Category Archives: Doctor Who Audios

REVIEW – REVENGE OF THE SWARM

Sequels, I can understand their popularity with creators and consumers – the public like it so let’s give them more of the same. The flip side if this of course is that the very people that loved the original tend … Continue reading

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REVIEW – ZYGON HUNT

Zygon’s are perennially popular with Doctor Who fans, it’s a mystery to me why they took nearly 40 years to make a return to TV Doctor Who – a great design, a very well received story and an interesting race. … Continue reading

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REVIEW – THE ABANDONED

Sometimes a story comes along with a lot of expectations, The Abandoned is one of these. Why is this? You may well ask, well dear reader, but the reason that there has been so much expectation about this story is … Continue reading

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REVIEW – BREAKING BUBBLES AND OTHER STORIES

Perception, that what this is all about. What is perception though? I see it as a way of explaining my world view – 1000 people may view the same events and when asked about it come up with 1000 different … Continue reading

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REVIEW – MASQUERADE

[singlepic id=841 w=208 h=208 float=right]In the 1990’s there was a little known band called “The Family Cat”, I liked them, they had a great song called Steamroller. How is this relevant you may ask dear reader, well, read on and … Continue reading

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REVIEW – DESTROY THE INFINITE

[singlepic id=840 w=208 h=208 float=right]I have said it before, and no doubt I will say it again, but I absolutely LOVE Big Finish and stories like Destroy The Infinite are the reason why. With a scope covering the first eight … Continue reading

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REVIEW – THE COMPANION CHRONICLES: SECOND CHANCES

[singlepic id=839 w=208 h=208 float=right]As Jim Morrison once sang “this is the end”, and for the much loved Companion Chronicles, sadly it is. It is only fitting that the final story in this series has a suitably funereal, doom laden, … Continue reading

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REVIEW – TOMB SHIP

[singlepic id=835 w=208 h=208 float=right]Once upon a time, in the 1980’s there was a game show called “Name That Tune” hosted by Tom O’Connor, where contestants had to name tunes by listening to a few notes. A complete tangent you … Continue reading

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REVIEW – LAST OF THE COLOPHON

[singlepic id=834 w=208 h=208 float=right]As Freddie Mercury once sang “I’m the invisible man, I’m the invisible man, incredible how you can, see right through me”.Words that the Fourth Doctor and Leela should heed (if they have ever listened to Queen) … Continue reading

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REVIEW – THE COMPANION CHRONICLES: THE ELIXIR OF DOOM

[singlepic id=829 w=208 h=208 float=right]Instructions on how to make an Elixir of Doom: Take one Katy Manning, clone her until you have two… Add a pinch of Derek Fowlds… Sprinkle liberally with 1930’s era Hollywood Glamour… Infuse with essence of … Continue reading

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REVIEW – CHARLOTTE POLLARD SERIES ONE

[singlepic id=828 w=208 h=208 float=right]When we last saw Charley Pollard, she had solved the conundrum of travelling with Doctors eight and then six (in that order, it’s a long story, but well worth checking out) and at the end of … Continue reading

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REVIEW – THE COMPANION CHRONICLES: THE WAR TO END ALL WARS

[singlepic id=824 w=208 h=208 float=right]Another month, another Hartnell era Companion Chronicle. In previous months we have had tales by Ian and Vicki, this month it’s Steven’s turn, but this story is a little different. Set a long time after he … Continue reading

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REVIEW – THE EVIL ONE

[singlepic id=823 w=208 h=208 float=right]As Old Sixie himself once said: ” Change m’dear, and it seems not a moment too soon”. Well, when I was 5, I certainly didn’t believe this, my Sarah Jane had gone and been replaced by … Continue reading

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REVIEW – MOONFLESH

[singlepic id=822 w=208 h=208 float=right]I honestly didn’t know what to expect with this one, of course I had read the synopsis, listened to the “coming soon”, but really couldn’t fathom what type of story this was going to be. Some … Continue reading

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REVIEW – JAGO & LITEFOOT SERIES 7

[singlepic id=821 w=208 h=208 float=right]Alliteration, get used to it, because it will be using it a lot in the next few paragraphs. My lords, ladies and gentlemen, please show your appreciation for those valiant voracious vocal vaudevillian Victorians. Those daring … Continue reading

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REVIEW – SCAVENGER

[singlepic id=808 w=208 h=208 float=right]Only in Doctor Who could a story like Scavenger happen, and I really do mean that. What starts off as an homage to Gravity in episode one, turns in to Flight of the Navigator in episode … Continue reading

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REVIEW – THE CROOKED MAN

[singlepic id=807 w=208 h=208 float=right]Season Fifteen was a transitional era for Doctor Who, one part hangover from the gothic Hinchcliffe era, one part brave new era which would be honed to perfection in Season Sixteen and Seventeen, and the latest … Continue reading

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REVIEW – THE COMPANION CHRONICLES: STARBORN

[singlepic id=806 w=208 h=208 float=right]For the second month in a row, Companion Chronicles takes us back to the William Hartnell era, we are deep in Season Two, just after The Romans. The Doctor, Ian, Barbara and Vicki have been relaxing … Continue reading

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THE BIG FINISH SURVEY

This month Big Finish, the award-winning producers of the Doctor Who audio adventures range, are conducting a survey of their listeners and one lucky fan will walk away with £250 of Big Finish digital products! Win £250 of Big Finish … Continue reading

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THE BROOD OF ERYS – REVIEW

[singlepic id=793 w=208 h=208 float=left]Parenthood. In a word, that’s what The Brood of Erys is about. Are children products of their parents attitudes and what if children want to leave, what is the bond between parent and child and is it … Continue reading

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