Not that I can see. It’s a bit weird.
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PODCAST NEWS:
- Nothing of consequence.
NON-BIG FINISH PODCAST DOCTOR WHO NEWS:
- The Platinum and Gold Editions of The Sirens of Time Redux has been sold out.
- The trailer for The Lost Stories: Deathworld is out.
- A tribute to William Russell.
- Susan’s War Series 2 & 3 are announced, featuring The War Doctor and Alex Campbell.
- The cover and story details of Torchwood - The Monthly Adventures: 86. End Game.
- The trailer for The Lost Stories: Werewolf is out.
BBC AUDIO/BOOKS/MEDIA NEWS:
- The Fifteen Doctors, Fifteen Stories Fifteenth Doctor story is an adaptation of the CiN special, Destination: Skaro.
- Covers and details for Series 14: Target Novelisations are announced, and I love them. Very….I wanna say pulpy 80’s adventure novels.
- With the novelisations, the audiobook readers are listed: Space Babies is read by Clare Corbett; 73 Yards is read by Susan Twist; Rogue is read by Dan Starkey.
ANYTHING ELSE
Sales: Weekly Deals: New Who: The Legend of Doctor Who Sale.
What CD’s are Out of Print This Week?::
Fifteen Minute Drama Tease: Dark Gallifrey: Morbius Pt. 3
Interview/Production Interviews: Dark Gallifrey: Morbius Pt. 3
Randomoid Selectotron: BUCKUP: The New Counter-Measures: 5. Who Killed Toby Kinsella?
Big Finish Release Date Schedule: The Eighth Doctor Adventures: The Lucie Miller Adventures Series 2 Dark Gallifrey: Morbius - Pt. 3: 20/06/2024 The Seventh Doctor Adventures: The Last Adventure Pt. 2 - 25/06/2024 Torchwood Soho: Restoration: 27/06/2024
What Big Finish I was listening too today: Do Go On podcast. Blimey, my Big Finish backlog is now enormous. Just haven’t been in an audio drama mood.
Random Tangents: Stephen Noonan is a supplier of cheese.
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I’m assuming this is meant to say 14th Doctor. But also, - what a way to make that story’s hyperbolic reaction be resurrected! 
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PODCAST NEWS:
- Nothing of consequence
NON-BIG FINISH PODCAST DOCTOR WHO NEWS:
- Send questions to Big Finish for Colin Baker and Bonnie Langford. Incidentally, this to me seems like a way of stating that Bonnie Langford can continue to work for BF, despite the rumours that the current series would prevent that.
- The Death and Live of River Song 1.: Last Words trailer is out.
- Cover/Story details for The Third Doctor Adventures: The Quintessence is out.
- SPOILER FOR THE CURRENT SERIES OF DOCTOR WHO: Big Finish present an important update.
BBC AUDIO/BOOKS/MEDIA NEWS:
ANYTHING ELSE
Sales: Weekly Deals:
What CD’s are Out of Print This Week?:: The Seventh Doctor Adventures: The Last Day Pt. 2
Fifteen Minute Drama Tease: The Seventh Doctor Adventures: The Last Day Pt. 2
Interview/Production Interviews: The Seventh Doctor Adventures: The Last Day Pt. 2; Torchwood Monthly Adventures: The Restoration of Catherine.
Randomoid Selectotron: BUCKUP: The Monthly Adventures: 215. Fiesta of the Damned
Big Finish Release Date Schedule: The Seventh Doctor Adventures: The Last Adventure Pt. 2 - 25/06/2024 Torchwood Soho: Restoration: 27/06/2024
What Big Finish I was listening too today: Lamenting my final days on Google Podcasts….and listening to a break-down of ‘The Fast and Furious Franchise’ on the Do Go On Podcast.
Random Tangents: Nick really, really likes SPAM. I can honestly say I’ve never had SPAM in my life. Like…is it that bad? Or average? Or just bland meat?
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SPAM is blended, spiced, canned meat. I have never tried it. I live in fear of SPAM.
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SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, Wonderful SPAM!
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It’s delicious.
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PODCAST NEWS:
- No plans for more Stargate as the amount of sales vs. rights costings just won’t make it work.
- The David Bradley Unbound approval was surprising and BF may consider applying Unbound to other Doctors.
- There are currently no plans to put older series of the 4DA’s into digital download collections (ala 8DA’s).
NON-BIG FINISH PODCAST DOCTOR WHO NEWS:
- Due to unavoidable delays Gallifrey War Room Vol. 3 has been delayed to November 2025, meaning Vol. 4 is delayed to November 2026.
