Tin Dog Podcast
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- tin-dog@hotmail.co.uk The Tin Dog welcomes you to sit back and listen to his rants and ramblings about all that is best in modern SF and Television. Via the gift of the new fangled Podcast over the tinterweb. As you can probably guess Tin Dog mostly talks about Doctor Who, Torchwood and Sarah Jane Smith but that wont stop him talking about any other subject you suggest. Hailing from a non specific part of the northeast of England, Tin Dog is male and in his mid 30s. A life long fan of almost all TV SF. His semi-autistic tendencies combined with his total lack of social skills have helped him find a place in the heart of British SF Fandom. Even as a child the Tin Dogs mother told him that she can trace his love of SF TV back to his rhythmic kicking, while still in the womb, along to the beat of the Avengers theme music. From Gabriel Chase to Totters Lane, from the Bad Wolf Satellite to the back streets of the Cardiff, Tin Dog will give you his thoughts on the wonderful Whoniverse. Daleks and Cybermen and TARDIS ES Oh My If you enjoy these Tin Dog Podcasts please remember to tell your friends and leave an email tin-dog@hotmail.co.uk
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- Episodes:
- 3391
- Average Episode Duration:
- 0:0:10:47
- Longest Episode Duration:
- 0:2:09:15
- Total Duration of all Episodes:
- 25 days, 9 hours, 15 minutes and 24 seconds
- Earliest Episode:
- 7 June 2026 (7:06pm GMT)
- Latest Episode:
- 7 June 2026 (11:52am GMT)
- Average Time Between Episodes:
- 2 days, 1 hours, 22 minutes and 40 seconds
Tin Dog Podcast Episodes
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TDP 1477: #DOCTORWHO Big Finish’s New Writer Competition 2026
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 6 minutes and 45 secondsfrom bigfinish website The Big Finish Memorial Short Trip Opportunity honours the memory of our much-loved colleague and friend, a stalwart of the Big Finish production office who passed away suddenly on 8 May 2014. We're searching for an emerging talent to write a that will be released as an audiobook at Christmas – and this year, the topic is "The First Doctor". The competition runs for five weeks, starting today and closing in the middle of June. Commemorating Paul Big Finish's Executive Producer said: "It's always a special time to remember our dear friend Paul. It's particularly exciting for me this year as we're focussing on the First Doctor, who has been something of a passion of mine recently. Can't wait to read the story submissions for this!" The First Doctor Range producer said: "In the ten years since we launched this memorial competition, we've never had a winning story featuring the First Doctor. This is the year we're changing that. "We want to read your proposal for a standalone with a brand new idea that showcases him in a short story for a single reader that we'll publish at the end of this year. "Your story will be inspired by the character of the First Doctor as we saw him on TV. It's an era when each story naturally offered a new perspective on the continuing series – so we want your proposal to demonstrate that kind of originality and inventiveness. What fresh characters, adversaries, locations, concepts and perspectives can you devise for a compelling short story?" In addition to naming a winner, Big Finish will also identify a shortlist of commendations. "In recent competitions, the standard of entries has been wonderful," said . "Although we will have only one winner, we thought it appropriate this year to name and commend other strong contenders." Before you enter the competition, please carefully read the 2026 guidelines below and the accompanying on the Big Finish website. They contain important information that explains eligibility, theme, word count, deadline, and how to submit your story idea. We look forward to reading your entries. Good luck! Helpful advice from previous winners You can get a feeling for what a successful competition entry looks like by checking out the previous ten winners. Recordings of each are available on the Big Finish website as free downloads, along with the final script and the original winning submissions from each year. The Paul Spragg Memorial Short Trip Opportunity 2026 Guidelines The competition is to identify talent, enthusiasm, and ability to write to a specification – so everything you need to know is in these guidelines and the accompanying terms and conditions. Please note that no correspondence will be entered into, either during the entry period or afterwards, and the judges' decision is final. Entry into this competition requires that you have read and accepted . By entering, you indicate that you have done so. SUBMISSION PROCESS: All entries must be submitted electronically to , either as a Word-compatible document or a PDF document, formatted as per these guidelines, and received by Big Finish before 23:59 (UK time) on Thursday 11 June 2026. YOUR EMAIL MESSAGE: Include the entrant’s full name and a contact email address only in the body of your email. Include your title (e.g. Attack of the Glurgs) in the Subject line. Don’t include any details of your background or previous writing experience – your submission should speak for itself. Attach your anonymised entry document to the email. THE ATTACHED DOCUMENT: The document must consist of two parts in a single document: a one page synopsis that is no more than 500 words, and a one-page excerpt from your story of a further 500 words maximum (prose, not drama script). This is to give an indication of the writer’s ability and intentions for a 4,500-word story, which can change if the full story is commissioned. These word count limits for the synopsis and extract are a strict requirement this year. Name the attached file only with your story title (e.g. Attack of the Glurgs.PDF) Do NOT include personally identifying details in your document (for example, name or email address), or the entry will be disqualified. THEME AND CONTENT: Submissions should propose a short story featuring the First Doctor and set at any time in the universe of the television series between An Unearthly Child and The Tenth Planet. THINGS YOU MAY DO: You may use any of the First Doctor's regular companions (or none of them) as they appeared in TV episodes: Susan, Ian, Barbara, Vicki, Steven, Katarina, Dodo, Ben and Polly. Your story should feature the character of the First Doctor as we saw him on TV. We want your proposal to wow us with its originality and inventiveness. So what fresh characters, adversaries, locations, concepts and perspectives can you devise for a compelling short story? THINGS TO AVOID: Do NOT create a new companion for the Doctor, nor use other companions from TV or elsewhere. Do NOT include other Doctors or Time Lords. Do NOT include any established creatures (e.g. Voord, Sensorites, etc.) or established characters (e.g. Mavic Chen, the Toymaker, etc.) or established organisations (e.g. Coal Hill School, Space Security Service, etc.). Do NOT base any fictional characters on any real living person; you may include real historical people as characters, so long as they lived and died before the year 1900. EXAMPLES: If you've never heard a story before, we recommend that you listen to some examples, to get a sense of how they sound and what can be done in the format. Each of the previous winning stories is available as a free download. When you add them to your Big Finish account, you also unlock bonus content that includes downloads of the original winning submissions and the final studio scripts. 2016: by (Seventh Doctor) 2017: by (Third Doctor) 2018: by (Second Doctor) 2019: by (Twelfth Doctor) 2020: by (Tenth Doctor) 2021: by (Ninth Doctor) 2022: by (Eleventh Doctor) 2023: by (Sixth Doctor) 2024: by (Twelfth Doctor) 2025: by (Thirteenth Doctor)
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TDP 1474 5.2. Dark Gallifrey The Meddling Monks Part 2
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 6 minutes and 47 secondsThis title was released in May 2026. It will be exclusively available to buy from the Big Finish website until 30 June 2026, and on general sale after this date. The Meddling Monk and the Meddling Nun are stranded on Earth with a broken TARDIS and find themselves involved in a series of odd escapades, each more onerous than expected. But the greatest challenge is still to come... Monky Nuts It's time to host the neighbours for an evening soirée. But is the Monk's fish dish a winner or will their guests prefer the Nun's baby chicken? There's only one way to find out and soon culinary battle has commenced. What could possibly go wrong? Monky Magic There's a big prize to be won at the local talent show. So the Monk and the Nun are soon brushing up their best stage acts in attempt to claim victory and ensure the success of their grand plan. What could possibly go wrong?
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TDP 1473: The Star Wars - The Mandalorian and Grogu REVIEW
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 6 minutes and 13 secondsA villian in venice bu Gilroy-Sinclair avaliable on amazon world wide
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TDP 1472: ERA1. UNIT: Eras: Hostile Universe review
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 13 minutes and 25 secondsUNIT. Humanity’s first and best line of defence against a hostile universe. No matter where. No matter when. 1. Rise of the Valiant by Andrew Smith 2008. The Earth has been stolen and planets fill the sky. With the Doctor otherwise engaged, it falls to UNIT's finest - Colonel Mace, Harry Sullivan, and the retired Brigadier Lethbridge Stewart - to take the fight back to the Daleks. Because deep in the Brazilian rainforest, a secret weapon with a familiar name is waiting. And it's ready to fly. Sound Design: Steve Foxon, Music: Borna Matosic, Director: Samuel Clemens 2. The Indigo Child by Ken Bentley 2017. UNIT has been shut down, its heroes targeted. After an attempt on her life, Kate Stewart fights from the shadows, doing what she can to protect the people of Great Britain. Reunited with Petronella Osgood, Kate goes undercover to save a child refugee with psychic powers. It's a race against time, and a new enemy is determined to win. Sound Design: Steve Foxon, Music: Simon Slater, Director: Ken Bentley 3. The Life and Death of Private Eddie Wise by Hannah Kennedy The dawn of UNIT. Aliens have invaded and Eddie Wise is far from ready. Plagued by nightmares and lying to his fiancé, the beleaguered Eddie becomes embroiled in a plot to bring his workplace to its knees. To make matters worse, there's a journalist on his tail. Because Sarah Jane Smith needs the scoop on UNIT, and Private Wise might just be the man she needs. Sound Design: Andy Hardwick, Music: David Roocroft, Director: Jonathan S Powell 4. Deadstar by Joshua Pruett and Jonathan S Powell 2023. The Toymaker has been vanquished and UNIT stands tall. But when a cutting-edge telescope is brought online, the UNIT skyscraper is plunged into lockdown. Besieged by an impossible foe, Melanie Bush and new recruit Dr Isla Ellis need all their wits to survive. Because the stars have woken up, and something is very wrong with the Vlinx. Sound Design: Thea Cochrane, Music: Borna Matosic, Director: Helen Goldwyn
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TDP 1471: Review BNW4. UNIT: Brave New World: Knightfall
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 11 minutes and 54 secondsWorlds are about to collide as Winifred Bambera faces the greatest dilemma of her life. Her lost beloved husband Ancelyn is back - and all hell is about to break loose. Facing armies of darkness and the wrath of the mighty Queen Guinevere, can the course of true love run smooth - just this once? 4.1 Deep Water by Georgia Cook Ancelyn is back! But all is not well in the other-dimensional realm of Albion. Magical assassins have been sent across the cosmic rift to do the bidding of the paranoid Queen Guinevere. Can UNIT save their intended victims in time? And just how will Savarin and Rix survive Bambera's rocky reunion with her knight errant husband? 4.2 Storm Over Albion by Felicia Barker Bambera leads UNIT forces on a dangerous mission to face Guinevere in Camelot. But Ancelyn is declared a traitor to the crown, and the mad queen sees any challenge as an act of aggression. The fates of two worlds hang in the balance... 4.3 Shining Armour by Robert Valentine Sleeping dragons wake, knights and fae clash in the streets of London, and the countdown to the end of all worlds begins!
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TDP 1470: Doctor Who: The Fifth Doctor Adventures: Helter Skelter REVIEW
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 12 minutes and 1 secondThis title was released in April 2026. It will be exclusively available to buy from the Big Finish website until 31 May 2026, and on general sale after this date. Field of Miracles by Lauren Mooney and Stewart Pringle The Doctor, Tegan and Turlough arrive in the quaint village of Heatherington in 1951. But something strange is happening. In an England of post-war austerity, Heatherington is thriving - the shops are full of produce and everyone seems to have everything they’ve ever wanted, even if what they’ve wanted is the dead to return to them. The Doctor and his friends must stop the creeping invasion of the Asteri, wish-granting crystalline organisms of awesome destructive power, before they extract a terrible price from the villagers. Helter Skelter by James Moran When a bio-engineered planet and amusement park undergoes a critical malfunction, the entire planet tears itself apart - and the Doctor, Tegan and Turlough are thrown back to their arrival, trapped in a repeating time loop. But for some reason, only Tegan can see the loop, not the Doctor - it has been hidden from him somehow. So why can Tegan see it, and how is she going to fix it? Land of Fools by Lauren Mooney and Stewart Pringle The TARDIS arrives in London, 1980, but something has gone wrong with the timeline. The city is a quasi-police state, overseen by a mysterious new company, Luqos, which promises miraculous gifts to its followers. As Tegan takes off to reconnect with an old friend, and the Doctor teams up with young activist Zan, Turlough is pulled into the heart of Luqos by the shadowy 'M', where they discover an old enemy at work beneath the city. Please note: the collector’s edition CD box set is strictly limited to 1,500 copies Recorded on: 15-17 October 2025 Recorded at: The Soundhouse and The Video Factory, New Zealand Producer Sonny McGann said: "Turlough, Tegan and the Doctor are back! We're returning to Earth, where a new threat has emerged wielding immense psionic power. In an England suffering from post-war austerity, one village appears to have everything they’ve ever wanted. Some will pay any price to see a wish fulfilled - a choice which may ripple through time. "Meanwhile, when a visit to an amusement park on a bio-engineered planet traps the Doctor and his friends in a time loop, one of our companions will have to step up to prevent the planet from tearing itself apart. Three new stories full of wit, emotion, and good technobabble, according to Peter Davison!" Producer Stewart Pringle, co-writer of the first and third episodes, said: "Tegan and Turlough are just great, aren't they? It's so lovely that this set is coming out around the time of Season 21 landing on Blu-ray because it's such a glorious period of Doctor Who. Field of Miracles is our tribute to The Android Invasion with shades of The Wicker Man." The second episode's writer James Moran added: "I will always refer to this story as Tegan Jovanka's Groundhog Day, which tells you all you need to know up front. It made me endlessly amused that I'd come up with a plot almost custom designed to make Tegan as angry as possible. And that was pretty much deliberate, to see how Janet would run with it!" The box set's other writer Lauren Mooney said: "Land of Fools is the Fifth Doctor in the 1980s with shades of Resurrection of the Daleks, but also a vibe of the Sylvester McCoy years. It's a proper little dystopia in a Back to the Future Part II mould, and it leads somewhere that we hope is unexpected. It's a thrill to write for this TARDIS team – the bickering, friction and lack of bonhomie gives this era such a delicious flavour of its own."
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TDP 1468: Stranger Things 85 ep 1 New Kid
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 7 minutes and 8 seconds
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TDP 1469: #Torchwood release 99 Curtain Review
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 6 minutes and 50 secondsThis title was released in March 2026. It will be exclusively available to buy from the Big Finish website until 31 May 2026, and on general sale after this date. Many years ago, the Palace Theatre burnt down during a performance that accidentally summoned the devil. Now the cast have been invited back to the grand reopening by a mysterious figure. Who is Bilis Manger? Please note: the collector’s edition CDs are strictly limited to 1,000 copies each and will not be re-pressed. (Roger Cartney) (Mathilde Balfour) (Dermot Lacey) (Bilis Manger) ecorded on: 11 February 2025 Recorded at: The Soundhouse Director Scott Handcock said: "The influence of Bilis Manger stretches far and wide throughout Torchwood - and Curtain is no exception. It's a play about performances and the masks people wear, consciously and subconsciously, and it was a delight to work with such a talented band of actors on a script about acting! "We had the best of times with Murray Melvin, and I know the idea of one more story with Bilis after he'd gone always tickled him. We all miss him a very great deal." Writer and producer James Goss added: "Curtain's the release you listen to if you want a slice of horror - three people trapped in a haunted theatre with the devil playing deadly tricks on them. "It's a release that we'd have absolutely loved Murray Melvin to be around for; indeed, he suggested the notion of Bilis Manger in a theatre, as he loved lighting up a green room with theatrical anecdotes. Actors adored Murray, and it seemed irresistible to do a story in which Bilis sunk his teeth into three actors - a success, a has-been and a never-quite-was, all broken in their own ways. "Sadly, of course, Murray died before we could get a script ready, and we were left with a corking idea and the burning need to give Bilis a soaring send-off. Bilis was such a great part of the Big Finish Torchwood range, he couldn't just go out without a big bang. And so we came up with the notion of Curtain - there is a character called Bilis Manger in it, but who is he? "The recording was a blast - there's nothing actors love so much as taking the mick out of themselves and each other. Honestly, it's a great curtain call for Bilis Manger, and he truly deserves this one last ovation."
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TDP 1467: For Your Consideration The Fifth Element
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 3 minutes and 42 secondsIt’s Luke’s pick this month as we talk a trip back to 1997 and Luc Besson’s divisive sci-fi blockbuster The Fifth Element. T-shirts can be found here – Email the show – he Fifth Element (: Le Cinquième Élément) is a 1997 English-language French film conceived and directed by , and co-written by Besson and . It stars , , , , and . Primarily set in the 23rd century, the plot involves the survival of planet Earth, which becomes the responsibility of Korben Dallas (Willis), a taxi driver and former major, after a young woman named Leeloo (Jovovich) falls into his cab. Dallas joins forces with her to recover four mystical stones essential for the defence of Earth against the impending attack of a malevolent cosmic entity. Besson started writing the story that was developed as The Fifth Element when he was 16 years old; he was 38 when the film opened in cinemas. Besson wanted to shoot the film in France, but suitable facilities could not be found; filming took place in and , instead. He hired comic artists and , whose books inspired parts of the film, for production design. Costume design was by . The Fifth Element received mainly positive reviews, although some critics were highly negative. The film won in categories at the , the , the , and the , but also received nominations at the and . The Fifth Element was a strong financial success, earning more than US$263 million at the box office on a $90-million budget, making it the . At the time of its release, it was the most expensive European film ever made, and it remained the highest-grossing French film at the international box office until the release of in 2011. Plot In 1914, aliens known as Mondoshawans meet their contact on Earth, a priest of a secret order, at an temple. They take the only weapon capable of defeating a great evil that appears every 5000 years, promising to protect it and return it before the great evil's re-emergence. The weapon consists of the four , as four engraved stones, plus a containing a "fifth element". In the 23rd century, the great evil appears in deep space as a giant living fireball. It destroys an armed Earth spaceship as it heads to Earth. The Mondoshawans' current human contact on Earth, priest Vito Cornelius, informs the president of the Federated Territories of the great evil's history and the weapon that can stop it. On their way to Earth, a Mondoshawan spacecraft carrying the weapon is ambushed and destroyed by a crew of Mangalores, alien mercenaries hired by Earth industrialist Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg, who is working for the great evil. A severed hand in metal armour from the wreckage of the spacecraft is brought to . From this, the government uses biotechnology to recreate the original occupant of the sarcophagus, a humanoid woman named Leeloo, who remembers her previous life. Alarmed by the unfamiliar surroundings and high security, she escapes and jumps off a ledge, crashing into the of Korben Dallas, a former major in Earth's . Dallas delivers Leeloo to Cornelius and his apprentice, David, who recognises her as the fifth element. As Leeloo recuperates, she tells Cornelius that the stones were not on board the Mondoshawan ship. Simultaneously, the Mondoshawans inform Earth's government that the stones were entrusted to an alien opera singer, the diva Plavalaguna. Zorg reneges on his deal with the Mangalores for failing to obtain the stones, and kills some of them. Earth's military sends Dallas to meet Plavalaguna; a rigged radio contest provides a cover, awarding Dallas a luxury vacation aboard a flying hotel on planet Fhloston, accompanied by flamboyant talk-show host Ruby Rhod. It includes a concert by Plavalaguna, and learning that Leeloo shares his mission, Dallas lets her accompany him. Cornelius instructs David to prepare the temple, then stows away on the luxury spaceship. The Mangalore crew, pursuing the stones for themselves, also illegally board the ship. During the concert, the Mangalores attack, and Plavalaguna is killed. Dallas extracts the stones from her body and kills the Mangalore leader, causing the others to surrender. Zorg arrives, shoots Leeloo, and activates a . He flees with a carrying case he presumes contains the stones, but returns when he discovers it is empty. As Zorg's bomb causes the hotel's evacuation, Dallas finds Leeloo traumatised and escapes with her, Cornelius, Rhod, and the stones in Zorg's private spaceship. Zorg deactivates his bomb, but a dying Mangalore sets off his own, destroying the hotel and killing Zorg. As the great evil approaches Earth, the four meet David at the temple. They deploy the stones, but Leeloo, having learned of humanity's history of cruelty, has given up on life. Dallas declares his love for her and kisses her. Leeloo combines the power of the stones, emitting divine light onto the great evil and defeating it. Dallas and Leeloo are hailed as heroes, and as dignitaries wait to greet them, the two passionately embrace in a recovery chamber.
