News updates – week commencing 09 December 2019
Check here for all the latest news from Big Finish Productions. Updated throughout the week.
[Latest update: 13 December 2019]
Monday 09 December
PODCAST! The latest Big Finish podcast features an interview with Sixth Doctor companion, Constance Clarke (aka Miranda Raison) in conversation with Nicholas Briggs, behind the scenes at the recording of the latest Doctor Who Monthly Adventure, listeners' emails, 25% off a randomly selected Big Finish adventure, and a fifteen minute preview of Blood on Santa's Claw.
Download this week's audio extravaganza here, or find it on whichever service you usually get your podcasts. It's completely free!
GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT! We are very excited to announce that Paul McGann is the first confirmed guest for next year's Big Finish Day. The event will be held at QUAD in Derby on Saturday 6th June 2020, once again organised by our great friends, the Whoovers. Tickets are available to purchase here: https://www.derbyquad.co.uk/whats-on/events/big-finish-day-2020
Please visit the Big Finish Day event page on Facebook if you have any questions about the event.
Tuesday 10 December
NEW RELEASE! It's a festive, fun-packed, four-part Sixth Doctor adventure! Doctor Who: Blood on Santa’s Claw and Other Stories is available NOW as a collector’s edition CD or download at the Big Finish website from £12.99. Get it into your Christmas stocking!
Wednesday 11 December
NEW RELEASE! The robots are evolving, can Liv Chenka make a difference? The Robots Volume One is available NOW as a collector’s edition CD box set or download from £16.99.
Save money and buy The Robots bundle of all four series for just £78 as a collector's edition CD or £66 on download. The Robots Volume Two is scheduled for release in June 2020, Volume Three in December 2020 and Volume Four in June 2021.
All CD purchases from the Big Finish website unlock a download exclusive from the Big Finish website and app.
NEWS! Actor and author Jane Asher will appear alongside Tom Baker in the forthcoming Doctor Who: Fourth Doctor Adventures story, Chase the Night. Doctor Who: Chase the Night is now available for pre-order as a digital download for just £12.99.
COVERS REVEALED! The cover art for stories Purgatory 12 and Chase the Night, featured in the Fourth Doctor Adventures: Series 9 Volume One, can now be viewed on their release pages. Both stories are available to pre-order as digital downloads for £12.99 each.
Thursday 12 December
THIRD DOCTOR ADVENTURES! Coming in May 2020, Tim Treloar, Katy Manning, John Levene and Jon Culshaw return for two new exciting adventures in time and space. Find out more and PRE-ORDER HERE: Doctor Who: The Third Doctor Adventures Volume 06. Or read the latest Doctor Who Magazine (out today) for behind the scenes news from the recording.
FIRST LISTEN! The trailer for The Diary of River Song series 7, starring Alex Kingston, is now available on the release page. Pre-order this four-story volume as a collector's edition CD box set or download: https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/the-diary-of-river-song-series-07-1745
Friday 13 December
PRODUCTION UPDATE: Due to changes in the production schedule, the release dates of two upcoming titles have had to be amended.
The Eighth Doctor: Time War 4 was July 2020 is now due for release in September 2020.
The Avengers: The Comic Strip Adaptations Volume 04: Steed & Mrs Peel was July 2020 is now due for release June 2020.
NEWS! John Simm is reprising his role as the Master, alongside a number of his previous incarnations, in Doctor Who: Masterful. Doctor Who: Masterful will be released January 2021 and is available as a deluxe-limited edition box set from £39.99 as well as a standard edition box set from £19.99.
PRE-ORDER the deluxe edition HERE: https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/masterful-limited-edition-2197
PRE-ORDER the standard edition HERE: https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/masterful-standard-edition-2198