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New audio adventures for the Fifth Doctor, Rani and Clyde and more!

5 April 2023 admin Comments 0 Comment

April sees the release of a range of brand-new audio adventures from Big Finish. Here’s a roundup of what’s available to buy on CD and download this month…

A new adventure for the Doctor, Nyssa and Tegan

Doctor Who - The Fifth Doctor Adventures - Conflicts of Interest

In the far future and the recent past, the Fifth Doctor, Nyssa and Tegan discover that humans can be monsters too.

This release comes with a bonus audiobook: GOBBLEDEGOOK by Frazer Lee, performed by Dan Starkey.

Get The Fifth Doctor Adventures: Conflicts of Interest here.

The Return of Rani and Clyde!

Life on Bannerman Road was always an adventure for Rani Chandra and her friends. A childhood of mystery and wonder, of meeting aliens, time travellers, lost princes, intergalactic robots and so much more – all alongside Sarah Jane Smith.

Sarah Jane is gone. Childhood ends. Everyone grows up eventually. But the story doesn’t stop there. When Rani and Clyde are reunited, adventure finds them once again – ready and waiting to take on the world!

Get Rani Takes on the World: Beyond Bannerman Road here.

More rampaging robots

During the events of Doctor Who: Ravenous 2, Liv Chenka left the Doctor and the TARDIS behind. Just for one year. A year during which she would live on Kaldor, and get to know her sister Tula all over again.

But Kaldor is going through a period of tumultuous change. Technology is changing at an advanced rate – the robots are evolving, artificial intelligence is adapting, and with these changes so the politics are altering too. Dangerously.

Can Liv and Tula make a difference during the most turbulent time in their world’s history?

Get your copy of The Robots: Volume 6 here.

All stories are initially available exclusively from the Big Finish website in April. Check back here next month for a roundup of next month’s releases!

The Fourth Doctor faces the Ice Warriors, Leela meets Marie Curie and more audio adventures

14 March 2023 admin Comments 0 Comment

March sees the release of a range of brand-new audio adventures from Big Finish. Here’s a roundup of what’s available to buy on CD and download this month.

Leela meets Marie Curie

In 1920s New York, the Doctor introduces Leela to the great Marie Curie. But the time travellers are not the only people interested in the famous scientist…

Missy is in trouble. Stuck on Earth, she’s targeted one of the Doctor’s companions to get his attention, but her timing’s off. Now young Amy Pond has a strange new therapist…

Order The Eighth of March: Strange Chemistry here.

The Terror of the Master returns!

A Masterful three-hour audiobook set in the Third Doctor era is re-released as a standalone download.

Dr. Derek Drake is a National Treasure – he’s going to solve the energy crisis and stop pollution. So why is the Doctor convinced the humanitarian and darling of the media is really the Master in disguise?

Order Terror of the Master here.

Tom Baker returns for brand-new adventures

The Doctor explores an unusual art gallery on a distant world and a mysterious, manufactured island in space in a brand-new box set of full-cast audio adventures.

Order New Frontiers here.

The Fourth Doctor faces the Ice Warriors

Everything Margaret Hopwood knew was turned upside down by the arrival of a strange man in a blue box inviting her to an unusual art gallery on a distant world. Little do they know a deadly plan is about to commence – one involving creatures called Ice Warriors.

Order Ice Heist here.

The Doctor explores a mysterious island…

Antillia. A manufactured island in space, lost to time. But now it’s finally been found. The Doctor and his friends arrive at the same time as an expeditionary party, delighted to solve one of the great mysteries of history. But they may have found more than they bargained for.

Order Antillia the Lost here.

All stories are initially available exclusively from the Big Finish website in March. Check back here next month for a roundup of next month’s releases!

Once and Future Guest Stars Announced!

18 February 2023 admin Comments 0 Comment

Once and Future Guest Stars Announced!

Revealed today at the Gallifrey One convention in Los Angeles: a stellar line-up of actors will feature in Big Finish’s forthcoming Doctor Who audio anniversary series, Once and Future.

As previously announced, the original TV leads – Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy, Paul McGann, Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant – each reprise their role as the Doctor for this epic, eight-part extravaganza marking 60 years of adventures in space and time.

Joining them are guest stars Stephen Noonan as the First Doctor, Michael Troughton as the Second Doctor and Tim Treloar as the Third Doctor. The series also includes the final performance recorded by David Warner as the Unbound Doctor.

