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'''''The Sirens of Time - Redux''''' was a re-edited, re-scored and re-released edition of the first story in [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]'s [[Main Range|monthly range]], {{cs|The Sirens of Time (audio story)}}, written by [[Nicholas Briggs]] and featuring [[Peter Davison]] as the [[Fifth Doctor]], [[Colin Baker]] as the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Sylvester McCoy]] as the [[Seventh Doctor]], released [[26 November (releases)|26 November]] [[2024 (releases)|2024]].<ref name=":7">{{Cite web|title=Revisit The Sirens of Time today|url=https://bigfinish.com/news/v/revisit-the-sirens-of-time-today|author=[[Big Finish Productions]]|date of source=26 November 2024|website name=[https://bigfinish.com bigfinish.com]|accessdate=26 November 2024|quote=The very first Big Finish Doctor Who audio story – starring Peter Davison, Colin Baker, and Sylvester McCoy – gets a special edition re-release, available now.}}</ref><ref name=":8">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bigfinish.com/news|title=News, Recent Releases sidebar|author=[[Big Finish Productions|Audiobooks from Big Finish]]|accessdate=27 November 2024|website name=[https://www.bigfinish.com bigfinish.com]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20241126211428/https://bigfinish.com/news|archivedate=26 November 2024|quote=Doctor Who: The Sirens of Time Redux (Bronze Edition: DL). Updated 26 November 2024. Released today!}}</ref><ref name=":9">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/bigfinish/status/1861341653119774807|title=🚨 OUT NOW 🚨 The original you might say... but reduxed! http://bgfn.sh/Siren|author=[[Big Finish Productions]]|date of source=26 November 2024|website name=Big Finish Insider ([https://twitter.com/bigfinish @bigfinish]) on [https://twitter.com Twtter]|accessdate=26 November 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/bigfinishprod/p/DCwqu7juBeq|author=[[Big Finish Productions]]|date of source=24 November 2024|website name=[https://www.instagram.com/bigfinishprod @bigfinishprod] on [https://www.instagram.com Instagram]|accessdate=27 November 2024|title=Ahead of the Redux this week, a cheeky look back at the OG Sirens of Time!}}</ref><ref name=":10">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/bigfinish/status/1860662150597063121|author=[[Big Finish Productions]]|accessdate=26 November 2024|website name=Big Finish Insider ([https://twitter.com/bigfinish @bigfinish]) on [https://twitter.com Twitter]|title=SOT: Redux drops this week! Here's what the website looked like around the time.|date of source=24 November 2024}}</ref><ref name=":11">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/bigfinish/status/1860647049869316326|title=TUESDAY: The first #DoctorWho Big Finish audio, like you've never heard it before! http://bgfn.sh/Siren|author=[[Big Finish Productions]]|date of source=24 November 2024|website name=Big Finish Insider ([https://twitter.com/bigfinish @bigfinish]) on [https://twitter.com Twitter]|accessdate=27 November 2024}}</ref><ref name=":12">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/bigfinish/status/1858933259473735803|title=This day next week: Get Reduxed! http://bgfn.sh/Siren|author=[[Big Finish Productions]]|website name=Big Finish Insider ([https://twitter.com/bigfinish @bigfinish]) on [https://twitter.com Twitter]|accessdate=27 November 2024|date of source=19 November 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/bigfinish/status/1853104853683409301|title=This month: It's Redux O'clock baby! http://bgfn.sh/Siren|date of source=3 November 2024|website name=Big Finish Insider ([https://twitter.com/bigfinish @bigfinish]) on [https://twitter.com Twitter]|accessdate=27 November 2024|author=[[Big Finish Productions]]}}</ref>

