Big Finish Podcast Notes and Misc News Roundup Thread

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Yes, they’re doing a Gallifrey panel on the Friday (literally changed my plane tickets in order to be able to see it :sweat_smile:) and I think the general BF panel is on Saturday

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ohhh surely then an announcement for gallifrey at the very least? do you know what time both are?

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The Gally panel is Friday 1400 PST and the BF one is Saturday at 1000 and it’s listed as ‘Big Finiah 2025 preview’ so I can only imagine they will have at least one exciting announcement

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…a Jackie Tyler boxset :pray:

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Really hoping we get something good from either tbh! Both times are decent times for me to see what news comes so I’m really excited.

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I’m sure all of us who are going will take notes - I definitely will be!

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(And sharing them here right? :upside_down_face:)

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Of course, that’s why notes will be taken!

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Hooray :grin:

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PODCAST NEWS:

  • No podcast this week so……no.

NON-BIG FINISH PODCAST DOCTOR WHO NEWS:

BBC AUDIO/BOOKS/MEDIA NEWS:

ANYTHING ELSE

Sales: Weekly Deals: -

Fifteen Minute Drama Tease: -

Interview/Production Interviews: -

Randomoid Selectotron: BUCKUP: -

What BF CD’s are OOP: The Eighth Doctor Adventures: Doom Coalition Vol. 1; Vol. 3; The Monthly Adventures: 261. The Psychic Circus; The Lost Stories: 2.5 Animal; Captain Scarlet: The Spectrum Files Vol.2; Pathfinder Legends: Mummy’s Mask; Empty Graves

Big Finish Release Schedule:

What Big Finish I was listening too today: -

Random Tangents: Insert grumpy rant here.

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PODCAST NEWS:

  • Only 20% or Big Finish customers are buying CDs these days
  • As digital releases become more popular, we could start to see stories broken out into more episodes in one release to match Classic formats (which could be up to 12 parts), but there’s still the matter of how much production time they can afford

NON-BIG FINISH PODCAST DOCTOR WHO NEWS:

BBC AUDIO/BOOKS/MEDIA NEWS:

  • Cover reveal for the novelizations of Big Finish audios Jubilee and The Chimes of Midnight, both due for release 9 October 2025.
  • The paperback edition of the 13th Doctor novel Combat Magicks by Steve Cole is released on 10 April 2025
  • The Tenth Planet narrated soundtrack is released on vinyl for Record Store Day on 12 April 2025
  • Doctor Who: Icons 1 is available to pre-order as an audiobook bundle, due for release on 12 June 2025

ANYTHING ELSE

Sales: Torchwood Box Set Clearance Sale: Up to 50% off! (Ends Today!); Doctor Who: Stranded: Flash Sale! (Ends 15 April); First Appearances of Audio Companions!: Up to 50% off! (Ends 15 April)

Fifteen Minute Drama Tease: Doctor Who: Short Trips Volume 13: Tales from the Vortex - When I Say Run… by Ben Tedds

Interview/Production Interviews: Doctor Who: Short Trips Volume 13: Tales from the Vortex - When I Say Run… by Ben Tedds

Randomoid Selectotron: BUCKUP: The Monthly Adventures 197. The Entropy Plague

What BF CD’s are OOP?: -

Big Finish Release Date Schedule:

  • 15 April 2025 - Doctor Who: Short Trips Volume 13: Tales from the Vortex
  • 23 April 2025 - Dark Gallifrey: Missy Part 1
  • 29 April 2025 - The Companion Chronicles: Families

What Big Finish I was listening to today: Listened to Hooklight 1 and loved it! I personally have a backlog of over 200 releases. Will probably move to the Lost Stories range and knock some of those out next.

Random Tangents: Nick has convinced his 15-year-old son that a ghost haunts his bathroom.

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Combat Magicks paperback?

Why are they only releasing it now?

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PODCAST NEWS:

  • SHOCKINGLY, Big Finish do not have plans for any releases featuring the TARDIS team of the Fourth Doctor, Adric, and K-9 Mk III (a team which has only ever featured in the pages of Doctor Who Annual 1982)

NON-BIG FINISH PODCAST DOCTOR WHO NEWS:

  • Big Finish apologize for special editions of Jubilee and The Chimes of Midnight selling out so quickly. They are now selling the standard hardback editions of Jubilee and The Chimes of Midnight novelizations for £22 each, or in a multibuy bundle for £40.
  • Otherwise a quiet week on the Big Finish front – no major news, cover reveals, or trailers.

