What Big Finish stories should be animated? │Doctor Who

[@theRainbowWhoovesshow]

They should do the last adventure and trial of the valeyard with the 6th doctor animated 😁

[@CulturePhilter]

Good choice. 🙂

[@rassilontdavros3004]

At the very least, they should animate The Brink Of Death (the final part of The Last Adventure) for the Season 24 set.

[@BarryLetts379]

Eighth Doctor audios we need to visually see his adventures

[@CulturePhilter]

Absolutely. 😀

[@DanTheMan2150AD]

Spare Parts would be a treat but I wholeheartedly agree they should do Blood of the Daleks first

[@alexandergonyea4642]

Personally, I would love to see ALL of the 8th Doctor's stories animated. People are STILL asking for an 8th Doctor spinoff series when Big Finish has made an entire history for him that BBC has acknowledged as canon in Night of the Doctor when he says farewell to his companions before Regenerating. If Ravenous is going to be at least one of the last official adventures of his before the Time War, they should really think about going back and animating his adventures starting with the Charley era, then releasing them on DVD. In a sense, this could also really help bring people not familiar with Big Finish into the fold as well.

[@Princess_Ozma]

I personally would love to see I, Davros animated.

[@CulturePhilter]

Evilmastermind - cool. Why that one in particular?

[@Princess_Ozma]

@@CulturePhilter I think it's the best Big Finish story for new listeners, and it would not confuse people who want to watch this without listening to a Big Finish story before.

[@CulturePhilter]

Evilmastermind - fair enough. Davros is certainly well known so that helps.

[@alansunter2383]

Agreed.

[@crimsondynamo615]

Oh god yes. To see the life of Davros animated would be amazing to see how a man can grow from a boy to being the most evil person in the universe by creating the Daleks.

[@michaelsegal7443]

The Light At The End to get people’s attention. A multi doctor story featuring 8 doctors would get it noticeable

[@CulturePhilter]

Personally I think Light at the End might be a bit inaccessible to really draw in new listeners.

[@victorraulsantivanezrodriguez]

and 8th Doctor and a War Doctor animated series and all the circle would be completed... until christopher eccleston acept to me 9th again for 2 animated series

[@theoutcastboi]

Sirens of Time and Storm Warning, the very first BF story and the the very first BF 8 story. After that, they could do, Energy of the Daleks, Spare Parts, the Marian Conspiracy, Master and Chimes of Midnight. Generally, I'm going to say they should do the earlier stuff first. Of course, this is assuming they do animate BF stories, which I think is unlikely. I think they might do original to animation stories in future, either after they've done all of, or alongside the Missing Episodes.

[@CulturePhilter]

Oh yes, This is a completely hypothetical exercise but their cheeky tweet just got my brain ticking. 😀

[@Henry-oj1oo]

Master, I love that story 9.9/10 from me. but it is a bit too dark and very light on action to be animated, in my opinion.

[@codyw1]

I think it would make total sense to start with the early ones. They sell for next to nothing as audios now, why not bring them back to life again as animations?

[@theoutcastboi]

@@codyw1 Precisely. Which is why most of mine are from the earliest days. And by having them from the early days, there aren't as many arcs.

[@gwcks]

The Spectre of Lanyon Moor the 6th doctor and the brigadier meet for the first time

[@TerryTheNewsGirl]

OMG, yes!!

[@julieeverett7442]

Oh that was a fun one!

[@jacklees9529]

They could animate the lost season 23 and 27 stories and release them as part of the doctor who collection bluray (never gonna happen but would be cool)

[@CulturePhilter]

That would indeed be cool.

[@MushroomHaterProductions]

There are so many BF highlights to choose from, so I'm gonna narrow it down: 1. One of The Tenth Doctor Adventures (either from Volume 1 or 2) 2. Damaged Goods 3. One of The Lost Stories releases

[@CulturePhilter]

Good choices.

[@alexzander4426]

Andrew Hsieh I like your choices. I’ve heard that people don’t like the 10th Doctor Audio “Time Reaver” because there is too much action and it’s hard to follow that in audio (haven’t listened to it yet myself. Sill saving up money). I also think Mission to Magnus from the Lost Stories range is the easiest to make into animation as it just has the feel and sound of a classic adventure made in the modern times. Plus a 2 parter that is each 45 minutes might be easier for new fans to get into rather than 4 25 minute parts. I would also love to see the War Doctor animated as “The Innocent” literally has everything there except visuals. Really stellar cinematic feel in that one. Plus the Middle is very cinematic as well. It’s cinematic in a way I’ve not heard any other BF audio be. It also goes places not even new or classic who have gone. It’s set in a visually beautiful future and stays in the beauty sector without trailing off into dark dingy grimy corridors. Even when the plot kicks it. The setting is always stunning and doesn’t veer off.

[@hannahtriz]

I'd love to see an animation of One Mile Down and/or No Place from the 10th Doctor's Adventures just cause I love the Doctor and Donna duo

[@theknightofgallifrey967]

God, how I would love to see an animated version of Blood of the Daleks!

[@Suedehead05]

Would love to see Blood Of the Daleks animated! Its the first big finish i ever listened too and i'm glad i did! Would also love to see The Fearmonger i think it's a great story and you can easily jump into it. And i think this one might be a bit hard or picky but i would adore to see the last adventures. As a massive fan of the 6th doctor i am so sad we never got a on screen last adventure for the 6th doctor, but thanks to big finish i was highly satisfied and i would love to see some visuals for the amazing adventure

[@doctorwhom8294]

I would love to see big finish animations! great video by the way

[@CulturePhilter]

Thank you.

