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We have dates for the rest of this month.
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So excited for “Impeccable” and “The Imposters”.
Impeccable is quite obvious why, plus other stories in the set do sound intriguing.
While Imposters - I love 3, and Alan Barnes has proven that he can write him quite quite well (Kaleidoscope)
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I’m partial to the Companion Chronicles. Some are iffy, but most are solid stories.
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Christopher Eccleston, Billie Piper and Camille Coduri star in The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Pandemonium, a brand-new full-cast audio drama, due for release April 2026.
London is a city with a long and colourful history, which all comes crashing into the twenty-first century in the next episode of The Ninth Doctor Adventures, Pandemonium by Katherine Armitage.
When the Doctor (Christopher Eccleston) and Rose (Billie Piper) return to the Powell Estate, they come face to face with figures from the city’s past, who have been brought forward in time and are having to share space with the residents of the 2000s.
From 17th-century diarist Samuel Pepys to World War II spy Violette Szabo, via a bunch of furious Celtic warriors, all of the capital’s history is on the loose. What malevolent force is behind this temporal chaos? And how will Jackie Tyler cope now Edith Nesbit has moved into her flat?
Doctor Who – The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Pandemonium is now available to pre-order for just £9.99 (download to own) or £11.99 (download to own + collector’s edition CD), exclusively here. Please note: the collector’s edition CD is strictly limited to 1,500 copies and will not be re-pressed.
The past has broken through into the Powell Estate and not even the Doctor knows what’s happening! With more and more historical figures appearing, it’s a race to figure out what’s behind this, before the past becomes the present and all hell breaks loose…
The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Pandemonium features the return of Camille Coduri as fan-favourite mother Jackie Tyler, alongside Clive Hayward as local history enthusiast Glen, Kate Harbour as Edith Nesbit, and Nick Denning-Read as Paul/Samuel Pepys.
Producer and script editor Matt Fitton said: “After their little trip into the future in Cloud Eight, the Doctor and Rose are back to the Powell Estate – once again that mysterious elastic band bringing them back. They find the place in complete turmoil, with loads of historical figures running amok.
“Katherine Armitage is great at creating a really vivid story world, filling it with characters, and finding a high concept idea to spin off on. It’s really interesting to look at places around London, places where people live, and think about how much history there is there.”
Writer Katherine Armitage explained the idea behind her story: “I was thinking about the idea of history as this very highfalutin thing which belongs in books and dusty libraries. And actually, when you walk around London, one of the things I love is the blue plaques – there’s a nondescript little house, and someone amazing lived there for a while. These people are hiding everywhere.
“And so I had the idea of making them come to life, an estate being overrun by people of the past – but then, obviously, there’s got to be something sinister behind them! Pandemonium means ‘where all the devils are’…”
Pandemonium is the fifth of twelve new audio adventures for the Ninth Doctor and Rose. A complete series multibuy bundle of all twelve releases is also available to pre-order at the specially discounted price of £102 (download to own), exclusively from the Big Finish website.
Additional three-release multibuy bundles are available from just £27 (download to own) and £33 (download to own + collector’s edition CD).
All the above prices (including pre-order and multibuy bundle discounts) are fixed for a limited time only and guaranteed no later than 30 June 2026.
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I’ll add the newly announced Rutans vs Sontarans once the links on the site work.
The endless war across the cosmos continues in a brand-new audio miniseries from The Worlds of Doctor Who, beginning April 2026 – but could there finally be peace?
There are many stories of the Sontaran-Rutan war. But one hidden thread has yet to be revealed. A tale told across millennia. From before the war to its possible end. As the Doctor is about to discover…
The belligerent clone race the Sontarans and the slippery shape-shifting Rutans have waged war all across time and space for longer than even the Doctor can remember. A new four-part full-cast audio series, Rutans vs Sontarans, will take us back to the beginning of the war, and ahead to a point where it might finally end.
Following on from the popular 2024 miniseries Sontarans vs Rutans, this brand-new arc of adventures will feature Doctors and companions from across the history of Doctor Who, uncovering a new insight into the Sontaran-Rutan war which has intrigued Who fans since it was first mentioned in 1973 TV serial The Time Warrior.
