The Sirens of Time Redux (audio story): Difference between revisions

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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>

* This release was originally announced as ''The Sirens of Time – Redux''<ref name=":0" />, the title was finalised as ''The Sirens of Time Redux''.<ref name=":7" />

* 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>

* Several references to the ''[[Audio Visuals (fan work)|Audio Visuals]]'' audio dramas are made during this story, including;

** The appearance of [[Drudger]]s, originally robotic servants of Conglomerate who appeared in ''Conglomerate'', ''The Destructor Contract'' and ''Subterfuge''.

** The appearance of the [[Temperon]]s, which first appeared in ''The Time Ravagers''; and the mention of the [[Calfadoria]]n [[Tri-Planet Alliance of Calfadoria|Tri-Planetary Alliance]], which first appeared in ''Maenad'' before being mentioned several times in future stories.

* The Fifth Doctor is travelling with [[Tegan Jovanka]] and [[Vislor Turlough]], who remain in his TARDIS throughout the story.

* 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]].

** This same order of Gary Russell approaching Colin Baker, then Sylvester McCoy, and then Peter Davison, would be recollected by Davison in an interview for [[TV Choice]] by [[Graham Kibble-White]].<ref name=":25">{{Cite web|title=The BIG interview: Doctor Who’s Peter Davison|url=https://www.tvchoicemagazine.co.uk/tv/doctor-who/the-big-interview-peter-davison/|author=[[Graham Kibble-White]]|date of source=9 July 2024|accessdate=28 November 2024|website name=[https://www.tvchoicemagazine.co.uk tvchoicemagazine.co.uk]|publisher=TV Choice}}</ref>

* Peter Davison remembered that ''The Sirens of Time'' was "hitherto... the [[Children in Need]] [[Dimensions in Time (TV story)|special that we did with]] ''[[EastEnders (series)|EastEnders]]'', that made no sense at all", before saying, "Sirens of Time ''also'' made no sense at all... I think I've got a reasonable grip - grasp of most ''Doctor Who'' stories... ''Most''... And I had no idea what was going on. So you can imagine that if ''I'' had no idea what was going on, Colin or Sylvester had ''absolutely'' no clue. I mean, they were completely in the dark. Sylvester, I think he just said, 'Oh, I'm gonna, just roll my R's a bit. I think that's what I'll do.' ...But we had a ''fun'' time! It was a great time!"<ref name=":24" />

* Some answers of Peter Davison in the extras are also stated or similar to other statements given in his interview for TV Choice by Graham Kibble-White about his work on the original ''The Sirens of Time'' and his Big Finish ''Doctor Who'' work overall.<ref name=":25" /> Specifically: those about his, Colin Baker's, and Sylvester McCoy's understanding of the story of ''The Sirens of Time''; his thoughts to performing in Big Finish's ''Doctor Who'' audios and his re-association with ''Doctor Who'' in that respect; how he decided he would do his performance as the Fifth Doctor on audio; and his concern on photographs being taken during recordings that the audience will see, as he wants them to imagine the characters as how they looked onscreen, not as how the actors who played the characters look now.<ref name=":24" /><ref name=":25" />

=== Redux production and release ===

* [[Toby Hrycek-Robinson]] helped Briggs "rescue the original source material off ancient digital audio tapes," by "skilfully extract[ing] the material".<ref name=":0" />

* 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" />

** With Sarah Mowat's participation in the extras, this marks her latest and last contribution to a Big Finish ''Doctor Who'' production since playing [[Gajeeda]] in {{Cs|Dark Eyes 3 (audio anthology)}}: {{Cs|The Reviled (audio story)}} in [[2014 (releases)|2014]] . Her last contribution for any Big Finish production was ''The Prisoner'': ''Volume Three'' in [[2019 (releases)|2019]]''.''

** The music track 'Call to Adventure' by Kevin MacLeod<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1300022&Search=Search|title=Call to Adventure|author=Kevin MacLeod|accessdate=28 November 2024|website name=[https://incompetech.com incomptech.com]}}</ref> is used at six minutes, thirty-three seconds into the behind the scenes extras.<ref name=":24" />{{Note|Though the track name is not given nor Kevin MacLeod credited, it is clearly identifiable.}}

* The cover was revealed on [[1 July (releases)|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]]:'' {{Cs|Old Friends (audio anthology)}}.<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 {{cs|The Doctor and Carnacki (audio anthology)}}.<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>

** On [[10 July (releases)|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>

* Sometime between [[5 October (releases)|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 (releases)|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 (releases)|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 (releases)|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 (releases)|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" /> The Big Finish Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/bigfinish.bsky.social account] would [https://bsky.app/profile/bigfinish.bsky.social/post/3lbdcqpepyy2f post] the same image on [[19 November (releases)|19 November]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bsky.app/profile/bigfinish.bsky.social/post/3lbdcqpepyy2f|title=😍 If you pre-ordered a Sirens of Time Redux special edition, something like this will be on its way to you very soon! Due for release on 26 November 2024.|author=[[Big Finish Productions]]|date of source=19 November 2024|website name=Big Finish Insider ([https://bsky.app/profile/bigfinish.bsky.social @bigfinish]) on [https://bsky.app Bluesky]|accessdate=28 November 2024}}</ref>

=== Differences between versions ===

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

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

* The original opened with the following line from a computer warning system on [[Gallifrey]] (voiced by Nicholas Briggs): ''"Sector 8 alert! Sector 8 alert! Unauthorised capsule entry imminent! Repeat: Unauthorised capsule entry imminent! Stand two on Sector 8!"'' in a pre-titles sequence.

== Continuity ==