Big Finish Doctor Who Sale

[Thyme Laird]

Big Finish, the company that produces new Doctor Who audio adventures, is having a week of one-day sales on select products.

Thanks to all our listeners who have sent in their thoughts on Big Finish Week, our series of one-day sales of Doctor Who audios. Our original intention was to make the sales CD-only, but having considered the response of our customers we have decided to include downloads too.

The sale will proceed as follows, with CDs and downloads available for £5 each. Customers who buy the CD version will automatically have access to a download.

Please note, we have endeavoured to ensure that servers will be able to handle the extra capacity. However, should you experience any problems at times of high demand, please be patient and try again later.

June 6 – Doctor Who releases 1-10


The Sirens of Time
The Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Doctors together for the first time. The three Doctors must unite to defeat a threat to time itself. Starring Peter Davison, Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy.

Phantasmagoria
The Fifth Doctor and Turlough confront the paranormal in 18th Century London. Starring Peter Davison and Mark Strickson with David Walliams.

Whispers of Terror
The Sixth Doctor and Peri are accused of murder in the Museum of Aural Antiquities. Starring Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant with Peter Miles.

The Land of the Dead
The Fifth Doctor and Nyssa find themselves guests at a strange and isolated house in Alaska. Starring Peter Davison and Sarah Sutton.

The Fearmonger
The Seventh Doctor and Ace are on the trail of a monster that knows their every move. Starring Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred with Jacqueline Pearce.

The Marian Conspiracy
Tracking a nexus point in time, the Doctor meets Dr Evelyn Smythe, a history lecturer whose own history seems to be rapidly vanishing. Starring Colin Baker and Maggie Stables.

The Genocide Machine
On the planet Kar-Charrat, the Seventh Doctor and Ace must defend an ancient library from the Doctor's oldest enemies - the Daleks! Starring Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred.

Red Dawn
The Fifth Doctor and Peri find themselves on Mars and together with a NASA expedition, they awaken the Ice Warriors. Starring Peter Davison and Nicola Bryant.

The Spectre of Lanyon Moor
In Cornwall the Sixth Doctor and Evelyn team up with the Doctor's old friend, the Brigadier, to solve an ancient mystery. Starring Colin Baker and Maggie Stables with Nicholas Courtney.

Winter for the Adept
Trapped in a snowbound school in the Swiss Alps, the Fifth Doctor and Nyssa encounter a malevolent potergeist. Or do they? Starring Peter Davison and Sarah Sutton with Peter Jurasik.

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June 7 – Doctor Who releases 11-20


The Apocalypse Element
President Romana has been missing for twenty years; the Daleks invade Gallifrey and there's nothing the Sixth Doctor and Evelyn can do bout it. Starring Colin Baker and Maggie Stables with Lalla Ward.

The Fires of Vulcan
Trapped in Pompeii, the Seventh Doctor and Mel are desperate to escape before Mount Vesuvius erupts. But history is working against them. Starring Sylvester McCoy and Bonnie Langford.

The Shadow of the Scourge
The Doctor, Benny and Ace fight dark forces from another universe whilst staying at a small hotel in Kent. Starring Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred and Lisa Bowerman.

The Holy Terror
When the TARDIS lands in a forbidding castle, the Sixth Doctor and his penguin shaped companion, Frobisher find themseleves hailed as gods!Starring Colin Baker and Robert Jezek with Sam Kelly.

The Mutant Phase
The Fifth Doctor and Nyssa discover a future where the Daleks are the dominant species. So why are the Daleks afraid? Starring Peter Davison and Sarah Sutton with Mark Gatiss.

Storm Warning
The Eighth Doctor finds himself aboard the ill-fated R101 airship and meets Edwardian adventuress Charley Pollard. Starring Paul McGann and India Fisher with Gareth Thomas.

The Sword of Orion
The Eighth Doctor and Charley get caught in the cross-fire of the Orion war. Things only get worse when the Cybermen are revived from hibernation. Starring Paul McGann and India Fisher with Bruce Montague.

The Stones of Venice
The Eighth Doctor and Charley arrive in Venice in the far future and become entangled in a web love, lies, death and an ancient curse. Starring Paul McGann and India Fisher with Michael Sheard.

Minuet in Hell
The Doctor meets his old friend, the Brigadier in America, but the Brigadier seems not to know him. Meanwhile, Charley has lost her memory.Starring Paul McGann and India Fisher with Nicholas Courtney.

Loups-Garoux
The Fifth Doctor and Turlough encounter werewolves at the carnival in Rio de Janeiro. Starring Peter Davison and Mark Strickson with Eleanor Bron.

