Fallen Hook

·1 hr 15 min·5 clips

A granddaughter hangs up on her grandfather with a final 'no contact' warning, sparking a mystery about what went wrong.

The episode opens with a cryptic phone call snippet, then hosts Benji Clifford and Nick Briggs introduce the show's segments. They preview 'Operation Vengeance', a Third Doctor story set during the Dunkirk evacuation, written with Tim Treloar. The Good Review Guy segment reviews the Fifth Doctor audio novel 'Prisoners of London', highlighting positive feedback from sites like SonicReviewWho and WhoReview. The hosts discuss the War Doctor box set 'Fallen Heroes', focusing on 'The Dead Sea', a detective story with weird reality shifts, featuring Jonathan Carley and Daisy Ashford. Listener emails include Dean Harrison's humorous warning about crinoid pods in Japan and Adam Ross's praise for 'Hook Light' and questions about Big Finish release formats. A long email from Stuart Derry proposes a scientific theory for ghosts based on energy conservation, leading to a discussion on agnosticism and the supernatural. The hosts also delve into the history of Doctor Who music, noting how 1960s electronic scores often outshone visual effects, with composers like Tristram Carey and Dudley Simpson. They preview 'Hook Light 2', an epic Fifth Doctor fantasy by Tim Foley, featuring Paul McGann's Eighth Doctor. The Randomoid Selectatron offers a discount on 'The Judgment of Sherlock Holmes', a story exploring Holmes's missing years. The episode concludes with a dramatic clip from 'The Dead Sea', involving a murder investigation on a beach with dead fish.

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A brisk Big Finish roundup that folds reviews, releases, and behind-the-scenes chatter into one hour.

The Big Finish Podcast opens by moving from family tension into a busy stretch of coverage: an upcoming third Doctor story, the Good Review Guy on Prisoners of London, and behind-the-scenes material on The War Doctor Rises, Fallen Heroes and The Dead Sea.

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One hour of Big Finish news, reviews, and release chatter, with Nick Briggs and Benji Clifford keeping the pace brisk.

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