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WWW.BIGFINISH.COM @ BIGFINISH THEBIGFINISH COMING SOON ’VE MENTIONED before that when writing Vortex each I month, I sadly don’t get the chance to attend the Big Finish studio recordings and talk face to face with the actors, writers, directors, producers and the plethora of other talented individuals who bring our favourite stories to life each month. SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES, AS MICHELLE But sometimes, just sometimes, I’m GOMEZ RETURNS TO PLAY MISSY IN A NEW BOX SET in the fortunate position of being able OF ADVENTURES EARLY NEXT YEAR… to meet some Big Finish contributors in person if they cross the border and venture into ! That was ISSY – THE first female In February 2019, we’ll meet the case earlier this summer when incarnation of the Missy in her own box set of four Ingrid Oliver – better known to us M Doctor’s arch-enemy new adventures with A Spoonful all as Osgood in UNIT – attended the – makes her Big of Mayhem by Roy Gill, Divorced, the Collectormania event. Finish debut, and there’s no sign Beheaded, Regenerated by John I’d been told beforehand that of her old rival to put a stop to Dorney, The Broken Clock by Ingrid is lovely, and that’s always a her malevolent and Nev Fountain and The Belly of reassurance. But, as the kids say – mischievous plans. the Beast by . OMG! She was absolutely wonderful. It’s not Michelle’s first time Although there’s no sign I introduced myself to her and she in a Big Finish studio, of of in these tales, was more than happy to talk about course, having appeared with there will be a different Time her work with Big Finish. It’s always a Scottish , Sylvester Lord showing his face, as a relief when you meet someone McCoy, many moons ago in Missy encounters another whose work you’ve enjoyed for Main Range story . renegade from , years and they more than live up Michelle said: “Missy’s such a the Meddling Monk, played to your expectations in the flesh. ridiculously brilliant character, again by . Equally as impressive was the fact and hopefully that earns her Big Finish senior producer that she even remembered the name that moment in the spotlight. David Richardson teases: of the first character she played in To find myself centre stage “Just wait until you hear a Doctor Who story – long before with these Missy adventures is the collaboration of Missy Osgood on TV – Lt Baraki in the thrilling – I’m very grateful.” and the Meddling Monk!” Seventh Doctor Lost Story . It just tripped off her tongue! It is a well-worn cliché, but the Big Finish family – an extension Managing Editor: Jason Haigh-Ellery Design: Mark Plastow of the larger Doctor Who family – Executive Producer: Copy Editor: Stephanie Hornett really is a wonderful thing. Those Senior Producer: David Richardson Marketing: Kris Griffin two words, Big Finish, instantly Editor: Kenny Smith and Paddy Freeland give a connection to people you’ve The Big Finish Team: Ian Atkins, BFP Administration: Cheryl Bly, never met before, with friends and Sue Cowley, Emily de Fraine, Brenda Smith, Alison Taylor colleagues in common. I feel so lucky Hannah Peel, Paul Spragg Publisher: Ltd. to be a peripheral part of that. KENNY

VORTEX | PAGE 3 As more aliens invade, Kenny Smith discovers there’s…

IN NUMBERS

NIT IS used to facing all was to have two two-part stories Pik-Sen was intrigued – although kinds of alien threats. in box set seven. However, when she admitted she wasn’t sure U Since arriving at Big we were unable to turn around how we’d make it work. When Finish, they’ve taken on familiar one of our two-part stories in she saw the script, however, foes like the Autons, , time, it made total sense to have any such worries vanished! , Cybermen and , a two-parter, and two one- “And finally in this box set we and faced new threats like the parters! And so we have Kate have an excellent morality tale Silence and the Tengobushi. The and Osgood facing up to the from David K Barnes, with Breach latest series, UNIT – Revisitations, Wirrn in the lake district – how of Trust. Jemma and Ingrid loved the seventh to be led by Kate irresistible is that? And the return the moral dilemmas in this story Stewart and Petronella Osgood, of Captain Chin Lee (Pik-Sen and, in only his second script has a mixture of the old and new. Lim) and the Keller Machine. for Big Finish, David is proving The Wirrn are a familiar foe of “The latter came about when to be a talent to reckon with.” the Doctor’s, and they arrive on Pik-Sen guest starred in Earth in this new series, while a – The Doctor’s Daughter, and OMEONE WHO’S menace from the past, the Keller we chatted about her husband delighted to return is Machine, makes a surprise return. Don Houghton’s Doctor Who S Ingrid Oliver, playing Producer David Richardson scripts. I suggested we could do Osgood. Having first appeared says: “Our original plan for UNIT a sequel to The Mind of Evil and as the character in 2013’s 50th

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in and worked for Big Finish before he had become the Doctor, and I thought, ‘Oh, maybe one day...’ – and now I get to come back as my own character! “At conventions, lots of people talk about Big Finish, so there must be people listening. I love doing them, although the Moat Studios are literally side of for me in quite an I DIDN’T THINK I’D STILL BE INVOLVED, AND I’M ABSOLUTELY THRILLED. INGRID OLIVER

annoying way, but it’s worth it – not just for the lunches – but because everyone involved is so fantastic. “With the newest series, we have the Wirrn – I had to say