The impressive ensemble cast boasts some very familiar names from Doctor Who series past and present, including:

Michelle Gomez (as Missy)
Nicola Walker (as Liv Chenka)
Georgia Tennant (as Jenny, the Doctor’s Daughter)
Michelle Ryan (as Lady Christina)
Camille Coduri (as Jackie Tyler)
Neve McIntosh (as Madame Vastra)
Catrin Stewart (as Jenny Flint)
Dan Starkey (as Strax)
Sadie Miller (as Sarah Jane Smith)
Christopher Naylor (as Harry Sullivan)
Ken Bones (as The General)
Beth Chalmers (as Veklin)

With many more guest stars yet to be announced.

Doctor Who – Once and Future will be released monthly, with the first seven parts materialising between May and October 2023, and a final coda in November 2024, as follows:

Past Lives by Robert Valentine
The Artist at the End of Time by James Goss
A Genius for War by Jonathan Morris
Two’s Company by Lisa McMullin
The Martian Invasion of Planetoid 50 by Jonathan Barnes
Time Lord Immemorial by Lisa McMullin
The Union by Matt Fitton
Coda – The Final Act by Tim Foley

The series’ script editor, Matt Fitton, said: “It was a massive honour to be asked by producer David Richardson to help coordinate this mammoth undertaking. For me, it was a chance to work again with many of Big Finish’s barnstorming writers, all of whom I’d had great fun working with before. It’s always a joy to send that email inviting someone onto an exciting project like this, and then seeing the number of exclamation marks in the response!

“There were certain characters I felt just had to be involved in such a significant anniversary, but over the course of the whole series, we aim to pay tribute to every single era of the show across its 60 years. The Doctor might not quite be himself at the start, but we’ve an army of allies and enemies to help remind him what he stands for.”

Doctor Who fans worldwide can pre-order all eight full-cast audio adventures as a special edition bundle on CD + download (for just £75) or as digital downloads only (for just £62), exclusively here.

The special edition CD bundle is strictly limited to just 3,000 pressings and includes numbered CDs, special bonus artworks and additional audio content, including music suites and extended behind-the-scenes interviews.

All eight stories can be pre-ordered as separate single releases on standard collector’s edition CD (and download for £10.99 each) or digital (download only for £8.99 each), exclusively here. A standard bundle is also available to pre-order for just £72 (on CD and download) or £60 (download only). The standard edition does not include the extras contained in the special edition but does include behind-the-scenes features.

All the above prices include the special pre-order discount and are subject to change after general release.

Big Finish is currently operating a digital-first release schedule. The mail-out of collector’s edition CDs may be delayed due to factors beyond our control, but all purchases of this release unlock a digital copy that can be immediately downloaded or played on the Big Finish app from the release date.

The Ninth Doctor faces the Vashta Nerada, the Third Doctor reunites with Jo and more on audio…

10 February 2023 admin Comments 0 Comment

February sees the release of a range of brand-new audio adventures from Big Finish. Here’s a roundup of what’s available to buy on CD and download this month.

THE NINTH DOCTOR FACES THE VASHTA NERADA

Doctor Who - The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Shades of Fear

Alien threats come in many forms – and many different hues. A charity shop where customers vanish, a 1920s gentleman’s club besieged by giant plants, and a distant colony planet where death hides in darkness – wherever they manifest, the Doctor is on hand to fight every shade of fear…

You can get SHADES OF FEAR here

JO JONES AND THE THIRD DOCTOR REUNITE

Doctor Who - The Third Doctor Adventures: The Return of Jo Jones

After decades apart, Jo Jones is reunited with her Doctor. And while the time that passed is a mere beat of the hearts for a Time Lord, it’s been a lifetime of change for Jo. There’s a lot to catch up on. But there’s one thing Jo isn’t ready to share…

You can get THE RETURN OF JO JONES here

THE ELEVENTH DOCTOR AND VALARIE ARE BACK

Doctor Who - The Doctor Chronicles: The Eleventh Doctor: All of Time and Space

There’s a story told throughout the universe. Of the traveller in the blue box. The story of the Doctor. No one knows the power of stories more than the Doctor, but for Valarie, this is all new. She’s about to learn how a story can save a life or rewrite reality itself.

You can get ALL OF TIME AND SPACE here

EXCITING ADVENTURES FOR THE DOCTOR AND DODO

Doctor Who - The First Doctor Adventures: The Demon Song

From exploring a haunting melody and missing people in modern-day Camden to uncovering a deadly alien threat in 40’s coastal England, The First Doctor and Dodo explore two wildly different eras in two brand-new adventures!

