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Big Finish Productions is delighted to announce that it’s licence from BBC Worldwide to make original Doctor Who dramas on audio has been extended until 31st March 2020! The continuing Big Finish adventures of the classic Doctors, companions and enemies will … Continue reading →

Third times a charm is a saying, not a saying I say a lot, but a saying nonetheless. It perplexes me – not sure why – but it does. Anyway, as always , I digress, but I do like a … Continue reading →

It has to be said Katy Manning is fab, utterly wonderfully fab, whether playing, Jo Grant, Iris Wildthyme or just being herself, Katy is wonderful!  She is without a doubt the nicest Who celebrity I have had the pleasure of … Continue reading →

It really is sad to say goodbye to something good isn’t it? Take me for example, five years on I still mourn the end of the Russell T Davies era of TV Doctor Who.  It was as close to perfect … Continue reading →

I like Prog Rock, (amongst other things), and when I heard of this month’s title, I couldn’t help but think of Rush and their classic album “Hemispheres”. The entire side one of this album is a track called Cygnus X1 … Continue reading →

Some things just feel right. The nail is hit squarely on the head, things come together and that something becomes bigger than the sum of its parts. For a lot of Doctor Who fans this describes the Hinchcliffe era, on … Continue reading →

Is it February already? It really is. I can’t believe that the year is going by so quickly;  so as February rolls round so does another round of Big Finish releases. First of these is the latest in the Short … Continue reading →

I remember Hartnell saying the following phrase to Ian Chesterton, not sure what story it was in, it may be The Sensorites my memory gets a little fuzzy, but it was just so profound he said: “It all started out … Continue reading →

January is the month of new starts and resolutions, and nowhere is this more true than with the Big Finish releases. We have heard the first of the Gareth Roberts Season 17 pastiches, the first in a new trilogy in … Continue reading →

I saw Muppets Most Wanted over Christmas, it wasn’t as good as the 2011 reboot, but in the opening song the Muppets refer to the fact that sequels are never as good as the original. It’s a rare occasion when … Continue reading →

I do like a good pastiche (and also a nice pasty) and no one does a season 17 pastiche like Gareth Roberts; he is the Ginsters of Doctor Who in a manner of speaking. To me, season 17 was the … Continue reading →