Post by xlozdob on Apr 12, 2022 9:43:23 GMT
I was expecting to find a thread for this, since it's the first BBC official audio series we've got since the 90s. Anyways, a quick rundown:
So, yeah, the Doctor, new characters, old characters, "very gay and very trans".
The lead writer is Juno Dawson, with Ella Watts directing and producing. Juno also has two other Big Finish alumni in her writing team, Doris V. Sutherland and David K. Barnes, with the rest of them being "new and experienced writing talent, with a strong emphasis on diversity and regionality". Hopefully, some of these new names will have liked playing in this sandbox enough to go on to write for Big Finish as well.
I'm actually a tiny bit more excited about this than the actual episode next Sunday. We'll see how it goes. Feel free to use this thread to discuss when the podcast is out!
Doctor Who enters a new dimension as new spin-off podcast, Doctor Who: Redacted lands on BBC Sounds.
The 10-part series will begin alongside the television Easter special on April 17, giving fans a brand new podcast of action-packed adventures ‘left’ of the much loved science-fiction series. Listeners will be introduced to characters, Cleo Proctor (Charlie Craggs), Abby McPhail (Lois Chimimba) and Shawna Thompson (Holly Quin-Ankrah) - alongside some familiar faces including the Doctor (Jodie Whittaker), Rani Chandra, Kate Stewart, Petronella Osgood and Madame Vastra.
Doctor Who: Redacted follows Cleo, Abby and Shawna - three broke university drop-outs from different cities across the UK who remain connected via their paranormal conspiracy podcast, ‘The Blue Box Files’. The trio speculate over Abby’s favourite conspiracy theory – intent on finding out the truth behind the mysterious ‘Blue Box’ that keeps cropping up across history. What if this random police public call box was actually an alien ship?
They don’t know who the Doctor is, or if aliens are real, but soon find themselves caught in a supernatural conspiracy as they learn that everyone who’s ever met the Doctor is disappearing and being forgotten. Essentially, they’re being redacted from reality. The Blue Box Files is so unsuccessful that our heroes are the last ones to be affected by the redaction, making Cleo, Abby and Shawna the world’s only hope. Now it’s a race against time to uncover the truth.
The 10-part series will begin alongside the television Easter special on April 17, giving fans a brand new podcast of action-packed adventures ‘left’ of the much loved science-fiction series. Listeners will be introduced to characters, Cleo Proctor (Charlie Craggs), Abby McPhail (Lois Chimimba) and Shawna Thompson (Holly Quin-Ankrah) - alongside some familiar faces including the Doctor (Jodie Whittaker), Rani Chandra, Kate Stewart, Petronella Osgood and Madame Vastra.
Doctor Who: Redacted follows Cleo, Abby and Shawna - three broke university drop-outs from different cities across the UK who remain connected via their paranormal conspiracy podcast, ‘The Blue Box Files’. The trio speculate over Abby’s favourite conspiracy theory – intent on finding out the truth behind the mysterious ‘Blue Box’ that keeps cropping up across history. What if this random police public call box was actually an alien ship?
They don’t know who the Doctor is, or if aliens are real, but soon find themselves caught in a supernatural conspiracy as they learn that everyone who’s ever met the Doctor is disappearing and being forgotten. Essentially, they’re being redacted from reality. The Blue Box Files is so unsuccessful that our heroes are the last ones to be affected by the redaction, making Cleo, Abby and Shawna the world’s only hope. Now it’s a race against time to uncover the truth.
So, yeah, the Doctor, new characters, old characters, "very gay and very trans".
The lead writer is Juno Dawson, with Ella Watts directing and producing. Juno also has two other Big Finish alumni in her writing team, Doris V. Sutherland and David K. Barnes, with the rest of them being "new and experienced writing talent, with a strong emphasis on diversity and regionality". Hopefully, some of these new names will have liked playing in this sandbox enough to go on to write for Big Finish as well.
I'm actually a tiny bit more excited about this than the actual episode next Sunday. We'll see how it goes. Feel free to use this thread to discuss when the podcast is out!
