Details for Doctor Who - Trap of Fools

This months download only release from Big Finish is a 5th Doctor and Turlough story narrated by Mark Strickson who played Turlough during the 5th Doctor era.  You can order this download only story from the Big Finish website.
https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/trap-for-fools-1562

…St. Neot’s Refuge was founded in 3016 for the education of young men to the service of empire and state. In the quiet shade of Diaz’ world, each boy can develop that true sense of self-worth which will enable him to stand up for himself, and for a purpose greater than himself and, in doing so, to be of value to society; to be a man…’ School Prospectus

‘Want to change the future, Turlough? Use a school,’ The Doctor

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

Written By: Stephen Fewell
Directed By: Lisa Bowerman

Cast
Mark Strickson (Narrator)

Doctor Who - Frontios Review

Doctor Who:
Frontios
By Christopher H. Bidmead

“Oh, you think so? I got it cheap because the walk's not quite right. And then there's the accent, of course. But, when it's working well, it's very reliable. Keeping track of appointments, financial planning, word processing, that sort of thing.”

The TARDIS has gone as far into the future as it is allowed to by Time Lord law.  They look on the screen and see the planet Frontios which happens to be an Earth colony that houses some of the last humans from Earth before it was destroyed.   Tegan wants to go down to the planet and see them but The Doctor is insistent that they do not go down there and interfere with their development.  But a meteor storm appears to have happened and the TARDIS appears to have gotten caught in a gravitational pull and is heading to the planet.

It appears that Frontios has been under threat of meteors for quite a while now and it seems to be having its toll as the population has thinned out and for some reason people have been disappearing into the ground.   The Doctor and his companions decide to help with the wounded and get involved but it comes at a price.  During the next wave of meteor storms the TARDIS is destroyed and all that is left is the hat stand.    The Doctor decides to explore the underground passage ways that exist under the settlement along with Turlough, Tegan, Norna and Brazen.

Details For Doctor Who - The Memory Bank

This month sees a one off release with the 5th Doctor in four stories with Turlough.  These releases are a yearly tradition and a welcome distraction from the two hour adventures.  You can get this audio adventure compilation at the Big Finish website.
https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/the-memory-bank-and-other-stories-1056

The Memory Bank by Chris Chapman

The Doctor and Turlough arrive on a planet where to be forgotten is to cease to exist. But the Forgotten leave a gap in the world – and that’s where the monsters are hiding.

The Last Fairy Tale by Paul Magrs

Deep in the heart of old Europe, the village of Vadhoc awaits the coming of a mythical teller of magical tales – but not all such stories end happily, the TARDIS travellers discover.

Repeat Offender by Eddie Robson

The Doctor has tracked the deadly Bratanian Shroud to 22nd century Reykjavík – where he’s about to become the victim of a serial criminal. Again. 

The Becoming by Ian Potter

A young woman climbs a perilous mountain in search of her destiny. The Doctor and Turlough save her from the monsters on her trail – but what awaits them in the Cavern of Becoming is stranger, even, than the ravening Hungerers outside.

Written By: Chris Chapman, Paul Magrs, Eddie Robson, Ian Potter
Directed By: Helen Goldwyn

Cast
Peter Davison (The Doctor), Mark Strickson (Turlough), Suzann McLean (Max/Autumn Voice), Ian Brooker (Archivist/Computer/Elder), Mandi Symonds (Alitha/Inspector Jill Sveinsbottir) Duncan Wisbey (Grayling Frimlish/Shiri/Zounds), Kae Alexander (Waywalker)

Producer David Richardson
Script Editor Alan Barnes
Executive Producers Jason Haigh-Ellery and Nicholas Briggs

Doctor Who - Resurrection of the Daleks Review

With the return of Davros in The Magician's Apprentice we thought it would be good to look back at some of his Classic Who stories.

