Introduction

Hello all and welcome back to the Big Finish Podcast Notes! Hope you've all had a lovely week.

Podcast

Podcast Notes

• Nothing really this week. Just a long chat about Nick seeing the theatrical release of Star Wars with Chris Chibnall and a little discussion about an old show called Sergeant Cork, then a Good Review Guy for The War Doctor Begins: Enemy Mine.

Random Tangents: Nick was on the Says Who podcast recently and they had never heard of Sirens of Time: Redux, which Nick has flabbergasted by. Nick compares his work on it to George Lucas doing the special editions of the original Star Wars trilogy.

Production Interviews: The War Doctor Rises: Fear of the Light by Rochana Patel and Rutans vs Sontarans: Rendition by Tim Foley

Fifteen Minute Drama Tease: The War Doctor Rises: Fear of the Light - The Twilight Enclave by Rochana Patel

Randomoid Selectotron: 25% off a random Big Finish release every week! Just click on this link and enter the code BUCKUP. This week's selection: The Early Adventures: 2.2 The Forsaken

Big Finish News

New Releases

• The Thirteenth Doctor Adventures: Aegis by Noga Flaishon is released on 12 May (DTO: £9.99 | DTO + CD: £13.99), accompanied by a video trailer!
  • Synopsis: The Doctor and Yaz must infiltrate the Aegis Protectorate interplanetary defence expo in search of someone who has been dogging their travels. As the Doctor digs into the company’s main export, the sinister Trojan Program, Yaz faces a battle of her own. Will they finally uncover the truth about the Tourist?
• Dark Gallifrey: The Meddling Monks Part 2 by John Dorney is released on 12 May (DTO: £8.99 | DTO + CD: £10.99)
  • Monky Nuts  It’s time to host the neighbours for an evening soirée. But is the Monk’s fish dish a winner or will their guests prefer the Nun’s baby chicken? There’s only one way to find out and soon culinary battle has commenced. What could possibly go wrong? 
  • Monky Magic  There’s a big prize to be won at the local talent show. So the Monk and the Nun are soon brushing up their best stage acts in attempt to claim victory and ensure the success of their grand plan. What could possibly go wrong?

 

Trailers

• The Thirteenth Doctor Adventures: Aegis (Video Trailer)
• The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Thirteen O'Clock
• The Fourth Doctor Adventures: Lethal Progress

Cover Reveals

• None

News, Announcements, Videos, and Blog Posts

• Video: Interview | Mandip Gill answers listeners' questions
• Blog Post: A Celebration of Ianto Jones

Out of Print This Week

• The Monthly Adventures: 253. Memories of a Tyrant

Sales and Recommendations (As a reminder, bulleted stories are recommended by me, and those in bold are my favorites)

• Big Finish Warehouse Clearance: 70% off several items in the Big Finish warehouse that MUST GO!!! Use code HAWTHORN to access the sale. (Ends 17 May 2026)
  • Rani Takes on the World: Beyond Bannerman Road
  • The Third Doctor Adventures: The Return of Jo Jones
  • The Sixth Doctor Adventures: Water Worlds
  • The Tenth Doctor Adventures Volume 03 (Limited Edition)
  • Classic Doctors New Monsters 3: The Stuff of Nightmares
  • If anyone wants all of the vinyl releases in a series on this sale (e.g., Dalek Universe 1-3), go to the actual product page, not the sale, and select the bundle. They've reduced its price to match the sale, and you'll get combined shipping.
• DWM628 Offer: 50% off a select number of releases. Use the discount code FICTIONAL at checkout (Ends 30 June 2026)
  • The Monthly Adventures: 14. The Holy Terror
  • The Monthly Adventures: 271. Plight of the Pimpernel
  • The Seventh Doctor New Adventures Volume 01
  • The War Master: Escape from Reality

Big Finish Book Club: Discounts on a specially selected Big Finish audio drama every month. May's selection: Torchwood: Believe for just £9.99 on DTO.

Free Excerpt: Every month a 15 minute excerpt is chosen from an upcoming release to download for free. May's selection is The War Doctor Rises: The Twilight Enclave. Just click on the link and use this month's code RANI.

