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1. Seeing discussion of the cost of Big Finish on my timeline, so let& #39;s break down what people like me mean when we say "Big Finish are overpriced".
Volume 1 of "The Tenth Doctor Adventures", a perfectly good set of 3 episodes of season 4 nostalgia, costs £24.99 to/
1. Seeing discussion of the cost of Big Finish on my timeline, so let& #39;s break down what people like me mean when we say "Big Finish are overpriced".
Volume 1 of "The Tenth Doctor Adventures", a perfectly good set of 3 episodes of season 4 nostalgia, costs £24.99 to/
2. download.
The 15 episodes from "Voyage of the Damned" to "The Next Doctor" costs £14.99 on Amazon instant video. £10 less for 5 times as much content with the same characters.
The 15 episodes from "Voyage of the Damned" to "The Next Doctor" costs £14.99 on Amazon instant video. £10 less for 5 times as much content with the same characters.
3. "But Scarves" you may be thinking, "series 4 is 12 years old, of course it& #39;s cheaper than a recent Big Finish boxset."
It& #39;s a valid point. So let& #39;s compare to a fairer example: the most recent series of New Who.
It& #39;s a valid point. So let& #39;s compare to a fairer example: the most recent series of New Who.
4. Series 12 costs £19.99 on Amazon Instant video. 3 times as many episodes for £6 less. And Series 12 was released this year, while Volume One of "The Tenth Doctor Adventures" was released in 2017.
5. Big Finish are overpriced. They produce a lot of good content, and I& #39;m sure most of the people who work for the company are very nice people. But some fans (not most, but some) will claim you& #39;re "not a true fan" if you don& #39;t keep up with Doctor Who EU content/
6. / or will claim they’re “better” fans than people who have consumed less EU content than them.
And if parts of a fandom say you need a certain amount of disposable income to be a “true fan”, then those parts of fandom have issues with gatekeeping and classism.
And if parts of a fandom say you need a certain amount of disposable income to be a “true fan”, then those parts of fandom have issues with gatekeeping and classism.
7. To be clear: I don’t pirate Big Finish. I just don’t listen to them any more. Given that, as far as I can tell, most of their content is enjoyable but not groundbreaking nostalgia pieces for decades old television, I’d rather just watch the old television/
8. / which I either own or is available for free on iplayer.