It was released in celebration of the [[List of anniversaries|25th anniversary]] of Big Finish making ''[[Doctor Who]]'' audio dramas.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=The Sirens of Time revisited|url=https://bigfinish.com/news/v/the-sirens-of-time-revisited|author=[[Big Finish Productions]]|date of source=8 June 2024|website name=[https://bigfinish.com bigfinish.com]|accessdate=26 November 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/bigfinish/status/1800086774464561523|title=🚨 In case you missed it: We're celebrating 25 years of Doctor Who at Big Finish with a new director's cut of the very first release!|author=[[Big Finish Productions]]|date of source=10 June 2024|website name=Big Finish Insider ([https://twitter.com/bigfinish @bigfinish]) on [https://twitter.com Twitter]|accessdate=26 November 2024}}</ref>

|€15.56

|€19.37

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|€80.08

 

* This release is a Redux of {{Cite source|The Sirens of Time (audio story)}}, the very first [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]] audio for ''[[Doctor Who]]''.

* This story was originally recorded on [[6 March (production)|6]] and [[7 March (production)|7 March]] [[1999 (production)|1999]] at [[Crosstown Studios]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-the-sirens-of-time-619|title='Backstage' tab of the official ''The Sirens of Time'' page|author=[[Big Finish Productions|Audiobooks from Big Finish]]|accessdate=26 November 2024|website name=[https://www.bigfinish.com bigfinish.com]}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-the-sirens-of-time-redux-bronze-edition-dl-3118|title='Backstage' tab of the official ''The Sirens of Time Redux (Bronze Edition: DL)'' page|author=[[Big Finish Productions|Audiobooks from Big Finish]]|website name=[https://www.bigfinish.com bigfinish.com]|accessdate=26 November 2024}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-the-sirens-of-time-redux-silver-edition-cd-dl-3121|title='Backstage' tab of the official ''The Sirens of Time Redux (Silver Edition: CD+DL)'' page|author=[[Big Finish Productions|Audiobooks from Big Finish]]|website name=[https://www.bigfinish.com bigfinish.com]|accessdate=26 November 2024}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-the-sirens-of-time-redux-gold-edition-cd-dl-cassette-3120|title='Backstage' tab of the official ''The Sirens of Time Redux (Gold Edition: CD+DL+Cassette)'' page|author=[[Big Finish Productions|Audiobooks from Big Finish]]|website name=[https://www.bigfinish.com bigfinish.com]|accessdate=26 November 2024}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-the-sirens-of-time-redux-platinum-edition-cd-dl-cassette-prints-3119|title='Backstage' tab of the official ''The Sirens of Time Redux (Platinum Edition: CD+DL+Cassette+Prints)'' page|author=[[Big Finish Productions|Audiobooks from Big Finish]]|website name=[https://www.bigfinish.com bigfinish.com]|accessdate=26 November 2024}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web|title=THE SIRENS OF TIME|url=http://www.doctorwho.co.uk/bf-1.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000305044754/http://www.doctorwho.co.uk/bf-1.htm|archivedate=5 March 2000|accessdate=26 November 2024|website name=[http://www.doctorwho.co.uk/bf-1.htm doctorwho.co.uk/bf-1]|author=[[Big Finish Productions|BIG FINISH PRODUCTIONS: Official Licensed Dr. Who Audio Adventures]]}}</ref>

* The news article announcing the Redux states that ''The Sirens of Time'' "featured the [[Fifth Doctor|Fifth]], [[Sixth Doctor|Sixth]] and [[Seventh Doctor|Seventh Doctors]] teaming up [[Knights of Velyshaa|against a deadly]] [[Sirens of Time|threat to]] [[Gallifrey]], with [[Peter Davison]], [[Colin Baker]], and [[Sylvester McCoy]] reprising their roles on audio drama for the first time."<ref name=":0" /> However, Coin Baker had already performed as the Sixth Doctor on audio in the radio drama ''[[Slipback (audio story)|Slipback]],'' and later in the audiobook readings of ''[[Moon Graffiti (short story)|Moon Graffiti]]'' and ''[[Vigil (audio story)|Vigil]]'' for ''[[Out of the Darkness (audio anthology)|Out of the Darkness]]'', both alongside [[Nicola Bryant]] as [[Peri Brown|Peri]].

