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The new series of adventures for the Ninth Doctor and Rose stretches its wings a little by taking the pair thousands of years into the future. The TARDIS is still inexplicably drawn to the Powell Estate, but by this point in Earth history it’s been replaced by Cloud Eight, a supposed utopia high above the rain forest previously known as London. That geographical link otherwise impacts the plot not one bit. However, that only underscores it as some sort of hint, Bad Wolf style, of some subtle wider plot arc for this season of audios.
Cloud Eight exists during Earth’s Second Dark Ages. In Doctor Who’s most pleasingly pedantic line since the Master decimated the population of Earth, the Doctor correctly identifies the Dark Ages as merely a period from which little to no historical records survive. “Dark” as in unknown, not somehow grim or evil. Though, of course, this being Doctor Who, the reason nothing survives from this time is not exactly benign…
Despite feeling slightly misplaced in the timeline of the Doctor and Rose’s relationship, Eccleston and Piper are both on fire as the pair clash over the Time Lord’s plans
The Doctor and Rose insert themselves with typical ease into the lives of young Elsa and her two Dads, Oz and Marty. With humanity whiling away their days among the clouds while AIs repair the damaged ecology below, the little family initially appear to have a cosy, if somewhat bland, existence. Lots of morning walks, afternoon visits to cute little coffee shops, evenings watching classic Westerns, and all tucked up by bedtime. A very strict bedtime. So strict, in fact, nobody on Cloud Eight can even understand the concept of being awake after dark.
There are typically two types of dystopia in science fiction. The ones where the inhabitants know it’s a dystopia, and the ones where they think it’s a utopia. Cloud Eight definitely falls into the latter camp, and the Doctor’s immediate instincts to pull it all down lead to some conflict with Rose. Their arguments never quite ring true, though, given this series’ setting between Father’s Day and The Empty Child. Rather than the confident time traveller, ready to topple evil galactic news organizations and smoothly con interstellar con men, this Rose regresses to her earliest days. She’s strangely determined that nothing’s wrong here, and the Doctor’s just making trouble. Similarly, she angrily berates him for trying to enlist Elsa’s help in scenes reminiscent of her attitude to Gwyneth in The Unquiet Dead.
It’s almost as if writers Lauren Mooney and Stewart Pringle weren’t in the loop about where during Series One the story takes place. It’s a shame as in isolation as a story about an inexperienced Rose learning to trust the Doctor’s judgement and not take things at face value, this is top notch stuff.
Most of all, Cloud Eight succeeds in feeling like a true, missing piece of 2005’s iconic season
Cloud Eight’s deeper themes and concerns only reveal themselves in the final act, as the root cause of everyone’s behaviour becomes apparent. Unfortunately, that makes them difficult to even touch on without completely spoiling the plot. However, Blogtor can say they’re very much of their time, which is to say 2005. Indeed, if Cloud Eight had aired on television in Series One, it would seemed eerily prescient. As it stands though, the fast pace of world events even between Mooney and Pringle pitching the story and Big Finish releasing it make it almost passe. (More amusingly, a line about Rose not getting any WAP at home will probably trigger a generational divide between those old enough to remember Wireless Application Protocol and younger fans who’ll see it as yet another reason she dumped Mickey.)
Nonetheless, despite feeling like it belongs in a slightly different part of Rose and the Doctor’s timeline, this is peak 2005 Doctor Who arriving two decades on. The slow but steady slide from futuristic domesticity to a living nightmare is neatly balance, while having the Doctor himself fall under the spell is a card all the more effective for being so rarely played.
Most remarkable, Eccleston and Piper continue to excel as their characters, so steeped in every aspect that they perfectly recapture the motions of friction between the two as deftly as the strength of their bond.
Doctor Who: Cloud Eight. Cover by Soundsmyth Creative (c) Big Finish Doctor Who: Cloud Eight
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.
Doctor Who – The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Cloud Eight, written by Lauren Mooney and Stewart Pringle, is now available to purchase for just £9.99 (download to own) or £11.99 (download to own + collector’s edition CD), exclusively here. Please note: the collector’s edition CD is strictly limited to 1,500 copies and will not be re-pressed.
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Doctor Who star Mandip Gill is starring in the new short horror film Hush Little One. The actor, who played the Doctor’s companion Yaz Khan between 2018 and 2022, will play new mother Maya. However, darkness threatens to consume Maya and her baby when the child’s nightmares begin to manifest is physical form in the shadows of their home.
