And so, we're nearly there - Christmas is just a day away. But we're going back to 21 December for today's episode, as we celebrate Winter of the Demon, Roy Gill's Eighth Doctor adventure with Charley and Audacity, which was released earlier this month. We chat to Roy, sound designer Benji Clifford - and India Fisher pops by too!…

Christmas Day. It's always easy to remember, as it's on 25 December each year. Except, in 2001, it wasn't - as the Eighth Doctor finds Harry Sullivan doing a crossword outside a cafe. We're looking at 2018 Short Trips subscriber exclusive Tuesday, which was written by Tony Jones. We speak with producer Ian Atkins about this little gem.…

We continue our adventures with the Eighth Doctor and his friend, journalist James Macfarlane, in BBC Audio's series of original adventures. Today, we look at The Teeth of Ice, which is the third outing in the series, which began with The Scent of Blood, and continued with The Code of Flesh. And, because it's the winter, it's apt that we join them …

There's so many Eighth Doctor Christmas stories to choose from. It all began with The Chimes of Midnight in 2002, but since then, there's been so many others, in Big Finish Short Trips collections in print and on audio, in full cast adventures, and in BBC Christmas collections too. Today, we've asked YOU, our lovely listeners, to nominate your favo…

We've returned to the world of Eighth Doctor comics for our episode today. Pieces of Eighth turns back the clock by a decade to mark the Doctor's appearance in a 50th anniversary story, and we're NOT talking Night of the Doctor. We chat to writers Scott and David Tipton about Prisoners of Time, the IDW comics celebration of the show, and in particu…

Christmas is coming, and we're starting to feel very excited about it. Today, we take a look at one of the lesser-known Big Finish Short Trips, as we put The Caves of Erith - a subscriber-only exclusive - under the microscope. We chat with producer Ian Atkins, and writer Alice Cavender, as we go batty for the festive season!…

Brrrrrr! It's winter, so we thought we'd tie in with the season and do a story set in the snow. So, brace yourself, get your anti-gravity ski boots on, and prepare for some extreme wintersports on the Martian moon of Phobos. There's nothing to fear... is there? We look at this Eighth Doctor and Lucie adventure, as we chat with author Eddie Robson, …

We're back - and it's definitely about time! Our seventh season is a shorter run than normal, as we bring you some episodes which tie in with the Doctor Who 60th anniversary, winter and Christmas. We begin with a look at Endgame, the first Doctor Who Magazine comic strip featuring Paul McGann's Doctor. We chat with artist Martin Geraghty, comics ex…

IT'S ANOTHER Pieces of Eighth exclusive. This week, we take a look at the 'lost' Eighth Doctor Adventure, Freaks, by Rebecca Levene, which was originally scheduled to be released in June 2000. And now, we take a look at it, as we bring this adventure with the Doctor, Fitz and Compassion to life.

IN THE week of this episode's release, Big Finish were giving away the eighth Doctor's first audio adventure, Storm Warning, for free. So, to celebrate, 16 of our listeners have sent in their thoughts on the story, which saw the Doctor meet his new best friend, Charley Pollard, onboard the doomed airship, the R101. And who's that co-hosting? Their …

WE'VE only gone and done it again - we've tracked down someone who worked on the TV Movie, and got an exclusive interview with them! This week, we hear from Patrick Lussier, the man who edited the film, whilst working with director Geoffrey Sax. It was a dream come true for Patrick, who was a Doctor Who fan long before being hired - and even now, h…

JUST when you thought there was no more Eighth Doctor to novelise, he pops up in a Fourth Doctor book. Stephen Gallagher recently wrote a new short story featuring Paul McGann's Doctor, which was included as part of his novelisation of Warriors' Gate. Kenny and Matt chat their way through the story, which includes a brief reading from it, before he…

IT'S THE end of an era on audio, as the Doctor's friend C'rizz departs in spectacular style. We're talking about Absolution, Big Finish's 101st monthly range release, which was written by Scott Alan Woodard. He joins us to discuss the story, and then C'rizz himself, Conrad Westmaas, shares his thoughts on his departure.…

