Originally published by L.S. Media. May 26th 2012. 
L.S. Media Rating ***
Cast: Tom Baker, Louise Jameson, Geoffrey Beevers, Michael Cochrane, Rachael Stirling, John Banks, Becci Gemmell, Mark Field.
For a generation of Doctor Who fans who have grown up with idea of John Simm’s and Derek Jacobi portraying one of the most formidable foes of the Doctor, they would no doubt place the two extremely talented actors’ portrayals of the insane Timelord as the very best.
Originally published by L.S. Media. May 27th 2012.
L.S. Media Rating *****
Cast: Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Mark Strickson, Sarah Sutton, Rebecca Front, John Cummins, Ellie Burrow, Zoe Lister, Ben Porter, Simon Blake, Philip Pope.
In the writers notes to the new fifth Doctor audio play, The Jupiter Conjunction, Eddie Robson writes, “Don’t question the deals that are being done: your leaders have your best interests at heart.”
Originally published by L.S. Media. July 8th 2012. 
L.S. Media Rating ****
Cast: Tom Baker, Louise Jameson, Geoffrey Beevers, Michael Cochrane, Dan Starkey, John Banks.
Just who do you trust when you cannot even tell your enemies from those that look and act like your deadliest foes!
The second part of Alan Barnes’ story involving the Doctor’s adversary and fellow Time lord, The Master has one of those wonderful plays on words that ingratiates you into the story long before the end credits. Titled The Oseidon Adventure, (think of the 1970’s disaster film The Poseidon Adventure) the action follows on The Trail of the White Worm and the pace, the tempo and overall enjoyment of the writing picks up a notch from the semi lacklustre affair of the previous episode.
Originally published on L.S. Media. July 9th 2012.
L.S. Media Rating ****
Cast: Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Mark Strickson, Sarah Sutton, Angus Wright, Rupert Frazer, Felicity Duncan, Daniel Weyman, Daisy Ashford, John Banks, Alex Mallinson.
There are Doctor Who villains who pop up as regular as clockwork, their participation in any adventure much looked forward to and anticipated with the outlook of childhood glee. There are then those who come along every so often, sometimes they contribute greatly to the overall story but you don’t miss them as much, and then there are those that only appear the once, their backstory hinted at but the writers of Doctor Who never revisit them. The listener is devoid of any further knowledge of the foe the Doctor has faced.
Originally published on L.S. Media. Friday Aust 3rd 2012.
L.S. Media Rating * * * *
Cast: Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Philip Olvier, Ian Hogg, Elizabeth Bennett, Peter Egan.
For anyone who lived during the cold war period and especially during the dark days of the threat of possible nuclear war, then Jonathon Morris’ latest play for Big Finish, Protect and Survive, will give chills of the everyday terror once more. To those that listen to Doctor Who audio plays and only know of the dread that was nuclear obliteration, it offers an insight into a world that dominated by fear, mistrust and the ever-increasing spectre of terror.
Originally published on L.S. Media. 26th July 2012.
Mary Tamm. Picture from Multiverse.orgIt was announced this morning that Mary Tamm, who portrayed the first Romana alongside Tom Baker in Doctor Who, has died after a long battle against cancer at the age of 62.
Mary Tamm was born in Bradford 1950, the daughter of Estonian refugees, and became a graduate and associate member of R.A.D.A. From early beginnings acting on stage with the Birmingham Repertory Theatre alongside future British acting greats Derek Jacobi, Ronnie Barker and Joan Simms in 1971, she soon moved to London where she would go onto work in some of the major television and films of the time.