Free Day Friday: Every week, Big Finish highlights an excerpt from their Big Finish For Free! collection, and offer 25% off the full release using a unique sale code. This week's selection: The Invisible Man (Excerpt). Use discount code GRIFFIN at checkout to save 25% off the full release of The Invisible Man (Ends 17 May).

Big Finish Release Schedule

• 19 May - The War Doctor Rises: Fear of the Light
• 21 May - Rutans vs Sontarans: Rendition
• 27 May - Torchwood: Fare Well

Community Reviews via TARDIS Guide:

Release No.	Title	Score	Votes
1	UNIT: Eras: Hostile Universe
	Rise of the Valiant	3.36/5	45 votes
	The Indigo Child	3.34/5	40 votes
	The Life and Death of Private Eddie Wise	4.28/5	37 votes
	Deadstar	3.85/5	39 votes
8	Time War Uncharted 3: Branches
	The Only Girl in the World	3.65/5	54 votes
	False Dawn	3.30/5	51 votes
	The Council of Susan	3.60/5	48 votes
	All Over	3.63/5	46 votes
1.6	Thirteenth Doctor Adventures: Aegis	3.37/5	82 votes
5.2	Dark Gallifrey: The Meddling Monks Part 2
	Monky Nuts	4.46/5	25 votes
	Monky Magic	4.66/5	25 votes

What Big Finish I Was Listening To This Week: Finished Time War Uncharted 3: Branches. Underwhelmed by Council of Susan, but All Over was pretty good if not a bit convoluted at the end. Had to relisten to the last 20 minutes to really grasp what was happening.

General Doctor Who / Non-Big Finish News

News

• AMC+ Acquires exclusive US streaming rights to Doctor Who (2005-2022)

The Rumor Mill

• The AMC+ announcement has for some led credence to the rumors that they will be the international partner of the BBC for the show going forward.

Media/Merchandise

• Doctor Who: Leap of Eighth: The Unofficial and Unauthorised History of the Eighth Doctor is released 12 May
• The Time Museum: The Story of Doctor Who in 100 Objects from the makers of Doctor Who Magazine is available to pre-order and is due for release 11 June
• Jubilee by Robert Shearman, the novelisation of his Big Finish audio drama, is released on paperback on 14 May

Yesterday I saw that the second series of 9DAs were at a 70% discount on vinyl, and since I own the first series I knew I had to pick it up. But then I added all 4 to my cart at less than $60, the shipping price to the US was an astronomical $125!

I contacted sales and told them I’d like to buy them all with combined shipping. I had looked at the shipping for the bundle of 4 and it was only $40, so I asked if they could do this for me. They responded today letting me know that they have discounted the bundles for the vinyl releases to match the sale, plus there’s no per-order charge.

So, if you want a bundle of this or Dalek Universe, do NOT purchase through the warehouse sale. Go to the product page of a single release and select the bundle option. Hope this helps you guys!

Fair warning, just received my Great Holocron today, and am massively disappointed that the battery seems to be dead. Pulled the tab out and tried to turn it on to no avail. No worries, figured it just needed a charge. Plugged it in and the lights came on in the corners to indicate charging. Gave it a couple hours before I unplugged and attempted to turn it on. Still nothing. I plugged it back in and turned it on while charging and it works as normal. All this seems to me like the battery is dead. I’m going to contact Disney and see if I can get a replacement.

Introduction

Hello all and welcome back to the Big Finish Podcast Notes! Hope you've all had a lovely week.

Podcast

Podcast Notes

• Glad to know that title of the upcoming Thirteenth Doctor Adventures: Aegis is pronounced ee-jis.
• An e-mailer asks if a potential new website could include a Dark Mode. Nick says "I don't want to give anything away, but yes."
• After joking that The Human Frontier 2 will never be finished, Nick says "I think [it will come out in 2028], unless I die first."

Random Tangents: Nick doesn't like Dark Mode and doesn't use it for anything.

