The 8th Doctor returns to Big FInish! Three new seasons of Dark Eyes announced

Doctor Who audio drama producers Big Finish have announced three new seasons of Dark Eyes, continuing the adventures of the Eighth Doctor and Molly.

Available to pre-order now, Dark Eyes 2, 3 and 4 will be released over the course of a year, from February 2014 to February 2015, and will star Paul McGann as the Doctor and Ruth Bradley as Molly O’Sullivan.

Following on from last year's hugely popular four-episode Dark Eyes boxset, Dark Eyes 2 continues the story with the return of companion Molly O'Sullivan, the ever-malevolent Daleks and a host of other characters new and old, both helping and hindering the Doctor.

Dark Eyes can be preordered from the Big Finish website now.

Exciting news indeed! I'll be honest, I wasn't quite as keen on Dark Eyes compared to the final season with Lucie Miller, but it was very good nevertheless. I look forward to seeing what these new adventures have in store, and hopefully they'll mix it up a bit with something other than the Daleks!

What are your thoughts on these new seasons? Sound off in the comments section below!

Doctor Who: The Light at the End - Standard and Limited Edition Covers Revealed

Big Finish have updated their website by including new images of the covers of their upcoming 50th Anniversary story, The Light at the End, starring Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy and Paul McGann as the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth Doctors. It's obviously a rather monumental accomplishment having all of the remaining classic Doctors in one story, along with Geoffrey Beevers reprising his role as the Master and a variety of past Doctor Who names staring in this special tale.

Both versions are available to order in both physical and digital formats from Big Finish. Standard Edition is £14.99 while the Limited Edition is £40.00

Synopsis

November 23rd 1963 proves to be a significant day in the lives of all eight Doctors…

It's the day that Bob Dovie's life is ripped apart…

It's also a day that sets in motion a catastrophic chain of events which forces the first eight incarnations of the Doctor to fight for their very existence. As a mysterious, insidious chaos unfolds within the TARDIS, the barriers of time break apart…

From suburban England through war-torn alien landscapes and into a deadly, artificial dimension, all these Doctors and their companions must struggle against the power of an unfathomable, alien technology.

From the very beginning, it is clear that the Master is somehow involved. By the end, for the Doctors, there may only be darkness.

Limited Collectors Edition Contents

This is a five-disc limited Special Edition in deluxe premium packaging, which includes a stunning array of professional photos of the cast.

Discs 1 and 2 – The Light at the End

Disc 3 – The Making of The Light at the End (70 minute documentary)

Disc 4 – This is Doctor Who at Big Finish (70 minute documentary)

Disc 5 – Doctor Who – The Companion Chronicles: The Revenants performed by William Russell as Ian

The Light at the End!

Now here's something to make a Doctor Who fan smile, and if you're not smiling then don't show your face around these parts until you do. Here's a brilliant image from the cover of this months Doctor Who Magazine, featuring the five surviving classic Doctors who are all set to appear in Big Finish's audio production The Light at the End, to celebrate 50 years of our favourite show. It's remarkable to see them all together, let alone know that they'll be acting alongside each other. After all, we know that Tom Baker's involvement in Doctor Who related productions have been rocky since he left the show in 1980.

Now lets just wait for someone to kindly photoshop their old costumes on, and we can soak in what we hope to see in The Day of the Doctor. Seriously, who cares if they're a bit large around the middle and with a bit less hair on top, shove them in their costumes and they'd dazzle us as much as they did back in their heyday.

The Quest for the Regeneration 4th Doctor

If there's one thing that irritates me, it is exclusive figures. It is one of the curses of being an action figure collector. You know that sometimes you will never own a particular figure. I know I will never get hold of the original SDCC King Grayskull in the electronic packaging. I know I'll never own that 200X Keldor. Now the Doctor Who classic line seems hit by that same curse. With this guy:

The Regeneration Fourth Doctor. Even the name fills me with annoyance. Originally spotted on 'the Big Picture' featuring prototypes of as yet (and in some case never to be) released figures, this chappy later popped up on ebay, leading to much speculation as to what sort of set this figure would be in or whether it was the SDCC 2013 release. 

Sadly it was neither. Instead it was a BBC exclusive, limited to 5000 pieces in a Fourth Doctor Time Capsule Set. Now normally that would be just dandy. I'd just go, "Oooh nice, I'll get that". But sadly the contents of this particular set are about as desirable as an empty box of chocolates. Now I am aware that some people are fans of this set, and yes I can  understand the appeal if you are in the right circumstances. Unfortunately I am not in those circumstances and I think a lot of collectors probably aren't either, and for a set that retails at around £54.99 it seems madness to contemplate buying x amount of items we already have bought. Allow me to elaborate further by talking you through the contents of this set:

• Regeneration Fourth Doctor Figure - an odd choice of outfit considering this set celebrates the Fourth Doctor, but regardless I want the figure. The sculpt doesn't look much like Tom, but I'm one of those completist nut jobs. 
• Sonic Screwdriver - Now this is where it all goes downhill. It's bad enough that I paid £24.99 when it was released and now they've re-released it at £9.99, but to include it here too! Why in heaven's name would I want it a second time?
• Terror of the Zygons Vanilla DVD - This is the main stupid thing in this set. Firstly, why in the name of the bowels of Hell would you want this when a fully restored version, complete with special features and lost footage, is out later this year? To make matters worse they stick it in a stupid box that cannot be displayed with the other DVDs. Now if they just included the DVD that's being released later in the year in the actual box I would have bought this set. I'd excuse the Screwdriver because I'd be getting this DVD anyhow. But no, they took away the only other part of this set that would have made it desirable to myself and many other collectors. They missed a trick here.
• An Interview with Tom Baker - Now I have no idea what the run time is on this, but I can only assume its not overly long. Nice, but not enough to warrant me buying the set.
• Audio version of 'Genesis of the Daleks' - Now this is again somewhat baffling considering I can just turn to my left at this very second and pick the DVD off the shelf and watch it with moving images. Now I know people like the audio books, but I have this particular one on cassette from back in the day and I don't listen to that either. So this would sit in the box.
• Tomb of Valdemar novel - Much like the CD this would more than likely never get read and stay in the box. I don't have an issue with it's inclusion, it's just something that would never see daylight in this house.
• Art Cards of the Doctor's Companions - Again, just something of nothing. Nice if you want to get them signed I suppose, otherwise they're just going to sit in the box.
• A Letter from Tom Baker - A nice touch, but again not enough to make me want to hand over £54.99

You can probably tell that this box set gets right on my nerves. Now I'll be honest, I like the way it is presented. I like the casket that is akin to the Black Scrolls of Rassilon casket in 'The Five Doctors'. I like the roundel design with the Seal of Rassilon on the DVDs and CDs (excluding the Zygons), and the little decoder thing is another nice touch. But just because it's presented nicely doesn't mean I want the contents. 

Now I immediately assumed that scalpers would be buying this set and selling the separate contents left right and centre. But no. I have seen a grand total of one Fourth Doctor figure on ebay since this set was released. That was from the US and the price went up and up and up to stupid money. I have pretty much searched the interwebs day and night looking for a loose figure... but alas no. So I am left with an ultimatum. I either keep looking until one day I find something, or I wait for the cost of the set to go down or get one second hand, something I can't see happening for a long time.

I hope this never happens again. It'll drive me mad. 

Are you getting or have got this set? What do you think about it? Do you have the Regeneration Fourth Doctor and are willing to part company with it for a reasonable price? If so then please, please, please get in touch! 

Doctor Who: The Light at the End - Vinyl Edition (Big Finish)

More info has been released regarding Big Finish's highly anticipated 50th Anniversary story 'The Light at the End', which reunites all of the surviving classic Doctors, a plethora of companions and the return of the Master as portrayed by Geoffrey Beevers.

To highlight the special nature of this release, a special vinyl edition is being released limited to 500 numbered copies. The four-disc set, containing the adventure and a making of documentary, will be presented in a four-way gatefold sleeve, with rigid slipcase and an exclusive 30cm x 30cm lenticular image, The specifications are as follows:

Discs 1, 2 and 3 – The Light at the End
Disc 4 – The Making of The Light at the End (approx 40-minute documentary exclusive to this release)
All discs on heavy 180g vinyl
Limited and numbered to 500
Includes an exclusive 30cm x 30cm lenticular image.
Four-way gatefold sleeve
Rigid slipcase

Written and Directed by: Nicholas Briggs

The story is released in the anniversary month of November from Big Finish.

November 23rd 1963 proves to be a significant day in the lives of all eight Doctors…

It’s the day that Bob Dovie’s life is ripped apart…

It’s also a day that sets in motion a catastrophic chain of events which forces the first eight incarnations of the Doctor to fight for their very existence. As a mysterious, insidious chaos unfolds within the TARDIS, the barriers of time break apart…

From suburban England through war-torn alien landscapes and into a deadly, artificial dimension, all these Doctors and their companions must struggle against the power of an unfathomable, alien technology.

From the very beginning, it is clear that the Master is somehow involved. By the end, for the Doctors, there may only be darkness.

Listen to the trailer here: 

Limited Edition Doctor Who: Series 7 Soundtrack

The upcoming soundtrack from series seven is getting another variant release. This time in the form of interchangeable covers based on the various 'movie posters' created to advertise the series.

This exclusive version of 2-Disc set is £11.99 and can only be pre-ordered from here.

Destiny of the Doctor: Complete Series Boxset

AudioGo and Big Finish's new series, 'Destiny of the Doctor' is set to be released in one Tardis themed boxset. The series features eleven stories each featuring a different Doctor. Sadly none of the actual actors feature in the series and instead the stories are performed by the Doctor's companions and other actors.

The set is available to pre-order from Amazon for £80.00 If you plan on pre-ordering, please use the link to Amazon provided on the right to help keep this site running. Many thanks!

Doctor Who Series 7 Soundtrack - Details

Details on the upcoming Series 7 soundtrack have been released:

RELEASED 9TH SEPTEMBER 2013

Following on from the chart topping success of recent Doctor Who soundtrack releases, comes a further 2CD set of striking Murray Gold music.

Seven years of composing riveting music for Doctor Who has led to Murray’s work being performed at special Proms concerts at the Royal Albert Hall, a celebration of the music at the Millennium Centre Cardiff and a place in the Classic FM Hall Of Fame.

The CDs will be sold in a special gatefold wallet as shown but this is limited to only the first 5000 copies, after which the packaging will be a double jewel case, so order quickly if you want one!

Follow the links to your right to pre-order now!