You can get THE DEMON SONG here

AN AUDIOBOOK ANTHOLOGY OF SIX NEW STORIES

Doctor Who - Short Trips: Volume 12

Doctor Who – Short Trips returns for a twelfth volume! From a sinister restaurant to a dying world and a sanctuary for abandoned and misplaced things, explore hidden corners of various Doctor Who eras in a brand-new box set of five first-person narratives and one audio mini-drama.

You can get some SHORT TRIPS here

All stories are initially available exclusively from the Big Finish website in February.

New audio adventures for the Eighth Doctor, River Song and Class

14 January 2023 admin Comments 0 Comment

January sees the release of a range of brand-new audio adventures from Big Finish. Here’s a roundup of what’s available to buy on CD and download this month.

CASS REUNITES WITH THE EIGHTH DOCTOR

The Doctor and his great-grandson Alex are back travelling the universe together… but when that universe is in the grips of a Time War, the unexpected lurks around every corner. And what could be more unexpected than a new friend? The TARDIS crew are about to meet Cass…

You can get DOCTOR WHO – 8TH DOCTOR ADVENTURES: TIME WAR – CASS here

AN EPIC MULTI-GENERATIONAL SAGA

River Song is tangled in a complex family drama that weaves between generations when she finds strange riddles on pages of her diary in an old house. Transported back into the house’s past, she travels back and forth in time across eighty years and witnesses key moments in the family’s history.

You can get THE DIARY OF RIVER SONG – FRIEND OF THE FAMILY here

EARTH HAS ONE MONTH TO LIVE

The Doctor, Ben, and Polly race to escape a frightening lifeless London as Earth becomes the target of a primordial black hole. The Dead Star is the latest in the Doctor Who audio novels series of specially enhanced audiobooks.

You can get DOCTOR WHO – THE AUDIO NOVELS: THE DEAD STAR here

CLASS RETURNS WITH A SPECIAL AUDIO ADVENTURE

What’s it like being an alien on a strange planet in the aftermath of a genocide? What’s it like falling in love with a human when you only met one just the other week? Who is the Doctor? And what happens if your diary falls into the wrong hands…?

You can get CLASS – SECRET DIARY OF A RHODIAN PRINCE here

All stories are initially available exclusively from the Big Finish website in January. Check back here next month for a roundup of next month’s releases!

Tom Baker Revives Two Lost Fourth Doctor Stories!

9 January 2023 admin Comments 0 Comment

Cover artwork and full story details are today revealed for two exciting box sets bringing first drafts of classic Doctor Who TV stories to life on audio, due for release in May and June 2023 by Big Finish Productions.

Tom Baker Revives Two Lost Fourth Doctor Stories!

In these audio adaptations, revisiting beloved 1975 Fourth Doctor stories, Tom Baker stars alongside Sadie Miller (as Sarah Jane Smith) and Christopher Naylor (as Harry Sullivan).

Doctor Who and The Ark unveils the original script for The Ark in Space — before it was extensively rewritten by the series’ then-script editor, Robert Holmes.

In Daleks! Genesis of Terror, listeners can hear Terry Nation’s first draft for episode one of the iconic TV story, Genesis of the Daleks, with Nicholas Briggs reading the original stage directions.

Doctor Who – The Lost Stories: Doctor Who and The Ark is available to pre-order for just £14.99 (collector’s edition CD box set + download) or £12.99 (download only) here. Daleks! Genesis of Terror can also be pre-ordered from £10.99.

Doctor Who and The Ark written by John Lucarotti & adapted by Jonathan Morris

A space station orbiting Earth has lain dormant for 8,476 years. Its systems are clogged with dust, so the human crew kept frozen in cryogenic storage have never woken up.

When the Doctor, Sarah and Harry arrive to resuscitate the sleepers, they discover something else on board. A small, golf-ball like object gives Harry an electric shock, and has a more sinister impact on the awakening crew. Soon, the Doctor and his friends are battling to save the space station — and Earth — from a ravenous puffball!

Now you can hear the original version of the story that became TV classic The Ark in Space, adapted by Jonathan Morris from the scripts by John Lucarotti.

Daleks! Genesis of Terror written by Terry Nation

In a paved garden outside time, the Doctor is presented with an awful prophecy: the conquest of all time by the Daleks. To prevent this terrible fate, the Time Lords have decided on a radical course — to weaponise time themselves, and destroy the Daleks before they were ever created. And they want the Doctor to carry out this extraordinary task!

Soon, he and his companions Sarah and Harry are on the battle-ravaged planet Skaro, where a war has been raging for centuries. The war is now waged by teenagers using the last surviving weapons. Everything is desperate. But the Kaled’s chief scientist has a new weapon that he thinks might just change everything…

A full cast bring to exhilarating life Terry Nation’s original draft for what became the first episode of Genesis of the Daleks — voted by readers of Doctor Who Magazine to be the greatest Doctor Who story of all time!

