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Big Finish has revealed the winner of this year’s Paul Spragg Memorial Short Trip Opportunity

In 2014, Big Finish sadly lost the cheerful and much-loved Paul Spragg, who was at the heart of the company’s production office and a dear friend to many.

To honour his memory, Big Finish holds an annual Doctor Who short story competition to encourage new and aspiring writers – as Paul did through his many considerate emails, letters and social media posts.

Each year, the winning entry is produced as a Doctor Who – Short Trip audiobook and released as a free download from the Big Finish website on 29 December, Paul’s birthday.

This year, the judges chose The World Tree, an Eleventh Doctor adventure written by Nick Slawicz.

Nora Wicker is forgetful. Not big things – not yet, anyway. She remembers her address and where the shops are. She remembers people when they come to visit, no matter how rare that is.

But she doesn’t remember where the bush with the red leaves in her garden came from – and she definitely doesn’t remember asking for a house call from the Eleventh Doctor.

The 2022 judging panel comprised Big Finish’s Creative Director, Nicholas Briggs, former Doctor Who Brand Editorial Manager, Gabby De Matteis, Producer of the Doctor Who – Short Trips range, Alfie Shaw, and the winning entry’s Producer and Script Editor, Peter Anghelides. Click here to read their comments on the winning entry.

Doctor Who – Short Trips: The World Tree, read by Lisa Bowerman, will be released as a FREE download exclusively from the Big Finish website on 29 December 2022.

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