The Monks have been with us from the beginning. They shepherded humanity through its formative years, gently guiding and encouraging, like a parent clapping their hands at a baby’s first steps. They have been instrumental in all the advances of technology and culture. They watched proudly as man invented the lightbulb, the telephone, the internet. They were even there to welcome the first men on the Moon. They have defended us, too. Who can forget the time the Monks defeated the Daleks, the Cybermen, the Sontarans? And they have left their imprint in the arts as well. The Monks have found their way into Dickens and the Jason Bourne films… Two species, sharing a history as happily as [...]

Previously: Absolved for the murder of Tara Mishra, the Doctor successfully defeated his evil doppelgänger – a sentient entity formed from his worst impulses and darkest desires. With the help of Rose and Tara, the Doctor cast the monster into the Void – the empty space between universes. But where was Captain Jack? After his objectionable actions as a Time Agent were revealed, he left the TARDIS in shame… But he can’t hide from his friends – or his past – for long.

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Harkness… Jack Harkness.

Focusing on Captain Jack [...]

Peevish actors are descending mournfully upon the remote English village of Happenstance for the funeral of TV legend Tom Baker. His one-time co-star Suzy Goshawk is sucked into a parochial vortex of intrigue involving the quailsome local vicar, Tom’s acidulous housekeeper Mrs Frimbly and various other fruminous scrumblebums. None of them can agree upon how Tom met his disastrous end and Suzy is starting to suspect that something murksome and swervish is going on. The snow comes down and Suzy finds herself trapped at Baker’s End for Christmas, with all the village’s creepy pensioners enslaved by a strange, dancing dragon… and a Sinister [...]

Introducing the character of River Song to Big Finish’s ranges, The Diary of River Song sees Alex Kingston resuming her role in four new episodes, surprise released by Big Finish this last Christmas Day following The Husbands of River Song. Will River translate well to audio? can Big Finish match the highs of their other ongoing series releases? read on!

River Song has had more than enough excitement for a while. Deciding the universe – and her husband – can look after themselves, she has immersed herself in early 20th century academia, absorbed in writing archaeological [...]