Hosts of the Wirrn - Back row (l–r): Glen McReady, Ingrid Oliver, Katherine Senior the word so often that it almost and Chris Chapman • Front row (l–r): Vineeta Rishi and Ramon Tikaram got to the point where it lost all meaning! Wirrn,Wirrn, Wirrn…”

anniversary special, The Day of ALKING OF Robert Holmes’ the Doctor, on TV, Ingrid admits 1975 creations from TV she’s surprised to still be playing T episode, in Space, the part, five years later: “I UNIT – Revisitations begins with the didn’t think I’d still be involved, two-parter, Hosts of the Wirrn, and I’m absolutely thrilled. Ask written by Chris Chapman. anyone doing a Big Finish job, He tells Vortex: “This was the first and they’ll tell you they love it. time Big Finish have approached We all muck in. They’ve asked me with a brief for a story, rather recently if I’ll keep doing them, than me pitching something so yes – yes please!” mad to them – in this case, David Like many actors, Ingrid’s Richardson and Matt Fitton were first involvement withDoctor in touch to see if I’d like to try a Who came through Big Finish in UNIT two-parter with some kind of Project: Destiny and Earth Aid. Wirrn infection within UNIT. I’m She recalls: “Weirdly, I was in equally geeky and loving towards two stories both with Sylvester modern Who as I am to the classic McCoy. I played an ant alien, and variety, so I jumped at the chance of I can recall that one character writing for Kate and Osgood’s UNIT was called Lieutenant Baraki. troupe – and I was particularly Above: Pik-Sen Lim I remember them telling me chuffed to get a chance to write how had been for one of my favourite Doctor

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UNIT: THE NEW SERIES REVISITATIONS

Above (l–r): Ingrid Oliver and James Joyce HOSTS OF THE WIRRN by Chris Chapman BREACH OF TRUST I WANTED TO HARNESS by David K Barnes OPEN THE BOX HOW HORRIBLE THE by Roy Gill WIRRN ARE. CHRIS CHAPMAN

Who creatures, the Wirrn!” of their shared mind, and that RELEASED November 2018 The Wirrn are still a if you become part of that very memorable adversary, despite alien gestalt, then they will know CD £23.00 the creatures only having everything you know. You can’t one major TV appearance. keep secrets from the Wirrn. Download £20.00 Chris continues: “‘Creature’ “Writing for UNIT itself was Extras Bonus Disc is the right word there, not a real pleasure – all the lead ‘monster’. When Robert Holmes characters are very well drawn, Director invented the Wirrn way back and it was so much fun to get to Cast (Kate in ’s first season, play with the dynamic. I tried Stewart), Ingrid Oliver (Osgood), he created something totally to get in a bit of the absurdist terrifying, but I’ve always loved side to the organisation, that James Joyce (Josh Carter), Ramon that they’re not really ‘evil’, Steven Moffatt wrote so well Tikaram (Colonel Shindi), Vineeta they’re just animals who need to when he introduced Osgood in Rishi (Shana), Roger May (Sergeant breed to survive – just like us. But, , so it was Brundle/Simon/Fisherman/Jasper), let’s not mince words, they are fun to embrace the madder Glen McCready (Marcus/Evans/ also really really grim – superbly side of UNIT and get to write disgusting! I wanted to harness for the robotic ravens too!” Jacob), Katherine Senior (Kirsty/ how horrible the Wirrn are, and Although we have an Private Sedgwick), Lizzie Stables channel both Holmes’s original established cast, Chris (Vara/Norei), Richard Earl (Jarrak/ script for The Ark in Space and introduces us to a new face. Richard), Pik-Sen Lim (Doctor also Ian Marter’s superbly nasty He adds: “It was also a chance Chin Lee), Jonathan Christie (Seth novelisation. In short, I had a to introduce a new character – whole lot of fun with them. I was entomologist Shana Siddiqui. Heyer), Simon Hepworth (Miles particularly interested in the idea Seven seasons in, it felt timely McLellan/Pandora)

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a little, as the Kalvyri aren’t known by our lead characters either – but an examination of the UNIT files reveals some very important information... “I realised writing this script that I’d never been asked to create an alien species before! The Kalvyri have a unique relationship with music and sound, with beautiful voices that can paralyse or destroy. Oh, and they speak through three mouths! “A space capsule crashes in the grounds of the Tower of London, and UNIT discover two aliens inside: a mother, and her child. Translating their language is the first obstacle to overcome – but the message that the aliens bring will eventually force Kate and her team to face a terrible choice, and nobody’s going to come out of this OK… “This story would have gone very differently had the Doctor been involved, because the UNIT team can’t fly away in a police box and leave their worries behind. They’ve got responsibilities with long term repercussions, and sometimes they’ll have to consider the unthinkable so that the rest of us can sleep at night. I really appreciate being able to write that kind of story. I think the cast responded really well to the script, and seeing them Above: Jemma Redgrave get their teeth into it was incredibly rewarding to watch.”

to re-introduce the UNIT team its early days, and I think he’d ROM A new foe to an old, through the eyes of a new recruit, enjoy seeing them come crashing Open the Box by Roy Gill that old classic TV trope for a together with his Wirrn.” F features the return of the pilot episode – and hopefully it Keller Machine from ’s gives listeners a new perspective OLLOWING THE Wirrn era in The Mind of Evil. on all of the regulars. Shana is encounter, the team face Roy says: “As research for my brought in to help Osgood with F a Breach of Trust, which second UNIT adventure, I went a very strange alien artefact has been written by David K back and studied The Mind of Evil. that’s fallen into UNIT’s hands Barnes. Apart from being an exciting sci-fi – a Wirrn egg. And although David reveals: “I was asked to thriller, the story connected to I’m always keen to avoid giving create an alien that was known contemporary concerns. Capital out spoilers, it’s safe to say that to UNIT but would be totally punishment had been abolished, things do not go entirely to plan! new to the listener, to give a so the prison setting and intrigue Robert Holmes was one of the twist on the ‘returning monster’ was topical. I was looking for chief architects of UNIT back in format. I ended up cheating something to hang my story off