Hush Little One will tour film festivals throughout 2026 and has been described by producers Rebel Yeah! as a “proof of concept” for a feature length version of the story. Whether Mandip Gill will also star as Maya in any feature adaptation is unclear for now.
Hush Little One continues a busy post-Doctor Who career for Mandip Gill. Can You Keep a Secret?, the sitcom starring Dawn French, Mark Heap as a married couple defrauding their insurance company by faking the husband’s death, and Gill as their police officer daughter-in-law, has just finished its first season on BBC One and received a warm reception from audiences and critics alike. Meanwhile, last December she starred as DC Diane Fry in Five’s detective series Cooper and Fry, alongside Downton Abbey’s Robert James-Collier as DC Ben Cooper. Earlier last year, she also has a lead role in near future dystopian series Curfew.
There’s no word yet on second season renewals for either Can You Keep a Secret? or Cooper and Fry. However, it seems likely. Certainly in the case of Cooper and Fry, there are still fourteen more novels in the original series to adapt, so there’s plenty of material with which to continue the show.
In the meantime, Hush on Film will receive its premiere on the 20th of March at Ashford Cinema as part of the Kent on Film weekend.
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We’re only two months into the new year. However, an impressive range of books and audios are already on the calendar. The past couple of weeks have seen several new announcements, in addition to some of the releases we already knew about. The covers for the next three Target novelisations are here, as well as the readers for their audiobooks. There’s also the first hint of 2027’s Target lineup.
There are also new original audiobooks featuring the First and Eleventh Doctors, a BBC Audio novelisation of Sixth Doctor audio drama Slipback, and even a short story collection featuring the Memory TARDIS from Tales of the TARDIS.
Continue reading for full details of the upcoming books and audios.
Doctor Who books and audios to expect in 2026 and beyond
Doctor Who: Stormcage – a River Song Adventure (c) BBC Books Doctor Who: Stormcage – a River Song Adventure by Alex Kingston with Jacqueline Rayner and Steve Cole – 12th February 2026
Alex Kingston has always played River Song. Now, in this immersive, multi-strand adventure she invites YOU to become the beloved.
Professor River Song, imprisoned in the Stormcage Containment Facility, welcomes the excitement of aliens storming her prison. They’re here to spring a creature wanted for terrible crimes. Their assault rips through reality to create the ultimate escape route: a Fate Nexus. A gateway to multiple exit points in time, space and beyond.
In this book YOU are River, tasked with stopping the criminals and saving reality. Only YOU can choose the path through these pages. You’ll steer River through past, present and future on all kinds of audacious adventures. You’ll meet old enemies, familiar friends and, of course, the Doctor. Will you hunt down a happy ending or find disaster and death? The chances are yours to take!
Find where to order Stormcage here!
Doctor Who: Star-Flight (c) BBC Audio Doctor Who: Star Flight by Paul Hayes – 5th March 2026
Christopher Naylor reads a brand-new adventure for the First Doctor, Susan, Ian and Barbara.
The TARDIS materialises on board Cavis Sunliners Flight 307, a regularly scheduled passenger flight using a revolutionary type of interstellar travel.
Following an act of sabotage the ship is boarded by a large, levitating alien creature who demands the return of ‘an artefact’. Influencing the ship’s AI pilot, Pym, the Kleede threatens to shut off all life support.
With Pym and the Kleede engaged in a deadlock battle for control, and more aliens on their way, the Doctor must help the crew outwit their attackers. But time is running out…
Find where to order Star-Flight here!
Doctor Who: Aliens of London. Cover by Dan Lilles (c) Target Books Doctor Who: Aliens of London by Joseph Lidster – 26th March 2026
The Doctor brings Rose home a year after she left… to find London in chaos. A spaceship has crashed into the Thames and an alien body lies in the wreckage. The Doctor uncovers a chilling conspiracy at the heart of Downing Street as ruthless alien invaders take control – members of the Family Slitheen.
The Doctor, Rose, and the MP for Flydale North must fight to expose the Slitheen infiltration – before the Earth falls prey to a deadly interstellar con that will ignite World War Three.
Also available as an audiobook read by Camille Coduri (Jackie Tyler).
Find where to order Aliens of London here!
Doctor Who: The Satan Pit. Cover by Dan Liles (c) Target Books Doctor Who: The Satan Pit by Matt Jones – 26th March 2026
The Doctor and Rose travel to Krop Tor – an impossible planet orbiting a black hole, defying the laws of physics. With the TARDIS lost to them, trapped with a crew of human explorers and their alien servants, the Ood, they find ancient ruins… and something far older and darker stirring beneath the surface.
