Category Archives: Big Finish

There is a much maligned film that myself and Mrs W really enjoy, and that is Vanilla Sky, I really don’t understand why it gets such a hard time from critics; I think it is rather beautiful and I have … Continue reading →

Saturday afternoons in the 1980’s, remember them? If it wasn’t World of Sport or Grandstand then it was Open University on BBC2 followed by a classic war film. The Cruel Sea seemed to be on almost every Saturday (on a … Continue reading →

The Worlds of Doctor Who (as Big Finish call it) is a big diverse place including many spin off series – Counter Measures is one of these. Series 4 however is NOT a great jumping on point, so dear listener, … Continue reading →

Can the 1980’s really be THAT long ago to be nostalgia? I remember the first broadcast of Time and the Rani like it was yesterday – however 28 years really have passed since Season 24, and the more things change … Continue reading →

Think back to City of Death, all that wonderful dialogue about Paris having a bouquet, like a fine wine. Wonderful stuff, eh? So to allow wines to taste their best, they have to be allowed to breathe, to be opened … Continue reading →

Big Finish has announced a new range of boxsets featuring heroes and monsters from the new series of Doctor Who. Leading this new wave of adventures is Alex Kingston who first appeared as River Song in 2008’s Silence in the … Continue reading →

Being a life-long Doctor Who fan, I have come to realise that if there is one thing Who fans love it’s an anniversary celebration! The frenzy over the 50th had only just died down when fans were clamouring for a … Continue reading →

So there you are in 1989, minding your own business, enjoying season 26 – and what a wonderful season that was! – and as 1990 comes around you speculate as to what will happen in Season 27. Rumours of McCoy … Continue reading →

Short length, big content has been a theme of this season of Short Trips so far and this Sixth release does not in anyway disappoint. As this is a Short Trips, I will try to keep my review short and … Continue reading →

“The same but different”; it was how I thought of Doctor Who when it came back in 2005. I loved it with RTD in charge. 10 years on, well, hmmm… Capaldi is wonderful, but the episodes lack a little something … Continue reading →

They are back – and its about time! Since their apparent demise last year the Companion Chronicles have been missed. Yes there were the “Early Adventures” – and very good they were too, but the style of storytelling in those … Continue reading →

As many long time readers of my reviews, posts and Tweets (@CouncillorEd for those of a tweeting bent) I am a bit of a political animal, I love politics. The General Election to me is what the World Cup Final … Continue reading →

As many of you may already know I am hardly a fan of Matt Smith; I could (and have on numerous occasions) go on for pages and pages about his unsuitability for the role of The Doctor and how he … Continue reading →

There is an oft used phrase in sport (or so I am told) “It was a game of two halves”, well, obviously yes it was; it is usual in most sports for some sort of half-time break. But stopping being … Continue reading →

If I have one fault, (actually I have many), it’s that I tend to over-think things; follow this if you dare reader! … In Jago and Litefoot Series 7, Sherlock Holmes is undeniably a fictional character; Messers H & L … Continue reading →

When Victorian London becomes a comfort zone, what do you do? One idea is to move the action to 1960’s London – big tick, been there done that in Season 5 – so after the events of Series 8, our … Continue reading →

Half an hour really isn’t a long time to tell a story, you have to be concise and frugal while creating a believable world. This months Short Trips does all of these. The King of the Dead is the latest … Continue reading →

The first season of Fourth Doctor adventures from Big Finish is coming to BBC Radio 4 extra later this month. The season begins with Destination Nerva from 2012, which brings together Tom Baker and Louise Jameson in a story written … Continue reading →

When I was younger, in the 1980’s, I was an avid reader of 2000 AD – not so much for Judge Dredd, but for Strontium Dog. Strontium Dog was the derogatory term for mutants who took on the job of … Continue reading →

What ifs, crossovers, mash-ups. All very popular and the subject of much fan fiction. The Doctor meets Sherlock Holmes, The Doctor meets the crew of the Starship Enterprise, The Doctor aids Mulder and Scully – all fan fictions that exist … Continue reading →