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AS LONG AS THEY WILL HAVE ME, I’LL KEEP COMING BACK. I’LL BE HAPPY TO BE HERE WHEN I’M A 90 YEAR OLD, FRANKLY. INGRID OLIVER

And our UNIT team – although super smart and tech-capable – are still human and have human failings and needs and insecurities. So sometimes the stakes are higher too! “I guess at the heart of Open the Box is a question about whether people (or monsters, even…) are allowed the possibility of change. Can we be what we want to be? Being a new series UNIT story too, it’s also about horrible things happening to people in really scary ways. So it’s psychology Above: Ingrid Oliver and monsters, really!” With seven series of UNIT now in the can for Big Finish, in the modern day, so linking to are her motives now? And who it’s still a series which the training courses and ideas of self- or what is behind the deaths faithful listeners are enjoying actualisation and ‘being your best connected with the training – and the cast are too! self’ seemed to be an interesting centre that seem to have risen Ingrid adds, with a cheeky route to go . The Mind of up from people’s darkest fears?” grin: “As long as they will have Evil offers us some interesting How much fun can writers me, I’ll keep coming back. insights into the Doctor’s mental have with UNIT, when there’s I’ll be happy to be here when processes, and I was soon no Time Lord around to I’m a 90 year old, frankly. relishing the idea of delving stop them from using more “Actually, if I get a spare into the darker parts of our physical and violent means? moment, I would love to write current UNIT team’s psyches… Roy suggests: “I think you can one. I would love to write an “Kate, Osgood and Josh find maybe push the content, a little audiobook because they are themselves reluctant attendees bit. I think there can be a darker read by amazing people – like of a government-backed edge to some of the horror than ! When people training course on a remote if the Doctor’s around to breeze are nice, people want to work island. The Director is a face through things, and let us know with you, and Big Finish are from UNIT’s past – but what it’ll all be alright in the end. testament to that.”

VORTEX | PAGE 8 VORTEXMAIL opportunity to tell the untold stories in the form of HAVE YOUR SAY! Chronicles or Lost Stories, a EMAIL: [email protected] fitting tribute to the Big Finish REMEMBER TO PUT ‘VORTEX MAIL’ AS THE SUBJECT veteran and star ? With the original target audience now grown up like myself, it in language). Your audio dramas would be nice to hear the old SJA provide a great bit of escapism and cast return under the guidance of I love them as a stress relief for Big Finish. when I commute or go for a walk. Jack And, they also help me calm down Nick: We did enquire about this and fall asleep at night (and I mean some time ago, Jack, and Russell that in a positive sense!). Life can T Davies felt that it wasn’t be quite hard, but it is great when appropriate for us to continue you find something that makes The Sarah Jane Adventures it a bit easier. I am also looking without Lis, and it’s a decision we forward to more releases with the fully respect. (Doom Coalition was great!) and the ORIGINAL THINKING (for the simple reason that I really I just finished offJeremiah admire ). Bourne in Time last week. Ellen Schöner I didn’t quite know what to Nick: Ellen, thanks so much for expect going in, but all I can say this. It really makes a difference to is this: wow. It was an absolute everyone at Big Finish to know our treat, from start to finish, with a work is loved so much. phenomenal cast, spellbinding writing, and stunning music STRIPPED FOR ACTION and sound design. Between this, I was surprised and very glad to the incredible ATA Girl, and the hear that Big Finish was adapting excellent Cicero, the Big Finish the fantastic comics and graphic Originals range seems to be off to novels from Tom Baker’s run. STAY ON TARGET a cracking start! While this made me very excited, Looking forward eagerly to The Andy Ritz it also made me think. Considering Avengers: Too Many Targets. Nick: Glad you’re loving the Big how many of these types of Re-reading the episode guide in Finish Originals, Andy. We’re Doctor Who end within a certain anticipation, I rediscovered the only doing the ones that have been date, how long will this run last? extracts from Brian Clemens’ announced so far, but we’d love to I would love to see more comics Avengers – International script, do more. It all depends on how well adapted. I do hope something which would have seen an older they do. happens with this range that Steed teaming up with Mrs makes it continue. Peel’s daughter and an American SOUNDS GOOD Ben Rohde agent. Any possibilities of When I first found out about Big Nick: We have no plans to do any adapting this in some form? Finish, I did not expect much, others at the moment, Ben, but we’d Simon Darley but my mind was blown by the certainly be open to the idea if these Nick: I was certainly aware of amazing writing, great acting proved popular enough. this, Simon, as I know Brian’s son and professionalism. Since I am Sam really well. We were in fact from that weird 80s generation BACK TO chatting about it the other day. of German children who were BANNERMAN ROAD? But the rights issues with The reared on audio dramas, I was Is there a chance that The Sarah Avengers are quite complicated, so basically transported back into Jane Adventures could join Big there are no plans for The Avengers my childhood with your amazing Finish? With the fifth TV series International at the moment. I’d stories (well, except for a change unfinished, there could be an never rule it out, though!

