived by Johnny Byrne in the early Eighties for Season 22, as a sequel to his story The Keeper of Traken, internal politics …
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Wirrn Isle Written by William Gallagher Published by Big Finish The wonderful audio drama trilogy of the Sixth Doctor’s travels with new companion Flip concludes with this release. Writer William Gallagher brilliantly creates a tale in the spirit of Who’s classic years, the slow build horror stories of the late 70s. The Doctor and Flip …
The Fourth Wall Written by John Dorney Released by Big Finish This fast paced audio allows Colin Baker to release the Doctor’s more tongue-in-cheek side, one that perhaps typified his time in the role on TV.?At the same time, writer John Dorney’s script has a great time spoofing and poking fun at the archetypes of …
The Curse of Davros Audio Drama by Jonathan Morris Big Finish Productions This audio adventure, the first of a new trilogy featuring Colin Baker’s Sixth Doctor, is positively fizzing with ideas through Jonathan Morris’s inventive script. The Doctor is reunited with companion Flip (first heard in The Haunting of Thomas Brewster) in present day London, …
Bigfinish wasn’t the first audio company to produce professional Doctor Who Audio Dramas. The BBC got there first expanding the on screen adventures on its radio platforms. The Doctor? has also had a long career as a radio star – and, come April 2011, AudioGO will celebrate his escapades on the airwaves with the release …