This is the next in line of my Big Finish Productions Doctor Who retro-reviews. #18 – “’The Stones of Venice” From Big Finish’s site: The Doctor and Charley decide to take a well-deserved break from the monotony of...

This is the next in line of my Big Finish Productions Doctor Who retro-reviews. #17 – “Sword of Orion” From Big Finish’s site: One of our very best-selling releases. Paul McGann’s Eighth Doctor along with his brand new...

This is the next in line of my Big Finish Productions Doctor Who retro-reviews. #16 – “Storm Warning” From Big Finish’s site: October, 1930. His Majesty’s Airship, the R101, sets off on her maiden voyage to the...

It’s December 22, which means the feared Mayan doomsday prophecies were averted.  How did it happen?  Much speculation abounds, but we at SciFiFX have the scoop.  The answer, apparently, is a madman with a box who was determined to make a movie. Our source...

This is the next in line of my Big Finish Productions Doctor Who retro-reviews. #15 – “The Mutant Phase” (Dalek Empire Part Three) From Big Finish’s site: In the 22nd century, the Daleks have occupied planet Earth. By the 43rd...

Before Star Wars, before Star Trek, before Doctor Who… there were names amongst names in science fiction that resonate to this day.  One of the most venerable of that bygone age is Flash Gordon.  How influential is this character?  “Originally I wanted to...

This is the next in line of my Big Finish Productions Doctor Who retro-reviews. #14 – “The Holy Terror” (Side Step) From Big Finish’s site: The TARDIS lands in a forbidding castle in a time of religious upheaval. The old god has...

I am one of those who simply does not get Anime.  Most the examples I’ve seen – and I’ve seen plenty, believe me – are riddled with substandard animation quality, wacky pop tunes that do not belong, and plots that make almost no sense whatsoever.  For...

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I’ve pimped this series on our podcast a couple of times, but having just finished book 3, I felt it was high time (indeed, long overdue) that I worked up a proper review for these books.  To start things off, let me just open with a quote from an acknowledged master of the...

This is the next in line of my Big Finish Productions Doctor Who retro-reviews. #13 – “The Shadow of the Scourge” (Side Step) From Big Finish’s site: The Pinehill Crest Hotel in Kent is host to three very different events: a...

With the impending arrival of Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Party, I couldn’t resist taking a trip back in time to watch (yet again) the 1977 Rankin Bass version of The Hobbit.  I first discovered this movie when it was shown to my class back in elementary...

This is the next in line of my Big Finish Productions Doctor Who retro-reviews. #12 – “The Fires of Vulcan” From Big Finish’s site: Two thousand years ago, a volcanic eruption wiped the Roman city of Pompeii from the face of the Earth. It...

This is the next in line of my Big Finish Productions Doctor Who retro-reviews. #11 – “The Apocalypse Element” (Dalek Empire Part Two) From Big Finish’s site: When the planet Archetryx is threatened by a Dalek assault squad, the...

This is the next in line of my Big Finish Productions Doctor Who retro-reviews. #10 – “Winter For The Adept” From Big Finish’s site: When a teleportation accident goes badly wrong, Nyssa finds herself stranded on the freezing...

Old dogs, new tricks.  That’s the message we’re told to receive when viewing Skyfall, the latest in the line of the ever-popular 007 franchise.  But before we can say whether or not the dog truly learned or simply scratched its fleas, I’ll first offer up the...

This is the next in line of my Big Finish Productions Doctor Who retro-reviews. #9 – “The Spectre of Lanyon Moor” From Big Finish’s site: In a desolate Cornish landscape littered with relics of prehistoric man, the doctor and...

It’s November 1st, and that means that National Novel Writing Month has officially begun!  30 days of caffeine-induced, sleep-deprived madness resulting in the kind of excessive and needless drama, headaches, frustration, and fun that you just can’t get from other...

This is the next in line of my Big Finish Productions Doctor Who retro-reviews. #8 – “Red Dawn” From Big Finish’s site: Ares One: NASA’s first manned mission to the dead planet Mars. But is Mars as dead as it seems? While the...

This is the next in line of my Big Finish Productions Doctor Who retro-reviews. #7 – “The Genocide Machine” (Dalek Empire Part One) From Big Finish’s site: The library on Kar-Charrat is one of the wonders of the Universe. It is...

Publisher’s Summary: Doctor Impossible, evil genius, diabolical scientist, wannabe world dominator, languishes in a federal detention facility. He’s lost his freedom, his girlfriend, and his hidden island fortress. Over the years, he’s tried to take over the world in every...

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Publisher’s Summary: Evil is most assuredly afoot – and Britain’s fate rests in the hands of an alluring renegade… and a librarian. These are dark days indeed in Victoria’s England. Londoners are vanishing, then reappearing, washing up as...

After a week long intermission of 007, this is the next in line of my Big Finish Productions Doctor Who retro-reviews. #6 – “The Marian Conspiracy” From Big Finish’s site: Tracking a nexus point in time, the Doctor meets Dr Evelyn...

“I’ve been trying to give 110% since the beginning, but after all the fuss, maybe I started giving 115%,” Daniel Craig said regarding the fan backlash he’s received as the world’s most famous superspy, even before Casino...

Once more we tread into territory where someone who was previously selected to don the mantle of 007 but couldn’t (or wouldn’t) for whatever reason finally gets his opportunity.  Following the seemingly endless legal battles, the...