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Kenny Smith goes behind the new series of Doctor Who’s The Early Adventures…

ITH THE leading men of adventures running one after them, but the story has to treat the 1960s television the other – just as they did the Daleks with respect or it W episodes of Doctor Who on television at the time. won’t work. I thought back to being sadly no longer with us, and Maureen the stories I’ve enjoyed Big Finish created a format that O’Brien reunite as Steven the most, which were just as allowed the black and white era Taylor and , in a series of interested in the effects the to be brought to our ears in the new tales starting with The Daleks have on others as they form of The Early Adventures. Dalek Occupation of Winter were in the Daleks themselves. Using narration to capture the released this month. How and why would a society vivid, breathless imagination of Written by David K Barnes, ally itself with the Daleks, and the period, the Doctor’s assorted who was introduced to Big what would the Daleks get out of companions perform the Finish by regular scribe John it? Dramatically, I like the Daleks Doctor’s lines. Dorney, he admits: “I was as a lurking menace, bringing And this year’s series adds quite nervous to write for the out the worst in other people! another tweak to the established Daleks. My natural inclination “I was delighted to be given format as this time around is towards comedy, and so I’ve the , Steven and we have a mini-series of four certainly had some fun with Vicki as my first TARDIS team.

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“So, I’m afraid this is another play where humanity may not be covering itself in glory, but hopefully there’s a fair bit of action and jeopardy and an intriguing sketched in future in there too. “The ethics of terraforming, which a good chunk of the story hangs on, has always bothered me. Media science fiction often seems quite gung-ho about it but it’s us imposing what we need onto a planet that’s not quite right for us, whether or not there’s anything living there already. It puts us in the same category as those non-native invasive creatures we seem very keen to stamp out in our countryside because they’re muscling in Above (l–r): Peter Purves, Maureen O’Brien and John Rowe on another ’s niche.”

NTANGLEMENT, BY Robert Khan and Tom GOING INTO E Salinsky, will be released in November and takes the SPACE IS SO TARDIS to Cambridge in the mid-1930s, where they discover HARD, EXPENSIVE a dark plan is underway which AND BASICALLY threatens of humanity itself. AWFUL THAT I Robert and Tom said: “We loved writing The Ravelli SUSPECT WE’LL Conspiracy and were delighted to be asked back by David NOT BE SENDING Richardson to write for Steven It’s a crime that they didn’t THE VERY BEST and Vicki again. We had also have more serials together had a fancy about writing in the 60s because they’re so OF OURSELVES a Doctor Who story set in a good as characters. Steven Cambridge college for some time and Vicki are like brother and OUT THERE. and this seemed like an ideal sister, constantly bickering IAN POTTER opportunity, so we pitched it and and teasing each other, David liked it, which was great. but there’s nothing they offered an idea about Earth “When we started we weren’t wouldn’t do for one another colonists on an alien planet. sure that it would turn out when the chips are down.” “It feeds on a concern of mine, to be part of a mini-season that’s also in The Bounty of but it’s a nice idea – we’re HE SECOND October Ceres, that going into space is so great fans of mini-seasons release is An Ideal World hard, expensive and basically since The Key to Time, about T by Ian Potter, where a awful that I suspect we’ll not a thousand years ago! vast human spaceship hangs in be sending the very best of “Setting it in Cambridge orbit over a cloudy alien planet. ourselves out there. I think with certain resemblances to a Ian says: “The brief was any colonists leaving the solar certain university college one just do a science fiction one system are likely to be pretty of the writers has a connection – something a bit more like driven and odd because well with, was immense fun, the series of the time, so I balanced people wouldn’t go! although any resemblances

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DOCTOR WHO THE DALEK OCCUPATION OF WINTER

RELEASED October 2018

Above (l–r): Sara Powell, Nicholas Briggs, Maureen O’Brien, Robert Daws and Peter Purves CD £14.99 Download £10.99 THERE’S ONE Extras Interviews Written by David K Barnes SCENE IN IT Director WHICH IS THE Cast Maureen O’Brien (Vicki), Peter Purves (Steven Taylor), Shvorne DARKEST, MOST Marks (Amala Vost), Robert Daws TRAUMATIC (Gaius Majorian), Sara Powell (Jacklyn Karna), Matthew Jacobs- THING I’VE EVER Morgan (Kenrik Vost), Nicholas WRITTEN. Briggs (The Daleks) JONATHAN MORRIS to any real people, animals or UK-201 and Vicki’s father died “That’s the starting point. aliens is purely coincidental…!” shortly after the crash. (This In keeping with The Early is all from the television story Adventures approach, HE CRASH of the but you don’t need each episode is fairly self- UK-201, out for release to have seen it). So the idea for contained in terms of location T in December, rounds off the story is... what if Vicki went and cast, to be as authentic as this run, and it is written by back in time, back through possible, while the story itself Jonathan Morris. her own lifetime, and found is, I think, emotionally hard- Jonny says: “The premise is herself back on that spaceship hitting. There’s one scene very simple. Before she met shortly before it crashed? in it which is the darkest, the Doctor and joined him She would be in a position to most traumatic thing I’ve on his adventures, Vicki was prevent the crash and save her ever written. It is basically a passenger on a spaceship father’s life. But, of course, all about Vicki – her life... which crashed on the planet if she did that, she would and trying to recover missed Dido. That spaceship was the never have met the Doctor... opportunities.”