Producer Simon Guerrier said: “The Daleks! Genesis of Terror script is largely the same basic story [as seen on TV] but with some key differences that are really striking – which I won’t spoil here! This has been thrilling to work on and quite unusual.

“Normally, we’d adapt the original scripts to make them work on audio. But here the actors worked from the pages Terry Nation typed himself, which we’ll include with the story so you can read them yourself!

“For Doctor Who and The Ark, we’ve worked from the original scripts written by John Lucarotti, which are very different from what ended up on TV. The script editor at the time, Robert Holmes, effectively rewrote it from scratch. But there’s a ghost of the original in what made it to TV. Plus, Doctor Who and The Ark includes one of the best cliff-hangers ever!”

Adapter Jonathan Morris added: “This is the chance to hear a Doctor Who story from the writer of [the TV stories] Marco Polo, The Aztecs, and The Massacre. It’s a story that was presumed to be completely lost and it paved the way for one of the all-time classics, The Ark in Space.

“It has the same basic setting, and a couple of similar set-pieces, but it’s otherwise a very, very different story. Even if you think you know what it’s about from summaries given in behind-the-scenes guides you don’t know it at all. It is a strange and wild ride along a road not taken.”

Big Finish listeners can save money by pre-ordering both box sets together in a bundle for just £25 (collector’s edition CD box set + download) or £23 (download only).

Rani Chandra Goes Beyond Bannerman Road

17 December 2022 admin Comments 0 Comment

Story details are today revealed for the first boxset in the brand-new Doctor Who audio spin-off range, Rani Takes on the World, due for release in April 2023 by Big Finish Productions.

Rani Chandra Goes Beyond Bannerman Road

In three full-cast audio dramas, Rani (Anjli Mohindra), now an award-winning journalist, faces a mysterious alien spaceship, discovers the trust cost of a picture-perfect wedding day, and takes her podcast listeners behind-the-scenes of her most terrifying investigation yet!

The Worlds of Doctor Who – Rani Takes on the World: Beyond Bannerman Road is now available to pre-order for just £19.99 (collector’s edition CD box set + download) or £16.99 (download only), exclusively here.

The three adventures in this boxset are as follows:

Here Today by Joseph Lidster

Years after her adventures with Sarah Jane Smith and friends, Rani Chandra is a successful journalist – she’s brought down a government, and her podcast is making waves. And she’s about to be surprised by a visit from her best friend, Clyde Langer – who has an announcement of his own.

But, tonight, Clyde isn’t the only visitor to Ealing… In the skies above, a flying saucer approaches – and only one person on Earth can stop it destroying London!

Destination: Wedding by James Goss

Rani and Gita Chandra have been invited to a dream wedding on a luxury island resort. But how did Tiff from school end up marrying a film star? And why has she asked all the worst people from her life alongside the Hollywood A-listers?

While Gita samples the canapés and criticises the flower arrangements, Rani senses something amiss… The perfect wedding comes at a price – but who will be paying?

The Witching Tree by Lizzie Hopley

Chasing a podcast award, encouraged by a secret source, Rani investigates a ‘haunted’ restaurant built around a twisted tree. The owners could be faking the spooky activity, but Rani soon realises the tree is not what it seems.

As a terrifying threat to planet Earth is revealed, Clyde and Phoenix are dragged into the fight. Rani is torn between revealing the truth, or keeping a secret too terrifying to broadcast…

Script Editor Matt Fitton said: “For all those youngsters (and not-so-youngsters!) who were avid viewers of The Sarah Jane Adventures, it’s time to catch up with some old friends and see what they’ve been up to.

“Rani has of course followed in Sarah Jane‘s footsteps, with a successful journalistic career of her own. But when she and Clyde meet up for the first time in a while, there are surprises in store. Not least of which is the total destruction of Ealing!

“Then Rani and her mum are off to a wedding and Gita is most disappointed that it’s not Rani’s! An old school friend seems to have turned her life around and brought her friends to a paradise island resort, but what is it costing?

“Finally, we go behind the scenes on one of Rani’s investigative podcasts. But her friend and producer Samira is worried when Rani gets too involved in the story of a witching tree, with a malign influence over those who come into contact with it. Secrets will be revealed in an explosive finale!”

Big Finish listeners can save money by pre-ordering Rani Takes on the World: Beyond Bannerman Road and Volume 2 (title TBA) together in a bundle from just £33.

