Tomstardis Awards 2016

If you are a regular visitor to this blog then you will know that I have in the past done the Tomstardis Awards and back in December I launched the 10th awards. I am aware that some people do visit this blog even though it hasn't been active for quite sometime.

In an attempt to try and collect as many votes as possible, I am posting something on here as an attempt to lure you to my new blog host site.

To make things easier I have put each range on its own page so that you don't have to scroll past categories that you have no intention of voting for.

There are ranges for Doctor Who, Survivors, Jago and Litefoot, Vienna, Terrahawks, Dan Dare and many others. Basically every Big Finish range that they do is up to vote for.

Voting closes on January 15 (two weeks today) and you can vote by clicking this link so it just remains for me to say thankyou in advance and its going to be fun to find out who wins.

Thankyou
Tom

2015 Tomstardis Awards - The Winners

Doctor – Paul McGann
Companion – Miranda Raison

MAIN RANGEStory – The Secret History
Writer – Eddie Robson (The Secret History
Director – Barnaby Edwards (The Secret History)
Cover Designer – Tom Webster (The Secret History)
Music & Sound Designer – Steve Foxon (You Are The Doctor and Other Stories)
Series – Sixth (Criss-Cross/Planet of the Rani/Shield of the Jotunn)

SHORT TRIPS
Story – Foreshadowing
Writer – Julian Richards (Foreshadowing)
Narrator – Peter Purves (Flywheel Revolution)

AVENGERS
Story – The Yellow Needle

NOVEL ADAPTIONS
Story – Damaged Goods
Writer – Jonathan Morris (Damaged Goods)
Director – Ken Bentley (Damaged Goods)
Cover Designer – Tom Webster (Damaged Goods)
Music & Sound Designer – Howard Carter (Damaged Goods)

FOURTH DOCTOR ADVENTURES
Story – Requiem for the Rocket Men
Writer – John Dorney (Requiem for the Rocket Men)
Director – Nicholas Briggs (Requiem for the Rocket Men)
Cover Designer – Anthony Lamb (The Darkness of Glass)
Music & Sound Designer – Jamie Robertson (Requiem for the Rocket Men)

DARK EYES
Story – A Life in the Day
Writer – John Dorney (A Life in the Day)

JAGO AND LITEFOOT
Story – Jago and Litefoot and Strax
Writer – Justin Richards (Jago and Litefoot and Strax)

SURVIVORS
Story – Leaving
Writer – Matt Fitton (Leaving)

NEW ADVENTURES OF BERNICE SUMMERFIELD
Story – The Pyramid of Sutekh
Write – Guy Adams (The Pyramids of Sutekh)

COUNTER MEASURES
Story – Clean Sweep
Writer – Matt Fitton (Clean Sweep)

THIRD DOCTOR ADVENTURES
Story – Prisoners of the Lake
Writer – Justin Richards (Prisoners of the Lake)

TORCHWOOD
Story – Fall to Earth
Writer – James Goss (Fall to Earth)

EARLY ADVENTURES
Story – The Black Hole
Writer – Simon Guerrier (The Black Hole)
Director – Lisa Bowerman (The Black Hole)
Cover Designer – Tom Webster (The Forsaken)
Music & Sound Designer – Toby Hrycek-Robinson (The Black Hole)

DOOM COALITION
Story – The Red Lady
Writer – John Dorney (The Red Lady)

UNIT
Story – Vanguard
Writer – Matt Fitton (Vanguard)

COMPANION CHRONICLES
Story – The Locked Room
Writer – Simon Guerrier (The Locked Room)

WAR DOCTOR
Story – The Innocent

DIARY OF RIVER SONG
Story – The Rulers of the Universe
Writer – Matt Fitton (The Rulers of the Universe)

LAST ADVENTURE
Story – The End of the Line
Writer – Matt Fitton (Stage Fright)
Companion – Miranda Raison (Constance Clarke)

SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Louise Jameson

Tomstardis Awards - Final Update

This is the final update before voting closes next Sunday at 6pm GMT. Since the last update there has been a new section added. The Last Adventure featuring Colin Baker has been added with the story, writer and companion up for voting.

