Moths Ate My Doctor Who Scarf

Friday, 15 June 2007 - Reported by Jarrod Cooper

Moths Ate My Doctor Who Scarf is a two-part version of Toby Hadoke's successful 2006 Edinburgh show. This BBC7 production will be broadcast on 20th and 27th July, featuring a cast that includes Louise Jameson (Leela) as Toby's mum, James Quinn as The Voice of the BBC and Toby who plays himself and narrates. There's also a cameo appearance from the sixth Doctor himself, Colin Baker!

The new BBC7 production of Moths Ate My Doctor Who Scarf will be released on CD by BBC Audiobooks on 30th July.

This is Toby Hadoke's fantastic autobiographical piece, with universal appeal, told along the timeline of Doctor Who history, using smart comedic observations and excerpts from his teenage diaries. These include how he coped with being bullied, why he never got the girl, and later how being such a fan of Doctor Who helped to actually get the girl and end up with two children that are now the envy of every kid in the playground, all thanks to a geeky obsession.

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More Benny Missing Adventures

Saturday, 9 June 2007 - Reported by Jarrod Cooper

Big Finish Productions have released more information on the stories and writers for the upcoming Bernice Summerfield short story collection,Missing Adventures.

One day she will bring down empires and decide the fate of the universe. One day she will be feared by the creatures of evil and revered wherever people have had just a little bit too much to drink.

But all that is yet to come…

This very special collection celebrates 15 years of Bernice Summerfield. It explores her early life and the events that shaped the archaeologist and space-adventuress we know today.

A circus offers solace for the loss of her father; boarding school will try anything to make her behave; and when the military catch up with runaway Benny, her freedom will cost her dearly…

Missing Adventures features 12 all-new stories, many of them by those who played a formative part in Benny's development, including Ben Aaronovitch, Andrew Cartmel, Peter Darvill-Evans and Andy Lane.

There's also a genuine puzzle to be solved – with a prize hidden somewhere in the UK!

Stories Include:
Biology Lesson on Mal Oreille by Xanna Eve Chown
The Evacuation of Bernice Summerfield Considered as a Short Film by Terry Gilliam by Ben Aaronovitch
The Tunnels To Heaven by Andy Bodle
Benny and Louise by Cavan Scott and Mark Wright
Charged by John Binns
Prime Five by Jason Arnopp
Home by Peter Darvill-Evans
The Slight Façade by Magnus Anderson
Bernice Summerfield and the Library of Books by Andrew Cartmel
Postcards From the Edge of Reason by Andy Owens
Blood On The Tracks by Andy Lane
Thirty Love by Eddie Robson

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Freedom of Information

Friday, 8 June 2007 - Reported by Jarrod Cooper

Big Finish Productions has released full details on the next release in the Bernice Summerfieldseries, Freedom of Information.

They're saying it isn't a war. The Draconians have taken over the Braxiatel Collection, but they claim they come in peace.

Insurrectionary acts are easily being quelled - but the Draconian's new head of state on the Collection is troubled by a missing academic. Is Bernice Summerfield one of the revolutionaries, undermining the peaceful campaign? Where is she hiding, and who is protecting her?

And if she's nowhere to be found, why does he keep hearing her voice?

Meanwhile, an unlikely peacebroker struggles to cut a deal on the Mim Sphere. But how can Hass, the Collection's gardener, convince the Mim to back down when they think he's one of the enemy?

Bernice Summerfield - The Inside Story

June 8, 2007 • Posted By Jarrod Cooper

Big Finish Productions has released more information about its forthcoming guide to Bernice Summerfield, which is due out in October and is written by Simon Guerrier. Bernice creator Paul Cornell writes a foreward to the book, while Bernice actress Lisa Bowerman provides the afterword.

She has brought down empires and decided the fate of the universe. She is feared by the creatures of evil and revered wherever people have had just a little bit too much to drink.

And Bernice Surprise Summerfield is only just turning 15.

The Inside Story charts the history of everyone's favourite space archaeologist. We follow Bernice from her first appearance in Paul Cornell's novel Love and War, through more than 150 books and audio plays to the Draconian-Mim war and the shocking events of The Wake.

The Inside Story talks to those involved in her development. Find out how she came to be, how she was developed and where she's going next. See the stories that almost-got-told, and listen in on the creative battles, personality clashes and very, very bad jokes.

With exclusive access to 15 years' worth of writers, editors, producers and illustrators, it's as wild, exciting and unlikely a journey as Benny has made herself.

Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart to return

June 8, 2007 • Posted By Jarrod Cooper

Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart, a recurring character from the New Adventures line, is set to return in the Bernice Summerfield seasons penultimate release,The Final Amendment by Joseph Lidster.

Forget the war and death and boring stuff like that with another trip to the Braxiatel Collection!