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TDP 1466: 1.1. Doctor Who: Rutans vs Sontarans: Betrayal at the House of Sontar #DoctorWho
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 8 minutes and 40 secondsThis title was released in April 2026. It will be exclusively available to buy from the Big Finish website until 31 May 2026, and on general sale after this date. There are many stories of the Sontaran-Rutan war. But one hidden thread has yet to be revealed. A tale told across millennia. From before the war to its possible end. As the Doctor is about to discover... On the run from the mysterious organisation called Division, the Doctor has come to the planet Sontar - home of the Kaveetch Empire and their armed forces, the Sontarans. She wants sanctuary... and she's offering the secrets of the Time Lords in exchange. But with the whole of time and space up for grabs, the stakes are high. Can everyone on Sontar be trusted? Please note: the collector’s edition CDs are strictly limited to 1,500 copies**
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TDP 1465: 4.5. #DoctorWho: Pandemonium REVIEW The Ninth Doctor Adventures
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 13 minutes and 5 secondsThis title was released in April 2026. It will be exclusively available to buy from the Big Finish website until 30 June 2026, and on general sale after this date. The past has broken through into the Powell Estate and not even the Doctor knows what's happening! With more and more historical figures appearing, it's a race to figure out what's behind this, before the past becomes the present and all hell breaks loose... **THIS TITLE IS NOW SOLD OUT ON CD**
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TDP 1464: 5.1. Dark Gallifrey: The Meddling Monks Part 1 #DoctorWho REVIEW
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 12 minutes and 41 secondslink to Villian in Venice for other editions click see all formats review This title was released in April 2026. It will be exclusively available to buy from the Big Finish website until 31 May 2026, and on general sale after this date. The Meddling Monk and the Meddling Nun are stranded on Earth with a broken TARDIS and find themselves involved in a series of odd escapades. Buying a house; getting a job; having a dinner party... all of these and others prove more onerous than expected. But the greatest challenge is still to come... Monky House A Blinovitch based accident with the TARDIS has curtailed the Meddling Monk and the Meddling Nun’s travels together. Now they're trapped on Earth with no means of escape. Or are they? The Nun has a mysterious plan and the first step is for them to buy a house. What could possibly go wrong? Monky Business Our Meddlesome heroes need money to help their plan and so opt to get a job with a local business. But there’s only one role available so they soon find themselves at loggerheads competing for the position. What could possibly go wrong?
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TDP 1463: New Book Out May 1st - Update #Steampunk #Amazon number 1 in "Hot new childrens Steampunk"
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 2 minutes and 53 secondschildrens edition Adult cover edition follow the links to edition you want
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TDP 1462: For Your Consideration 22 Atlantis - The Lost Empire
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 57 minutes and 48 secondsAtlantis: The Lost Empire is a 2001 American animated adventure film directed by and , produced by , and written by . Produced by , it stars , , , , , , , , , , , and . Set in 1914, the film follows young linguist Milo Thatch, who gains possession of a sacred book, which he believes will guide him and a crew of mercenaries to the lost city of . Development of the film began after production had finished on (1996). Instead of another , directors Trousdale and Wise, producer Hahn, and screenwriter Murphy decided to do an adventure film inspired by the works of . Atlantis: The Lost Empire was notable for adopting the distinctive visual style of , one of the film's . The film made greater use of (CGI) than any of Disney's previous features and remains one of the few to have been shot in . an specifically for use in the film. provided the film's musical score. The film was released at a time when audience interest in animated films was shifting away from traditional animation toward films with full CGI. Atlantis: The Lost Empire premiered at the in , on June 3, 2001, and went into its general release on June 15. The film received mixed reviews from critics. Budgeted at around $90–120 million, Atlantis grossed over $186 million worldwide, $84 million of which was earned in North America; its lackluster box office response was identified as a result of being released in competition with , , and . As a result of the film's , Disney cancelled a planned , Team Atlantis; an underwater attraction; and a volcanic attraction based on it. Atlantis was nominated for several awards, including seven , and won Best Sound Editing at the 2002 . The film was released on VHS and DVD on January 29, 2002, and on on June 11, 2013. Despite its initial reception, reception in later years became favorable and has given Atlantis a and reappraisal from critics as a mistreated classic, due in part to Mignola's unique artistic influence. A sequel, , was released in 2003. Plot In 1914 Washington, D.C., archaeo-linguist Milo Thatch obsesses over finding the legendary lost city of , believed to have sunk thousands of years ago. His employers ridicule his theories, but he gains an unexpected ally in eccentric millionaire Preston B. Whitmore, a friend of Milo's deceased adventurer grandfather who also sought the city. Determined to honor his old friend's quest, Whitmore recruits Milo for an expedition to Atlantis, having recently uncovered the Shepherd's Journal, an ancient Atlantean manuscript that contains directions to the lost city. Aboard the submarine Ulysses, Milo meets his teammates: Commander Lyle Tiberius Rourke, Lieutenant Helga Sinclair, demolitions expert Vincenzo Santorini, geologist Gaetan "Mole" Molière, medical officer Joshua Sweet, mechanic Audrey Ramirez, radio operator Wilhelmina Packard, mess cook Jebidiah "Cookie" Farnsworth, and a platoon of mercenaries. Upon reaching a cave entrance leading to the lost city, the submarine is destroyed by a massive mechanical , killing most of the crew. Milo and the survivors escape in smaller craft, navigating through the cave to emerge among ancient ruins. Milo translates the journal, guiding the team through caves beneath a dormant volcano until they reach the worn remains of Atlantis. There, they are greeted by Princess Kidagakash "Kida" Nedakh, who, despite being around 8,500 years old, has the appearance of a young woman. She leads them to her father, King Kashekim, who orders them to leave. Learning that Milo can read their language—a skill lost to the Atlanteans over millennia—Kida asks for his help in uncovering their forgotten history and highly-advanced technology, without which the city has declined and resources have dwindled. Milo learns that Atlantis is powered by the Heart of Atlantis, a massive crystal that grants longevity and health to its citizens through the smaller crystals they carry. Rourke betrays Milo and the Atlanteans, revealing his true intention to steal the Heart for profit, despite knowing the Atlanteans will perish without it. He mortally wounds the King while seizing control and uncovers the crystal's hidden location beneath the city. Sensing the danger, the crystal merges with Kida, who is then captured by Rourke. He departs with the crystallized Kida and his mercenaries, except for Vincenzo, Molière, Sweet, Audrey, Packard, and Cookie, who refuse to take part in the Atlanteans' destruction. Before dying, the King reveals that Atlantis was devastated by a after he attempted to weaponize the crystal's vast power. To protect the city, the crystal merged with a royal family member, Kida's mother. This created a protective dome over the city's inner district, shielding it from total destruction as Atlantis sank beneath the waves, but Kida's mother never returned. To prevent the crystal from ever merging with Kida, the King hid it, inadvertently accelerating Atlantis' decline. He warns Milo that Kida will be lost forever if she is not soon separated from the crystal and pleads with him to save her. Alongside his allies, Milo rallies the Atlanteans to reactivate their long-dormant flying machines. Together, they eliminate Rourke and his mercenaries in the volcano. Milo and the others fly the crystallized Kida back to Atlantis as the volcano erupts. Kida ascends into the air and awakens Stone Guardians, who erect a barrier that shields the city from the lava flow. With Atlantis saved, the crystal separates from Kida and remains suspended in the sky. Milo chooses to stay in Atlantis with Kida, having fallen in love with her. Before returning to the surface, Vincenzo, Molière, Sweet, Audrey, Packard, and Cookie each receive a small crystal and a share of treasure. The six reunite with Preston on the surface and agree to keep their adventure a secret to protect Atlantis. Preston opens a package from Milo containing his own crystal and a note thanking him. The newly crowned Queen Kida and Milo carve a stone effigy of her father to join those of past rulers floating beside the Heart of Atlantis, as the city stands restored to its former glory. Voice cast Production layout sketch of Milo and Kida. Milo's character design was based in part on sketches of the film's language consultant, . as Milo James Thatch, a and at the Smithsonian who was recruited to decipher The Shepherd's Journal while directing an expedition to Atlantis. as Commander Lyle Tiberius Rourke, the leader of the band of mercenaries for the Atlantean expedition. as Kidagakash "Kida" Nedakh, the Princess of Atlantis and Milo's love interest. Natalie Strom provided dialogue for Kida as a young child. Summer also voiced the unnamed Queen of Atlantis, Kida's mother and Kashekim's wife who was "chosen" by the Crystal during the sinking of the city. as Preston B. Whitmore, an eccentric millionaire who funds the expedition to Atlantis. was originally cast and recorded as Whitmore, but he died before completing the film. Mahoney's zest and vigor led to Whitmore's personality being reworked for the film. as Lieutenant Helga Katrina Sinclair, Rourke's -born second-in-command. as Vincenzo "Vinny" Santorini, an . as Dr. Joshua Strongbear Sweet, a of and descent. as Audrey Rocio Ramirez, a and the youngest member of the expedition. as Gaetan "Mole" Molière, a who acts like a . as Jebidiah Allardyce "Cookie" Farnsworth, a Western-style chef. Varney died in February 2000, before the production ended, and the film was dedicated to his memory. recorded supplemental dialogue for Cookie. as Wilhelmina Bertha Packard: an elderly, sarcastic, chain-smoking who is also the expedition's . as Kashekim Nedakh, the King of Atlantis and Kida's father. as Fenton Q. Harcourt, a board member of the who dismisses Milo's belief in the existence of Atlantis. Production Development The production team visited to get a sense of the underground spaces depicted in the film. The idea for Atlantis: The Lost Empire was conceived in October 1996 when , , , and lunched at a Mexican restaurant in . Having recently completed , the producer, directors and screenwriter wanted to keep the Hunchback crew together for another film with an "" setting rather than a "" setting. Drawing inspiration from 's (1864) and (1870), they set out to make a film which would fully explore (compared to the brief visit depicted in Verne's novel). While primarily utilizing the Internet to research the mythology of Atlantis, the filmmakers became interested in the readings of and decided to incorporate some of his ideas—notably that of a mother-crystal which provides power, healing, and longevity to the Atlanteans—into the story. They also visited museums and old army installations to study the technology of the early 20th century (the film's time period), and traveled underground in to view the subterranean trails which would serve as a model for the approach to Atlantis in the film. The filmmakers wanted to avoid the common depiction of Atlantis as "crumbled Greek columns underwater", said Wise. "From the get-go, we were committed to designing it top to bottom. Let's get the architectural style, clothing, heritage, customs, how they would sleep, and how they would speak. So we brought people on board who would help us develop those ideas." Art director David Goetz stated, "We looked at , styles of ancient, unusual architecture from around the world, and the directors really liked the look of Southeast Asian architecture." The team later took ideas from other architectural forms, including , , and works. Hahn added, "If you take and deconstruct architecture from around the world into one architectural vocabulary, that's what our Atlantis looks like." The overall design and layout of Atlantis were also based on the writings of , and his quote "in a single day and night of misfortune, the island of Atlantis disappeared into the depths of the sea" was influential from the beginning of production. The crew wore which read "ATLANTIS—Fewer songs, more explosions" due to the film's plan as an (unlike previous Disney animated features, which were ). Language The Atlantean letter A, created by artist John Emerson. Kirk Wise noted that its design was a treasure map showing the path to the crystal, "The Heart of Atlantis". Main article: , who developed the for the television and theatrical productions, was hired to devise the Atlantean language for Atlantis: The Lost Empire. Guided by the directors' initial concept for it to be a "", Okrand employed an word stock with its own . He would change the words if they began to sound too much like an actual, spoken language. John Emerson designed the written component, making hundreds of random sketches of individual letters from among which the directors chose the best to represent the Atlantean alphabet. The written language was : designed to be read left-to-right on the first line, then right-to-left on the second, continuing in a zigzag pattern to simulate the flow of water. The Atlantean [A] is a shape developed by John Emerson. It is a miniature map of the city of Atlantis (i.e., the outside of the swirl is the cave, the inside shape is the silhouette of the city, and the dot is the location of the crystal). It's a treasure map. — Kirk Wise, director Writing was the first writer to be involved with the film but soon left to work on other Disney projects. According to him, he "had not a shred" in the movie. completed the screenplay, stating that the time from initially discussing the story to producing a script that satisfied the film crew was "about three to four months". The initial draft was 155 pages, much longer than a typical Disney film script (which usually runs 90 pages). When the first two acts were timed at 120 minutes, the directors cut characters and sequences and focused more on Milo. Murphy said that he created the centuries-old Shepherd's Journal because he needed a map for the characters to follow throughout their journey. A revised version of the script eliminated the trials encountered by the explorers as they navigated the caves to Atlantis. This gave the film a faster pace because Atlantis is discovered earlier in the story. The directors often described the Atlanteans using as an example. When wandered into Egypt, the people had lost track of their once-great civilization. They were surrounded by artifacts of their former greatness but somehow unaware of what they meant. — Don Hahn, producer The character of Milo J. Thatch was originally supposed to be a descendant of Edward Teach, otherwise known as the pirate. The directors later related him to an explorer so he would discover his inner talent for exploration. The character of Molière was originally intended to be "professorial" but Chris Ure, a story artist, changed the concept to that of a "horrible little burrowing creature with a wacky coat and strange headgear with extending eyeballs", said Wise. Don Hahn pointed out that the absence of songs presented a challenge for a team accustomed to animating musicals, as action scenes alone would have to carry the film. Kirk Wise said it gave the team an opportunity for more on-screen character development: "We had more screen time available to do a scene like where Milo and the explorers are camping out and learning about one another's histories. An entire sequence is devoted to having dinner and going to bed. That is not typically something we would have the luxury of doing." Hahn stated that the first animated sequence completed during production was the film's . The original version featured a war party using The Shepherd's Journal to find Atlantis and being swiftly dispatched by the Leviathan. Near the end of production, story supervisor John Sanford told the directors that he felt this prologue did not give viewers enough emotional involvement with the Atlanteans. Despite knowing that the Viking prologue was finished and it would cost additional time and money to alter the scene, the directors agreed with Sanford. Trousdale went home and completed the later that evening after visiting a strip club where he boarded the new sequence on a napkin. The opening was replaced by a sequence depicting the destruction of Atlantis, which introduced the film from the perspective of the Atlanteans and Princess Kida. The Viking prologue is included as an extra feature on the . Casting Kirk Wise, one of the directors, said that they chose for the role of Milo because they felt he gave his characters his own personality and made them more believable on screen. Fox said that voice acting was much easier than his past experience with live action because he did not have to worry about what he looked like in front of a camera while delivering his lines. The directors mentioned that Fox was also offered a role for ; he allowed his son to choose which film he would work on, and he chose Atlantis. Viewers have noted similarities between Milo and the film's language consultant, , who developed the used in the film. Okrand stated that Milo's supervising animator, , sketched him, claiming not to know how a linguist looked or acted. Kida's supervising animator, Randy Haycock, stated that her actress, , was very "intimidating" when he first met her; this influenced how he wanted Kida to look and act on screen when she meets Milo. Wise chose for the role of Commander Lyle Tiberius Rourke because of his previous experience with , especially and films, and said the role "fits him like a glove". When asked if he would be interested in the role, Garner replied: "I'd do it in a heartbeat." Producer Don Hahn was saddened that , the voice of Jebidiah Allardyce "Cookie" Farnsworth, never saw the finished film before he died of lung cancer in February 2000, but mentioned that he was shown clips of his character's performance during his site sessions and said, "He loved it." Shawn Keller, supervising animator for Cookie, stated, "It was kind of a sad fact that [Varney] knew that he was not going to be able to see this film before he passed away. He did a bang-up job doing the voice work, knowing the fact that he was never gonna see his last performance." recorded supplemental dialogue for Cookie. , who voiced Preston Whitmore, stated that doing voice work was "freeing" and allowed him to be "big" and "outrageous" with his character. Dr. Joshua Sweet's supervising animator, , indicated that one of the challenges was animating Sweet in sync with rapid line delivery while keeping him believable. Morris stated that this character was extreme, with "no middle ground"; he mentioned, "When he was happy, he was really happy, and when he's solemn, he's real solemn." described her character, Lieutenant Helga Katrina Sinclair, as "sensual" and "striking", and was relieved when she finally saw what her character looked like, joking, "I'd hate to, you know, go through all this and find out my character is a toad." said her character, Audrey Rocio Ramirez, made her "feel like a little kid again" and she always hoped her sessions would last longer. felt that her character, Wilhelmina Bertha Packard, was very "cynical" and "secure": "She does her job, and when she is not busy, she does anything she wants." mentioned that finding his performance as Gaetan "Mole" Molière was by allowing the character to "leap out" of him while making funny voices. To get into character during his recording sessions, he stated that he would "throw myself into the scene and feel like I'm in this make-believe world". Kirk Wise and , supervising animator for Vincenzo "Vinny" Santorini, noted Vinny's actor unique ability to dialogue while voicing the role. Edmonds recalled, "[Novello] would look at the sheet, and he would read the line that was written once, and he would never read it again! And we never used a written line, it was improvs, the whole movie." Michael Cedeno, supervising animator for King Kashekim Nedakh, was astounded at voice talent in the role, stating that he had "so much rich character" in his performance. As he spoke his lines, Cedeno said the crew would sit there and watch Nimoy in astonishment. Animation For comparison, the top image (panoramic view of Atlantis) is cropped to Disney's standard aspect ratio (1.66:1); the bottom image was seen in the film (2.35:1). At the peak of its production, 350 animators, artists and technicians were working on Atlantis at all three Disney animation studios: (), (), and (Paris). The film was one of the few Disney animated features produced and shot in . The directors felt that a widescreen image was crucial, as a nostalgic reference to old action-adventure films presented in the format (2.35:1), noting as an inspiration. Because switching to the format would require animation desks and equipment designed for widescreen to be purchased, Disney executives were at first reluctant about the idea. The production team found a simple solution by drawing within a smaller frame on the same paper and equipment used for standard (1.66:1) Disney-animated films. Layout supervisor Ed Ghertner wrote a guide to the widescreen format for use by the layout artists and mentioned that one advantage of widescreen was that he could keep characters in scenes longer because of additional space to walk within the frame. Wise drew further inspiration for the format from filmmakers and . The film's visual style was strongly based upon that of , the comic book artist behind . Mignola was one of four production designers (along with Matt Codd, Jim Martin, and ) hired by the