VORTEX | PAGE 12 LISTENAGAIN “We devised the whole 13-part format and the twice-weekly release pattern with those notions very much in mind, and BLOODLUST we knew from the first launch RELEASED JANUARY–FEBRUARY 2015 night that it had worked. By which I don’t mean we were suddenly outselling Doctor always thought that by only Who or anything ridiculous – producing hour-long, largely but we’d got people talking. stand-alone stories – as our “We were not just making good dramatic readings, by default, stuff we were proud of, but we have to be – we were slightly were being noticed in doing so. selling that distinctiveness short. Mission accomplished. Still very “So we started by analysing proud of it, though obviously the TV show’s presentation format – an episode a day for five years – and pared it down I WANTED until we came up with a format that nicely reflected that, while TO DO still being distinctive and SOMETHING feasible to produce: twice- weekly for thirteen episodes. THAT BETTER ARK SHADOWS is one of Thirteen being a standard Big Finish’s hidden gems TV production block and, of MIMICKED THE D – a consistently course, unlucky for some…!” SHOW’S STATUS fascinating series that celebrates Joe agrees: “And I loved the the dark and macabre world of the idea. Doing a longer series of AS A SOAP American horror soap opera of the shorter episodes means more 1960s and 70s. cliffhangers! And some of OPERA-CUM- Big Finish returned to the the cliffhangers in Bloodlust SERIAL. show’s original format in its are great fun. The end of DAVID DARLINGTON 13-part series Bloodlust, with episode four is genuinely an on-going storyline told something I don’t think has right now we think Bloodline in 30 minute episodes. ever happened anywhere else is going to be even better...” When Melody and Michael in any piece of drama, ever!” Bloodline is the sequel to Devereux came to Collinsport Bloodlust was released to huge Bloodlust, and Joe explains: on their honeymoon, they critical success, with two episodes “Coming up soon we’ve got didn’t know the secrets that available to download per week Series 2 of The Tony & Cassandra were hidden behind closed from the Big Finish website. Mysteries followed early next year doors and were revealed when David continues: “The most by the long-awaited Bloodline. By an innocent was murdered. exciting and subsequently the time you read this, most of Co-producer rewarding thing about Bloodlust Bloodline will have been recorded says: “I was very keen to do was finally really being noticed; and it is sounding amazing. something that would be an from my first day in the job I Three words for you – birth, ideal jumping-on point for new wanted to do something that death, marriage…” listeners and also something better mimicked the show’s that was a bit of an event.” status as a soap opera-cum- Fellow producer David serial, where the gaps between Darlington points out: “The soap the episodes – and audience BLOODLUST IS AVAILABLE opera form of Dark Shadows speculation about what NOW ON CD AND DOWNLOAD renders it distinctively different might or might not happen FROM WWW.BIGFINISH.COM to any other franchise within next – is almost as important which Big Finish operates. I’ve as the episodes themselves.

VORTEX | PAGE 13 NEW NEW ADVENTURE Kenny Smith travels back to the 1990s to meet the Seventh TIME Doctor and his friends Roz Forrester and Chris Cwej…

IG FINISH has brought a sadly the outpouring of love for so the opportunity to tell some ‘lost’ era of Doctor Who to the range wasn’t reflected in the completely original stories with B the fore in recent years sales figures which were dipping. that TARDIS team has been a with its Doctor Who Novel But we still wanted to work with real treat, and especially so being Adaptations audio range, Yasmin as Roz and Travis as Chris, able to work with . breathing new life into a series of alongside the Seventh Doctor, “Obviously Andy created Chris tales which were originally written and so with Andy Lane’s blessing and Roz for the New Adventures, as books. Adapting several of Virgin a new box set, The Seventh and it would be very easy for a Publishing’s New and Missing Doctor – The New Adventures creator to want complete control, Adventures, these were a critical was commissioned, telling brand but working with Andy on this success, especially the casting of new stories for the team. I can’t project has been a dream. He Yasmin Bannerman as Roz wait to hear what producer Scott introduced me to Stephen Jordan, Forrester and as Chris Handcock has done with them!” who’s written our second story, and Cwej, adjudicators from Earth’s Scott picks up the tale: “I was gave feedback on all the storylines future who joined Sylvester thrilled to be asked to produce to make sure they felt authentic. McCoy’s Seventh Doctor. this box set. I was still quite young Plus, of course, he contributed Sadly, though, despite an when the original novels came an episode of his own that opens encouraging start, the range was out, but it really was an exciting the box set. Together, they’re brought to a premature halt. time. The New Adventures were four very distinct adventures Senior producer David the official continuation of the that feel very much a part of the Richardson explains: “When series. It felt the same but also New Adventures universe.” our run of New Adventures radically different, and introduced adaptations came to an end, a some brilliant new companions. NDY LANE’S New lot of listeners wrote to us to say I’ve been lucky enough to tackle Adventure Original Sin how disappointed they were that a few of the novel adaptations for A introduced Chris and Roz there wouldn’t be any more. And Big Finish, and loved the Chris (later adapted for audio by John we were disappointed too – but and Roz adventures we’ve heard, Dorney), and he returns to the pair

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Above (l–r): Olivia Morris, Travis Oliver, , Connor Calland, Yasmin Bannerman, Sara Powell and Sylvester McCoy

