The week opened with a dip into Roman history with the announcement of February's download-only new title, Cicero, scripted by David Llewellyn, directed by Scott Handcock and starring Samuel Barnett (TV's new Dirk Gently).

The last two Doctor Who - Main Range stories of the year were released on Tuesday, as Colin Baker and Miranda Raison starred in Doctor Who - Absolute Power and Doctor Who - Quicksilver, joined on the latter by Lisa Greenwood as Flip.

The Doctor met the Sontarans for the first time in Wednesday's release of Doctor Who - The Early Adventures: The Sontarans, starring Jean Marsh, Peter Purves and Dan Starkey in a historic script from Simon Guerrier.

Our two final Doctor Who - Novel Adaptations were released on Thursday when Doctor Who - Original Sin and Doctor Who - Cold Fusion became available. Please note that due to a delay in manufacturing, CD orders of Cold Fusion will be dispatched after the first week of January.

A Tom Webster-designed cover for Doctor Who - The War Doctor: Casualties of War was unveiled on Friday, along with full cast and story details, and on Saturday we took our first proper look at next year's monthly Torchwood releases, including a new trailer, covers and info for the first stories in the range when it turns from March.

John Levene - one of the stars of next year's UNIT - The New Series: Assembled - joined Nicholas Briggs for an interview on the latest Big Finish Podcast, while Nick and Benji Clifford also covered Big Finish news and listener emails. Toby Hadoke's Who's Round on Friday spoke to a man capable of performances of monstrous power...

Join us next week as we go on globe-trotting action adventures, start to celebrate Christmas, and look forward to the future...