The set begins with the Fugitive Doctor (Jo Martin) encountering the Sontarans very early in their history, followed by a story featuring the Second Doctor (Michael Troughton), Jamie (Frazer Hines) and Zoe (Wendy Padbury).
Then it’s the turn of the Sixth Doctor (Colin Baker) and Peri (Nicola Bryant), before the climactic episode brings back the fan-favourite team of the Eighth Doctor (Paul McGann), Charley Pollard (India Fisher), and C’Rizz (Conrad Westmaas).
The complete Doctor Who – Rutans vs Sontarans series bundle is now available to pre-order for just £32 (as digital downloads to own) or £52 (downloads + collector’s edition CDs), exclusively here. Please note: the collector’s edition CDs are strictly limited to 1,500 copies each and will not be re-pressed.
The four episodes are:
Betrayal at the House of Sontar by John Dorney, due for release April 2026
On the run from the mysterious organisation called Division, the Doctor has come to the planet Sontar – home of the Kaveetch Empire and their armed forces, the Sontarans. She wants sanctuary… and she’s offering the secrets of the Time Lords in exchange.
But with the whole of time and space up for grabs, the stakes are high. Can everyone on Sontar be trusted?
Rendition by Tim Foley, due for release May 2026
At the edge of the Sontaran-Rutan War, a large medical ship lingers in space. The Doctor and his friends find a group of strange survivors aboard planning something unusual to save their commander.
What new powers do the Rutans possess? What secrets does the Lockhart hold? As the conflict creeps closer, the Doctor must work out how to rescue those no longer versed in war…
Grave Moon by Lizzie Hopley, due for release June 2026
The Doctor and Peri track a criminal imposter to a moon sanctuary of healing ponds, only to discover the lone Rutan the Doctor has previously met trapped in a self-made web of lies.
Experiments to rejoin the Host have forged a bond with grieving pond farmer, Ooland. As their mutual obsession tightens, so Ooland’s ponds grow more polluted and their farm cut off from what is really happening on the moon: a full-on Rutan invasion.
As the Doctor and Peri strive to free Melmoth and Ooland from each other, another Doctor is at work close by – with far-reaching plans of his own for the lone Rutan.
Peace at Last by Tim Foley, due for release July 2026
On the precipice of peace it stands…
After the destruction of a major stronghold, the Sontarans propose something extraordinary. More extraordinary still, the Rutans say yes. The Doctor, Charley and C’Rizz are on hand to watch history being made.
Yet history has other ideas. A plan that has taken centuries is about to come to fruition. The Melmoth is returning.
Rutans vs Sontarans will begin with an episode released on 2nd April, which would have been the 100th birthday of legendary Doctor Who writer Robert Holmes, creator of the Sontarans. The following three episodes will be released monthly.
Producer David Richardson said: “Sontarans vs Rutans was very well received, and when a second run was commissioned, I knew we had to do something different. A new over-arching story, told largely from the perspective of the Rutans – although the Sontarans are still very significant in these episodes too…
“Also, we have a different combination of lead cast members, and even some multi-Doctor action in a tale that spans many millennia. It’s exciting, it’s surprising, and it might just break your heart too.”
Big Finish listeners can purchase each part of Rutans vs Sontarans individually for just £9.99 (download to own) or £14.99 (download + collector’s edition CD), exclusively here.
All the above prices (including pre-order and multibuy bundle discounts) are fixed for a limited time only and guaranteed no later than 30 June 2026.
Please note that Big Finish is currently operating a digital-first release schedule. The mail-out of collector’s edition CDs may be delayed due to factors beyond our control, but all purchases of this release unlock a digital copy that can be immediately downloaded or played on the Big Finish app from the release date.
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Peter Davison, Janet Fielding and Mark Strickson star in The Fifth Doctor Adventures: Helter Skelter, a box set of full-cast audio adventures, due for release April 2026.
The Fifth Doctor (Peter Davison) is joined by his companions Tegan Jovanka (Janet Fielding) and Vislor Turlough (Mark Strickson) for three brand-new trips in time and space – and they’ll discover that having a wish come true can bring deadly consequences.
The audio drama box set The Fifth Doctor Adventures: Helter Skelter stars the original cast from the 1980s era of Doctor Who. It begins with a visit to the 1950s, where an English village has become the target of the Asteri, powerful aliens with the ability to grant wishes.