[@CulturePhilter]

MissJupiter2596794 - wow, what a list! 😀 i haven’t listened to them all myself but those I have from it it are great.

[@Pygargue134]

Good choices ! I'm praying for 8th Doctor animations, because it'll give the 8 doctor a visual serie. He became more an "audio Doctor" and he also deserves to have an audiovisual medium for him :)

[@CulturePhilter]

I have a strong attachment to the 8th Doctor so totally agree.

[@Pygargue134]

Philip Hawkins I would have started with Storm Warning and not Blood of the Daleks but the Dalek argument is a good one, plus it can please a New Who audience. But Storm Warning can be there to please a Classic audience as well ;)

[@connorworrall6642]

They should animate the Lost Stories catalogue as they were originally planned to be televised.

[@CulturePhilter]

Good point. The scripts probably already lend themselves to visuals

[@thevfxmancolorizationvfxex4051]

Last Adventure, and I would also like these animations to be in CGI as well

[@CulturePhilter]

If it was a choice between having more frequent 2D animations (say 3 a year) vs having 1 CGI every 18 months (because it takes longer and is more expensive) which would you opt for?

[@thevfxmancolorizationvfxex4051]

@@CulturePhilter I would probably want to make the best of both worlds. Do you remember the vintage comic book suit from the Spider-Man PS4 game? I would love to see animations done like that (This is what it looks like kzbin.info/www/bejne/l16vo354hpt7gqM). Otherwise, it would be easier to make a 3D animation with open source programs like Blender or Unreal Engine 4, and if that is the case, we could end up with something like this if they go for 3D kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6LdXn57YsejgbM One other problem I have with the 2D Animated missing episodes is that there aren't a lot of fast tracking shots, and sometimes, I hear some sound effects such as footsteps which go largely ignored in the animations. Also. And as for Macra Terror, the characters moved a bit like hand puppets as well which rather confused me

[@benstokes3852]

Honestly I find it easier to think of ones I wouldn't. I'd love to see all of them on screen but stuff like chimes of midnight and scherzo I feel really work better as audio

[@Gallifreyforever97]

Really inventive video mate, it was nice hearing your thoughts on big finish & which ones to animate! As you say in the video its hard to access certain parts of lines, I'd love to get into the 8th Doctor more but wouldn't know where to start so animating his stories would be a must for me!

[@CulturePhilter]

If you’re looking to get into 8th Doctor then Storm Warning or Blood of the Daleks are the are probably good places to start. Both are good jumping on points with new companions.

[@Unusual_subject]

Storm Warning, It is the introduction story to Charlotte Pollard(Charley for short). She is my favorite 8th doctor companion.

[@CulturePhilter]

It took me a while to warm to Charley but by the end of her run I really liked her.

[@shawnattwells5355]

Some of the Big Finish audios are based on scripts that were intended for the TV series, but were never made for one reason or another. Mission to Magnus, from Colin Bakers cancelled series would be a good one to animate. We'd get to see Sil and the Ice Warriors together. Anyone?

[@CulturePhilter]

Yes, things that had been intended originally for TV would probably work quite well.

[@crimsondynamo615]

Spare Parts was repurposed from Genesis of the Cybermen script if i recall correctly, course it had a whole lot changed from the original script.

[@TheDoctorWhoGuide]

I think your suggestion of Blood of the Daleks is a great idea! Doctor Who Caerdroia is set in an alternate universe and the cover has the characters drawn in a cartoon style, so I think that would be quite interesting to see!

[@CulturePhilter]

Personally I think anything from the divergent arc might be a bit inaccessible to Big Finish newbies. But that might just be my dislike of that arc speaking.

[@TheDoctorWhoGuide]

That does make it less accessible! I just like how the cover being drawn ties in with the theme of being animated! :D

[@CulturePhilter]

It is a lovely cover 😀

[@ErinTheFennec]

@@CulturePhilter Have to agree, the Divergent universe arc with everything building up to it, and everything through it would be a bit of a difficult plot for the typical viewer, especially stories like Zagreus which basically require you to sit through at least certain parts of the arc immediately before it to make sure it makes much sense.

[@julieeverett7442]

Caaerdroia is the divergent unit series, faith stealer and the last from that series is good too. Sherzo is heartbreaking but I'm not sure its good for visual. And I absolutely adore Zegrus dr who meets Alice in wonderland with an insane 8th doctor, not sure how well that would work!!!

[@hgwells1899]

Django & Litefoot?! Now that's a crossover I'd crowdfund! But yes, the potential for BF (even just scenes?) to be animated, maybe as a calling card for aspiring animators, is outstanding. Verbal descriptions of the action would need to be edited out, of course, so as to literally show don't tell. Perhaps a beefed up mix of the incidental music tracks and new sound fx added, maybe...but as for which audios themselves...that's tough. I'd love to watch the zero-gravity scene from The Apocalypse Element, for example, in which ol' Sixie discovers just how dangerous a gang of Dalek mutants can be, outside of their casings...or the time 8 and Charley take a grav-pad flight over the market district in Sword of Orion, both of them laughing with sheer joy as they fly through the rain inside the Garazone Central space station...or how about when 4 and Leela, bobbing about in a rowboat on the English channel, dodge cannon-balls and watch helplessly as imps and demons caper in the rigging of the far off Spanish galleons of The Devils Armada... Big Finish may be an audio experience but it is a very "visual" medium, full of moments playing out in the minds eye in such epic style as to be unforgettable. There are no budget restrictions or limits to the production values of our inner imagination. It's the one studio that is literally bigger on the inside! I'd love to see some Big Finish brought to "life" as animation - in fact, I dare someone to try ;)

[@CulturePhilter]

Lol, I seem to have a mental block with pronouncing Jago correctly. I KNOW what the word actually is, but in the moment I always end up adding an N.

