Doctor Who: The Sirens of Audio

Today we speak with Big Finish Executive producer Jason Haigh-Ellery on the origins of the company and some of the proceeses involved when it comes to making decisions about the content they produce. Thanks for taking the time to have a chat with us Jason! Philip recommends Survivors & The Tomorrow People (Big Finish) Dwayne recommends Zoom Zoom by Toyah Wilcox (Music) Next time we will review...

With podcasters and YouTubers scrambling to make content around this earth-shattering announcement, we were no exception and wanted a turn too!    Despite our focus being mainly on the audio adventures of Doctor Who, we feel the TV series and events surrounding it have a flow on effect to Big Finish in one way or another.   Here are some of our thoughts.    Tell us your th...

Our guest for this episode is Big Finish sound designer and podcaster, Benji Clifford. We talk about the contrast between the past and present of what is acceptable in entertainment, sound design (of course) and what it's like to find yourself working on a show you grew up loving as a kid.  Philip recommends Survivors (Big Finish full cast audio series) Dwayne recommends Doctor Who - The Thir...

Strap yourselves in for Randomoids VI - Revenge of the Selectortron, where we dive into a randomly selected Big Finish audio and give it a review in less than 30 minutes. This time it's Blake's 7 - The Liberator Chronicles - The Armageddon Storm .  We also delve into some recent feedback left by our audience, including some suggestion and what you, the audience would like us to review on the...

Join us as we chat with actress Sally Knyvette about her acting career, Blake’s 7, Doctor Who, working in the theatre, television and audio and the environment.  Find out more about the forthcoming "Venna's Planet" by visiting https://www.b7media.com/oh-my-krog-vennas-planet-cast-revealed/ To hear Sally's full showreel, visit http://www.vocalpoint.net/fvo/knyvette/ Donate to Sally's charity h...

In this edition we review a selection of stories released by Big Finish between June and August 2021.  Those stories include: Doctor Who: The War Doctor Begins - Forged in Fire Doctor Who: Scourge of the Cybermen Lady Christina Series 2 Doctor Who: Dalek Universe 2 Sherlock Holmes: The Seamstress of Peckham Rye Blake's 7: The Palluma Project The War Master: Killing Time Doctor Who: The Ninth...

Rob from The Doctor Who Show - thedwshow.net  discusses stories 21-30 in the Big Finish Doctor Who Monthly Range .    This chat is based on Rob's blog rankings as he makes his way on the great Big Finish journey through the Monthly Range.   Check out his blog at policebox.net   Visit our YouTube channel for the video verison of this episode.  sirensofaudio.com

Our guest this time is BILL BAGGS, founder of Audio Visuals fan productions of Doctor Who, and BBV, producing many Doctor Who related spinoffs both on audio and video. We discuss Bills background, and many of his productions through the years, what's in store for the future of BBV and the newly revampsed website bbvproductions.co.uk where most productions are now available as direct downloads for...

In the first of a series of forthcoming Blake's 7 themed episodes over the next couple of months, we are privileged to be joined by the actor who played Space Commander Travis in series 1, namely, Stephen Greif.  Stephen talks in-depth about his upbringing and what drew him to acting, his time at The Old Vic and working with Sir Laurence Oliver, the appeal of recreating Travis on audio for Bi...

Joining us is Elliot Chapman, the actor who was cast to play Ben Jackson, companion to the first and second Doctors for Big Finish ranges " The Early Years " and " The Companion Chronicles ".  Elliot chats about his time in the role, his pathway to acting, his experiences in the recording studio and why he decided to hang up Ben's uniform.  Thanks so much for chatting with us Elliot!&nbs...

We are joined by the delightful Pamela Salem, famous in Doctor Who for her roles in The Robots of Death in 1977 and Remembrance of the Daleks in 1988. She has since gone on to Big Finish where she has reprised both of her classic Doctor Who roles in two spin-off series - Counter-Measures and The Robots.  Pamela speaks about her childhood, how her career in acting began, working with Sean Conn...

Rob from The Doctor Who Show - http://thedwshow.net/ discusses stories 11-20 in the Big Finish Doctor Who Monthly Range.    This chat is based on Rob's blog rankings as he makes his way on the great Big Finish journey through the Monthly Range.   Check out his blog at http://policebox.net/   See the video edition on our YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrU3MLlOe...

