A brief history of the Big Finish covers
So you have a Big Finish. How do you date it based on the cover? Find out here..
October 1999 (The
Sirens Of Time)
The middle of the top third row contains the TV Movie logo
used on other contemporary Doctor Who products e.g. books, VHS tapes
The audio title is underneath
The bottom row states that is “a brand new full-cast audio
drama starring (insert doctor and companion billings here)”
The audio cover image forms the
background, layered behind the logo and title but not encroaching on the
“full-cast audio drama” bar
February 2000 (The
Fearmonger)
The “full cast” is dropped from the bottom bar
January 2001 (Storm
Warning)
The bottom bar is dropped, so that the audio cover covers
the entire cover (makes sense to you?)
For the January to April 2001 releases only, the logo is
gold
Just the Doctor and companion billings are
on the bottom
January 2002
(Invaders From Mars)
The Doctor billing is moved above the logo while the
companion billing stays on the bottom
March 2007
(Renaissance Of The Daleks)
The audio title, writer are placed in a bar on the left
side. This bar also includes actor billings for Doctor, companion and other
guest stars. An image of the Doctor starring in the story is also included
Along the top is states “Classic Doctors Brand New Adventures”
and the bottom says “Full Cast Audio Drama”
The rest of the space is used for the
cover image
February 2008 (The
Condemned)
The side bar is widened and the Doctor
image is now a headshot
This is the model still used as of July 2012
BUT other ranges can be picked out by their distinctive
covers.
The
Companion Chronicles
January 2007
(Frostfire)
The bottom says “The Companion Chronicles” instead of “Full
Cast Audio Drama”
Stock images of that audio’ Doctor is used
July 2008 (Here There
Be Monsters)
The Doctor image is now a snapshot from that Doctors title
sequence (of the head of that Doctor superimposed on top of their title sequence
where applicable)
January 2011 (Peri And
The Piscon Paradox)
For multi-Doctor stories, a Tardis is used for the Doctor
image
Eighth
Doctor Adventures
January 2007 (Blood
Of The Daleks Part 1)
The Doctor image is a shot of Paul McGann and Sheridan Smith
January 2008 (Dead
London)
The Doctor image is just a McGann head shot
The
Lost Stories
November 2009 (The
Nightmare Fair)
The “Classic Doctors Brand New Adventures” line is replaced
with “The Lost Stories”
Hehehe. Did you see through my attempt at delaying you from wondering where my Lost reviews were? Read into that as you will, I have a review to do....
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