[@garypayne4284]

I thought he said jango lol Henry Gordon Jango !!! Yes i would definitely go for them to be animated but overall in Doctor Who terms i think Storm Warning as it carries on from the movie and introduces Charlie as his first real companion

[@AubreySciFi]

"Spare Parts" for sure, "Jubilee" (As it's such a wild ride of a story.), "The Dalek Empire" spinoff series would be fun to see animated. The War Doctor and the War Master series as well. And Yes, The Last Adventure so Colin's big 6th Doctor sendoff could be given visuals. Oh, and the missing stories range from Colin's missing season starting with "The Nightmare Faire" so those could be visualized as well.

[@CulturePhilter]

Dalek Empire is a good shout (although maybe it would be deemed too long in total) it’s a great series 🙂 I wonder if it would throw people hearing David Tennant’s voice in it but not as the Doctor 😀

[@TaylordVision]

I think you’re bang on the money with the Eighth Doctor stuff, Philip. The Lucie Miller stories would be the perfect place for them to start (plus, it’d be great to have some more McGann on the DVD shelf!). Failing that, I’d love to see the recent Tenth Doctor releases get the animation treatment, akin to the Infinite Quest and Dreamland - and I can guarantee those being incredibly popular.

[@CulturePhilter]

More McGann is indeed always welcome (apart from by my wallet). Yeah tenth ones would sell really well. Despite owning the first set I haven’t actually gotten around to listening to them yet though, so have no idea what they are like.

[@DalekWidow]

Definitely agree about "Spare Parts" and also the War Doctor story. "Dalek Empire" series would be good too as would "I Davros", I think. Some of the more recent River Song or UNIT stories could be good too. The 11th Doctor Chronicles also worth a go. So much good stuff to choose from!

[@CulturePhilter]

Great choices. How would you envision the chronicles ones working given they aren’t full cast?

[@tim04]

The geoncide machine the audio on it is amazing and your mind goes insane. And a dalek war can’t beat it great storyline strong infact

[@CulturePhilter]

Yes, I’ve heard that one. It’s very good.

[@jacklees9529]

Any releases would be great, but I'd love to see more Donna Noble stories in animation form and also some from the Torchwood range, perhaps the new series 5 and 6 that they've done.

[@CulturePhilter]

Oh yes. I would love to see some Torchwood animated.

[@chriszone50]

Jack Lees Ha! You don’t even pick doctor who but crappy spin offs, yet alone good quality stories.

[@CulturePhilter]

Life Upgrade - you may think they are shitty but plenty of people like them.

[@jacklees9529]

@@chriszone50 sorry if my opinion was different to yours I didn't mean to offend you with my choices

[@jacklees9529]

@@chriszone50 I said any stories would be great, I just gave my personal choices as my favourite companion is Donna and I'm a big fan of Torchwood, and I haven't had the chance to listen to every big finish story as I'm revising for GCSEs, the listened to spare parts and sirens of time but apart from that only the tenth doctor adventures and torchwood, I'm sure there are plenty more stories that I will eventually listen to that are worth an animation, but I'm a little preoccupied at the moment. And yeah I will add Spare Parts to my list because it is a fantastic story. What stories do you recommend to be listened to/ animated?

[@robalexander8065]

Agree with Blood of the Daleks. Would love to "see" the Lucie Miller era: particularly Brave New Town, Dead London, The Beast of Orlock, Max Warp and The Horror of Glam Rock. Chimes of Midnight is a huge favourite of many Big Finish fans and my favourite 8th Doctor with Charlie.

[@CulturePhilter]

I’ve just finished a re-listen of all of the Lucie audios. Max Warp could be a good one, I agree. Would be a lot of good visuals in it😀

[@codyw1]

Wow, I didn't know they'd raised the prospect themselves (however loosely). There are many, really. The Tom Novel adaptations and Hinchcliffe ones, Spare Parts, the Lost stories from seasons 23 and 27, practically any McGann (though esp Chimes), the McCoy novel adaptations plus Night Terrors... Shut up and take my money!

[@CulturePhilter]

lol. If only KZbin allowed images in comments that Futurama one would indeed fit well in this topic :-)

[@ikarus4180]

i really wanna get into 3D animation, unreal engine 5 looks promising and i wanna animate blood of the daleks as personal project just to improve my animation and directing skills. so yes i would love animations of big finish

[@ikarus4180]

wrote this before you even said it lmao

[@garymurden6146]

The Five Companions. Great story, Dinosaurs, Sontaras and Daleks along with Companions who explain who they are. Plus it is only an hour long, rather than two (never forget budgeting) as well as it being a limited release, meaning that a lot of Big Finish fans might invest in it.

[@CulturePhilter]

I definitely would! I’ve been wanting to listen to this for a while but haven’t been able to because it’s a subscriber exclusive and I’m not a subscriber 😀

[@garymurden6146]

@@CulturePhilter I think it's the only full cast subscription bonus that hasn't been released. Fingers crossed that they will release it later, like the short trips. Other than that, I agree that Blood of the Daleks would be an excellent choice, named actors and Daleks as villains would interest the general public.