"A welcome return of an old favourite!" – Earth Empire News

"A moving parable on what it is to be human in these ever-changing times." – BFM

"Glorious, crukking filth! Hooray!" – Moonmaker

"Something of a curate's egg." – Fandomania

Joined by friends old and new, Jason Kane returns for his 15th series! Will Benny find out about him and Bev? Or about him and Adrian? What is the mysterious connection between Joseph and Doggles? Will Brax ever reveal his sinister plans?

And just who the hell is Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart?

Big Finish Update

June 8, 2007 • Posted By Jarrod Cooper

Big Finish Productions has released more information on its forthcoming releases. July sees the release of The Wishing Beast, which has Colin Bakerand Bonnie Langford being joined by Jean Marsh. The Wishing Beast is a three part story. Accompanying it is The Vanity Box, a one part adventure which also features the Sixth Doctor and Mel.

Frozen Time, August's release featuring a companionless Seventh Doctor, sees Sylvester McCoy joined by Bond girl,Maryam D'Arbo

THE WISHING BEAST

What can it mean when the Doctor and Mel are drawn to an asteroid by a message from the strange, elderly Applewhite sisters? The travellers are promised that they will receive their dearest wishes when they enter the frozen forests of this benighted shard of a world. But the ghosts that haunt this place are desperate to warn the Doctor about the sisters' promises. Only the ghosts know the true nature of the legendary Wishing Beast.

THE VANITY BOX

A strange beauty parlour has opened its doors for business in a dowdy Salford terrace circa 1965. Monsieur Coiffure is the talk of the street with his fabulous make-overs. When the Doctor arrives, however, he knows at once that there's been some unnatural titivation going on.

Frozen Time

In 1929, Lord Barset's expedition to the Antarctic is lost without trace. Or so it seems…

Nearly a century later, his grandson funds a much-publicized return to the icy wastes. His mission: to discover what happened to the original expedition. But what he finds instead is an enigma – a battered London police box frozen in ice millennia old.

But something else lies in wait in this awful place, something from an era before humankind set foot on the continent's cold soil. A menace frozen in time.

Until now.

Return to the Web Planet

June 8, 2007 • Posted By Jarrod Cooper

Big Finish Productions has announced this years subscriber bonus release.Doctor Who subscribers whose subscription includes the December release, The Girl Who Never Was, will also receive the single CD story, Return to the Web Planet which stars Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor returning to the planet Vortis, location of the Classic Series First Doctor tale The Web Planet.

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Luther Arkwright Show

Wednesday, 23 May 2007 - Reported by Jarrod Cooper

On this week's I'm ready for my close-up, Alex Fitch's guests are Bryan Talbot and Mark Wright, creator and adaptor respectively of The Adventures of Luther Arkwright. Alex will be talking to Bryan about his career in comics, focusing on Luther and Alice in Sunderland and asking Mark about the challenges of converting a graphic novel to the audio medium. There's also a competition to win one of 5 signed copies of the Big Finishaudio adaptation of Luther Arkwright starring David Tennant at the end of the show.

The interview with Bryan and Mark is going out May 24th at 10.30pm BST on Resonance 104.4 FM in London, streamedhere.

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Phobos now released

Monday, 21 May 2007 - Reported by Jarrod Cooper

Big Finish Productions has released the latest in the Paul McGannBBC7 series, Phobos.

The TARDIS lands on Phobos, moon of Mars - where extreme sports nuts of the future indulge their passion for gravity-boarding and wormhole-jumping. But there's something lurking in the shadows, something infinitely old and infinitely dangerous. It's not for nothing that 'Phobos' is the ancient word for 'fear'...

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More Short Trips Online

Saturday, 12 May 2007 - Reported by Jarrod Cooper

Big Finish Productions have made an effort to fill the gap made byDoctor Whonot being on the television this week by releasing two sample stories from their upcoming Short Trips short-story compilations.

Gold and Black Ooze from Destination Prague and Remain in LightfromSnapshots join the list of sample stories that are available on-line.

Other stories available on-line include...
Long Term from A Universe of Terrors
Motlake from Past Tense
Making History from A Day in the Life
Ships That Pass from A Christmas Treasury
The Eighth Wonder of the World from Dalek Empire

Benny meets The Two Jasons

May 12, 2007 • Posted By Jarrod Cooper

Big Finish Productions has released information on it's May Bernice Summerfield novel, The Two Jasons. This novel is written by Dave Stone, the author who created the character of Jason Kane in the Virgin New Adventure Death and Diplomacy. A sample chapter is available online here.

'Oh bloody hell,' she snapped. 'Listen: me no wantee good time jig-jig all same, okay?'

When Bernice Summefield first met Jason Kane, she failed to spot his many fine qualities and assets. Over the course of many subsequent adventures, including marriage and divorce, she continued not to see them…

'You're not Jason,' she said. 'Who the hell are you?'

