Pointless Witterings

On an isolated world ravaged by battle, time itself has become a weapon, laying waste to all who live and die there. Arms and technology are in a state of flux – and it seems that everlasting war is their only option. The arrival of one battered Type Forty TARDIS inside this nightmare offers hope to the combatants trapped within. But when he discovers the truth, the horrors of the Neverwhen will shock even the War Doctor… After a rather lacklustre second instalment, Infernal Devices gets right back on track with probably one of Big Finish's most gonzo instalments in quite some time. The Neverwhen is quite simply mad, mostly because it takes the basic premise of a 'Time War' and milks it for all it's got. This is no offence to any of the previous five episodes, but this is the very first indication in these War Doctor stories that this is a temporal war, and that it's battlefields stretch across time. I'm sure that many people have theorised about how a...

The Daleks are developing a secret weapon on Asteroid Theta 12. It is imperative that their plans are uncovered. Cardinal Ollistra has her hands full studying the range of ancient and mysterious armaments the universe has to offer, but she makes it a personal mission to investigate the Dalek project. On this dangerous assignment, there is one particular Time Lord she wants at her side - and he will be accompanying her whether he wants to or not. When I first popped the disc in containing A Thing Of Guile into the CD player, I don't think I was completely prepared for the story that I was going to listen to. Certainly, the second story in the previous box set, Only The Monstrous' The Thousand Worlds had been based on older ideas reworked into a newly horrifying format for the Time War, but it was never predictable, formulaic or full of rather large plot holes. In fact, all of the four previous stories have been prime examples of Big Finish firing (if not on all c...

In a time of war, every means of victory must be explored. In the Time War, the unthinkable must be thought, and neither side can afford to be squeamish about their methods. When the destruction of an obscene weapon leads to the Time Lord once known as the Doctor uncovering a secret Gallifreyan initiative, he cannot believe what is being considered. Should victory be sought at any cost? Or are there worse possibilities than losing to the Daleks..? After the massive success of the first war Doctor box set, the immediate release of the second box set, only a few months after the first, is not really a surprise. After all, there is still a huge amount of the war Doctor's timeline left to explore, and since John Hurt is keen to do more, I was really excited for the next set of stories. And Legion Of The Lost certainly starts with a great deal of energy, launching into a raid on a Dalek world that has gone badly wrong. After the first ten minutes or so, however, the story does s...

Late 1939. Britain faces the might of Germany. Winston Churchill serves as First Lord of the Admiralty. But Churchill soon finds himself facing a more immediate threat than the looming Nazi menace. A ‘Stone’ with the most mysterious properties is discovered in the Thames’ sands, and soon oddly spoken soldiers are creeping round London ruthlessly trying to acquire it. Who are they? Can Churchill and his new secretary Hetty Warner defeat them? And what about the man in the battered leather jacket that Hetty meets? Churchill feels sure they can rely on the Doctor to help them! Except that this Doctor seems to want to stay hidden in the shadows… When Big Finish first announced The Churchill Years, I wasn't completely sure if it would work. After all, while Churchill is a huge part of British history, in the modern show he's only made a few appearances, two of which were cameos. It seemed like Big Finish were just trying to plum out another series because they wanted to work...