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Can you watch, listen to, and/or read one hundred #DoctorWho stories from a year in that year? Well done! You've done the Whoniverse tonne.

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This account is dead (like twitter) but here to note the crashing economy means luxury purchases like Big Finish are more and more expensive. Reviewers enthuse about Hooklight but at minimum it's $80. The CD bundle with postage is as much as a Doctor Who Collection bluray boxset.

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Of course there's not much Big Finish can do about this. (I can't really see Nick Briggs influencing the Reserve Bank of Australia's decisions.) But just to be aware. If I'm already unsure about a new series because of a writer's retweets, the $50.44 price seals the deal to skip.

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There are several reasons why I bought less Big Finish #DoctorWho this year — post-anniversary defervescence, a disastrous website launch — but the biggest is simple: it costs more now.

In late 2022 AU$1 got you 0.60 GBP. Today, the Aussie dollar is worth less than half a pound.

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When I preordered The Diary of River Song: Friend of the Family (January 2023) on CD it cost by the then exchange rate $44.83.

Preordering The Death and Life of River Song: Ace and Tegan (March 2025) would cost today $60.27, if I still want physical media, or $46.21 on download.

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@AuntieDrJo There's potential for re-novelisation of the more perfunctory Targets, if written by somebody involved in the story. Silver Nemesis redone by Andrew Cartmel. Louise Jameson's The Robots of Death.

I'd also really like a print version after 43 years of the Pickwick State of Decay.

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Big Finish have not yet released 100 #DoctorWho universe stories this year, but will get there by the end of October. (Depending on what you count as a full story or as part of one.)

Those chasing the Whoniverse tonne 2024 could choose a Big Finish path or a non-Big Finish path.

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Even if (for some reason) you were unable to easily access new Big Finish releases, you can as of late September find 100 non-Big Finish stories set in the #DoctorWho universe to watch, hear or read, that are new and/or new-to-format for 2024 — with more on the way!

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From the listing for the audiobook, the #DoctorWho Icons series from BBC Children's Books are written by Sophie McKenzie, L.D. Lapinski and Kalynn Bayron. Order unconfirmed, but perhaps Lapinski doing 13 and Frida Kahlo, McKenzie 10 and Darwin, and Bayron 15 and Shirley Jackson?

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I do enjoy listening to @bigfinish and would like to support good work, but I don't trust the new website as it stands to buy any more. I still have one preorder from 2023 remaining: Once and Future: Coda. I'll wait until November. If I receive Coda, I'll come back as a customer.

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Last year, in 60th anniversary fervour, I bought every #DoctorWho story @bigfinish released. This year I was more selective — my only preorder was Goth Opera. If I'd kept buying Big Finish at 2023 levels, I'd likely be wondering where the downloads are, like many other customers.

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To the rhythm of Intergalactic by the Beastie Boys:

Sylvester McCoy & Janet Fielding
Janet Fielding, Sylvester McCoy
Sylvester McCoy & Janet Fielding
Janet Fielding, Sylvester McCoy
Sylvester McCoy & Janet Fielding
Janet Fielding, Sylvester McCoy
Another dimension, another (etc)

[The Sirens of Audio @AudioSirens]

Sylvester is coming to Australia for a final visit. It’s going to be a sensational up close and personal experience. Not to be missed.

https://t.co/Ovd8nU7f9R

#DoctorWho #7thDoctor #SylvesterMcCoy

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Not sure about this new translation of Hergé to be honest…

[Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra @FubsyShabaroon]

I see Inane Evil’s having another normal one.

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Doctor Who and the Space Goblins
Doctor Who and the Space Babies
Doctor Who and the Space Music
Doctor Who and the Space Mine
Doctor Who and The Space
Doctor Who and the Space Karen
Doctor Who and the Space Ships

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@JackAceEverett https://t.co/4xcFf1J6mb

[Labi Siffre @labisiffre]

Having one of my songs, “Watch Me”, in an episode of the revered British Science Fiction television series Dr Who (a national treasure) broadcast by the BBC since 1963 is an honour indeed (more sought after than a knighthood 🤣). I watched the first episode (and many more). 👍🏾😀

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This scene. The Quin Dilemma was the 40th anniversary of The Twin Dilemma. The Thousand Year Thaw lets Peri move on from a passive victim of domestic violence (as seen by many fan essays) to someone with agency and compassion.

Highly recommend the audio, and Josh's great video.

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@50Doctor #DoctorWho does outstanding work when facing production constraints (Ncuti not available to film) and focusing on strengths (Millie's acting talent).

Interested to read how the novelisation expands around its ambiguities, hopefully remembering to "Give them their respect, Ruby."

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Today's #DoctorWho purchases include Ncuti Gatwa on the cover of the Australian edition of @TIME magazine.

The newsagent said several people today had come in and bought this combination of magazines…

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@MrJohnDorney @docoho Because exclusivity is the only thing Ian 'owns' about his fan vids.
Doctor Who belongs to the BBC.
The restored soundtracks are the work of Mark Ayres.
The original reconstructions are made by Loose Cannon.
All, like the actors' performances, taken and mangled for Ian adulation.

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Read some speculation about the Tea Lady's line in #DoctorWho The Devil's Chord: "That's me. Margaret Lockwood in The Wicked Lady."

Lockwood's character adopts various guises, is willing to kiss or kill anyone to make life exciting, and goes to great lengths to recover… a ruby.