12 September 2015
Doctor Who: Sylvester & the Sycorax!
Big Finish News•First Action Bureau•The Big Finish (Audio) Magazine
Coming in 2016, Doctor Who: Classic Doctors, New Monsters is a box set of four new stories pitting the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Doctors against creatures from the New Series of Doctor Who.
Harvest of the Sycorax by James Goss sees Sylvester McCoy's Seventh Doctor battling the Sycorax, the tribal aliens who first appeared in Russell T Davies' The Christmas Invasion. The Voodoo Warriors will be led by Giles Watling (Bread, Crossroads, 'Allo 'Allo) as they attack a deep-space medical facility.
‘The Sycorax are a brilliant creation by Russell T Davies,’ says producer David Richardson. ‘Did they only have one outing on TV? It seems like many more because they come with such a rich backstory, which James has used to great effect in this story.’
'Clever cattle Big Finish,' says a Sycorax-obsessed James. 'I totally jumped to land this boxset. The Sycorax are a precious creation. Sylvester McCoy, oh he's a fleet and clever actor. Big Finish jak, Big Finish telpo, Big Finish faa!'
Playing hostages in the Sycorax's scheme are Jonathan Firth (Wuthering Heights, An Ideal Husband, Middlemarch) as Cadwallader, Nisha Nayar (Doctor Who: Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways, Doctor Who: Paradise Towers, The Buddha of Suburbia, The Story of Tracy Beaker) as Zanzibar and Rebecca Callard (The Miracle Maker, The Borrowers, Ordinary Lies) as Shadrak. The story has been directed by regular Big Finish contributor Barnaby Edwards.
'I think Harvest of the Sycorax is one of Sylvester’s strongest performances' says Barnaby, 'He’s funny, fast and, when required to be, furious. The Seventh Doctor and the Sycorax make for thrilling adversaries. And the supporting cast are wonderful!'
Doctor Who: Classic Doctors, New Monsters will be released in 2016, and will include three further stories featuring the Weeping Angels, Judoon and Sontarans. You can pre-order your copy today.
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