Details for Doctor Who - The Third Doctor Adventures Vol 4

Out this month is the fourth volume of The Third Doctor Adventures starring Katy Manning as Jo Grant and Tim Treloar. The highlights of this release is adventures featuring the Cybermen and the Meddling Monk.  You can order this release from the Big Finish website.
https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/the-third-doctor-adventures-volume-04-1741

4.1 The Rise of the New Humans by Guy Adams

When a man dies after falling from the top floor of a multi-storey car park, the Doctor and Jo wonder why it should be of interest to UNIT. Then they see the protuberances on the man’s back… As he fell, he tried to grow wings.

Looking into the man’s past leads the Doctor and Jo to a remote private hospital where the staff aren’t as helpful as they could be, and the Chief Administrator is unavailable to meet with them.

Breaking into some restricted wards, the Doctor notes the presence of alien and futuristic technology. The whole thing bears the unmistakable hallmarks of one of his own people’s interference, one of his old foes. Except not perhaps the one he might have imagined.

The Monk is back. And this time his meddling may have gone too far.

4.2 The Tyrants of Logic by Marc Platt

The Doctor and Jo land on Port Anvil – a bleak, abandoned mining colony on the remote planet Burnt Salt. A huge armoured crate has recently arrived in the almost derelict Spacehub. No-one knows who it’s for. No-one knows what it contains.

Strange creatures lurk around the outskirts, and a rag-tag population of misfits inhabit what is left of the town: a saloon bar owner, a literal one-man band and a hunter of very unusual prey. If they want to survive the night, they’re going to have to work together.

Because the Cybermen want the contents of the crate. And they will stop at nothing to get hold of it.

Written By: Guy Adams, Marc Platt
Directed By: Nicholas Briggs

Cast
Tim Treloar (The Doctor), Katy Manning (Jo Grant), Rufus Hound (The Monk), Mina Anwar (Dr Kurdi), Joe Sims (Chief Orderly / Wilde / Jumper), Clare Corbett (Harriet / Woman / Radio Technician), Silas Hawkins (Francis / Morgue Attendant / Patient / Orderly), Linda Marlowe (Gusta Pardo), Carolyn Pickles (Professor Marian Schaeffer), Ronan Summers (Hollisen Grier), Jeff Rawle (Chad Caramel), Deli Segal (Skippa) and Nicholas Briggs (The Cybermen). Other parts played by members of the cast.

Producer David Richardson
Script Editor John Dorney
Executive Producers Nicholas Briggs and Jason Haigh-Ellery

Details for Doctor Who - The Third Doctor Adventures Vol 3

This month sees another Third Doctor Adventures set, the third so far, and yet again it stars Katy Manning as Jo Grant and Tim Treloar as the 3rd Doctor. You can order this audio adventure from the Big Finish website.
https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/the-third-doctor-adventures-volume-03-1510

The Conquest of Far, by Nicholas Briggs

Earth Alliance, the future… Fleet commanders receive their orders from the President of Earth. Operation Far is ‘go’. As soon as the planets are suitably aligned, the attack will go ahead.

The Doctor and Jo arrive on the planet Far. The Doctor wants to attend the grand opening of one of the human race’s greatest achievements. A huge Hyper Gateway built to make travel around Earth’s great empire more convenient, bringing relief to many starving outer colonies.

But they land in the wrong time period, long after the Gateway has been in service, and the Daleks have conquered Far! It’s the middle of a war and a deadly game is underway. When everyone has an agenda, betrayal can happen at any time, from any side. The endgame is approaching and maybe this time no one will survive.

Storm of the Horofax, by Andrew Smith

During a North Sea military exercise, the crew of the destroyer HMS Nemesis detect what they suspect is a submarine following them. But it’s actually a futuristic ship with an alien occupant, Arianda.

The Doctor and UNIT are called in, but things are already running out of control. The damaged craft is leaking particles and contaminating the Nemesis with time disruption.