Production Interviews: Thirteenth Doctor Adventures: Aegis by Noga Flaishon and Dark Gallifrey: The Meddling Monks Part 2 by John Dorney

Fifteen Minute Drama Tease: Thirteenth Doctor Adventures: Aegis by Noga Flaishon

Randomoid Selectotron: 25% off a random Big Finish release every week! Just click on this link and enter the code BUCKUP. This week's selection: Bernice Summerfield: Road Trip.

Big Finish News

New Releases

• Time War Uncharted 3: Branches is released on 6 May (DTO: £24.99 | DTO + CD: £30.99)
  • Synopsis: Searching for the missing Cass, the Doctor and great-grandson Alex attempt to cross from one end of an unfamiliar universe to the other. Along the way, they meet this reality's version of their friend - the buccaneering Cassie, who has a destiny of her own.
    • 8.1 The Only Girl in the World by John Dorney Searching for Cass, the Doctor and Alex find themselves on board an odd slave spaceship with a version of their friend from the Uncharted universe - the swashbuckling and dangerous Cassie. Cassie is seeking revenge for the destruction of her homeworld - believing her destiny is to stop Mr Karl, the ruthless killer who obliterated it. But if that is her destiny, why is it so hard to fulfil?
    • 8.2 False Dawn by Alison Winter A galactic quarantine order has the Doctor investigating an invasive species that is rapidly spreading across the uncharted universe and infiltrating multiple dimensions. As the walls between worlds weaken, even the TARDIS struggles with keeping everything on the inside.
    • 8.3 The Council of Susan by Tim Foley Looking for a way through a dangerous Barrier, the Doctor and his friends stumble upon an unusual organisation. The Council of Susan is stationed by a wormhole – and they know all about the mysterious time traveller known as ‘Grandfather’. Are the Doctor and Alex due for a family reunion? Or will a darker presence try its best to sever all family ties?
    • 8.4 All Over by Patrick O'Connor Out on the ice lies an empty blue box. Luckily, there’s someone out here who can drag it to safety – that’s what Friends are for, after all. In a rundown house at the edge of the Uncharted, someone will face her destiny. It’s time for myths to be exposed and everything to end.

Trailers

• None

Cover Reveals

• The Eleventh Doctor Adventures: Hidden in Plain Sight (officially posted on socials this week, but revealed last week)

News/Announcements

• The Eleventh Doctor Adventures: Hidden in Plain Sight is officially announced for release in August. Story and cast details are out:
  • Synopsis: The Doctor has a new companion, Eleanor Fong, and he's ready to show her the universe. But on her first trip to an alien planet, Eleanor encounters an old foe of the Doctor's...
    • Tyranny of the Judoon by Ben Tedds An ominous threat has left the people of Hefestis living under the shadow of the Judoon. But award-winning journalist Octavia Cain is here to sniff out the truth. She's even found two Shadow Proclamation detectives who'll help her unmask it. If only the Doctor and Eleanor were actually from the Shadow Proclamation...
    • Gambit of the Judoon by Ben Tedds From: INVIGILATOR KOLLO To: ALL STAFF Subject: OPERATION PERSEUS The two persons of interest remain at large. There is a strong possibility they may attempt to infiltrate the Shadow Proclamation. Inform me or Captain Sydon of any and all developments, no matter how small. Additional reminder: I am not to be disturbed during my lunch hour.
    • Wanted Dead and Alive by Beth Axford The Doctor dies on the shores of Lake Silencio; it's a fact known across the universe. Only someone has arrived early, an old friend of the Doctor, ready to do whatever it takes to save him...

Out of Print This Week

• The Fourth Doctor Adventures Series 10 Volume 02
• The Fifth Doctor Adventures: Hooklight 1

Sales and Recommendations (As a reminder, bulleted stories are recommended by me, and those in bold are my favorites)

• Time War Sale: Up to 50% off releases and bundles set during the Time War! (Ends 10 May 2026)
  • Gallifrey: Time War 1 - 4 (Vol 1 | Vol 2 | Vol 3 | Vol 4)
  • Time War 4
  • The War Master: Only the Good
  • The War Doctor 1 - 4 (Vol 1 | Vol 2 | Vol 3 | Vol 4)
  • The War Doctor Rises: Morbius the Mighty
  • The War Doctor Rises: Fallen Heroes
• DWM628 Offer: 50% off a select number of releases. Use the discount code FICTIONAL at checkout (Ends 30 June 2026)
  • The Monthly Adventures: 14. The Holy Terror
  • The Monthly Adventures: 271. Plight of the Pimpernel
  • The Seventh Doctor New Adventures Volume 01
  • The War Master: Escape from Reality

Big Finish Book Club: Discounts on a specially selected Big Finish audio drama every month. May's selection: Torchwood: Believe for just £9.99 on DTO.

