Today we're putting live a short Podcast talking to some of the people behind December's main range Doctor Who - The Rani Elite, which brings Siobhan Redmond into the Big Finish family as the Doctor's Time Lord foe, The Rani:

The TARDIS arrives in the CAGE – not a trap, but the College of Advanced Galactic Education, one of the most prestigious academic institutions in colonised space.

Not a trap. Or is it?

The Doctor’s here to receive an honorary degree in Moral Philosophy. But there’s something rotten at the heart of the Medical Facility. Someone is operating on the students. Someone without a conscience. Someone with access to a Sidelian Brain Scanner – a technology that hasn’t been invented yet.

That someone is the ruthless Time Lord scientist known as the Rani – in her new incarnation. But will the Doctor and Peri recognise the Rani’s hand before her trap is sprung?

Those who haven't listened to the story but who are curious about it, the entire first episode is available for free as a Download from here. A much longer, more comprehensive extras download will be exclusively available soon to all Subscribers who have Doctor Who - The Rani Elite in their subscription.

Next November's Doctor Who main range title has recently been announced: Doctor Who - Planet of the Rani...