Robin Hood finale delayed
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02/07/2009)
While we hate to be the bearers of further bad tidings on the day
Robin Hood was sadly cancelled, the final two
Robin Hood audio releases,
The Deer Hunter and
The Siege, have been unavoidably delayed at the reproduction stage. The delay should not be a long one, and copies will be sent out the minute we get them back from the repro house.
Apologies for the delay and any disappointment caused.
Bernice Summerfield: The Inside Story
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29/06/2009)
BERNICE SUMMERFIELD: THE INSIDE STORY
Available in August 2009!
EVEN BEFORE BIG FINISH began making
Doctor Who adventures, one woman was already making her mark: Bernice Summerfield. Created by Paul Cornell, the space archaeologist first appeared in the Virgin New Adventures novels alongside the Seventh Doctor, and it was from these novels that her first few audio adventures were culled, helping to fill the gap when there was no
Doctor Who on TV. The success of these opening instalments has led to nine subsequent series and regular
Bernice Summerfield books. As her latest, 10th, series of audio adventures gets underway, Big Finish proudly presents a book detailing Ms Summerfield’s rise from companion to fully-fledged lead.
Bernice Summerfield: The Inside Story, written by Simon Guerrier and comprising 320 illustrated pages and more than 300,000 words, is a chronicle of
Doctor Who while it was off the air. It picks up the story after David Howe’s
The Target Book, which covered the range of novelisations of original series episodes, and examines over 150 adventures for Benny in book, comic and audio form – some of which were never made. Many of those who wrote for The New Adventures and Benny have gone on to be involved with the new series of
Doctor Who – Cornell himself, Russell T Davies, Mark Gatiss, Matt Jones, Gary Russell, Simon Winstone, Steven Moffat and Joseph Lidster.
Since 1992, Benny has endured a long and successful publishing life, with many of Big Finish’s regular writers, including Mark Michalowski, Eddie Robson, Cavan Scott and Mark Wright, all cutting their teeth on her adventures. These people and many others are interviewed in the book, alongside New
Who supremo Russell T Davies, SF author Iain Banks and frequent Big Finish star and acting legend David Warner.
Bernice Summerfield: The Inside Story will be released in August priced £29.99 and can be pre-ordered now from www.bigfinish.com.
SPECIAL OFFER The pre-ordered copies will be signed by author Simon Guerrier and the voice of Benny, Lisa Bowerman.
More Stockbridge Horror!
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26/06/2009)
Later this year, the TARDIS will be returning to Stockbridge - the sleepy English village originally created for the
Doctor Who Magazine comic strip and most recently seen in
DWM 403-405 in
The Stockbridge Child. The new trilogy of audio adventures from Big Finish will star Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor, accompanied by Sarah Sutton as Nyssa.
"I loved the old 1980s DWM strips set in Stockbridge -
The Tides of Time,
The Stockbridge Horror,
Stars Fell on Stockbridge," says script editor Alan Barnes. "I loved the idea that the Fifth Doctor would make his home from home in a pretty English village, and that weird stuff would keep on happening there. The audios have visited the place before, briefly, in
Circular Time and will again in
Izzy's Story in
The Company of Friends.
"The three stories in our 'Stockbridge trilogy' are set in the past, present and future of the village. They're all very different. October's
Castle of Fear, set in the Middle Ages, is a galumphing historical adventure with, hopefully, a very surprising twist. Jonny Morris's
The Eternal Summer, released in November, is a weird
Sapphire and Steel-y sort of affair featuring mad UFO spotter Max Edison, and Mark Morris's
Village of the Damned, released in December, is a full blooded horror-ish sort of thing, with sinister ravens and zombie cricketers!" While the casts are still a closely guarded secret, star of the imminent
Torchwood:
Children of Earth Susan Brown (see picture) will be taking a role in more than one of the plays...
In other news, the cast of
Blue Forgotten Planet (September) has been confirmed. JJ Feild (who starred in the BBC's
The Ruby in the Smoke and
The Shadow in the North) plays David McCallister, Alec Newman (
Children of Dune) plays Ed Driscoll, and Andree Bernard (
The Shakespeare Code) is Ellen Green. The story stars Colin Baker's Doctor and India Fisher as Charley Pollard.
Finally, Nicola Bryant is making her debut as a
Doctor Who director with
The Companion Chronicles: The Prisoner of Peladon. Nicola, best known as 1980s companion Peri, has previously directed for Big Finish's
UNIT and
Judge Dredd ranges. This September release sees David Troughton return as King Peladon for the first time in 37 years, while Nicholas Briggs plays the Ice Warriors.
Companion Chronicles Download Sub Launched
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26/06/2009)
At last! After many requests from you, the listeners, we're delighted to announce the launch of a download-only subscription for
The Companion Chronicles. Take advantage of this money-saving option with the following offers:
6-month subscription: £40
12-month subscription: £75
To sign up, just follow
this link.
Big Finish June 2009 Podcast
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21/06/2009)
JUNE PODCAST
June is nearly over, so that must mean it’s time for Big Finish’s June Podcast! Nicholas Briggs, David Richardson and special, slightly annoying guest Paul Spragg have a fun-packed bag of goodies for you this time. Clips and trailers from the latest and upcoming releases of Stargate, Doctor Who, Highlander and Dark Shadows. There’s news on the new Sherlock Holmes audios and the return of Judge Dredd!
Can you resist? All you have to do to listen is go to that little box down on the left of the Big Finish home page, entitled ‘RSS Feeds’. You can either press the play button to stream the podcast or press the button marked ‘Podcast’ to go to the Podcast page here and download it.
Story clips and trailers featured are Doctor Who: The Drowned World, Worldwide Web and Paper Cuts; Stargate: Pathogen; Dark Shadows: Echoes of Insanity and Highlander: Secret of the Sword.
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