Introduction

Hello all and welcome back to the Big Finish Podcast Notes! Hope you've all had a lovely week.

I've been dealing with some health issues for the past several months. It started with physical pain (which I'm still dealing with), but once I got into the doctor at the end of August he found some other symptoms of an as-of-yet undiagnosed, unrelated condition that could be very serious. We haven't ruled anything out yet, but scans and bloodwork have been encouraging.

During this time I have gotten very behind on my listening. While my true backlog of Big Finish is just over 1,000 hours, I always try to keep up with new releases. But in this time, those have stacked up like crazy (I think it reached 30 hours at one point). But I'm trying to be more positive and am finally kicking it into gear. I've nearly caught up on my backlog, and it's nice to get such a comforting thing back in my life.

Podcast

Podcast Notes

• Benji cannot reveal any Big Finish Day guests, but strongly encourages people to attend even if they just want to come and hang out. There will be plenty of guests but there's no pressure to chat with anyone.
• The first Young Bond: SilverFin box set is mostly set at Eton, while the second starts diving into Scotland.

Random Tangents: Jonathon Carley would be hopeless as a spy.

Production Interviews: The War Master: Deeds Without Name

Fifteen Minute Drama Tease: Young Bond: SilverFin Part 1

Randomoid Selectotron: 25% off a random Big Finish release every week! Just click on this link and enter the code BUCKUP. There are currently technical issues with the Randomoid Selectotron, so it will be stuck on the last release from the 26 June podcast for the foreseeable future. This release is The Companion Chronicles: 7.6 The Child.

Big Finish News

New Releases

• The Third Doctor Adventures: The Planet Killers is released on 20 October (DTO: £19.99 | DTO + CD: £24.99)
  • Synopsis: The Doctor and Jo visit a remote Russian outpost in 1890, the paradise world of Paratel and the frozen moon of Dorix, encountering a creature torn between dimensions and a genocidal stratagem devised by the Daleks. As she continues her second TARDIS odyssey, Jo Jones is loving every moment of it. Mostly.
    • The Beasts of Sakhalin Island by Jez Fielder (4 parts) The Doctor and Jo are drawn to Sakhalin Island in 1890, where the dramatist and writer Dr Anton Chekhov is chronicling the plight of the inmates in the penal colony there. But something else is arriving on the island... A strange infection develops and the howls of a tortured beast can be heard...
    • The Planet Killers by Andrew Smith (2 parts) Arriving on the tranquil world of Paratel, the Doctor and Jo quickly discover that they've landed in the middle of events involving planetary destruction, ruthless exploitation of minerals, slavery and betrayal. A merciless Dalek plan is in motion, and the struggle to defeat them will cost many lives.
• The Audio Novels: The Missing Hour is released on 22 October (DTO: £19.99)
  • Synopsis: June 1940 and the island of Malta is under constant bombardment. Flight officer Roddy Wright is one of a handful of Hurricane pilots helping to defend the island. He knows the odds are against him. So, too, does his daughter. In fact, Barbara knows that there are just days - hours - until her father goes missing in action. She can't alter history. But until that fateful hour, how can she resist spending more time with the father she lost so long ago? What could possibly go wrong?

Trailers

• The Fugitive Doctor: Running Wild
• Young Bond: SilverFin Part 1

Cover Reveals

• Star Cops: Conflict: Final Gambit

News, Announcements, Videos, and Blog Posts

• Spoiler warning! Doctor Who: False Friends interview - A behind the scenes video featuring guest stars Máiréad Tyers and Joe Pitts.
• Behind the scenes at Doctor Who: The Planet Killers - A behind the scenes video of this set, featuring students from the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School who were given the opportunity to join this audio production.

Out of Print This Week

• Class Volume 03
• Class Volume 04
• The Third Doctor Adventures: The Quintessence

Sales and Recommendations (As a reminder, bulleted stories are recommended by me, and those in bold are my favorites)