But that’s not the biggest problem. For Arianda is being followed by the warships of the Horofax, who have picked precisely this moment to invade. Soon the destruction of humanity’s future will begin.

Written By: Nicholas Briggs, Andrew Smith
Directed By: Nicholas Briggs

Cast
Tim Treloar (The Doctor), Katy Manning (Jo Grant), George Watkins (Delralis), John Banks (Jickster), Amy Newton (Elaquon), Robin Weaver (Arianda), Iain Batchelor (Adam Rigg), Robert Hands (Major Hardy / Crewman), Richard Derrington (Commander Burton), Ian Cunningham (Sinko / Ronson / Lieutenant), Jake Dudman (UNIT Radio Operator) and Nicholas Briggs (The Daleks)

Producer David Richardson
Script Editor John Dorney
Executive Producers Nicholas Briggs and Jason Haigh-Ellery

Into The Time Vortex - Episode 52 - Doctor Who - The Ambassadors Of Death

Doctor Who Comic Book Releases For February 22nd

Out today is the last part of the Third Doctor limited series.  You can get this comic book and all Doctor Who comic books at your local comic book shop.


DOCTOR WHO: THIRD DOCTOR #5
Writer: Paul Cornell
Artist: Christopher Jones
FC - 32pp - $3.99 - On sale: February 22

FINAL ISSUE!

The Third Doctor’s Earth-bound exile has been lifted. But before he can set out on new adventures, an alien invasion appears to threaten Earth! It’s the devious work of an old enemy, Salamander, a former dictator with a startling resemblance to the Second Doctor! Now, forming an uneasy alliance with the Master, the Doctor and UNIT set out to stop him – but are they too late to stop his plans as he takes them all back into the past.

COVER A: Andy Walker
COVER B: Will Brooks
COVER C: Brian Miller & Hi-Fi
COVER D: Carolyn Edwards
                                                           COVER E: Marc Ellerby

Details on Doctor Who - Gardners' Worlds

Out this month is the download only story featuring the 3rd Doctor starring Tim Treloar. You can download the UNIT era story at the Big Finish website.
https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/gardeners-worlds-1357

Strange occurrences plague the village of Colston Burghley – a mediaeval monument has appeared on the village green, postboxes have disappeared…and there's trouble in Meredith Bright’s back garden. When Mike Yates finds himself at a loss, it's down to the Doctor and Jo Grant to get to the root of the trouble...

Producer Ian Atkins
Script Editor Ian Atkins
Executive Producers Jason Haigh-Ellery and Nicholas Briggs

Written By: George Mann
Directed By: Lisa Bowerman

Cast
Tim Treloar (Narrator)

Doctor Who Comic Books Covers, Previews and Details for November 30th

Out this week we have three more Doctor Who comic books which feature the 3rd and 12th Doctors and Torchwood.  These three comic books can be purchased at your local comic book stores.


TWELFTH DOCTOR #2.12

The Terror of the Cabinet Noire continues, as the Doctor finds himself teamed with a rebellious French swordswoman to battle the infamous Cardinal Richelieu and his secret police! But it's not just the Cardinal they have to worry about - it's his allies, who definitely aren't from around here...!

Writer: Robbie Morrison
Artist: Mariano Laclaustra
FC - 32pp - $3.99 - On sale: November 30

Cover A: Alex Ronald
Cover B: Photo
Cover C: jake

Details and Previews For Doctor Who and Torchwood Comic Books Released For October 19th

This week Titan Comics is releasing  five Doctor Who related comics books today and as usual you can get them at your local comic book store.  Coming out today October 19th is Torchwood #2, Third Doctor #2, Tenth Doctor #2.15, Twelfth Doctor  #2.10, and Supremacy of the Cyberman #4. Below is cover art and previews for the issues coming out today.