When Bernice Summerfield first met Jason Kane 2, he was disguised as a critic of the work of Jason Kane. Benny saw through his false moustache and literary pretensions, and had him and his other clones expelled into space, there to make their own fortunes. One Jason Kane was, she felt, rather more than enough.

Now something is astir in the universe, a plot that threatens Benny and all she holds dear. If she stands any chance at all, she needs all the Jason Kanes she can get…

As a bonus, this book reprints the short story Sex Secrets of the Robot Replicants by Philip Purser-Hallard.

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McGann Release Information

Friday, 4 May 2007 - Reported by Jarrod Cooper

Big Finish Productions has announced more information on their upcoming releases in the BBC7 Eighth Doctorrange. The final story of the season, two parter Human Resources, will be released in July and August.

Lucie Miller's been headhunted to join the staff of Hulbert Logistics, a respectable blue-chip firm in Telford. Great prospects, competitive salary - you don't have to be mad to work here! But wasn't she made for better things, like travelling by TARDIS through time and space? The Doctor, meanwhile, has been fired - into a confrontation with the most terrifying of enemies...

Seventh Doctor visits Valhalla

May 3, 2007 • Posted By Jarrod Cooper

Big Finish Productions has released more information on its June release,Valhalla, starring Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor. This release is written by Marc Platt.

Welcome to Valhalla, Capital of Callisto, Jupiter's premier moon, where anything and everything is up for sale. But Valhalla isn't quite what it says in the brochures – not since Earth granted independence and cut off the supplies.

The former Doctor (FOR SALE. EXCELLENT CONDITION) visits the Job Centre and finds power cuts, barcoded citizens and monthly riots (ALL BOOKABLE.)

And then there's the problem with the termites …

Big Finish Reaches 100

May 3, 2007 • Posted By Jarrod Cooper

Big Finish Productions has announced more information about its upcoming audio adventure, 100, which is the 100th release since theDoctor Who range began in 1999. This CD will feature four, self-contained, 25-minute episodes, featuring the Sixth Doctor (Colin Baker) and Evelyn (Maggie Stables). Writers include Robert Shearman, Joseph Lidster,Jacqueline Rayner, and Paul Cornell. This story replaces the previously announced September release, Earthstorm by Stephen Baxter, which has been moved to a later slot in the schedule.

1. Mozart's 100th
by Robert Shearman

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Born in 1756, a veritable wunderkind - playing music for the crowned heads of Europe as an infant, composing by the time he was five years old. But it's tempting to wonder whether his amazing longevity has overshadowed his creative genius - would Mozart's music be better respected, maybe, if he'd died as a young man? Would he be a legend of music, rather than of scientific curiosity, if he'd never lived to compose the film score for the remake of The Italian Job?

2. [title: TBC]
by Joseph Lidster

Once upon a time...

Jacob Williams is going to tell the tale of Sleeping Beauty but he realises he has told that one too many times so, instead, tells of how he once met this man called the Doctor...

It's a tale of love and death and a family with a terrifying secret…

3. 100 BC
by Jacqueline Rayner

The Doctor and Evelyn arrive in Rome, 101 BC, approximately, October. They meet a young lady of 19, Aurelia. She mentions her husband - Julius Caesar. Evelyn is excited, but her excitement soon turns to confusion. Surely you can't heal a wound in time with just a bit of sticking plaster?

4. The 100 Days of the Doctor
By Paul Cornell

Someone has assassinated the Doctor.

And he only has 100 days to find out who did it.

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Nightmare Fair - Available Online

Friday, 4 May 2007 - Reported by Jarrod Cooper

Originally available as a limited-edition double CD in 2003, a full-cast audio drama of The Nightmare Fair, written byGraham Williams for the original, abandoned version of Season 23 in 1985, features the Sixth Doctor, Peri and the Celestial Toymaker. It stars Mark J Thompson as the Toymaker and Nigel Peever as the narrator, and is now made available by producer Rob Dunlop as a free download here.

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Big Finish Release Changes

Tuesday, 1 May 2007 - Reported by Jarrod Cooper

Big Finish Productions has announced a change in its release schedule for the year. Earthstorm by Stephen Baxter has been moved to a later date, and is to be replaced by a double-CD release entitled 100. This release will feature four one-part stories (similar to Circular Time), with each story reflecting the concept of the number 100. No information yet as to which Doctor will be featured, or when Earthstorm will be released.

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Fifth Doctor meets Dracula

Wednesday, 25 April 2007 - Reported by Jarrod Cooper

April 25, 2007 • Posted By Jarrod Cooper
Big Finish Productions has released more information about their upcoming September release Son of the Dragon. James Purefoy, known to fans from his roles in Rome and Beau Brummell, will be guest starring as Dracula in this release which sees the legendary vampire take on the Fifth Doctor (Peter Davison), Peri (Nicola Bryant), and Erimem ( Caroline Morris). Photos from the recording are currently available from the Big Finish Productions website.

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