Disney studio for the film. Accordingly, he provided style guides, preliminary character, and background designs, and story ideas. "Mignola's graphic, the angular style was a key influence on the 'look' of the characters," stated Wise. Mignola was surprised when first contacted by the studio to work on Atlantis. His artistic influence on the film would later contribute to a . I remember watching a rough cut of the film and these characters have these big, square, weird hands. I said to the guy next to me, "Those are cool hands." And he says to me, "Yeah, they're your hands. We had a whole meeting about how to do your hands." It was so weird I couldn't wrap my brain around it. — Mike Mignola The final pull-out shot of the movie, immediately before the end-title card, was described by the directors as the most difficult shot in the history of Disney animation. They said that the pull-out attempt on their prior film, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, "struggled" and "lacked depth"; however, after making advances in the process of , they tried the technique again in Atlantis. The shot begins with one 16-inch (40.6 cm) piece of paper showing a close-up of Milo and Kida. As the camera pulls away from them to reveal the newly restored Atlantis, it reaches the equivalent of an 18,000-inch (46,000 cm) piece of paper composed of many individual pieces of paper (24 inches [61 cm] or smaller). Each piece was carefully drawn and combined with animated vehicles simultaneously flying across the scene to make the viewer see a complete, integrated image. Scale model of Ulysses submarine by Greg Aronowitz, used by digital animators as reference during production. At the time of its release, Atlantis: The Lost Empire was notable for using more (CGI) than any other Disney traditionally animated feature. To increase productivity, the directors had the digital artists work with the throughout the production. Several important scenes required heavy use of digital animation: the Leviathan, the Ulysses submarine and sub-pods, the Heart of Atlantis, and the Stone Giants. During production, after Matt Codd and Jim Martin designed the Ulysses on paper, Greg Aronowitz was hired to build a scale model of the submarine, to be used as a reference for drawing the 3D Ulysses. The final film included 362 digital-effects shots, and computer programs were used to seamlessly join the 2D and 3D artwork. One scene that took advantage of this was the "sub-drop" scene, where the 3D Ulysses was dropped from its docking bay into the water. As the camera floated toward it, a 2D Milo was drawn to appear inside, tracking the camera. The crew noted that it was challenging to keep the audience from noticing the difference between the 2D and 3D drawings when they were merged. The digital production also gave the directors a unique "" for complicated shots within the film. With the ability to operate in the z-plane, this camera moved through a digital ; the background and details were later hand-drawn over the wireframes. This was used in the opening flight scene through Atlantis and the submarine chase through the undersea cavern with the Leviathan in pursuit. Music and sound Since the film would not feature any songs, the directors hired to compose the after they heard his music on . Approaching it as a live-action film, Howard decided to have different musical themes for the cultures of the surface world and Atlantis. In the case of Atlantis, Howard chose an incorporating chimes, bells, and gongs. The directors told Howard that the film would have a number of key scenes without dialogue; the score would need to convey emotionally what the viewer was seeing on screen. and his team at were hired for the film's . Like Howard, Rydstrom employed different sounds for the two cultures. Focusing on the machine and mechanical sounds of the early industrial era for the explorers, he felt that the Atlanteans should have a "more organic" sound utilizing ceramics and pottery. The sound made by the Atlantean flying-fish vehicles posed a particular challenge. Rydstrom revealed that he was sitting at the side of a highway recording one day when a drove by at high speed. When the recording was sped up on his computer, he felt it sounded very organic, and decided to use it in the film. Rydstrom created the chiming of the Heart of Atlantis by rubbing his finger along the edge of a champagne flute, the sound of sub-pods moving through the water with a , while a ceramic pot from a garden store was used for the sounds of the movement of the Giant stone guardians. Release Atlantis: The Lost Empire had its world premiere at Disney's in , on June 3, 2001 and a limited release in New York City and Los Angeles on June 8; a wider release followed on June 15. At the premiere, Destination: Atlantis was on display, featuring behind-the-scenes props from the film and information on the legend of Atlantis with video games, displays, laser tag, and other attractions. The also loaned a variety of fish for display within the attraction. Promotion Atlantis was among Disney's first major attempts to utilize . The film was promoted through , which created a website with mini-games and a movie-based video game give-away for UPC labels from specially marked packages of Atlantis breakfast cereal. The film was one of Disney's first marketing attempts through , and allowed users to download games based on the film. (which had an exclusive licensing agreement on all Disney releases) promoted the film with toys, food packaging and in-store decor. The McDonald's advertising campaign involved television, radio, and print advertisements beginning on the film's release date. offered free admission tickets for the film on specially marked snack packages. Home media Atlantis: The Lost Empire was released on and on January 29, 2002. During the first month of its home release, the film led in VHS sales and was third in VHS and DVD sales combined. Sales and rentals of the VHS and DVD combined would eventually accumulate $157 million in revenue by mid-2003. Both a single-disc DVD edition and a two-disc collector's edition (with bonus features) were released. The single-disc DVD gave the viewer the option of viewing the film either in its original theatrical 2.39:1 aspect ratio or a modified 1.33:1 ratio (utilizing ). Bonus features available on the DVD version included audio and visual commentary from the film team, a virtual tour of the CGI models, an Atlantean-language tutorial, an encyclopedia on the myth of Atlantis, and the deleted Viking prologue scene. The two-disc collector's edition DVD contained all the single-disc features and a disc with supplemental material detailing all aspects of the film's production. The collector's-edition film could only be viewed in its original theatrical ratio, and also featured an optional track. Both DVD versions, however, contained a track and were certified. Disney digitally remastered and released Atlantis on on June 11, 2013, bundled with its sequel . Reception Box office Before the film's release, reporters speculated that it would have a difficult run due to competition from and . Regarding the market's shift from traditional animation and competition with CG-animated films, Kirk Wise said, "Any traditional animator, including myself, can't help but feel a twinge. I think it always comes down to story and character, and one form won't replace the other. Just like photography didn't replace painting. But maybe I'm blind to it." Jeff Jensen of noted that CGI films (such as Shrek) were more likely to attract the teenage demographic typically not interested in animation, and called Atlantis a "marketing and creative gamble". With a budget of $100 million, the film opened at #2 on its debut weekend, behind Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, earning $20.3 million in 3,011 theaters. During its second weekend, it would drop into fourth place behind the latter film, and , making $13.2 million. The film's international release began September 20 in Australia and other markets followed suit. During its 25-week theatrical run, Atlantis: The Lost Empire grossed over $186 million worldwide ($84 million from the United States and Canada). Responding to its disappointing box-office performance, , then-president of Walt Disney Feature Animation, said, "It seemed like a good idea at the time to not do a sweet fairy tale, but we missed." Critical response Atlantis: The Lost Empire received mixed reviews from critics, many of whom criticized its story. The review aggregator website reports that 48% of 144 professional critics have given Atlantis: The Lost Empire a positive review; the average rating is 5.5/10. The site's consensus is: "Atlantis provides a fast-paced spectacle, but stints on such things as character development and a coherent plot". assigned the film a weighted average score of 52 out of 100 based on 29 reviews from critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. Audiences polled by gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale. While critics had mixed reactions to the film in general, some praised it for its visuals, action-adventure elements, and attempt to appeal to an older audience. gave Atlantis three-and-a-half stars out of four. He praised the animation's "clean bright visual look" and the "classic energy of the comic book style", crediting this to the work of Mike Mignola. Ebert gave particular praise to the story and the final battle scene and wrote, "The story of Atlantis is rousing in an old pulp science fiction sort of way, but the climactic scene transcends the rest, and stands by itself as one of the great animated action sequences." In , gave high praise to the film, calling it "a monumental treat", and stated, "Atlantis is also one of the most eye-catching Disney cartoons since Uncle Walt institutionalized the four-fingered glove." Internet film critic wrote a positive review of the film, giving it three out of four stars. He wrote, "On the whole, Atlantis offers 90 minutes of solid entertainment, once again proving that while Disney may be clueless when it comes to producing good live-action movies, they are exactly the opposite when it comes to their animated division." of the wrote positively of the film's approach for an older audience: "But just beneath the surface, Atlantis brims with adult possibility." Other critics felt that the film was mediocre in regards to its story and characters, and that it failed to deliver as a non-musical to Disney's traditional audience. of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a C+ rating, writing that the film had "gee-whiz formulaic character" and was "the essence of craft without dream". of the said the storyline and characterizations were "old-fashioned" and the film had the retrograde look of a Saturday-morning cartoon, but these deficiencies were offset by its "brisk action" and frantic pace. of wrote, "Disney pushes into all-talking, no-singing, no-dancing and, in the end, no-fun animated territory." Stephanie Zacharek of wrote of Disney's attempt to make the film for an adult audience, "The big problem with Disney's latest animated feature, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, is that it doesn't seem geared to kids at all: It's so adult that it's massively boring." Rita Kempley of panned the film, calling it a "new-fashioned but old-fangled hash" and wrote, "Ironically Disney had hoped to update its image with this mildly diverting adventure, yet the picture hasn't really broken away from the tried-and-true format spoofed in the far superior Shrek." In 2015, Katharine Trendacosta at reviewed the film and called it a "Beautiful Gem of a Movie That Deserved Better Than It Got" and said that the film deserves more love than it ended up getting. Lindsay Teal considers "Atlantis" to be "a lost Disney classic". Describing the film as highly entertaining, she praises the writing and characterisation – in particular, Sweet, Helga and Kida. In particular, much praise has been given to the character of Kida. Summer has regarded the character of Kida as one of her favourite roles and even considers the character among the official Disney Princess line-up. Themes and interpretations Several critics and scholars have noted that Atlantis plays strongly on themes of and . M. Keith Booker, academic and author of studies about the implicit messages conveyed by media, views the character of Rourke as being motivated by "capitalist greed" when he pursues "his own financial gain" in spite of the knowledge that "his theft [of the crystal] will lead to the destruction of [Atlantis]". Religion journalist Mark Pinsky, in his exploration of moral and spiritual themes in popular Disney films, says that "it is impossible to read the movie ... any other way" than as "a devastating, unrelenting attack on capitalism and ". Max Messier of observes, "Disney even manages to lambast the capitalist lifestyle of the adventurers intent on uncovering the lost city. Damn the imperialists!" According to Booker, the film also "delivers a rather moral" by concluding with the discovery of the Atlanteans kept secret from other surface-dwellers in order to maintain a separation between the two highly divergent cultures. Others saw Atlantis as an interesting look at philosophy of the sort found in classic works of science fiction by and Jules Verne. Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water controversy When the film was released, some viewers noticed that Atlantis: The Lost Empire was similar to the 1990-91 , particularly in its character design, setting, and story. The similarities, as noted by viewers in both Japan and America, were strong enough for its production company to be called to sue for . According to Gainax member , they only refrained from doing so because the decision belonged to parent companies and . Another Gainax worker, , was quoted in an interview in 2000 as saying: "We actually tried to get NHK to pick a fight with Disney, but even the National Television Network of Japan didn't dare to mess with Disney and their lawyers. [...] We actually did say that but we wouldn't actually take them to court. We would be so terrified about what they would do to them in return that we wouldn't dare." Although Disney never responded formally to those claims, co-director Kirk Wise posted on a Disney animation in May 2001, "Never heard of Nadia till it was mentioned in this [newsgroup]. Long after we'd finished production, I might add." He claimed both Atlantis and Nadia were inspired, in part, by the 1870 Jules Verne novel . However, speaking about the clarification, Lee Zion from wrote, "There are too many similarities not connected with 20,000 Leagues for the whole thing to be coincidence." As such, the whole affair ultimately entered popular culture as a convincing case of plagiarism. In 2018, Reuben Baron from added to Zion's comment stating, "Verne didn't specifically imagine magic crystal-based technology, something featured in both the Disney movie and the too similar anime. The Verne inspiration also doesn't explain the designs being suspiciously similar to Nadia's." Critics also saw parallels with the 1986 film from and (which also featured magic crystals, and Atlantis directors Trousdale and Wise both acknowledged Miyazaki's works as a major influence on their own work) and with the 1994 film as Milo's characteristics were said to resemble those of , the protagonist of Stargate and its spinoff television series — which coincidentally launched its own spinoff, titled ; the plot of the 1994 film is also paralleled involving a group visiting an unknown world, a fictional language made for the other world's people, the main protagonist having apparent knowledge of the people's culture, falling in love with one of the female locals and electing to stay behind when the others return home. Accolades Award Category Name Result Individual Achievement in Directing Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise Nominated Individual Achievement in Storyboarding Chris Ure Nominated Individual Achievement in Production Design David Goetz Nominated Individual Achievement in Effects Animation Marlon West Nominated Individual Achievement in Voice Acting – Female Florence Stanley Nominated Individual Achievement in Voice Acting – Male Leonard Nimoy Nominated Individual Achievement for Music Score James Newton Howard Nominated Original Retrospective Documentary Michael Pellerin Nominated Best Sound Editing – Animated Feature Film Gary Rydstrom, Michael Silvers, Mary Helen Leasman, John K. Carr, Shannon Mills, Ken Fischer, David C. Hughes, and Susan Sanford Won Nominated 2002 Political Film Society Nominated Nominated Nominated Diane Warren and James Newton Howard Nominated Best Feature Family Film – Drama Walt Disney Feature Animation Nominated Related works Main article: Atlantis: The Lost Empire was meant to inspire an entitled Team Atlantis, which would have presented the further adventures of its characters. The series would have been akin to an animated version of and feature a with . However, because of the film's underperformance at the box office, the series was not produced. On May 20, 2003, Disney released a sequel titled , consisting of three episodes planned for the aborted series. planned to revive its ride with an Atlantis: The Lost Empire theme with elements from the movie. These plans were canceled and the attraction was re-opened in 2007 as the , its theme based on the 2003 film , which was far more successful commercially and critically. In addition, after the Submarine Voyage's counterpart, , closed down in 1994, four years before Disneyland's, there were proposals of a new attraction that would take its place, with one of them a volcano attraction inspired by that film's Vulcania location, being approved for the Magic Kingdom's area. Around 1999, during development of Atlantis: The Lost Empire, it was decided that it would be themed to the movie, with it taking place in 1916, two years after the film's events. The ride would have focused on Preston Whitmore, a character from the film, seeking to make Atlantis existence public and offer expeditions to visitors in newly developed vehicles. However, due to mishaps, the vehicles would be forced to make a detour through the lava-filled caverns of the volcano. The attraction would have used a unique hybrid ride system, in which it would start as a standard coaster before the trains hook up to a suspended track midway through to fly through the caverns. The attraction would have been accessed by a new canyon path in between and a re-routed that would have led to a Whitmore Enterprises base camp at the edge of the path, with the mountain itself being built outside the berm. However, like the previous Submarine Voyage retheme, the ride was cancelled due to the film's disappointment in the box office.
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TDP 1461: 15A. Doctor Who: The Fourth Doctor Adventures Series 15: The Ministry of Death REVIEW
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 11 minutes and 52 secondsThis title was released in March 2026. It will be exclusively available to buy from the Big Finish website until 30 April 2026, and on general sale after this date. Summoned back to Earth by the Space-Time telegraph, the Doctor and Sarah Jane find themselves assisting their old friends at UNIT not once but twice. But exactly how willing will a Time Lord be to be stuck in a single place once more? 15.1 The Ministry of Death by Robert Valentine (4 parts) When the Brigadier uses the Space-Time Telegraph to summon the Doctor and Sarah Jane from their travels, they know it'll be for something unusual. But neither could expect something quite this strange. An electronics expert has died after being struck by lightning. But how could this possibly happen in his office? And that’s only the first death they discover. A wild scheme is underway. A case of twisted science and revenge. That's about to hit closer to home than they could possibly anticipate. 15.2 The Inhuman Empire by Phil Mulryne (2 parts) Sarah is contacted by an old friend who knows her predilection for 'rum goings on', asking her to investigate unusual activities at the National Museum. Sarah agrees to look into it, with the Doctor tagging along - but they soon discover things are worse than they thought. Because the Museum is host to alien activity - very familiar aliens at that. And if they don't stop these relic hunters quickly, then humanity itself might not survive. Brigadier Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart © Haisman & Lincoln and used under licence. With thanks to Hannah Haisman and Candy Jar Please note: the collector’s edition CD box set is strictly limited to 1,500 copies and will not be re-pressed. Recorded on: 23 and 27 October, 3,10, 16 and 30 November, and 14 December 2020 Recorded at: The Soundhouse and Remote Recoding Producer David Richardson said: "Now this is my era! I was 12 years old when the Fourth Doctor, Sarah Jane and Harry were flying out into the universe, and those years remain some of my most treasured Doctor Who memories. "How brilliant that, at last, 15 seasons into The Fourth Doctor Adventures, we can bring those characters back together again for new stories. This season has been sitting 'in the can' for a while now - we made it at the height of lockdown, and it proved the most joyous diversion from bleak times. Imaginative, brilliant escapism - just what Doctor Who should be." The Ministry of Death writer Robert Valentine added: "There is a certain magic to these lead characters of the Fourth Doctor, Sarah, Harry and the Brig. The Fourth Doctor is a far less clubbable personality than the Third Doctor was, and he's this chaotic force who wants to leave, and the Brig is a force of order who wants him to stay. "And stuck between them are Sarah and Harry, who are a very different couple of characters, who nevertheless get on extremely well. But Harry is a throwback to an earlier time, not unlike John Steed in The Avengers, and Sarah is a thoroughly contemporary woman who's bang up to date for the 1970s. Or is it the 1980s?" Actor Christopher Naylor described The Ministry of Death: "It has a real adventure serial feel to it. It moves at a good pace and it's very reminiscent of those early stories in Tom's tenure, like Robot. You can imagine those very brightly lit sets and the jeeps zooming all over the place and lots of colour separation overlay of actors and creatures getting bigger." Sadie Miller, who plays Sarah Jane Smith, agreed: "It's a really fun adventure. It reminds me of Roger Corman movies - that sort of creature feature element, which I absolutely adore, and a gothic spooky element to the sci-fi, with a mad scientist character, which I've always really enjoyed as a viewer and as a listener."