[@CulturePhilter]

I hope they do release it separately soon. Otherwise I might just have to bite the bullet and get a subscription to get it.

[@Rocketbunny71]

No question, no doubt, Storm Warning, their first Paul McGann story. Amazing cast, characters, hell I want a live action feature film of this one. It has such a big budget feel to it imagining the one and only flight of the majestic R101.

[@CulturePhilter]

Ooo yeah, seeing the airship animated would be great 🙂

[@jaded6530]

Brink of Death is a perfect send off to the Sixth Doctor. I’d love that to be animated or one of the upcoming Eccleston ones. Heck, all of them!

[@CulturePhilter]

All of them would be fantastic... but they would have to start somewhere. 🙂

[@eyeofhorus3286]

I would totally agree with you on Blood of the Daleks being one. Another possibility would be some of the lost stories as those are unmade classic stories you could give them classic who dvd covers. As for spin offs I would love to see Gallifrey get animated as that is a wonderful series.

[@CulturePhilter]

I’m currently working my way through Gallifrey. I’ve got two more stories of series 3 left. It is indeed very good.

[@ErinTheFennec]

I think I commented the exact same 3 on their tweet, though I was more general on just the Eighth Doctor Adventures rather than specifically Blood of the Daleks, but I also said Spare Parts and just all of the War Doctor stuff would be great, since it'd be nice to see them honour the memory of John Hurt with that.

[@CulturePhilter]

Great minds think alike, as they say 😄

[@ethanduckworth6634]

I would like to see spare parts , storm warning and the war doctor box sets get the animation treatment

[@CulturePhilter]

Good selection.

[@crimsondynamo615]

Spare Parts should definitely be animated. The Cyber Committee would make amazing body horror. I imagine emaciated bodies with metal strewn about them, exposed organs with tubes being fed into them to give them nutrients, their brains exposed and with prongs and wires constantly being plugged in and out as if they’re concentrating on running everything, to make it especially more creepy have it where their eyes and mouths are all moving in unison when they speak. I see them being arranged similar to how the Cyber Planner looked in the Patrick Troughton era.

[@leslieshafer6343]

I'd say the War Master, the War Doctor & the audio with Doctors daughter. A lot of people are interested in all 3 of these. I think more animation from the original Doctor Who run would be interesting, but I'll have to think about which ones of those I'd suggest.

[@thegooddalek2986]

Great Video, I’d love to see some Big Finish animations, (even though I’ve not listened to that much of it), and these are some great choices!

[@CulturePhilter]

The Good Dalek - thanks. Which ones have you listened to?

[@thegooddalek2986]

The two war master box sets, the first 3 war doctor box sets, Blood of the Daleks part 1 & 2 and Zaltys. I’ve also got Red, the juggernauts and the kingmaker but I haven’t listened to them yet!

[@LCProductionCompany]

3 off the top of my head: Spare parts? Silver turk? Jubilee?

[@TheRealUnkn0wn_289]

I think the war doctor, first doctor adventures, war master, sirens of time, spare parts, holy terror, chimes of midnight, i'davros, and many more should definitely be animated

[@CulturePhilter]

Nice choices :-)

[@Cyber_Smoke]

Spare parts, Davros, Storm Warning and The Nightmare Fair (mainly because it was meant for TV). Mainly would like to see Colin Baker and Paul Mcgann they both deserve more visual stories. Davros and Spare Parts are great additions to the Daleks and Cybermen lore.

[@CulturePhilter]

- Smoke - great pics

[@Cyber_Smoke]

@@CulturePhilter Thanks.

[@JeffJolly1]

Philip I think you have chosen well with those, particularly for the reasons you have included. I would personally prefer Storm Warning as a release instead of Blood of the Daleks. That was Paul McGann's reintroduction to playing the Eighth Doctor and it started a great ongoing story arc with the new companion Charlie and it was the first time that had been done except in printed media. I'd personally love to see The Genocide Machine. A very early BF story. Small but interesting cast of characters and the Daleks are brilliant in it. To be honest there are simply far too many BF stories that are brilliant!!! The Jago and Litefoot series was fantastic and I'll really miss them since the sad death of Trevor Baxter. Probably the spin off I'd most like to be made would be the Dalek Empire series, well the first three seasons at least. I wish the current TV production was half as good as Big Finish

[@CulturePhilter]

Yes I do think Storm Warning is a great one too. Part of my thinking for some of these though is how likely they would be to sell and the Daleks are a big draw for a casual audience. So if we’re talking ones to START with I think it would make sense to hook people with those crowd pleasers. Then introduce other great stories with less of a hook in round 2 🙂

[@pertuk]

Done right you cold give Mondas a really Dieselpunky look in Spare Parts. And you could do Blood Of The Daleks with the Red Rocket Rising Daleks looking like Japanese ones

[@theoconstantinou2839]

Like you I’ve focused on on the 8th Doctor stories, I would love to see something with Charley Polard & C’rizz as the companions but as you said the War-Doctor would be epic

[@CulturePhilter]

It would be interesting to see how C’rizz would be realised in animation

[@theoconstantinou2839]

Philip Hawkins that would be great. I’m an illustrator & have designed & drawn those characters many times. Good fun I do hope they do something

[@CulturePhilter]

Theo Constantinou - ah nice. Have you used what C’rizz looks like on Big Finish covers as a basis or gone for your own interpretation when drawing him.

