{"id":2393,"date":"2019-11-25T19:57:48","date_gmt":"2019-11-25T19:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/?p=2393"},"modified":"2019-11-25T19:57:54","modified_gmt":"2019-11-25T19:57:54","slug":"celebration-of-big-finishs-survivors-audios-in-new-divergent-wordsmiths-ebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/2019\/11\/25\/celebration-of-big-finishs-survivors-audios-in-new-divergent-wordsmiths-ebook\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebration of Big Finish&#8217;s Survivors audios in new Divergent Wordsmiths eBook"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>A NEW eBOOK published today by the Divergent Wordsmiths team, celebrating twenty years of creative audio work by Big Finish, includes a chapter on the company&#8217;s acclaimed nine series of original <\/strong><em><strong>Survivors <\/strong><\/em><strong>adventures.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Written by Rich Cross, the editor of the <em>Survivors: A World Away <\/em>site, the short chapter recounts the development, release and reception of the 36 new <em>Survivors <\/em>audio dramas released between 2013 and 2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other chapters in the book focus on Big Finish&#8217;s <em>Torchwood<\/em>, <em>Doctor Who<\/em> and other related releases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Meaning of Big Finish<\/em>, edited by Alan Camlann is completely <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"free to download (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/divergent-wordsmiths.weebly.com\/uploads\/1\/1\/1\/0\/111063867\/divergent_wordsmiths_l04_-_doctor_who_-_the_meaning_of_big_finish.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">free to download<\/a> from the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Divergent Wordsmith (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/divergent-wordsmiths.weebly.com\/stories.html\" target=\"_blank\">Divergent Wordsmiths<\/a> site. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alan Camlann (ed). 2019. <em>The Meaning of Big Finish<\/em>. Divergent Wordsmiths. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/divergent-wordsmiths.weebly.com\/uploads\/1\/1\/1\/0\/111063867\/divergent_wordsmiths_l04_-_doctor_who_-_the_meaning_of_big_finish.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"512\" data-attachment-id=\"2396\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/2019\/11\/25\/celebration-of-big-finishs-survivors-audios-in-new-divergent-wordsmiths-ebook\/meaning_of_big_finish_cover\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/meaning_of_big_finish_cover.png?fit=696%2C512&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"696,512\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"meaning_of_big_finish_cover\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/meaning_of_big_finish_cover.png?fit=300%2C221&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/meaning_of_big_finish_cover.png?fit=696%2C512&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/meaning_of_big_finish_cover.png?resize=696%2C512&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Divergent Wordsmiths - 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The Meaning of Big Finish - Table of Contents\" class=\"wp-image-2395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/meaning_of_big_finish_toc.png?w=614&amp;ssl=1 614w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/meaning_of_big_finish_toc.png?resize=300%2C160&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/divergent-wordsmiths.weebly.com\/uploads\/1\/1\/1\/0\/111063867\/divergent_wordsmiths_l04_-_doctor_who_-_the_meaning_of_big_finish.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"622\" height=\"376\" data-attachment-id=\"2394\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/2019\/11\/25\/celebration-of-big-finishs-survivors-audios-in-new-divergent-wordsmiths-ebook\/meaning_of_big_finish_survivors\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/meaning_of_big_finish_survivors.png?fit=622%2C376&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"622,376\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"meaning_of_big_finish_survivors\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/meaning_of_big_finish_survivors.png?fit=300%2C181&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/meaning_of_big_finish_survivors.png?fit=622%2C376&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/meaning_of_big_finish_survivors.png?resize=622%2C376&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Divergent Wordsmiths - The Meaning of Big Finish - extract from Survivors chapter\" class=\"wp-image-2394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/meaning_of_big_finish_survivors.png?w=622&amp;ssl=1 622w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/meaning_of_big_finish_survivors.png?resize=300%2C181&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A NEW eBOOK published today by the Divergent Wordsmiths team, celebrating twenty years of creative audio work by Big Finish, includes a chapter on the company&#8217;s acclaimed nine series of original Survivors adventures. Written by Rich Cross, the editor of the Survivors: A World Away site, the short chapter recounts the development, release and reception &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/2019\/11\/25\/celebration-of-big-finishs-survivors-audios-in-new-divergent-wordsmiths-ebook\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Celebration of Big Finish&#8217;s Survivors audios in new Divergent Wordsmiths eBook&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2396,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-audio","category-big-finish","category-media-coverage"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/meaning_of_big_finish_cover.png?fit=696%2C512&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9n8B4-CB","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2393"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2400,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2393\/revisions\/2400"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}