* For the [[Fifth Doctor]], this story is set between {{cs|The Five Doctors (TV story)}} and {{cs|Warriors of the Deep (TV story)}}; for the [[Sixth Doctor]], between ''[[Season 23 (Doctor Who 1963)|The Trial of a Time Lord]]'' and {{cs|Time and the Rani (TV story)}}; and for the [[Seventh Doctor]] "immediately prior" to<ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/bigfinish/status/1814252654756778430|title=Here's a snippet of what the website looked like 25 years ago, when #DoctorWho: Sirens of Time was released!|author=[[Big Finish Productions]]|date of source=19 July 2024|website name=Big Finish Insider ([https://twitter.com/bigfinish @bigfinish]) on [https://twitter.com Twitter]|accessdate=26 November 2024}}</ref><ref name=":10" /> or simply "before"<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /> the {{cs|Doctor Who (TV story)|1996 TV Movie}}.

* According to [[PROSE]]: ''[[Instruments of Darkness (novel)|Instruments of Darkness]]'', [[Evelyn Smythe]] was in the TARDIS while the Sixth Doctor was at the Kurgon Wonder.

* In his synopsis for the original ''The Sirens of Time'', [[Nicholas Briggs]] gave each episode a title: ''The Knight of Velyshaa'', ''Ship of Destiny'', ''Death of Wonder'' and ''Nexus Point/Curse of the Temperon''. The overall title was inspired by the book ''{{w|The Sirens of Titan}}'' by Kurt Vonnegut.

* The plot originally involved a [[War Lord]] from the television story ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]''.<ref name="BFC">{{Cite book|title=[[The Big Finish Companion: Volume 1]]|last=Dinnick|first=Richard|date=11 November 2011|publisher=[[Big Finish Productions]]|isbn=ISBN 978-1-84435-524-2}}</ref>

* When the original audio story was made, Nicholas Briggs wanted to make it a [[Dalek]] story, but Big Finish had not yet secured the rights to use them at the time. Thus, they settled on a [[multi-Doctor story]].<ref name="BFC" />

* ''The Sirens of Time'' was originally released on cassette and CD. Later the cassette version was replaced by a digital download. On [[1 August (releases)|1 August]] [[2013 (releases)|2013]], Big Finish stopped repressing the CDs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/doctor-who-first-fifty-a-fiver-each|title=Doctor Who First Fifty a Fiver Each For Good!|author=[[Big Finish Productions|Audiobooks from Big Finish]]|date of source=1 August 2013|website name=[https://www.bigfinish.com bigfinish.com]|accessdate=26 November 2024}}</ref> Only the download version remains available.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-the-sirens-of-time-619|title=The official ''The Sirens of Time'' page|author=[[Big Finish Productions|Audiobooks from Big Finish]]|accessdate=26 November 2024|website name=[https://www.bigfinish.com bigfinish.com]}}</ref>

* The original ''The Sirens of Time'' was featured in the Archive Tease segment of [[the Big Finish Podcast]] on [[28 October (releases)|28 October]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]]. The segment included a 15-minute excerpt from the story, preceded by Nicholas Briggs recalling his work on it.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bigfinish.com/podcasts/v/2018-10-28-sirens-tony-and-cassandra|title=2018-10-28 Sirens, Tony and Cassandra|author=[[Big Finish Productions|Audiobooks from Big Finish]]|date of source=28 October 2018|website name=[https://www.bigfinish.com bigfinish.com]|accessdate=26 November 2024}}</ref>

