You may look at this as the end. With actor John Hurt sadly passing away early in 2017, it means that any further Doctor Who audios or televised stories featuring his gravely incarnation of the (don’t call me the) Doctor are dust in the wind. But let’s not be morbid; Hurt certainly wasn’t, even when faced with his own mortality. So instead let’s take a moment to see what his final act as the War…

It was the news we didn’t want to have to publish: John Hurt passed away at his home in Cromer, Norfolk, on Wednesday 25th January 2017. We were all shocked and, of course, saddened to know that our War Doctor was no longer with us. But this week, we’ve been exploring the smallest taste of his extensive credits: from Watership Down to Whistle and I’ll Come to You; Big Finish to Alien. And that’s…

“But for now, for this moment… I am the Doctor again.” It’s with great sadness that we must report the passing of Sir John Hurt, the prolific actor who will live on in Doctor Who legend forever as the War Doctor. While Hurt celebrated his 77th birthday on 22nd January, he made his Doctor Who debut in 2013, at the age of 73, making a surprise appearance as a forgotten incarnation of the Time Lord…

I originally read the Eighth Doctor books on the train commute from Bedford to St Albans (isn’t that interesting?); they’re uneven, but this is one of the best. Actually – and this is probably a heresy – I prefer the BBC’s original novels to the Virgin ones (NDWAs and the Missing Adventures). I know the Virgin books have a passionate following, especially the New Adventures. While there were…