in the first story of this new box set, version of the Time Lords. In a The Trial of a Time Machine. Andy IT’S A way (and I’ve only just realised tells Vortex: “I’m constantly TWIST ON THE this) I’m doing a science fiction amazed about the continued version of the medieval trials where popularity of Cwej and Forrester. TRIAL OF A they’d accuse a pig of murder and They weren’t even meant to be TIME LORD, haul them squealing into court! companions – the original intention “As for Yasmin and Travis – I was that an old tramp character WITH THE think they’re both brilliant. called Old Tom would join the TARDIS BEING Like Ian Fleming with Sean TARDIS crew (and would have Connery, I can’t imagine anyone eventually turned out to be PUT ON TRIAL else playing those parts now.” Bernice’s dad, but I never told THIS TIME Virgin that!). Cwej and Forrester HE NEXT tale is Vanguard were generic detectives, based on RATHER THAN by Steve Jordan, who the characters of Andy Sipowicz THE DOCTOR. T knew of the New and Bobby Simone from the TV Adventures before starting on his ANDY LANE series NYPD Blue (and partly on story. He grins: “I was fully aware Han Solo and Chewbacca from Star of them as they follow on from the Wars, but that’s another story!). are – then they take over and events of season 26, my all-time The two of them just seemed to virtually write their own dialogue. favourite season of Doctor Who. I take over the book, and the rest is “The plot of my story is very think my love of the Seventh history. I think I’d accidentally simple – it’s a twist on The Trial Doctor’s TV run was my main tapped into a generic archetype – of a Time Lord, with the TARDIS reference point, in lieu of having the cynical cop and his naïve being put on trial this time rather read all of the New Adventures sidekick – and refreshed it slightly than the Doctor. The difficulty themselves. by mucking around with gender was coming up with a civilisation/ “I was asked to pitch a one-page and race. culture who knew enough about outline of the story with the main “Writing for them both was as time travel and sentient machines TARDIS team and four or five extra easy now as it was all those years that they could blame the vehicle characters. I was advised to avoid ago. If the characters are strong rather than the pilot without continuity references, along with enough – and these two obviously making them into a different a couple of other practical pointers

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DOCTOR WHO THE SEVENTH DOCTOR: THE NEW ADVENTURES

THE TRIAL OF A TIME MACHINE by Andy Lane Above (l–r): Elaine Fellows, Rhian Blundell and Melanie Kilburn VANGUARD by Steve Jordan – otherwise, I was encouraged to Yasmin’s performance styles. Both THE JABARI COUNTDOWN go ‘anywhere and anywhen’, as were a lot of fun to write for.” by Alan Flanagan long as it wasn’t anywhere near Daleks or Cybermen or anything he adventures continue in THE DREAD OF NIGHT like that. I was thrilled with the The Jabari Countdown by by Tim Foley amount of freedom I was given, T Alan Flanagan. but that didn’t mean the first idea Scott says: “Alan was someone I had was necessarily the best one I’d previously worked with on RELEASED November 2018 – I had to work hard on getting the The Confessions of Dorian Gray, CD £23.00 pitch right, and most importantly, and he’s also done a lot on Dark very different from anything Shadows, so I was very keen to Download £20.00 else that had come before it.” invite him back on board. His Extras Bonus Disc Steve also enjoyed writing for story’s a wonderful period piece Director the characters of Chris and Roz, set in the 1940s, with a group of adding: “I was keen to make sure mathematicians trapped on an Cast Sylvester McCoy (The Doctor), I did my research before even island with a mystery to solve. Yasmin Bannerman (Roz Forrester), attempting to write for them. It’s a really simple story, but Travis Oliver (Chris Cwej), Liz There was plenty of information intricately told, with a whole Sutherland-Lim (Maratuk), Vikash online about their shared history, host of fascinating characters Bhai (Sydyck), John Heffernan but not so much on what they’re that bring the drama alive. (Honos), Mina Anwar (Forsetti), actually like as people, so I spoke “The dynamic between the Janine Duvitski (Alpha Wheeler), to Andy, their creator. Andy Seventh Doctor, Roz and Chris is Leonie Schliesing (Zsa Zsa Straus), likened them to a pair of New York a really fun one to explore, and Franchi Webb (Eleanor Burke), cops – the one ‘who’s seen it all working with Sylvester, Yasmin Rupert Young (Binkum Fray), Silas and become cynical’ (Forrester) and Travis has been a ball. They Carson (Arbuckle), Sara Powell and the one who’s ‘still naïve feel like a team in that they really (Contessa), Olivia Morris (Green), and believes that the world is set the tone in studio. They’re Connor Calland (Blue), Jacob great’ (Cwej), which was a great bags of fun, know the scripts and starting point. I also listened characters inside-out, and always Dudman (Cannon), Melanie Kilburn to Damaged Goods, Original Sin make the guest cast feel at home. (Hooley), Rhian Blundell (Isabel), and to get a better “As characters, I think what Elaine Fellows (Annabel), Ellie handle on them and Travis and makes them different is the Darvill (Willis)