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TDP 1460: 5.3. Star Cops: Conflict: Prisoner and Escort REVIEW
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 7 minutes and 1 secondAlice Okoro returns to the Moon having escorted a prisoner, Mitchell Kane, from a Mars waystation. He has confessed to committing a murder on the Red Planet, but Nathan suspects he isn't telling the whole truth. Is Kane the killer? If not, who is? And why would he admit to a murder he hasn’t committed? The answer to those questions brings shocking consequences. Recorded on: 5-7 November 2024 Recorded at: The Soundhouse Writer Roland Moore said: "The Star Cops characters are so well drawn, originally by Chris Boucher and then from what script editor Andrew Smith and the rest of the team have done. They've been played so consistently over the years, so getting back into writing for them is quite easy. And, I had great fun with the two guest characters. Mitchell Kane is a man totally out of his depth, and it's fun to see him unravel - Homer Todiwala's portrayal of Mitchell was a joy to hear." Director Helen Goldwyn added: "Mitchell is quite a character, brilliantly played by Homer. He's a really interesting personality type, and it's great to see his evolution. Also joining us on this episode is the fabulous Hannah Bristow, who I had the pleasure of working with in a show the year before; I knew that she had such a distinctive voice and such a naturalistic style, so it was great to come across the role of Samantha and be able to offer that to Hannah." (Nathan Spring) (Inspector Colin Devis) (Chief Superintendent Pal Kenzy) (Samantha Curran) (Inspector Alice Okoro) (Inspector Paul Bailey) (Mitchell Kane)
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TDP 1459: #DoctorWho: The Thirteenth Doctor Adventures: 5 The Violet Hour REVIEW
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 10 minutes and 29 secondsThis title was released in March 2026. It will be exclusively available to buy from the Big Finish website until 31 May 2026, and on general sale after this date. The Doctor and Yaz arrive in the East End of London, 1926. There’s grief in the air: not only the years of war and sickness, but a more recent death. A strange message prompts them to investigate the murder of a medium. A young woman whose seances hide deeper secrets - and an unearthly power that threatens the entire city. Please note: the collector's edition CD is strictly limited to 1,500 copies Cover Art by Director Executive Producer Music by Producer Script Editor Sound Design by Written by Senior Producer Product Format: 1-disc CD (jewel case) Number of Discs: 1 Duration: 71 minutes Physical Retail ISBN: 978-1-80240-627-6 Digital Retail ISBN: 978-1-80240-628-3 Production Code: BFPDW13TH05 (The Doctor) (Yasmin Khan) (Esther) (Kidney / Cat-Caller) (Nellie / Waitress) (Miriam) (Maltravers / Ironmonger) Recorded on: 25 June 2025 Recorded at: Fitzrovia Post Writer Rafaella Marcus said: "It’s been a thrill to take the Thirteenth Doctor and Yaz to the world of music hall and seances, and bring them face to face with all the strange and murky things that occupy the underbelly of 1920s London. "Speaking to the dead is a dangerous and - quite literally - haunting business, and even more so in this era. I've loved writing Yaz and the Doctor's challenging, loyal, heartfelt dynamic as they investigate both a series of murders and their own losses - I hope listeners enjoy it as much as I did." Lead actor Jodie Whittaker said: "It's a really beautiful script, with ghostly elements explored in a very unique way, and so many different characters of different ages as well - people whose grief is through loss of a family, and young people who've lost someone instantly. And it touches on the Spanish flu, which, now we all know what it's like to live through a pandemic, feels incredibly relevant." Her co-star Mandip Gill added: "When I first read The Violet Hour, I was a bit scared because I'm actually scared of ghosts! But then I got quite excited because we've not touched on this before, and it's exciting to pop back to the East End in the 1920s." And, producer Noga Flaishon said: "Working with Rafaella Marcus was wonderful. I adore their work across theatre and audio, and they were amongst the first writers I pitched for this series. The plot is so suspenseful and spooky, and this was the first - and so far only - time I shed tears in the control room during a recording... the words ripped my heart out on this one."
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TDP 1457: Doctor Who: The Third Doctor Adventures: The Imposters REVIEW
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 11 minutes and 9 secondsThis title was released in February 2026. It will be exclusively available to buy from the Big Finish website until 31 March 2026, and on general sale after this date. The Doctor and the Brigadier are on the trail of stolen, advanced technology. Sarah Jane Smith is convinced an informant is leading her to a top-secret space tracking station. And Dr Elizabeth Shaw is wearing a metal helmet, covered in tin foil. It's a deadly puzzle, involving a precocious schoolgirl, a Saturday night all-in wrestling star and a high-ranking military officer. There's a plot to control the Earth's weather and somewhere in all this, there's a connection to the constellation of Centaurus. To defeat an enemy with no regard for human life, the Doctor must battle on all fronts, but not before a lethal encounter with the Venusian karate Downward K-klak! Brigadier Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart © Haisman & Lincoln and used under licence. With thanks to Hannah Haisman and Candy Jar PLEASE NOTE: Due to very limited availability, this release can only be purchased on CD as part of a bundle This title was released in February 2026. It will be exclusively available to buy from the Big Finish website until 31 March 2026, and on general sale after this date. The Doctor and the Brigadier are on the trail of stolen, advanced technology. Sarah Jane Smith is convinced an informant is leading her to a top-secret space tracking station. And Dr Elizabeth Shaw is wearing a metal helmet, covered in tin foil. It's a deadly puzzle, involving a precocious schoolgirl, a Saturday night all-in wrestling star and a high-ranking military officer. There's a plot to control the Earth's weather and somewhere in all this, there's a connection to the constellation of Centaurus. To defeat an enemy with no regard for human life, the Doctor must battle on all fronts, but not before a lethal encounter with the Venusian karate Downward K-klak! Brigadier Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart © Haisman & Lincoln and used under licence. With thanks to Hannah Haisman and Candy Jar **PLEASE NOTE: Due to very limited availability, this release can only be purchased on CD as part of a bundle**
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TDP 1456: REVIEW Vol 2. Irwin Allen's The Time Tunnel: The Dimensions of Time
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 10 minutes and 59 secondsThis title was released in February 2026. It will be exclusively available to buy from the Big Finish website until 31 March 2026, and on general sale after this date. Captain Lewis Haworth, young hacker MB, dark web operative Cole Smith and marine biologist Clare MacGregor found themselves in a changed world, controlled by the sinister Rakervia. In a secret military base in Arizona, they reactivated the Time Tunnel and set out across history, on a mission to track down the lost scientists Tony Newman and Doug Phillips, and restore the world as it should be. 2.1 Families and Lies - June 28 1969, by Mark B Oliver Cole arrives, alone, in Greenwich Village, Manhattan on Saturday, 28th June 1969, the day before the Stonewall uprising. With Lewis and MB nowhere to be found, he forges new friendships, but they have their own troubles. Inside the Project Tic-Toc Control Room, Clare must persuade Elenya that reuniting her friends is in all their interests. 2.2 Divine Intervention - April 1429, by Lisa McMullin MB and Cole find themselves in 15th Century France, towards the end of the Hundred Years War. It's France versus England but MB and Cole will be lining up on the side of France - alongside the Maid of Orleans herself - Joan of Arc. Is she a witch, a heretic or a feminist revolutionary? 2.3 Rendezvous with Tomorrow - April 15th 1912, by Gary Hopkins MB and Cole follow in the footsteps of Doctors Newman and Phillips aboard the doomed passenger ship Titanic in the year 1912. It seems that, after all, history can be re-written. Clara MacGregor, meanwhile, discovers that the past can be read in different ways. Is it possible that the journey's end is in sight? **Please note: the collector's edition CD box set is strictly limited to 1,000 copies and will not be repressed** Irwin Allen's The Time Tunnel TM & © 2026 Legendary. All rights reserved. Used under license. Based on the original television series "The Time Tunnel" © Legendary and Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. Recorded on: 17-19 July and 14-16 August 2024 Recorded at: The Soundhouse Producer, director and script editor Gary Russell said: "The Time Tunnel is one of those great Sixties science-fiction shows that ended too soon and without resolution. Ever since I was six years old, I used to think, what happened to poor Doug and Tony? To finally have the opportunity to restart Project Tic-Toc's computer spools, flashing lights and boot up the Tunnel again - and along the way maybe finally get an answer to Doug and Tony's fate - was simply too good an opportunity to pass up on. "We've had so much support and encouragement too from Legendary and Synthesis - who look after the Irwin Allen properties with so much love and respect - and for that I'm really grateful. They gave us the chance to bring The Time Tunnel into the twenty-first century with a bang." On making her Big Finish debut, Sandra Dickinson said: "It’s a part to die for! The woman I'm playing has a rich history of being a very good human being, a loving, caring person, and is a tough cookie, so it was really fun to play, and to use the New York accent, which has been in my mind for a long time. "The 1960s was an amazing time. It's so apt at the moment to be talking about the LGBTQ rights movement. It's really nice to hear how it all started off in New York. And my dear son-in-law, David Tennant, has been standing up for them, bless him! So it's a great one to have done." The first episode’s writer Mark B Oliver said: "I did a lot of research into the Stonewall Uprising, and what I found most fascinating were the oral histories that people have recorded over the years. These are people that were there and experienced what exactly happened. And the common thread is that they agreed to disagree about the exact details!" The second episode is scripted by Lisa McMullin, who said: "I’ve had a real hankering for quite a while to tell a pure historical story, so this was such a treat. It was really enjoyable telling the story of Joan of Arc. I had loads of interest in her before, and I'm always fascinated by how religion can be a real comforter to people but is also used to justify so much horror." And, finale writer Gary Hopkins said: "At the time we were discussing what we might want to do with this episode, I was reading a fantastic book called The Darks and Bounds of a Failing World, all about the tragedy of the Titanic and the Edwardian era. So it all fell into place at just the right time. I'd grown up watching various representations of the Titanic through film and television, but I always wanted to go back to the factual origin."
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TDP 1455: Asterix – For Your Consideration 21
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 47 minutes and 8 secondsWe finally kick of the year with Luke’s choice. This time we’re looking at the Asterix comic albums. T-shirts can be found here – Follow us on twitter Like us on Review us on Email the show –
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THE SOLO ADVENTURER - A New Project
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 2 minutes and 44 secondsIts my birthday... thought id try something different... join me if you would like to...
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TDP 1454: 5.2. Star Cops: Conflict: Shadow of the Moonlight REVIEW
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 8 minutes and 16 secondsThe murder of movie star Striker Torrance brings the ISPF to the Moon's Rothchester-Remini hotel, where preparations are under way for the star-studded premiere of Shadow of the Moonlight, an action thriller where the lead characters are Star Cops. Nathan bonds with iconic star Coral Goldfinch, while the team uncover tragedy and dark secrets beneath the Hollywood veneer. Why is Coral's private security guard obstructing the investigation, and who is sending the star sinister messages? Director Helen Goldwyn said: "This episode brings together the technological and scientific side of the Star Cops world with the world of entertainment that is still going on down on planet Earth. It's really good fun to have those two worlds colliding. One of the best parts of this episode was getting to work with the fabulous Samantha Boffin as Coral Goldfinch, who delivers such a great, nuanced performance." Writer Mark Wright added: "I sent so many emails to Andrew Smith, our series script editor, begging to let me do a Star Cops, because I'm such a big fan of the original TV series. I was 15 when it started; I have very fond memories of running home for 8.30 on a Wednesday night to watch it. So, to work with Andy on the script, and to be in studio with three actors from the original series - who are just delightful and play off each other so well - it doesn't get better than that! "My original inspiration for this story was, there's always talk of the next Bond movie or Mission: Impossible that they'll film in space. I thought, with space technology and exploration expanding in the Star Cops universe, somebody would go and make a film in space. And there's a hotel on the moon where there's going to be a glitzy premiere because space tourism is becoming a big new thing now."
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TDP 1453 : REVIEW 4. Doctor Who: The War Doctor Rises: Cybergene
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 8 minutes and 52 secondsThis title was released in December 2025. It will be exclusively available to buy from the Big Finish website until 28 February 2026, and on general sale after this date. As the conflict between Gallifrey and Skaro rages, the Cybermen are gone from the universe. Until now. The War Doctor finds himself on a world ravaged by battle, where soldiers are kept alive by grimly familiar methods. As time is manipulated, the dead no longer stay dead, and a horrifying evolution begins... Seeking answers across multiple worlds, and in a long-dead Cyber-tomb, the Doctor uncovers the terrible truth. The ultimate Cyber-form is coming to join the Time War. Episode 1: Crucible Episode 2: Firebreak Episode 3: Sepulchre THIS TITLE IS NOW OUT OF PRINT ON CD (The War Doctor) (Vargeth) (The Cybermen) (Nesta) (Jellik / Cardew) (Vokol) (Tyrus) (Davius) (Captain Rorval) (Orgreave) (Ensign Zolan) Recorded on: 24-26 March 2025 Recorded at: The Soundhouse Producer David Richardson said: "The Cybermen enter the Time War. And more than that... every kind of Cybermen enters the Time War. Mondasian. Telosian. Whatever their heritage, these half man, half machines will change the stakes in the battle between the Time Lords and the Daleks. But who will this third party favour?" Writer Jonathan Morris added: "[Script editor] Matt Fitton asked me if I wanted to do a War Doctor story, and I replied going, please can I do the Cybermen? What happened to the Cybermen during the Time War? "I’ve never done a Cyberman story in twenty-odd years of working for Big Finish. Every now and then I’ve dropped little hints that I'd like to, but this time it's finally happened. All these ideas I've had over the last twenty years about cool things I could do with the Cybermen, I've put into this story." Lead actor Jonathan Carley said: "When I first took on the War Doctor, I thought, 'We know a lot about what the Daleks and Time Lords are up to, but what about the Cybermen, the other big cheese in the Doctor Who world?' I don't think they've ever been done in this era before. "This one was sold to me with the opening line of 'every Cyberman ever'. I was in, I was raring to go, and it has not disappointed - it's totally delivered on that, and a few original Cybermen in between." His co-star Mitra Djalili added: "I absolutely love it. I like a strong female lead and I'm very fortunate to be playing one. When I was a child watching Doctor Who, I never would have thought in a million years that later on down the line I'd be involved. And it's absolutely wonderful. "I relate to Nesta quite well. I wonder how much of a coincidence it is when I'm offered parts like this, because she's quite brittle, she's quite sarcastic, she doesn't suffer fools gladly. She has the courage of her convictions, but she also does have a soft centre."
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TDP 1452: 4.4. #DoctorWho: The Ninth Doctor and Rose Adventures: Cloud Eight
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 9 minutes and 12 secondsThis title was released in February 2026. It will be exclusively available to buy from the Big Finish website until 30 April 2026, and on general sale after this date. The Doctor and Rose travel to the 47th century, Earth's 'Second Dark Age', but when they arrive in the floating box city of High High Wycombe, it's more like a paradise. The residents live an existence of endless leisure, and at night sleep a blissful, dreamless sleep. But cracks soon begin to show on its perfect, polished surface, and something terrible is brewing in the mind of teenage Elsa - something ancient and hungry - something that sounds like a nightmare. THIS TITLE IS NOW SOLD OUT ON CD Recorded on: 9 and 11 December 2024 Recorded at: Fitzrovia Post Writer Stewart Pringle said: "For me, Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper will always be the faces of the new series. They brought it back so brilliantly. They're just the most incredible performers. So to have them back together for a set of stories and get to contribute to that, it's just a total dream. "It was a great joy to be doing the first off-world story for this new run. The End of the World is still one of my very favourite Doctor Who stories. So Cloud Eight was our chance to do a bit of that, stepping out onto another world - although this is a world very close to Earth in some ways, it also feels quite distant and quite sinister." The episode’s other writer Lauren Mooney further explained the inspiration behind Cloud Eight: "I’m really interested in the relationship between work and sense of self. There's something fascinating about the paradise of a world without work, which was the starting germ of an idea about a future in which nobody has to work, but everybody's minds are colonised by data storage. "We are all in a world where our attention is being clamoured for, and it's easy to outsource our thinking and our creativity. And it's tempting to do that, and not to think for ourselves or create for ourselves. And so this story is about the perils of doing that, because we need those things!" Producer Matt Fitton said: "After sticking very closely to the Powell Estate for the first few stories, we wanted to widen the TARDIS net and have the Doctor and Rose head off a little way away. "Stewart Pringle and Lauren Mooney have written some great Ninth Doctor stories in the past, and I really enjoy all their writing. They can make things that are disturbing and very characterful and very human and very emotional as well. All of those ingredients fit well with the era of the Ninth Doctor and Rose! “So in Cloud Eight, we pay a visit to High High Wycombe, which is apparently a kind of a utopian paradise where people don't need to work anymore. People have endless leisure time and everything seems to be going swimmingly. But as ever in Doctor Who, there is beneath the surface a price being paid for all of this…" This is an adventure that gets the Doctor particularly riled up, as lead actor Christopher Eccleston commented: "I took this story as a warning to myself, really. The anger that the Doctor feels, I thought, was really exciting and prescient. He's able to both celebrate and berate humanity, but within, when he berates it, he's going, 'Please do not allow yourself to be controlled. Do not give yourselves up to being mechanised.'"
