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Admission: I really enjoyed the first series of Class when it was on air way back in 2016, and felt the same about the first Big Finish release from the franchise two years later.
The jointly released third and fourth audio volumes are set within the timeline of the television series, and range from the very beginning of the character relationships through to where they were, ahem, abandoned…
It’s back to Class! Big Finish invites you to Coal Hill Academy where, in between double Maths and Physics you just might come face to face with a horde of unholy monsters pouring in from a rip in time and space.
Set during the TV series, which was created by YA author Patrick Ness, six new adventures, spread across two volumes, this extra lesson in the Classuniverse sees the original TV cast…
Composer, Blair Mowat has teased it for some months, but now we’ve finally got a taste of the Class soundtrack, to be issued on CD and limited edition vinyl… and we’re very impressed!
Fandom has remained fairly split about the 2016 Doctor Who spin-off, Class, but the cover art (above) for the vinyl soundtrack is a thing of beauty. Viewers may recall that the scores for the series were great too,…
Further details have emerged about Big Finish’s officially-licensed stories of Doctor Who spin-off, Class, including trailers for both volumes.
Greg Austin returns as Charlie Smith, Fady Elsayed plays Ram Singh, Sophie Hopkins plays April MacLean, Vivian Oparah plays Tanya Adeola, Jordan Renzo plays Matteusz Andrzejewski, and Katherine Kelly, of course, plays Miss Andrea Quill.
Except this time,…
It was the worst kept secret but, just in case you haven’t already heard it through the grapevine, Big Finish have now confirmed the Class will return with six brand new audio adventures.
The pupils of Coal Hill Academy – formerly Coal Hill School where was introduced in the first television episode of Doctor Who, An Unearthly Child, in 1963, and has had numerous appearances ever since including…
The Doctor Who spin-off, Class is being revived by audio company, Big Finish for at least two boxsets – and will guest star Sophie Aldred as Ace!
Class: The Audio Adventures will also see the Daleks return to Coal Hill School.
This has been rumoured for some time now, but the final announcement comes in this Thursday’s issue of Doctor Who Magazine, which confirms the return of Katherine Kelly as…
Perhaps it was the poor marketing? Perhaps it was the decision to air each episode weekly online in the UK first – rather than going worldwide simultaneously with an entire series worth of episodes. Perhaps it was the awkward sex and violence? Perhaps it was the lack of marketing – or the fact that the marketing didn’t really know who the show was for? Or to put it bluntly, who was this show for?…
Alright class, I hope you enjoyed your break, but now we’re back full force for the rest of the semester. Did you do your homework I gave you over break? Well? Of course you didn’t. Anyway, what did you all think of Brave-ish Heart? Made me jump for joy (and through a rip in time and space) 27.03% (10 votes) Better than Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart 24.32% (9 votes) Not as good as Co-Owner of a…
Although the BBC has yet to announce the future of Doctor Who spin-off, Class, writer, Patrick Ness has revealed that he won’t be returning. It seems that Ness is irked by the BBC’s attitude to the show: it was relatively hidden away on BBC Three before late night repeats on BBC One; however, it proved a hit on BBC America, where it’s been screened alongside Doctor Who Series 10. Patrick, whose…
Yay! It’s MCM London Comic Con time again! From 26th to 28th May you can experience loads of nerdalicious joyfulness at the ExCeL London, including a number of stars from the Whoniverse. Billie Piper, in her first appearance at the London Comic Con, will be on hand to provide companionship duties alongside a returning Catherine Tate. There will also be a delegation from the Coal Hill Academy…
Hello, class. Sorry I’m late, I got caught up brushing these darn petals out of my garden. Bloody nuisance. Anywho, we’ve reached the halfway point of this season of Class, and that comes with two changes. But before all that, let’s see what you all thought of Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart! What were the results of the latest poll? As you can see by the chart here, the reaction to this episode has…
It’s all go at Coal Hill. They’ve lost two headteachers in as many months. The P.E. department is understaffed, and the cleaners aren’t showing up. The prom was a disaster. And now the Shadow Kin are back, and this time no one is safe. How – we might ask – can one institution have quite so much bad luck? Was it built on a cosmic rift? A sacred Indian burial ground? Or did Mr Armitage steal a…
Detention is designed to be a passive aggressive form of reflection. You aren’t really supposed to glean any new information from your time in introspective silence; it’s there to reinforce the status quo. The benefit, of course, is that somewhere within, the answer to why you’ve had to be isolated from your peers will dawn upon you and you’ll resolve to correct that. You might even get to take…
Morning, class. Sorry I’m late, I didn’t sleep particularly well. I had this odd dream where my fish from when I was 8 was trying to talk to me. I’ll you what, they were the saddest *blub blubs* I’ve heard since that one Hath died in The Doctor’s Daughter. Anyway, onto Nightvisiting, the final Patrick Ness/Ed Bazalgette episode. So, what did we all think? Fantastic: the stuff dreams are made…
I approached Brave-Ish Heart with some considerable trepidation. I wasn’t immediately enamoured with the Shadow Kin in For Tonight We Might Die, and thought it best if they were left until the series finale. Saying that, I really like April (Sophie Hopkins), and more time exploring her situation with Corakinus (Paul Marc Davis) could be interesting. Similarly, I had mixed feelings about Co-Owner…
The BBC have confirmed the air date for Class as it makes it leap from online series to the small screen. Class, written by YA novelist and screenwriter Patrick Ness, made its debut on BBC Three in October and will now air on BBC One on January 9, 2017 at 10.45 pm. And because it’s all about hip young things, the Beeb made the announcement via Twitter. Class is coming… Again! 🎉 We can officially…
No sooner has Class broke up and we’ve already got a sneak peek at the new cover art for the release of Coal Hill’s finest on Blu-ray and DVD. It’s a new term at Coal Hill Academy, and while students prepare for their Autumn Prom; the school comes under attack from deadly monsters; leaving four alienated students to form an unlikely alliance to defeat them. However, like all teenagers, Charlie,…
