As previously announced, while the UK remains in lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, Big Finish is releasing free downloads of full-cast audio dramas – or #lockdownloads – for a limited time. 

Every Monday, a new story (or episode from a box set collection) can be downloaded for free exclusively from the Big Finish Weekly Deals page.

Each freebie can be unlocked by anyone who has registered for a Big Finish account (which is free to create) and played on the Big Finish listening app (which is free to install). Accompanying each free release is a selection of discounts on related titles. 

This week’s #lockdownload is: 

The Worlds of Big Finish: Part 1 – The Archive by David Llewellyn 

Originally released in May 2015, The Worlds of Big Finish brings together some of Big Finish’s best-loved characters in an adventure spanning thousands of years. In this first installment of the six-part epic, Abby and Zara are on the hunt to find a prophecy about their fate, but when they arrive at the Archive they find the person they’re looking for is already dead – and has been for the last thousand years... 

From the streets of Edwardian London to the corridors of a near-infinite library in the distant future, a single book holds the key to the fate of life on Earth.  

Some believe it predicts our future – and the apocalypse - with unnerving accuracy. Others will stop at nothing to destroy it, and will chase it from one side of the universe to the other; from a country house in the Roaring Twenties to the casinos of Mars, and from 221B Baker Street to the terrifying desert world of Sisyphus IX… 

Plus, for a limited time, Big Finish listeners can get up to 60% off the whole six-part adventure of The Worlds of Big Finish both as a collector’s edition CD box set and as a download.  

Producer Scott Handcock believes that The Worlds of Big Finish is a great way to introduce fans of the different ranges to each other, and said: “They’re six very different stories, reflecting their parent ranges and a whirlwind adventure in the company of seven brilliant heroes and anti-heroes. ‘We Love Stories’ has been the Big Finish slogan for a while now and I think this release demonstrates that sentiment more than anything!” 

All the above offers can be accessed at the Big Finish Weekly Deals page and must end at 23:59 on 28 February 2021. 

Big Finish is currently operating a digital-first release schedule. The mail-out of collector’s edition CDs may be delayed due to factors beyond our control, but all purchases of this release unlock a digital copy that can be immediately downloaded or played on the Big Finish app from the release date.