* The Redux was announced on 8 June 2024<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":6">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/bigfinish/status/1799441523169268129|title=🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨 from #BigFinishDay. Click http://bgfn.sh/bfd24news to find out what this pile of #DoctorWho audio tapes is going to become.|author=[[Big Finish Productions]]|date of source=8 June 2024|website name=Big Finish Insider ([https://twitter.com/bigfinish @bigfinish)] on [https://twitter.com Twitter]|accessdate=26 November 2024}}</ref> at Big Finish Day.<ref name=":6" /> It features both a new sound design and incidental music score by Nicholas Briggs.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":13">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/bigfinish/status/1800864403543273869|website name=Big Finish Insider ([https://twitter.com/bigfinish @bigfinish]) on [https://twitter.com Twitter]|accessdate=27 November 2024|date of source=12 June 2024|author=[[Big Finish Productions]]|title="There’ll be some augmented sound design, a brand-new incidental music score by me, new behind-the-scenes content, and a significantly different unfolding of the narrative of the story." http://bgfn.sh/bfd24news}}</ref><ref name=":14">[[Nicholas Briggs|Nicholas Briggs']] introduction to the music suite.</ref>

* All Editions include the original ''The Sirens of Time'' on download,<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":15">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/bigfinish/status/1852350240872886762|accessdate=27 November 2024|date of source=1 November 2024|website name=Big Finish Insider ([https://twitter.com/bigfinish @bigfinish]) on [https://twitter.com Twitter]|author=[[Big Finish Productions]]|title=Illustrated is the platinum edition of Sirens Redux. All editions come with both versions of the story (as downloads)}}</ref> but only the Silver, Gold, and Platinum Editions include bonus tracks.<ref name=":0" />

** The bonus tracks are comprised of newly-conducted audio interviews by Nicholas Briggs with Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy, [[Sarah Mowat]], [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]], and [[Gary Russell]], intercut with segments from the original production of ''The Sirens of Time'' - one of which includes a brief anecdote from [[Maggie Stables]]<ref>Behind the scenes extras.</ref> - and a music suite which consists of incidental music tracks, also from the original production.<ref name=":14" /> The suite begins with a version of the ''Doctor Who'' theme from this production that Nicholas Briggs comments was "perhaps, best-forgotten".<ref name=":14" />

*The Silver Edition was limited to 1000 copies and included the Redux on CD and download;<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":16">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-the-sirens-of-time-redux-silver-edition-cd-dl-3121|title='About' tab of the official ''The Sirens of Time Redux (Silver Edition: CD+DL)'' page|author=[[Big Finish Productions|Audiobooks from Big Finish]]|website name=[https://www.bigfinish.com bigfinish.com]|accessdate=26 November 2024}}</ref> the Gold Edition was limited to 150 copies and also included the Redux on CD and download, with a Limited Edition Cassette tape;<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":17">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-the-sirens-of-time-redux-gold-edition-cd-dl-cassette-3120|title='About' tab of the official ''The Sirens of Time Redux (Gold Edition: CD+DL+Cassette)'' page|author=[[Big Finish Productions|Audiobooks from Big Finish]]|website name=[https://www.bigfinish.com bigfinish.com]|accessdate=26 November 2024}}</ref> and the Platinum Edition was limited to 100 copies, with the Redux on CD, download, the Cassette tape, and photo prints of the original ''The Sirens of Time'' production.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":18">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-the-sirens-of-time-redux-platinum-edition-cd-dl-cassette-prints-3119|title='About' tab of the official ''The Sirens of Time Redux (Platinum Edition: CD+DL+Cassette+Prints)'' page|author=[[Big Finish Productions|Audiobooks from Big Finish]]|website name=[https://www.bigfinish.com bigfinish.com]|accessdate=26 November 2024}}</ref>

**These editions were restricted to one per customer, with duplicate orders cancelled and refunded.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":16" /><ref name=":17" /><ref name=":18" /> The Bronze Edition is considered as "Unlimited" in the news article announcement of the Redux.<ref name=":0" />

