Big Finish: Evelyn and Brewster Return

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The Eleventh Doctor may currently be battling the Axons in the Doctor Who Magazine comic strip, but one of his previous incarnations is also going to face this old enemy again in February 2011. And Bernard Holley – who played both Axos and the male Axon in The Claws of Axos in 1971 – is back after 39 years to reprise the role! The Feast of Axos by Mike Maddox finds a group of British explorers heading off into space to break into the Axos time loop and plunder its energies. But the scheme goes awry… “We are, of course, huge Doctor Who fans at Big Finish,” says executive producer Nicholas Briggs, “and so we got very excited at the prospect of bringing Axos back. It was the Axonite on the cake when we learned that Bernard was interested in reprising the role – and he plays it as if not a single day has passed.” The story comes second in a trilogy that reunites the Sixth Doctor with his hugely popular audio companion Evelyn Smythe (Maggie Stables) for a new trilogy of stories. Evelyn first appeared in The Marian Conspiracy back in the year 2000, and was last heard in a Big Finish story in 2008, in Assassin in the Limelight. “It’s been too long,” says Nicholas Briggs, “but I’m delighted to welcome Evelyn back by popular demand. That’s not hyperbole – we’ve been inundated with letters from fans who have missed her! And it’s going to be a busy time in the TARDIS because the Doctor and Evelyn will also be teaming up with a companion from a previous incarnation. Victorian urchin Thomas Brewster (played by John Pickard) is back, and he and the Doctor won’t always see eye to eye.” The mini-season begins in January 2011 with The Crimes of Thomas Brewster by Jonathan Morris, which is set in present-day London. The story also sees the return of Anna Hope as acerbic police detective DI Menzies, while David Troughton (The Curse of Peladon) guest stars as Raymond Gallagher. After The Feast of Axos in February, March’s release is Industrial Evolution by Eddie Robson, which is set in Lancashire during the industrial revolution. The guest cast includes Rory Kinnear (Vexed) as Samuel Belfrage, Warren Brown (Luther) as Stephen Gibson and Hugh Ross (Sea of Souls) as Robert Stretton.Read more at www.bigfinish.com

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