Doctor – Paul McGann
Companion – Miranda Raison

MAIN RANGE
Story – The Secret History
Writer – Matt Fitton (Equilibrium)
Director – Barnaby Edwards (The Secret History)
Cover Designer – Tom Webster (The Secret History)
Music & Sound Designer – Andy Hardwick (The Secret History)
Series – Sixth (Criss-Cross/Planet of the Rani/Shield of the Jotunn)

SHORT TRIPS
Story – Foreshadowing
Writer – Mark B Oliver (Dark Convoy) & Julian Richards (Foreshadowing)
Performer – Peter Purves (Foreshadowing)

Avengers Story – The Yellow Needle

NOVEL ADAPTIONS
Story – Damaged Goods
Writer – Jonathan Morris (Damaged Goods)
Director – Ken Bentley (Damaged Goods)
Cover Designer – Tom Webster (The Romance of Crime)
Music & Sound Designer – Howard Carter (Damaged Goods)

FOURTH DOCTOR ADVENTURES
Story – Requiem for the Rocket Men
Writer – John Dorney – Requiem for the Rocket Men
Director – Nicholas Briggs – Requiem for the Rocket Men
Cover Designer – Anthony Lamb (The Darkness of Glass)
Music & Sound Designer – Jamie Robertson (Requiem for the Rocket Men)

DARK EYES
Story – A Life in the Day
Writer – John Dorney (A Life in the Day)

JAGO AND LITEFOOT
Story – Jago and Litefoot and Strax
Writer – Justin Richards (Jago and Litefoot and Strax)

SURVIVORS
Story - Cabin Fever/Leaving
Writer – Matt Fitton (Leaving)

NEW ADVENTURES OF BERNICE SUMMERFIELD
Story – The Pyramid of Sutekh
Writer – James Goss (The Eye of Horus)

COUNTER MEASURES
Story – Clean Sweep
Writer – Matt Fitton (Clean Sweep)

THIRD DOCTOR ADVENTURES
Story – Prisoners of the Lake
Writer – Justin Richards (Prisoners of the Lake)

TORCHWOOD
Story – Fall to Earth
Writer – James Goss (Fall to Earth)

EARLY ADVENTURES
Story – The Black Hole
Writer – Simon Guerrier (The Black Hole)
Director – Lisa Bowerman (The Black Hole)
Cover Designer – Tom Webster (The Forsaken)
Music & Sound Designer – Toby Hrycek-Robinson (The Black Hole)

DOOM COALITION
Story – The Red Lady
Writer – John Dorney (The Red Lady)

UNIT
Story – Vanguard
Writer – Matt Fitton (Vanguard)

COMPANION CHRONICLES
Story – The Locked Room
Writer – Simon Guerrier (The Locked Room)

War Doctor Story – The Innocent

DIARY OF RIVER SONG
Story – The Rulers of the Universe
Writer – Matt Fitton (The Rulers of the universe)

LAST ADVENTURE
Story – The End of the Line
Writer – Simon Barnard & Paul Morris (The End of the Line)
Companion – Miranda Raison (Constance Clarke)

SPECIAL RECOGNITION – Louise Jameson

Fall To Earth

The first Torchwood story was a highly enjoyable story and I was slightly worried about the second release because it featured Ianto Jones and he isn’t my favourite member of the Torchwood team. I don’t have anything against him but when he died in Children of Earth, I wasn’t one of those upset that he wasn’t a part of the Welsh Scooby Gang. After listening to this story I have to say that I like Ianto a bit more than I did before. The story sees Ianto on a spaceship that is as the title suggests falling to earth and just when things couldn’t get any worse he gets a phone call from a cold caller. That is pretty much the entire plot yet from start to finish, I found myself totally enthralled with the adventure.

