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Mark & Joe have enjoyed Big Finish since it first began, and now they are stepping through the archives to discuss, critique and gossip about the entire library of adventures!

Finish Big


    • May 13, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 50m AVG DURATION
    • 78 EPISODES


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    Instant Finish - Companion Chronicles - Families

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2025 17:20


    Mark & Joe discuss the latest Companion Chronicles boxset featuring Maureen O'Brien, Carole Ann Ford, Peter Purves, Lauren Cornelius & Stephen Noonan!

    Bernice Summerfield Series Five

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2025 64:22


    Mark & Joe head into the fifth season of Bernice Summerfield audios and encounter Grel, Galyari, Giant Robots & strange prisons!

    The Tomorrow People Season Three

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2025 50:02


    We're jaunting back to join John, Elena & Tom on four more exciting adventures in The Tomorrow People Season Three. Covered are The Slarvian Menace, The Warlock's Dance, A Living Hell, Trigonometry.

    Instant Finish - The Curse of Time

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2025 10:50


    Join Joe & Mark as they explore the consequences of a very popular season 12 story to celebrate 40 years of Tom Baker!

    Instant Finish - The Living Darkness

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2025 13:51


    Mark & Joe react to the latest first Doctor six part story starring Stephen Noonan and Peter Purves...

    Main Range 59 & 60 (The Roof of the World & Medicinal Purposes)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2025 48:53


    Joe & Mark take a trip to the astral plane and then off to Scotland to witness some ghastly bodsnatching...

    Dalek Empire III

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2024 51:29


    Join Mark & Joe as they make their way through the third series of Dalek Empire. Is this the series that will finally finish them off?

    Main Range 56-58 The Axis of Insanity, Arrangements for War & The Harvest

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2024 71:25


    Join Mark & Joe as they head back to the Main Range with more adventures with Peri & Erimem, Evelyn and introducing Philip Olivier as Hex!

    Instant Finish - Once & Future - Coda: The Final Act

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2024 12:59


    Mark & Joe dare to head back to the universe of Once and Future, the extended advertisement range for Big Finish. Can our magnificent Tim Foley break the Once & Future curse?

    Judge Dredd 13-15

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2024 40:20


    Joe & Mark head back to the world of Judge Dredd to explore his ancestry, condemn him as a war criminal and laugh as he has to protect Britney Spears!

    Gallifrey - Series One (featuring top ho Luke Molloy)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2024 95:52


    Join Mark, Joe & Luke as we enter the universal time vortex spanning playing field as we explore the coming together of Romana, Leela, K9, Braxiatel and Narvin in Gallifrey Series One!

    Big Finish Live - The Stuff of Legend (featuring Luke Molloy & Dylan Rees)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2024 13:58


    Just what did Mark, Joe and their two top Hos, Luke & Dylan, think of the latest Big Finish Live - The Stuff of Legend by Robert Valentine?

    Main Range 52-55 (Scherzo-The Twilight Kingdom)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2024 93:15


    Mark & Joe take their first steps into the Divergent Universe and face all manner of horrors - but enough about the stories - what about the threats they face? One of us is intrigued, the other appalled.

    Instant Finish - Trials of a Time Lord

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2024 16:11


    Another Sixie celebration! But did we need it? Mark & Joe make their way of three hours of Davros, Cybermen, Androgums and gameshows! But what did they make of it all?

    Instant Finish - Dark Gallifrey: The War Master Part Two

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2024 11:22


    Joe & Mark take on the latest Dark Gallifrey story and see just how well Bernice Summerfield, Captain John Hart & the War Master get on together...

    Instant Finish - Deathworld

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2024 14:36


    What did Joe & Mark think of the latest 'lost' story starring Stephen Noonan, Michael Troughton and Tim Trealor?

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    Shada & Living Legend

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2024 55:04


    Mark & Joe head to Cambridge to see how Paul McGann fares in a Tom Baker script - and we talk all about the new Big Finish website and Big Finish Day!

    Goth Opera Audio (featuring Hamster Book Club!)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2024 78:33


    In the crossover event of the Century, Finish Big teams up with the Hamster Book Club to discuss the recently released Goth Opera audio. Starring Luke Sims-Jenkins & Andrew Batty.

    Main Range - The Wormery

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2024 32:32


    Mark & Joe head to Bianca's (the full episode this time) and drink tequila, dress up in taxis and suffer epistemological quandaries!

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    Instant Finish - Dark Gallifrey The War Master 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2024 10:04


    Joe & Mark are baffled by the lack of The War Master in his own set...but are delighted too because this was a superb final release for David Warner.

    Instant Finish - The Last Day Part Two

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2024 22:21


    It's the release we've all been waiting for - The Last Day Part Two! The Seventh Doctor is off to be shot in San Francisco...but what was he up to before that?

    Main Range - Zagreus

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2024 64:09


    Joe & Mark tackle the biggest main range release to date - the mighty 50th special Zagreus! But which of us loves this and which of us hates this?

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    Main Range - The Villains Trilogy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2024 114:03


    Joe & Mark are joined by our greatest Ho Luke Molloy for his take on the Villains trilogy (Omega, Davros, Master). Expect contention and laughs all the way!

    Unbound 4-6 (featuring Dylan Rees)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2024 64:41


    Mark, Joe & Dylan head back to those 'what if' worlds to explore He Jests At Scars, Deadline & Exile. Can anybody reach a consensus on these stories?

    Instant Finish Sontarans vs Rutans - In Name Only

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2024 10:21


    Join Mark & Joe as they head to Gallifrey for the last instalment of the Sontarans vs Rutans series, In Name Only...

