All the slots for extras for an upcoming audio from Big Finish are now full. "Thanks to everyone who answered I thought I might get 10 replies," producer Gary Russell told Outpost Gallifrey. "Ten times that by Sunday and they're still coming... As I only needed about 25, I'm now closing this request cos I've got what I needed. But a very, very heartfelt thanks to everyone who responded. We at Big Finish Towers are enormously grateful, and flattered, that so many volunteered. Next time I'll hire a cathedral rather than a studio and we might fit everyone in."

According to a message from retailer Galaxy 4, the expected Doctor Who audio CD title Resistance is Futile has run into problems. Says the note from Galaxy 4, "The BBC have now removed this title from the 2004 schedule with no new date assured. This is due to copyright issues regarding the theme tune and the new Doctor Who TV series. We have therefore suspended all orders pending rescheduling or cancellation." This is a surprising turn of events, considering that the long-delayed CD release was actually promoted quite heavily with free giveaways at last year's official Doctor Who anniversary event, Panopticon 2003. (Thanks to Galaxy 4, Steve Tribe)

Gary Russell of Big Finish let us know about an upcoming audio taping on June 23 where fans can participate. "If you fancy being one of about 25 people, men and woman, screaming yourself hoarse in a variety of ways and can be in south London next Wednesday evening 23rd June, drop an e-mail ASAP to crowds@bigfinish.com and we'll get back to you. Sorry, no fee, but heaps of tea and coffee. And maybe a cake or two... generous, aren't we..."

The new MP3-CD release of Death Comes to Time, which went on sale on June 7, has a technical fault that apparently has been noticed and will be rectified in a second printing. "There is a slight problem with the first pressing which computer users may spot when watching Episode Three of the original animated version," says the press release from the BBC Radio Collection, "everything grinds to a halt three quarters of the way through. This is a technical glitch, which has now been solved, and the second pressing - due at the end of June - will be bug-free. If you're dissatisfied with your disc and would like to have it exchanged, you can contact BBC Audio customer services on tel. 01225 443400, or by email at info@audiobookcollection.com. Meanwhile, the problem with Episode 3 can be circumnavigated by selecting the 'Play All' option, in which the whole episode plays well. Range editor Michael Stevens said, 'We're very sorry about this hiccup. Joseph Conrad wrote that it's only those who do nothing that make no mistakes, and according to James Joyce errors are the portals of discovery. Here at BBC Audio, we say 'Hear, hear' - and add an epithet of our own. 'When adventuring with Doctor Who in the frontiers of technology, there's always a lull in Episode Three!'" (Thanks to Laura Burch at BBC Audiobooks)

According to the Galaxy 4 retail store, the originally planned BBC Radio Collection CD release of The Crusade starring William Hartnell has been postponed to 2005, instead of this August as originally planned. Update: According to Play.com, the release of "Crusade" is slated for February 7, 2005. The Underwater Menace is also a likely release for the first half of next year. (Thanks to Galaxy 4, Gary Reed)

Magic Bullet Productions, producers of the "Kaldor City" audio spinoff range, have added another series to their list: the Faction Paradox Chronicles. BBV has announced that they have ceased production of the FP line (though they retain the rights to continue selling the first six, already released). The Faction Paradox audio series features adventures using the time-travelling 'voodoo cult' first created by author Lawrence Miles in the BBC Books Doctor Who series; in addition to this ongoing audio series, Mad Norwegian publishes an independent comic series using the characters and situations. There is no word on whether the same cast from the BBV audios will continue under the Magic Bullet banner.

The new DWM has information about both BBC Books' plans for 2005 as well as the rest of the year's Big Finish anthologies. On the BBC Books front, March through May will feature the frist three tie-in novels with the new series' characters, while Lance Parkin's book is due out in June and now has a name, The Gallifrey Chronicles. Barry Letts pens The Island of Death in July, a Third Doctor/Sarah novel, while August sees the Sixth Doctor book Future Nostalgia by Gary Russell. Richards tells DWM that they're still in the planning stages of the "ninth Doctor adventures," working with the production team to make sure the characterizations are correct; they will be distinct from the regular series for both fans and new viewers, but may have elements from the regular series crop up within them.

Meanwhile, Big Finish's Short Trips: Monsters, due out this summer and edited by Ian Farrington, features the following short stories: "Feeding Time" by Samantha Baker, "How I Stopped Trying to Kill the Doctor and Learned to Love Myself" by Nev Fountain, "The Secret of Fire" by Matt Grady, "Categorical Imperative" by Simon Guerrier, "The Touch of the Nurazh" by Stephen Hatcher, "Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life" by Anthony Keetch, "Trapped" by Joseph Lidster, "The Colour of Monsters" by Steve Lyons, "Best Seller" by Ian Mond & Danny Heap, "Chiaroscuro" by Jim Mortimore, "The Last Rites" by Marc Platt," and "Screamager" by Jacqueline Rayner. Meanwhile, the next Short Trips folume after that will be Short Trips: 2040 edited by John Binns, with stories by David Bailey, John Binns, Andy Campbell, Xanna Eve Chown, Matthew Griffiths, Alexander Leithes, Rebecca Levene, Kate Orman, Lance Parkin, Marc Platt, Jacqueline Rayner, Richard Salter, Tara Samms, Gareth Wigmore and Huw Wilkins. Finally, Short Trips: A Christmas Treasury is due out in December and is edited by Paul Cornell, with the author list to be announced soon.

Unregenerate Productions Presents two new fan-published audio adventures. The Maltese Video of Doom by James Potter and John Claydon is promised to be "the first ever audio comedy made entirely in black and white" while The Five Directors of Doom by Stuart Robinson is said to contain "the worst pun ever heard in a civilised country." These two Doctor Who "sitcom audios" featuer special guest appearances by Rob Shearman, Jason Haigh-Ellery, Alistair Lock, Mark Donovan, Rupert Booth, militant Lobsters and Super intelligent, genetically engineered Kangaroos. (No, really!) For details visit www.vspace.co.uk.

Tenth Planet have sent Outpost Gallifrey the first image of the forthcoming Cyberman Tin audio collection due out in November. The audio set, like last year's "Dalek Tin," will include several CD releases including the audio soundtracks of "The Tenth Planet" and "The Invasion" (with narrators to be announced) and a CD release of "Origins of the Cyberman" by David Banks, Silver Fist/Who Dares' 1989 audio (originally released on cassette) read by Banks that detail the history of the Cybermen. Tenth Planet also have sent us higher-resolution copies of the cover illustrations for both volumes ofTales from the TARDIS due out this summer; click on each for a larger version.

Putting to rest rumors that have begun circulating (we believe from speculation over the three-CD release of "Game Time" early next year) that Peter Davison will soon be calling it quits on the Big Finish audio line, producer John Ainsworth (who's behind Big Finish's "Unbound" series) told members of the Outpost Gallifrey forum today, "I asked Gary Russell about this yesterday and he confirmed that he certainly has been given no indication by Peter that he wants to give up the Who audios. Gary was quite baffled as to how the rumour got started." Ainsworth also commented about the CD triple-size: "The only reason that there will be a triple-CD Davison release next year is that the writer proposed a six-part story which Gary liked and thought was worth doing as a special release." So no worries as Davison continues into the foreseeable future. (Thanks to John Ainsworth)