Released November 2007 Jamie McCimmon is quite rightfully one of the most beloved characters in all of Doctor Whohistory, that steadfast companion of the Second Doctor who left his side only when the Time Lords themselves saw it necessary as part of the Doctor’s sentence for interfering in space and time. ‘Helicon Prime’ by Jake […]
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Released January 2019 SOME SPOILERS FOLLOW The First Doctor era of classic Doctor Who is unquestionably the most experimental and brave both stylistically and narratively, exploring the potential ramifications of dimensions and time with surprising and high-concept tales that complemented the historical outings perfectly and still resonate to this day. In this grand tradition, Guy […]
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Released January 2019 SOME SPOILERS FOLLOW Big Finish’s reimagination of the First Doctor era with stars David Bradley, Jamie Glover, Jemma Powell, and Claudia Grant has instantly become one of the company’s more fascinating offerings, perfectly recapturing the tone and spirit of the 1960s serials while also incorporating a modern element that boldly celebrates the […]
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Released October 2007 Following a string of tales that sequentially explored a time within each of the Doctor’s first four incarnations during the first series of The Companion Chronicles, Big Finish begins afresh with another look at the First Doctor’s era to begin its second series with Peter Purves reprising his role as Steven Taylor […]
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Released January 2007 Rounding out the first series of The Companion Chronicles, ‘The Beautiful People’ by Jonathan Morris revisits the Fourth Doctor era as Romana, K9, and he land at the Vita Novus Health Spa that offers renowned respite from the stresses of life in the thirty-second century and guaranteed weight loss therapy that leaves […]
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Released January 2007 Second only to the Daleks, no alien menace had as prolific of an impact on early Doctor Who as the Cybermen, the horrific and emotionless results of the Mondasian peoples’ desperate attempts to survive that then became dedicated to converting others to ensure the spread and legacy of their cybernetic race. Yet […]
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Released January 2007 ‘Frostfire’ instantly showed what The Companion Chronicles is capable of, hinting at what happened to a beloved companion from the past after departing the Doctor while affording a very intimate look at an era long since passed. The second release, ‘Fear of the Daleks’ by Patrick Chapman, highlights the Second Doctor era […]
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Released January 2007 At a time before Tom Baker had joined Big Finish and the only substantial audio output of Doctor Who featured the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Doctors, The Companion Chronicles range opened up innumerable possibilities by allowing further exploration into the characters who originally brought the First, Second, Third, and Fourth Doctor […]
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Released January 2019 SOME SPOILERS FOLLOW The advent of River Song to Big Finish’s ever-expanding lineup has allowed for a continuing and immense exploration into this fascinating character who has been so intimately involved with the Doctor’s many incarnations, including several much earlier than her on-screen introduction would suggest. Naturally, such close association with this […]
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Released January 2019 SOME SPOILERS FOLLOW The first volume of The Syndicate Master Plan draws to a close with Guy Adams’s ‘The False Guardian’ as the TARDIS lands on a desolate world that the Doctor finds hauntingly familiar. Inside a strange complex an enigmatic director heads dangerous experiments, and the Doctor and Ann soon find […]
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A very slow story with a decent, if well, well-worn idea of a hidden alien menace using the emotions of…
Better than Forty 1, but drab, dull, boring and perhaps the most continuity heavy story BF have ever done. Plus,…
Now this is more like it. At first sight, another Dalek story is the last thing we need from WHO,…
This is the set that has finally ended my interest in Big Finish. it is so boring, so slow and…
Agreed. This is terrible, an insult to BF fans.