    Unbound 1-3 (Auld Mortality, Sympathy for the Devil & Full Fathom Five)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2024 52:11


    For a side step into the Unbound series we have invited the King of spin off media - Dylan Rees of Too Hot for TV - to talk about Auld Mortality, Sympathy for the Devil & Full Fathom Five.

    Instant Finish - The Quin Dilemma

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2024 10:38


    Four sixth Doctor's, Peri, Flip, Constance, Mel, and the Quins! Mark and Joe have a great time with this celebratory story and we hope you do too!

    Instant Finish - Born to Die

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2024 10:38


    Mark & Joe return to Sontarans vs Rutans and team up with the sixth Doctor & Charley Pollard in Born to Die!

    Main Range 44-46 (Creatures of Beauty-Flip Flop)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2024 91:59


    Mark & Joe head back to the main range to discuss a trio of experimental stories - Creatures of Beauty, Project: Lazarus & Flip Flop.

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    Instant Finish - Children of the Future

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2024 9:14


    Joe & Mark head back to Sontarans vs Rutans to listen to the 3rd Doctor, Sarah and the Brigadier tangling with Rutans!

    The Tomorrow People Season Two

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2024 45:01


    Mark & Joe jaunt (not wank) our way through four more adventures with homo superior! Covered in this episode are The New Atlantis, The Power of Fear, The Curse of Kaveen & Alone.

    Bernice Summerfield - Season Four

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2024 70:45


    Mark & Joe head back to the adventures of Bernice Summerfield! Covered are The Bellotron Incident, The Draconian Rage, The Poison Seas & Death and the Daleks.

    Instant Finish - Fugitive of the Daleks

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2024 11:02


    Mark & Joe offer instant thoughts on the latest First Doctor Adventure…featuring Vicki & Dodo?

    Instant Finish - The Battle of Giant's Causeway

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2024 10:53


    Mark & Joe head to 55BC Ireland with the 8th Doctor, Charley & C'rizz…that's right C'rizz is back!

    2000 AD - Judge Dredd & Strontium Dog (9-12)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2024 42:16


    Joe & Mark head back into the universe of 2000AD and listen to Dreddline, Fire from Heaven, 99 Code Red & War Planet.

    Instant Finish - The Last Day Part One

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2024 14:55


    It's time to say goodbye to Sylvester McCoy's seventh Doctor but will it be in style or just stalling? Mark & Joe investigate.

    Christmas Special A to Z of our Favourite Big Finish Things

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2023 81:18


    Mark & Joe walk you through their favourite things from Big Finish, be it actors, characters, stories or ranges!

    Main Range 41-43 (Nekromenteia-Dr Who & the Pirates)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2023 79:20


    Join Mark & Joe as they head back to the Main Range and discuss Nekromenteia, The Dark Flame & Dr Who & the Pirates!

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    Dalek War

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2023 45:07


    Mark & Joe plunge themselves into Nick Briggs' Dalek War. Can lightning strike twice for Suz, Alby and Karlendorf?

    Instant Finish - In the Bleak Midwinter

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2023 13:46


    Joe & Mark review the latest 8th Doctor, Audacity and Charley set, the festive special In the Bleak Midwinter.

    Main Range 38-40 (The Church and the Crown-Jubilee)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2023 87:11


    Mark & Joe head back to the Main Range to enthuse about three fantastic stories: The Church and the Crown, Bang-Bang-a-Boom & Jubilee.

    Rob Valentine Interview

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2023 71:04


    Mark & Joe talk to the very charming & very smart Robert Valentine about his work with Big Finish.

    Instant Finish - Intelligence for War

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2023 12:08


    Mark & Joe head into the spy-fi excitement of season seven as the latest Eddie Robson epic gets the Finish Big treatment.

    The Maltese Penguin/Real Time/No Place Like Home

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2023 57:41


    Mark & Joe embark on subscriber bonuses, BBCi specials and DWM freebies!

    Instant Finish - Once & Future: Timelord Immemorial

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2023 11:55


    Mark & Joe discuss the latest in the 60th anniversary extravaganza (or not) Once & Future!

    Judge Dredd 5-8

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2023 52:27


    We're back in the Meg and astonished to discover that this is our favourite spin off to date. Stories covered are The Big Shot!, Trapped on Titan, Get Karter! & I ❤️ Judge Dredd

    Sarah Jane Smith Series One

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2023 91:33


    Join Mark, Joe & guest Will Brooks as they explore the dark, dangerous world of Sarah Jane Smith Series One. Comeback, The TAO Connection, Test of Nerve, Ghost Town & Mirror Signal Manoeuvre discussed.

    Instant Finish: Once & Future - The Martian Invasion of Planetoid 50

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2023 11:24


    Joe & Mark explore the next exciting instalment of the Once & Future series! The tenth Doctor & Missy!

    Instant Finish: Once & Future - In the Night

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2023 11:03


    Mark & Joe listen and react to the latest 5th Doctor set featuring Pursuit of the Nightjar & The Resistors.

    Main Range 34-37 (Spare Parts-The Sandman)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2023 106:43


    Mark & Joe head back to the Main Range with Spare Parts, …ish, The Rapture & The Sandman. Which are the classics and which as the failures?

    Simon Guerrier Interview

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2023 77:45


    Join Mark & Joe as they talk to the charming Simon Guerrier and discuss Bernice Summerfield, Graceless, The Inside Story, Companion Chronicles and his upcoming David Whittaker biography.

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