The penultimate chapter of the Doctor Who event of 2016! Things get worse for the Doctor - across four separate time zones! The ninth Doctor gets too close to the enemy. The tenth Doctor's companions offer a terrifying sacrifice. The eleventh Doctor digs deep and gives back with interest, and the twelfth Doctor is faced with the most momentous choice of his life!

Writer: George Mann, Cavan Scott
Artist: Ivan Rodriguez, Walter Geovani
FC - 32pp - $3.99 - On sale: Oct 19

Cover A: Vitti
Cover B: Photo
Cover C: Listran

Doctor Who Comic Book Preview and Covers for Third Doctor Comic

Out today is a new mini series featuring the Third Doctor.  These mini series are really well down if you have read the 8th Doctor and 4th Doctor mini's. This story is written by Doctor Who author Paul Cornell and can be purchased in comic book stores today.


Paul Cornell returns to Doctor Who comics with THE HERALDS OF DESTRUCTION! When something enormous crashes into Bedfordshire, the Doctor, Jo Grant, and the forces of UNIT under Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart mobilise immediately – and find themselves in the middle of a pitched battle against a terrifying invader... But the shocking face that awaits their return to base may tip the whole world off its axis!

It's classic Third Doctor action as you've never seen it before!

DOCTOR WHO: THIRD DOCTOR #1
Writer: Paul Cornell
Artist: Christopher Jones
Colors: Hi-Fi
FC - 32pp - $3.99 - On sale: September 14

Doctor Who - Details on Damascus

This months download only adventure features the 3rd Doctor and it is narrated by the guy who now plays the 3rd Doctor in the audio adventures Tim Treloar.  You can order this audio adventure from the Big Finish website.
https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/damascus-1351

As the decade in English history which attracts the greatest quantity of alien invasions per annum, the 1970s are not the easiest time in which to steer the great British ship of state. The Prime Minister, nonetheless, is doing the very best job he can. Still, at least he has UNIT to rely on – their eccentric, bouffant-haired scientific adviser in particular. Or does he?

Producer Ian Atkins
Script Editor Ian Atkins
Executive Producers Jason Haigh-Ellery and Nicholas Briggs

Written By: Jonathan Barnes
Directed By: Lisa Bowerman

Cast
Tim Treloar (Narrator)

Doctor Who - Details on Short Trips: The Blame Game

This month's download only adventure features the 3rd Doctor and Liz Shaw as they take on The Monk.  This story is narrated by Rufus Hound who has played The Monk in past Big Finish stories. You can get this download only story from the Big Finish website.
https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/the-blame-game-1350

To escape his Earth exile, the Doctor is prepared to make any bargain, come to any arrangement, or to do any deal with any devil – even if in this case the Devil wears a monk's robes. But when past misdeeds start catching up with both the Doctor and the Monk, who can Liz Shaw trust when time is running out and death is rapidly approaching?

Producer Ian Atkins
Script Editor John Pritchard
Executive Producers Jason Haigh-Ellery and Nicholas Briggs

Written By: Ian Atkins
Directed By: Lisa Bowerman

Cast
Rufus Hound (Narrator)

Doctor Who - Paul Cornell to Write 3rd Doctor Comic Book

Titan has announced its next Doctor Who mini series and this time the 3rd Doctor will take center stage.  It will be written by Paul Cornell and will be out at the end of August.

PAUL CORNELL RETURNS TO DOCTOR WHO COMICS FOR AN UNEXPECTED TWIST ON THE THIRD DOCTOR!

May 18, 2016 - BBC Worldwide North America and Titan Comics are excited to announce the return of the Third Doctor this August, in comics! This brand-new five-part comic series, written by fan-favorite Doctor Who scribe Paul Cornell (Wolverine, Action Comics, The Severed Streets), stars the Third Doctor, as played by Jon Pertwee, alongside companions Jo Grant (Katy Manning) and the Brigadier (Nicholas Courtney) in classic Doctor Who action.