Whispers speak of a malevolent force imprisoned since before time – something that even the Doctor fears. As seismic horrors rise and minds begin to fracture, one terrifying question remains: What if the Devil is real?
Also available as a multi-reader audiobook performed by Claire Rushbrook (Ida), Ronny Jhutti (Danny), Silas Carson (the Ood) and Maureen O’Brien
Find where to order The Satan Pit here!
Doctor Who: The Time of Angels. Cover by Dan Liles (c) Target Books Doctor Who: The Time of Angels by Jenny Colgan – 26th March 2026
An improbable call for help from River Song draws the Doctor and Amy to the wreck of the starship Byzantium on the world of Alfava Metraxis. The wreck contains a deadly cargo – a Weeping Angel, determined to escape. And the starship’s crash site, infringing on a sprawling subterranean tomb, is no coincidence.
In uneasy alliance with a squad of military clerics, the Doctor’s investigation becomes a desperate battle to survive as an army of implacable, quantum-locked killers grows ever stronger – and flesh becomes stone.
Also available as an audiobook read by Maureen O’Brien
Find out where to order The Time of Angels here!
Doctor Who: Slipback. (c) BBC Audio Doctor Who: Slipback by Eric Saward – 2nd April 2026
Jon Glover (Shelligbourne Grant) reads this novelisation of an outlandish adventure for the Sixth Doctor and Peri.
The TARDIS materialises aboard the Vipod Mor, a galactic survey ship captained by the repulsive Orlous Moston Slarn.
Things are not going well on board the spacecraft. A mysterious killer stalks the infrastructure, and a junior officer – whose body is four years older than his brain – commands its bridge. The craft’s computer seems to be developing its own distinctive personality, and Slarn threatens to vent his vindictive anger on his crew.
Soon the Doctor and Peri stumble on a shocking secret, upon which depends the fate of the entire Universe…
Find where to order Slipback here!
Doctor Who: The Rescue (c) Demon Records Doctor Who: The Rescue – 18th April 2026
Brand new and exclusive for Record Store Day 2026, a narrated TV soundtrack on vinyl of the 1965 serial The Rescue starring William Hartnell as the First Doctor.
Comprising two episodes, The Powerful Enemy and Desperate Measures, the story features the debut of companion Vicki, played by Maureen O’Brien who now provides newly recorded linking narration and a bonus behind-the-scenes interview.
The Doctor, Ian (William Russell) and Barbara (Jacqueline Hill) discover a crashed spaceship on the planet Dido in the 25th Century. Survivors Vicki and Bennett are menaced by a terrifying native named Koquillion – or are they? The travellers risk their lives to discover the truth.
The Rescue will be exclusively in record shops on the 18th of April for Record Store Day. Find full details here!
Doctor Who: Circle of Memory (c) BBC Audio Doctor Who: Circle of Memory by Bob Ayers – 7th May 2026
“Hello, I’m the Doctor… Doctor someone… can’t remember who at the moment. Hoping it will come back to me.”
On a planet with twin suns, three people wake in the shadow of a crashed spaceship. They don’t know who they are or where they are. All they have to go on is a photograph of themselves marked ‘Amy and her boys: Rory and the Doctor’. It’s obvious who Amy is – but which of them is the Doctor?
A voice recorder in one of their pockets reveals how the TARDIS materialised some days earlier in the centre of a stone circle and the travellers met blue-skinned Sunaya, apparent sole survivor of the crashed ship.
Yet Sunaya isn’t who she claims to be, and she is also far from alone. She and her children have been waiting to feed on the memories and identities of the living.
And as their own memories fade, the Doctor, Amy and Rory are in danger of being left behind for ever…
Dan Starkey, who has played several roles in the BBC TV series, reads Bob Ayres’s intriguing tale.
Find where to order Circle of Memory here!
Doctor Who and the Stones of Blood. Cover by Andrew Skilleter (c) BBC Audio Doctor Who: The Stones of Blood by Terrance Dicks – 4th June 2026
Chanting, hooded figures gather inside a ring of ancient stones, using rituals of blood sacrifice to awaken the sleeping evil of the Ogri.
Landing on late-20th Century Earth, the Doctor and Romana find science and ancient mysticism in opposition when they meet the eccentric Professor Rumford, her friend Miss Fay, and their mysterious neighbour Leonard De Vries.
