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Post by andrew on Oct 2, 2015 1:53:29 GMT
I've been acquiring these over the last couple of months from eBay. I've got the first 19 so far, all in new or near mint condition.
Books 20 onwards seem to be rarer and much more expensive. Does anyone know if there's a reason for this, such as perhaps much smaller print runs of the later books?
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Post by brax on Oct 20, 2015 6:10:35 GMT
Presumably its to do with the license revocation, and smaller print runs as a result.
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Post by omega on Oct 20, 2015 6:23:17 GMT
That's the same reason books like Dying Days, Lugbarrow and Well-Mannered War are so expensive.
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Post by andrew on Oct 24, 2015 18:51:00 GMT
I have also now acquired a complete set of Vortex magazines. I did note with a tinge of despair the back page of a couple of old issues that were ads for the Short Trips books fire sale.
Sadly I was blissfully unaware of Big Finish back then or else I would surely have had a complete set of these for years.
I've got the first 21 Short Trips books now though, so only 8 more to find.
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Post by aztec on Oct 27, 2015 18:24:42 GMT
Slightly off topic here, but do you think they'd ever consider re-releasing some of the out of print short stories as audiobooks? And would anyone be interested?
Maybe download only or in print on demand doctor specific box sets?
I suppose there wouldn't really be a financial incentive to do so (answered my own question their I suppose), but it would be nice to have easier access to some of the older short stories.
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Post by Tony Jones on Oct 27, 2015 18:48:25 GMT
The contracts with the writers might not allow audio versions
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Post by aztec on Oct 27, 2015 18:51:47 GMT
The contracts with the writers might not allow audio versions Good point. |
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Post by mark687 on Oct 27, 2015 20:56:24 GMT
Slightly off topic here, but do you think they'd ever consider re-releasing some of the out of print short stories as audiobooks? And would anyone be interested? Maybe download only or in print on demand doctor specific box sets? I suppose there wouldn't really be a financial incentive to do so (answered my own question their I suppose), but it would be nice to have easier access to some of the older short stories. Some of the individual stories taken from the different Short Trip anthologies are available as Main Range Subscriber Bonus DL Audio Readings.
Title Author Which Story the Subscription must contain
Museum Peace by James Swallow (8th Doctor, read by Nicholas Briggs) comes with Doctor Who - The Eternal Summer (also available with a Subscription to Eighth Doctor Adventures Season 3)
The Switching by Simon Guerrier (3rd Doctor, Jo, read by Duncan Wisbey) comes with Doctor Who - Legend of the Cybermen
Lepidoptery for Beginners by John Dorney (2nd Doctor, Jamie, Zoe, read by Duncan Wisbey) comes with Doctor Who - Cradle of the Snake and Doctor Who - Project Destiny
The Little Drummer Boy by Eddie Robson (1st Doctor, Steven, Sara, read by Beth Chalmers) comes with Doctor Who - Demons of Red Lodge and Other Stories
Twilight's End by Cavan Scott (7th Doctor, read by Beth Chalmers) comes with Doctor Who - Rat Trap
Neptune by Richard Dinnick (3rd Doctor, Sarah-Jane Smith, read by Beth Chalmers) comes with Doctor Who - The Doomsday Quatrain and Doctor Who - House of Blue Fire
Lant Land by Jonathan Morris (5th Doctor, Tegan, Turlough, read by Duncan Wisbey) comes with Doctor Who - Army of Death
Breadcrumbs by James Moran (4th Doctor, Romana II, read by John Banks) comes with Doctor Who - Wirrn Isle
Only Connect by Andy Lane (4th Doctor, read by John Banks) comes with Doctor Who - 1001 Nights
Methuselah by George Mann (5th Doctor, Peri, read by John Banks) comes with Doctor Who - Daleks Among Us and Doctor Who - 1963: Fanfare for the Common Men
Tweaker by Dan Abnett (5th Doctor, Nyssa, read by John Banks) comes with Doctor Who - Afterlife
Waiting for Gadot by John Dorney (4th Doctor, read by Hugh Ross) comes with Doctor Who - Mask of Tragedy and Doctor Who - Signs and Wonders
One Small by Nicholas Briggs (2nd Doctor, read by Nicholas Briggs) comes with Doctor Who The Brood of Erys
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Post by aztec on Oct 31, 2015 12:10:27 GMT
Slightly off topic here, but do you think they'd ever consider re-releasing some of the out of print short stories as audiobooks? And would anyone be interested? Maybe download only or in print on demand doctor specific box sets? I suppose there wouldn't really be a financial incentive to do so (answered my own question their I suppose), but it would be nice to have easier access to some of the older short stories. Some of the individual stories taken from the different Short Trip anthologies are available as Main Range Subscriber Bonus DL Audio Readings.
Title Author Which Story the Subscription must contain
Museum Peace... Thanks for the list, I'm not a main range subscriber (I can't justify spending that kinda of money at the moment, and I don't know the 5-7th Doctors very well at all) but that's a very useful reference point that I'll certainly keep in mind for the future. I've read up on a few of the short trips, and I'm wondering if they would remake Museum Peace as a fullcast audio for McGann's timewar stuff... |
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