In this episode "We've Got Randomoids" again. This time the Big Finish Randomoid Selectortron has chosen two 8th Doctor adventures to discuss, Scaredy Cat and The Vengeance of Morbius .  Philip recommends The Writers Tale by Russell T. Davies (Book) Dwayne recommends Doctor Who: Scourge of the Cybermen (Big Finish audio novel) Next time.... Pamela Salem joins us to talk about her career and h...

Our special guest host for this episode is Suky Khakh from Doctor Who podcast Progtor Who and Star Trek podcast Trek This Out .  We discuss three Big Finish stories that feature classic Doctor Who villains that have so far only made a single return in audio.  Those stories are: Doctor Who: Return of the Krotons (6th Doctor, Charley) Doctor Who: Return to the Web Planet (5th Doctor, Nyssa...

Artwork and trailers are essential for quality audio drama. In this episode we speak with graphic artist Chris Thompson about his work in this often unsung area.  For those listening and not watching on YouTube, you may wish to check out these links to the trailers discussed: Captain Scarlet & The Mysterons https://youtu.be/NHuCTrFQVxk Space: 1999 – Breakaway https://youtu.be/98vKPYIslwQ...

We present our recent conversation with the delightful Katy Manning, who talks about her work for Big Finish, her play, Not A Well Woman, life in Australia and LA and much, much more. Thank you so much for all you give to Doctor Who fans and to the world in general Katy! Philip recommends Not A Well Woman by Katy Manning (Big Finish Drama Showcase) Dwayne recommends Get Out by Big Scary (Music) Ne...

It begins.     Rob from The Doctor Who Show - http://thedwshow.net/  sets off with us to discuss the first 10 stories in the Big Finish Doctor Who Monthly Range. The Big Finish From The Beginning flashcast is also available as a playlist on our YouTube channel . sirensofaudio.com

We introduce friend of the podcast Rob from The Doctor Who Show - http://thedwshow.net/ - as he explains the motivation behind his decision to begin the "great journey" of the Big Finish Monthly range, from #1 to #275.    The Big Finish From The Beginning flashcast is also available from our YouTube channel.  sirensofaudio.com

It's that time of the month again where we dive into some stories that the Big Finish Randomoid Selectortron selected for us. This time it's Jago & Litefoot Series 8 .  We'll also have a chat about some of the latest Big Finish releases from May and June 2021.  Plus, as an introduction to this episode, we share episode 2 of our new flashcast, Big Finish From The Beginning, with Rob f...

Lisa Bowerman's first foray into the Doctor Who was in 1989 as Kara in the final story of the original television run. It was in 1998 however, that she took on one of the "wilderness years" most iconic characters for Big Finish, Professor Bernice Summerfield. Originally created for the Virgin New Adventures range by Paul Cornell, Benny was the character Big Finish turned to when their first attemp...

In this episode we discuss a selection of our favourite Doctor Who related podcasts, and to help us we are joined by our special guest Dan Hadley from Type 40 .  We also debut a new flashcast called Big Finish From The Beginning, in which we are joined by Rob from The Doctor Who Show to discuss his great journey, listening to the entire monthly range of Big Finish audio plays. The flashcast w...

Our special guest is Sadie Miller, who is now recreating the character of Sarah Jane Smith for Big Finish. Sadie speaks about growing up with two actors for parents, her career so far and how she has come to be cast in the role made famous and universally loved by her late mother, Elisabeth Sladen.  In a change for the podcast, Philip and Dwayne's latest journey down the rabbit hole see them...

It's that time again, where we review 2 stories hurled at us at random by the Big Finish randomoid selectortron. And the stories are:  Doctor Who: Sword of Orion by Nicholas Briggs  &  Doctor Who: The Star Men by Andrew Smith  Recommendations  Philip recommends Moira Moments by Nigel Fairs (podcast audiodrama)  Dwayne recommends Mary Tamm: First Generation read by...

In the final part of our interview with Gary Russell, he speaks about working with Eighth Doctor Paul McGann, the Divergent Universe arc, his reaction to the new TV series as it related to Big Finish in 2005, dealing with the BBC as a licensee, songs in Doctor Who, leaving Big Finish to work on the TV show, his views on Big Finish productions since he left and what he would do if he were showrunne...

In this special episode, Dwayne shares the recording of an interview he conducted with the late Paul Spragg in London on 7th April 2011.  *DISCLAIMER While mention is made of "The Paul Spragg Short Trip Opportunity" during this podcast, as at the time of publication, it has not been officially announced by Big Finish for 2021. Music: In A Big Country by December Website: sirensofaudio.com