[@theoconstantinou2839]

Philip Hawkins Yes I have tried to keep faithful to those those but with some Jack Kirby -Isms

[@CulturePhilter]

Ah nice. If you ever fancy sharing them tweet them to me @iudex_phil

[@danjohnsonDW]

I’ll be more interested in big finish if it had some animations, I just have never got into the plots that I’ve seen. I would like a Cyberman story done that I heard was good . I think it’s called Spare Parts.

[@danjohnsonDW]

Hang on I agree with you I just got to that part in the video.

[@CulturePhilter]

Haha. I was thinking that you can’t have finished watching when you typed that.

[@codyw1]

Yeah, audio alone can be very difficult to get into, esp you're more visually oriented.

[@danjohnsonDW]

@@codyw1 Yes i also don't know how I would stay entertained without visuals

[@JAProductions494]

Any Paul McGann stories would be great to get people who don’t listen to Big Finish into his Doctor

[@CulturePhilter]

Absolutely. More people should discover the brilliance that is McGann’s 8th Doctor. 😄

[@julieeverett7442]

I wasnt thrilled with minuet in hell, but the rest are fun

[@simonbeaird7436]

Blood of the Daleks? Yes! Spare Parts? Very yes!! War Doctor? Haven't heard them but John Hurt, yes!. What would I choose? That's so difficult as I like so many of the BF audios. I do like The First Sontarans from the Lost Stories range (Doc 6 and Peri), The Beast Of Orlok (Doc 8 and Lucy B. Miller) and Robophobia (Doc 7).

[@CulturePhilter]

Robophobia is a good shout. Great visual potential with the robots AND introduces Liv Chenka (my 2nd favourite 8th Doctor companion)

[@Докторпарадокс]

the last adventure Dark Eyes Scherzo (although it will be next to impossible I think) Jubilee

[@Magic12553]

I would be super interested to see how they would translate scherzo to a visual medium. Dark eyes starts with a need for some knowledge of the lucie Miller stories though, so I don’t know if that’s a good one to state with.

[@Докторпарадокс]

@@Magic12553 I myself started 8 Doctor with Dark Eyes and went back to Charley and Lucie after so it is not groundbreaking issue

[@No1ShalkaFan]

"we're not going to get any more of him...." maybe not Hurt but we're certainly getting more War Doctor now

[@CulturePhilter]

Benny - we are indeed. I’m rather looking forward to them.

[@No1ShalkaFan]

@@CulturePhilter same, I got the first War Doctor set for Christmas and can't wait to listen!

[@borusa32]

Spare Parts would be a good choice buit hard to capture that in animation.

[@macturner2196]

Dark Eyes would look really cool. I love that look for the Doctor, and his sonic.

[@pegreen1442]

Dr who unbound would make a great animated series of adventures , big thumbs up sir.

[@CulturePhilter]

The unbound series was one I hadn’t considered until I saw people suggesting it. Good dramas. Do you think they might confuse a more casual audience though? Not being any of the known Doctors.

[@pegreen1442]

@@CulturePhilter I think the general public knows enough about the doctor's regenerations that they would understand that its the same character with a different face.

[@pegreen1442]

@@CulturePhilter I think the general public knows enough about regeneration now that they will understand, big finish as so many none doctor who series they could pick from I personally would love for them to adapt their highlander series or even better their on going survivors series would be fantastic.

[@toast99bubbles]

I just realised that in July this year, more time had passed since Rose aired, than had passed since Survival Part 4 aired on the day that Rose aired. I know this video was over a year before then, but it's crazy to think that New Who has lasted longer than the gap between Classic Who and New Who (not counting the TV Movie, due to it only being a one-off when it aired, never actually making it to series, thanks to the show Sliders, I think).

[@CulturePhilter]

Louise Wade - wait.... what’s that about Sliders?

[@toast99bubbles]

@@CulturePhilter Paul McGann mentioned that Fox almost did continue Doctor Who after the TV Movie, but they chose to do a new season of another time travel show, which I believe was Sliders (can't remember if he named it at the time, but Sliders fits the time period). This was at a small Doctor Who convention in London in October last year. I think I have an audio recording somewhere.

[@CulturePhilter]

Louise Wade - Paul McGan confusing time travel with patellar dimension travel there 😄 but that is interesting.

[@toast99bubbles]

@@CulturePhilter I may have the wrong show, but I'm going to try and find the part of the convention where he said it in my recording to confirm. It's a huge file though.

[@maxkennedy7430]

Should definitely Animate the Unbound Series!

[@CulturePhilter]

I wonder though if that would have the sales potential of a more mainstream Doctor audio.

[@CulturePhilter]

Kevin McDougall - I mean, surely she’s AS canon as anything in the Unbound series?

[@CoalDiamondandhisawesomeness]

I'd like the eighth doctor's run, the lost stories, and unbound.

[@CulturePhilter]

Good choices.

[@millievariants]

The Last Adventure, The War Master, The 8th Doctor Time War and Legacy Of Time are what I would choose.