One of the things that I liked about this story was despite being two very different characters, they interacted well together. There is a nice frostiness between them at first because Ianto is panicking and is trying to survive whilst being offered insurance. I think that most people have at one point had a conversation where we would do anything to end a call from one of these people but Ianto tries everything he can think of to keep the woman on the phone. Over the course of the story the relationship between the two becomes quite lovely and I think that Gareth David-Lloyd and Lisa Zahra are very good. I must admit that during the brief moment that we were led to believe that Zeynep had died that I was quite sad about this and then relieved when it turns out she was alive.

James Goss has written a superb script that cranks up the tension perfectly. As time was progressing I found myself getting more and more tense waiting for things to end happily. Goss is one of the strongest writers for Big Finish and he might have pulled off his biggest success because he has made me like a character that I wasn’t totally wild about. He wrote the Tomstardis Award winning story The Last Post and also wrote the entertaining The Scorchies and its sequel for the Jago and Litefoot range in Encore of the Scorchies. Fall to Earth is a very worthwhile release and that isn’t something I thought I would have expected. Two releases in and I think that this version of Torchwood is something wonderful and I am even looking forward to the next release which features Rhys who is something that I liked even less than Ianto but maybe things will change.

Tomstardis Awards - 2nd Update

We’ve reached the half way point of the awards and there has been a new range added to the awards with the Diary of River Song being included as it was released on Christmas Day.

Doctor – Paul McGann
Companion – Nicola Walker

Main Range
Story – The Secret History
Writer – Matt Fitton (Equilibrium)
Director – Barnaby Edwards (The Secret Histroy) & Ken Bentley (Last of the Cybermen)
Cover Designer – Tom Webster (The Secret History)
Music & Sound Designer – Steve Foxon (Criss-Cross)
Series –Sixth & Constance

Short Trips
Story – The King of the Dead
Writer – Mark B Oliver (Dark Convoy)
Performer – Peter Purves (Flywheel Revolution)

Avengers
Story – The Yellow Needle

Novel Adaptions
Story - Damaged Goods
Writer – Jonathan Morris (Damaged Goods)
Director – Ken Bentley (Damaged Goods)
Cover Designer – Tom Webster (The Romance of Crime)
Music Designer – Howard Carter (Damaged Goods)

Fourth Doctor
Story – Requiem for the Rocket Men
Writer – John Dorney (Requiem for the Rocket Men)
Director – Nicholas Briggs (Requiem for the Rocket Men)
Cover Designer – TBC (The Cloisters of Terror)
Music & Sound Designer – Jamie Robertson (Requiem for the Rocket Men)

Dark Eyes
Story – A Life in the Day
Writer – John Dorney (A Life in the Day)

Jago and Litefoot
Story – Jago and Litefoot and Strax
Writer – Justin Richards (Jago and Litefoot and Strax)

Survivors
Story – Leaving
Writer – Matt Fitton (Leaving)

New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield
Story – The Pyramid of Sutekh
Writer – Guy Adams (The Pyramid of Sutekh)

Counter Measures Story
Story – Clean Sweep
Writer – Matt Fitton (Clean Sweep)

Third Doctor Adventures
Story – Prisoners of the Lake
Writer – Justin Richards (Prisoners of the Lake) & Andy Lane (The Havoc of Empires)

Torchwood
Story – Fall to Earth
Writer – James Goss (Fall to Earth)

The Early Adventures
Story – The Black Hole
Writer – Simon Guerrier (The Black Hole)
Director – Lisa Bowerman (The Yes Men & The Black Hole)
Cover Designer – Tom Webster (The Forsaken)
Music & Sound Designer – Toby Hrycek-Robinson (The Yes Men & The Forsaken)

Doom Coalition
Story – The Red Lady
Writer – John Dorney (The Red Lady)

UNIT
Story – Vanguard
Writer – Matt FItton (Armageddon)

COMPANION CHRONICLES
Story – The Locked Room
Writer – Simon Guerrier (The Locked Room)

THE WAR DOCTOR
Story – The Innocent

THE DIARY OF RIVER SONG
Story – The Rulers of the Universe
Writer – No votes yet

Thankyou for those that voted. There will be another update over the new year period. Hope you all had a lovely Christmas and enjoyed the DW Christmas Special.

