Line #15 Creator/BigFinish


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3	->''For the love of stories.'' [[note]]Changed in 2022 from their original slogan "''We love stories''"[[/note]]
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5	[[http://www.bigfinish.com/ Big Finish]] is a British company that produces {{audio play}}s, mostly SciFi and licensed from franchises originating in other media. Not to be confused with GrandFinale. [[LineOfSightName Named after]] Creator/StevenMoffat's ''Series/PressGang''.
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7	Their productions include audios for:
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9	* ''Series/DoctorWho'' (see ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'')
10	** {{Spin Off}}s with their own pages are ''AudioPlay/SarahJaneSmith'', ''AudioPlay/{{Gallifrey}}'', ''Literature/BerniceSummerfield'' (shared with the original novels), and ''Franchise/IrisWildthyme''. See the ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'' page for a full list of spinoffs.
11	* ''Series/AdamAdamantLives''
12	* ''[[ComicBook/LutherArkwright The Adventures of Luther Arkwright]]''
13	* ''Series/TheAvengers1960s'' (Two series: ''The Lost Episodes'', recreating the mostly-incomplete first season and ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Comic Strip Adaptations]]'', set during the ''Steed and Mrs. Peel'' era.)
14	* ''Series/BlakesSeven'' (see [[AudioPlay/BlakesSeven the audio plays]])
15	* ''Series/{{Callan}}''
16	* ''Series/CaptainScarletAndTheMysterons''
17	* ''AudioPlay/TheConfessionsOfDorianGray''
18	* ''ComicStrip/DanDare''
19	* ''Series/DarkSeason''
20	* ''Series/DarkShadows''
21	* ''Radio/{{Earthsearch}}''
22	* ''Comicbook/JudgeDredd'' and other ''[[Comicbook/TwoThousandAD 2000 AD]]'' strips
23	* ''The Omega Factor''
24	* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}''
25	* ''Series/{{The Prisoner\|1967}}''
26	* ''Series/SapphireAndSteel''
27	* ''Literature/SherlockHolmes''
28	* ''Series/Space1999''
29	* ''Series/StarCops''
30	* The Franchise/StargateVerse
31	* ''Series/{{Stingray\|1964}}''
32	* ''Series/{{Survivors}}''
33	* ''Series/{{Terrahawks}}''
34	* ''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}''
35	* ''Series/{{Timeslip}}''
36	* ''Series/TheTomorrowPeople1973''
37	* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000''
38	** The Literature/CiaphasCain story "Dead in the Water"
39	* ''Series/UFO1970''
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41	They have also produced audio adaptations of various classic literature including ''Franchise/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'', ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'', ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'', and ''Literature/TheInvisibleMan'', and several wholly original productions including:
42	** ''ATA Girl'', a WWII drama
43	** ''Blind Terror: The Gods of Frost'', a gothic horror
44	** ''Cicero'', a thriller set in Ancient Rome
45	** ''The Human Frontier'', a science fiction serial
46	** ''Jeremiah Bourne in Time'', a time travel-adventure series
47	** ''Shilling & Sixpence Investigate'', a murder mystery
48	** ''Transference'', a crime thriller
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50	* ActingForTwo: You'd be hard pressed to find a Big Finish story, that didn't have at least one actor playing multiple parts.
51	* ProductionPosse: A great number of actors, writers and directors have regularly contributed to several Big Finish productions, despite many of them not being permanent members of the company. Acting wise, two of the most prolific mainstays are Creator/LisaBowerman, and the late Creator/DavidWarner.
52	* SharedUniverse:
53	** The majority of their audio series take place in the Franchise/{{Whoniverse}}, being that they are all ''Series/DoctorWho'' spin-offs, with some unrelated series have a few references to ''Doctor Who''.
54	** Creator/BigFinish created a loosely connected shared world for their ''Literature/SherlockHolmes'', ''Series/DarkShadows'' and ''AudioPlay/TheConfessionsOfDorianGray'' series. The ''Confessions'' series is what mainly connects the three through crossovers and CharacterOverlap, as Holmes appears in "Ghosts of Christmas Past" and voiced by his Big Finish actor Creator/NicholasBriggs, and ''Confessions'' has numerous references to ''Dark Shadows'', with Dorian Gray himself appearing in "The Darkest Shadow" and voiced by his ''Confessions'' actor Creator/AlexanderVlahos.
55	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
56	** There was nearly a range based off of the cult American sci-fi show ''Series/{{Firefly}}'', which never happened either due to money or rights.
57	** Had Creator/JohnHurt not passed away, he was very much prepared to more stories with Big Finish beyond his signature role as the War Doctor. Playing the title character in ''Literature/TheInvisibleMan'' gave us taste of what it could've been.

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