And so it continues...

[m_findlow]

A whole month after it was all over the internet, Big Finish finally decided to email me (their loyal pre-order customer) to tell me what I already knew. IT DOES NOT TAKE A MONTH AND IT'S HARDLY AN APOLOGY.
Feel free to get in touch with them and let them know your feelings. #teambarrowman

"TORCHWOOD MONTHLY RANGE. Big Finish has taken the decision to remove Torchwood: Absent Friends from the Monthly Range release schedule and has no plans to publish this title at this time.

Please note: all bundle pre-orders for the Torchwood Monthly Range stories 49-54 or 49-60 will feature an alternative title in its place.

Listeners who have pre-ordered this title as an individual purchase and would like to request a refund can do so by contacting the Sales team via bigfinish.com/contact."

Comments

[bk_forever]

It's enough to make me never want to buy from Big Finish again!

*iz snarly*

[m-findlow.livejournal.com]

I get that they're beholden to BBC as the licensor. They could have simply released that email way earlier. As it was it was really hard to find the announcement that other websites had picked up on because it was buried deep in one of their news updates. Even when I went looking for it it took ages to find. Not like they didn't have all our email addresses and purchase history.

[bk_forever]

They've seriously let their loyal customers down. And does this mean that there will no longer be ANY new Big Finish dramas featuring Jack? Are they going to discontinue all the ones that already exist? Or are they just singling out this one, which was likely the most eagerly awaited?

[m-findlow.livejournal.com]

It's intriguing. I doubt that contractually they can pull existing releases unless investigations uncovered something really bad thya warranted more drastic actions.
For me the strange one was when they pulled the new Titan Comic, though I can only rationalise that if it was indeed a tie in with a filmed episode and they've since had to rewrite and reshoot parts to remove the actor that this is why it got pulled. Otherwise we're saying that anything including a character portrayed by a particular actor has to be withdrawn which makes no sense. If the actor receives no remuneration for it because they're not involved in the production, then it should be okay. You can't help that a character looks like someone from real life. So yes, potentially Big Finish might halt recording any further Captain Jack scripts until the BBC close out their investigation, assuming such a thing happens. You can bet the lawyers on both sides are keen to draw a conclusion and the implications for the franchise's future.

[bk_forever]

That's going to disappoint an awful lot of people. I just feel so bad for JB, he's such a lovely person and this must be really hurting him emotionally.

I used to respect the BBC, but not any more. Overreactions to something from so long ago do nobody any good. =(

[jo02]

It seems to me, to be virtue-signalling on their side, and punishing the paying fans on the other side.

[m-findlow.livejournal.com]

Blame BBC Worldwide Distribution sitting up on their high moral soapbox. They'll have all their licensees (Big Finish, Titan Comics etc) over a barrel, telling them their licences will be torn up if they release anything Barrowman/Captain Jack related whilst this whole stoush carries on. BBC don't care that their licensees will be losing major profits over works already produced and paid for.