Doctor Who - The Fan Show: The Silurians Review

Doctor Who - The Fan Show: Spearhead From Space Review

Doctor Who - Synopsis For The Other Woman

Out now for download only is a Third Doctor story narrated by Katy Manning.  This story featuring Jo Grant and UNIT sees the Doctor being charmed by a dimension jumping woman who might not be what she appears.  You can order this release from the Big Finish website.
http://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/the-other-woman-1104

UNIT is called in when an alien escape pod brings a woman to the Kent countryside. The Doctor offers to repair her stricken, dimension-hopping ship, seeing an opportunity to escape his exile. But while Callandra charms the Doctor and the other men of UNIT, Jo is less trusting. Are her suspicions well-founded or is there another green-eyed monster at work?

Producer Michael Stevens
Script Editor Michael Stevens
Executive Producers Jason Haigh-Ellery and Nicholas Briggs

Written By: Philip Lawrence
Directed By: Lisa Bowerman

Cast
Katy Manning (Narrator)

Doctor Who - The Claws of Axos Review

With Missy/ The Master returning we thought it would be good to take a look back at a few of the classic series stories that feature The Master.

Doctor Who:
Claws of Axos
By Bob Baker and 
Dave Martin

“The claws of Axos are already deeply embedded in the Earth's carcass! Soon it'll activate its nutrition cycle and the feast will begin. The Axonite'll cease to be dormant and it'll continue to grow, gentlemen, until every living thing is consumed.”

A space ship is heading to earth and UNIT is on alert.  The Doctor is curious of its nature but as usual he gets put off by the humans that want to destroy it.  In particular with a Mr. Chinn from the Ministry that orders a missile strike.   When that fails and the missiles given the abort order UNIT goes to the area where the ship has landed which is near a power plant.

Doctor Who - Terror of the Autons Review

With Missy/ The Master returning we thought it would be good to take a look back at a few of the classic series stories that feature The Master.

Doctor Who:
Terror of the Autons
By Robert Holmes

“You are incorrigibly meddlesome, Doctor, but we've always felt that your hearts are in the right places. But be careful. The Master has learnt a great deal since you last met him.”

There is a new threat for The Doctor.  The renegade Time Lord The Master has made his way to Earth to cause havoc and to take it over.  This time his allies are the Nestene and their plastic servants the Autons. In exchange for the power he craves The Master helps to hatch the Nestenes plan to take over Earth.  The Master has taken up residency in the plastics factory owned by the Farrel family.   The Doctor is warned about the Master coming to Earth by a pompous Time Lord who says The Master is not the same push over as before.

Doctor Who - The Third Doctor Adventures Vol 1 Synopsis

The first Third Doctor box set is out and this time they have recast the Third Doctor with Tim Treloar.  Ok it is just the voice but it should be interesting how it is done.  If it is like the First Doctor box set that came out a few months ago it should be pretty good.  You can order this release from the Big Finish website.
http://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/the-third-doctor-adventures-volume-01-1158

Prisoners of the Lake (by Justin Richards)

Captain Mike Yates is investigating the disappearance of artefacts from an archaeological site deep below Dunstanton Lake. It’s hardly a job for UNIT. But when the team discover a mysterious ancient structure buried deep underwater, all that changes.

When chief archaeologist Freda Mattingly ventures inside, she soon realises that her skills do not begin to equip her to deal with what she finds. As an ancient menace begins to stir the Doctor, Jo Grant and Mike Yates must dive down to the lake bed and discover the secrets hidden there. Secrets that could mean the end of all life on Earth…

The Havoc of Empires (by Andy Lane)

The Doctor and Jo take Mike Yates on his first trip in the TARDIS, but instead of the historical cricket match they were aiming for they end up on a futuristic space station in the middle of a diplomatic crisis that might escalate into galactic war.

