Doctor Who: The Sirens of Audio

We are joined by the delightful Sophie Aldred to chat about her career, her time in Doctor Who on TV, her role in fan productions, reprising Ace for Big Finish audios and the recent release of her audiobook version of Doctor Who: At Childhood's End.  Thanks Sophie, it was a pleasure speaking with you. We played clips from the following stories: Doctor Who: The Fearmonger Doctor Who: Colditz (...

It is our privilege to welcome Joe Sims as our guest, who stars alongside David Tennant and Tom Baker in Doctor Who: Dalek Universe, a 10-part epic audio adventure that premiered in April 2021 with prequel Fourth Doctor story "The Dalek Protocol" and the first part of a 3-part box set series featuring the Tenth Doctor, all under the banner "Dalek Universe".   Joe speaks passionately about his...

In our second episode of stories picked by the Big Finish Randomoid Selectortron, we review Doctor Who Short Trips: Gardens of the Dead featuring Mark Strickson as Turlough and Torchwood: One Rule featuring Tracy-Ann Oberman as Yvonne Hartman.  Plus, Dwayne's heart is broken as he shares an email from a listener who doesn't appreciate his humour.  Of course, the burning question on every...

We are delighted to be joined by the multi-talented Annette Badland, who first appeared on the Doctor Who radar in 2005 as Margaret Blaine in season one of the revived series of Doctor Who. She was the first person to be asked back to play a recurring villain and appeared again in Boom Town with Christopher Eccleston, Billie Piper and John Barrowman.  Since then she has appeared in numerous r...

We continue our discussion with founding Big Finish producer and director Gary Russell on the early years of Big Finish, talking about projects such as the Gallifrey and Sarah Jane Smith series, as well as the creation of Evelyn Smythe, played by the lovely and sorely missed Maggie Stables.  Part 3 coming soon.  Next time on The Sirens of Audio... Annette Badland discusses her career, an...

It's the end... of the monthly range at Big Finish and our special guest is writer of the final story in the range, Rob Valentine. The finale is called " The End of the Beginning " and features the 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th Doctors.  Rob gives us some insight into writing for multiple Doctors, the inspiration for some of his settings, and how the pandemic affected the story.  Master! starrin...

To celebrate 50 episodes of The Sirens of Audio, Philip and Dwayne help introduce new fans to the worlds of Big Finish by sharing their stories for new listeners to Doctor Who in the audio medium for Doctors 1-8 and 10.  Philip recommends Flight Through Entirety (podcast) Dwayne recommends Rumours by Fleetwood Mac (music) Dwayne's background art is by Millie McKenzie @CowBearCreates Philip Ed...

We have a fascinating conversation with the multi-talented MILES RICHARDSON, best known by Doctor Who fans as Irving Braxiatel, first mentioned the the 1979 tv story, City of Death, and immortalized by Miles on audio in the Bernice Summerfield and Gallifrey ranges for Big Finish. Thanks so much for speaking with us Miles.  Trailers from the following audio stories were used in this episode: T...

Join us as we chat with the man who spearheaded the campaign to bring back new and original Doctor Who on audio back in the 1990's.  Gary Russell is a lifelong fan of Doctor Who, and has been involved in almost every avenue of Doctor Who media, from the TV series, to books, to DWM editor and of course, the audio adventures.  In part 1 of our extensive conversation, we speak with Gary abo...

Welcome to the inaugural "We've Got Randomoids", where we use the Randomoid Selectortron to choose two random Big Finish releases to review. This could be anything from Doctor Who to Torchwood, Blake's 7 to Space 1999. The Randomoid Selectortron will decide... This time we review the following releases: Doctor Who - Short Trips 6.2 - Prime Winner Dalek Empire III - Chapter 4 - The Demons  Che...

With the recent release of Doctor Who - The Savages on BBC Audio , actor Peter Purves joins us to talk about his time working on Doctor Who in the 60's, and more recently with audiobooks, soundtrack narration and Big Finish productions.  Thank you very much for taking the time to speak with us Peter.  The following trailers of Big Finish productions were used in this episode: Doctor Who...

Our guest this time is writer/director Ken Bentley . He has directed hundreds of audio productions for Big Finish over the last fourteen years.  He speaks to us about the penultimate Big Finish monthly release, February 2021's Doctor Who - The Blazing Hour and his incredible career with Big Finish and beyond.  The following trailers were used in the episode: Doctor Who - The Blazing Hour...

We chat with Big Finish author and Doctor Who fan Nev Fountain about his career, his writing and his love of Doctor Who.  Clips and trailers used in this episode of the podcast were taken from: Doctor Who - Death Comes to Time Doctor Who - Omega Doctor Who - The Kingmaker Missy Series 1 Philip Edney on Twitter Dwayne Bunney on Twitter The Sirens of Audio on YouTube Theme music by  Husky...