 

Tomstardis Awards Update

Well its been a week with three weeks to go and there has been a fantastic response so far. Here is a ‘quick’ update on who is leading the way in their respective categories.

Doctor – Paul McGann
Companion – Miranda Raison

Main Range
Story – The Secret History
Writer – Matt Fitton (Equilibrium)
Director – Ken Bentley (Last of the Cybermen)
Cover Designer – Tom Webster (The Secret History)
Music & Sound Designer – Steve Foxon (Criss-Cross)
Series – Locum/Sixth

Short Trips
Story – Flywheel Revolution
Writer – Mark B Oliver (Dark Convoy)
Performer – Peter Purves (Flywheel Revolution)

Avengers
Story – The Yellow Needle

Novel Adaptions
Story - Damaged Goods
Writer – Jonathan Morris (Damaged Goods)
Director – Ken Bentley (Damaged Goods)
Cover Designer – Tom Webster (The Romance of Crime)
Music Designer – Howard Carter (Damaged Goods)

Fourth Doctor
Story – Requiem for the Rocket Men
Writer – John Dorney (Requiem for the Rocket Men)
Director – Nicholas Briggs (Requiem for the Rocket Men)
Cover Designer – TBC (The Cloisters of Terror)
Music & Sound Designer – Jamie Robertson (Both Return to Telos & Requiem for the Rocket Men)

Dark Eyes
Story – A Life in the Day
Writer – John Dorney (A Life in the Day)

Jago and Litefoot
Story – Jago and Litefoot and Strax
Writer – Justin Richards (Jago and Litefoot and Strax)

Survivors
Story – Leaving
Writer – Matt Fitton (Leaving)

New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield
Story – The Pyramid of Sutekh
Writer – Guy Adams (The Pyramid of Sutekh)

Counter Measures Story
Story – The Keep/Clean Sweep
Writer – Matt Fitton (Clean Sweep)

Third Doctor Adventures
Story – Prisoners of the Lake
Writer – Justin Richards (Prisoners of the Lake)

Torchwood
Story – Fall to Earth
Writer – James Goss (Fall to Earth)

The Early Adventures
Story – The Black Hole
Writer – Simon Guerrier (Both The Yes Men & The Black Hole)
Director – Lisa Bowerman (The Yes Men & The Black Hole)
Cover Designer – Tom Webster (The Forsaken)
Music & Sound Designer – Toby Hrycek-Robinson (The Yes Men & The Forsaken)

Doom Coalition
Story – The Red Lady
Writer – John Dorney (The Red Lady)

UNIT
Story – Bridgehead/Vanguard/Armageddon
Writer – Matt FItton (Armageddon)

COMPANION CHRONICLES
Story – The Locked Room
Writer – Ian Potter (The Unwining World)

THE WAR DOCTOR
Story – The Innocent

There will be another update at some point over the Christmas Weekend.

The 2015 Tomstardis Awards - Preview

The Tomstardis Awards are now in their ninth year and they are bigger than ever with new categories such as Torchwood and War Doctor categories alongside long running categories such as Favourite Doctor and Favourite Companion.

Favourite Doctor
This category has been won by three of the five nominated Doctors since 2007. Colin Baker has won four times with wins in 2007, 2008, 2009 and most recently in 2014. Paul McGann won back to back in 2010 and 2011 and Peter Davison also won it in back to back years with wins in 2012 and 2013.

Favourite Companion
Only two companions have won this award more than once with Sarah Sutton winning in 2007 and 2012 and Sheridan Smith won it in 2009 and 2011. Frazer Hines is the only male to have won the award when he got the honour in 2010. Other winners include India Fisher (2008), Mary Tamm (2013) and Louise Jameson (2014).