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TDP 1451: #Torchwood 98 Everyone's Dead on Floor 3
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 8 minutes and 17 secondsThis title was released in January 2026. It will be exclusively available to buy from the Big Finish website until 31 March 2026, and on general sale after this date. 1954, an ordinary morning at Matthews and Small, until the screaming starts. Racing upstairs, they find everyone's dead on floor three. What was the mysterious firm upstairs? Can the prompt arrival of an investigator from Torchwood find a traitor? Please note: the collector’s edition CDs have now sold out Recorded on: 18 July 2025 Recorded at: The Soundhouse Lead actor Samuel Barnett, who has played Norton Folgate in many audio adventures since 2016, said: "This is set in the 1950s, which is Norton's real time period, rather than any of the time-travelling type stuff that he does. He is trying to stop a time bomb going off in a building. But he's been a very naughty boy! As usual with Norton, is he good? Is he bad? We love that he’s slightly bad, but we ultimately want him to be good." (Norton Folgate) (Robert Matthews) (Angela Carr) (Timothy Small) (William Ledbury)
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TDP 1450: 5.1 #StarCops: Conflict Suspicion and Sabotage REVIEW #Bigfinish
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 7 minutes and 25 secondsTDP_1450_5 1 Star Cops: Conflict Suspicion and Sabotage It's the near future, and mankind has expanded its presence in space. Maintaining law and order beyond Earth is the responsibility of the International Space Police Force, known colloquially as the Star Cops. Their leader is Commander Nathan Spring. With Earth’s vital mineral resources running low, and worldwide suspicion over the true purpose of a mission to mine the asteroid belt, international tensions are running high. A series of suspected sabotage incidents at the Moon’s south pole, and an attempted assassination on Earth, threaten to provoke tensions to the point of war. Can the officers of the International Space Police Force avert an escalating catastrophe? Recorded on: 5-7 November 2024 Recorded at: The Soundhouse Producer Emma Haigh said: "I’m always thrilled to see a new Star Cops script arrive in my inbox and these new stories brought just as much excitement as ever. "In these six fresh stories, the Star Cops are tested to their limits, both physically and mentally, with huge professional and personal conflicts, against the backdrop of a global crisis. Andrew Smith and our team of writers – Roland Moore, Mark Wright and Georgia Cook – take us on a journey for which it's worth flying to the moon and back." Writer and script editor Andrew Smith said: "The scale of Star Cops: Conflict is easily bigger than any set of stories we’ve told before. World peace is in the balance, international tensions are reaching boiling point, and the cause of those tensions is rooted in space. The Star Cops' actions have greater consequences than ever before. "The writers who have worked with me on this have once more delivered exceptional episodes, and it's been a particular treat to have Big Finish veteran Mark Wright - a huge Star Cops fan, it turns out! - join us for the first time. "It has again been a joy to see and hear our regulars from the original TV show back together. David, Linda and Trevor have such happy memories and affection for the series. And this time around, we have a love interest for one of them. But will it last? Relationships aren’t easy for a Star Cop... "The starting point for this series was the issue of the shortage of minerals in the future, which is a genuine threat that is being looked at technologically at the moment. The asteroid belt is a potential solution to that, with the mineral-rich asteroids out there, but if this led to a world conflict, it'd be the first one where space is a real battleground. "This episode is very much about setting things up for the five episodes that follow, which are more or less standalone episodes, but with a continuing thread of the world tensions that are always there in the background." Linda Newton, who plays Pal Kenzy, added: "I really enjoy these episodes. The stakes are very high, higher than they've ever been, and that's clear from the first episode. And Kenzy, who is normally very impenetrable emotionally, does let her guard down and become involved with someone - like many an Australian girl, she falls for his English charms! That someone is Howard Lesser, a new character played by Ben Miles, star of Andor and Coupling. Miles said: "Howard is quite a mysterious character. He runs an ice collection station on the moon, and seems to be having trouble with a neighbouring station, so calls our fabulous Star Cop Kenzy up to have a look at it. There seems to be something from the off between Kenzy and Howard, and he insists on taking her for a little tour in his moon rover! Written by Senior Producer Cover Art by Director Executive Producer Music by Producer Script Editor Sound Design by Based on the format created by Product Format: 0-digital download Duration: 63 minutes Physical Retail ISBN: n/a Digital Retail ISBN: 978-1-80240-792-1 Production Code: BFPSCOPS08CON01 (Nathan Spring) (Inspector Colin Devis) (Chief Superintendent Pal Kenzy) (Alexandra Myers / Leader) (Howard Lesser) (Inspector Alice Okoro) (Inspector Paul Bailey)
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TDP 1449: #DoctorWho 13th Doctor RIDE OR DIE
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 9 minutes and 1 secondThis title was released in January 2026. It will be exclusively available to buy from the Big Finish website until 31 March 2026, and on general sale after this date. The Doctor and Yaz have been sent a list of coordinates, each one pointing to a location in time and space where people are disappearing - but why? The trail leads to a war-torn world, where conscripted humans battle the terrifying Banshee. Can the Doctor end this conflict before she loses her best friend? Please note: the collector’s edition CDs have now sold out. Recorded on: 25 and 27 June 2025 Recorded at: Fitzrovia Post Writer Rochana Patel said: "The Thirteenth Doctor Adventures really are incredibly special. This TARDIS team still feel fresh from their TV adventures, which means we can do modern and relevant storytelling, in a way that wouldn't sit quite right in other ranges. "As such, I threw absolutely everything I could into Ride or Die, to make it feel like a hard-edged, contemporary, science-fiction drama. There's no cosiness or nostalgia here, and as a result, this one certainly isn't your average episode! Plus, in the background, there’s an even bigger story arc starting to unfold..." Mandip Gill said: "Yaz meets an old friend, Megan, and there’s history there. Megan had a crush on Yaz which Yaz wasn’t sure about. So, when Megan brings it up, it makes her think about what it is that she feels about the Doctor. She’s stopped in her tracks by somebody from back home reminding her that this might not go on forever, and that she needs to stay in touch with reality." Jodie Whittaker added: "I thought this was an amazing story. It feels very timely. The discussion of profits of war and violence is a very important theme at the moment. What's fascinating about the Doctor is that they never give up hope, they're always there to guide humans to make the right choices. And I really love that about the Thirteenth Doctor, particularly how she always has so much energy even when she's hitting herself against a wall continually!" (The Doctor) (Yasmin Khan) (The Tourist) (Prospero) (Banshees) (Sergeant Johnson) (Megan Miller) (Corporal Chapman) Cover Art by Director Executive Producer Music by Producer Script Editor Sound Design by Written by Senior Producer Product Format: 1-disc CD (jewel case) Number of Discs: 1 Duration: 70 minutes Physical Retail ISBN: 978-1-80240-625-2 Digital Retail ISBN: 978-1-80240-626-9 Production Code: BFPDW13TH04
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TDP 1448: Blakes 7 Afterlife from @bigfinish REVIEW
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 12 minutes and 54 secondsDid Blake’s death really mean the end of the fight against the evil forces of the Federation? Was the vulnerable thief Vila killed – or just wounded? What happened to the computer Orac? Would the scheming Servalan regain her old powerbase? And what of Avon himself, the unbeatable, unpredictable paranoid who had ended it all? Afterlife is Tony Attwood’s brilliant continuation of the Blake’s 7 story. ecorded on: May 2025 Recorded at: Home Studio Producer Peter Anghelides said: "When we released the audiobook of Paul Darrow’s prequel novel Avon: A Terrible Aspect, we knew we wanted to do the same with Tony Attwood's Afterlife, because it's the other original novel from the time of the TV series that bookends the whole of Blake’s 7. "“The book was first published by Target Books in 1984 – appropriately enough, a year that's long associated in literature with a dystopian world ruled over by a dictatorial leader. Four decades later, we are revisiting that world of a faceless bureaucracy cruelly directed by an uncaring supreme commander. "Following directly on from the explosive TV finale, Afterlife reveals not only the consequences for our heroes from Scorpio, but also what happened to the character most significantly absent from that story – Servalan herself. Now fans can hear these startling events brilliantly read by the familiar voice of Alistair Lock in this brand-new reading." Alistair Lock said: "This is like a wide-screen version of Blake's 7. Avon, Vila and Servalan are such iconic characters, and I've relished being able to bring them to life in this audio recording of Tony Attwood's novel. "“I’ve had great fun acting in audios for Big Finish set during the original stories, so it's a bit of a treat now to work on an audiobook that is set after the events of the TV series." At over seven hours long, the Big Finish audio production is a splendid tour de force by Alistair Lock, who gives each character their own voice, with passable impersonations of Avon’s nasal sneer and, of course Orac’s irascible tones, familiar from Lock’s previous Big Finish audios... Mark Plastow's cover art has captured Avon's wary, thoughtful, appraising expression, which is so much a part of his character. It sets the tone for the whole story. Horizon (blakes7online.com)
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TDP 1447: Stranger Things Season Five REVIEW
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 17 minutes and 31 secondsFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Stranger Things Season 5 Promotional poster Showrunners Starring Original release November 26 – December 31, 2025 Season chronology ← Previous The fifth and final season of the American television series , marketed as Stranger Things 5, was released on the streaming service in two volumes and the finale. The first set of four episodes was released on November 26, 2025, the second set of three episodes was released on December 25, and the finale was released on December 31. It was produced by the show's creators, the , along with and Dan Cohen. The season stars , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and . , , , , , , and appear in recurring roles. The season received positive reviews from critics. Premise Set in November 1987, a year and seven months after the events of the , the group seeks to find and kill following the opening of rifts throughout Hawkins. Their mission becomes complicated when establishes a quarantine in town and begins hunting . As the anniversary of ' disappearance approaches, the group must unite for a final battle against the forces of the . Cast and characters Main article: Main as Birdy as young Joyce as as as Max Rackenberg as young Mike as as as Luke Kokotek as 12-year-old Will Miles Marthaller as kindergarten-age Will as as as Graham Harvey as young Jonathan as as as as as Dr. Kay as as as teenage Henry Maksime Blatt as young Henry as Holly Wheeler Also starring as Lt. Colonel Jack Sullivan Emanuel Borria as Sergeant Luis Ramirez as Lt. Robert Akers as as Derek Turnbow as Vickie Dunne as Scott Clarke as Kali Prasad / Eight Recurring Calista Craig as Mary as Miss Harris Eden Stephens as Debbie Miller Gianlucca Gazzo as Glenn Carson Minniear as Thomas Anthony B. Jenkins as Joshua Birdie Borria as Rebecca Alyse Elna Lewis as Wendy Guest Clayton Royal Johnson as Andy Hunter Romanillos as Chance Chantell D. Christopher as Doris Caroline Elle Abrams as Tina Turnbow Gray Hawks as Mr. Turnbow Kelly Collins Lintz as Mrs. Turnbow Aiden Armstrong as Danny Harrington Kyle Riggs as Private Chapman Callaway Corrick as Ashley Klein as a scientist Karen Ceesay as Sue Sinclair as Claudia Henderson Arnell Powell as Charles Sinclair Sydney Bullock as Stacey Tilly Morris as Sara Hopper
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TDP 1446: Stranger Things Season FOUR review
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 14 minutes and 16 secondsFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Stranger Things Season 4 Promotional poster Showrunner Starring Original release May 27 – July 1, 2022 Season chronology ← Previous Next → The fourth season of the American television series , marketed as Stranger Things 4, was released worldwide on the streaming service in two volumes. The first set of seven episodes was released on May 27, 2022, and the second set of two episodes was released on July 1. The season was produced by the show's creators, the , along with , Dan Cohen, Iain Paterson, and Curtis Gwinn. The season stars , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and . , , , , , , , and appear in recurring roles. The season received highly positive reviews from critics, who praised the performances, visuals, action sequences, realistic themes, soundtrack, emotional weight, and the darker, more mature tone, though some criticized the lengthier episode runtimes. The first volume of the season received 13 nominations for the , including , winning five; the second volume received five nominations for the . Premise Set in March 1986, eight months after the events of the third season, the fourth season is split between three different plotlines. The first plotline takes place in Hawkins, Indiana, where a series of mysterious teenage murders begin haunting the town. , leader of the Hellfire Club, Hawkins High School's Dungeons & Dragons group, becomes a prime suspect in the murders after senior cheerleading captain Chrissy Cunningham dies in his trailer, so , and , , , , and begin investigating to clear Eddie's name. While other classmates, lead by Jason Carver, hunt Eddie. The group discovers that the true perpetrator is a powerful being who resides in the , whom they dub "" after a . The second plotline involves visiting , , and at their new home in Lenora Hills, California. Due to the events in Hawkins and the imminent danger to her friends, Eleven, after being arrested for assaulting her bully, goes with to a secret facility in the Nevada desert to regain her powers, an operation titled the Nina Project, where she is reunited with Dr. Martin Brenner and forced to confront her past in Hawkins National Laboratory with the aid of an . While the U.S. Military, lead by Lt. Colonel Jack Sullivan, is simultaneously searching for Eleven, Mike, Will, Jonathan, and their new friend attempt to reach Eleven before she regains her powers. The third plotline follows and as they venture to Russia upon learning that may still be alive. Meanwhile, Hopper is held in a Soviet prison camp in , where he and the other inmates, including Dmitri Antonov, are forced to battle a that the Russians have captured.
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TDP 1434: Doctor Who: The Fifth Doctor Adventures: Hooklight 2 REVIEW
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 7 minutes and 51 secondsThere is a light that must never be lit... The TARDIS team are scattered throughout Morning. The Doctor is trapped in the past, Tegan is lost on the edge of the system, and Nyssa wrestles with the most terrible of forces. Only Adric remains to finish this quest, yet the young Alzarian will find himself sorely challenged. Can they all reach the Dark Forge in time? Who will be lost along the way? For there is another who works in the shadows. Someone who once made a terrible mistake and will stop at nothing to put things right. The Doctor is following the plan of the Oracle, someone who knows him all too well and may try to oppose him... **Please note: the collector's edition CD boxset is strictly limited to 1,500 copies**
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TDP 1444: Stranger Things Season Three REVIEW Late to the party...
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 25 minutes and 18 secondsStranger Things Season 3 is set in the summer of 1985, focusing on the new Starcourt Mall in Hawkins, which becomes a hub for teens but hides a secret Soviet plot to reopen a gate to the Upside Down, with the Mind Flayer returning to possess townspeople, leading to massive battles, character shifts like Billy's transformation, Steve and Robin's new partnership, and ultimately Hopper's apparent sacrifice and the Byers family's departure with Eleven.
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TDP 1445: #DocttorWho 8th Doctor DARE YOU
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 10 minutes and 6 secondsThis title was released in December 2025. It will be exclusively available to buy from the Big Finish website until 28 February 2026, and on general sale after this date. Something or someone is playing truth or dare with the people on the Powell Estate. And it's dangerous to play games with a Time Lord. Sticks and stones may break your bones, but words can REALLY hurt you. **THIS TITLE IS NOW OUT OF PRINT ON CD**
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TDP 1443: Stranger Things Season Two REVIEW
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 13 minutes and 36 secondsStranger Things Season 2 (Fall 1984) deepens the mystery of the Upside Down, focusing on Will Byers being haunted and possessed by a massive shadow entity, the , which uses him as a spy to spread its influence in Hawkins through underground tunnels, while Eleven discovers her past and reunites with friends, and the gang faces new threats like Demodogs, leading to a fight to close the gate and save Will and the town. New characters, including the pragmatic Max Mayfield, join the crew, and storylines explore the aftermath of Season 1, including Barb's legacy and Hopper's secret with Eleven. Key Plot Points: : Will suffers from terrifying visions of the Mind Flayer after a tentacle attaches to him, becoming a puppet for the monster's hive mind. The Mind Flayer's Plan: The shadow monster tries to expand the Upside Down into their world, creating tunnels beneath Hawkins. : El lives hidden with Hopper but eventually leaves to find her mother and learns about her origins, returning to help her friends. New Threats: The group encounters (Demogorgon pups), and Dustin adopts a creature he names , a pollywog from the Upside Down. New Faces: (Max) arrives as a new student, challenging the group dynamic, while Joyce dates Bob Newby. : Nancy and Jonathan team up with conspiracy theorist to expose the truth about Barb's death.
