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An archaeological dig searching for Iron Age relics finds a product of alien technology. Beneath the soil, a Movellan warship is stirring, and one of the greatest threats to all humanity lies on board… Fresh from their cameo appearance in Series 10, the Movellans make an unexpected return here in a script from genuine Season 18 scribe Andrew Smith. Smith has past form putting a new spin on old monsters, including the Sontarans, the Voord and his own TV creations the Marshmen, so this adventure should expand on the silver dreadlocked robots in interesting ways.

Picking up from the shocking cliffhanger that ended the previous box set, the Doctor must start from nothing if there is any hope of averting genocide on a cosmic scale. Melody Malone may be the Doctor’s only hope, but she’s just been made a better offer… A lot of build up has gone into the Doom Coalition series, establishing a number of settings and characters to set the stage for this, the payoff. With three companions, a consortium of renegade Time Lords and the Weeping Angels all in play, this 5 CD box set has had everything and the kitchen sink thrown in to make a spectacular finale.

Joanne Taylor – former TV Diva – is on the verge of her fifty-somethingth birthday, seriously single, ‘hot-flushing’ and about to make some drastic changes in her life. Pulling Faces is an acerbic, topical comedy about society’s obsession with youth, beauty and transformation. Note: Drama Showcase productions contain adult material and are not suitable for younger listeners.

In 1949, John George Haigh, the infamous ‘Vampire killer’, was hanged for the murder of at least six people. Join him in the hangman’s cell as he tells you his story and invites you to relive the seduction, murder and disposal of three of his victims. Nigel Fairs, whose great-grandfather put the shackles on Haigh in Lewes Prison, plays the charming murderer, with Louise Jameson and Richard Franklin as two of his victims.

It’s the day of Princess Diana’s funeral. Danny Williams is a lifelong fan of sci-fi TV show Space Station 17, which has been running since the 1960s. His boyfriend, Paul, doesn’t know this. But Danny doesn’t know that Paul isn’t really called Paul, or that his mother, Yvette Dupont, star of Space Station 17, is about to move in…

It’s the day of Princess Diana’s funeral. Danny Williams is a lifelong fan of sci-fi TV show Space Station 17, which has been running since the 1960s. His boyfriend, Paul, doesn’t know this. But Danny doesn’t know that Paul isn’t really called Paul, or that his mother, Yvette Dupont, star of Space Station 17, is about to move in…

Roanoke Island, 1590. The Doctor’s companions, Professor Litefoot and Henry Gordon Jago, find themselves prisoners of the natives in the New World. But there’s something something strange here – stranger than even the colonists, led by Englishman John White. What are the ghostly children? And who is the Old Man of Croaton? The travellers are about to discover the secret of the lost colony… and it may cost Jago’s life.

A vicious war between two nations is coming to a head, and the final movements are centred on the sailing ship Cassandra. Along with a very strange cargo, Cassandra carries Captain Colley, a man with his own sad burden, and the paranoid General Brennan, a woman convinced that her actions will end the war once and for all. Their grim mission goes entirely to plan, until the Cassandra gains an extra passenger ­ a shipwrecked archaeology professor by the name of Bernice Summerfield. Sensing something is very wrong aboard the ship, Bernice’s snooping brings her close to a terrible truth. Soon, Bernice doesn’t know who to trust, and she can no longer be sure if anyone is who they claim to be…

Bernice Summerfield has drawn the short straw. Not for her the pleasures of intergalactic conferences and highbrow lecture tours. Oh no. She’s forced to take two overlooked freshers on their very first dig. And just when it seems things can’t get any worse, her no-good ex-husband Jason turns up, claiming that he is in deadly danger. Benny finally begins to believe his wild claims, but unfortunately only after he has been kidnapped from his hotel room…

It’s Torchwood: The Early Years as Jack is joined on an alien hunt by a certain royal visitor. Showcasing a hidden era of Torchwood that was barely touched in the TV programme, new writer AK Benedict offers a romp on the streets of London, though it’s not without those character moments that have typified the high quality of the series thus far.