Shuttling between coastal countryside and a deep-space cruiser trapped in hyperspace, the duo attempt to track down an alien criminal and unravel the mystery of the stones of blood. Luckily, they have the help of the faithful K-9…
Geoffrey Beevers reads Terrance Dicks’s 1980 novelisation of the BBC TV serial by David Fisher, with John Leeson providing the authentic Voice of K-9.
2026 Multimedia event Doctor Who: Circuit Breaker teams up the Fugitive Doctor with Kate Lethbridge-Stewart Doctor Who: Circuit Breaker by Jo Martin – 6th October 2026
Strange alien artifacts begin appearing inside UNIT’s Black Archive. Each object is unmistakably linked to a different incarnation of the Doctor, but they’ve been tampered with. A corrupted energy signature of unknown origin pulses through them, and their sudden arrival has torn tiny ruptures across time and space.
UNIT is out of options. To repair the damage and restore the timeline, the objects must be returned to the exact moments they were taken from. If not, the Doctor’s adventures – and the universe itself – could unravel.
To solve the mystery, UNIT calls upon a little-known incarnation of the Time Lord: the Fugitive Doctor, played by Jo Martin, who returns in a central role. But how does UNIT know about her? And is she the Doctor they expect?
Tales of the TARDIS brings festive tales of myth and memory this winter Doctor Who: Tales of the TARDIS – 22nd October 2026
Somewhere out there, in the gaps between time and space, is a TARDIS like no other.
In its console room, controls cover the walls and ceilings. And over the years Doctors and old friends have reunited here, to remember their travels, from the dawn of human history to distant alien worlds. They are like ripples on an eternal pond that are forever moving and forever repeating.
Now you can discover eight incredible tales from the Memory TARDIS, scattered across the seasons of earth. Susan and the Doctor reminisce on a bonfire night to remember, Yasmin Khan and her old friend talk about terror at the summer solstice, and the Doctor and Clara remember Christmas and killer toys.
Target Books
New Target Novelisation TBA by James Goss – 15th April 2027
There are no details yet on which Doctor Who stories will be adapted for next year’s batch of Target Books. However, we do know that the first of them will arrive on the 15th of April, written by James Goss. One possibility, given that Goss previously adapted The Giggle and Lux, is a completion of the loose ‘Gods’ trilogy with The Devil’s Chord.
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The Doctor’s steady odyssey into the literal heart of darkness that is Pantopolis, a prison orbiting the event horizon of a Black Hole, continues in The Prison Paradox Part Three. It’s here that Blogtor Who began to appreciate the cunning of Dan Watters’ structure for the story. As the Doctor makes his way through the prison to rescue Belinda, each new cell block brings a new threat and a new mini-adventure. It’s a deft way to feature a variety of Doctor Who monsters, old and new. All while cutting straight to the action each issue.
This issue the Doctor and his surviving fellow escapees encounter two of the prison’s most dangerous and gruesome inmates. Gaseous beings who inhabit people’s bodies to take physical form isn’t a new idea; even Doctor Who itself has the Gelth. But there’s something about the approach this issue’s villains take to the trope that’s delightfully grotesque. Slightly reminiscent of Dario Argento’s Demons, only rather more talkative, they sadistically view it as an opportunity to break, shatter, and disfigure the bodies of the possessed.
Another aspect which troubled Blogtor last issue is addressed so playfully in this chapter that it’s now hard to mind. The Doctor himself notes that his ad hoc team of escapees are being “chocolate factoried” as they move from room to room. It’s as good a description as any of The Prison Paradox. So far we’ve repeatedly come to sympathize with these supposed arch criminals, just in time to say farewell, forever.
Later this month, the final issue promises a confrontation with Pantopolis’ most dangerous inhabitant: the Warden himself. By now it’s clear that he’s completely insane. He also holds Belinda’s life in his hands in what’s sure to be a thrilling climax to the series.
Doctor Who: The Prison Paradox 3. Cover A by VV Glass (c) Titan Comics Doctor Who: The Prison Paradox 3
Something more terrifying than mere criminals lurks within the space prison of Panotoplis. Can the Doctor and Felik be saved from possession by an evil alien entity and how can a lone Adipose defeat an invisible enemy?
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The adventure concludes with Doctor Who: The Prison Paradox #4 on the 18th of February.
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Since launching its first Doctor Who release in 1999, Big Finish has produced thousands of hours of full-cast audio drama. They’ve brought back Doctors, companions and aliens from across the show’s history, from Tom Baker to Jodie Whittaker. They’ve also introduced new characters, worlds and series that have become part of the Whoniverse’s wider storytelling tapestry.