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TDP 1442: Stranger Things Season One
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 15 minutes and 12 secondsThe first season of the American television series premiered worldwide on the streaming service on July 15, 2016. The series was created by , who also serve as executive producers along with and Dan Cohen. This season stars , , , , , , , , , and , with , , and in recurring roles. The first season of Stranger Things received critical acclaim, in particular for its originality, homages to the 1980s, characterization, tone, visuals, and performances (particularly those of Ryder, Harbour, Wolfhard, Brown, Heaton and Modine). Premise The first season begins on November 6, 1983, in a small town called Hawkins. Researchers at Hawkins National Laboratory open a rift to the "Upside Down," an alternate dimension that reflects the real world. A monstrous humanoid creature escapes and abducts a boy named and a teenage girl. Will's mother, , and the town's police chief, , search for Will. At the same time, a young girl who goes by the name "Eleven" escapes from the laboratory and assists Will's friends, , , and , in their efforts to find Will. Cast and characters See also: Main cast as as as as ("El") as as as as as as Recurring as as as Barbara "Barb" Holland as Ted Wheeler as Lonnie Byers as Officer Powell as Officer Callahan as Scott Clarke as Connie Frazier as Terry Ives as Becky Ives Peyton Wich as Troy Tony Vaughn as Principal Coleman Charles Lawlor as Mr. Melvald Tinsley and Anniston Price as Holly Wheeler Cade Jones as James Chester Rushing as Tommy H. Chelsea Talmadge as Carol Glennellen Anderson as Nicole Cynthia Barrett as Marsha Holland Jerri Tubbs as Diane Hopper Elle Graham as Sara Hopper as Benny Hammond Tobias Jelinek as lead agent Robert Walker-Branchaud as repairman agent Susan Shalhoub Larkin as Florence ("Flo") Episodes See also: " The Duffer Brothers July 15, 2016 On November 6, 1983, in Hawkins, , a scientist is attacked by an unseen creature at a U.S. government laboratory. 12-year-old encounters the creature and mysteriously vanishes while cycling home from a session with his friends , and . The following day, Will's single mother reports his disappearance to the police chief , who starts a search but assures Joyce that almost all missing children are quickly found. The lab's director, Dr. Martin Brenner, investigates an organic substance oozing from the lab's basement, claiming that "the girl" cannot have gone far. A nervous young girl wearing a hospital gown wanders into a local diner. The owner, Benny, finds a tattoo of "011" on her arm and learns that her name is . Brenner, monitoring the phone lines, sends agents to the diner after Benny calls social services. The agents kill Benny, but Eleven manages to escape using abilities. Joyce's phone after receiving a mysterious phone call that she believes is from Will. While searching for Will in the woods, Mike, Dustin, and Lucas come across Eleven. 2 2 "Chapter Two: The Weirdo on Maple Street" The Duffer Brothers The Duffer Brothers July 15, 2016 The boys bring Eleven to Mike's house, where they disagree on what to do. Mike formulates a plan for Eleven to pretend to be a runaway and seek help from his mother, Karen. Eleven refuses, however, revealing that "bad men" are after her. Will's brother Jonathan visits his estranged father Lonnie in to search for Will, but Lonnie rebuffs him. Hopper's search party discovers a scrap of hospital gown near the lab. After recognizing Will in a photograph and demonstrating her telekinesis, Eleven convinces the boys to trust her, as they believe she can find Will. Using the Dungeons & Dragons board, Eleven indicates that Will is on the "Upside Down" side of the board and is being hunted by the "" (the creature). Mike's sister and her friend Barbara 'Barb' Holland go to a party with Nancy's boyfriend . Searching for Will near Steve's house, Jonathan secretly photographs the party. Joyce receives another call from Will, hears music playing from his stereo, and sees a creature coming through the wall. Left alone by the swimming pool, Barb is attacked by the Demogorgon and vanishes. 3 3 "Chapter Three: Holly, Jolly" Jessica Mecklenburg July 15, 2016 Barb awakens in the Upside Down: a decaying, overgrown alternate dimension. She attempts to escape but is attacked by the Demogorgon. Joyce believes Will is communicating through pulses in light bulbs. Hopper visits Hawkins Lab, and the staff permits him to view doctored security footage from the night Will vanished, leading Hopper to investigate Brenner and discover his involvement with and that a woman named Terry Ives alleged years earlier that Brenner took her daughter. Eleven recalls Brenner, whom she calls "Papa," punishing her for refusing to hurt a cat telekinetically. Steve destroys Jonathan's camera after discovering the photos from the party. Nancy later recovers a photo of Barb, simultaneously realizing that Barb is missing. Returning to Steve's house to investigate, Nancy finds Barb's untouched Volkswagen and encounters the Demogorgon but manages to escape. Joyce paints an alphabetic board on her wall with Christmas lights, allowing Will to sign to her that he is "RIGHT HERE" and that she needs to "RUN" as the Demogorgon comes through the wall. Believing Eleven knows where Will is, the boys ask her to lead them to him. Eleven leads them, to their frustration, to Will's house. From there they follow emergency vehicles to a nearby quarry just as Will's body is recovered from the water. 4 4 "Chapter Four: The Body" Shawn Levy Justin Doble July 15, 2016 Joyce refuses to believe that the body found at the quarry is Will's. Mike feels betrayed by Eleven until she proves that Will is still alive, channeling his voice through Mike's . The boys theorize that Eleven could use a at their school to communicate with Will. Nancy notices a figure behind Barb in Jonathan's photo, which Jonathan realizes matches his mother's description of the Demogorgon. Nancy tells the police about Barb's disappearance. She later fights with Steve, who only cares about not getting in trouble with his father. Hopper has suspicions regarding the authenticity of the body found in the quarry when he learns that the usual coroner was sent home. Hopper confronts the state trooper who found it and beats him until he admits he was ordered to lie. The boys sneak Eleven into their school to use the radio, while Joyce hears Will's voice through her living room wall. Tearing away the wallpaper, she sees him. Eleven uses the radio to channel Will talking to his mother. Hopper goes to the morgue and finds that the body is a fake, and, suspecting that Brenner is responsible, breaks into the lab. 5 5 "Chapter Five: The Flea and the Acrobat" The Duffer Brothers Alison Tatlock July 15, 2016 Hopper searches the lab before being knocked out by the lab's guards. The boys ask their science teacher, Mr. Clarke, if it would be possible to travel between alternate dimensions, to which he answers that there could be a theoretical "gate" between dimensions. Hopper awakens at his house and finds a hidden microphone, realizing that Joyce was right the whole time. The boys follow their compasses, searching for a gate that could disrupt the Earth's . Eleven recalls memories of being placed in a to telepathically eavesdrop on a man speaking Russian; while listening, she came across the Demogorgon. Fearing another encounter with the Demogorgon, Eleven redirects the compasses. Lucas misinterprets this as an act of betrayal, leading Mike and Lucas to fight and Eleven to telekinetically fling Lucas away from Mike. While Dustin and Mike tend to the unconscious Lucas, Eleven runs off. Nancy and Jonathan formulate a plan to kill the Demogorgon. While searching in the woods, they come across a small gate to the Upside Down. Nancy crawls through it but inadvertently draws the Demogorgon's attention. Jonathan unsuccessfully tries to look for Nancy, as the gate to the Upside Down begins to close. 6 6 "Chapter Six: The Monster" The Duffer Brothers Jessie Nickson-Lopez July 15, 2016 Jonathan pulls Nancy back through the gate. That night, Nancy is afraid to be alone and asks Jonathan to stay in her bedroom. Steve, attempting to reconcile with Nancy, sees them together through her bedroom window and assumes they are dating. Joyce and Hopper track down Terry Ives, who is catatonic and tended by her sister Becky. Becky explains that Terry was a participant while unknowingly pregnant and that Terry believes Brenner kidnapped her daughter Jane at birth due to her supposed telekinetic and abilities. Nancy and Jonathan stockpile weapons to kill the Demogorgon, theorizing that it is attracted by blood. Steve is brutally beaten up in a fistfight with Jonathan after he insults Will and calls Nancy a slut. Jonathan is arrested and held at the police station for beating up Steve and inadvertently punching one of the responding officers in the face. Eleven walks into a grocery store and shoplifts several boxes of Eggo waffles. Searching for Eleven, Mike and Dustin are ambushed by two bullies but are rescued by her, as she uses her powers to break one bully's arm after he attempts to kill Mike. Eleven collapses and recalls being asked by Brenner to contact the Demogorgon and, in her terror, inadvertently opening the gate. She tearfully admits to Mike that she is responsible for allowing the Demogorgon to enter this dimension. Lucas sees agents, who have tracked down Eleven, preparing to ambush Mike's house. 7 7 "Chapter Seven: The Bathtub" The Duffer Brothers Justin Doble July 15, 2016 Lucas warns Mike that agents are searching for Eleven. Mike, Dustin, and Eleven flee the house. Eleven telekinetically flips one of the vans that block their path as the kids escape. Lucas reconciles with Mike and Eleven, and the kids hide in the junkyard. Nancy and Jonathan reveal their knowledge of the Demogorgon to Joyce and Hopper. Hopper also learns that Eleven is with the kids. The group contacts the kids, and everyone meets at the Byers' house. Joyce and Hopper realize that Eleven is Jane Ives. The group asks Eleven to search for Will and Barb telepathically, but her earlier feats have weakened her. They break into the middle school and build a makeshift sensory deprivation tank to amplify Eleven's powers. After telepathically entering the Upside Down again, Eleven finds Barb dead and Will alive, hiding in the Upside Down version of his backyard fort. Realizing that the gate is in the basement of the lab, Hopper and Joyce break into the lab and are apprehended by security guards. Nancy and Jonathan sneak into the police station to retrieve the weapons they purchased previously, planning to lure and kill the Demogorgon. In the Upside Down, the Demogorgon breaks into Will's fort. 8 8 "Chapter Eight: The Upside Down" The Duffer Brothers Story by : Paul Dichter Teleplay by : The Duffer Brothers July 15, 2016 Hopper, haunted by the death of his daughter Sara from cancer years earlier, gives up Eleven's location to Brenner, who in exchange allows Hopper and Joyce to enter the Upside Down to rescue Will. Nancy and Jonathan cut their hands to attract the Demogorgon at the Byers' house. Steve, intending to apologize to Jonathan about their fight, arrives just as the Demogorgon appears. Steve, Nancy, and Jonathan fight the Demogorgon and light it on fire, forcing it to retreat to the Upside Down. Meanwhile, Eleven and the boys hide in the middle school when Brenner and his agents arrive to kidnap Eleven; she kills most of them before collapsing from exhaustion. As Brenner and his remaining agents pin Eleven and the boys down, the Demogorgon appears, attracted by the dead agents' blood, and attacks Brenner and the remaining agents as the boys escape with Eleven. Hopper and Joyce enter the Upside Down's version of the Hawkins library, where they encounter several corpses of the Demogorgon's victims, including Barb, and find Will unconscious with a tendril down his throat. Hopper revives him using after removing the tendril. The Demogorgon corners the kids, but Eleven recovers from her exhaustion and disintegrates it, causing them both to disappear. Will recovers in the hospital, reuniting with his family and friends. One month later, it is Christmas and Nancy is back together with Steve, and both are friends with Jonathan. Will coughs up a slug-like creature and has a vision of the Upside Down, but hides this from his family. Production Development Ross (left) and Matt Duffer, the creators of the series was created by Matt and Ross Duffer, known professionally as the . The two had completed writing and producing their 2015 film , which they had tried to emulate the style of , however, due to changes at , its distributor, the film did not see a wide release and the Duffers were unsure of their future. To their surprise, television producer approached them, impressed with Hidden's script, and offered them the opportunity to work on episodes of alongside Shyamalan. The brothers were mentored by Shyamalan during the episode's production so that when they finished, they felt they were ready to produce their own television series. The Duffer Brothers prepared a script that would essentially be similar to the series' actual pilot episode, along with a 20-page book to help shop the series around for a network. They pitched the story to a number of , all of which rejected the script on the basis that they felt a plot centered around children as leading characters would not work, asking them to make it a children's show or to drop the children and focus on Hopper's investigation in the paranormal. In early 2015, Dan Cohen, the VP of , brought the script to his colleague . They subsequently invited The Duffer Brothers to their office and purchased the rights for the series, giving full authorship of it to the brothers. After reading the pilot, the streaming service purchased the whole season for an undisclosed amount; the show was subsequently announced for a planned 2016 release by Netflix in early April 2015. The Duffer Brothers stated that at the time they had pitched to Netflix, the service had already been recognized for its original programming, such as and , with well-recognized producers behind them, and were ready to start giving upcoming producers like them a chance. The brothers started to write out the series and brought Levy and Cohen in as executive producers to start casting and filming. The series was originally known as Montauk, as the setting of the script was in and nearby locations. The brothers had chosen Montauk as it had further Spielberg ties with the film , where Montauk was used for the fictional setting of Amity Island. After deciding to change the narrative of the series to take place in the fictional town of Hawkins instead, the brothers felt they could now do things to the town, such as placing it under quarantine, that they really could not envision with a real location. With the change in location, they had to come up with a new title for the series under the direction from Netflix's Ted Sarandos so that they could start marketing it to the public. The brothers started by using a copy of Stephen King's novel to consider the title's font and appearance and came up with a long list of potential alternatives. Stranger Things came about as it sounded similar to another King novel, , though Matt noted they still had a "lot of heated arguments" over this final title. Writing The idea of Stranger Things started with how the brothers felt they could take the concept of the 2013 film , detailing the moral struggles a father goes through when his daughter is kidnapped, and expand it out over eight or so hours in a serialized television approach. As they focused on the missing child aspect of the story, they wanted to introduce the idea of "childlike sensibilities" they could offer and toyed around with the idea of a monster that could consume humans. The brothers thought the combination of these things "was the best thing ever". To introduce this monster into the narrative, they considered "bizarre experiments we had read about taking place in the Cold War" such as , which gave a way to ground the monster's existence in science rather than something spiritual. This also helped them to decide on using 1983 as the time period, as it was a year before the film came out, which focused on Cold War paranoia. Subsequently, they were able to use all their own personal inspirations from the 1980s, the decade they were born, as elements of the series, crafting it in the realm of and . The Duffer Brothers have cited as influence for the show (among others): novels; films produced by , , , , and ; films such as and ; Japanese such as and ; and such as and . With Netflix as the platform, The Duffer Brothers were not limited to a typical 22-episode format, opting for the eight-episode approach. They had been concerned that a 22-episode season on broadcast television would be difficult to "tell a cinematic story" with that many episodes. Eight episodes allowed them to give time to characterization in addition to narrative development; if they had less time available, they would have had to remain committed to telling a horror film as soon as the monster was introduced and abandon the characterization. Within the eight episodes, the brothers aimed to make the first season "feel like a big movie" with all the major plot lines completed so that "the audience feels satisfied", but left enough unresolved to indicate "there's a bigger mythology, and there's a lot of dangling threads at the end", something that could be explored in further seasons if Netflix opted to create more. While explaining their intentions for the show, the Duffers adamantly stated their intentions to not explain the mythology in the show so they could leave a mystery and lot for the audience to speculate over their lack of understanding by the , which they accepted but asked to be explained about at the very least, which they found like a really good exercise as they spent quite a bit of time with their figuring out exactly what the Upside Down would actually consist for, writing a 20-page mythology document whose details wouldn't be clarified for the audience until the show's . Regarding writing for the children characters of the series, The Duffer Brothers considered themselves as outcasts from other students while in high school and thus found it easy to write for and his friends, and particularly for . was fashioned after 's character Roy Neary in , as she appears "absolutely bonkers" to everyone else as she tries to find her son . Other characters, such as Billy in the second season, have more villainous attributes that are not necessarily obvious from the onset; Matt explained that they took further inspiration from Stephen King for these characters, as King "always has really great human villains" that may be more malicious than the supernatural evil. Casting The Duffers cast as Sheriff Hopper believing this was his opportunity to play a lead character in a work. In June 2015, it was announced that and had joined the series as Joyce and as the unnamed chief of police, respectively. The brothers' casting director Carmen Cuba had suggested Ryder for the role of Joyce, which the two were immediately drawn to because of her prominence in . Levy believed Ryder could "wretch up the emotional urgency and yet find layers and nuance and different sides of [Joyce]". Ryder praised that the show's multiple storylines required her to act for Joyce as "she's out of her mind, but she's actually kind of onto something", and that the producers had faith she could pull off the difficult role. Upon being offered the role, Ryder felt intrigued at being given the pilot's script due to know knowing what streaming was and finding it "terrifying", with her sole condition to the Duffers for accepting the role being that, if a sequel ever materialized as she and had been discussing since 2000, they had to let her take a break to shoot it, a condition the Duffers agreed and ultimately proved to work out when was greenlighted years later. The Duffer Brothers had been interested in Harbour before, who until Stranger Things primarily had smaller roles as villainous characters, and they felt that he had been "waiting too long for this opportunity" to play a lead, while Harbour himself was thrilled by the script and the chance to play "a broken, flawed, anti-hero character". Additional casting followed two months later with as Mike, in an undisclosed role, as , as , as , and as ]]. In September 2015, joined the cast as Karen Wheeler, followed by as a month later. Additional cast who recur for the first season include as Will, as Barbara "Barb" Holland, as , and as Lonnie Byers, among others. Actors for the children's roles read lines from . The Duffer Brothers estimated they went through about a thousand different child actors for the roles. They noted that Wolfhard was already "a movie buff" of the films from the 1980s period and easily filled the role, while they found Matarazzo's audition to be much more authentic than most of the other audition tapes, and selected him after a single viewing of his audition tape. As casting was started immediately after Netflix greenlit the show, and prior to the scripts being fully completed, this allowed some of the actors' takes on the roles to reflect into the script. The casting of the young actors for Will and his friends had been done just after the first script was completed, and subsequent scripts incorporated aspects from these actors. The brothers said Modine provided significant input on the character of Dr. Brenner, whom they had not really fleshed out before as they considered him the hardest character to write for given his limited appearances within the narrative. Filming The brothers had desired to film the series around the Long Island area to match the initial Montauk concept. However, with filming scheduled to take place in November 2015, it was difficult to shoot in Long Island in the cold weather, and the production started scouting locations in and around the , Georgia area. The brothers, who grew up in North Carolina, found many places that reminded them of their own childhoods in that area, and felt the area would work well with the narrative shift to the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana. The filming of the first season began on September 25, 2015, and was extensively done in Atlanta, Georgia, with The Duffer Brothers and Levy handling the direction of individual episodes. served as the basis of the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana. Other shooting locations included the as the Hawkins National Laboratory site, , in , for the middle and high school scenes, Emory University's Continuing Education Department, the former city hall in , , the probate court in , Old East Point Library and East Point First Baptist Church in , , Park, , and . Set work was done at Screen Gem Studios in Atlanta. The series was filmed with a Dragon digital camera. Filming for the first season concluded in early 2016. While filming, the brothers tried to capture shots that could be seen as homages to many of the 1980s references they recalled. Their goal was not necessarily to fill the work with these references, but instead to make the series seem to the viewer like a 1980s film. They spent little time reviewing those works and instead went by memory. Matt further recognized that some of their filming homages were not purposely done but were found to be very comparable, as highlighted by a fan-made video comparing the show to several 1980s works side by side. Matt commented on the video that "Some were deliberate and some were subconscious." The brothers recognized that many of the iconic scenes from these 1980s films, such as with , was about "taking a very ordinary object that people deal with every day, their television set, and imbuing it with something otherworldly", leading to the idea of using the Christmas light strings for Will to communicate with Joyce. The brothers attributed much of the 1980s feel to set and costume designers and the soundtrack composers that helped to recreate the era for them. Lynda Reiss, the head of props, had about a $220,000 budget, similar to most films, to acquire artifacts of the 1980s, using and searching through flea markets and estate sales around the Atlanta area. The bulk of the props were original items from the 1980s with only a few pieces, such as the Dungeons & Dragons books made as replicas. Visual effects To create the aged effect for the series, a was added over the footage, which was captured by scanning in film stock from the 1980s. The Duffers wanted to scare the audience, but not to necessarily make the show violent or gory, following in line with how the 1980s films drove the creation of the . It was "much more about mood and atmosphere and suspense and dread than they are about gore", though they were not afraid to push into more scary elements, particularly towards the end of the first season. The brothers had wanted to avoid any for the monster and other parts of the series and stay with . However, the six-month filming time left them little time to plan out and test practical effects rigs for some of the shots. They went with a middle ground of using constructed props including one for the monster whenever they could, but for other shots, such as when the monster bursts through a wall, they opted to use digital effects. Post-production on the first season was completed the week before it was released on Netflix. The title sequence uses closeups of the letters in the Stranger Things title with a red tint against a black background as they slide into place within the title. The sequence was created by the studio Imaginary Forces, formerly part of , led by creative director Michelle Doughtey. Levy introduced the studio to The Duffer Brothers, who explained their vision of the 1980s-inspired show, which helped the studio to fix the concept the producers wanted. Later, but prior to filming, the producers sent Imaginary Forces the pilot script, the synth-heavy background music for the titles, as well as the various book covers from King and other authors that they had used to establish the title and imagery, and were looking for a similar approach for the show's titles, primarily using a typographical sequence. They took inspiration from several title sequences of works from the 1980s that were previously designed by Richard Greenberg under R/GA, such as and . They also got input from Dan Perri, who worked on the title credits of several 1980s films. Various iterations included having letters vanish, to reflect the "missing" theme of the show, and having letters cast shadows on others, alluding to the mysteries, before settling into the sliding letters. The studio began working on the title sequence before filming and took about a month off during the filming process to let the producers get immersed in the show and come back with more input. Initially, they had been working with various fonts for the title and used close-ups of the best features of these fonts, but near the end the producers wanted to work with , requiring them to rework those shots. The final sequence is fully computer-generated, but they took inspiration from testing some practical effects, such as using Kodalith masks as would have been done in the 1980s, to develop the appropriate filters for the rendering software. The individual episode title cards used a "fly-through" approach, similar to the film , which the producers had suggested to the studio. Music Main articles: and The Stranger Things original soundtrack was composed by Michael Stein and Kyle Dixon of the electronic band . It makes extensive use of in homage to 1980s artists and film composers including , , , , , , and . According to Stein and Dixon, The Duffer Brothers had been fans of Survive's music, and used their song "Dirge" for the mock trailer that was used to sell the show to Netflix. Once the show was green-lit, the Duffers contacted Survive around July 2015 to ask if they were still doing music; the two provided the production team with dozens of songs from their band's past to gain their interest, helping to land them the role. Once aboard, the two worked with producers to select some of their older music to rework for the show, while developing new music, principally with character motifs. The two had been hired before the casting process, so their motif were used and played over the actors' audition tapes, aiding in the casting selection. The show's theme is based on an unused work Stein composed much earlier that ended up in the library of work they shared with the production staff, who thought that with some reworking would be good for the opening credits. The first season's original soundtrack, consisting of 75 songs from Dixon and Stein split across two volumes, was released by . Digital release and streaming options were released on August 10 and 19, 2016 for the two volumes, respectively, while retail versions were available on September 16 and 23, 2016. In addition to original music, Stranger Things features period music from artists including , , , , , , and , as well as excerpts from Tangerine Dream, John Carpenter and Vangelis. In particular, The Clash's "" was specifically picked to play at pivotal moments of the story, such as when Will is trying to communicate with Joyce from the Upside Down. Music supervisor Nora Felder felt the song "furthered the story" and called it an additional, unseen, main character of the season.