Andy gets a chance to prove whether he has what it takes to join Torchwood, but it won’t be an easy interview – his assessor is decidedly stricter, and more spectral, than most. The comedic double act of Price and Barnett make delightful work of a script from the perennially witty James Goss.

The planet Earth is frozen in time. Only target specimens remain active. The hunt is on, but can Suzie save the last woman standing from getting caught in the crosshairs? Or even save herself? Having been killed off in Torchwood’s opening episode, the character of Suzie remains ripe for exploration. What set her down the path that resulted in her betrayal? What sort of qualities did Jack see in her when he recruited her? She must have been a good person once. Mustn’t she?

There are stories about a strange empty office building in Cardiff. An office with flickering lights and faces pressed against the glass. An office that calls out for one Ianto Jones… Ianto is typically vulnerable when under pressure, so putting him through a spookfest provides some interesting character material. Sublime scribe James Goss has no trouble capturing Ianto’s voice, having already penned the critically acclaimed Fall To Earth.

The TARDIS arrives in the land of the Danes, where a young warrior seeks to rid the kingdom of Hrothgar from a cruel and terrifying demon. The brave young warrior is Beowulf; the monster is Grendel… or so his name will one day be written. But what’s written down in black and white is sometimes very far from the truth – as the Doctor knows, and his companions are about to discover.

In German-occupied Paris, inside a hidden room, the Third Reich are about to learn the secrets of Torchwood… By populating this intriguing period drama with all-new characters, writer Lizzie Hopley has raised the stakes as no-one is safe from being killed off. The current run of single-disc Torchwood plays hasn’t been afraid to try new things, and this concluding instalment looks to close the season off in appropriately dramatic style.

The planet Cawdor. Deep in the heart of the Drashani Empire. The Doctor lands thirty years after the Succession of Blood brought Empress Cheni to the throne. For most of her reign there has been peace and prosperity. The Empire flourished. But five years ago, the War came. And nothing was ever the same again. Now the Drashani are at war with the mysterious alien race known as the Wrath, led by the Warlord Tenebris. As more and more planets fall to their advance events are rushing to a head. What exactly does Tenebris want? What is the secret of the Wrath’s weapon, the terrifying Acheron Pulse? As the Doctor races to save an Empire, he may not like the answers he finds.

Jack and Ianto arrive in the idyllic community of Serenity Plaza posing as a married couple for an undercover mission, but over time they find themselves caught up in the normal, friendly, fiercely competitive world of suburbia. Have they fallen into a trap…? Written by James Moran – who scripted Sleeper for Torchwood on television – this leftfield adventure places a decidedly domestic Jack and Ianto inside Torchwood’s version of The Stepford Wives. That’s the kind of premise that goes to show just how surprising the world of Torchwood can be.

The Umbrella Man is back. But when the Doctor recruits UNIT’s Scientific Adviser Elizabeth Klein for an off-the-books mission to the apocalyptic final days of Hitler’s Germany, he isn’t expecting Klein’s hapless young assistant, Will Arrowsmith, to be joining them too. The Doctor isn’t the only alien creature seeking to loot a very particular secret from a Nazi base in Dusseldorf, however. Strange and sinister beings are converging on the same time/space location in search of the scientist Schalk, whose experiments are the key to a devastating power… The power of Persuasion.

Hex is dead. And a distraught Ace holds the Doctor responsible. She forces him to take a trip to 21st century Liverpool to break the news to Hex’s beloved nan and, to pay tribute to Thomas Hector Schofield, the pair seek out his family and friends to tell them of his adventures. They’re helped by Private Sally Morgan, who has her own peace to find. The Doctor, Ace and Sally must each face the fallout of the loss of their friend – to commemorate him, remember him, and finally to move on. But can they do it together, or will their attempts drive them apart?