This month, in Vortex:

The War Master Sir Derek Jacobi returns as the War Master in an epic addventure across two forthcoming box sets scheduled for release in October 2025 and 2026. The War Master: His Greatest Trick and The War Master: Deeds Without Name are available now for pre-order, with the collector’s edition CD box sets strictly limited to 1,250 copies.

Doctor Who: The Lost Stories Peter Davison is the Doctor, with Janet Fielding as Tegan, Sarah Sutton as Nyssa and Matthew Waterhouse as Adric, in Gerry Davis' unbroadcast story of the origins of the Cybermen, adapted by David K Barnes into a full-cast audio drama. Doctor Who: Genesis of the Cybermen is available now for pre-order, with the collector’s edition CD box sets strictly limited to 2,000 copies.

The Death and Life of River Song Alex Kingston returns as River Song, with Sophie Aldred as Ace and Janet Fielding as Tegan, together in four fantastic adventures! The Death and Life of River Song: Ace and Tegan

Doctor Who - The Fourth Doctor Adventures Tom Baker is the Doctor, with Louise Jameson returning as Leela, in two new adventures. The Hellwood Inheritance features a ghostly safari park, and The Memory Thieves finds a community in turmoil as their memories are lost... Doctor Who - The Fourth Doctor Adventures: The Hellwood Inheritance

The Paternoster Gang Neve McIntosh returns as Madame Vastra, Catrin Stewart is her wife Jenny, and Dan Starkey is Strax, with Paul McGann as the Doctor, in the fourth and final boxset in the 12-episode series Trespassers. Hunting down their shape-shifting foe amid London society, Vastra is driven to distraction, and the Gang ousted from their home – before a final confrontation! The Paternoster Gang: Trespassers 4: Last Stand

Susan's War The War Doctor has been pulled out of his era and brought back to Gallifrey at an earlier point in the Time War, and Susan is not impressed with this new incarnation of her grandfather! Carole Ann Ford is Susan, with Jonathon Carley as the War Doctor, in the latest boxset in this series. Susan's War: Grandfather Time

Torchwood Yvonne Hartman and Tommy have gone undercover at a couples' retreat. Will anyone buy their May–December romance? Tracy-Ann Oberman and Timothy Bentinck star in a romantic comedy with very little romance in it! Torchwood: Inseparable

Plus: The Big Finish Book Club: revisit Paul Darrow: You're Him, Aren't You? on CD and download throughout February for only £9.99.

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