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TDP 1441: For Your Consideration 20 WARGAMES
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 9 minutes and 53 secondsit’s the Christmas Special! Luke and Michael share a love for the 1983 film starring Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy. T-shirts can be found here – Follow us on twitter Like us on Review us on Email the show –
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TDP 1433: #DoctorWho: The Eighth Doctor Adventures: Causeway
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 9 minutes and 50 secondsThis title was released in November 2025. It will be exclusively available to buy from the Big Finish website until 31 December 2025, and on general sale after this date. Exploring with best friends Audacity and Charley, the Doctor delights in showing them the wonders of the universe. But something dogs their footsteps... Lost Amongst the Stars by Rochana Patel The Doctor wants to find a challenge for Charley and Audacity. All of time and space awaits, with wonders beyond their wildest dreams and darkest nightmares, but are they truly ready to venture further out amongst the stars? The Time You Never Had Parts 1-2 by Tim Foley The yesterday of opulence Tomorrow soft and ironclad Beyond the merry Oculus: The time you never had. **Please note: the collector's edition CD box set is strictly limited to 1,500 copies**
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TDP 1440: The War Between the Land and the Sea Episode Five
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 16 minutes and 42 secondsThe War Between the Land and the Sea is a British television . The series was created by for and as part of the franchise, known as the . Starring and , the series features in their attempt to prevent a global war caused by the return of the , now known as "Homo Aqua". , , Alexander Devrient and reprise their respective roles from Doctor Who and its franchised series. The series was first reported on in July 2024, and filmed from August to December 2024 across Wales, Cardiff and Spain. Of the five episodes, the premiere and finale were written by Davies, with the other three by . The War Between the Land and the Sea premiered on BBC One on 7 December 2025 with its first two episodes, and is scheduled to be released on Disney+ in 2026. The series has received generally positive reviews from critics for its performances (particularly Redgrave's) and its similarities to . Premise must take action to prevent a global war once an ancient species, the , comes out from the sea, revealing itself to humanity. Cast Main as Barclay Pierre-Dupont, a low-level transportation arranger who is unexpectedly appointed as humanity's ambassador. as Salt, the Ambassador of the . Recurring as , the commander-in-chief of UNIT. Redgrave reprises her role from . as General Austin Pierce, a high-ranking American UNIT officer. McFarlane reprises his role from . Alexander Devrient as Col. Christofer Ibrahim, a senior UNIT officer who is part of Kate's personal staff. Devrient reprises his role from . as Shirley Anne Bingham, UNIT's fifty-sixth scientific advisor and part of Kate's personal staff. Madeley reprises her role from . as Jonathan Hynes, a politician initially appointed as humanity's ambassador. as Harry Shaw, the . Steward Alexander as General Oscar Gunsberg, a high-ranking American general acting as the US envoy and a key ally of Shaw. Barbara Probst as General Dominique Dussolier, a high-ranking French general acting as the French envoy and a key ally of Shaw. as Sir Keith Spears, a key ally and donor of Shaw. Francesca Corney as Sgt. Hana Chakri, a UNIT soldier assigned to protect Barclay. Ann Akinjirin as Barbara Pierre-Dupont, Barclay's estranged spouse. Cat Gannon as Kirby Pierre-Dupont, Barclay and Barbara's teenage daughter. as Trinity Wells, an American news reporter. Wells reprises her role from . Samuel Oatley as Tide, a Homo Aqua who succeeds Salt as ambassador. Guest as Min Tso, a member of UNIT. Waleed Hammad as Col. Tariq Hashim, a UNIT field officer. Hannah Donaldson as Captain Louise Mackie, a UNIT company officer. as Ted Campbell, an ambassador selected to represent his nation. Episodes 1 "Homo Aqua" 7 December 2025 4.31 Transport clerk Barclay Pierre-Dupont is contacted by after the discovery and killing of a by fishermen. The creature that had been discovered at sea is recaptured by its own kind, killing two UNIT soldiers in the process. UNIT immediately initiate between the two species. Both agree to a treaty of , and the Homo Aqua simultaneously reveal their presence to humanity worldwide, desiring to speak to all humans. A meeting is set up in and several members of the Homo Aqua are seen for the first time. They introduce their humanoid , Salt, who requests that Barclay serves as the human ambassador. Barclay agrees. 2 "Plastic Apocalypse" Dylan Holmes Williams 7 December 2025 3.56 , the commander-in-chief of UNIT, agrees to work with Barclay to carry out diplomatic negotiations with Homo Aqua, who wish for worldwide to cease. Barclay's estranged family is brought into UNIT custody for safety while UNIT scientists examine eggs breed by the Homo Aqua that had been affected by pollution. At the next meeting, Salt requests water from the for Barclay to drink. Due to the water's contamination, Barclay refuses and, against UNIT instruction, chooses to acknowledges humanity's mistakes instead. Humanity presents a plan to reduce pollution within forty years, which Salt disagrees with. In response, a storm releases all the plastic from the world's waters back onto land. When world leaders challenge Salt, Barclay agrees to meet with the Homo Aqua under the in the . 3 "The Deep" Dylan Holmes Williams Pete McTighe 14 December 2025 TBD A UNIT team, consisting of Barclay, General Austin Pierce, Min Tso, Captain Louise Mackey, and diplomatic representatives Ravi Singh and Ted Campbell, are assembled for the underwater meeting; Campbell brings a globe as a gift for Salt. During their submarine descent, Kate meets at with Prime Minister Harry Shaw and General Oscar Gunsberg with tensions rising over who owns the world’s water. A new war plan named "Severance" is prepared without the knowledge of UNIT. Under the water, the submarine team exit into an environment created for them by the Sea Devils. UNIT colonel Cristofer Ibrahim is while with Kate on the surface, by an unknown assailant. Once the submarine team are stood in front of the Homo Aqua assembly, Campbell presents the globe as a gift, only to reveal that he is a and the globe is a concealed bomb which he detonates. 4 "The Witch of the Waterfall" Dylan Holmes Williams Pete McTighe 14 December 2025 TBD The entire submarine crew, with the exception of Barclay, are killed by the detonation. As Salt safely returns Barclay to land, a video of her is shown to the public, threatening any human who enters the water. Salt is captured by UNIT, until Barclay rescues her, both immediately becoming fugitives. Shaw is pressured into moving forward with Severance, spearheaded by Gunsberg. Meanwhile, Kate meets Salt's successor, Tide, who informs Downing Street that Salt is considered a traitor for saving a human and is subject to execution. Salt and Barclay go on the run from both UNIT and Severance while Kate struggles to cope with the death of Ibrahim. Barclay contacts his wife Barbara and requests they rendezvous with a vehicle on , with a plan to meet an ally in North Wales and attempt contact with Kate. They are ambushed by UNIT and Severance operatives. When it is revealed that the video of Salt is a deepfake, Kate orders UNIT to fire at Severance just as Salt releases a vocal high-pitched shriek, giving her time to escape into the Thames. In retaliation, Tide threatens to use to end humanity. 5 "The End of the War" Dylan Holmes Williams Russell T Davies 21 December 2025 TBD Disagreements continue to occur over the . Kate Colonel Ibrahim. She requests her therapist for an increase of her prescription for , but is threatened with being signed off. Kate bribes her in response. Barclay is medically assessed and begins secret nightly visits to , calling for Salt in the sea. Kate presses Prime Minister Shaw for information about the word 'severance', who denies having any knowledge of it. After blocking a signal disruptor used to prevent Salt contacting Barclay, they finally meet. Salt tells Barclay to use the word 'accord', which has ancient meaning. Barclay informs Kate and they plan to disguise the message throughout the oceans. Dead Sea Devils begin to show up at shores and at the surface of lakes, rivers and oceans throughout the world. Kate deduces that this is Severance. At Downing Street it is revealed that the virus is engineered to only affect nine out of every ten Sea Devils. The Sea Devils surrender and inform humanity that they have won the war, but to be wary of water in the future. Kate drives Barclay to the sea, who finds Salt there. Salt gives Barclay , and they swim away together. A man drops a plastic bottle, who after refusing to pick it up, Kate threatens with a gun. Production Development In July 2024, reported a new spin-off titled The War Between the Land and the Sea was set to begin filming in September. confirmed later that month at that production would begin in August. Produced by and , Davies served as along with , Joel Collins, , and . Edoardo Ferretti took on the role of with underway by July 2024. Casting and lead the series with and Alexander Devrient reprising their roles from Doctor Who as and Colonel Ibrahim, respectively. Tovey and Mbatha-Raw previously played Alonso Frame and in Doctor Who. also returns from Doctor Who, playing Shirley Anne Bingham. reprises his role as General Austin Pierce, a character first introduced and last seen fifteen years prior in the of , another Doctor Who spin-off. , , , Francesca Corney and were announced as additional cast members in October 2024. Writing The five-part series was written by Davies and . According to McTighe, Davies had already devised the series' concept and scripted its first episode prior to writing the , which marked the beginning of his second tenure on the series as writer and showrunner. After McTighe delivered the first draft of "", his episode of the (and third for the show as a whole), Davies asked him to collaborate on the remainder of the spin-off in 2023. The two split writing duties across the programme, with Davies writing the finale in addition to his existing opening script, and McTighe the second, third and fourth episodes; Davies initially stated he had co-written the fourth with McTighe, but was subsequently not co-credited in the episode itself. Following filming wrapping on series 15 of Doctor Who, the first read-through for all five episodes occurred on 19 August 2024. Filming Some filming took place internationally, including on . All episodes were produced in one block, compared to the two to three blocks that would usually be used for five episodes. began on 29 August 2024 in and , both in . Filming continued into September in various locations across Wales, including at the Welsh Government Building, City Arms pub, Hodge House, and . In October, the series was spotted filming at and . November filming occurred
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TDP 1432: Torchwood 97 Flawless Man
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 9 minutes and 8 secondsThis title was released in November 2025. It will be exclusively available to buy from the Big Finish website until 31 January 2026, and on general sale after this date. Martin Binns is dead. He leaves behind a pile of video tapes and a warning on the walls of his flat: "He Is Coming". Andy's boss is keen to write the death off, but Andy's been around Torchwood too long to let it go. The tapes contain the rushes of an unfinished horror film. Hidden in it is a forgotten crime and a terrible warning. He. Is. Coming. Please note: the collector’s edition CDs are strictly limited to 1,000 copies each and will not be re-pressed.
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TDP 1439: The War Between the Land and the Sea Episode Four
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 14 minutes and 55 secondsThe War Between the Land and the Sea is a British television . The series was created by for and as part of the franchise, known as the . Starring and , the series features in their attempt to prevent a global war caused by the return of the , also named "Homo Aqua". , , Alexander Devrient and reprise their respective roles from Doctor Who and its franchised series. The series was first reported on in July 2024, and filmed from August to December 2024 across Wales, Cardiff and Spain. Of the five episodes, the premiere and finale were written by Davies, with the other three by . The War Between the Land and the Sea premiered on BBC One on 7 December 2025 with its first two episodes, and is scheduled to be released on Disney+ in 2026. The series has received generally positive reviews from critics for its performances (particularly Redgrave's) and its similarities to . Premise UNIT must take action to prevent a global war once an ancient species, the , comes out from the sea, revealing itself to humanity. Cast Main as Barclay Pierre-Dupont, a low-level member of UNIT, a transportation arranger, who is unexpectedly appointed as Ambassador by Salt as Salt, the Ambassador of the Sea Devils Recurring as , the commander-in-chief of UNIT, who reprises her role from . as General Austin Pierce, a high-ranking American UNIT officer, who reprises his role from : Alexander Devrient as Colonel Christofer Ibrahim, a senior UNIT officer, part of Kate's personal staff, who reprises his role from . as Shirley Anne Bingham, UNIT's fifty-sixth scientific advisor, part of Kate's personal staff, who reprises her role from . as Jonathan Hynes, a politician initially appointed as humanity's ambassador as Harry Shaw, the Francesca Corney as Sergeant Hana Chakri, a UNIT soldier assigned to protect Barclay Ann Akinjirin as Barbara Pierre-Dupont, Barclay's estranged spouse Cat Gannon as Kirby Pierre-Dupont, Barclay and Barbara's teenage child Guest as Min Tso, member of UNIT Waleed Hammad as Colonel Tariq Hashim, a UNIT field officer Hannah Donaldson as Captain Louise Mackie, a UNIT company officer as Ted Campbell, an ambassador selected to represent his nation as Trinity Wells, a news reporter, who reprises her role from . Episodes Directed by Written by Original release date UK viewers (millions) 1 "Homo Aqua" 7 December 2025 TBD 2 "Plastic Apocalypse" Dylan Holmes Williams 7 December 2025 TBD 3 "The Deep" Dylan Holmes Williams Pete McTighe 14 December 2025 TBD 4 "The Witch of the Waterfall" Dylan Holmes Williams Pete McTighe 14 December 2025 TBD 5 "The End of the War" Dylan Holmes Williams Russell T Davies 21 December 2025 TBD
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TDP 1438: The War Between the Land and the Sea Episode Three
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 9 minutes and 45 secondsThe War Between the Land and the Sea is a British television created by for and as part of the . Starring , , and , the series features in their attempt to prevent a global war caused by the return of the , now called "Homo Aqua". The War Between the Land and the Sea was filmed from August to December 2024. It consists of five episodes and premiered on BBC One on 7 December 2025, and is scheduled to premiere on Disney+ in 2026. Premise UNIT must take action to prevent a global war once an ancient species, the , comes out from the sea, revealing itself to humanity. Cast as Barclay Pierre-Dupont, a low-level member of UNIT, a transportation arranger, who is unexpectedly appointed as Ambassador by Salt as Salt, the Ambassador of the Sea Devils as , the commander-in-chief of UNIT as General Austin Pierce, a high-ranking American UNIT officer Alexander Devrient as Colonel Christofer Ibrahim, a senior UNIT officer, part of Kate's personal staff as Shirley Anne Bingham, UNIT's fifty-sixth scientific advisor, part of Kate's personal staff as Jonathan Hynes, a politician initially appointed as humanity's ambassador as Harry Shaw, the Francesca Corney as Sergeant Hana Chakri, a UNIT soldier assigned to protect Barclay as Min Tso Waleed Hammad as Colonel Tariq Hashim, a UNIT field officer Hannah Donaldson as Captain Louise Mackie, a UNIT company officer Ann Akinjirin as Barbara Pierre-Dupont, Barclay's estranged spouse Cat Gannon as Kirby Pierre-Dupont, Barclay and Barbara's teenage child as Ted Campbell, an ambassador selected to represent his nation Episodes Directed by Written by Original release date UK viewers (millions) 1 "Homo Aqua" 7 December 2025 TBD 2 "Plastic Apocalypse" Dylan Holmes Williams 7 December 2025 TBD 3 "The Deep" Dylan Holmes Williams Pete McTighe 14 December 2025 TBD 4 "The Witch of the Waterfall" Dylan Holmes Williams Pete McTighe 14 December 2025 TBD 5 "The End of the War" Dylan Holmes Williams Russell T Davies 21 December 2025 TBD Production Development In July 2024, reported a new spin-off titled The War Between the Land and the Sea was set to begin filming in September. confirmed later that month at that production would begin in August. Produced by and , Davies is an along with , Joel Collins, , and . Edoardo Ferretti took on the role of with underway by July 2024. Casting and lead the series with and Alexander Devrient reprising their roles from Doctor Who as and Colonel Ibrahim, respectively. Tovey and Mbatha-Raw previously played Alonso Frame and in Doctor Who. also returns from Doctor Who, playing Shirley Anne Bingham. reprises his role as General Austin Pierce, a character first introduced and last seen fifteen years prior in the of , another Doctor Who spin-off. , , , Francesca Corney and were announced as additional cast members in October 2024. Writing The five-part series was written by Davies and . Davies is the current of Doctor Who while McTighe also previously wrote for the parent series. The two split writing duties across the programme, with Davies writing the premiere and finale episodes, McTighe writing the second and third episodes, and the two co-writing episode four together. The first read-through for all five episodes occurred on 19 August 2024. The series sees the return of the . Filming Some filming took place internationally, including on . All episodes were produced in one block, compared to the two to three blocks that would usually be used for five episodes. began on 29 August 2024 in and , both in . Filming continued into September in various locations across Wales, including at the Welsh Government Building, City Arms pub, Hodge House, and . In October, the series was spotted filming at and . November filming occurred at in . Filming concluded on 10 December 2024. Music On 30 May 2025, it was announced that had been hired as the show's composer. A soundtrack album of 's score was released digitally 5 December 2025. The first track from the album, "Barclay's Theme", was released as a digital single 28 November 2025 and a cover of "" by and Balfe was released as a single 12 December 2025 by Goldfrapp's label A.G. Records. A CD edition will be released 30 January 2026. The War Between the Land and the Sea by Released 5 December 2025 (digital) 30 January 2026 (CD) Soundtrack Length 51:19 Silva Screen from The War Between the Land and the Sea "Barclay's Theme" Released: 28 November 2025 "" Released: 12 December 2025 All tracks are written by , except where noted. " (, , performed by & Balfe) 5:21 Total length: 51:19
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TDP 1431: Doctor Who: The Seventh Doctor Adventures: Wicked! REVIEW
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 12 minutes and 21 secondsThis title was released in October 2025. It will be exclusively available to buy from the Big Finish website until 30 November 2025, and on general sale after this date. The Doctor has a new friend. Ace has just joined the TARDIS, and is a long, long way from home. Hunting treasure, solving snow-covered mysteries and meeting heroes of legend, a partnership is formed. The Doctor starts to see his protégée's potential - while Ace thinks their adventures are nothing less than 'wicked'... Backwards and in Heels by Alison Winter The Doctor has offered young Ace a lift home from Iceworld, promising the scenic route home to Perivale. But when they are diverted to 1920s Soho on what appears to be shady business, Ace wonders if she's making the right choices, let alone in the right order. The Price of Snow by Katharine Armitage Ski resort Val du Cam Belle is 'the place to be' for the 1% of the near future. But the Doctor and Ace discover sinister shadows beneath the surface of this winter wonderland. The sun is too hot, the shade is too dark and nothing is quite what it seems... The Ingenious Gentlemen by Alan Ronald Fiction and reality collide when a mad man with a box and a mad man with a horse encounter an ancient evil in 15th century Spain. But the adventurer-and-companion setup is a little too familiar to Ace, and she begins to question if she is anything more than a Sancho to the Doctor's Quixote. BACK IN STOCK!
