About Race To Finish: A Doctor Who Big Finish Podcast
Join David and Carrick as they venture into Big Finish's Doctor Who main range! From The Sirens of Time to Zagreus, they will discuss it all. The race is on!
The Shadow Of The Scourge- The power of friendship saves the day
We delve into Shadow of the Scourge, and discuss, among other things, why Paul Cornell is such a damn good writer, how much symbolism and theming in this there is, and also, Carrick quotes the release, a lot.
12 Apr 2021
The Fires of Vulcan: "LETS TALK ABOUT THE CHARACTERIZATION OF THE LEADS!!!!"
We discuss the main range's second pure historical and how it 'improves' on the characterization of Mel Bush as well as how similar (and different) this is from The Fires of Pompeii. Also, David can't pronounce a name. Fun!
5 Apr 2021
The Apocalypse Element: The Technobabble of the Daleks
We dive into the Dalek's second appearance in Big Finish alongside the first appearance of Romana, covering how much this connects to other Big Finish spin-offs, how to make Daleks effective, and wonder, what on earth even actually happened in this story and why should an audience care?
29 Mar 2021
Winter For The Adept: "This episode addresses issues of religious extremism"
We delve into Winter for the Adept, how to pace a four parter, why Andrew Cartmel isn't comfortable with writing audio, and Carrick pretends to be a crazy scottish lady.
24 Mar 2021
The Spectre of Lanyon Moor: Surprise Villains Galore!
In this episode we talk about the return of the Brigadier, what 'traditional stories' even are, and the infestation of twist villains suffered by the Cornish countryside.
15 Mar 2021
Red Dawn: Getting Off Topic Again...And Again...And Again
David and Carrick spend 25 minutes talking about everything except for the audio drama they're meant to be talking about because it turns out its really boring!
8 Mar 2021
The Genocide Machine: How to bore an audience in four easy parts
Carrick and David tackle the Daleks first appearance on audio and discuss whether they can be successful in the medium, the random appearance of a character who'll be a big deal in the Bernice Summerfield range, and why David doesn't like Daleks that much.
1 Mar 2021
The Marian Conspiracy: "May god have mercy on our souls!!"
Carrick and David gush about Evelyn Smythe, how brilliant this is as a pure historical, its deft handling of the Sixth Doctor, and so much more (seriously GO LISTEN TO THIS)
15 Feb 2021
The Fearmonger: A Rarely Talked About Classic
David and Carrick talk about the first Seventh Doctor and Ace audio, exploring when humanizing fascists helps to fight them, the failings of centrist shock jock radio, and how fucked up something written in 1999 is still creepily relevant in 2021.
2 Feb 2021
Land of the Dead: Skeleton Dinos go BOOM-BOOM!!!
Carrick and David continue there exploration of the Main Range as they discuss the incredibly uncomfortable race politics of Land of the Dead and learn why "DINOSAURS GO BOOM-BOOM!"
18 Jan 2021
Whispers of Terror: Struggles in Scripting For Sixie
Our travels through the main range continue with Whispers of Terror! In this one we discuss Big Finish's redemption of Six, among other things.
4 Jan 2021
Phatasmagoria: Invasion of the Funny Posh Gentlemen
Carrick and David delve right into the first Fifth Doctor audio from Big Finish, discussing the limitations of tradition, the frustrating lack of female representation in early Big Finish, and Carrick faces his arch nemesis in the form of the Wellington Winds!
22 Dec 2020
The Sirens of Time: Nicholas Briggs loves playing with his new toys
In episode 1 we delve into the main range's first release, The Sirens of Time. Carrick does his Nicholas Briggs impression, Colin Baker throws some shade, and David forgets the plot. The race is on!
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