- Cover art for Torchwood Monthly Adventures: 87. The Hollow Choir is out.
- Cover and story details for The War Master: Future Phantoms is out. (Also holy shit, how are there 11 of these boxsets? I still remember exactly when the first one was announced. I was watching The Keepers of Traken while dogsitting and got fish and chips for dinner. No one asked you for this memory, but you got it anyway).
BBC AUDIO/BOOKS/MEDIA NEWS:
- Looks like a version of Doctor Who: Whodle is coming out.
- Cover art/Bonus Features details for Doctor Who Season 1/Series 14/Season 40 are out.
ANYTHING ELSE
Sales: Weekly Deals: Happy Birthday: Lalla Ward!
What CD’s are Out of Print This Week?:: -
Fifteen Minute Drama Tease: The War Master: Future Phantoms
Interview/Production Interviews: The War Master: Future Phantoms
Randomoid Selectotron: BUCKUP: The Monthly Adventures: 101. Absolution.
Big Finish Release Date Schedule:
- Torchwood Soho: Restoration: 27/06/2024
- Dark Gallifrey: The War Master Vol. 1 - 02/07/2024
- Torchwood Monthly Adventures: 87. Decadence - 11/07/2024
What Big Finish I was listening too today:
Random Tangents: A lot more discussion of cheese. I now feel like some cheese and crackers and the shops are closed, so I’m mildly miffed. A discussion on the sad passing and obscure acting roles of the legendary Donald Sutherland.
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An idea I’ve liked for a Doctor-led Unbound is a scenario where the Fifth Doctor survives the events of Caves, and goes down a darker path for it, becoming disillusioned with the universe and seeing himself as the one to - in his own eyes - set things right, becoming more of an authoritarian force than the chaotic good he previously represented even with the best of intentions, with Peri being the one who needs to bring him back to his senses, or bring him down outright.
Whatever sort of thing Big Finish come up with will doubtlessly be different, but I hope exciting. imo Doctor of War was a huge misfire and we’re yet to actually see what the new David Bradley stories will be like.
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I’m not sure we need any ‘darker’ Doctors though. What is there that’s new to be done with that?
But then I’m not entirely sure where else Unbound stories can go - variations on a ‘darker’ Doctor have been done a lot already with David Collings and Michael Jayston and Colin’s version of the War Doctor (which I thought was a singularly uninspired route to take the Doctor). Dark Doctors have even cropped up in Gallifrey.
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Shame about the Stargate releases. I rather enjoyed them.
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I feel like there’s still plenty of avenues to explore there, but setting that aside Unbound is a weird one, because “What if” Doctor Who sounds like ripe pickings, but because of how free the series is to do basically anything by nature, it’s hard to justify why a story has to be Unbound rather than a standard adventure. This is something I feel the original releases in the range even struggled with, and to an extent Doctor of War too. I feel like the best ideas for the range are the ones that move away from the Doctor, but then you probably have a bunch of variations on “what if the Doctor died”.
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I will say, after Disco, Restoration of Catherine, Art Decadence, and End Game all having great covers…the Hollow Choir cover just looks uninteresting by comparison.
And I only mention all of them since Disco as they all feature the actual Torchwood emblem within the covers.
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PODCAST NEWS:
- A Victoria Waterfield recast may be in the works (I heard it as being very ambiguous, so I don’t know if it is actually news or a hint or just a “Who Knows?” situation).
NON-BIG FINISH PODCAST DOCTOR WHO NEWS:
- Cover and trailer for The Sirens of Time: Redux is out.
- Announcement of Doctor Who: The Stuff of Legend LIVE! Is announced. Featuring Paul McGann, India Fisher, Nick Briggs and Alex MacQueen, a live performance of a BF audio (and a pre-recorded studio recording). ALEX MACQUEEN!
- More story details on Susan’s War Vol. 2 are out.
- Trailer for The Second Doctor Adventures: Raven is out.
BBC AUDIO/BOOKS/MEDIA NEWS:
- The Doctor Who: Season 25 Collection blu-ray boxset is announced. It looks amazing! Also marks McCoy as the first Doctor with all his stories released. And the second season to not have a specially made trailer
ANYTHING ELSE
Sales: Weekly Deals: The Companion Chronicles: Sale!; Torchwood: Norton Folgate!
