The new season of Doctor Who premieres this fall on BBC America.
Read more…I will probably never get around to reviewing all of the “Eighth Doctor and Charley” adventures, but after Charlotte Pollard stopped travelling with the Eighth Doctor, she travelled with the Sixth for a time. How it is that the Eighth Doctor doesn’t
Read more…Ravenous follows Doom Coalition.
“We went into Ravenous planning for a change of pace and style. Doom Coalition had been so dense and intricate—a 16-hour interlinking story—and it was something we didn’t want to attempt again so soon. And neither shou
Read more…I decided to give “The First Doctor Adventures” series a discussion of its own rather than fold it into “Miscellaneous Big Finish Audios” because I’ll likely continue following this series. What makes “The First Doctor Adventures” interesting (to me,
Read more…Random Notes:
Given that Peter Capaldi's Doctor is about to give way to that of Jodie Whittaker, I thought it might be interesting and useful to go over the Doctor's regenerations over the years, at least as I understand them.
1)The Doctor (William Hartnell)
In the
Read more…For a long time, Big Finish had been prohibited by the BBC from doing any stories set during the Time War. I was pleased when that restriction was lifted, but disappointed when I found out I’d have to wait nearly two years before those stories would
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He was a prolific composer, composing for a wide variety of TV shows, but is probably best remembered for his work on Doctor Who. He composed for the following stories in the original series:
Planet of Giants; The Crusade; The Chase; The C
Read more…I’ve been watching the “Trial of a Time Lord” season of Doctor Who, listening to audio adventures of the Sixth Doctor, and trying to figure out how they all fit together in some semblance of chronological order. I’ve started with four basic assumptio
Read more…Jodie Whittaker has been announced as the next Doctor in Doctor Who, making her the first woman to play the role "in continuity". I've not actually seen her in anything, but I'm willing to give her a chance. Goodluck, Ms.Whittaker!
Got to watch this as it was broadcast, for once. Some thoughts:
Overall, an enjoyable episode. A few quick thoughts:
This was written by Rona Munro, who wrote "Survival", the last story of the old series. I know they've used a director from the old series - Graeme Harper - and several actors, but I'm reasonably certain that this is the first writer.
The story itsel
Read more…I enjoyed this episode. I always liked the Ice Warriors, and it's interesting to see a new side to them with the introduction of the Ice Queen. I also liked the contrast between the two empires, British and Martians. It'd be interesting to see what i
Read more…We get the wrap-up to the "Monks Trilogy", with Bill helping the Doctor escape from captivity. The Doctor's manipulation of Bill was somewhat reminiscent of the way the Seventh Doctor would sometimes manipulate Ace.
The Monks were defeated awfully ea
Read more…This starts out like a cross between Doctor Who and the Da Vinci Code. This business of an ancient text that contains some horrific secret has been the making of a thousand crappy novels, and I don't really like it much better, here. To my mind, we'r
Read more…In which our heroes discover the horrors of space capitalism. The show's always tended to use evil capitalists as heels, even going as far back as "Planet of Giants" in the Hartnell Era. This attempts felt a little heavy-handed.
It's also an interest
Read more…A nice haunted house story, here, atmospheric and creepy. Another episode that they couldn't have done well before CGI.
David Suchet was good as the Landlord, pathetic and sinister at the same time.
More clues as to who's in the Vault, but nothing de
Read more…Another interesting episode. the show has always done these kind of period pieces well. I couldn't help thinking how impossibly lame the creature would have looked if they had tried doing this episode during the 1970's. CGI has really helped this sh
Read more…Finally got to watch this over the weekend. It was an OK episode, if a bit reminiscent of previous stories. The Doctor himself remarks that he's run into more than a few "last surviving" groups of humans over the years.
I was especially reminded of
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