*The cover was revealed on 1 July 2024.<ref name=":19">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/bigfinish/status/1807806562670379050|title=🚨 COVER REVEAL 🚨 The web of time is threatened - and someone wants the Doctor dead... the remix! http://bgfn.sh/Siren|author=[[Big Finish Productions]]|date of source=1 July 2024|website name=Big Finish Insider ([https://twitter.com/bigfinish @bigfinish]) on [https://twitter.com Twitter]|accessdate=27 November 2024}}</ref> [[Tom Webster]] posted the clean artwork to [https://twitter.com/tomwebsta his] [[Twitter]] the same day.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/tomwebsta/status/1807835922546762141|title=Clean cover for #DoctorWho Sirens of Time Redux from @bigfinish I used to listen to this one on tape back in the day!|website name=Tom Webster ([https://twitter.com/tomwebsta @tomwebsta]) on [https://twitter.com Twitter]|accessdate=27 November 2024|date of source=1 July 2024|author=[[Tom Webster]]}}</ref> The costumes and bodies for the Doctors were provided by cosplayers Webster had asked to help with the cover.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/lornemacd/status/1807872385556623829|title=That McCoy look! This is great work!|author=Lorne MacDougall|date of source=2 July 2024|website name=Lorne MacDougall ([https://twitter.com/lornemacd @lornemacd]) on [https://twitter.com Twitter]|accessdate=26 November 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/tomwebsta/status/1808076625260539906|title=Thanks to amazing cozplayers, I'll post about them later <3|author=[[Tom Webster]]|date of source=2 July 2024|website name=Tom Webster ([https://twitter.com/tomwebsta @tomwebsta]) on [https://twitter.com Twitter]|accessdate=26 November 2024}}</ref> Those of the Fifth and Sixth Doctor were provided by EspadonPatissier,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/espadonpatissier/p/C87QA7wo52E|author=EspadonPatissier|date of source=2 July 2024|website name=[https://www.instagram.com/espadonpatissier @espadonpatissier] on [https://www.instagram.com Instagram]|accessdate=27 November 2024|title=I’ve been a fan of @bigfinishprod for around a decade now, so when @tom.websta contacted me to act as some kind of « body double » for the Fifth and Sixth Doctor I didn’t think twice about it! I didn’t know it would be for something as special as The Sirens of Time Redux when he first reached out to me. I’m over the moon this happened, it still feels a bit surreal.}}</ref> while the Seventh Doctor's was provided by Daniel Pederson.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/_bizarrenerd_/p/C87WgZZMvDP|title=Cats out the bag now! Following from @espadonpatissier recent post, a wonderful artist from Big Finish known as @tom.websta asking for me to stand in for the Seventh Doctor for his new artwork used for Sirens of Time Redux. I jumped at the chance to do so and the artwork turned out so well!|accessdate=26 November 2024|date of source=2 July 2024|website name=[https://www.instagram.com/_bizarrenerd_ @_bizarrenerd_] on [https://www.instagram.com Instagram]|author=Daniel Pederson}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/BizarreNerd/status/1808602985179852826|title=I definitely enjoyed helping out with the artwork on this one! Mr Webster did an outstanding job on this and I was honoured to be a part of it|author=Daniel Pederson|date of source=3 July 2024|accessdate=26 November 2024|website name=Daniel Pederson ([https://twitter.com/BizarreNerd @BizarreNerd]) on [https://twitter.com Twitter]}}</ref>

**With Webster's contribution of this cover, this marks his latest and last cover for Big Finish. Before this, his last covers were those for ''[[The Ninth Doctor Adventures]]: [[Old Friends (audio anthology)|Old Friends]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/tomwebsta/status/1494066329762119683|title=First & last #DoctorWho for Big Finish 🥰|author=[[Tom Webster]]|date of source=16 February 2022|website name=Tom Webster ([https://twitter.com/tomwebsta @tomwebsta]) on [https://twitter.com Twitter]|accessdate=27 November 2024}}</ref>