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June 8 – Doctor Who releases 21-30


Dust Breeding
What is the truth behind the Edvard Munch's Scream and what has it to do with the planet Duchamp 331? The Seventh Doctor and Ace investigate. Starring Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred with Caroline John.

Bloodtide
The Sixth Doctor and Evelyn meet Charles Darwin on the Galapagos Islands where the Silurians have awoken. Starring Colin Baker and Maggie Stables with Miles Richardson.

Project: Twilight
The Sixth Doctor and Evelyn discover gruesome secrets beneath a gangster casino in London's docklands. Starring Colin Baker and Maggie Stables.

The Eye of the Scorpion
The Fifth Doctor and Peri find themselves caught up in the violent politics of ancient Egypt. And what is the secret of the strange box? Starring Peter Davison, Nicola Bryant and Caroline Morris.

Colditz
The Seventh Doctor and Ace find themselves incarcerated in Colditz Castle and the TARDIS in the hands of the Third Reich. Starring Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred with David Tennant.

Primeval
In the distant past of Nyssa's homeworld of Traken, the Doctor desperately tries to save his companion from a deadly disease. Starring Peter Davison and Sarah Sutton with Stephen Greif.

The One Doctor
The Sixth Doctor and Mel are appalled to discover that their good names are being blackened by a pair of imposters. Starring Colin Baker and Bonnie Langford with Christopher Biggins.

Invaders from Mars
Manhatten 1938. The Doctor and Charley discover that Orson Welles's broadcast of War of the Worlds might not have been fiction after all. Starring Paul McGann and India Fisher with Simon Pegg.

The Chimes of Midnight
Trapped in a strange house, the Doctor and Charley investigate murders without motives and with victims that don't stay dead.Starring Paul McGann and India Fisher.

Seasons of Fear
The Doctor and Charley race through time to defeat an immortal enemy. Humanity hangs in the balance and old enemies hide in the shadows.Starring Paul McGann and India Fisher.

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June 9 – Doctor Who releases 31-40


Embrace the Darkness
An artificial life-form and an ancient race make life difficult for the Doctor and Charley in the permanent night of the Cimmerian System. Starring Paul McGann and India Fisher.

The Time of the Daleks
The Doctor and Charley encounter the Daleks but are surprised to discover that they are Shakespeare's biggest fans. Starring Paul McGann and India Fisher.

Neverland
The Web of Time is near to breaking point and President Romana and the Time Lords are helpless. Can the Doctor help? Or maybe even Charley? Starring Paul McGann and India Fisher with Lalla Ward.

Spare Parts
The Fifth Doctor and Nyssa find themselves on a doomed world, not unlike Earth and realise they are there to witness the birth of the Cybermen. Starring Peter Davison and Sarah Sutton with Sally Knyvette.

…Ish
The Sixth Doctor and Peri must solve a murder at a conference of lexicographers. Is the pen mightier than the sword? Starring Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant.

The Rapture
The Seventh Doctor and Ace become immersed in the hedonistic paradise of sex, drugs and alcohol in Ibiza in 1997.Starring Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred with Tony Blackburn.

The Sandman
Encountering the reptillian Galyari, Evelyn is shocked to learn that the Doctor is their legendary enemy, the Sandman. Starring Colin Baker and Maggie Stables with Anneke Wills.

The Church and the Crown
Landing in 17th Century Paris, the Fifth Doctor, Peri and Erimem become embroiled in a plot to kill Queen Anne. Starring Peter Davison, Nicola Bryant and Caroline Morris.

Bang-Bang-A-Boom!
It's murder a the Inergalactic Song Contest on Dark Space 8 and it's up to the Seventh Doctor and Mell to solve it. Starring Sylvester McCoy and Bonnie Langford with Patricia Quinn.

Jubilee
The Doctor and Evelyn find themselves in the glorious English Empire and discover that they and the Daleks are well known there. Starring Colin Baker and Maggie Stables with Martin Jarvis.

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June 10 – Doctor Who releases 41-50


Nekromanteia
The Fifth Doctor, Peri and Erimem face witches, corporate greed and a deadly secret on the planet Talderun. Starring Peter Davison, Nicola Bryant and Caroline Morris.

The Dark Flame
The Doctor, Benny and Ace are in the wrong place at the wrong time as an ancient and evil cult prepares for armageddon. Starring Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred and Lisa Bowerman.