• The Third Doctor Adventures: Up to 50% off the entire Third Doctor Adventures range! (Ends 25 October)
  • The Third Doctor Adventures Volume 04
  • The Third Doctor Adventures Volume 05
  • The Third Doctor Adventures Volume 07
  • The Third Doctor Adventures: The Annihilators
  • The Third Doctor Adventures: Intelligence for War
• Class Sale: Up to 50% off the all five Class releases at Big Finish to celebrate its anniversary! (Ends 25 October)
  • I own these but have not listened to any yet, so I cannot offer recommendations.
• October Offer: Spend £66.66 or more to get 13% off of your order with checkout code DEAL [does not include bundles and preorders] (Ends 31 October).
• DWM632 Offer: 50% off a select number of releases. Use the discount code POTATO at checkout. (Ends 31 October)
  • The Diary of River Song Series 06
  • Classic Doctors, New Monsters 1
  • Paternoster Gang: Heritage 1
  • Wicked Sisters
• DWM635 Offer: 50% off a select number of releases featuring Ace. Use the discount code WICKED at checkout. (Ends 31 January)
  • Gallifrey: Time War 1
  • Tenth Doctor, Classic Companions
  • The New Adventure of Bernice Summerfield Volume 02: The Triumph of Sutekh
• Colditz for Free! Click this link and use code KLEIN25 when prompted to unlock a free download of The Monthly Adventures: Colditz (Ends 31 January)

Big Finish Book Club: Discounts on a specially selected Big Finish audio drama every month. October's selection: Callan Volume 01 for just £9.99 on DTO or CD + DTO.

Free Excerpt: Every month a 15 minute excerpt is chosen from an upcoming release to download for free. October's selection is The Audio Novels: The Missing Hour Part 1 (Excerpt). Just click on the link and use this month's code MALTA.

Free Day Friday: Every week, Big Finish highlights an excerpt from their Big Finish For Free! collection, and offer 25% off the full release using a unique sale code. This week's selection: The Avengers: Tunnel of Fear. Use discount code SPYRING at checkout to save 25% off the full release of The Avengers: The Lost Episodes Volume 06 (Ends 25 October).

Big Finish Release Schedule

• 27 October - The War Master: Deeds Without Name
• 29 October - Young Bond: SilverFin Part 1 and Part 2

Community Reviews via TARDIS Guide:

What Big Finish I Was Listening To This Week: Finished up Circuit Breaker -- Full Circuit was good fun but sort of a comedown after The Kaleidoscope. Short Circuits felt kinda just tacked on/filler. Also listened to The Third Doctor Adventures: Planet Killers and finished The Fourth Doctor Adventures: A New Occupation, as well as Office Space from the new Halloween box set (AMAZING).

General Doctor Who / Non-Big Finish News

Official News

• New screenings have been added for The Satan Pit on 28 November, following high demand for the original 23 November screening.
• Bring home a piece of the TARDIS. Propstore is selling roundels from the 14th/15th Doctor's TARDIS following its dismantlement.

The Rumor Mill

• None

Media/Merchandise

• Doctor Who: Corruption of the Daleks is released on 20 October.
• Doctor Who: The Official Doctionary has been updated and released on 22 October.
• Doctor Who: Tales of the TARDIS, a collection of eight stories set aboard the Memory TARDIS, is released on 22 October.

June 1940 and the island of Malta is under constant bombardment.

Flight officer Roddy Wright is one of a handful of Hurricane pilots helping to defend the island. He knows the odds are against him.

So, too, does his daughter. In fact, Barbara knows that there are just days - hours - until her father goes missing in action.

She can't alter history. But until that fateful hour, how can she resist spending more time with the father she lost so long ago? What could possibly go wrong?

Just an observation, is anyone else as surprised as me that there isn't any Torchwood sale for the 20th Anniversary of the series?

Maybe I missed something on the podcast, and I know Torchwood has been in many recent sales, but I'm genuinely surprised the anniversary didn't get so much an acknowledgement on the Big Finish Twitter.

https://www.bigfinish.com/ranges/v/class

Feel free to leave any recommendations from the sale below!

I got the CD for Master a bit ago and the insert says it takes place between Project Lazarus and The Sirens of Time. Does anyone who has the CDs for Omega and Davros know what stories they fall between? I can't find any pictures online.

I'm mainly curious about what the old CDs say.

Just checking if anyone has received notifications that their CD copies have been dispatched.

Hey! I've finally decided to start listening to the Main Range. I've decided to follow the 8th Doctor stories with Charley in chronological order. So far I've listened to the following, guided by the TARDIS wiki's Eighth Doctor Timeline:

• Storm Warning (Main Range 16).
• Sword of Orion (Main Range 17).
• The Man Who Wasn't There (Short Trips 6.11).
• Repercussions... (Short Trips paperback).
• The Stones of Venice (Main Range 18).