**[[Rafe Wallbank]] would later credit Daniel Pederson for the costume and body of the Seventh Doctor on his cover for ''[[The Doctor and Carnacki (audio anthology)|The Doctor and Carnacki]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/rafeski_/status/1839337660823060741|title=WHAT IF Sylvester McCoy was in a big lake? Here’s my cover for the upcoming @bigfinish 7DA boxset, coming this November! #DoctorWho 💀 Many thanks to @ShayProd for the skeleton renders and @BizarreNerd for the TVM 7 body, couldn’t have done it without them! ❤️|author=[[Rafe Wallbank]]|date of source=26 September 2024|website name=Rafe Wallbank 🌌 ([https://twitter.com/rafeski_ @rafeski_]) on [https://twitter.com Twitter]|accessdate=27 November 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/BizarreNerd/status/1839334079092982040|title=Amazing artwork by @rafeski_ here! It was an absolute pleasure to help you out with Seven’s costume!|author=Daniel Pederson|date of source=26 September 2024|accessdate=27 November 2024|website name=Daniel Pederson ([https://twitter.com/BizarreNerd @BizarreNerd]) on [https://twitter.com Twitter]}}</ref>

*The webpages for the Redux Editions on the Big Finish website originally used the image of the recording tapes that was featured in the announcement article.<ref>{{Cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608144853/https://www.bigfinish.com/search_results?search_value_selected=0&search_term=Sirens+of+Time+Redux|archivedate=8 June 2024|url=https://www.bigfinish.com/search_results?search_value_selected=0&search_term=Sirens+of+Time+Redux|title=Search Results - ‘''Sirens of Time Redux''’|author=[[Big Finish Productions|Audiobooks from Big Finish]]|accessdate=27 November 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-the-sirens-of-time-redux-silver-edition-cd-dl-3121|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610105749/https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-the-sirens-of-time-redux-silver-edition-cd-dl-3121|archivedate=10 June 2024|title=The official ''The Sirens of Time Redux (Silver Edition: CD+DL)'' page|website name=[https://www.bigfinish.com bigfinish.com]|accessdate=27 November 2024|author=[[Big Finish Productions|Audiobooks from Big Finish]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-the-sirens-of-time-redux-platinum-edition-cd-dl-cassette-prints-3119|title=The official ''The Sirens of Time Redux (Platinum Edition: CD+DL+Cassette+Prints)'' page|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608145028/https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-the-sirens-of-time-redux-platinum-edition-cd-dl-cassette-prints-3119|archivedate=8 June 2024|author=[[Big Finish Productions|Audiobooks from Big Finish]]|website name=[https://www.bigfinish.com bigfinish.com]|accessdate=27 November 2024}}</ref> Following the cover reveal on 1 July 2024,<ref name=":19" /> the images were of course changed to said cover the same day.<ref>{{Cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240701210909/https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-the-sirens-of-time-redux-bronze-edition-dl-3118|archivedate=1 July 2024|url=https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-the-sirens-of-time-redux-bronze-edition-dl-3118|title=The official ''The Sirens of Time Redux (Bronze Edition: DL)'' page|author=[[Big Finish Productions|Audiobooks from Big Finish]]|accessdate=27 November 2024|website name=[https://www.bigfinish.com bigfinish.com]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240719121331/https://www.bigfinish.com/search_results?search_value_selected=0&search_term=Sirens+of+Time+Redux|archivedate=19 July 2024|url=https://www.bigfinish.com/search_results?search_value_selected=0&search_term=Sirens+of+Time+Redux|title=Search Results - ‘''Sirens of Time Redux''’|author=[[Big Finish Productions|Audiobooks from Big Finish]]|accessdate=27 November 2024}}</ref>