This time we feature the third to last Big Finish monthly range release, Doctor Who - Colony of Fear by Roland Moore.  We chat with Roland about this and many of his other releases including Doctor Who - The Night Witches , as well as his time writing for TV's "Doctors" and as showrunner for a Chinese production of "Humans".  Please subscribe to our YouTube channel .  Recommendation...

What better way to celebrate 42 episodes of The Sirens of Audio than with a tribute to Douglas Adams, the man who made he mark with audio drama, namely, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy radio series way back in 1978.  Not only do we chat about Hitchhiker's but we chat about looking back at Doctor Who season 17 with the aid of age and hindsight, the various releases of Shada with a focus o...

Just like it says on the tin, we discuss the 50th Anniversary special from Big Finish, Masterful by James Goss.  We also discuss the limited edition which includes the specially written story, Terror of the Master, performed by the incredibly talented Jon Culshaw.  After the end credits, stick around for Doctor Who : Perception Filter, a 7th Doctor short story written and read by Dwayne...

Starting January 2020, we discuss most of the Doctor Who, Doctor Who spinoffs, classic tv remakes and Big Finish originals released during the year by Big Finish Productions. The episode is also available to watch on YouTube .   Philip Edney on Twitter Dwayne Bunney on Twitter Theme music by  Husky by the Geek . Email:  sirensofaudio@gmail.com Website:  sirensofaudio.com Twitte...

January 2021 marks 20 years since Paul McGann debuted as the Eighth Doctor with Big Finish productions release of Storm Warning , where we were also introduced to new companion, Charley Pollard.  Joining us for this episode is Kenny Smith , editor of Big Finish's very own monthly magazine, Vortex, and co-host of the Power of 3 podcast.  We'll also take a look at what we were doing during...

In our final episode of 2020, we are joined by Ross Aitken from Gallfrey's Most Wanted & The Runcible Report podcasts to discuss two of his favourite Big Finish stories.  Doctor Who: Jubilee by Robert Shearman Doctor Who: The Angel of Scutari by Paul Sutton Recommendations Ross recommends Rose Tyler: The Dimension Cannon starring Billie Piper (full cast audio) Philip recommends The Best P...

Our guest is the very talented Lizbeth Miles , author of one of the December 2020 Big Finish monthly range releases, The Grey Man of the Mountain , and co-host of the Verity! and Hammer House of Podcast podcasts.  Liz chats about her love of classic Who, her history with Big Finish, and how she feels about writing the last ever 7th Doctor audio play in the monthly range.  She apologizes...

This time we look in depth at two recent releases in the Doctor Who audio universe: The Tenth Doctor and River Song (Big Finish) & Doctor Who: Time Lord Victorious - The Minds of Magnox (BBC Audio) Philip recommends Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey (audiobook) Dwayne recommends the music of Cobra Kai (Spotify Playlist) Philip Edney on Twitter Dwayne Bunney on Twitter Theme music by  Hus...

This time we are joined by the lovely Janet Fielding to discuss bringing Tegan Jovanka back for an audio audience, the ongoing antics between Peter Davison, herself and other cast members, her forthcoming new book and her charity work for Project MotorHouse .  To learn more about Janet's work with Project MotorHouse and to make a donation, please visit https://www.projectmotorhouse.org.uk/ We...

In this episode we are joined by Big Finish author and fellow Who Podcaster, Paul Morris.  Paul has written for many Big Finish ranges including Doctor Who, Jago & Litefoot, The Adventures of Bernice Summerfield, The Scarifyers, Tales From New Earth, The Avengers & The Paternoster Gang to name a few.  Before we get to his writing, we discuss the controversial contents of The Talo...

We discuss two of Big Finish's scariest stories according to our opinion and the popular vote. They are: Night Thoughts & The Red Lady Philip recommends Something Who (podcast) Dwayne recommends The Album Years (podcast) Philip Edney on Twitter Dwayne Bunney on Twitter Theme music by  Husky by the Geek . Email:  sirensofaudio@gmail.com Website:  sirensofaudio.com Twitter: ...

Our guest this time is the multi-talented Jane Slavin, actor, writer, and oft wardrobe-dweller.  Jane has starred in tv shows such as Coronation Street and The Bill, and has worked in audio with Doctors Jon Pertwee, the Bakers Tom and Colin, Peter Davision and David Tennant.  On top of her acting Jane has written some incredible plays for Big Finish, particularly in their Big Finish Orig...