Big Finish have now been around longer than the Original Series

[Rich Watson]

As of today they've just passed the time between An Unearthly Child and and Survival Part Three. And they've so much stockpiled (not just with Tom) that could stop recording today and still have multiple releases a month for the next couple of years.

And if you really want your mind blown someone (thankfully not me) worked out that the total run time of everything Doctor Who related they've released until the end of July is nearly SIX TIMES longer than the Original Series, the New Series, Torchwood, The Sarah Jane Adventures, and Class combined.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

...which only serves to remind me that I'm waaay behind on my Big Finish audio plays!

 

[Captaindemotion]

Big Never Finish

 

[JD]

Damn, I knew they'd made a lot of Doctor Who, but I didn't realize it was that much.

 

[FredH]

...which only serves to remind me that I'm waaay behind on my Big Finish audio plays!

Oh, I gave up many years ago. Not that I could’ve afforded to purchase more than a fraction anyway, but it’s like what happened to me with the Pocket Books Trek novels, the Virgin New Adventures (and the BBC EDAs), the Bantam Star Wars novels (let alone the later New Jedi Order). After a not very long while there’s just too much to keep up with or catch up to, certainly if you’re also doing anything else.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

The thing is I want to catch up but I can't afford regular purchasing (which is needed for the multiple ongoing series I want to follow). I love Big Finish and I want to support them as much as possible but I just can't right now.

 

[Captaindemotion]

The thing is I want to catch up but I can't afford regular purchasing (which is needed for the multiple ongoing series I want to follow). I love Big Finish and I want to support them as much as possible but I just can't right now.

They have quite a bit on Spotify and also the BBC sounds app

 

[Rich Watson]

They have quite a bit on Spotify and also the BBC sounds app

And they put older stuff on sale for steep reductions fairly regularly.

That said, they definitely take advantage of the completionist mentality of some fans.

In September alone they've got eight different releases:
David Bradley 1st Doctor.
4th, 7th & 13th Doctors.
Both Eric Roberts and Sacha Dhawan Masters.
Torchwood.
And Benny Summerfield.

 

[Allyn Gibson]

The thing is I want to catch up but I can't afford regular purchasing (which is needed for the multiple ongoing series I want to follow). I love Big Finish and I want to support them as much as possible but I just can't right now.

I remember saying twenty-plus years ago, "Doctor Who is an expensive fandom." All fandoms can be expensive, but Doctor Who is much more so than most.