*By 3 July 2024, the Gold and Platinum Editions were sold out, with [https://twitter.com/bigfinish the Big Finish Twitter account] labelling the Silver Edition as "very limited!"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/bigfinish/status/1808425515990053107|accessdate=27 November 2024|website name=Big Finish Insider ([https://twitter.com/bigfinish @bigfinish]) on [https://twitter.com Twitter]|date of source=3 July 2024|author=[[Big Finish Productions]]|title=Platinum ❌ SOLD OUT ❌ Gold ❌ SOLD OUT ❌ Silver ❗VERY LIMITED❗ http://bgfn.sh/SilverS}}</ref> By 5 July 2024, the account said they were "about to sell-out [by the way]",<ref name=":20">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/bigfinish/status/1809257017581650039|date of source=5 July 2024|title=🚨 FIRST LISTEN 🚨 The first #DoctorWho Big Finish audio, like you've never heard it before! http://bgfn.sh/Sirens Physical copies are about to sell-out btw: http://bgfn.sh/Silver|author=[[Big Finish Productions]]|website name=Big Finish Insider ([https://twitter.com/bigfinish @bigfinish]) on [https://twitter.com Twitter]|accessdate=27 November 2024}}</ref> followed by the account posting on 8 July that for those who wanted a CD copy of the Redux to "Be quick!", as the image that was included with the post stated CD copies were 90% sold out,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/bigfinish/status/1810414812717039893|website name=Big Finish Insider ([https://twitter.com/bigfinish @bigfinish]) on [https://twitter.com Twitter]|accessdate=27 November 2024|date of source=8 July 2024|author=[[Big Finish Productions]]|title=⌛ Anyone hoping to grab the limited edition CD of #DoctorWho: The Sirens of Time Redux? Be quick! http://bgfn.sh/SilverS}}</ref> then later on 9 July, that the amount was "down to double-digits".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/bigfinish/status/1810637552941994461|accessdate=27 November 2024|website name=Big Finish Insider ([https://twitter.com/bigfinish @bigfinish]) on [https://twitter.com Twitter]|date of source=9 July 2024|author=[[Big Finish Productions]]|title=CD copies of #DoctorWho: Sirens of Time are now down to double digits of availability ⏳  http://bgfn.sh/SilverS}}</ref>

**On 10 July 2024, ''The Sirens of Time - Redux'' was declared out of print.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/bigfinish/status/1811009198223766005|accessdate=27 November 2024|website name=Big Finish Insider ([https://twitter.com/bigfinish @bigfinish]) on [https://twitter.com Twitter]|date of source=10 July 2024|author=[[Big Finish Productions]]|title=The Sirens of Time Redux is officially OUT OF PRINT http://BGFN.SH/Siren}}</ref>

*The trailer for the Redux was released on 5 July 2024.<ref name=":20" />

*Sometime between 5 October 2024<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-the-sirens-of-time-redux-platinum-edition-cd-dl-cassette-prints-3119|title='Backstage' tab of the official ''The Sirens of Time Redux (Platinum Edition: CD+DL+Cassette+Prints)'' page|author=[[Big Finish Productions|Audiobooks from Big Finish]]|website name=[https://www.bigfinish.com bigfinish.com]|accessdate=27 November 2024|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20241005235216/https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-the-sirens-of-time-redux-platinum-edition-cd-dl-cassette-prints-3119|archivedate=5 October 2024}}</ref> and 6 November 2024, the Big Finish page for the Platinum Edition was updated to include two packshot images in the Backstage tab.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-the-sirens-of-time-redux-platinum-edition-cd-dl-cassette-prints-3119|title='Backstage' tab of the official ''The Sirens of Time Redux (Platinum Edition: CD+DL+Cassette+Prints)'' page|author=[[Big Finish Productions|Audiobooks from Big Finish]]|website name=[https://www.bigfinish.com bigfinish.com]|accessdate=27 November 2024|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20241106004124/https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-the-sirens-of-time-redux-platinum-edition-cd-dl-cassette-prints-3119|archivedate=6 November 2024}}</ref>