Free Excerpt: Every month a 15 minute excerpt is chosen from an upcoming release to download for free. May's selection is The War Doctor Rises: The Twilight Enclave. Just click on the link and use this month's code RANI.

Free Day Friday: Every week, Big Finish highlights an excerpt from their Big Finish For Free! collection, and offer 25% off the full release using a unique sale code. This week's selection: Dark Shadows: The Tony & Cassandra Mysteries: The Mystery at Crucifix Heights. Use discount code WITCH at checkout to save 25% off the full release of Dark Shadows: The Tony & Cassandra Mysteries Series 01 (Ends 10 May).

Big Finish Release Schedule

• 12 May - Thirteenth Doctor Adventures: Aegis
• 14 May - Dark Gallifrey: The Meddling Monks Part 2
• 19 May - The War Doctor Rises: Fear of the Light
• 21 May - Rutans vs Sontarans: Rendition
• 27 May - Torchwood: Fare Well

Community Reviews via TARDIS Guide:

Release No.	Title	Score	Votes
9	The Sixth Doctor Adventures: Expulsion
	The Reckoning	4.26/5	60 votes
	A Crucible of Queens	3.53/5	51 votes
	The Curse of the Duergar	3.56/5	48 votes
2	Zygon Century: Transformation
	1922: The Black Cadre	3.51/5	40 votes
	1968: An Incident in Death Valley	4.29/5	40 votes
	1974: The Caldwell Restitution	3.40/5	35 votes
1	UNIT: Eras: Hostile Universe
	Rise of the Valiant	3.50/5	38 votes
	The Indigo Child	3.33/5	35 votes
	The Life and Death of Private Eddie Wise	4.30/5	30 votes
	Deadstar	3.95/5	30 votes
8	Time War Uncharted 3: Branches
	The Only Girl in the World	3.67/5	33 votes
	False Dawn	3.41/5	28 votes
	The Council of Susan	3.72/5	18 votes
	All Over	3.97/5	16 votes

What Big Finish I Was Listening To This Week: Time War Uncharted 3: Branches, but only the first two stories. I loved The Only Girl in the World, and False Dawn was confusing but enjoyable.

General Doctor Who / Non-Big Finish News

News

• 20 years since The Girl in the Fireplace is celebrated on Doctor Who socials.
• Preservation efforts underway for Torchwood Hub entrance and Ianto’s Shrine.

The Rumor Mill

• None

Media/Merchandise

• Doctor Who: Circuit Breaker #1 from Titan Comics is available to order from Forbidden Planet or wherever you get your comics.
• Doctor Who: Circuit Breaker TPB from Titan Comics is available to pre-order.
• Doctor Who: The Rescue is released 7 May on CD and download.
• Doctor Who: Circle of Memory by Bob Ayres is released 7 May on CD and download.

Introduction

Hello all and welcome back to the Big Finish Podcast Notes! Hope you've all had a lovely week.

There are a couple links at the bottom of this post I couldn't provide as products were only available through Amazon, and the subreddit's filters automatically remove my post if it includes Amazon links.

Podcast

Podcast Notes

• The cover to the podcast has regenerated!
• Nothing of note, but we've got plenty of goodies in Vortex.

Random Tangents: Benji bought a CRT to play PS2 games.

