The idea of River meeting previous Doctors was actually proposed by Steven Moffat, and it's just irresistible, isn't it? Alex embraced the idea of returning to the role, and so she will be starring in no less than two box sets next year. And yes, we are still pinching ourselves!

Ian has played Churchill in just four episode on TV, and yet it feels like it was many more. It was such a brilliant, definitive performance, and how wonderful that we will be continuing Churchill's adventures with the Doctor on audio.

It's the ultimate mash-up, and we have some great scripts lined up for these landmark stories. There is no doubt that 2016 is going to be a brilliant year for Big Finish!

has announced production of a new range of boxsets, featuring heroes and monsters from the recent era of Doctor Who, including River Song, the Judoon, the Sycorax and the Weeping Angels.Big Finish Productions have been producing audio dramas based on the original Doctor Who series since 1999. However their access to characters from the post 2005 series has been restricted until now. In February it was announced that they had gained the rights to use characters from UNIT, and the latest deal expands their range further.The new wave of adventures, due next year, will featureas River Song, who first appeared in 2008's Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead . River will be stepping into the era of the Eighth Doctor () for, alongside Liv Chenka () and Helen Sinclair ().ProducerRiver will then return later in 2016 in, an epic four-hour adventure that takes River across space and time, seeking out the secret rulers of the universe.will reprise the role of the Eighth Doctor in the final instalment.The New Series adventures will continue in, in whichreturns as the fromer British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. In the four-hour saga, Churchill relates a number of encounters with the Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh Doctors in his memoirs, battling alien incursions, metamorphosing creatures... and a Dalek! The stories are told by Ian McNeice, supported by a full cast of guest actors, includingas Kazran Sardick, in a story taking place within the 2010 special A Christmas Carol Executive producersaysFinally, the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Doctors will face a new generation of monsters in Doctor Who: Classic Doctors, New Monsters, a brand new, four-story run featuring creatures from the New Series.takes on the Weeping Angels,encounters the Judoon,will meet the Sycorax... andwill face a new clone batch of Sontarans on the edge of the Time War.Executive ProducersaysAll four boxsets will be released across 2016, and are available to pre-order.