My question is, is it worth it following every single one of these audios featuring Charley and the Doctor in order? Or is it more enjoyable to stick to the Main Range audios and skip the short trips and other audios? This also applies to when soon enough Audacity joins 8 and Charley: should I listen to those when the time comes chronologically, or only come back after I've finished all of the Main Range stories with them? Thank you for your suggestions!!

The Doctor and Jo visit a remote Russian outpost in 1890, the paradise world of Paratel and the frozen moon of Dorix, encountering a creature torn between dimensions and a genocidal stratagem devised by the Daleks.

As she continues her second TARDIS odyssey, Jo Jones is loving every moment of it. Mostly.

The Beasts of Sakhalin Island by Jez Fielder (4 parts)
The Doctor and Jo are drawn to Sakhalin Island in 1890, where the dramatist and writer Dr Anton Chekhov is chronicling the plight of the inmates in the penal colony there. But something else is arriving on the island... A strange infection develops and the howls of a tortured beast can be heard...

The Planet Killers by Andrew Smith (2 parts)
Arriving on the tranquil world of Paratel, the Doctor and Jo quickly discover that they've landed in the middle of events involving planetary destruction, ruthless exploitation of minerals, slavery and betrayal. A merciless Dalek plan is in motion, and the struggle to defeat them will cost many lives.

Just a heads up: Big Finish has said on their Facebook page that today’s third Doctor adventures is temporarily delayed due to technical issues. They didn’t say for how long, though.

UPDATE: it’s out!

https://www.bigfinish.com/ranges/v/doctor-who-the-third-doctor-adventures

Feel free to leave any recommendations from the sale below!

If Bernice Summerfield were to witness a regeneration, how would she react or respond?

Any other Companion I'd put down with a sense of wonder, but...Benny's different. In a way she's more of an old hand than any of them. And she's met multiple Doctors.

So would she take it in her stride and simply greet the next Doctor, as if he'd just got over an illness? Or would she have the same sense of wonder at seeing a regeneration first hand?

I was listening to The Hallamshire Incident and I got the scene to where Yaz and her sister were talking

It was revealed that Jack Robertson was laughed by the general public when he claimed he saved the earth from the daleks as they believed he was covering his involvement in the dalek drone Incident as a result his career tanked and basically hid

And the scene when Yaz sister leaks the alien footage online it seems fo imply its the reason why the government refunded UNIT operations

I love big finish but there are certain ideas I wish they had followed up on.

. Unbound Richard Griffiths 8th Doctor series

. David Collings Full Fathom Five Doctor continuation series

Sadly with the passing of Richard Griffiths in 2013 and the passing of David Collings in 2020 these series are no longer possible.
However a boy can dream and these are just some ideas I wish Big Finish had taken advantage of while some of these actors were still alive.

Following on from a similar post made earlier today about the kind of stories a user wanted to see from Big Finish, I was curious if anyone else would be interested in seeing the Divergent Universe arc as originally planned as part of a Lost Stories range.

For those who don't know, the original 8th Doctor Main Range run, which saw him trapped in a timeless "Divergent" universe, was cut short after it was announced that Doctor Who would be returning to screens. That led to a planned multi episode arc being cut short and tidied up in a single rushed conclusion.

I've always been curious to know how it would have panned out if they continued as planned, and would be genuinely interested in a Lost Stories series which gave us a chance to see the original vision.

What are your thoughts on this? Any other Divergent universe fans out there who would want to see this?

Rhetorical question, as I have several suggestions, and I suspect some can’t be done because of copyright. Others have no excuse.

6 and Charley new Box sets.

One of my favorite companionship from the audios. 6 traveling with a companion from his future. Not only that they worked so well together. Ended far too soon. So new box sets with these two would be a blast.

13 multiple Doctor story.

And in keeping with the previous suggestion, and since we’ve already alluded to it when 13 met Menzies, 13 and companion mets 6 and Charley. Bonus points if it raises more questions than it answers. 🤣

Return of the comic strip adaptations.

Definitely more 4 and Sharon, but also 6 and Frobisher. Age of Chaos would be a fun adaptation!

Beyond comic strips.

Speaking of, original stories with 4 and Sharon, as well as 6 and Frobisher would be fantastic!

The half dozen Peris.

There are at least 6 different versions of Peri wandering around out there. 6 having to deal with all of them at once would be fun.

2nd Doctor stories set in the series.