Production Interviews and Fifteen Minute Drama Tease: Time War Uncharted 3: Branches - The Only Girl in the World by John Dorney

Randomoid Selectotron: 25% off a random Big Finish release every week! Just click on this link and enter the code BUCKUP. This week's selection: The Monthly Adventures: 237. The Helliax Rift

Vortex #206

• Planet Krynoid: Survivors
  • The first story will follow survivors Tiro and Letty as they encounter a cast of new character, including monster hunters Saber and Latch. The story gives a clear nod to Aliens.
  • Tamsin Greig's Overseer Amesus Vail will debut in the second story, alongside Gina Bellman as Katarina. It takes place 100 years before the events of Nightfall, and will show us how the Doctor ended up in the first set.
  • Jonathan Morris describes his story, the final story in the set, as a kind of folk horror, "The Wicker Krynoid!"
• The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Thirteen O'Clock
  • Saffron, who is returning from the 2022 story Station to Station, will link up the Ninth Doctor before and after Rosea dn will be able to see the difference she has made to him.
  • The villain that has been drawing them back to the Powell Estate is a returning villain that has "been lurking in the background for quite some time."
• Gallifrey: War Room 3: Loyalties
  • The opening story was pitched as "What if Gallifrey met Saw?", and will test the relationship between the General and Rasmus.
  • Veklin has had enough of Ollistra and goes to side with Leela and the Resistance in the second story. We will also see a more vulnerable side of Narvin.
  • The third story follows Leela's journey to the heart of the matrix to rescue Romana. It will also tie old Gallifreyan lore to "new Doctor Who."
  • Heather Challands compares Rassilon in the Time War to a Roman Emperor being in charge of a modern war.
• The Fourth Doctor Adventures Series 15: Lethal Progress
  • Tim Foley's story in this release was one of his first scripts for Big Finish, and it sounds like he wrote many more for this series that will be released in the coming years.
  • John Dorney's story in the set is an attempt at a "oner" in film, obviously adapted to audio. There are no breaks between scenes and the story runs in real time.
  • Lizzie Hopley's story has a villain specifically written to give Tom Baker someone to spar with. She's "a scientist, masquerading as a robot, who has implanted the hearts of the 'defunct' population into her robot elite."
• Rutans vs Sontarans: Grave Moon
  • Lizzie Hopley was the one who brough C'rizz back into the fold with 2024's Sontarans vs Rutans: The Battle of Giant's Causeway.
  • "Grave Moon" doesn't necessarily describe anything in the story, just fits the tone. Though there is a Dagobah-like moon.
  • Lizzie loved writing interactions between the Eighth Doctor and Peri, and wishes she could do more in the future.
• Vortex Mail
  • Big Finish are considering ways to let you buy bundles that you already own releases in so you pay a little less and don't double-buy a release.
    • I imagine this will look something like it did on their new website where they simply bundled based on number of items purchased.
  • I don't want anyone to be misquoted on this, so I'll type verbatim: "There are no plans for more with Martha at the moment, Colin. Sadly, Freema Agyeman seems very unlikely to revisit the character again."

Big Finish News

New Releases

• UNIT: Eras: Hostile Universe is released on 29 April (DTO: £24.99)
  • Synopsis: UNIT. Humanity’s first and best line of defence against a hostile universe. No matter where. No matter when.
    • 1. Rise of the Valiant by Andrew Smith 2008. The Earth has been stolen and planets fill the sky. With the Doctor otherwise engaged, it falls to UNIT's finest - Colonel Mace, Harry Sullivan, and the retired Brigadier Lethbridge Stewart - to take the fight back to the Daleks. Because deep in the Brazilian rainforest, a secret weapon with a familiar name is waiting. And it's ready to fly.
    • 2. The Indigo Child by Ken Bentley 2017. UNIT has been shut down, its heroes targeted. After an attempt on her life, Kate Stewart fights from the shadows, doing what she can to protect the people of Great Britain. Reunited with Petronella Osgood, Kate goes undercover to save a child refugee with psychic powers. It's a race against time, and a new enemy is determined to win.
    • 3. The Life and Death of Private Eddie Wise by Hannah Kennedy The dawn of UNIT. Aliens have invaded and Eddie Wise is far from ready. Plagued by nightmares and lying to his fiancé, the beleaguered Eddie becomes embroiled in a plot to bring his workplace to its knees. To make matters worse, there's a journalist on his tail. Because Sarah Jane Smith needs the scoop on UNIT, and Private Wise might just be the man she needs.
    • 4. Deadstar by Joshua Pruett and Jonathan S Powell 2023. The Toymaker has been vanquished and UNIT stands tall. But when a cutting-edge telescope is brought online, the UNIT skyscraper is plunged into lockdown. Besieged by an impossible foe, Melanie Bush and new recruit Dr Isla Ellis need all their wits to survive. Because the stars have woken up, and something is very wrong with the Vlinx.

