I thought I’d collect together my random notes from various bits of Big Finish Day 4. No doubt I have mis-remembered a few bits and forgotten others completely. I do hope that for anyone who couldn’t make it that they provide some of the flavour of the day.

Roll on Big Finish Day 5!

Notes

Paul McGann / 8th Doctor:

• Dark Eyes is the leading edge of the Eighth Doctor stories but they will dip back into earlier periods occasionally (no details)
• There is a big journey before the events of Night of the Doctor
• Dark Eyes sells phenomenally well compared to the last Lucie Miller series, outselling the end of that range by a factor of three

Avengers:

• Licence only covers the first three boxsets
• Yes would love to do the rest of the series
• Yes would also love to write original stories to fit into the first series
• Obviously would love to do later series
• If it ever happens there is an actress (un-named) in people’s minds to play Steed’s companion
• It’s clear the cast and crew enjoyed working on this
• The story Radioactive Man should be one to look out for if you are a fan of how language has changed and like accidental (and intentional) double entendres
• No possibility of a Counter Measures crossover - too many licenses to make work

More general:

• Something will be announced soon with two great actors
• Plans for the Third Doctor are finalised but no announcements for a while
• Counter Measures 3 being recorded now
• Frankenstein finished recording on Saturday
• Dracula being considered but unsure how
• Jekyll and Hyde is a possibility
• Dorian series sells ok but not sure about the long-term viability
• A musical treat from Nick Briggs might be in the works provisionally entitled Lucy in the Sky with Daleks (joke)
• A lot of feedback on the web site - there will be a survey, a way to save to buy later, tweaks to the front page (range icons never keep still might be looked at)
• There will be some crossover between the Liberator Chronicles and the Blake’s 7 full cast (Anthony Howells’s character for example)
• No real news on the AudioGo / BBC Audiobooks and future licenses
• Everyone should read the Finished Product fanzine