All the above prices include the special pre-order discount and are subject to change after general release.

A Diamond Doctor Who Audio Special!

23 November 2022 admin Comments 0 Comment

Big Finish marks 60 years of Doctor Who with a mammoth eight-part full-cast audio drama series beginning in May 2023.

“There will never come a time when we don’t need a hero like the Doctor” – Steven Moffat

Since landing in 1963, Doctor Who has made history as the world’s longest-running action-adventure TV show! As we head into the anniversary year, it’s time to revisit the past and commemorate the legacy of those who came before…

The Time War. The Doctor has been injured and brought to a Time Lord field hospital. His body glows with energy, but this is no regeneration into a future form – instead, the Doctor’s past faces begin to appear as he flits haphazardly between incarnations…

Staggering to his TARDIS, the Doctor sets out to solve the mystery of his ‘degeneration’. Who has done this to him? How? And why? From the Earth to the stars, across an array of familiar times and places, he follows clues to retrace his steps, encountering old friends and enemies along the way. Tumbling through his lives, the Doctor must stop his degeneration before he loses himself completely…

Doctor Who – Once and Future stars Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy, Paul McGann, Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant, with dozens more guest cast still to be revealed.

Producer David Richardson said: “An astonishing array of talent has come aboard to be a part of this epic eight-hour anniversary story. It’s a huge Doctor Who party and a massive celebration that has been years in the making.”

The series will be released monthly, with the first seven parts materialising between May and October 2023, and a final coda in November 2024.

Doctor Who fans worldwide can now pre-order the bundle of all eight audio adventures on special edition CD (+ download) for just £75, or digital (download only) for just £62, exclusively here. The CD bundle is strictly limited to just 3,000 pressings and includes numbered CDs, special bonus artworks and additional audio content, including music suites and extended behind-the-scenes interviews.

All eight stories can also be pre-ordered as separate single releases on standard collector’s edition CD (+ download, for £10.99 each) or digital (download only, for £8.99 each). A standard bundle pre-order is available for £72 (on CD + download) or £60 (download only). The standard edition does not include the extras contained in the special edition, but does include behind-the-scenes features.

All the above prices include the special pre-order discount and are subject to change after general release.

Please note that Big Finish is currently operating a digital-first release schedule. The mailout of collector’s edition CDs will be delayed, but all purchases of this release unlock a digital copy that can be immediately downloaded or played on the Big Finish app from the release date.

New audio adventures for the Seventh, Eighth and Ninth Doctors

5 November 2022 admin Comments 0 Comment

November sees the release of a range of brand-new audio adventures from Big Finish. Here’s a roundup of what’s available to buy on CD and download this month.

The Ninth Doctor meets some old friends

Ninth Doctor Adventures

From a moon with poison seas, to a 19th-century health spa, even somewhere as everyday as a furniture store on a Sunday afternoon – there are always hidden depths and unseen dangers to uncover!

Christopher Eccleston returns as the Ninth Doctor in a new collection of adventures.

Get THE NINTH DOCTOR ADVENTURES: HIDDEN DEPTHS here

A Dalek showdown for the Eighth Doctor

Eighth Doctor Adventures

The Doctor, Liv and Helen find some old enemies causing havoc on a temporal research station, before a trip to the Isle of Man in the 1930s, where they encounter a famous enigma.

Get THE EIGHTH DOCTOR ADVENTURES: WHAT LIES INSIDE? here

An unlikely reunion for the Seventh Doctor

Seventh Doctor Adventures

Sometimes a Time Lord forgets precisely where he left things – keys, screwdrivers… companions! Harry Sullivan and Naomi Cross are stuck in the wrong time, so when the TARDIS arrives, they give up their 21st-century lives to find a way home.

Get THE SEVENTH DOCTOR ADVENTURES: SULLIVAN AND CROSS here

UNIT encounters another Time Lord!

UNIT Nemesis

Axos has been freed from the time loop, and is plotting to drain Earth’s energy. Without the Doctor’s help to stop the powerful space parasite, UNIT are forced to rely on a multi-personality renegade Time Lord… known as the Eleven.

Get UNIT: NEMESIS 3 – OBJECTIVE EARTH here

All stories are initially available exclusively from the Big Finish website in November. Check back here next month for a roundup of next month’s releases!

Christopher Eccleston talks 60th anniversary audio drama

18 July 2022 admin Comments 0 Comment

Why Christopher Eccleston's 'Doctor Who' return is "fantastic" news ...

Christopher Eccleston has confirmed his involvement in Doctor Who’s 60th anniversary celebrations, as he has recorded a brand-new audio drama for the occasion.