BBC AUDIO/BOOKS/MEDIA NEWS:

SALES AND RECOMMENDATIONS:

Fifteen Minute Drama Tease: Dark Gallifrey: Missy Part 1

Interview/Production Interviews: Dark Gallifrey: Missy Part 2

Randomoid Selectotron: BUCKUP: The Monthly Adventures 156. The Curse of Davros

What BF CDs are OOP?: -

Big Finish Release Date Schedule:

  • 23 April 2025 - Dark Gallifrey: Missy Part 1
  • 29 April 2025 - The Companion Chronicles: Families

Community Reviews:

  • Television
    • Doctor Who - S2E1 The Robot Revolution - 3.47/5 (438 members)
    • Doctor Who - S2E2 Lux - 4.14/5 (270 members)
  • Big Finish
    • The Paternoster Gang: Trespassers 4: Last Stand
      • 4.1 I Married a Zygon - 4.14/5 (14 members)
      • 4.2 A Passion for Fashion - 3.61/5 (14 members)
      • 4.3 The Final Poblom - 4.07/5 (14 members)
    • The Fifth Doctor Adventures: Hooklight 1 - 4.59/5 (52 members)
    • Planet Krynoid: Nightfall
      • 1.1 Sunlight - 3.71/5 (29 members)
      • 1.2 Sunset - 3.88/5 (26 members)
      • 1.3 Darkness - 3.85/5 (24 members)
    • Short Trips Volume 13: Tales from the Vortex
      • 13.1 Dark Watchers of California - 3.88/5 (16 members)
      • 13.2 When I Say Run… - 3.46/5 (14 members)
      • 13.3 Rise of the Eukaryans - 2.96/5 (13 members)
      • 13.4 Ahead of Time - 3.14/5 (7 members)
      • 13.5 Emerald Isle - 2.83/5 (6 members)
      • 13.6 Dark is the Devil that Walks - 3.00/5 (5 members)

What Big Finish I was listening to today: I’ve been listening to Planet Krynoid. As I’m writing this, I’ve just come off of finishing the set and wow, what a story! I definitely recommend this one to people looking for something completely original from Big Finish. The Doctor pops up for the entirety of the second act but it definitely doesn’t feel like a glorified cameo at all. Just needed someone to lend their expertise on what the colonists are facing. Hope this gets a second box set!

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Wait, he’s using TARDIS Guide for this!? :star_struck:

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So there’s a non-zero chance that he knows we do this? I’m not sure how I feel about that. I’m not sure how he’ll feel about it

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Well we aren’t passing it off as our own, just posting it here for people who don’t want to go to Reddit.

I suppose a link to the original post would be respectful.

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I’m never listening to them ever again. Boycotting until this best TARDIS Team returns /j

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He was the only reason I used Reddit and now I’m pretty much exclusively here instead :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

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PODCAST NEWS:

  • No real news this week, but Nick and Benji noted that the last three podcasts were recorded all in one go, so this week is the first chance they’ve had to acknowledge the death of Jean Marsh. They played a little bit of her on a behind-the-scenes track off The Wishing Beast where she briefly talks about her career.
  • Interesting to note: in the rare occasion that a release would double in a sale and the Randomoid Selectotron, if the sale price is better than the 25% off from the Rando, the Rando price will be adjusted to match the better discount.

NON-BIG FINISH PODCAST DOCTOR WHO NEWS:

BBC AUDIO/BOOKS/MEDIA NEWS:

SALES AND RECOMMENDATIONS:

Fifteen Minute Drama Tease: The Companion Chronicles: Families - The Temple of Light by Jonathan Morris

Interview/Production Interviews: The Companion Chronicles: Families - The Temple of Light by Jonathan Morris

Randomoid Selectotron: BUCKUP: The Monthly Adventures 228. The Blood Furnace

What BF CDs are OOP?: -

Big Finish Release Date Schedule:

  • 29 April 2025 - The Companion Chronicles: Families
Community Reviews: (community rating numbers behind here)
Release No. Title Review Members
S02E01 The Robot Revolution 3.43/5 531 members
S02E02 Lux 4.08/5 480 members
S02E03 The Well 4.17/5 310 members
- The Fifth Doctor Adventures: Hooklight 1 4.56/5 60 members
1 Planet Krynoid: Nightfall
Sunlight 3.69/5 37 members
Sunset 3.87/5 35 members
Darkness 4.00/5 33 members
13 Short Trips: Tales from the Vortex
Dark Watchers of California 4.00/5 20 members
When I Say Run… 3.48/5 21 members
Rise of the Eukaryans 3.24/5 19 members
Ahead of Time 3.15/5 13 members
Emerald Isle 2.78/5 9 members
Dark is the Devil that Walks 2.89/5 9 members
3.1 Missy Part 1 3.35/5 23 members

What Big Finish I Was Listening to Today: I was a bit behind on Paternoster Gang so I caught up this week and man, what a set! I highly recommend checking out all four box sets, especially now that they’re all out. If you could binge through all twelve hours at once I think that would be a very rewarding experience.

Random Tangents: Nick and Benji respond to a fan question asking why the Randomoid Selection code is BUCKUP. They don’t know where Nick got it from, but it’s something they used to shout a lot during the early days of the podcast. I’m a relative newcomer to the podcast so this is news to me.

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Are they sure it was Buck Up? Maybe they misheard? :sweat_smile:

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