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io9Doctor Who Audio Adventure Starring John Barrowman and David Tennant Canceled
It’s only been two days since the Doctor Who immersive experience Time Fracture announced actor John Barrowman’s role as Jack Harkness would be removed from the exhibition. Now, another upcoming Barrowman project has disappeared. The audio adventure publisher Big Finish has canceled the upcoming series Torchwood: Absent Friends, which would have reunited Harkness and the … Continued
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io9Doctor Who’s Christopher Eccleston on Why Now Is the Time for His Return
Christopher Eccleston transformed Doctor Who forever. Sixteen years ago, the actor—headlining a bold reboot of the beloved British sci-fi classic that had been off screens for nearly a decade—presented a tortured, compassionate take on a Time Traveler without a home. Then, as quickly as we met him, he vanished, transformed into a new person. It … Continued
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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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io9The Doctor Is In
For the first time since the Ninth Doctor regenerated 15 years ago, Doctor Who star Christopher Eccleston is back in the TARDIS. Well, a recording booth, more accurately. Probably not quite so much bigger on the inside, either. Over the summer, audio drama producer Big Finish confirmed that Eccleston—who portrayed the Ninth Doctor in the … 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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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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io9Doctor Who‘s Huge New Event Nearly Got Scrapped by the Coronavirus
Move over, Daleks: you’re now officially less likely to scrap the Doctor’s plans than actual respiratory viruses. Earlier this year, the BBC revealed Time Lord Victorious, an ambitious Doctor Who crossover covering three different Doctors—the Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth incarnations—across comics, novels, audio dramas, and even live events, as they came together to fight monsters, … 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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io9Doctor Who‘s Next Audio Series Is All About Arthur Darvill’s Auton Centurion
Rory’s back! But this time, he’s alone. Because he’s meant be guarding a giant prison box for thousands of years, but in Big Finish’s newDoctor Who audio series, the hapless husband of Amy Pond (and one time Roman Centurion/Secret Plastic Alien Warrior) has only gone and misplaced it. Big Finish has announced that its latest … Continued
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io9Of Course Paul McGann’s Fighting Daleks on Audio for Doctor Who‘s New Event
I’m just saying, we shouldn’t be surprised. Doctor Who announced a new transmedia story event that involves audio dramas from Big Finish? Of course the Doctor defined by his history in the medium is going to be there. He’ll probably blow up a Dalek or six while he’s at it. Big Finish has announced the … Continued
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io9Tom Baker and David Tennant Will Team Up for a New Doctor Who Adventure
The crossover of a Doctor Who lifetime is finally, properly happening, thanks to our Time Lord’s enduring audio adventures. Hot off the heels of its announcement of a range reshuffling in the coming years, Big Finish has announced Out of Time, a new series that will pair up incarnations of the Doctor as they battle … Continued
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io9Big Finish Is Relaunching Its Doctor Who Audio Adventures in 2022
The world of Doctor Who audio adventures is getting some very interesting changes…especially if you’re more of a fan of the modern era of the show. Big Finish has announced a sweeping set of reshuffles to its Doctor Who lines set to begin in January 2022. The most major to ongoing listeners to all things … Continued
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io9Tom Baker and Louise Jameson Recorded a Brand New Doctor Who Adventure Entirely During Lockdown
Guys, it’s extremely cool that even during this time where we’re all staying in our homes doing our best to mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus, that we’re still getting brand new Doctor Who releases from Big Finish. But also: Tom Baker’s face in this Zoom recording session, oh my god. The way Big … 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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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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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
