Thunderbirds, UFO, Stingray (and many more) creator and master of puppets Gerry Anderson sadly passed away on Boxing Day last year at the age of 83. Nick Briggs recalls the joy he had meeting the legend a few years ago...

On the thirteenth day of Christmas (yes we know it doesn't exist) Big Finish offers you all 16 titles from the 12 days of Christmas for just 24 hours. They are all priced at £2.99 and on download only.

This is a great opportunity to buy titles you may have missed or perhaps regretted not buying in the first place. Your BIG second chance. We hope you enjoy them.

On the twelfth day of Christmas Big Finish offers you: Doctor Who - The Companion Chronicles: Find and Replace - £2.99 - download only for 48 hours AND Doctor Who - The Companion Chronicles: The Rocket Men - £2.99 - download only for 48 hours.

On the eleventh day of Christmas Big Finish offers you: Dark Shadows: The Night Whispers - £2.99 - download only for 48 hours.

On the tenth day of Christmas Big Finish offers you: Doctor Who: Cobwebs - £2.99 - download only for 48 hours.

On the ninth day of Christmas Big Finish offers you: Doctor Who: The Judgement of Isskar - £2.99 - download only for 48 hours.

On the eighth day of Christmas Big Finish offers you: Sherlock Holmes and the Hound of the Baskervilles - £2.99 - download only for 48 hours.

On the seventh day of Christmas Big Finish offers you: Doctor Who: Short Trips volume 1 - £2.99 - download only for 48 hours.

On the sixth day of Christmas Big Finish offers you: Stargate SG-1 1.1: Gift of the Gods AND Stargate Atlantis 1.2: A Necessary Evil AND Stargate SG1 1.3: Shell Game all for £2.99 each - download only for 48 hours.

On the fifth day of Christmas Big Finish offers you: Doctor Who: Destination Nerva - £2.99 - download only for 48 hours.

On the fourth day of Christmas Big Finish offers you: Doctor Who: Death In Blackpool - £2.99 - download only for 48 hours.

On the third day of Christmas Big Finish offers you: Doctor Who: Relative Dimensions - £2.99 - download only for 48 hours.

On the second day of Christmas Big Finish offers you: Iris Wildthyme and the Claws of Santa - £2.99 - download only for 48 hours.

On the first day of Christmas Big Finish offers you: Doctor Who: Lucie Miller - £2.99 - download only for 48 hours AND Doctor Who: To The Death - £2.99 - download only for 48 hours.

Philip Pope is a lovely actor who works for us regularly. He's done a lot of our Doctor Whos.

His son Will needs a donor heart. He is 20.

The 12 days of Big Finish special offer will start on Christmas Day. There will be 16 titles from across the Big Finish range available over the 12 days of Christmas for just 48 Hours each.

Following the extremely positive reception to the first five episodes, Big Finish Productions is pleased to announce that the hour-long Christmas episode of The Confessions of Dorian Gray, Ghosts of Christmas Past, is now available to download.

The brand new Stargate SG-1 box set, containing three full cast audiobooks, is now available for download. It stars Michael Shanks as Daniel Jackson and Claudia Black as Vala, reprising their roles from the TV series.

This weekend only, we're offering a special CD and download rollback price on the full cast and enhanced audiobook releases comprising Doctor Who: The Lost Stories series three – now £10 cheaper!

A lot's been going on recently on the site, so in case listeners have missed them, a little note to say that Doctor Who - The Companion Chronicles: The Child and Doctor Who: Voyage to the New World are out now!

The new Big Finish website forum is now up and running. Thanks to you all for being patient during the transition today.

There are just two weeks left in which to take advantage of our Doctor Who Special Releases offer which will end when the year does. And the bundle includes Doctor Who: Dark Eyes, a story recently described by SciFiNow magazine thus: "as emotional and rewarding as anything on TV."

You spoke, we listened. We are delighted to announce that the Big Finish web development elves have been hard at work ensuring that our trailers and podcasts will now work on mobile devices.

December's Dark Shadows story, A Collinwood Christmas, is now available to download. Enjoy a spot of festive spirit!