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There are some truly fantastic special offers for this weekend only over at Big Finish – not just on their audio adventures, but their books too!
Let’s start off with the 50th anniversary celebratory series, Destiny of the Doctors, monthly tales from the previous ten Doctors that culminated in The Time Machine, with Matt Smith’s Eleventh Doctor alongside Jenna Coleman as Clara Oswald. Some of these are pretty rare – especially Hunters of Earth and Death’s Deal – but Big Finish have the lot for £3.00 each or £1.99 for a download.
Yep, really.
Written by Nigel Robinson, Simon Guerrier, Andrew Smith, Jonathan Morris, Steve Lyons, Nev Fountain, James Swallow, Alan Barnes, Cavan Scott & Mark Wright, Darren Jones, and Matt Fitton, and directed by John Ainsworth, the cast for Destiny of the Doctors includes: Carole Ann Ford, Frazer Hines, Richard Franklin, Lalla Ward, Janet Fielding, Nicola Bryant, Sophie Aldred, India Fisher, Nicholas Briggs, Catherine Tate, and Jenna Coleman.
After announcing that more Short Trips download-only tales (like this month’s Dark Convoy) are coming over the next two years, the company are also offering their four-volume 2010-11 sets for £5.00 each, or £2.99 for download copies. These are, duh, shorter adventures, as told by William Russell, David Troughton, Katy Manning, Louise Jameson, Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sophie Aldred and India Fisher, starring the first eight incarnations of the Time Lord.
A further deal on The Fifth Doctor Box Set has also been extended, bringing the set down to £25 (£20 as download) after Iterations of I won the 2015 Scribe Award Best Audio release.
So plenty of goodies for your ears, but what books are there at bargain prices?
The two Big Finish Companion hardcovers, guides to several franchises from the company, including Doctor Who, Bernice Summerfield, Dark Shadows, The Tomorrow People, Sapphire and Steel, Stargate, Highlander, and then some. Also featuring behind-the-scenes interviews, these books at £30 on Amazon UK – but for this weekend only, they’re £10 each from Big Finish.
The second Doctor Who: The Audio Scripts book is also available for £5, while several Bernice Summerfield and Blake’s 7 books are also cheaper than usual.
The three Mervyn Stone Mysteries novels (written by regular contributor, Nev Fountain) can be bought for £10 each for the limited-edition leatherbound version, £6 for the hardback, and £3 for the paperback.
And fans of the brilliant Robert Shearman (writer of the 2005 episode, Dalek) can pick up leatherbound special editions of his play and short stories collections, Love Songs for the Shy & Cynical, Caustic Comedies and Everyones’s Just So So Special for£10 each, hardcover versions £6 and paperback versions £3 per volume. The audiobook version of Love Songs is also available at £10.
Find a full list of books on offer over at their site.
I’ll likely be buying some Destiny of the Doctors CDs, the Big Finish Companion HCs, and perhaps the Fifth Doctor Box Set too. What have you got your eye on…?
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