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 Big Finish co-producer Gary Russell
has given some exclusive news about the future of their Doctor
Who audio range, in light of the new television series.
"The arrival of a new series on TV in 2005 has caused
us to move things around in our schedule somewhat," explains
Russell. "With, we hope, lots of new viewers coming to
Doctor Who next year, Big Finish, like BBC Books and everyone
else, is hoping they’ll want to investigate the show’s
past. Thus we thought it might not be the best time to have
an ongoing series of plays with running themes, alternate
universes and no TARDIS! I think it’s very important
to make potential newcomers feel welcome - we don’t
want them to feel as if they’ve missed out on so
much backstory that they can never catch up."
To that end, Big Finish has decided
to bring forward by a year or so the wrap-up to the Eighth
Doctor’s
‘alternative universe’ story arc.
"Yes, I suppose this rather reveals that he gets
out," smiles Russell. "However, I’d never
want to make things quite that simple for him or for those
listeners who have followed these stories all the way through
- I think it’s fair to say that he won’t leave
the Divergents’ universe untouched by the experience.
And whether or not Charley or C’rizz stay or go remains
to be seen." This new run of Eighth Doctor stories
will be the last to be released as a season - subsequent
adventures will appear in the annual line-ups in rotation,
as do the
regular Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Doctor
adventures. For all four of these new stories, Paul McGann
will be joined by India
Fisher as Charley, Conrad Westmaas as C’rizz and Stephen
Perring as the unscrupulous Kro’ka.
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