PAUL McGann is back in costume! Woohoo! This week we find out how his new Night of the Doctor costume came about, as we speak to Long Island Doctor Who convention organiser Ken Deep, tailor Steven Ricks and prop maker James Sutton. And Kenny is joined by Eighth Doctor cosplayer/the most famous Belgian in the world, Tinne Peeters. Find out more abou…

REMEMBER when we didn't know what caused the Eighth Doctor to regenerate? And then in 2013 we found out, in The Night of the Doctor? Little did we know that Russell T Davies had also plotted out the end of Paul McGann's incarnation, for a short story, which ultimately never saw the light of day until the Doctor Who: Adventures in Lockdown series, f…

WE MAKE a fast return to the world of Big Finish Short Trips this week, as we explore The Hall of the Ten Thousand. The Ten Thousand represent everything the Doctor admires. Ingenuity, creativity and triumph of peace over war. So, naturally, he’s taken Charlotte Pollard to see them. Kenny and Tinne take a look at this tale, featuring interviews wit…

WHO WANTS to live forever?, asked Queen in their song. We find out the answer to this question in Immortal Beloved, as the Eighth Doctor and Lucie encounter Zeus, Hera and a number of other gods. Today, Kenny and guest co-host Tinne Peeters chat about Lucie Miller's fourth episode, and have exclusive chats with writer Jonathan Clements, talking abo…

We've taken a while to enter Eighth Doctor comics territory again, having featured one in our second episode, and now we've featured two in one season! Today, we're taking a look at The Forgotten, a six-part comic series published in 2008/09 by IDW Comics, and featured the Eighth Doctor in one part. We speak with writer Tony Lee, in another convers…

WE'RE BACK looking at a Big Finish Short Trip, but this time, it's a more recent one. Kenny and guest co-host Matt Michael discuss Death Will Not Part Us, before producer/writer Alfie Shaw explains where the story ideas came from, and sound designer/composer Richard Fox reveals how it all came together in the editing stage.…

HAD YOU ever heard of Gef the Talking Mongoose before listening to The Dalby Spook? We hadn't! This week, Kenny and guest co-host Dave Steel learn all about the mysterious Gef, a mongoose who apparently spoke, whilst living on the Isle of Man in the 1930s. We're joined by co-author Stewart Pringle, actor Harry Myers, sound designer Benji Clifford a…

SHADA - the incomplete Doctor Who story that's been completed so many times over the years. Today, we're taking a look at the version from 2003, when Big FInish went into studio to record the audio for the story, which was coupled with Lee Sullivan's art, and animated for the BBC website as part of the 40th anniversary celebrations. This week we ch…

WE HEAD into new territory for Pieces of Eighth with this week's episode, as we look at a Short Trip from one of Big Finish's early audio collections. We chat with Simon Guerrier about Letting Go, which was commissioned by editor Xanna Eve Chown and appeared on the second volume of the Short Trips audios. It was narrated by India Fisher, and Becca …

DON'T CRY for me, Weeping Angels! The Doctor, Liv and Helen encounter those blinking assassins again, and it leads to a hugely emotional adventure. It's our biggest episode yet this season, with a fantastic four guests, including writer Roy Gill, Albie himself, Mr Barnaby Jago, musician Jamie Robertson, and sound designer Benji Clifford. We also ha…

ONE OF the great crimes of the 90s, with regards from Doctor Who (aside from a lack of a TV series for the Eighth Doctor) was the fact that the show never got an annual that year. Something of a British tradition, each Christmas, children are given a hardbacked book, containing comics and stories with their favourite characters from TV, film, toys,…

WHO doesn't like a good, in-depth interview? After all, that's what Pieces of Eighth is all about! This week, we take a look at Reeltime Pictures' release of The Doctors: Paul McGann Years, which features a chat with the Eighth Doctor actor, co-stars Daphne Ashbrook, Yee Jee Tso and Eric Roberts, as well as executive producer Philip Segal, and TV M…