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the 20th century. The Doctor, Chris and Roz find themselves in a grieving household. Perhaps they’re not the only unwanted guests that evening… and I’ll say no more than that! The less you know the better. I want this to be the kind of tale people listen to late at night with a stiff drink nearby... “We were bouncing all kinds of ideas, and then Scott suggested something inspired by Sapphire & Steel or The Conjuring. I love both of those, and then I threw into the mix a bit of Lovecraft, some Edgar Allan Poe... all the classics. “I was wary about doing a ‘creepy house’ story because there are an awful lot of great ones to compete with, but... the more I thought about it, the more it felt right for this trio. Sylvester is very much at home in these atmospheric settings – and my line of reasoning Above (l–r): Yasmin Bannerman, Travis Oliver and Sylvester McCoy is, for this New Adventures incarnation, we need a Doctor who’s just a little too comfortable fact that Chris and Roz had a with his surroundings. He’s one partnership before meeting the I WANT step ahead of everyone else! Doctor, so in a way, he becomes THIS TO BE THE “What stops it feeling like a the outsider. A bit like Ian and gothic retread is the presence of Barbara back at the beginning. KIND OF TALE Chris and Roz. It’s actually quite Even when the Doctor has several PEOPLE LISTEN an atypical setting for these two. companions, they tend to only The fact they have to investigate meet because of the Doctor, so he TO LATE AT some spooky activity really plays becomes the common factor, but NIGHT WITH A to their strengths as adjudicators. having two strong personalties Putting a different, darker spin on who have a shared history STIFF DRINK some traditional elements feels beyond that makes for a really very true to the New Adventures NEARBY... TIM FOLEY interesting take on that dynamic.” ethos. So I won myself around!” Tim particularly enjoyed writing he Dread of Night by Tim Tim, who was also a New for the Doctor’s companions: “Chris Foley is the fourth and Adventures reader, reveals: “They and Roz have such well-defined T final release in this series. were a little too old for me at first personas – you can go back to their Scott adds: “The Dread of Night (I’m betraying my age here!). I inception in Andy’s fab novel, and rounds off the set and is pretty came across them in charity shops their characters are already fizzing much what you’d expect from and I was drawn to their lively from their introductions. I like the title. It’s a period horror story covers but I was reading them all the mentor/mentee relationship set in 1899 with the Doctor out of order and had no idea what they have, which mirrors what and his companions stumbling was going on half the time. Even the Doctor normally has with his upon a troubled household out so, I found them pretty thrilling. companions. It feels like a very in the English countryside. It’s a I amassed a fair collection, and grown-up TARDIS trio – Chris script with bags of atmosphere when I was a bit older I returned and Roz can handle themselves, and one that genuinely terrified to them. I really appreciated what and the Doctor will factor that us in studio. There’s one scene they were doing, and there are into his plans accordingly. Of where Yasmin and our guest cast some real gems in the run.” course, they may find themselves ended up howling with laughter Explaining what the story is facing some dark terrors that because they weren’t expecting about, Tim says: “We’re in rural could chill even the hardiest the scare to be quite so scary!” Northumberland at the turn of of adjudicators…”

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HE REVIVAL of Terry Eight we meet those who episodes that see the return of Nation’s cult 1970s avoided the tragedy as they Peter Grant, and the rise of a T post-apocalyptic try to rebuild their lives and new threat to the community.” television series Survivors has international civilisation – and Series Eight begins with Bandit been unpredictable in its time the best and worst of human Train by Christopher Hatherall. frame so far. We’ve had stories nature comes to the fore… Chris says: “The series brief set before the TV show began Producer David Richardson centred around establishing plus many during it, with says: “Listeners may have the Robert Malcolm character original characters who featured noticed that in box and his group of trained young when the series was on air, as set our final episode edged men. It also wanted to hint well as in Big Finish’s new audio past the end of the 1970s TV at a higher power that was in creations. series, with Grant and charge of organising several With a deadly disease Jenny Richards reunited. Our groups such as Malcolm’s and having virtually wiped out eighth box set – and also the looking to establish a strategic the population of Earth in the ninth – will continue that move power base in a move to begin 1970s, in Survivors Series forward, with eight linked governing the country. For

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this series, we all had the opportunity to meet up and sit down to discuss the series and our episodes. It was the first time that I had experienced a ‘writer’s room’ environment and I found it hugely helpful. In this episode I had to introduce Malcolm into our heroes’ lives. “It’s an adrenaline fuelled mystery – half visceral action, half cerebral intrigue – it’s shouts then whispers… guns then handshakes… a rollercoaster then a Sunday drive… “From a narrative point of view, you have to have well drawn, realistic characters to keep an audience gripped for so long. And primarily we are depicting ordinary people in extraordinary situations, so I Above (l–r): Hywel Morgan and Jane Slavin believe that you have the perfect IT’S AN ADRENALINE FUELLED MYSTERY – HALF VISCERAL ACTION, HALF CEREBRAL INTRIGUE. CHRISTOPHER HATHERALL mix of realism and excitement. It also taps into the imagination of listeners too with the ‘what-if’ scenario of an apocalyptic event devastating the population and destroying all established tiers of society and structure. (The idea of /the Above (l–r): George Watkins and Joel Davison apocalypse has long gripped people’s imaginations). “And then of course, you have obert, by Jane Slavin, loved it. Afterwards, he said, the production team at Big marks a writing debut ‘Would you like to come and Finish that all work together R in the series for the write something for us?’ This so creatively to produce actress who will join Tom Baker was before the original dramas engaging and striking dramas, as his new companion in had been commissioned. I was from the excellent casting January next year. thrilled to be asked. I couldn’t and direction, to the expertly Jane says: “David Richardson write Doctor Who, it’s not in handled technical production.” had read my novel and he my skillset, but David suggested

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SURVIVORS SERIES EIGHT

BANDIT TRAIN by Christopher Hatherall Above (l–r): Susie Emmett and Jane Slavin ROBERT by Jane Slavin THE LOST BOYS THEY WANTED by Lisa McMullin SOMETHING DARK VILLAGE OF DUST AND TWISTED, by Roland Moore WHICH IS WHY THEY RELEASED December 2018 CD £25.00 ASKED ME! JANE SLAVIN Download £20.00

Extras Interviews write about the end of the world. “They wanted something dark Director Ken Bentley and twisted, which is why they Cast Carolyn Seymour (Abby), Lucy asked me! I loved doing it, as this is a world where anything Fleming (Jenny Richards), Helen is possible and it can bring Goldwyn (Ruth), George Watkins out the good in people in the (Craig), Wendy Craig (Elsie/Celia/ most adverse of situations. You Dr Portman), Joel James Davison can fall in love with someone (Peter Grant), Hywel Morgan (Robert according to how fabulous they Malcolm), Gyuri Sarossy (Derek Above: Hywel Morgan are in a crisis, or from sharing adversity, and it’s clear some Gibb), Richard Popple (Kilby), Homer of the characters who have Todiwala (Scotty/Soldier), Susie I start on Survivors. It suits been through the very worst Emmett (Twig), Jane Slavin (Julia/ my sense of dark drama. of times adore each other.” Mrs Brock), Vikash Bhai (Jesus), Isla “I listened to the previous This story also gave Jane the Carter (Cayla Kenny), Eddie Eyre series and was daunted (in a chance to write for one of her good way) by the enormous acting heroes, she explains: (Seth Pilkington), Katherine Rose scope of the project and also “I am so pleased I got to write Morley (Sonia Meadows), Susan massively excited, getting to Wendy Craig a part. She has Hingley (Jiao Li)

