Naaah, you make up for it by being extremely British. So there’s a balance 
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To be fair, I think there’s a big difference between not drinking them (I know lots of people for whom this is the case) and never having tried them, which in the UK is far less likely. Because when people hear you’ve not tried them, they really try to ram them down your throat.
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Are we still talking about tea and coffee?
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I suppose he could be a Mormon, though I’m not sure how likely that is.
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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
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 [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) 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)
- 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:
| Release No. | Title | Score | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.8 | The Thirteenth Doctor Adventures: The Greatest Train Robbery | 2.83/5 | 117 votes |
| 2 | Doctor Who: Halloween: Doctor Doctor Doctor and Other Stories | ||
| Doctor, Doctor, Doctor | 3.67/5 | 73 votes | |
| The Song of the Reed Man | 3.49/5 | 62 votes | |
| Office Space | 4.45/5 | 58 votes | |
| Overworked | 3.91/5 | 55 votes | |
| 4.8 | The Ninth Doctor Adventures: False Friends | 4.19/5 | 58 votes |
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.
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@ItsR0b0tNinja I always look forward to your round-ups. So useful. Thank you.
EDIT: @ItsR0b0tNinja gracefully pointed out that @JakeM917 writes the round-ups. I thank them both.
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Thanks, but I don’t make them. They are made by @JakeM917 who posts them on Reddit, and I just post them here. I take no credit at all for it. They do the hard work and I just click ctrl-c, ctrl-v.
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