Then, Tegan gets trapped in a time loop in an amusement park deep in space, before the time travellers return to Earth to find it changed into a much darker place – but what has caused this dystopian descent?
Doctor Who – The Fifth Doctor Adventures: Helter Skelter is available to pre-order now for just £19.99 (download to own) or £24.99 (download to own + collector’s edition 3-disc CD box set). Please note: the collector’s edition CD box set is strictly limited to 1,500 copies and will not be re-pressed.
The three adventures featuring the fabulous Fifth Doctor are:
Field of Miracles by Lauren Mooney & Stewart Pringle
The Doctor, Tegan and Turlough arrive in the quaint village of Heatherington in 1951. But something strange is happening. In an England of post-war austerity, Heatherington is thriving – the shops are full of produce and everyone seems to have everything they’ve ever wanted, even if what they’ve wanted is the dead to return to them.
The Doctor and his friends must stop the creeping invasion of the Asteri, wish-granting crystalline organisms of awesome destructive power, before they extract a terrible price from the villagers.
Helter Skelter by James Moran
When a bio-engineered planet and amusement park undergoes a critical malfunction, the entire planet tears itself apart – and the Doctor, Tegan and Turlough are thrown back to their arrival, trapped in a repeating time loop.
But for some reason, only Tegan can see the loop, not the Doctor – it has been hidden from him somehow. So why can Tegan see it, and how is she going to fix it?
Land of Fools by Lauren Mooney & Stewart Pringle
The TARDIS arrives in London, 1980, but something has gone wrong with the timeline. The city is a quasi-police state, overseen by a mysterious new company, Luqos, which promises miraculous gifts to its followers.
As Tegan takes off to reconnect with an old friend, and the Doctor teams up with young activist Zan, Turlough is pulled into the heart of Luqos by the shadowy ‘M’, where they discover an old enemy at work beneath the city.
The box set’s guest cast includes Jack Barton (Heartstopper), Matthew Cottle (The Windsors), and Hiba Medina (Vigil), plus further names to be announced.
Producer Sonny McGann said: “Turlough, Tegan and the Doctor are back! We’re returning to Earth, where a new threat has emerged wielding immense psionic power. In an England suffering from post-war austerity, one village appears to have everything they’ve ever wanted. Some will pay any price to see a wish fulfilled – a choice which may ripple through time.
“Meanwhile, when a visit to an amusement park on a bio-engineered planet traps the Doctor and his friends in a time loop, one of our companions will have to step up to prevent the planet from tearing itself apart. Three new stories full of wit, emotion, and good technobabble, according to Peter Davison!”
Big Finish listeners can save money by purchasing Helter Skelter in a bundle with 2026’s second Fifth Doctor Adventures box set (Title TBC), due for release in September 2026, for just £38 (download to own) or £47 (download to own + collector’s edition CD box set).
Alternatively, listeners can buy this release as part of a bundle of all 15 Classic Doctor Who box sets released in 2026 for just £285 (download to own) or £352.50 (download to own + collector’s edition CD box set).
All the above prices (including pre-order and multibuy bundle discounts) are fixed for a limited time only and guaranteed no later than 31 May 2026.
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Short Trips Volume 14: Impeccable and Other Stories is out today.
Here is a link to the release on TardisGuide.
Here is a link to the forum discussion thread.
Recorded on: 11 February 2024, 8, 12 and 29 September and 14 October 2025
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T-minus-2 days until series 2 of Big Finish’s The Time Tunnel, and I STILL haven’t relistened to series 1.
Debating whether to do it tomorrow, or wait until release day, because I might be too excited after finishing series 1 and the 24+ hour wait will be unbearable.
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I have added the newly announced Young Bond release to the list. There isn’t a listing on the BF website yet, but I will update as more info becomes available.
The teenage James Bond returns in a brand-new full-cast audio drama from Big Finish Productions – beginning in September 2026 with an adaptation of SilverFin by Charlie Higson.
Ian Fleming Publications Ltd and Big Finish Productions are pleased to announce Young Bond, a new range of full-cast audio dramas, bringing the teenage years of Ian Fleming’s legendary secret agent to life in cinematic sound.
Bond. Current schoolboy. Future spy.
The Young Bond audio adventures will be released as a series of digital download-to-own and collector’s edition CD box sets, exclusively from www.bigfinish.com and ianflemingshop.com.
