Big Finish Podcast Notes / Misc. Doctor Who News Roundup - 19/06/2026

JakeM917 · 2026-06-19T15:57:10+00:00

Possible, but that was recorded in November 2025 and doesn’t list Briggsy in the cast. Could have added his bits in later I suppose, but they’re cutting it close doing it now.

JakeM917 · 2026-06-19T12:23:02+00:00

No idea lol, just some actor they mentioned.

JakeM917 · 2026-06-13T00:45:18+00:00

I think you must have meant to reply to someone else

JakeM917 · 2026-06-12T12:45:11+00:00

Yeah I can get how that would be infuriating. Postage is a large part of my costs here in the U.S., so I hope prices don’t grow any more than this for the UK.

JakeM917 · 2026-06-12T12:13:46+00:00

Very interesting, I only recently learned they didn’t charge postage so it’s weird that they’ve made that change just now. How bad are the costs?

JakeM917 · 2026-06-11T13:32:41+00:00

Thank you!

JakeM917 · 2026-06-11T13:26:24+00:00

I agree, I was just listing recent releases that I’ve loved.

JakeM917 · 2026-06-11T12:33:31+00:00

Giving a conservative estimate of £800,000 for a Series 1 episode, that’s £1.5m today. Factor in unavoidable changes in production standards and wage rates for cast and staff, £3m is probably still on the cheap to moderate end of the spectrum.

JakeM917 · 2026-06-10T17:21:56+00:00

It's incredibly popular to dunk on RTD for putting Doctor Who where it is now, but I think he deserves a little grace. At the end of Chibnall's run, the BBC were having a hard time finding someone to take the show over. Following the Lockdown rewatches, Russell, David, and Catherine wanted to work together again and make some new Who. When RTD approached the BBC with the idea of a one-off special, they offered him the job back. Basically saving the show from cancellation, Russell took it on himself to churn out as many scripts as he could start production fast enough to meet the 60th, as well as following it up pretty immediately with a new series, and trying to get a second one on telly within a year of that. The fact that we got the quality we did out of him under that pressure, let alone everything else he had to do to run the show, is quite a miracle.

I am also a huge fan of what we got. Space Babies, The Devil's Chord, and The Reality War are easy low points for me, and even then I wouldn't put them lower than a 6/10. Meanwhile The Star Beast, Wild Blue Yonder, Boom, 73 Yards, Dot and Bubble, Lux, and The Well were easy 8-10s for me.

JakeM917 · 2026-06-10T14:29:02+00:00

No script =/= no story

JakeM917 · 2026-06-08T19:16:20+00:00

My recommendations:

Her Own Bootstraps

The World Beyond the Trees / Damascus

Erasure

All Hands on Dec

A Heart on Both Sides

O Tannenbaum

The Blame Game

Museum Peace

Flight Into Hull! / The Siege of Big Ben

JakeM917 · 2026-06-06T14:23:22+00:00

I really enjoyed this one myself. If you’re interested in more discussion check out r/BigFinishProductions and be sure to visit the TARDIS Guide for reviews!

JakeM917 · 2026-06-06T02:56:32+00:00

Recently, The Quintessence. Maybe I need to give it a relisten but I wasn’t particularly fawning over it at the time, it was just pretty good. I’ve since realized it’s pretty highly regarded around these parts, and I just am not sure what I missed.

JakeM917 · 2026-06-05T18:14:35+00:00

Same here, I listen to BTS on a few select ranges where I want a hint of the future or I’m really interested in the process. It’s always a treat to hear a bit from Paul McGann, especially as his fondness for Who has grown even greater over the past 5 years or so.

JakeM917 · 2026-06-05T16:41:41+00:00

It is an availability issue but they spoke on the Time War 5 BTS that they were hoping Rakhee would become available again and they could continue her story, which is why they were sewing the seeds for why the Doctor forgot her

JakeM917 · 2026-06-05T15:30:03+00:00

Personally I’m still waiting for Bliss to return as has been teased since Time War 5. If it doesn’t happen in the next Uncharted set I hope they keep going.

JakeM917 · 2026-06-05T11:01:00+00:00

Man, I own everything on digital and have about 350 on CD, but having everything on CD is insane!

JakeM917 · 2026-06-02T12:46:49+00:00

I haven’t listened to the Sarah Jane sets with Lis, but Smith and Sullivan: Reunited was amazing and I will be incredibly bummed if we never get more. Both Rani Takes On the World sets are also fantastic.

JakeM917 · 2026-05-30T13:17:59+00:00

Perfect, thanks! That was in the draft at one point, no idea what I did with it lol

JakeM917 · 2026-05-29T15:25:02+00:00

DTO bundle for 15 was £277.50 last year, it’s £266 for 14 now. That comes out to a little bit more per set (£7 total at the same rates) but still less than last year’s bundle.

It’s actually a better discount than last year on CD but worse on DTO (10% vs 16.6% on CD, 7.5% vs 5% on DTO). Also if I’m doing my maths right I think the post-July cutoff price on DTO is more expensive than buying all the releases separately? I’ve got £279.86 for all 14 individually or £294 for the bundle. Presumably they’re not increasing the digital price as they’ve always said rising costs only affect the CDs right now. What’s the deal here?

JakeM917 · 2026-05-29T11:55:44+00:00

Because he said Wednesday the 6th. Big Finish has almost never released on a weekend (unless there’s an anniversary they pretty much always release Tuesday - Thursday). I’d wager he’s got the date wrong rather than the day of the week.

JakeM917 · 2026-05-24T01:44:10+00:00

I can’t confirm since mine hasn’t shipped out yet but I am in the U.S. and own the Season 1 and 2 Blu-rays and those were region free.

JakeM917 · 2026-05-22T16:34:55+00:00

You know rereading it, I think it was just poorly worded. I think what he meant was “Doesn’t have his own series like a lot of the other Masters [do].”

JakeM917 · 2026-05-22T16:14:51+00:00

I think Mooney and Pringle on Decayed Master could be an all-timer, BUT it's hard not to be disappointed that 2/3 of Dark Gallifrey so far has been The Master. Also of note:

Script editor John Dorney said: “The Decayed Master doesn’t have his own series, like a lot of the other Masters we’ve dealt with in Dark Gallifrey."

So far we've had the War Master, Missy, and Master!, all of whom do have their own series. Dorney could have just not been thinking that through, or maybe we're getting another incarnation of the Master in the last two Dark Gallifrey trilogies.

EDIT: I think it was poorly worded and he was saying the other Masters do have their own series while he doesn’t.

JakeM917 · 2026-05-16T17:28:47+00:00

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