History Heartwarming / BigFinishDoctorWho

* The entirety of ''Signs and Wonders''; seriously, this troper had to fight the tears that came to his eyes. Spoilers abound:

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* In the TV Mini-episode "[[Recap/DoctorWho50thPrequelTheNightOfTheDoctor The Night of the Doctor]]", the last words of the Eighth Doctor are to remember his companions from his Big Finish adventures. Which is heartwarming both in the direct sense (as even during the madness and carnage of the Time War he never forgot his old friends) and in a Meta sense as it officially brings them and the rest of BF's ''Doctor Who'' stories into full Canon.
** In another sense, it's a wonderful tribute from the TV team to Creator/PaulMcGann, who's been playing the character for years now, and clearly loves doing it. Since there's a lot of people who think he "only played the Doctor once", it's lovely to see him get a proper send-off that acknowledges he's had a whole load of adventures and character development that people just might not know about.
* In the extras for the first ''Jago & Litefoot'' story, Christopher Benjamin and Trevor Baxter talk about how fun it was to come back to the characters, and how they fell into a rapport with each other as though they'd never even been apart.
* Similarly, in the bonus interviews for "Cobwebs", Creator/JanetFielding mentions that she had only intended to do one, and ''only'' one, ''Doctor Who'' audio drama, that being "The Gathering". However, after doing that, she recounted having second thoughts -- she enjoyed working again with Creator/PeterDavison whom she still had a close friendship with stretching back to their days on TV, but even more she slowly came to the realization that she was being unfair to both the fans and to Davison, Creator/SarahSutton and Creator/MarkStrickson as her continued noninvolvement meant that no new stories with the classic Team [=TARDIS=] could be told.
* In several of the more recent podcast episodes, Creator/NicholasBriggs has had his six-year-old son Benedict on the show. He has interviewed his son, and his dialogue is frequently interspersed with his son doing various adorable things.
** For a trivia bonus, keen listeners may recognize Benedict as the voice of Kevin Dovie, the little boy from the 50th Anniversary special, "The Light at the End".
* It's no secret that Creator/TomBaker treated Creator/LouiseJameson pretty badly during their time on the show (so much that she refused to appear on his edition of ''This is Your Life''). The fact that they've made up enough to do audio plays together shows that time does heal wounds (she even said that he's a different person now).
* According to the interviews at the end of "Return of the Cybermen", Big Finish was very cautious about bringing back Sarah Jane, given that she was such a beloved character and given that Creator/ElisabethSladen was so well-liked in the role. After having had the opportunity to meet her daughter, Sadie Miller, they knew that she had the vocal qualities and skill to take on her mother's role. However, before committing to recasting Sarah Jane, they went the extra mile and asked Sladen's husband, Brian Miller, if it was OK to go ahead. He gave his blessing to the casting.
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** Flip's attempts to help the Doctor when he is being drained by the Valeyard for his negative energy. Flip ends up mangling a number of different nursery rhymes, putting herself in an embarassing position not at all helped by her stage fright, but it achieves what she wants: distracting the Doctor from the rage inducing Valeyard. Six even has the good form not to tease or mock her about it, simply giving gratitude where it is due.

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* The end of the Companion Chronicles story "Luna Romana" is essentially a proper send-off for Mary Tamm.

* It's no secret that Creator/TomBaker treated Louise Jameson pretty badly during their time on the show (so much that she refused to appear on his edition of ''This is Your Life''). The fact that they've made up enough to do audio plays together shows that time does heal wounds (she even said that he's a different person now).

-->'''Doctor''': You're lucky, Susan. Lucky I left you behind. I've seen so many people die. I've got used to it. I just move on.//
'''Susan''': I don't believe that.//
'''Doctor''': But today feels like a different day. One lost life too many. I just want to say "enough". I'm sorry you had to die too, Susan.//
'''Susan''': Hold me grandfather.//
'''Doctor''': Here, I've got you. I remember when you were so young.//

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* In ''Fugitives'', the Doctor is in deep despair and laments his endless fight with the Daleks and his inability to get to Gallifrey to help Molly with whatever is going on with her. Molly talks him out of this and decides they should do something fun since they can't do anything else, and the two have a very cheerful moment on another planet swimming a gravity-suspended waterfall, laughing and enjoying the moment. Its a very refreshing upbeat breather-that is swiftly spoiled, but warm and lovely all the same.

