The Big Finish Short Trips are a collection of short stories published by Big Finish Productions based on the BBC Television series Doctor Who, beginning with the collection Short Trips: Zodiac in December 2002. The Short Trips name was inherited from similar collections published by the BBC, who decided in March 2000 that is was no longer financially viable to produce collections of short stories. Big Finish Productions negotiated a licence to continue producing these collections, publishing them in smaller runs and in hardback, thus allowing for a higher cover price and increased profit margins on the BBC collections. This article is in need of attention. ... Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces audio plays released straight to compact disc, based on British cult science fiction properties. ... BBC Television is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation which began in 1936. ... The Doctor Who 2005 television series logo. ... Look up December in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Template:DecemberCalendar2006 December is the twelfth and last month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The BBC Short Trips books were collections of short stories published by BBC Books based on the television series Doctor Who. ... March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... A hardcover (or hardback or hardbound) book is bound with rigid protective covers (typically of cardboard covered with cloth or heavy paper) and a stitched spine. ...

Big Finish's licence with BBC Enterprises only allows them to use copyrighted material from the "classic" Doctor Who series (1963 – 1989 and 1996), which means that their stories can only feature the first eight Doctors and their companions. There are also difficulties in using the Eighth Doctor's companions Grace Holloway and Chang Lee as the copyright to these is own by Universal Television. At present, Big Finish cannot produce any material using the Ninth or Tenth Doctors, and are similarly not allowed to include references to the new Russell T. Davies headed series in their works. BBC Worldwide Limited is the wholly-owned commercial subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation, formed out of a restructuring of its predecessor BBC Enterprises in 1995. ... Copyright symbol. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... The Eighth Doctor is the name given to the eighth incarnation of the Doctor seen on screen in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. ... Dr. Grace Holloway is a fictional character played by Daphne Ashbrook in the 1996 television movie Doctor Who, a continuation of the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Yee Jee Tso as Chang Lee (from Enemy Within). ... Universal Television (a. ... The Ninth Doctor refers to the ninth official incarnation of the fictional character known as the Doctor, in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. ... The Tenth Doctor is the name given to the tenth incarnation of the Doctor seen on screen in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. ... Russell T. Davies, pictured in 2003. ...

The Books

There are currently nineteen announced Big Finish Short Trips volumes. They are produced in a slightly different manner than the BBC Short Trips collections: instead of being centrally produced, Big Finish commission editors for the volumes, who then use there own working methods to commission stories from writers for the themed collections. Because of this, each volume is produced depending on the working method of its editor – some editors commission stories on invitation from writers, whilst others invite unsolicited submission of stories.

The published volumes are as follows:

The collections have mixed established Doctor Who writers, such as Simon A. Forward, Dale Smith or Mark Michalowski, with writers new to Doctor Who. Some of these new writers have subsequently gone on to become more well know in Doctor Who circles, such as Joseph Lidster and Simon Guerrier. Jacqueline Rayner is a best-selling British science fiction author, most notably of the Doctor Who series of books and audio productions. ... March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... June is the sixth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with a length of 30 days The month is named after the Roman goddess Juno, wife of Jupiter and equivalent to the Greek goddess Hera. ... September is the ninth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four Gregorian months with 30 days. ... Look up December in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Template:DecemberCalendar2006 December is the twelfth and last month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... Look up April in Wiktionary, the free dictionary April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Gary Russell appearing on Doctor Who Confidential Gary Russell (born 18 September 1963 in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, UK) is a freelance writer and former child actor. ... Note: as an adjective (stressed on the second syllable instead of the first), august means honorable. ... Look up October in Wiktionary, the free dictionary October is the tenth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... Paul Cornell appearing on Doctor Who Confidential Paul Cornell (born July 18, 1967) is a British writer best known for his work in television drama as well as Doctor Who fiction. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dale Smith (born 1976) is a writer and playwright from Leicester but currently living and working in Manchester. ... Mark Michalowski (born 1963 in Chesterfield) is the editor of Shout!, Yorkshires lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender paper, as well as being an author best know for his work writing spin-offs based on the BBC Television series Doctor Who. ...

External links

• Big Finish's Short Trips page

• Outpost Gallifrey's reviews page