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TDP 1437: The War Between the Land and the Sea Episode Two REVIEW
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 13 minutes and 44 secondsThe War Between the Land and the Sea Promotional logo used on social media channels Genre Created by Showrunner Russell T Davies Written by Russell T Davies Directed by Starring Composer Country of origin United Kingdom Original language English Producer Edoardo Ferretti Running time 43–53 minutes Production companies Original release Network Release 7 December 2025 – present Related The War Between the Land and the Sea is a British television created by for and as part of the . Starring , , and , the series features in their attempt to prevent a global war caused by the return of the , now called "Homo Aqua". The War Between the Land and the Sea was filmed from August to December 2024. It consists of five episodes and premiered on BBC One on 7 December 2025, and is scheduled to premiere on Disney+ in 2026. Premise UNIT must take action to prevent a global war once an ancient species, the , comes out from the sea, revealing itself to humanity. Cast as Barclay Pierre-Dupont, a low-level member of UNIT, a transportation arranger, who is unexpectedly appointed as Ambassador by Salt. as Salt, the Ambassador of the Sea Devils as , the commander-in-chief of UNIT as General Austin Pierce, a high-ranking American UNIT officer Alexander Devrient as Colonel Christofer Ibrahim, a senior UNIT officer, part of Kate's personal staff as Shirley Anne Bingham, UNIT's fifty-sixth scientific advisor, part of Kate's personal staff as Jonathan Hynes, a politician initially appointed as humanity's ambassador as Harry Shaw, the Francesca Corney as Sergeant Hana Chakri, a UNIT soldier assigned to protect Barclay as Min Tso Waleed Hammad as Colonel Tariq Hashim, a UNIT field officer Hannah Donaldson as Captain Louise Mackie, a UNIT company officer Ann Akinjirin as Barbara Pierre-Dupont, Barclay's estranged spouse Cat Gannon as Kirby Pierre-Dupont, Barclay and Barbara's teenaged non-binary child[] Episodes Directed by Written by Original release date UK viewers (millions) 1 "Homo Aqua" 7 December 2025 TBD 2 "Plastic Apocalypse" Dylan Holmes Williams 7 December 2025 TBD 3 "The Deep" Dylan Holmes Williams Pete McTighe 14 December 2025 TBD 4 "The Witch of the Waterfall" Dylan Holmes Williams Russell T Davies and Pete McTighe 14 December 2025 TBD 5 "The End of the War" Dylan Holmes Williams Russell T Davies 21 December 2025 TBD Production Development In July 2024, reported a new spin-off titled The War Between the Land and the Sea was set to begin filming in September. confirmed later that month at that production would begin in August. Produced by and , Davies is an along with , Joel Collins, , and . Edoardo Ferretti took on the role of with underway by July 2024. Casting and lead the series with and Alexander Devrient reprising their roles from Doctor Who as and Colonel Ibrahim, respectively. Tovey and Mbatha-Raw previously played Alonso Frame and in Doctor Who. also returns from Doctor Who, playing Shirley Anne Bingham. reprises his role as General Austin Pierce, a character first introduced and last seen fifteen years prior in the of , another Doctor Who spin-off. , , , Francesca Corney and were announced as additional cast members in October 2024. Writing The five-part series was written by Davies and . Davies is the current of Doctor Who while McTighe also previously wrote for the parent series. The two split writing duties across the programme, with Davies writing the premiere and finale episodes, McTighe writing the second and third episodes, and the two co-writing episode four together. The first read-through for all five episodes occurred on 19 August 2024. The series sees the return of the . Filming Some filming took place internationally, including on . All episodes were produced in one block, compared to the two to three blocks that would usually be used for five episodes. began on 29 August 2024 in and , both in . Filming continued into September in various locations across Wales, including at the Welsh Government Building, City Arms pub, Hodge House, and . In October, the series was spotted filming at and . November filming occurred at in . Filming concluded on 10 December 2024. Music On 30 May 2025, it was announced that had been hired as the show's composer. The War Between the Land and the Sea by Released 5 December 2025 (digital) 30 January 2026 (CD) Soundtrack Silva Screen from The War Between the Land and the Sea "Barclay's Theme" Released: 28 November 2025 "" Released: 12 December 2025 A soundtrack album of 's score was released digitally 5 December 2025. The first track from the album, "Barclay's Theme", was released as a digital single 28 November 2025 and a cover of "" by and Balfe will also be released as a single 12 December 2025. A CD edition will be released 30 January 2026. All tracks are written by , except where noted. " (, , performed by & Balfe) Release Broadcast The series premiered on and in the United Kingdom on 7 December 2025, and will stream on internationally in 2026.
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TDP 1436: The War Between the Land and the Sea EPIOSDE ONE
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 8 minutes and 7 secondsfrom wiki The War Between the Land and the Sea is a British television created by for and as part of the . Starring , , and , the series features in their attempt to prevent a global war caused by the return of the , now called "Homo Aqua". The War Between the Land and the Sea was filmed from August to December 2024. It consists of five episodes and premiered on BBC One on 7 December 2025, and is scheduled to premiere on Disney+ in 2026. Premise UNIT must take action to prevent a global war once an ancient species, the , comes out from the sea, revealing itself to humanity. Cast as Barclay Pierre-Dupont, a low-level member of UNIT, a transportation arranger, who is unexpectedly appointed as Ambassador by Salt. as Salt, the Ambassador of the Sea Devils as , the commander-in-chief of UNIT as General Austin Pierce, a high-ranking American UNIT officer Alexander Devrient as Colonel Christofer Ibrahim, a senior UNIT officer, part of Kate's personal staff as Shirley Anne Bingham, UNIT's fifty-sixth scientific advisor, part of Kate's personal staff as Jonathan Hynes, a politician initially appointed as humanity's ambassador as Harry Shaw, the Francesca Corney as Sergeant Hana Chakri, a UNIT soldier assigned to protect Barclay as Min Tso Waleed Hammad as Colonel Tariq Hashim, a UNIT field officer Hannah Donaldson as Captain Louise Mackie, a UNIT company officer Ann Akinjirin as Barbara Pierre-Dupont, Barclay's estranged spouse Cat Gannon as Kirby Pierre-Dupont, Barclay and Barbara's teenaged non-binary child[] Episodes Directed by Written by Original release date UK viewers (millions) 1 "Homo Aqua" 7 December 2025 2.82 2 "Plastic Apocalypse" Dylan Holmes Williams 7 December 2025 2.05 3 "The Deep" Dylan Holmes Williams Pete McTighe 14 December 2025 TBD 4 "The Witch of the Waterfall" Dylan Holmes Williams Russell T Davies and Pete McTighe 14 December 2025 TBD 5 "The End of the War" Dylan Holmes Williams Russell T Davies 21 December 2025 TBD Production Development In July 2024, reported a new spin-off titled The War Between the Land and the Sea was set to begin filming in September. confirmed later that month at that production would begin in August. Produced by and , Davies is an along with , Joel Collins, , and . Edoardo Ferretti took on the role of with underway by July 2024. Casting and lead the series with and Alexander Devrient reprising their roles from Doctor Who as and Colonel Ibrahim, respectively. Tovey and Mbatha-Raw previously played Alonso Frame and in Doctor Who. also returns from Doctor Who, playing Shirley Anne Bingham. reprises his role as General Austin Pierce, a character first introduced and last seen fifteen years prior in the of , another Doctor Who spin-off. , , , Francesca Corney and were announced as additional cast members in October 2024. Writing The five-part series was written by Davies and . Davies is the current of Doctor Who while McTighe also previously wrote for the parent series. The two split writing duties across the programme, with Davies writing the premiere and finale episodes, McTighe writing the second and third episodes, and the two co-writing episode four together. The first read-through for all five episodes occurred on 19 August 2024. The series sees the return of the . Filming Some filming took place internationally, including on . All episodes were produced in one block, compared to the two to three blocks that would usually be used for five episodes. began on 29 August 2024 in and , both in . Filming continued into September in various locations across Wales, including at the Welsh Government Building, City Arms pub, Hodge House, and . In October, the series was spotted filming at and . November filming occurred at in . Filming concluded on 10 December 2024. Music On 30 May 2025, it was announced that had been hired as the show's composer. The War Between the Land and the Sea by Released 5 December 2025 (Digital) 30 January 2026 (CD) Soundtrack Silva Screen from The War Between the Land and the Sea "Barclay's Theme" Released: 28 November 2025 "" Released: 12 December 2025 A soundtrack album of 's score was released digitally 5 December 2025. The first track from the album, "Barclay's Theme", was released as a digital single 28 November 2025 and a cover of "" by and Balfe will also be released as a single 12 December 2025. A CD edition will be released 30 January 2026. All tracks are written by , except where noted. " (, , performed by & Balfe) Release Broadcast The series premiered on and in the United Kingdom on 7 December 2025, and will stream on internationally in 2026. Critical reception Ed Power of criticised the inclusion of as a primary presence in the show, saying that "it's always been a rule of thumb that the more UNIT in an episode, the more boring the results". Power remarked that this was the case for The War Between the Land and the Sea and awarded 2 out of 5 stars. Writing for , Lucy Mangan gave 3 out of 5, feeling that the spin-off was "an opportunity wasted", comparing it in an inferior light to Russell T Davies' previous show, . Several outlets praised the performance of returning actress Jemma Redgrave, including , SciFi Pulse and . Isobel Lewis, writing for , compared the show to , highlighting the use of profanity. Lewis praised Davies' "willingness" to "not simply feed fans the same stories over and over", noting how the finales featuring 's often "struggled to stick the landing".
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TDP 1436: The War Between the Land and the Sea EPISODE ONE (FIXED)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 17 minutes and 7 secondsfrom wiki The War Between the Land and the Sea is a British television created by for and as part of the . Starring , , and , the series features in their attempt to prevent a global war caused by the return of the , now called "Homo Aqua". The War Between the Land and the Sea was filmed from August to December 2024. It consists of five episodes and premiered on BBC One on 7 December 2025, and is scheduled to premiere on Disney+ in 2026. Premise UNIT must take action to prevent a global war once an ancient species, the , comes out from the sea, revealing itself to humanity. Cast as Barclay Pierre-Dupont, a low-level member of UNIT, a transportation arranger, who is unexpectedly appointed as Ambassador by Salt. as Salt, the Ambassador of the Sea Devils as , the commander-in-chief of UNIT as General Austin Pierce, a high-ranking American UNIT officer Alexander Devrient as Colonel Christofer Ibrahim, a senior UNIT officer, part of Kate's personal staff as Shirley Anne Bingham, UNIT's fifty-sixth scientific advisor, part of Kate's personal staff as Jonathan Hynes, a politician initially appointed as humanity's ambassador as Harry Shaw, the Francesca Corney as Sergeant Hana Chakri, a UNIT soldier assigned to protect Barclay as Min Tso Waleed Hammad as Colonel Tariq Hashim, a UNIT field officer Hannah Donaldson as Captain Louise Mackie, a UNIT company officer Ann Akinjirin as Barbara Pierre-Dupont, Barclay's estranged spouse Cat Gannon as Kirby Pierre-Dupont, Barclay and Barbara's teenaged non-binary child[] Episodes Directed by Written by Original release date UK viewers (millions) 1 "Homo Aqua" 7 December 2025 2.82 2 "Plastic Apocalypse" Dylan Holmes Williams 7 December 2025 2.05 3 "The Deep" Dylan Holmes Williams Pete McTighe 14 December 2025 TBD 4 "The Witch of the Waterfall" Dylan Holmes Williams Russell T Davies and Pete McTighe 14 December 2025 TBD 5 "The End of the War" Dylan Holmes Williams Russell T Davies 21 December 2025 TBD Production Development In July 2024, reported a new spin-off titled The War Between the Land and the Sea was set to begin filming in September. confirmed later that month at that production would begin in August. Produced by and , Davies is an along with , Joel Collins, , and . Edoardo Ferretti took on the role of with underway by July 2024. Casting and lead the series with and Alexander Devrient reprising their roles from Doctor Who as and Colonel Ibrahim, respectively. Tovey and Mbatha-Raw previously played Alonso Frame and in Doctor Who. also returns from Doctor Who, playing Shirley Anne Bingham. reprises his role as General Austin Pierce, a character first introduced and last seen fifteen years prior in the of , another Doctor Who spin-off. , , , Francesca Corney and were announced as additional cast members in October 2024. Writing The five-part series was written by Davies and . Davies is the current of Doctor Who while McTighe also previously wrote for the parent series. The two split writing duties across the programme, with Davies writing the premiere and finale episodes, McTighe writing the second and third episodes, and the two co-writing episode four together. The first read-through for all five episodes occurred on 19 August 2024. The series sees the return of the . Filming Some filming took place internationally, including on . All episodes were produced in one block, compared to the two to three blocks that would usually be used for five episodes. began on 29 August 2024 in and , both in . Filming continued into September in various locations across Wales, including at the Welsh Government Building, City Arms pub, Hodge House, and . In October, the series was spotted filming at and . November filming occurred at in . Filming concluded on 10 December 2024. Music On 30 May 2025, it was announced that had been hired as the show's composer. The War Between the Land and the Sea by Released 5 December 2025 (Digital) 30 January 2026 (CD) Soundtrack Silva Screen from The War Between the Land and the Sea "Barclay's Theme" Released: 28 November 2025 "" Released: 12 December 2025 A soundtrack album of 's score was released digitally 5 December 2025. The first track from the album, "Barclay's Theme", was released as a digital single 28 November 2025 and a cover of "" by and Balfe will also be released as a single 12 December 2025. A CD edition will be released 30 January 2026. All tracks are written by , except where noted. " (, , performed by & Balfe) Release Broadcast The series premiered on and in the United Kingdom on 7 December 2025, and will stream on internationally in 2026. Critical reception Ed Power of criticised the inclusion of as a primary presence in the show, saying that "it's always been a rule of thumb that the more UNIT in an episode, the more boring the results". Power remarked that this was the case for The War Between the Land and the Sea and awarded 2 out of 5 stars. Writing for , Lucy Mangan gave 3 out of 5, feeling that the spin-off was "an opportunity wasted", comparing it in an inferior light to Russell T Davies' previous show, . Several outlets praised the performance of returning actress Jemma Redgrave, including , SciFi Pulse and . Isobel Lewis, writing for , compared the show to , highlighting the use of profanity. Lewis praised Davies' "willingness" to "not simply feed fans the same stories over and over", noting how the finales featuring 's often "struggled to stick the landing".
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TDP 1435: For Your Consideration episode 19 - MAX HEADROOM
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 5 minutes and 53 seconds
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TDP 1430: 2. V UK: Occupation review
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 10 minutes and 51 secondsThe Visitors are now in command of the UK - but the resistance is growing, and determined to find out the real reason for the Visitors' arrival. Part 1 It is now January, three months since the Visitors' arrival. Elwyn, a black marketeer, has been profiting from the shortages, while his brother Brenin, a doctor, has been recruited to the resistance. Part 2 February, and the resistance have discovered what the Visitors are doing with all the people transported at night from Eleanor’s chemical plant. They set out to get footage - as a romance between Visitor Willy and burger van owner Harmony blossoms. Part 3 It's now March. Mike is determined to get into the Visitor mothership, but to do that he needs the help of collaborator Eleanor. Meanwhile Robin has realised she is pregnant with a Visitor's child and has some difficult choices to make. **Please note: the collector's edition CD is strictly limited to 1,000 copies.** V © 2025 Kenneth Johnson Productions Inc. All rights reserved. Used under licence. Based on the original television mini-series “V”.
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TDP 1429: #DoctorWho Lost Stories 9.2. Doctor Who: Alixion REVIEW
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 9 minutes and 47 secondslink to story Checking into a luxury health spa for a little rest and recreation, the Doctor and Ace find themselves at the mercy of a malign entity that craves the conquest of time and space. Exploiting their memories and regrets, the queen of the hive, which hides behind the polished walls of the spa, forces them to confront their deepest fears as she steals the Doctor’s life force to spread her powers across the universe. **Please note: the collector's edition double CD is strictly limited to 1,750 copies**
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TDP 1428: 1.3. Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor Adventures: Lionesses in Winter REVIEW
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 11 minutes and 2 secondsThis title was released in November 2025. It will be exclusively available to buy from the Big Finish website until 31 January 2026, and on general sale after this date. England, 1183 - The court of Henry II. The Doctor and Yaz gatecrash a right royal - if terrifyingly dysfunctional - family Christmas as Henry’s estranged wife Eleanor returns to spend Yuletide with the fam. The Doctor and Yaz uncover an imposter amongst them, but who are they really? And what do they want?