Trailers

• Rutans vs Sontarans: Rendition

Cover Reveals

• The Fourth Doctor Adventures Series 15: Lethal Progress
• The Eleventh Doctor Adventures: Hidden in Plain Sight
• Rutans vs Sontarans: Grave Moon

News/Announcements

• Circuit Breaker is set to kick off 25 June, and details have been announced as to all the tie-ins to the cross-media event, including Big Finish's contributions. Robert Valentine has penned the epic two-hour finale to the whole event, Circuit Breaker: Full Circuit (DTO: £13.99 | DTO + CD: £21.99), due for release 22 September. Two days later on 24 September, a pair of Short Trips will be released together as Short Circuits (DTO: £11.99). Both releases can be purchased as a bundle for £23 on DTO or £31 on DTO + CD. Full details for the multimedia event are listed below in my Doctor Who news section.
• The Eleventh Doctor Adventures: Hidden in Plain Sight is announced and is due for release in August (DTO: £19.99), as the Eleventh Doctor and companion Eleanor Fong are set to take on the Judoon!
  • At the time of writing there hasn't been a social media or press announcement for this, but it was revealed on the Whoniverse Show and is available for pre-order.

Out of Print This Week

• Unbound: Doctor of War 1: Genesis
• The Fourth Doctor Adventures Series 15: The Ministry of Death
• Not OOP yet but there are less than 50 copies of Hooklight 1 and 2

Sales and Recommendations (As a reminder, bulleted stories are recommended by me, and those in bold are my favorites)

• UNIT Sale: Up to 50% off releases and bundles across all UNIT ranges (Ends 4 May 2026)
  • UNIT: Brave New World: Fractures
  • UNIT: Silenced
  • UNIT: Nemesis 1: Between Two Worlds
• DWM628 Offer: 50% off a select number of releases. Use the discount code FICTIONAL at checkout (Ends 30 June 2026)
  • The Monthly Adventures: 14. The Holy Terror
  • The Monthly Adventures: 271. Plight of the Pimpernel
  • The Seventh Doctor New Adventures Volume 01
  • The War Master: Escape from Reality

Big Finish Book Club: Discounts on a specially selected Big Finish audio drama every month. May's selection: Torchwood: Believe for just £9.99 on DTO.

Free Excerpt: Every month a 15 minute excerpt is chosen from an upcoming release to download for free. May's selection is The War Doctor Rises: The Twilight Enclave. Just click on the link and use this month's code RANI.

Free Day Friday: Every week, Big Finish highlights an excerpt from their Big Finish For Free! collection, and offer 25% off the full release using a unique sale code. This week's selection hasn't been posted yet, but I'll keep you updated.

Big Finish Release Schedule (Schedule for May isn't out yet so let's make some guesses)

• 6 May - Time War Uncharted 3: Branches
• 12 May - Thirteenth Doctor Adventures: Aegis
• 14 May - Dark Gallifrey: The Meddling Monks Part 2
• 19 May - The War Doctor Rises: Fear of the Light
• 21 May - Rutans vs Sontarans: Rendition
• 27 May - Torchwood: Fare Well

Community Reviews via TARDIS Guide:

Release No.	Title	Score	Votes
1.5	The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Pandemonium	3.87/5	126 votes
9	The Sixth Doctor Adventures: Expulsion
	The Reckoning	4.25/5	53 votes
	A Crucible of Queens	3.62/5	45 votes
	The Curse of the Duergar	3.58/5	43 votes
2	Zygon Century: Transformation
	1922: The Black Cadre	3.58/5	32 votes
	1968: An Incident in Death Valley	4.33/5	30 votes
	1974: The Caldwell Restitution	3.44/5	27 votes
1	UNIT: Eras: Hostile Universe
	Rise of the Valiant	3.69/5	21 votes
	The Indigo Child	3.50/5	18 votes
	The Life and Death of Private Eddie Wise	4.25/5	16 votes
	Deadstar	4.14/5	14 votes

What Big Finish I Was Listening To This Week: The Curse of the Duergar, which I thought was alright but a very anticlimactic end to the set. I also listened to Zygon Century: Transformation, which I thought was pretty good (especially the stellar 1968: An Incident in Death Valley), and makes me excited for the inevitable conclusion.