THE MAIN RANGE

Favourite Main Range Story
Four of the winners have been Fifth Doctor stories with Son of the Dragon (2007), The Haunting of Thomas Brewster (2008), The Emerald Tiger (2012) and 1963: Fanfare for the Common Men (2013). The winner has been a Sixth Doctor story twice with The Silver Turk (2010) and Masters of Earth (2014). The Seventh Doctor won a story award once with The Magic Mousetrap (2009) and The Eighth Doctor was successful in 2011 with The Silver Turk.

Favourite Main Range Writer
Barnaby Edwards and Eddie Robson are the most successful winners in this category with two wins each. Edwards won it in 2010 with The Wreck of the Titan and in 2012 with The Emerald Tiger. Eddie Robson won it in 2008 with The Condemned and in 2013 with 1963: Fanfare for the Common Men. Other winners include Steve Lyons won it in 2007 with Son of the Dragon, Nicholas Briggs won it in 2009 with Blue Forgotten Planet, Marc Platt won it in 2011 with The Silver Turk and Mark Wright and Cavan Scott won it last year with Masters of Earth.

Favourite Main Range Director
This award has only been won by two people. Barnaby Edwards won it seven years in a row and Nicholas Briggs was the second person winning it last year for Masters of Earth.

Favourite Main Range Cover Designer
Alex Mallinson is the big winner with three wins. He won it in 2008 for Brotherhood of the Daleks, 2011 for The Silver Turk and in 2012 for 1001 Nights. Barry Piggott won it in 2007 for 100, Ian Robertson won it in 2009 for Patient Zero, Simon Holub won it in 2010 for The Wreck of the Titan, Anthony Lamb won it in 2013 for Fanfare for the Common Men and Tom Webster won it last year for Signs and Wonders.

Favourite Main Range Music & Sound Designer
Howard Carter has been the big winner with four wins. He won it in back to back years with 2009 and 2010 wins for Patient Zero and The Wreck of the Titan respectively. He won it again in back to back years with wins in 2012 and 2013 for The Emerald Tiger and Fanfare for the Common Men respectively. Jamie Robertson won it twice in 2011 for The Silver Turk and last year for Signs and Wonders.

Other winners include ERS who won it in 2007 for Son of the Dragon and David Darlington who won it in 2008 for The Condemned.

Favourite Series
The Fifth Doctor has won two series since the category was created in 2009. The wins came in 2010 and 2012. The Seventh Doctor won it in 2009, the Eighth Doctor won it in 2011 with the Sixth Doctor finally winning a series award in 2014. The 1963 trilogy of stories won it in 2013.

THE COMPANION CHRONICLES

Favourite Companion Chronicles Writer
This category was created quite late in the history of the awards in 2012. James Goss, Jonathan Morris and Matt Fitton have all won it with The Last Post, Mastermind and Luna Romana.

Favourite Companion Chronicles Director
Lisa Bowerman has won two awards with a win in 2012 for The Last Post and in 2014 for Luna Romana. Louise Jameson won it in 2013 for Ghost in the Machine and bearing in mind she is nominated for the Favourite Director award in the main range, she could become the first person to win in these two ranges.

Favourite Companion Chronicles Cover Designer
Damien May has won this category twice with wins in 2013 and 2014 and Alex Mallinson won it in the first year back in 2012.

Favourite Companion Chronicles Music & Sound Designer
Richard Fox & Lauren Yason have won this category twice with wins in 2013 and 2014 with Howard Carter won it in 2012.

BIG WINNERS

9 – Barnaby Edwards
7 – Alex Mallinson & Howard Carter
5 – Ken Bentley
4 – James Goss, John Dorney, Jonathan Morris & Nicholas Briggs
3 – Jamie Robertson, Lisa Bowerman & Matt Fitton
2 – Anthony Lamb, Damien May, Eddie Robson, Ian Potter, Richard Fox & Lauren Yason and Tom Webster