Yearly archives: 2018


Following on from its sixth segment, Short Trips (Volume 3) from Big Finish again continues with a short interlude which is, this time, narrated/voiced by William Russell who does a fair job with Hartnell’s voice.  The First Doctor (with Susan) befuddles the android with a simple trick – the android is […]

Short Trips, volume 3 : segment 7


Following on from its fifth segment, Short Trips (Volume 3) from Big Finish again continues with a short interlude narrated/voiced by Nicholas Briggs.  Still being the “sales android”, the 2nd Doctor (with Jamie) tricks it into a form of the irresistible force paradox.  The android believes that his armour can withstand […]

Short Trips, volume 3 : segment 6


Following on from its fourth segment, Short Trips (Volume 3) from Big Finish again continues with a short interlude narrated/voiced by Nicholas Briggs.  This time around, the third Doctor (with Jo Grant) meets with the android.  Rather than being a guard, this android is apparently a salesman.  The Doctor gets it […]

Short Trips, volume 3 : segment 5



Following on from its third segment, Short Trips (Volume 3) from Big Finish continues with a short interlude, again narrated/voiced by Nicholas Briggs.  The 4th Doctor (with Romana) deals encounter the android guard this time, and the Doctor is quick to entangle it in his scarf and block its visual […]

Short Trips, volume 3 : segment 4


Following on from its second segment, Short Trips (Volume 3) from Big Finish continues with a short interlude, again narrated/voiced by Nicholas Briggs.  The 5th Doctor (with Nyssa) deals with the android very quickly by virtue of having an Engineer’s card in his pocket which puts the android into diagnostic/maintenance […]

Short Trips, volume 3 : segment 3


Following on from its first segment, Short Trips (Volume 3) from Big Finish continues with a 3-minute interlude, again narrated/voiced by Nicholas Briggs.  The 6th Doctor (with Peri) interact with the android that stops the Doctor from opening the door. The Doctor uses word play and logic to get the […]

Short Trips, volume 3 : segment 2



I listened to the first half of Big Finish‘s The Spectre of Lanyon Moor during a run today.  Starring Colin Baker as the 6th Doctor, travelling with Evelyn Smythe (Maggie Stables), The Spectre of Lanyon Moor includes the first meeting between the Brigadier (Nicholas Courtney) and this incarnation of the […]

9. The Spectre of Lanyon Moor


Short Trips (Volume 3) from Big Finish begins with a short 5-minute piece narrated/voiced by Nicholas Briggs.  The 7th Doctor and Ace are in a gray space, where everything is gray, and there’s no sign of the TARDIS. There’s a gray door guarded by a gray android. The Doctor tells […]

Short Trips, volume 3 : segment 1


Having just finished listening to Big Finish‘s original five UNIT adventures from 2004/2005, it seems appropriate to next listen to the first of their “New UNIT” adventures based on the version of UNIT created by the modern TV series with Kate Stewart in charge and Osgood as her scientific genius. […]

UNIT 1. Extinction, part 1 – Vanguard



With the death of Colonel Dalton in the previous adventure, Colonel Chaudhry (Siri O’Neal) is joined this time by Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (Nicholas Courtney).  After a story dealing with time experiments, one dealing with an invisible alien vampire, and the third with a right-wing uprising, it seems that the only box […]

UNIT 1.4 : The Wasting