IT'S A SHORT Trip that has been released four times, it's THAT good. We're talking about Museum Peace, written by James Swallow, which sees Kalendorf from Big Finish's Dalek Empire series encountering the Eighth Doctor in a museum. And there's a Dalek in it too. We speak with James, and also Nicholas Briggs, who narrated the story, as well as doing…

It's another one of Kenny's chats in person from Gallifrey, as we welcome back our old pals Matthew Jacobs and Vanessa Yuille. They chat about the impact of their film, Doctor Who Am I?, and find out how Matthew now views his place in the Whoniverse. Becca's not jealous of the trip at all...

WE'RE back into the territory of the original Lucie Miller adventures, to the delight of one of your co-hosts. We have a chat with Paul Sutton, the writer of No More Lies, the sixth story in the first run of Lucie Miller adventures. It's the first time Paul's chatted about the story, and he reveals how his research into Hungarian folk songs played …

WE'RE BACK - and it's about time we featured another comic featuring the Eighth Doctor. This week, we feature Titan Comics' Empire of the Wolf, in a chat with editor Jake Devine, and writer Jody Houser - recorded by Kenny in person at Gallifrey in February this year. It's the first of several interviews from Stateside, for this run of episodes. Fin…

Ahead of the launch of our sixth season, we're delighted to bring you some rare material, with these trailers for Invaders From Mars, as originally broadcast on Radio 7 in 2005. Here's four short teasers, to get listeners hooked - aren't they great?

HAPPY NEW Year! Doctor Who's 60th anniversary year is upon us in 2023. And to kick off the celebrations, we asked our listeners to share with us their favourite Eighth Doctor stories, on TV, audio, books, comics, etc. This episode is dedicated to the memory of our friend Si Hodges, who kindly provided us with images to use in several season three e…

MERRY CHRISTMAS! We didn't originally plan to do this episode, but the opportunity arose, to bring you some special presents on Christmas Day. Firstly, we've a present for you, dear listener. We've married up Gordon Tipple's original opening narration for the TV Movie, with the soundtrack, to hear how it may originally have sounded. Secondly, we've…

"CHRISTMAS wouldn't be Christmas without my plum pudding!" So Mrs Baddeley tells us throughout The Chimes of Midnight, and now, for many Doctor Who / Big Finish fans, Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without The Chimes of Midnight. This Christmas Eve, we're joined by our friends all over the world, as we celebrate the story regarded by many as the g…

IT'S CHRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISTMAS! We're continuing our countdown to the festive season with the Eighth Doctor, as we take a look at one of his Christmas specials. We're looking at Better Watch Out and Fairytale of Salzburg, from Ravenous 2, as the Krampus rises and nothing stands in its way as it looks to destroy the world... only once ma…

IT PROBABLY hasn't escaped your notice, but we're just three days away from Christmas, so it's time we got into the festive spirit. Today, we bring you a reading of a complete Christmas Short Trip, Decorative Purposes. It was the twenty-first short story in the Big Finish printed anthology Short Trips: The Ghosts of Christmas, published in 5 Decemb…

TODAY we have our final Short Trip, as we look at The Queen of Eros from Short Trips and Sidesteps. We bring you a full reading of the story, with sound design, followed by a chat with author Trevor Baxendale, and, of course, editor Steve Cole. And that it - the complete run of Sam and the Eighth Doctor on their own!…

WE MAY have finished our run of episodes looking at the Eighth Doctor and Sam's adventures in full novel form, but we're completists. There's still gaps. We continue our look at the official BBC Short Trips, as we look at Femme Fatale, by Paul Magrs, as the Doctor and Sam encounter Andy Warhol and Iris Wildthyme. We've a full reading of the story, …

WE'VE comprehensively covered the first 18 EDAs with the Doctor and Sam... but we don't want to stop there! There's still a few stories featuring this pair to be covered, before Fitz arrives, so we're turning our eye to the world of Short Trips. We've previously covered Bounty, Dead Time and The People's Temple, and since we're completists, it woul…