[@CulturePhilter]

Good choices

[@markashleypatt]

Spare Parts had a wonderful encore on vinyl, so animation would be the next logical 'upgrade'. If Big Finish produced special animations, I suspect they'd stick to standalones for budget and I guess the appeal would be to showcase never-before-seen dynamics and originality, so Chimes of Midnight for 8th and Charley, Spectre of Lanyon Moor for 6th, Evelyn and the Brig. I personally wouldn't want to see Big Finish animated because it could potentially disappoint against what you imagined in the first place and I much prefer the audio medium. It requires more attention and fires the imagination so much more. I get so much more pleasure exploring the Doctor Who expanded universe this way.

[@CulturePhilter]

‘Upgrade’ - I like what you did there 😃

[@htershane]

Hmm in no particular order. The Light at The End, Sword of Orion, Mutant Phase, Spare Parts. , The One Doctor, The Two Masters and all of The Last Adventure, give Colin a decent departure (I love the regeneration image they used for that release).

[@CulturePhilter]

Yes! Colin getting an on-screen regeneration would be great. Even if it is only animated.

[@htershane]

Dust Breeding for Sylvester. Tom Bakers are a bit tricky but maybe Energy of The Daleks or Foe from the Future.

[@mentalrobb5062]

I’d go with the “Lost Stories” series, the 6th Doctor, Peri “Season 23” stories.

[@CulturePhilter]

The tv shows that never were… makes sense

[@hattaandromeda]

I personally would love to see Minuet in Hell animated. One of my favorite episodes, its pretty standalone so you wouldn't need to animate anything else to give context for an audience jumping in for the first time, and I wanna see what the demons would look like visually! Though due to the more risque nature of the episode, it might be a little hard to do so without crossing a line. Can get away with some more stuff when you you can't see it.

[@CulturePhilter]

It’s been so long since I listened to that one (we’re talking over a decade) that I can’t remember much about it and why the risqué elements might be.

[@hattaandromeda]

@@CulturePhilter Risque is probably understating it honestly, now that im writing it out i realize it has some legitimately dark stuff that would only be suitable for adult viewers. Charlie along with some other girls are forced to work at the Hellfire Club, a gentleman's club, against her will, and someone tears off her dress while she's there when she wont let him touch her. The baddie tries to force her to marry him later. I also think there was mention of an orgy but I don't remember when in the plot exactly exactly. Not even mentioning the straight up gaslighting that the Doctor goes through at the asylum, he nearly gets lobotomized. I personally love dark stories like these, and also the Brigadier was there so that was also why I liked it because that man is the coolest, but man this one got dark.

[@snakedaemonart676]

I actually suggested this a while ago, I'd love to see enemy of the daleks first

[@CulturePhilter]

Good choice. I like this audio too.

[@Loverboy19691]

I don't really count Big finish as cannon, even though the Charlie was mentioned in McGann's regeneration short. If I haven't seen it on TV I don't see it as a continuation, having said this, I would like to see the 8th Doctor stories animated, as he only had on TV movie.

[@CulturePhilter]

That’s fair enough. Great thing about Doctor Who and all the media it has expanded into is that you can just choose what you count as cannon. Personally I like to included absolutely everything. But that’s just me.

[@natsmith303]

If they do the War Doctor in animation, the last episode should end with the screen going all glitchy with flashes of Gallifrey exploding (to simulate the Doctor's incomplete memory), and on the other side of it actually show the regeneration again, but this time including the Ninth Doctor rather than simply suggesting him.

[@CulturePhilter]

They could do but if the concept is animating existing audios they’d have to put it in an audio first.

[@greigbutler4498]

I would like to see all of Paul McGann, Christopher Eccleston and John Hurt’s Big Finish stories animated, It would be great to see them again even if only animated

[@JohnAShort]

Let's face it... Big Finish DW will all get animated in the end. Even if it's in 50 years time when I'm too dead to care. When all of the Big Finish Doctors are dead and future fans want more 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 10th Doctor adventures... They have huge back catalogue to raid. And animation will be easier and cheaper and more realistic by then. Fans will animate them even if BF themselves don't. But if you want a first one recommendation from me... One of the 10th Doctor audios will bring the maximum number of people on-board.

[@CulturePhilter]

You’re probably right. David Tennant still has big pull almost a decade after he left the role.

[@LongStripeyScarf]

Without a doubt, I want to see the Sixth Doctor's recent Big Finish ending. Yes, his last story, including regeneration and final moments! It's called 'The Last Adventure'. Gap filler, absolutely required!!! Second choice would be all the Classic Doctor, New Monsters stories. Variety of Doctors, villain recognition for 21st century fans.

[@CulturePhilter]

I’ve yet to hear ‘The last adventure’ must get it at some point.

[@seanm1955]

I'd probably not want this done because i like imagining how everything/one looks and certain stories like Natural History of Fear and Scherzo can't actually work in a visual format

[@CulturePhilter]

True. Audio is a unique format and some things written for it don’t work when you add visuals.

[@shedjr_]

I've only just started listening to Big Finnish but my list would be: 1. Spare Parts, even though I've only read it's script in the Big Finnish script book 3 2. The Isos Network, a version without narration, plus Frazer Hines sounds like Troughton and it's cybermen! 3. Any or all of the stageplays, all 3 have Daleks in. 4. Any 8th Doctor stories But that's just my opinion :)

[@CulturePhilter]

Welcome to the world of listening to big finish, it can be an expensive hobby once it has you hooked..... but it’s worth it 😀

[@shedjr_]

@@CulturePhilter Yeah every time I go to Forbbiden Planet in Cardiff I try to get a Audio. I'm normaly in there for about 15 mins trying to pick one out ;)

[@williamwebster9437]

I think they should animate all of the eighth doctor adventures from Charlotte to Lucie and Dark Eyes to Ravenous.