The alien leader of the Chalnoth Hegemony is marrying the human Director of the Teklarn Incorporation, but there are forces that will stop at nothing to disrupt the ceremony. The Doctor is accused of murder while explosions occur across the station, and only Jo Grant, pretending to be a security consultant, can save the day.

But then, there’s the Eels to consider…

Written By: Justin Richards and Andy Lane
Directed By: Nicholas Briggs

Cast
Tim Treloar (Narrator/The Doctor), Katy Manning (Jo Grant), Richard Franklin (Mike Yates)

Prisoners of the Lake
Caroline Seymour (Freda Mattingly), Robbie Stevens (Johnny Repford/Director Pennard/Statue/The Prosecutor), John Banks (Chief Dastron/Lieutenant Macintyre/UNIT Operative/Archaeologist)

The Havoc of Empires
Helen Goldwyn (May Zalrick/Harmony Station AI), Hywel Morgan (Regent Tharlar/Alex Filton), Lucy Briggs-Owen (Tina Andresson), Joanna Bacon (Lady Gurlen), George Layton (Louis Markell/Human Guard)

Producer David Richardson
Script Editors John Dorney
Executive Producers Jason Haigh-Ellery and Nicholas Briggs

Doctor Who - Spearhead from Space Review

To celebrate Jon Pertwee's 96th birthday we look back at his very first story as The Doctor.

Doctor Who:
Spearhead From Space
By Robert Holmes

“You really believe in a man who has helped to save the world twice, with the power to change his physical appearance? An alien who travels though time and space, in a police box!”

The newly regenerated 3rd Doctor has arrived on earth the worst for wear as he has been traumatize by being forced to regenerate by the Time Lords after his trial.  His exile on earth hasn’t started off all that well as The Doctor is hospitalized and almost kidnapped and then grazed by a bullet from a UNIT soldier.  Not a very good start in your new body.  Over shadowed by those events was a mysterious asteroid shower with quite a few of them making their way to earth.  But the problem is these are not your ordinary space debris as The Nestene Intelligence is was part of that and that act was the first salvo fired in the invasion of Earth.  With the control of plastic and the plastic creatures the Autons to control it’s up to the new Doctor and his new companion Liz Shaw to stop them with the aid of UNIT and the Brigadier.  

Doctor Who - Big Finish Third Doctor Adventures Cover Revealed

Big Finish's new Third Doctor Adventures box set will be out in October but you can now pre order this release and also view the cover and read the synopsis for this release.  It will be interesting to hear the new 3rd Doctor as Tim Treloar will be taking on the role that Jon Pertwee made famous. You can pre order at the link below.
http://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/the-third-doctor-adventures-volume-1-1158

Prisoners of the Lake (by Justin Richards)

The Havoc of Empires (by Andy Lane)

Written By: Justin Richards and Andy Lane
Directed By: Nicholas Briggs

Cast
Tim Treloar (Narrator/The Doctor), Katy Manning (Jo Grant), Richard Franklin (Mike Yates)

Additional Roles TBA

Producer David Richardson
Script Editors TBA
Executive Producers Jason Haigh-Ellery and Nicholas Briggs

Doctor Who - Short Trips "Time Tunnel" Synopsis

The third Short Trips by Big Finish is out and it is narrated by Katy Manning.  The story is a 3rd Doctor, Jo, Brigadier and UNIT story.  These 30 minute adventures are pretty good and worth listening too.  You can order this download only adventure from the Big Finish website.
http://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/time-tunnel-1096


Reports are coming in to UNIT of trains emerging from a railway tunnel in Sussex, their passengers and drivers dead. The Doctor elects to drive a train through the tunnel himself, but when he emerges Jo sees to her horror that he is covered in ice. Something in the tunnel has driven him close to the point of death. What can it be?

Written By: Nigel Fairs
Directed By: Lisa Bowerman

Cast
Katy Manning (Narrator)

Producer Michael Stevens
Script Editor Michael Stevens
Executive Producers Jason Haigh-Ellery and Nicholas Briggs