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io9The 10th and 5th Doctors Are Teaming Up to Fight Cybermen
The Doctor’s next Parisian adventure isn’t quite what they expected, nor as romantic as a chance encounter in the city of love might suggest. After all, most Cybermen don’t take too kindly to the idea of feelings, anyway! Today, audio drama producer Big Finish announced the second entry in its Doctor Who: Out of Time … Continued
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io9The Doctor and Captain Jack Are Together Again in New Big Finish Audio Adventure
2021 is the 15th anniversary of the Doctor Who spinoff series Torchwood, starring the beloved disaster hero Captain Jack Harkness. To celebrate, Big Finish is putting out a new Torchwood audio adventure with a big reunion. That’s right, Captain Jack is meeting back up with the Doctor. Not just any Doctor, either: David Tennant’s Tenth … Continued
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io9David Tennant’s Doctor Who Teams Up With Classic Companions in a New Audio Drama
If there’s one thing the Doctor’s good at, it’s traveling back in time. David Tennant is back in a new trilogy of Doctor Who audio adventures from Big Finish, which see the return of Sophie Aldred, Louise Jameson, and several other classic Doctor Who stars as pieces of the Doctor’s past. In an emailed press … Continued
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io9Books & ComicsThe Sandman Audio Drama’s an Escape From Reality Into a World of Dreams
In the world of Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman, which is also the world of DC’s core comics continuity, all living things in existence are in some way connected to the Endless, seven anthropomorphic beings who control various facets of reality. As Dream of the Endless is torn out of his realm by humans searching for … Continued
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io9Christopher Eccleston to Return as the 9th Doctor in a New Series of Audio Dramas
Christopher Eccleston was the actor who brought the Doctor into the modern era, but his tenure was short and (to many) controversial, and it wouldn’t have been surprising to see him never reprise his role. Fortunately, that won’t be the case. Announced today by Big Finish Productions, the firm behind the excellent series of Doctor … Continued
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io910 Thrilling Audio Dramas to Transport You to Other Planes of Existence
We might all be stuck at home during social distancing, but with the weather so nice and the outdoors being generally coronavirus-lite (so long as you wear a mask), it’s good to find any excuse to go out for a long walk. We’ve compiled some more auditory inspiration to get you moving and thinking—and maybe … Continued
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io9River Song and Her Original ‘Sweetie’ Are Back Together in a New Doctor Who Audio Drama
We’re gonna need a bigger TARDIS. After over a decade apart, and several Doctors in between, Big Finish has announced that David Tennant and Alex Kingston are returning as the Tenth Doctor and River Song in a new Doctor Who audio series. In a press release, Big Finish shared that Tennant’s Doctor will be reuniting … Continued
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io9Rebecca Root Talks Being the First Transgender Companion in Doctor Who
It’s a pretty harrowing being a trans person in the world right now, what with American policymakers taking away our rights and influential people using their platforms to decry our existence in so many terms. So any move to represent our experiences and just our sheer normalcy right now feels important. Meet Rebecca Root: a … Continued
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io9Books & ComicsThe Sandman Audio Drama Has Found Its Dream in James McAvoy
Though it’s typically in bad taste to talk about one’s dreams (as they tend to be incomprehensible to other people), the latest casting news surrounding Audible’s adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s Sandman comic is worth poring over because from the sounds of things, the audio drama’s going to be something worth listening to. Entertainment Weekly reports … Continued
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io9Doctor Who Puts David Tennant, Paul McGann, and Christopher Eccleston in a New Kind of Time War
Well before the Time War, three Doctors came together to defend the universe from an ancient threat—and if the title of Doctor Who’s new media saga is anything to go by, none of them are going to come out unscathed. The BBC has officially unveiled a new transmedia initiative stretching across multiple mediums—including “audio, novels, … Continued