The renewed agreement means Big Finish can continue creating new stories featuring the Doctor and friends. Meanwhile, of course, 27 years of stories will remain available as digital downloads and on various collector’s edition formats.
“Big Finish have played a pivotal role in expanding the Doctor Who universe for more than 25 years”
Jan Paterson, Director of Books and Audio at BBC Studios, said: “Big Finish has played a pivotal role in expanding the Doctor Who universe for more than 25 years, consistently delivering stories that honour the legacy of Doctor Who and bringing fans new adventures that are imaginative, bold and full of heart. This renewal reflects not only our confidence in Big Finish’s creativity and ambition, but also the strength of collaboration across our licensee community. We’re incredibly proud to continue this journey together and look forward to seeing and hearing where their creativity takes the Doctor next.”
Jason Haigh-Ellery, chairman of Big Finish Productions, said: “This is wonderful news for everyone who’s made Big Finish part of their Doctor Who journey. Being licensed until the end of 2035 lets us plan further ahead than ever. And that means bigger stories, more ambitious series, and plenty of surprises… We can’t wait to share what’s coming.”
Nicholas Briggs, executive producer and creative director at Big Finish, added: “We’ve been telling Doctor Who stories for over a quarter of a century now, and the joy is that it still feels like we’re only just getting started. One of my favourite aspects of Doctor Who is that it never runs out of space and time to explore. Eternity and the universe create a limitless canvas to work on!”
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The War Between the Land and the Sea series premiere Homo Aqua was seen by 6.07m in its first 28 days. That’s up 1.76m (40.8%) from the +7 result. In fact, it’s a very rare case of the time-shift in weeks 2-4 exceeding that in the first week, when 1.48m was added to the original overnight viewing figures of 2.83m. All in all this is a massive total time-shift increase of 214.8%. It’s indicative, perhaps, of the role of modern ‘binge watch’ culture. Most of the audience appear to have waited for all five episodes to be available before watching the first.
The second part of that premiere double bill, Plastic Apocalypse has a +28 viewing figure of 5.08m. That a drop of 0.99m (16.3%) on the first part, likely reflecting the number of viewers just checking out this brand new show before deciding it wasn’t for them. As with Homo Aqua, though, it bucks the usual +28 trend. It has a 42.7% increase on the +7 result, with 1.52m extra viewers. Again, this reflects positively on the binge-friendly nature of the five part serial. If we focus on those binge watchers, it appears that only 0.24m switched off after part one.
Homo Aqua COPYRIGHT:BBC Studios,CREDIT LINE:BBC Studios/Bad Wolf/James Pardon The large time-shifting for The War Between suggests many viewers waited to binge watch the serial
Moving on to The War Between the Land and the Sea’s second double bill, 4.67m viewers watched The Deep in the first 28 days. That’s a further drop of 0.41m (8.1%) episode to episode, with a 0.96m (25.9%) increase on The Deep’s +7. Still a very healthy increase, but the first time this season that the +7 time-shift (1.26m) was greater than that in the following three weeks.
The Witch of the Waterfall, meanwhile, has a +28 viewing figure of 4.47m. That’s down 0.20m (4.3%) from the previous episode and up 1.27m (39.7%) on Witch’s +7, for a total time-shift of 2.77m.
Ultimately, The End of the War’s +28 viewing figure was 3.84m, down 0.63m (14.1%) on the previous episode. It’s up a more modest 0.76m (24.7%) on the +7. As you’d expect, the finale gains the least from the +28 time-shift. After all, it’s +7 rating was the first to contain some of those binge watchers who had been waiting for it before even starting the series. However, the overall time-shift of 2.05m is still a sizeable 114.5% increase on the original overnight.
Kate Lethbridge-Stewart (Jemma Redgrave) ,COPYRIGHT:BBC Studios,CREDIT LINE:BBC Studios/Bad Wolf/Alistair Heap The average +28 for the series as a whole places it near the top of the Doctor Who franchise since 2023
Overall, The War Between the Land and the Sea has an average +28 rating of 4.83m, up an average of 1.26m from the +7 viewing figures. That would make it one of highest rated Whoniverse stories of recent years. 73 Yards is the only regular Doctor Who episode to beat it, in addition to the various Christmas and Anniversary specials.
It indicates that there’s certainly an appetite for more stories set in the wider Whoniverse, and with UNIT in particular. How such a sequel would be budgeted in a post-Disney world, or if it would be practical at all without some other streaming partner, remains to be seen.
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