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although she may never get to read the script, I had written it for her and it would be a dream come true if she came to do it… and then a couple of days later she called me and said, ‘I’d love to do it! I love this script,’ and I nearly wept with joy! “I’ve got everything I wanted with this script – I’ve written it, acted in it, and got Wendy Craig in it! It was one of the most incredible days recording, one of the best of my life.” Jane adds of her appearance in the story: “I’m playing a woman who has been locked up in a mental institution for six years. The character meant a lot to me – she’d had post natal depression and so had I and years ago women were locked up for this. When I went through it I was afraid to tell anyone in case they came and took away my baby. Julia, my character, has a darker story than this but one that was really told right from my heart. It felt like a real privilege as how often do you get paid to perform your own work with your absolute heroes playing opposite you?”

he Lost Boys, the third story in the set, marks T the debut of another new Big Finish scribe, Lisa Above (l–r): Jane Slavin and Wendy Craig McMullin, who reveals: “I got chatting to script editor Matt Fitton at ’s been a heroine of mine for so birthday party. We chatted long, for literally all of my life. [WENDY about Doctor Who and I bent his My very first audio recording ear about Big Finish. I then was of Wendy and at two years bumped into him at another old my mum and dad would CRAIG] CALLED ME party and cornered him again put Wendy on the record player and told him I’d love to write for next to my bed and I would go AND SAID, ‘I’D them (he knew I was a writer). to sleep listening to her stories! “Then about a year later Matt “When I told director Ken LOVE TO DO IT! I emailed to say they were looking Bentley I wanted her in the for new writers – did I have a show, he told me, ‘I’m not sure LOVE THIS SCRIPT,’ spec I could send. I sent him we’ll be able to get Wendy Craig,’ a couple of things I’d written but I wrote her an email and and he offered meSurvivors . told her how much I loved her (I AND I NEARLY WEPT “For this series of Survivors, sounded like a proper stalker!), Matt sent an overview of how how I had written this part WITH JOY! he wanted the series to unfold especially for her. I said that JANE SLAVIN and then got all the writers

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together at Big Finish HQ. We thrashed out the nuts and bolts of the different episodes and how they’d fit – it was great fun – calling shotgun for a particular character or hook. It felt very much like we created the series arc as a group, and then each went away to write our individual episodes. It was really useful to know what had happened in the episodes before mine and know what was going to happen in the one immediately after. “My story – The Lost Boys – is about what happens to the children misplaced or orphaned in an apocalyptic or war-torn world. Where do they look for guidance and protection. And it’s about what happens when power is placed in the wrong hands. There are huge exciting things Above (l–r): Carolyn Seymour and Lucy Flemming going on in this episode but I probably can’t tell you about them – MASSIVE SPOILERS!” two sides as the series progresses Abby’s son Peter was obviously The series concludes with and the conflict comes to a going to be difficult – he’s been Village of Dust by Roland Moore. bloody conclusion at Little mentioned, but has remained Roland reveals: “I knew that Tadlow – the village we visited off screen since the first episode I’d be writing the final episode in my story in Series Seven. on TV back in 1975. So that’s of Series Eight but it’s difficult “In Village of Dust, I play 43 years of build up to his first to say exactly what my brief out that battle which has appearance in our audios! I was without giving away some massive repercussions for know that Joel James Davison is vital information. I hate being Abby, Jenny and Ruth. It doing very well as a young actor the kind of writer who says, was liberating to write a full and so spoke to his dad, Peter, ‘I’ve got exciting news, but I on battle for audio – which about the possibility of him can’t tell you what it is,’ but in despite the scale I hope has a taking part. Joel was keen, and this case, I think I have to be! feeling of claustrophobia and he’s brilliant in the role – clearly “It’s dark and emotional desperation. Not everyone gets acting is in his genes – and he (which isn’t giving much out alive. It’s a game changer.” relished the opportunity to away given the nature of throw himself into the dark the series!) and at the end it his series finally sees material in these scripts.” gives closure to Series Eight Abby Grant reunited Director Ken Bentley adds: and spins things off in a new T with her lost son, Peter, “Joel had already been dipping direction for Series Nine. who is played by the son of a toe into acting. Peter had “The series concerns itself another Big Finish regular, and seen him on stage and asked if with the rise of an army that indeed another Peter – Davison, we might have a role we could indoctrinates children to no less! offer him for the experience. become fighters. It’s a new Of course, casting the Peter often suggests actors approach to family. Abby, Jenny offspring of the is for us to work with and his and Ruth see the effects of this nothing new to Big Finish, as suggestions are always very army – and realise that the Georgia Moffett (now Tennant) good. We knew we needed to ideology of it conflicts with their was given her first acting find a young actor to play the idea of the federation they have job by Big Finish in 2000 in role of Peter in Survivors and been creating. Things are set on Main Range story Dawn. Joel is just the right age, so really a collision course between the Producer David says: “Casting the stars aligned.”

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