[@CulturePhilter]

I’ve just finished listening to Ravenous 4 today so you’ll get no arguments from me there 😀 have you heard it yet?

[@williamwebster9437]

Well I haven't got Ravenous 1 to 4, but I am getting Blood of the Daleks, Brave new town, Lucie Miller and To the Death for Christmas. Hope that isn't a problem.😅

[@shawnrobinson9521]

I love the 7th Doctor but I would probably start with the 8th Doctor Dark Eyes series. I really like 7th Doctor and I would love to see the Doctor/Ace/Hex series...

[@CulturePhilter]

8th Doc is my fav so I’d be cool with that. 😀

[@TheNerdestOfOne]

I would love to see 1. Eternal battle (4, Romana, K9, sontarans, zombies and trench warfares) 2. Trail or a valeyard (cause, it’s trial of a valeyard and has the best score in big finish history) And 3. Bang-Bang-A-Boom (Agatha christy Eurovision murder mystery) (Funnily enough these 3 are my favourite big finish audios of all time)

[@charlestownsend9280]

I'd say if they were it should be the 8th doctor, just due to not enough screen time and i'd agree that it should start with blood of the daleks (which is a good dalek story with one of my favourite companion intros) and then go through the lucie miller era, the charlie era would be cool but animating the weird thing like anti time would be hard. Plus that era is still liked by fans considering the fact that they've brought it back. Spare parts would be a good one to do as a standalone, maybe a trial run story. The war doctor would be cool to see and would bring in new who fans. Two that i would like to see is legacy of time, which would be a good multi doctor story to do thatbisn't super complicated and does have a 10th doctor cameo in it and jenny and river appear and all 8 classic doctors and romana, leala and jo grant also have roles in it or the unbound series, which would be simple what ifs to animate and would draw fans in and then if that concept does well then move on to a series (like the 8th doctor).

[@DaveTravelsthroughTime]

That should happen I would buy them in a instant

[@CulturePhilter]

The only downside would be the damage to our bank balances 😄

[@johngoode3509]

Not Spare Parts. My heart wouldn't be able to take the scene where Yvonne post conversion finds her dad. I was listening to that at work and it broke me down, had a stealth cry

[@CulturePhilter]

Certinaly pulls at the heart strings that one.

[@menwithven2862]

I'm not familiar with the doctor who magazine visuals but would love to see them could you send me a link or something as I would love to see them!

[@CulturePhilter]

images.app.goo.gl/aaFDJp6zZvQY4jnA8

[@scottbennie8299]

Spare Parts, the Holy Terror, Chimes of Midnight.

[@CulturePhilter]

Good choices

[@robertbrown569]

The Apocalypse Element would be great. The Holy Terror, since Frobisher is a drawing already. I'd actually like to see some of the Gallifrey series visualised, but that would be a bit boring for most people. Also, The Light at the End as an anniversary release.

[@CulturePhilter]

Personally I think The Light at The End is a bit too convoluted for a casual audience which these would need to appeal to in order to make financial sense.... although... I do love a good multi-doctor story personally 😀

[@nickoftimeproductions8719]

I would like them to primarily focus on animating the majority of the 8th doctor audios starting with the very first main range releases with charley. I would also wish for them to animate all the audios with the 6th doctor and Evelyn smythe. Basically animate the audios for the doctors that have had the shortest tenures.

[@CulturePhilter]

I see your point about the Doctors with shortest tenure. And the 8th Doctor is my favorite so that would vertically make me very happy. But I think they’d need to share the animation love over several Doctors to not frustrate fans of, for example, the 5th or 4th Doctors.

[@codyw1]

That does make sense, though at the same time I'd love to see them animate Romance of Crime!

[@Henry-oj1oo]

I like your ideas, the war doctor audios are some of my favourite stores in the whole of Doctor who, but I would say that I would have chosen these Audios; 'Storm Warning' or 'Blood of The Daleks': I will agree with you on your the blood of the Daleks argument, but I think that Storm Warning is a better story, but is very descriptive and a tad slow, but ether one would be fine. The brink of Death: one reason, and one reason alone... a official Six Doctor regeneration on DVD, and for the stubborn people who think that the Sixth Doctor was a mug, this lets them have a new look at the new Six. The light at the End: make it a move, then boom money, children will watch it, fan will love it, and the BBC will see all that money and want to make more animated film with the 8th Doctor , so then maybe a CBBC 8TH Doctor spin off?

[@CulturePhilter]

Great idea about the 6th Doctor regeneration 😀

[@Henry-oj1oo]

@@CulturePhilter Thanks, I love the Fan ones, but if the BBC did an animation, maybe there could be a slight edit and add the Rani walking into the Doctors Tardis, so we can have the full regeneration and then a link into 'time and the Rani', maybe even a quick scene of the monsters from that story firing some radiation weapons, as to give an explanation why there is green lazers in Time and the Rani.

[@Magic12553]

Would light at the end be alright for animation? You need some classic who knowledge but beyond Charlie there’s not much big finish stuff needed there. It’s kind of nonsense but it’s a fun story

[@CulturePhilter]

As it was a 50th special they could release as animation on the 60th to tie in with that.

[@Benji568]

I guess I wouldn't mind. I think if they stuck with animating a lot of the Eighth Doctor stuff, I think it would be a money-spinner for BBC Studios. There is so much of BF that it almost seems impossible to animate every single audio they've done, I mean it would take almost 5 decades to do. Animation takes time and patience depending on the form of animation used.