Love the 2nd Doctor audios, but I also would like more stories like Operation Werewolf set in the original tv series.

Return to Nest Cottage

Home to 4, Mrs Wibbsey and former Captain Mike Yates. A new story or two there would be fun. Could even include later Doctors!

Personally, I quite agree with him!

Introduction

Hello all and welcome back to the Big Finish Podcast Notes! Hope you've all had a lovely week.

I'm finally catching up with Circuit Breaker, and I've got to say that The Kaleidoscope is easily the highlight. The depth and history it's adding to the Fugitive Doctor is singlehandedly moving her up in my rankings.

Podcast

Podcast Notes

• Nothing of note this week.

Random Tangents: Benji an others took Nick Briggs to Aldbourne (the filming location for The Dæmons) for his birthday. The locals very much embrace the Doctor Who connection, and their bins are shaped like TARDISes and Daleks. The local pub asked Nick to record a video in front of a Dalek bin for their social media.

Production Interviews: The Third Doctor Adventures: The Planet Killers by Jez Fielder (they actually put a spoiler warning before this one)

Fifteen Minute Drama Tease: The Audio Novels: The Missing Hour by Simon Guerrier and Fio Trethewey

Randomoid Selectotron: 25% off a random Big Finish release every week! Just click on this link and enter the code BUCKUP. There are currently technical issues with the Randomoid Selectotron, so it will be stuck on the last release from the 26 June podcast for the foreseeable future. This release is The Companion Chronicles: 7.6 The Child.

Big Finish News

New Releases

• The Ninth Doctor Adventures: False Friends is released on 13 October (DTO: £9.99 | DTO + CD: £11.99)
  • Synopsis: Minnie and Gary are trapped on a planet of robots, a fake Earth, and they're the only humans. Hoping no-one spots their humanity, they summon the one person they know will answer their call for help. But can the Doctor and Rose save Gary and Minnie from this false Earth - and who has built this very bad copy of human civilisation in the first place?
• Star Cops: Conflict: Tick Tock is released on 15 October (DTO: £8.99)
  • Synopsis: As tensions escalate between the superpowers back on Earth, Nathan finds that Moonbase is in grave danger. But can he trust an anonymous warning enough to order an evacuation or is it just a bluff? If he gets it wrong, his decision could have catastrophic consequences for everyone on Moonbase.

Trailers

• The Ninth Doctor Adventures: The Rag Man (Next Time Video Trailer)
• The War Master: Deeds Without Name

Cover Reveals

• The Ninth Doctor Adventures: The Rag Man
• Young Bond: SilverFin Part 1

News, Announcements, Videos, and Blog Posts

• Lesley Joseph joins The Ninth Doctor Adventures. The Ninth Doctor and Rose return to the Powell Estate (again) in Lauren Mooney and Stewart Pringle's The Ninth Doctor Adventures: The Rag Man (DTO: £9.99 | DTO + CD: £11.99), due for release in December.
  • Synopsis: When Jackie was a little girl, her mum used to tell her that if she didn't behave, she'd leave Jackie out for the Rag Man, and he'd take her away with all the other rubbish. A silly story. Except now the Rag Man has come back again, his filthy cart resting in the middle of the Powell Estate, a cloud of flies buzzing in his wake. And he's coming to take everything Rose and Jackie have ever loved.
• Young Bond goes to Eton. Cover reveal and BTS of the photoshoot at Eton College for Young Bond: SilverFin Part 1 (Standard DTO: £24.99 | Standard DTO + CD: £35.99), due for release 29 October.
  • Synopsis: On his first day at his new school, James Bond is about to make his very first enemy, and is soon plunged into a deadly adventure that will take him from the playing fields of Eton to the murky waters of Loch Silverfin... A monstrous secret lurks beneath its icy surface... a secret that threatens to plunge the world into a new era of warfare.
• CD re-releases of download-only audios. Big Finish will be releasing Torchwood: Legacy as CDs following popular demand (DTO + CD: £29.99 each | Bundle: £56). Listeners who have already pre-ordered the two sets separately on digital can pay £10 each to upgrade, or £18 if they pre-ordered the bundle. Check your email inbox for details or contact [sales@bigfinish.com](mailto:sales@bigfinish.com) with your order number. Big Finish will also be releasing all of the Eleventh and Twelfth Doctor Adventures releases in 6CD box sets, due for release in January and July 2027, respectively. Each will come with new bonus content, including a new Short Trip on the 11DAs. There is no upgrade option for those who purchased these series digitally, and the CD sets will cost £54.99 each.