Doctor Who:
Resurrection of the Daleks 
By Eric Saward

“I'll say one thing for you, Davros. Your conversation is totally predictable. You're like a deranged child, all this talk of killing, revenge and destruction.”

The TARDIS is stuck in a time corridor which they discover leads to 1984 London near the docks.  In one of the warehouses is one end of the time corridor as they begin their investigation they run into Stein who is trying to escape the forces that control the time corridor.  In the warehouse the stumble upon the army that was dispatched there due to something that looks like a bomb.   While looking around the time corridor is activated and a Dalek appears.

While on the other side of the time corridor a Dalek ship is attacking a prison space station.  They are after a particular prisoner and they are hopeful he can find a cure for the Movellan virus that attacks the Dalek tissue inside the Dalek casing.  Davros is soon freed and he is out for revenge against the Daleks and especially The Doctor who he learns is on the other side of the time corridor.  Davros is determined that nothing will stop him this time and he will go to no lengths to achieve his revenge.

Doctor Who - Synopsis For Mistfall

The month's Main Range sees the Fifth Doctor taking center stage with the first of three stories.  This time we see a return to E- Space and we go full circle with Andrew Smith writing a sequel to Full Circle.
http://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/mistfall-867

Drawn off-course, the TARDIS passes through a CVE into a closed universe – a hugely improbable event with a tragically obvious cause. In order to escape inescapable E-Space, the Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan and Turlough are forced to venture in the wilds of planet Alzarius.

But they're not the only unwanted visitors to this strange world. A Starliner has landed, captained by Decider Merrion – but why would Merrion risk rousing the Planet that Slept, and the monsters in its marshes?

Mistfall is coming. The Marshmen are coming. But while Nyssa and Turlough find themselves caught in the open, in the hands of fanatics who model themselves on the legendary Outlers, the Doctor and Tegan discover that the supposedly secure Starliner affords them no protection from monsters both within and without...

Written By: Andrew Smith
Directed By: Ken Bentley

Cast
Peter Davison (The Doctor), Janet Fielding (Tegan), Sarah Sutton (Nyssa), Mark Strickson (Turlough), Jemma Redgrave (Decider Lana Merrion), Nigel Carrington (Pik Solus), Emily Woodward (Fem/Citizen Arana), Paul Panting (Drell/Marshleader), Matthew Carter (Yan Fara)

Doctor Who 50th Anniversary: Planet of Fire By @paul_bowler

Doctor Who:
Planet of Fire
By Peter Grimwade
Reviewed By Paul Bowler

"I shall come from this fire a thousand times stronger, to hound you to the borders of the universe. Bwahahahahaha!  Oh! Cancel the ray injection immediately. Doctor! I'll plague you to the end of time for this. Help me! I'll give you anything in creation. Please! Won't you show mercy to your own Argh!!!"

While taking a holiday in Lanzarote with her stepfather, Howard Foster (Dallas Adams), a young American teenager called Peri (Nicola Bryant) decides to go travelling. She visits Howard on his boat, where has just discovered a strange alien artefact on a shipwreck he has been investigating. Worried that her travel plans will affect her studies, Howard tricks Peri into staying on the boat, but when Peri decides to swim to shore she gets into difficulty.

The Doctor (Peter Davison) and Turlough (Mark Strickson) are also on the island, having detected the signal emanating from the artefact. Trulough swims out and saves Peri from drowning, taking her back to the TARDIS, where he realises that the alien artefact is from his home planet of Trion. When the Doctor returns they all travel by TARDIS to the planet Sarn, a barren volcanic world, where the population worship a fire deity called Logar. They are actually political prisoners from Turlough’s home planet - Trion - and when Turlough finds his brother, Malkon (Edward Highmore); he is forced to reveal to the Doctor that he is actually a refugee from his own people. The Sarn elder Timanov (Peter Wyngarde) is dismissive of the Doctor and Turlough, even though Turlough has the mark of Misos triangle on his arm.