Question for the farmers of this thread, Ive got a Classic Doctor itch after I bought cards for a game I have never played so to continue on my self destruction, which Big Finish stories would you all say are the best to get back into things? Doesn't matter which Doctor really just looking for great older Doctor stories and I don't trust Reddit or bugman journalism to not make me listen to a story about the Doctor getting space HRT for a poor trans newborn.
4th Doctor stories are generally pretty safe, as they tend to steer pretty close to how Tom's era was.
The Philip Hinchcliffe presents collections are the best as they are unproduced TV stories from that era produced in audio form.
Or you could also listen to the Starbeast adaptation to get ready for the upcoming specials.
To be honest, any old BF audios from when they started would be fine. It's only within the last five years to six years that (like everything else) they've gotten really woke to the point that some Doctors (like Colin Baker) are unlistenable.
And now for something completely different.
So it's almost the anniversary and hilarity is ensuing. Copied from reddit, with the faggotry removed.
An Unearthly Child was written by Anthony Coburn, who helped in creating Doctor Who alongside Sydney Newman, Verity Lambert, C E Weber, Donald Wilson, and David Whittaker. He died in 1977, with his son Stef then inherited his estate after his mother’s passing in 2013.
Back in 2013 Stef tried to sue the BBC claiming that his father created the idea for the TARDIS and therefore deserved royalties for all of its uses. This was obviously thrown out by the BBC since the TARDIS was made by Verity Lambert, with Coburn only coming up with the police box exterior, which the BBC had earlier settled that they fully owned the design for in an early 2000s court case with the metropolitan police department.
That same year an audiobook reading of the Target Novelization of “An Unearthly Child” was to be released by AudioGO, but then the company fell through and the release was stalled till February 2015. The audiobook was however never released as Stef disputed the rights for its release and the audiobook currently being stuck in purgatory.
Now in 2023 he is using his ownership of the estate to pull “An Unearthly Child” from circulation due to him being mad at the casting of a gay black actor in the title role and demanding a massive settlement payment to give the rights back. These claims are currently being disputed by the BBC as Anthony was working directly for the BBC during the series creation as a staff writer and wasn’t a contracted hire like Terry Nation was when he made the Daleks. Since the Daleks were made for a contracted script, this is how the Daleks and Brigadier are controlled by the Terry Nation and Haisman Estate, but the Master or the Time Lords are controlled by the BBC since they were an internal creation.
One can only assume that he hopes to push the BBC into giving into his demands and has only made these ownership claims during the anniversary years in an attempt at drumming up as much press around it, which he is succeeding at. This habit can be seen by the fact that he recently put a DVD of the episode up for sale on eBay for £500 starting auction before taking it down after people found out it was him.
Currently the BBC is playing it safe by privating all clips of “An Unearthly Child” and there will probably be some legal action soon to resolve this issue but for now, I am enjoying the lulz, and will watch my pirate copy before the anniversary.
The guy is a troll, but I'm enjoying the antics and have made popcorn for the upcoming festivities.
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