2019 in Big Finish
Jan. 8th, 2019 07:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
quipxoticMy pre-writing rewatching of "The Haunting of Hill House" is nearly finished and I'm on the final episode. Over the weekend I wrote about 600 words of a random scene between Helen (the very proper 1960s museum professional/linguist) and Poppy (the evil flapper ghost) that may not end up in the final version. So yeah...lots of work to do.
While I'm waiting to get on with all of that, I thought I'd tell you a bit about upcoming audios that I'm excited for in 2019.
The headliner this year will be "The Legacy of Time," a six CD set to celebrate 20 years of Doctor Who at Big Finish. Details are a bit scarce still since it doesn't come out until July, but the writers are all regulars, including my favorite John Dorney. While not quite a cast of thousands, it features quite a few beloved characters, including: the Third through the Eighth Doctors (with Tim Treloar again carrying on for the late Jon Pertwee); Romana II; Leela; River Song; Jenny (the Doctor's Daughter); the Nine; Bernice Summerfield; Kate Stewart; Osgood; Jo Grant; Ace McShane; Charlotte Pollard; and DI Patricia Menzies, among others.
There are two River Song box sets coming out in 2019. Vol. 5 features River vs four incarnations of the Master, including Missy and Derek Jacobi's War Master. Vol. 6 will give River the chance to meet companions from the First, Second, and Third Doctor eras (and probably a few Doctors too). River will also feature in "UNIT - Incursions," which Big Finish has teased will feature a major character death. My money is on Warren Brown's Sam Bishop which, if it happens, will be a shame. Both the character and actor are fantastic, but Brown's TV and movie career are really picking up so scheduling him is probably difficult.
Speaking of Missy, she's getting her own series in 2019, as are The Paternoster Gang and Rose Tyler. The Tenth Doctor and Donna are coming back for "The Tenth Doctor Adventures Volume 03," which evidently features a fake married storyline. Jacqueline King and Bernard Cribbins are returning as Sylvia Noble and Wilfred Mott in that volume.
There's another big meeting of the clans in the Eighth Doctor set Ravenous 3. Charley, Bliss, and River Song will join Liv and Helen in the second story, "Companion Piece," written unsurprisingly by John Dorney. If you have a Big Finish story that has five female characters all interacting with each other all at the same time, the odds are very high it's a Dorney script. Paul McGann must have been busy in 2018, because he's in a lot of 2019 audios including "The War Master: Rage of the Time Lords" where he faces off with Derek Jacobi. He will also be back in a new Eighth Doctor/Lucie Miller box set.
"The Eighth of March" is another title I'm really looking forward to because it's female led in the writing, directing, and cast (in fact, there's only one male cast member listed as of the moment). I don't know much about the writers (Lisa McMullin, Lizzie Hopley, Gemma Langford, and Sarah Grochala), but I'm exited to hear what they bring to the Doctor Who universe.
In the main range, we're getting a set of Fifth Doctor audios featuring Tegan, Turlough, and for the first time Kamelion. I always found Kamelion to be really, really creepy so I'm a little leary of this development. However, I love Tegan and Turlough so that at least is something to look forward to.
While I'm waiting to get on with all of that, I thought I'd tell you a bit about upcoming audios that I'm excited for in 2019.
The headliner this year will be "The Legacy of Time," a six CD set to celebrate 20 years of Doctor Who at Big Finish. Details are a bit scarce still since it doesn't come out until July, but the writers are all regulars, including my favorite John Dorney. While not quite a cast of thousands, it features quite a few beloved characters, including: the Third through the Eighth Doctors (with Tim Treloar again carrying on for the late Jon Pertwee); Romana II; Leela; River Song; Jenny (the Doctor's Daughter); the Nine; Bernice Summerfield; Kate Stewart; Osgood; Jo Grant; Ace McShane; Charlotte Pollard; and DI Patricia Menzies, among others.
There are two River Song box sets coming out in 2019. Vol. 5 features River vs four incarnations of the Master, including Missy and Derek Jacobi's War Master. Vol. 6 will give River the chance to meet companions from the First, Second, and Third Doctor eras (and probably a few Doctors too). River will also feature in "UNIT - Incursions," which Big Finish has teased will feature a major character death. My money is on Warren Brown's Sam Bishop which, if it happens, will be a shame. Both the character and actor are fantastic, but Brown's TV and movie career are really picking up so scheduling him is probably difficult.
Speaking of Missy, she's getting her own series in 2019, as are The Paternoster Gang and Rose Tyler. The Tenth Doctor and Donna are coming back for "The Tenth Doctor Adventures Volume 03," which evidently features a fake married storyline. Jacqueline King and Bernard Cribbins are returning as Sylvia Noble and Wilfred Mott in that volume.
There's another big meeting of the clans in the Eighth Doctor set Ravenous 3. Charley, Bliss, and River Song will join Liv and Helen in the second story, "Companion Piece," written unsurprisingly by John Dorney. If you have a Big Finish story that has five female characters all interacting with each other all at the same time, the odds are very high it's a Dorney script. Paul McGann must have been busy in 2018, because he's in a lot of 2019 audios including "The War Master: Rage of the Time Lords" where he faces off with Derek Jacobi. He will also be back in a new Eighth Doctor/Lucie Miller box set.
"The Eighth of March" is another title I'm really looking forward to because it's female led in the writing, directing, and cast (in fact, there's only one male cast member listed as of the moment). I don't know much about the writers (Lisa McMullin, Lizzie Hopley, Gemma Langford, and Sarah Grochala), but I'm exited to hear what they bring to the Doctor Who universe.
In the main range, we're getting a set of Fifth Doctor audios featuring Tegan, Turlough, and for the first time Kamelion. I always found Kamelion to be really, really creepy so I'm a little leary of this development. However, I love Tegan and Turlough so that at least is something to look forward to.
