This month, in Vortex:

Star Cops The Star Cops return in 2026 in a new series of six linked adventures. Commander Nathan Spring, Chief Superintendent Pal Kenzy, and Inspector Colin Devis are once again leading the action with David Calder, Linda Newton and Trevor Cooper reprising the roles they first played in the 1987 BBC TV series. 

Doctor Who - The Lost Stories Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred star as the Seventh Doctor and Ace in Alixion, a serial commissioned in 1989, prior to the cancellation of the TV series. It has been adapted for audio by the original writer, Robin Mukherjee. Doctor Who: Alixion will be released in September 2025.

Call Me Master Sacha Dhawan returns as the Master in three new adventures, written by Alison Winter, Jody Hauser and Lisa McMullin. Encountering allies and enemies, the Master seals their fate with his whims. Some of those he meets are monsters, but is he still the greatest monster of them all? Call Me Master: Monsters will be released in September 2025.

Doctor Who - The Thirteenth Doctor Adventures Jodie Whittaker is the Doctor, with Mandip Gill as companion Yasmin Khan, in The Return of the Doctor, written by Rory Thomas-Howes. The story explores what happens after the Doctor leaves a world she's saved; the consequences (intentional and unintentional) of her actions. This is the second of twelve full-cast audio dramas adventures for the Thirteenth Doctor and Yaz, scheduled for release every two months.  Doctor Who - The Thirteenth Doctor Adventures: The Return of the Doctor will be released in September 2025.

Doctor Who - The First Doctor Unbound David Bradley is the Doctor, with Jemma Powell as Barbara Wright, Jamie Glover as Ian Chesterton and Claudia Grant as Susan, in the first of three adventures unbound by TV continuity. In this story, the TARDIS crew encounter the Meddling Monk in 13th Century Oxford. Doctor Who: The First Doctor Unbound: Knights of the Round TARDIS is released in September 2025.

Bernice Summerfield Lisa Bowerman returns as Professor Bernice Summerfield in an epic four-part adventure, in which she finds herself at the centre of a new Dalek master plan. She has a list of worlds that are going to get caught up in this plan, and it's a race against time for her to stop the Daleks. Bernice Summerfield: The Dalek Eternity 1 will be released in September 2025, with the following parts released in October, November and December.

Doctor Who - The Fourth Doctor Adventures Tom Baker is the Doctor, with Louise Jameson as Leela, John Leeson as K9 and Jon Culshaw as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart in two stories packed with peril, danger and a foe from the future... Doctor Who - The Fourth Doctor Adventures: The Last Queen of the Nile will be released in September 2025.

V-UK In the first box set, V-UK: Visitation, we hear how the Earth is invaded by the Visitors - seemingly benign aliens - in an updated retelling of the 1983 TV mini-series. Now the story continues: the Visitors are in command of the UK - but the resistance is growing, and determined to find out the real reason for the Visitors' arrival. V-UK: Occupation is released in August 2025.

Plus: The Big Finish Book Club: revisit Doctor Who: The Widow's Assassin on CD and download throughout August for only £2.99.

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