What CD’s are Out of Print This Week?:: The Fourth Doctor Adventures: 6.9 The Thief Who Stole Time; Torchwood Special Releases: The Archive
Fifteen Minute Drama Tease: The Second Doctor Adventures: Raven
Interview/Production Interviews: The Second Doctor Adventures: Raven
Randomoid Selectotron: BUCKUP: The Monthly Adventures: 169. The Wrong Doctors
Big Finish Release Date Schedule:
- Torchwood Monthly Adventures: 87. Decadence - 11/07/2024
- The Lost Stories: Deathworld - 23/07/2024
- The Lost Stories: Operation: Werewolf - 24/07/2024
What Big Finish I was listening too today:
Random Tangents: Benji’s favourite 2nd Doctor story is Tomb, pre-recovery of The Enemy of the World. Least favourite is Dominator’s. In terms of missing episodes Nick would love to see, it would be Web of Fear or The Abominable Snowman. Wasn’t favourable to The Space Pirates as a child.
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PODCAST NEWS:
- No plans to ever do Rodin or the Terrible Zodin as no story would live up to it.
- Big Finish don’t plan on announcing surprise releases, because that would ruin the concept of a surprise. Go figure.
NON-BIG FINISH PODCAST DOCTOR WHO NEWS:
- A story by David K. Barnes is being recorded.
- Death and Life of River Song Vol. 2 is pushed from January 2025 to March 2025.
- Cover/trailer for Torchwood Monthly Adventures: 86. Endgame is out.
- The trailer for Susan’s War Vol. 2 Family Ties is out.
- Story details and cover art for Bernice Summerfield: The Eternity Club are out.
- A 50th anniversary release celebrating Tom Baker’s Doctor has been announced, The Curse of Time set between Season 12 & 13, featuring Tom, Sadie Miller and Christopher Naylor.
- Oh yeah, and Jodie Whittaker just ■■■■■■■ casually returned.
BBC AUDIO/BOOKS/MEDIA NEWS:
- Eric Roberts has written a memoir. Will Doctor Who be mentioned? Who Nose?!
- Cover is listed for Doctor Who: The Time Traveller’s Almanac is out.
ANYTHING ELSE
Sales: Weekly Deals:
What CD’s are Out of Print This Week?:: Special Releases: The Sirens of Time Redux;
Fifteen Minute Drama Tease: Novel Adaptations: Goth Opera
Interview/Production Interviews: Novel Adaptations: Goth Opera
Randomoid Selectotron: BUCKUP: The Monthly Adventures: 232. The Middle
Big Finish Release Date Schedule: The Lost Stories: Deathworld - 23/07/2024 The Lost Stories: Operation: Werewolf - 24/07/2024
What Big Finish I was listening too today:
Random Tangents: Both Jodie and Mandip said yes the moment they were asked. Jodie insists on buying everyone the morning coffee. Mandip and Jodie clearly hate each other. (Genuinely, if you get a chance listen to their mini-interview in the podcast, they clearly are very good friends and love hanging with each other).
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Listened to this one myself yesterday and the imterview was so fun! Good to know recording has already been underway too.
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PODCAST NEWS:
- Nothing of consequence.
NON-BIG FINISH PODCAST DOCTOR WHO NEWS:
- Cover for Torchwood Monthly Adventures: 88. Widdershins are revealed.
- Story details/cover art The Paternoster Game - Trespassers: No Place Like Home is out.
- Trailer for The War Doctor Begins: Morbius the Mighty is out.
BBC AUDIO/BOOKS/MEDIA NEWS:
- Nothing of consequence.
ANYTHING ELSE
Sales: Weekly Deals:
What CD’s are Out of Print This Week?:: -
Fifteen Minute Drama Tease: The Lost Stories: The Long World.The Lost Stories: The Long World.
Interview/Production Interviews: The Lost Stories: The Long World.
Randomoid Selectotron: BUCKUP: The Fourth Doctor Adventure:: 6.6 Subterranea.
Big Finish Release Date Schedule:
What Big Finish I was listening too today: -
Random Tangents: Something something sausage rolls.
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Addendum from the comments of the original thread:
There’s no immediate plans for Bradley Walsh, Tosin Cole and John Bishop to return for the 13DAs but hopefully they will
No plans for Rodan to return bc the rights aren’t owned by the BBC they’re owned by Anthony Read’s estate but Briggs said he will look into it
On his blog, Tim Foley said he’s back writing some more BF tho he’s only back for a wee while as he has some theatrical shows planned for next year
Some release dates have been revealed:
Death and Life of River Song: Last Words - 6th August
Torchwood: End Game - 8th August
Morbius The Mighty - 13th August
DG: The War Master Part 2 - 15th August
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I saw Tim Foley’s show Driftwood last year. It was absolutely amazing!
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