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io9Books & ComicsDoctor Aphra Is the Star of Star Wars‘ Next Step Into the Audio Drama World
Star Wars and audio have gone hand in hand for years, in audiobooks for the galaxy far, far away’s library of tie-in reads. But the world of audio dramas has always felt like it was a little out of reach…until now, as a very cool Star Wars heroine is helping bring the galaxy far, far … Continued
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io920 Great Doctor Who Stories to Dive Into Its Wonderful World of Audio Adventures
Sure, there’s Twitter watch parties with fab guests and new reveals. There’s weekly short fiction to give you a fresh nibble of Time and Space. But maybe you’re somehow still itching for more adventures with the Doctor now that she’s off our screens until the holidays. We’re here to lend a hand. And an ear, … Continued
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io9The Writer of Thomas Was Alone and Subsurface Circular Has Launched a Free Sci-Fi Audio Drama
Game developer and writer Mike Bithell made a name for himself with the clever mechanical heartbreak of Thomas Was Alone, the heady sci-fi ideas of Subsurface Circular and its followup Quarantine Circular (also? a surprisingly good John Wick tactics game). But now, while we wait for his next video game, he’s turned his writing chops … Continued
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io9Elisabeth Sladen’s Daughter Will Play Sarah Jane Smith in Doctor Who‘s Latest Audio Adventure
When Big Finish recently announced that it would be bringing the original, previously untold version of the Doctor Who season 12 Tom Baker story Revenge of the Cybermen to life as an audio drama, there were questions as to whether the Doctor would still be joined by his companions of the era, Sarah Jane Smith and … Continued
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io9Books & ComicsAudible Says Enter The Sandman With a New Audio Drama Narrated by Neil Gaiman
The Sandman has spent years in development hell, but finally, we’re getting an adaptation. Actually, not one but two. While we wait for Netflix’s upcoming TV series of Neil Gaiman’s famous work, Audible is stepping in. The network has announced it’s producing an audio drama based on the DC series, narrated by Gaiman himself. According … Continued
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io9River Song and Captain Jack Are Teaming Up for a Doctor Who Audio Adventure
Fresh off his surprise cameo in the latest season of Jodie Whittaker’s Doctor Who, Captain Jack Harkness is heading out on a new voyage in the latest audio adventure series from Big Finish. Anybody who’s eager for a certain Doctor Who pairing will be in luck because guess who’s coming aboard? “Hello, sweetie.” According to … Continued
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io9Freema Agyeman Returns to Martha Jones for Big Finish’s New Torchwood Audio Series
Freema Agyeman is back in action in the Whoniverse—but it’s not for Doctor Who itself. Martha Jones makes a return, and this time, it’s Torchwood business that’s come calling. Big Finish has just announced that Agyeman will reprise her role as Martha for a new Torchwood audio drama, Torchwood: Dissected, also starring Eve Myles as … Continued
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io9Donna Noble Is Saving the Universe on Her Own This Time
Move over, Doctor—there’s a new pilot at the TARDIS console room controls, and a lifetime’s temping in Chiswick has prepared her to be the universe’s greatest defender. Big Finish has announced that its latest Doctor Who audio drama will bring Catherine Tate back behind the microphone as one of the show’s finest companions, Donna Noble…except … Continued
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io9The Seventh Doctor Embarks on a Foreboding Journey in This Exclusive Excerpt From the Next Doctor Who Audio Drama
The Seventh Doctor was a mastermind of fiendishly clever plans that really pushed not just the Doctor’s famous intelligence to its limits, but often involved his infamous dark side, too. And in his next audio adventure, he’s going to need all the fiendish cleverness he can muster—and perhaps even just some fiendishness—to save the day. … Continued
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io9Tatiana Maslany Will Return to Her Orphan Black Roles in a New Audio Series
Orphan Black’s story is continuing—it’s just doing so on a new platform, and in a new format. And it’s got nothing to do with that peculiar semi-spinoff at AMC. This morning ebook and audiobook platform Serial Box, in collaboration with Temple Street, announced Orphan Black: The Next Chapter, a ten-part audiobook series that will pick … Continued