**Sometime between 25 November<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-the-sirens-of-time-redux-platinum-edition-cd-dl-cassette-prints-3119|title='Backstage' tab of the official ''The Sirens of Time Redux (Platinum Edition: CD+DL+Cassette+Prints)'' page|author=[[Big Finish Productions|Audiobooks from Big Finish]]|website name=[https://www.bigfinish.com bigfinish.com]|accessdate=27 November 2024|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20241125043121/https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-the-sirens-of-time-redux-platinum-edition-cd-dl-cassette-prints-3119|archivedate=25 November 2024}}</ref> and 27 November 2024, photos of Peter Davison, Colin Baker at the original recording of ''The Sirens of Time'', Jason Haigh-Ellery and Gary Russell being interviewed, and Nicholas Briggs at the original CD release of ''The Sirens of Time'', all taken in 1999, were added to the Backstage tab.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-the-sirens-of-time-redux-platinum-edition-cd-dl-cassette-prints-3119|title='Backstage' tab of the official ''The Sirens of Time Redux (Platinum Edition: CD+DL+Cassette+Prints)'' page|author=[[Big Finish Productions|Audiobooks from Big Finish]]|website name=[https://www.bigfinish.com bigfinish.com]|accessdate=27 November 2024|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20241127083518/https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-the-sirens-of-time-redux-platinum-edition-cd-dl-cassette-prints-3119|archivedate=27 November 2024}}</ref>

*On 1 November 2024, the Big Finish Twitter account posted the second packshot image of the Platinum Edition.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/bigfinish/status/1852338787260432792|accessdate=27 November 2024|website name=Big Finish Insider ([https://twitter.com/bigfinish @bigfinish]) on [https://twitter.com Twitter]|date of source=1 November 2024|author=[[Big Finish Productions]]|title=If you pre-ordered a #DoctorWho: The Sirens of Time Redux special edition, something like this will be on its way to you very soon!}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/AndrewOnSeeAIR/status/1852339431602094513|title=Whoa! Does the Redux CD set also come with the original version of The Sirens of Time?|author=Andrew Hsieh|date of source=1 November 2024|website name=Andrew Hsieh 🔶🇺🇦 ([https://twitter.com/AndrewOnSeeAIR @AndrewOnSeeAIR]) on [https://twitter.com Twitter]|accessdate=27 November 2024}}</ref><ref name=":15" />

*A tweet from the Big Finish account stated that ''The Sirens of Time - Redux'' would release a week from 21 November [[2024 (releases)|2024]], ergo, [[28 November (releases)|28 November]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/bigfinish/status/1859688237377245444|title=This day next week: Travel back 25 years with us! http://bgfn.sh/siren|author=[[Big Finish Productions]]|date of source=21 November 2024|website name=Big Finish Insider ([https://twitter.com/bigfinish @bigfinish]) on [https://twitter.com/ Twitter]|accessdate=27 November 2024}}</ref> This is most likely an error as all other dates - and the day Redux did release - was on [[26 November (releases)|26 November]] 2024.<ref name=":7" /><ref name=":8" /><ref name=":9" /><ref name=":11" /><ref name=":12" />

* The [[Delia Derbyshire]] [[Doctor Who theme#Version two|theme as used in the original]] is not used in the Redux. Instead, the respective themes for the Doctors are, though not sequentially.

** [[Peter Howell|Peter Howell's]] [[Doctor Who theme#Seasons 18-22|arrangement]] is used for Part 1's opening, and Part 4's closing.

** [[Dominic Glynn|Dominic Glynn's]] [[Doctor Who theme#Season 23|arrangement]] is used for Part 1's cliffhanger; Part 2's opening and cliffhanger; Part 3's opening; and Part 4's opening.

** [[Keff McCulloch|Keff McCulloch's]] [[Doctor Who theme#Seasons 24-26|arrangement]] is used only for Part 3's cliffhanger.

** In the Redux, there is no pre-titles sequence, and it opens with the merchant ship at sea as the TARDIS materialises inside it. The Fifth Doctor then exits, making the opening line of Redux, ''"Hmm. Just as I thought. A sea vessel of some sort... Probably steam turbines. Come on out, you two! Let's stretch your sea legs! While I use my tracker to see if this is where that time distortion, or whatever it was, is coming from."''

* The Doctors' "Contact" segment in the Redux is truncated significantly from the original's.

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