Big Finish announce a further renewal of their Doctor Who licence

The prolific audio producers at Big Finish will be making Doctor Who audio dramas until at least 2030!  In news guaranteed to gladden the heart of Doctor Who audiophiles, if not their bank managers, Big Finish have announced that they have renewed their Doctor Who licence. The company have the go ahead to create audio … >

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5 reasons why John Hurt’s Doctor should be your favourite

As a life-long Doctor Who fan, the hardest and most annoying question to answer is, “Who’s your favourite Doctor?” Here Liam South provides five reasons why the War Doctor should be your answer…   He’s played by John Hurt.   It’s John Hurt.   Did I mention JOHN HURT?   The War Doctor represents the … >

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Doctor Who: The War Doctor – Casualties of War audio review

With this final boxset of three stories, Big Finish marks the end of War Doctor’s story with a strong set of scripts brought to life by a superb cast, great directing and impressive sound design.  With John Hurt’s passing away, listening to these stories is all the more poignant; as fans we can but admire … >

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Audio review: John Hurt is Big Finish’s ‘The Invisible Man’

Kicking off their HG Wells season, which promises six stories throughout 2017, Big Finish present the incomparable John Hurt as The Invisible Man. Respectfully delayed by a few weeks for the saddest of reasons, fans can now enjoy the first of two bittersweet treats this month – not only does John Hurt voice the titular … >

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‘Doctor Who’ trivia: 10 things you didn’t know about ‘The Night of the Doctor’

Three years ago today, Paul McGann returned as the Eighth Doctor in a surprise prequel episode ahead of Doctor Who‘s 50th anniversary special, ‘The Day of the Doctor’. As we celebrate the 20th anniversary of McGann’s debut as the Eighth Doctor in 1996’s ‘TV Movie’, let’s revisit ‘The Night of the Doctor’. Here are ten facts you might not … >

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Doctor Who: The War Doctor – Agents of Chaos audio review

Agents of Chaos is the third, three-disc boxset in Big Finish’s War Doctor series, with John Hurt once more in role as the Doctor we never knew existed.  This Doctor Who set takes the story deeper into the Time War and for the first time this version of the Doctor feels more capable of the … >

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