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Andrew Smith’s tale for the second volume of The Robots reunites two key characters from the classic Doctor Who serial The Robots of Death – Anders Poul and Lish Toos. Even out in the back of beyond, Poul can’t get away from death and robots…

This is a great showcase for David Collings and Pamela Salem, and one of the best sequels to The Robots of Death we’ve had to date.

How will the reunion play out? Check out our review here. And if the classic tale is one of your favourites, check out Robots expert Fiona Moore’s Black Archive – we review it here.

Talking about working on this set, producer, David Richardson said: “Actors and their performances can stay with us all of our lives – David Collings was one of those performers. Even as a 14 year old, I knew I was watching great acting when he played Poul in The Robots of Death for Doctor Who. I loved his portrayal of Silver in Sapphire and Steel, and all those character roles in so many classic TV dramas from Elizabeth R to Prince Regent to the BBC’s Julius Caesar. So many, many characters.

“I was delighted to invite him to join The Robots to reprise the part of Poul, and how lucky we were to secure time to record his great contributions for volumes 2, 3 and 4. He was a lovely man to work with, and of course still such a brilliant actor. It’s been said before but I’ll say it again: he was the best Doctor Who we never had.”

Director, Ken Bentley added: “I’ve had the pleasure of working with Pamela quite a few times now and she’s utterly delightful – one of the most kind-hearted people you could ever hope to meet. The producer had arranged for one of the original Robots to visit the studio during recording and it was very entertaining to reunite it with Pamela. She was so excited.

“One of the uniquely rewarding things about working for Big Finish is bringing actors together again. I’m not entirely sure when Pamela and David Collings last worked with each other, it may well have been on Doctor Who. I hadn’t worked with David before but familiar faces and shared experiences always help to make the day more enjoyable for everybody.”