The Pirates
The Doctor and Evelyn brave the perils of the high-seas as they cross swords with the fearsome Red Jasper. And is the Doctor really going to sing? Starring Colin Baker and Maggie Stables with Bill Oddie.

Creatures of Beauty
The Fifth Doctor and Nyssa are fugitives on a world that has fuffered a global ecological disaster resulting in a disfiguring genetic disease. Starring Peter Davison and Sarah Sutton with David Daker.

Project: Lazarus
A traveller in time returns to correct the mistakes of the past and faces a danger that could rob him of his future. Unless his future intervenes. Starring Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy and Maggie Stables.

Flip-Flop
The Doctor and Mel arrive on the planet Puxatornee in the year 3060 and discover that something strange has happened to history. Starring Sylvester McCoy and Bonnie Langford with Richard Gibson.

Omega
A telepathic message prompts the Doctor to travel to the 'Sector of Forgotten Souls' where a legendary Time Lord vanished long ago. Starring Peter Davison with Ian Collier and Caroline Munro.

Davros
Davros, creator of the Daleks, has turned over a new leaf. Or has he? The Doctor doesn't think so. But is the Doctor always right? Starring Colin Baker with Terry Molloy and Wendy Padbury.

Master
A dinner party concludes with terror and death. For one person, this night represented an ending to one thousand years of darkness. Starring Sylvester McCoy with Philip Madoc and Geoffrey Beevers.

Zagreus
Zagreus sits inside your head. Zagreus lives among the dead€¦ Starring Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy and Paul McGann.

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I bought the first thirty CDs from the one-day sales as well as some others from the month-long sale.
I will be purchasing an additional twenty CDs from the one-day sales.

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Well, I'm done. I got the first 50 CDs from the main line of Big Finish Doctor Who audios.
Plus, I got the Excelis series (4 CDs), the specials CD (7 CDs), plus one cheap download.

[Thyme Laird]

The summer Big Finish Sale is now underway! Featuring bargains galore, the sale runs right the way through June, with prices going up again on 1st July. Amongst the many great offers can be found:

The complete Sarah Jane Smith for just £25!
The first three series of Gallifrey for only £60!
All of Sapphire & Steel for a snip at £90!
The full cast Dark Shadows: Season One for £20!
Six seasons of Bernice Summerfield for a mere £95!
The complete Cyberman and Cyberman 2 for an amazing £40!
All six Robin Hood CDs for a minimal £15!

Plus!
Dalek Empire!
Doctor Who Unbound!
Excelis!
Iris Wildthyme!

There's still the month-long sale.
I haven't decided what I want to pick up.
Sarah Jane Smith and Dalek Empire are the best savings.
I think I'll pick Sarah Jane Smith (Seasons 1 & 2), Gallifrey (Season 1 through 3), and UNIT (Season 1).

[Thyme Laird]

Big Finish has announced that Saturday October 22 is Doctor Who: The Companion Chronicles Day, when – for one day only – the first season of the audio series will be available at massively discounted prices, only from www.bigfinish.com.

Each individual CD can be purchased from the website for £5.00, while the entire season of four stories is just £16.00.

“The Companion Chronicles has been a success story for us,” says executive producer Jason Haigh-Ellery, “and this one-day sale should allow those who’ve never heard one to jump aboard and find out what the fuss is about. Sadly, due to contractual reasons, we’re only able to offer this first series on CD – there will be no downloads of the stories.”

Season One of the Companion Chronicles comprises the following adventures:

1.1 Frostfire
Written by Marc Platt
Performed by Maureen O’Brien as Vicki, with Keith Drinkel
Vicki has a tale to tell. But where does it start and when does it end?

1.2 Fear of the Daleks
Written by Patrick Chapman
Performed by Wendy Padbury as Zoe, with Nicholas Briggs as the Daleks
Why has Zoe Heriot been having nightmares about the Daleks? And who is the Doctor, a mysterious man from her past?

1.3 The Blue Tooth
Written by Nigel Fairs
Performed by Caroline John as Liz Shaw, with Nicholas Briggs as the Cybermen
When Liz Shaw's friend goes missing, she discovers a potential alien invasion that will have far-reaching effects on her life…

1.4 The Beautiful People
Written by Jonathan Morris
Performed by Lalla Ward as Romana, with Marcia Ashton as Carna
The Fourth Doctor and Romana discover that all is not well at the Vita Novus Health Spa.

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Big Finish will be having another sale this month.
I've been waiting eight months for this.
Not quite sure when it is (possibly the 10th) or what is being discounted.
They did say there will be quite a lot on sale.
I just hope I have enough time to listen to some of them before next semester.