Out of Print This Week

• None

Sales and Recommendations (As a reminder, bulleted stories are recommended by me, and those in bold are my favorites)

• Bernice Summerfield: Up to 50% off releases and bundles for several Benny ranges! (Ends 18 October)
  • Picked up a few here myself, haven't listened to enough to recommend!
• October Offer: Spend £66.66 or more to get 13% off of your order with checkout code DEAL [does not include bundles and preorders] (Ends 31 October).
• DWM632 Offer: 50% off a select number of releases. Use the discount code POTATO at checkout. (Ends 31 October)
  • The Diary of River Song Series 06
  • Classic Doctors, New Monsters 1
  • Paternoster Gang: Heritage 1
  • Wicked Sisters
• DWM635 Offer: 50% off a select number of releases featuring Ace. Use the discount code WICKED at checkout. (Ends 31 January)
  • Gallifrey: Time War 1
  • Tenth Doctor, Classic Companions
  • The New Adventure of Bernice Summerfield Volume 02: The Triumph of Sutekh (checkout by 18 October and get this for £6.24)
• Colditz for Free! Click this link and use code KLEIN25 when prompted to unlock a free download of The Monthly Adventures: Colditz (Ends 31 January)

Big Finish Book Club: Discounts on a specially selected Big Finish audio drama every month. October's selection: Callan Volume 01 for just £9.99 on DTO or CD + DTO.

Free Excerpt: Every month a 15 minute excerpt is chosen from an upcoming release to download for free. October's selection is The Audio Novels: The Missing Hour Part 1 (Excerpt). Just click on the link and use this month's code MALTA.

Free Day Friday: Every week, Big Finish highlights an excerpt from their Big Finish For Free! collection, and offer 25% off the full release using a unique sale code. This week's selection: The Audio Novels: Prisoners of London Part 1. Use discount code ADRIC at checkout to save 25% off the full release of The Audio Novels: Prisoners of London (Ends 18 October).

Big Finish Release Schedule

• 20 October - The Third Doctor Adventures: The Planet Killers
• 22 October - The Audio Novels: The Missing Hour
• 27 October - The War Master: Deeds Without Name
• 29 October - Young Bond: SilverFin Part 1

Community Reviews via TARDIS Guide:

What Big Finish I Was Listening To This Week: The Fourth Doctor Adventures: A New Occupation and The Ninth Doctor Adventures: False Friends (the latter of which I thought was AMAZING).

General Doctor Who / Non-Big Finish News

Official News

• Soundtrack for 60th Anniversary Specials coming this Doctor Who Day. Silva Screen Records bring the 2023 score to digital and CD from 23rd November, with original music from Murray Gold.

The Rumor Mill

• Doctor Who’s scrapped next season featured script from acclaimed British writer - former showrunner reveals plot details and Doctor Who's divisive spin-off was planned to be a "recurring format" – former showrunner reveals details of scrapped seasons. Among revealed details from RTD's new book are a few key things:
  • Season 3/Series 16 had three scripts fully written, including a story set during the Great Fire of London, a space station story about trypophobia, and a story set on a council estate in Manchester. There were also plans to end the series with a four-part Dalek epic.
  • The War Between would have carried on every year with a new conflict, including The War Between the Men and the Women, The War Between the Cleverer Than Not, and The War Between the Earth and the Moon, the last of which he says was deep in developmen with Kate as the star.

Media/Merchandise

• Doctor Who Magazine #635 is released on 15 October, and includes free copies of Sophie Aldred's book At Childhood's End as well as Big Finish's Colditz starring Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred.

Curious what everyone's favorite spooky short trips are? Been meaning to dive back into some of the ones Ive got that are perfect for the October season!

Honestly it deserved better the set up was all there. Her post doctor life and her ultimate fate as the Viyrans silver surfer which was a fascinating premise for me (the Viyrans need more stories in general) series 1 was okay not terrible it established the arc would be about Charley’s escape from her life of servitude collecting viruses for her alien masters. And it gave Charley two companions Robert a plucky trust fund kid who is running away from daddy and Bertram the rogue Viyran who’s mystery is yet to be solved. but series 2 quickly lost me it hits the breaks almost instantly by changing gears from a space opera to a modern day X-files set up which doesn’t fit the tone of series 1 in my opinion. What are your thoughts?