[@mcyeddi]

"It introduced the best 8th doctor companion we've ever had Lucy MIller" Liv would like a word js

[@CulturePhilter]

That’s fair. When I made this video I don’t think Stranded had even started and personally, for me, that’s when I really started appreciating Liv more.

[@elwoodjacobs4353]

8th Doctor & War Doctor need it the most as they have very little actual _screen_ time.

[@CulturePhilter]

Always up for more of both of them.

[@ohmydinosare]

I've not really listened to enough of the audios to make a choice based on quality, but I'd like ones that would feel they could slot into the run of the tv stories without seeming out of place. So, like, not stories featuring non-tv companions for 4,5,6 and 7, or ones where they play with the dynamic like the older Nyssa with 5,tegan and turlough, because unless you had a start and end point that allowed it to flow it would feel too out of place, if that makes sense. I'd like something that I could slot into my dvd shelf between two stories and have it feel like it could take place more or less on its own in that gap. Fifth Doctor and Nyssa stuff would be very welcome, the period between the end of S19 and the start of S20 always feels like stuff happened we didn't see, like time has passed. Some of the 4th Doctor and Romana stuff would be nice, especially with Mary Tamm, since we have so little of her, and again I'd like to have an expansion of the period between s16 and 17. Anything set between S22 and 23 would be great, I think they did audios for the unmade oreiginal S23, although I've heard quite negative feedback on those, in theory they're something I'd like. And they did an Audio leading up to 6's regeneration, that would be very welcome with me. Also Mel's introduction, they did that, right? Then anything continuing the 7th Doctor's travels with Ace, if they have her departure covered then that would be nice to see. And a run of 8th Doctor stuff would be lovely if it flowed in a followable sequence, 8/Lucie stuff would be great. Likewise I'd love more War Doctor. So yeah, if they made stuff that flowed with the existing tv material, and wouldn't leave things feeling more uncompleted if production was abruptly cancelled, that's what I'd like, hypothetically.

[@CulturePhilter]

Interesting point about having ones with existing companions that could just slot between TV stories. Makes sense to appeal to classic series fans unfamiliar with Big Finish. Spare Parts would fit that description as it’s a 5th and Nyssa story.

[@MrSukram777]

I'd love The War Master or some stories from The Doom Coalition or Ravenous (most likely The Eleven and Day of the Master)

[@-ice-125-3]

not a big finish fan can hardly manage to listen to missing episode recons but if they would animate I would like 1)Spare parts 2)I davros 3) some colin baker stories 4) some Mcgann.

[@CulturePhilter]

I guess Audio Drama isn’t for everyone. Personally I love it, I think it can be a really creative medium.

[@joshimations894]

What about the first doctor adventures vol 1 to vol 3

[@CulturePhilter]

Good suggestion

[@LizAnneOswalt]

Cool vid. Which ones would I like to se Antamated? An Earthly child. 8th doc with Susan. The two Masters. A 7th doc, The Sword of the Chevalier a 10th doc. The Trouble with Drax a 4th doc. Time In office a 5th doc. Most of mine ar Companion stories so I won't say hose...save te Blue Tooth. A Dr. Shaw story, but the 3rd doc is in it. They could have some one voice over his part. Since it's all read by Shaw's actress. And leave her in as is. It's a Cyber Man story.

[@CulturePhilter]

The 8th Doc and Susan arc is great. I’ve just finished listening to their latest team-up in the Susan’s War box set.

[@WSDigitalArtwork]

Personally i'd love to see 8 and charley's adventures animated. I love the EDAs but can you just imagine seeing stories like chimes of midnight, seasons of fear, neverland, terror firma, time works and zagreus in animation. God what i'd give to have zagreus animated!

[@snakedaemonart676]

Spare parts, feast of axos and cradle of the snake are good ones, you have classic returning villains

[@julieeverett7442]

good choices, I like these too

[@theknightsofawesomeness2701]

I would love to see the kingmaker in animation.

[@Austin_Soares]

SPARE PARTS FOR THE WIN!!!

[@Fejrus887]

Anything from 8 or 6, because they are the Big Finish Doctors for me. BFD means here Doctors who didn't get a full chance in their TV Run and have some good Canon added because of Big Finish. The War Doctor would be great too, because you can say, he has one series with 12 Stories in BF, so that would be ideal.

[@CulturePhilter]

Some 8 would be good. I never really took to him on TV but every audio I’ve heard him in has been fantastic. 😀

[@scottbennie8299]

Chimes of Midnight, The Holy Terror, Spare Parts.

[@CulturePhilter]

Great suggestions

[@codyw1]

Frobisher is an ideal animation companion lol!

[@bugjuice0413]

atm I'd do Neverland & Zagreus (no this is not my bias for my favourite story duology whatever do you mean)

[@Daldi564]

I vote for the Juggernauts, Terror Firma and I, Davros

[@stilekropfilms6610]

The diary of river song, the time war series, and rose tyler universe cannon

[@CulturePhilter]

Good selection, why those?

[@TerryTheNewsGirl]

No, please not River Song. Can't stand her!

[@Magic12553]

Personally I’d love to see river series 3 or 4 animated, there fun story arcs

[@CulturePhilter]

I’ve only got as far as series 2 of River’s series. So good to hear I’ve still got some fun stuff to come.