This brand-new series is adapted from the previously published Young Bond novels, reimagined for audio as cinematic, full-cast audio drama. The range will begin with an adaptation of SilverFin by Charlie Higson, the first Young Bond novel (originally published in 2005). Charlie Higson is also involved as a consultant on the series. Further details, including the launch date, will be announced in due course.
Casting James Bond and Wilder Lawless
Big Finish will soon be casting the roles of James Bond and Wilder Lawless and is inviting approaches from actors’ representatives only. Details of the roles and the types of actors being sought will be published on www.youngbondadventures.com.
Charlie Higson said: “I’m very excited that my Young Bond books will be given fresh life as fully dramatised audio adventures. As we eagerly anticipate the new film, James Bond returns in audio, hopefully introducing him to a new generation.”
Jason Haigh-Ellery, chairman of Big Finish Productions, said: “I first came across James Bond at the age of eight at a re-release double-bill of On Her Majesty’s Secret Service and Diamonds are Forever at my local cinema on a wet Saturday afternoon. I was probably too young to be there, but the bored usher didn’t seem to care, and I was instantly swept up into the magic of these phenomenal movies and the glamorous, adventurous, and exciting world of James Bond.
“Eager to discover more, I found that my father had all the books and devoured them. How I would have loved to have had a Young Bond series to read – and now listen to – when I was a boy. Fifty years later I am delighted and honoured that Ian Fleming Publications has entrusted these stories with Big Finish to tell. Let the adventures begin!
Lizzie Worsdell, supervising producer, Big Finish Productions, said: “I’m so happy for Big Finish to be stepping into the world of Young Bond. Bringing these stories to life as full-cast audio dramas for the first time feels incredibly exciting. Working with Ian Fleming Publications on such an iconic character is a real privilege, and Charlie Higson’s books are a brilliant foundation: bold, witty and packed with adventure. We’re especially excited to discover the new talent who’ll take on James and Wilder, and make these roles their own.”
Barnaby Edwards, director, said: “When I was first approached to adapt and direct SilverFin – in an email headed, naturally, ‘For Your Eyes Only’ – I could barely contain my excitement. I’m a huge Bond fan and the opportunity to tell the story of how Bond became Bond was too good to miss.
“Charlie Higson’s novel is everything you want an ‘origins’ story to be – thrilling, clever, funny, moving, and wholly in keeping with Fleming’s world. But it was going to need more than just a couple of actors and the odd sound effect to bring it to life. To do it justice, we needed to make an eight-hour action epic packed with thrills and spills – and that’s just what we’re doing.
“The story is told in 16 half-hour episodes, each fully dramatised and featuring a cast of some of the UK’s finest audio actors. We have cinematic sound design and a brand new orchestral score from one of Hollywood’s top composers, Joe Kraemer. Like our teenage hero, we’re pushing ourselves to the limit on this one. After all, when it comes to James Bond, the world is not enough.”
Robert Valentine, producer, said: “It’s a thrilling assignment being part of the team bringing the adventures of Young Bond to Big Finish Productions. Barnaby Edwards has done an incredible job in adapting Charlie Higson’s first book in the series, SilverFin, as a full-blooded, action-packed audio adventure – set in the 1930s but still bang up to date – and I cannot wait to begin the hunt for our very own James Bond.”
Simon Ward, publishing director, Ian Fleming Publications Ltd, said: “Everyone has their own first experience with the Bond series. For some it is the opening lines of Casino Royale, for others it might be Sean Connery’s iconic line in Dr No. In 2005 we gave a whole new generation their own version of 007 with Charlie Higson’s bestselling Young Bond series.
“With this ambitious take on SilverFin, we’re doing something we’ve not attempted before and have no doubt it will expand the Bond world even more: both a reimagining our beloved fans will love and an entry point for those who are new to agent 007. Our James appreciates the finer things in life and only the best will do. We believe we have the best partners here in Big Finish and the team they have assembled to bring Charlie Higson’s peerless adventures to life.”
Amanda Douglas, managing director, Ian Fleming Publications Ltd, said: “At Ian Fleming Publications, we’re incredibly excited to be entering the world of multi-voice audio drama, giving the next generation the chance to experience Young Bond in an immersive way, whilst also inviting original readers to rediscover the stories in a whole new way.”
