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Review: Steve Mollmann on Doctor Who: Worldwide Web

"As I listened to the beginning of Worldwide Web, it became apparent that there was no way I could review it without talking about Planet of the Spiders. Because I had very little idea what was going on. It’s weird that Big Finish have released a story that assumes such knowledge of the classic series in what is supposed to be a substitute for the new one..."

Review: Jens Deffner on Star Trek: Full Circle

"Full Circle is a decent novel, and a positive surprise for me personally, since I found the previous Voyager post-finale stuff lacking. I’m not one hundred percent sure yet what my expectations for the follow-up Unworthy are, but Kirsten Beyer was able to salvage the line of post-Endgame Voyager fiction for now..."

Review: Brendan Moody on Doctor Who: Zodiac

"Zodiac's greatest flaw is that so many of the stories feel underdeveloped in one way or another. The Doctor has little if any role in events, the plot is linear and uncomplicated, or the guest characters feel hollow. A few such stories in an anthology alongside weightier entries wouldn’t be worth commenting on, but Zodiac is entirely made up of simple pieces..."

Review: Rachel Steffan on Doctor Who: The Angel of Scutari

"Episode One rushes headlong into a minefield of Seventh Doctor clichés: the Doctor claims that landing in the middle of a battle is a completely innocent accident; Ace is angry because she thinks he's manipulating them; she gets hurt in the battle and the Doctor is immediately frantic with worry and guilt. Fortunately, things improve as the story progresses..."

Review: Linnea Dodson on Sapphire & Steel: The Surest Poison

"I can't quite bring myself to rave about The Surest Poison. Although dark, it's not the most emotionally churning of the Sapphire & Steel audios. But I won't rant about it either, because it has no flaws. The Surest Poison is a perfectly good audio, solidly plotted and serviceable, and certainly a good one for anyone who likes time travel stories..."

Review: Michele Fry on Doctor Who: Beautiful Chaos

"There’s a lot of lovely, in-character banter between the Doctor and Donna in this story – author Gary Russell gets the voices of the Who regulars right, but he’s particularly spot-on with Donna and the Doctor: I laughed at her calling him 'skinny', 'spaceman' and 'martian boy' – and it was never too much..."