General Doctor Who / Non-Big Finish News

News

• Doctor Who: Circuit Breaker launches on 25 June, kicking off an epic, multi-platform adventure unfolding this summer across audio, publishing, gaming and digital, bringing fans together for one connected, must-follow Whoniverse event. Full details can be found on the Doctor Who website, including new promo art, an infographic, a first look at Titan's art for their comic book contribution, and this week's Whoniverse Show giving you the rundown. For your benefit, I have included the schedule and links for purchase below. If specific releases aren't available for pre-order yet, I'll make an informed guess and include an asterisk (*).
  • Release Schedule and Ordering Information
    • 25 June: Calling the Doctor - UNIT website written by Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson
    • 8 July: Adversary of the Daleks (Issue #1: £4.60*) – Titan Comics, written by Dulce M. Montoya and Dan Watters, with stunning art from Roberta Ingranata and Sami Kivelä
    • 23 July: The Honourable Society (Digital: £6.99* | Physical: £7.99*) – Doctor Who Magazine issue 632, written by Jason Quinn and illustrated by Anthony Williams
    • 30 July: The Deadliest Weapon (Audible: £27.99) – BBC Audiobooks Audio Original written by Steve Lyons, narrated by Jo Martin with David Banks as the Cyber-Leader
    • 4 August: Dawn of the Daleks (Issue #2: £4.60*) – Titan Comics, written by Dulce M. Montoya and Dan Watters, with stunning art from Roberta Ingranata and Sami Kivelä
    • 6 August: Castling – East Side Games (Lost in Time mobile game) written by Mario Mentasti
    • 17 August: Don’t Blink! – UNIT website written by Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson
    • 20 August: The Doctor and the Three Witches (Paperback: £12.99) – Puffin book re-release of Time Lord Fairy Tales that includes this new story written by Janelle McCurdy
    • 27 August: Moment Mori – East Side Games (Lost in Time mobile game) written by Mario Mentasti
    • 31 August: The Black Archive Files (Blu-ray: £27.49) – Circuit Breaker DVD release
    • 3 September: The Kaleidoscope (Hardback: £22.00) – Penguin Random House book written by Jo Martin ​
    • 22 September: Full Circuit (DTO: £13.99 | DTO + CD: £21.99) – Big Finish full-cast audio drama written by Robert Valentine
    • 24 September: Short Circuits (DTO: £11.99) – Big Finish audiobooks

     

  • Total Estimated Event Price: £141.64 (before tax + shipping)
    • Bundling the Big Finish releases at £23 DTO or £31 DTO+CD obviously will help save some costs, and if you have an Audible credit to use or can sign up for a month that should help with The Deadliest Weapon. The Blu-ray release also collects 10 episodes of Doctor Who that they've decided are tangentially related to the event, so it's not strictly necessary to buy.

The Rumor Mill

• >!There was an alleged leaked press release for Monday, 11 May that announces a global partnership with AMC for three new seasons of a Doctor Who "reboot." According to this leak it would still be a continuation in the same way Series 1 was in 2005, but it sounds like Bad Wolf would not be involved.!<
• Discussing soap operas publishing details of storylines ahead of episode releases, RTD muses in Doctor Who Magazine #629 "Wouldn't it be great if we got to this year's Doctor Who Christmas special and nothing had been spoiled and everything was new? Why do we do it any other way?" It's a crumb, but this was written at the beginning of the month so that's fairly recent positive indication that the special is still on.

Media/Merchandise

• Doctor Who: Battles in Time is available to order in the US via Amazon, with a release date of 1 September.