As previously announced, while the UK remains in lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, Big Finish is releasing free downloads of full-cast audio dramas – or #lockdownloads – for a limited time. 

Every Monday, a new story (or episode from a box set collection) can be downloaded for free exclusively from the Big Finish website’s Weekly Deals page.

Each freebie can be unlocked by anyone who has registered for a Big Finish account (which is free to create) and played on the Big Finish listening app (which is free to install). Accompanying each free release is a selection of discounts on related titles. 

This week’s #lockdownload is: 

Doctor Who – The Companion Chronicles: The Story of Extinction 

Originally released in June 2016 as part of the Doctor Who - The Companion Chronicles: The Second Doctor Volume 1, The Story of Extinction is written by Ian Atkins and directed by Lisa Bowerman. Starring Deborah Watling and Frazer Hines, this tale tells the story of a planet besieged, a Doctor in danger and a piece of psychic paper with some unfinished business.  

Civilisations rise and fall – and few planets have seen this happen more often than Amyrndaa.  

The Doctor, Jamie and Victoria join a survey team to find out why on the planet where everything is suited to creating life, nothing lives for long... 

Plus, for a limited time, Big Finish listeners can get up to 60% OFF Doctor Who – The Companion Chronicles: The Second Doctor Volumes 1 & 2 and Doctor Who – The Lost Stories: The Second Doctor box set, and up to 50% off a selection of Doctor Who – The Early Adventures titles including the following: 

The Yes Men, The Forsaken, The Black Hole, The Isos Network, The Night Witches, The Outliers, The Morton Legacy, The Wreck of the World and Daughter of the Gods. 

For Big Finish listeners who’d like to save more, there are also download bundle deals, including 50% OFF Doctor Who: The Early Adventures Series 2 and Doctor Who: The Early Adventures Series 4.  

All the above offers can be accessed at the Big Finish Weekly Deals page and must end at 23:59 on 14 February 2021.