THE FACE-EATER is the 18th and final novel in our run of episodes looking at the early Eighth Doctor Adventures, and his stories with Sam Jones. We're joined, as ever, by range editor Steve Cole, and writer Simon Messingham talks us through his journey as a Doctor Who writer - and we find out which of his good friends became a 21st century TV serie…

IT WOULD be fair to say that Beltempest is a Doctor Who novel with a high-concept science fiction idea at its heart. There's no moustache-twirling villains, or bases under siege. Not only is Beltempest a story of note, but this is an episode with a difference - we don't have a 'live' interview with author Jim Mortimore, but he kindly agreed to reco…

WE'RE nearing the end of our look at this first phase of novels in the Eighth Doctor Adventures novelatic universe (to make up a phrase). Today, it's The Janus Conjunction, as we look at a fondly-remembered adventure in which the Doctor's companion, Sam Jones, DIES at the end. She does. Dead. She's an ex-companion. She has ceased to be (etc). And w…

SHE'S BACK... and it's about Thyme... Iris Wildthyme! The Doctor Who universe was given a kick up the backside with the arrival of Iris Wildthyme in Paul Magrs' first Who novel, The Scarlet Empress. Get ready for a crazy ride, as Paul, editor Steve Cole and cover artist Colin Howard join us on the Number 22 to Putney, as we find out about this EDA …

WE LEAVE no stone unturned in our quest to bring you interviews with as many of the EDA authors as possible - and today, we bring you the elusive Christopher Bulis. Chris gives us a fantastic rare interview, with his memories of watching Doctor Who in its earliest years, and how he became a writer in the 90s with Virgin, and then the BBC - and his …

AN ICE WARRIOR! Foamasi! Wirrrn (with three 'R's)! And they're all in the one book! Gary Russell's Placebo Effect is the subject of today's episode of Pieces of Eighth, and he tells us which monsters originally featured in the outline for the book before changing to the creatures from The Leisure Hive and The Ark in Space. As ever, Steve Cole joins…

THE DOCTOR's been put in prison, and despite his best efforts, can't escape. Sam, meanwhile, spends three years, having a series of relationships, as he friend tries to find freedom. We're joined by Jonathan Blum, co-author of Seeing I (the other half being his wife, Kate Orman), to chat about this novel, which concluded the 'missing Sam' trilogy, …

THE Doctor and Sam have been separated, and Dreamstone Moon seems them nearly reunited... but not quite! Sam's on her on, stuck on an out-of-control Kusk spaceship, and the Doctor has troubles of his own to resolve... We're joined by range editor Steve Cole and author Paul Leonard to discuss this little gem (gettit?) of a novel.…

THEY'RE BACK! We'd waited years for a new Dalek story, and then two came along in the space of six months in the EDAs! Today, we put Legacy of the Daleks under the microscope, as editor Steve Cole tells us how he picked it up from his predecessor Nuala Buffini, and author John Peel (not that one) tells us about writing for the Eighth Doctor, Susan,…

LONGEST Day by Michael Collier is a Doctor Who novel that's carried a mystery about it for more than two decades. Fan rumour and speculation suggested that Mike wasn't actually a real person, and it had actually been written by range editor Steve Cole. Today, Pieces of Eighth can reveal the full story behind this tale, as the Doctor and Sam face th…

OPTION Lock marks the arrival of Justin Richards to the BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures range. The future editor of the series makes an impressive debut with aliens, businessmen, the Philosopher's Stone and space stations with nuclear weapons... We're joined by editor Steve Cole, Justin's son Julian, and cover artist Colin Howard.…

THERE'S no need to cry wolf - just tune in to this episode of Pieces of Eighth! We've got werewolves in a fun park, as author Peter Anghelides and BBC Books Eighth Doctor Adventures range editor Steve Cole join us, to tell us about this novel, from 2008. And, trivia fans - The Kursaal is a Grade II listed building in Southend-on-Sea, in Essex, Engl…