Mission briefings
To receive mission briefings, exclusive updates and first-look information about the range, listeners can sign up at www.youngbondadventures.com.
Young Bond will be released digitally, followed by a special collector’s edition CD. Pre-orders of the CD will also unlock a digital copy which can be instantly downloaded or played on the Big Finish app from the release date.
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She’s back! Jonathon Carley and Siobhan Redmond star in The War Doctor Rises: Fear of the Light, a brand-new box set of Time War audio drama, due for release in May 2026.
In the next volume of his full-cast audio adventures, the War Doctor (Jonathon Carley) must make an uneasy alliance with an old enemy – the Rani (Siobhán Redmond)!
This renegade Time Lady, a brilliant but cruel scientist, first appeared in classic Doctor Who TV serials The Mark of the Rani and Time and the Rani, in which she was played by Kate O’Mara. She made a return appearance as the main villain of the 2025 TV series, portrayed in two incarnations by Anita Dobson and Archie Panjabi.
But what happened to the Rani between those encounters? Siobhán Redmond returns to play the character on audio for the first time in ten years (following 2014’s The Rani Elite and 2015’s Planet of the Rani), in a story that goes deeper into this morally murky character than ever before, and reveals for the first time just what she was up to during the Time War.
The Doctor and the Rani may have been staunch enemies in the past, but with the Daleks (Nicholas Briggs) out to kill them both, they’ll have to work together! Unless she has other tricks up her sleeve, of course…
The War Doctor Rises: Fear of the Light, written by Rochana Patel, is now available to pre-order for just £19.99 (download to own) or £29.99 (download to own + three-disc collector’s edition CD), exclusively here. Please note: the collector’s edition CD box set is strictly limited to 1,000 copies and will not be re-pressed.
Fleeing from the Daleks, the Doctor sends a distress call, in desperate need of rescue.
It’s answered by one of his oldest friends, and deadliest foes… the Rani.
In the midst of the Time War, the Doctor must now consider the unthinkable. Can he set their differences aside and work with the Rani – to change the future of the universe?
Producer David Richardson said: “The Rani is back at last… and it’s about time. Rochana has written a stunning script which reunites two of Gallifrey’s most renowned runaways, and they are front and centre in almost every scene of a story that explores the history and dynamic of their relationship.”
Writer Rochana Patel added: “It’s been over ten years since the Rani’s last Big Finish appearance, so a rematch is long overdue… Where’s she been? What’s she been doing? As the universe burns, where does the exiled Rani stand in the war between the Time Lords and the Daleks? All these questions will be answered… And, in these dark and terrible days, are the Rani and the War Doctor enemies…? Or something else…?
“For this epic three-part story, I wanted to completely re-examine the Rani as a character, revisit that apathetic scientist that we first encountered in The Mark of the Rani, her backstory with the Doctor, and explore what makes her into the woman who re-emerges in Wish World and The Reality War. This is very much the missing piece of the Rani’s story… And, perhaps, the Doctor’s too…”
The War Doctor Rises: Fear of the Light is now available to pre-order for just £19.99 (download to own) or £29.99 (download to own + collector’s edition CD), exclusively from www.bigfinish.com.
Big Finish listeners can save money by purchasing Fear of the Light in a bundle with 2026’s second War Doctor Rises box set (Title TBC), due for release in December 2026, for just £38 (download to own) or £56 (download to own + collector’s edition CD box set).
All the above prices (including pre-order and multibuy bundle discounts) are fixed for a limited time only and guaranteed no later than 31 July 2026.
Big Finish is currently operating a digital-first release schedule. The mailout of collector’s edition CDs will be delayed, but all purchases of this release unlock a digital copy that can be immediately downloaded or played on the Big Finish app from the release date.
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the scream. I just screamed.
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Woo this version of the rani is back!
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Bla, bla, bla, the Rani…
All I can see is that BF is producing a James Bond series? Young Bond?! Amazing!!!?
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I’m not seeing a price yet, so I’ll reserve my excitement…
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I wounder who is going to eat her in this? 
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This was announced around 3 hours ago and I’ve already seen this exact joke three times lol
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that’s because we’ve been making it since the reality war we’ve been slacking tbh used to be five times a day every day
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It’ll be immersive and we all get to eat her.
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