Big Finish has released the second chapter of
Dalek Empire III and posted a cover illustration (below, left) as well as the cover for the third chapter (below, center), and the Bernice Summerfield audio
The Grel Escape (below, right); click on each thumbnail for a larger version. Also included in a recent update of the site are cover blurbs for the two upcoming Short Trips audios
Repercussions and
Monsters (the writer lists have been noted here in the past) as the blurb for
The Grel Escape; all of those are reproduced below. BF's forthcoming
UNIT Miniseries now has a writer contingent, according to the new DWM: parts 1 and 4 are by Iain McLauglin and Claire Bartlett; part 2 is by Jonathan Clements; and part 3 is by Joseph Lidster. Farrington tells DWM that "it's a modern-day setting, and we're keen on having original characters, but there may well be room for some old favourites." Finally, the fifth edition of
Big Finish Magazine, the recurring audio CD release, comes with the second chapter of "Dalek Empire III"; presented by Caroline Morris, this includes an interview with Philip 'Hex' Olivier, as well as some chat about Sapphire & Steel and the Gallifrey mini-series, an interview with Garrick Hagon and a documentary on Dalek Empire III.
Short Trips: Repercussions, edited by Gary Russell
The galaxies are awash with stories, myths and legends of the Doctor, the courageous Time Lord who rights wrongs and brings down the evil dictators.
But does the Doctor always get it right? In his efforts to save the smaller picture, is it possible that occasionally the bigger picture, the Web of Time itself, can be broken by his actions? If so, what can he do to repair it?
Repercussions features sixteen tales set on a strange airship taking its passengers on a trip toà who knows where? Amongst the people aboard is young adventuress Charley Pollard, just a few weeks into her life aboard the TARDIS alongside the Eighth Doctor, a man whose past, she will discover, she knows frighteningly little about. She encounters a diplomat trying to stop a war, a young man seemingly murdered by the Doctor, a tramp, a seismologist and a republican trying to save the life of his plague-stricken daughter. One thing they all have in common - an encounter with a strange alien visitor who seemed to help them but perhaps should have left them alone.
Learning their stories, understanding their grief, their anger or even their joy, Charley begins to see a new side to this enigmatic man she has chosen to travel the universe with. And she is forced to ask, will she one day also find herself aboard a strange airship, teeming with fellow travellers, all of whom seem to represent a danger to the Web of Time?
Repercussions is based upon an original idea by John Ainsworth and Gary Russell and is compiled and edited by Gary Russell, who is one of the producers of the Doctor Who audio adventures as well as the author of a number of Virgin and BBC Books Doctor Who novels.
Short Trips: Monsters, edited by Ian Farrington
Whether made of flesh and bone, or created in the deep recesses of the mind, monsters are terrible thingsÃ
They hunt, they chase, they stalk. They don't stop and they don't listen to your pleasà They come after you in the night, when you least expect it; they invade your world when all seems safe.
Monsters features stories that tell tale of such beasts - some real, some imaginary; some alien, some homegrown. Don't read it aloneÃ
Featuring stories by Marc Platt, Steve Lyons, Jacqueline Rayner, Jim Mortimore, Joseph Lidster and many more!
The Grel Escape, by Jacqueline Rayner
Young children can be difficult. Tantrums, toy-throwing, not wanting to go to bed, whisking their mothers on dangerous journeys throughout all of time and space.
Jason wants Benny's son Peter to have a normal childhood. Peter has other plans. And unfortunately, Peter also has Benny and Jason's Time Rings. And knows how to use them. Even more unfortunately, the fact-obsessed, tentacle-faced Grel have built a time machine, and they're after Peter.
So Benny finds herself on the run, landing in frightening festivals and deadly deserts, facing ridiculously inaccurate robot doubles and hideously accented tourists, in what can only be described as a sort of chase...
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