* In several of the more recent podcast episodes, Nick Briggs has had his six-year-old son Benedict on the show. He has interviewed his son, and his dialogue is frequently interspersed with his son doing various adorable things.

* In the TV Mini-episode "The Night of the Doctor" the last words of the Eighth Doctor are to remember his companions from his Big Finish adventures. Which is heartwarming both in the direct sense (as even during the madness and carnage of the Time War he never forgot his old friends) and in a Meta sense as it officially brings them and the rest of BF's Doctor Who stories into full Canon.

** For a trivia bonus, keen listeners may recognize Benedict as the voice of Kevin Dovie, the little boy from the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary special, "The Light at the End".

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* Eight's reunion with Lucie in ''Resurrection of Mars''. Given that they [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoNEDAS4E1DeathInBlackpool last parted]] under very nasty circumstances, it's all the more heartwarming.

* Susan and Eight reunite in ''An Earthly Child''. You can literally hear them hugging and it can only be described as beautiful. Afterwards, Susan expresses delighted shock at the TARDIS' changed appearance (and the Doctor claiming that everyone goes through a Gothic phase) and then, when the Doctor and Susan have to part ways, they have another hug. It's very sweet.

* In "Relative Dimensions", Susan assumes that the Doctor sent some friendly aliens to help Earth. She was right.

* Adric's parting words to Thomas Brewster in "The Boy That Time Forgot," not just because he's finally forgiven the Doctor for all the hell he's been put through, but because it's one of the only times that an old companion has gotten to give a new companion a Passing The Torch speech.

* In "Death In Blackpool", the Doctor and Lucie pick up a drunk guy dressed as Santa Claus. He turns out to be an average guy who lost his job, and Christmas turns out alright for him when he charms the hospital lobby personnel and gets a job offer as a porter. No heroics for him, no aliens, no big sweeping space story — just a nice Christmas with happy Christmas songs. He remains completely oblivious to the plot.
* Susan and Eight reunite in ''An Earthly Child''. It can be described simply as "Such fluff, much feels" which include Susan expressing delighted shock at the TARDIS' changed appearance (and the Doctor claiming that everyone goes through a Gothic phase) and the Doctor and Susan having a big smushy hug as they part ways.

* In "Relative Dimensions", Susan assumes that the Doctor sent some friendly aliens to help Earth. She was right.
* Eight reuniting with Susan in "An Earthly Child". You can literally hear them hug, it's beautiful.
** Somewhat tangentially, in the one audio Fitz is in, "Fitz's Story", they do that audible-hugging thing twice in a twenty-five minute radio drama, once because they're splitting up to go face danger, and another time because they haven't seen each other in about eighteen hours. Either they care about each other very, very much, or they're just trying on purpose to break Two and Jamie's record for clinginess. Maybe it's both.
** Along the same vein, Eight's reunion with Lucie in ''Resurrection of Mars''. Given that they last parted under very nasty circumstances, it's all the more heartwarming.

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** Another Six and Evelyn that this troper found especially heart-warming comes from '100 Days Of The Doctor', the final instalment of the '100' anthology, where Six tells Evelyn that "if I had met *you* out of all the pretty girls I would have remembered...". It just goes to show far that he has come since they first met, and how close they have become ever since...

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** The ending, when Edith realizes she is not nobody; she is somebody, and she matters. After four solid episodes of being alternately shat on by rich assholes and being repeatedly murdered, it's incredibly good to hear.

* Susan and Eight reunite in ''An Earthly Child''. It can be described simply as "Such fluff, much feels" which include Susan expressing delighted shock at the TARDIS's changed appearance (and the Doctor claiming that everyone goes through a Gothic phase) and the Doctor and Susan having a big smushy hug as they part ways.

* In ''Fugitives'', the Doctor is in deep despair and laments his endless fight with the Daleks and his inability to get to Gallifrey to help Molly with whatever is going on with her. Molly talks him out of this and decides they should do something fun since they can't do anything else, and the two have a very cheerful moment on another planet swimming a gravity-suspended waterfall, laughing and enjoying the moment. Its a very refreshing upbeat breather-that is swiftly spoiled, but warm and lovely all the same.

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