New Season of Paul McGann Audios for 2002
Whereas for 2001, only four plays with Paul are being released, in the new run, they have done six. The plays are due for release during January to June 2002.

The six plays are Invaders from Mars by Mark Gatiss; The Chimes of Midnight by Robert Sherman; Seasons of Fear by Paul Cornell and Caroline Symcox; Embrace the Darkness by Nicholas Briggs; The Time of the Daleks by Justin Richards; and Neverland by Alan Barnes

For Details are available on the Big Finish Website.
The Master returns in time for Christmas!
Following the success of the Dalek and Cybermen boxed set over the last two Christmases, BBC worldwide has announced another special video collection for the end of 2001. This time it will feature the Doctor's arch-nemesis, The Master. The package will cotain two stories - Season Eight's Colony in Space and The Time Monster from Season nine - both starring the original Master as played by Roger Delgado (pictured right), battling against Jon Pertwee's Doctor.
Death Comes to BBC Online!
Forthcoming Releases
JULY 2001

Audio Drama - Bloodtide (6th Doctor)
Forthcoming Events
AUGUST 2001

Audio Drama - Project : Twilight (6th Doctor)
DVD -  Doctor Who - The Movie  (8th Doctor)
DIMENSIONS ON TYNE
November 17 - 18th 2001

Newcastle upon Tyne's 1st ever Doctor Who convention. To be held at Posthouse Hotel, Newcastle upon Tyne

Guests include Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Carole Ann Ford, Anneke Wills, Deborah Watling, Nicola Bryant. Also present will be members of the Big Finish Audio's Production team.

Details available at http://www.dimensionsontyne.com
The Doctor scores a six!
Just months after coming third in the British Film Institue's run-down of the best British TV shows ever, Doctor Who has scored highly in yet another ' best of' vote.

Channel 4 Television asked viewers to voter for their favourites in it's search for the Top 100 Television Characters. The results of which were televised over the weekend of 5 and 6 May.
Big Finish have recently been back in the studio recording some new audio adventures with Paul McGann (right)  and India Fisher, recreating their roles as the Eighth Doctor and his latest companion Charley Pollard.
The good Doctor came a very respectable sixth in the list, beating the likes of Alan Patridge & Star Trek's Mr Spock to a place in the top ten.  The eventual winner turned out to be Homer Simpson.  Significantly, the Doctor was the highest placed non-comic character in the poll

A full list of all 100 characters can be found at www.channel4.com/100_tvs
How was your First Time!
Two first-time writers will be responsible for Big Finish audio dramas for August and September 2002.
First, Australian Philip Pascoe pens the off-the-wall ... ish , a Sixth Doctor and Peri story about a conference convened to compile the biggest dictionary in the universe.

Next up is Joseph Lidster's The Priory, a Seventh Doctor and Ace tale set in and around a contemporary nightclub/disco.
Blake Vs The Daleks!
The first of Big Finish's Doctor-less Dalek Empire audios completed recording in early May, with Blake's 7 Gareth Thomas leading the cast in these tales.

Thomas guest stars as the enigmatic Kalendorf. He has previously appeared in Paul McGann's audio debut Storm Warning.
Released as four single CD's on a bimonthly basis from June, the saga promises a different take on the Doctor's arch enemies, according to wirter and director Nick Briggs : "The Characters in the series are not in control of the situation. They've been overrun. The Dalek invasion has started and the Daleks are actually winning!"
The trailer for "Death Comes to Time" is now available on the BBC Official Website. Downloads are available in RealAudio format. Dan Freedman, executive producer of the radio show, told members of the official site how important it was for this trailer, and the eventual broadcast of the full audio on July 13, to be downloaded:

I'm not sure about the technical issues, just that the pilot is online for a year so you'll have plenty of time to hear it... This is really really important: every time you listen to the prog[ram] it will register on the BBC's counter. For the first time in DW's history we have exact viewing figures, (or downloading figures or whatever). One of the problems I encounter time and again is that people in charge don't think DW is popular any more. If I can go into my next meeting about DW projects I may or may not be involved in with a huge wad of figures, then there's no argument against it and it makes reviving DW a risk-free venture for the bosses, whether it be internet, radio, CD or TV. All you have to do is log on to DCCT, and vote too wherever you can. DCCT is the gun and your listening to it is the bullets, so give me ammo. Listen in twice a day and force your granny at gunpoint to do the same! Please tell any other websites you know of, magazines, whatever. Spread the word!... If it doesn't do well, then it will be a nail in the coffin. I had the perceived lack of success of the 96 film thrown at me as an argument against making a radio version! My one fear is that people will not listen in because its not TV, but it is absolutely essential to any further DW project that the site be swamped. dawn l and people at Manchester 2000 asked how they can help, well here is where the fans make or break it: tell everyone you've ever met!
Get your Davros in a box!
A surprise addition to the 2001 release schedule has to be the announcement by BBC video of a special release in September, centred around the Crippled Dalek creator Davros.

September 17th will see the release of Doctor Who : The Davros Collection which will be a limited
edition boxed set. The set will contain all five stories featuring Davros : Genesis of the Daleks (1975), Destiny of the Daleks (1979), Resurrection of the Daleks (1984), Revelation of the Daleks (1985) and Remembrance of the Daleks (1988).

The set, which will retail at £34.99 will only be available in the UK at brancehs of WH Smiths.
Tomb of the Cybermen coming to DVD
February 2002's UK DVD release has been confirmed as Season Five opener Tomb of the Cybermen
starring Patrick Troughton. The film prints, recovered from Hong Kong in 1992, are being etensively cleaned up by the Restoration Team. A commentary by companion actors Deborah Watling and Frazier Hines was recorder on 21 May for inclusion on the disc, alongside production notes and a photo gallery.