In 2012,
Big Finish Productions
Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces books and radio drama, audio plays (released straight to compact disc and for download in MP3 and m4b format) based, primarily, on science fiction properties. These include ''Doctor Who'' ...
began producing audio dramas featuring ''
Doctor Who
''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series, created by Sydney Newman, C. E. Webber and Donald Wilson (writer and producer), Donald Wilson, depicts the adventures of an extraterre ...
''s
fourth Doctor
The Fourth Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. He is portrayed by Tom Baker.
Within the series' narrative, the Doctor is a centuries-old alien Time Lord from ...
, as portrayed by
Tom Baker
Thomas Stewart Baker (born 20 January 1934) is an English actor and writer. He is best known for having played the Fourth Doctor, fourth and longest-serving incarnation of The Doctor (Doctor Who), the Doctor in the science fiction television ...
. Baker had previously declined to feature in any Big Finish releases, but after recording a trilogy of full cast audio boxsets for BBC Audiobooks, he decided to participate. This was also part of a spin off series of the Monthly range.
Cast and characters
Cast
Notable Guests
*
David Warner David or Dave Warner may refer to:
Sports
* Dave Warner (strongman) (born 1969), Northern Ireland strongman competitor
* David Bruce Warner (born 1970), South African alpine skier
* David Warner (cricketer) (born 1986), Australian cricketer
Othe ...
as Cuthbert
*
David Sibley as The Eminence
*
Frazer Hines
Frazer Simpson Frederick Hines (born 22 September 1944) is an English actor. He began his career as a child actor and appeared in ''A King in New York'' (1957) with Charlie Chaplin. He later played Jamie McCrimmon in ''Doctor Who'', appearing i ...
as
Jamie McCrimmon
James Robert McCrimmon, usually simply called Jamie, is a fictional character played by Frazer Hines in the long-running British Science fiction on television, science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. A Bagpipes, piper of the Clan Mac ...
*
David Troughton
David Troughton (born 9 June 1950) is an English actor. He is known for his Shakespearean roles on the British stage and for his many roles on British television, including Dr Bob Buzzard in ''A Very Peculiar Practice'' and Ricky Hanson in ''Ne ...
as
The Black Guardian
*
Gabriel Woolf
Gabriel Woolf (born 2 October 1932) is a British film, radio and television actor.
Career
Among Woolf's leading parts was his performance as the Apostle John in a frequently repeated BBC adaptation of ''The Man Born to Be King'' where he also int ...
as
Sutekh
Sutekh may refer to:
* Set (deity)
Set (; Egyptian language#Egyptological pronunciation, Egyptological: ''Sutekh - swtẖ ~ stẖ'' or: Seth ) is a deity, god of deserts, storms, disorder, violence, and foreigners in ancient Egyptian religion ...
*
Joe Sims as Mark Seven
*
Siân Phillips
Dame Jane Elizabeth Ailwên Phillips (born 14 May 1933), known professionally as Siân Phillips ( ), is a Welsh actress from Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen, Wales. Her early career consisted primarily of stage roles, including the title roles in Ibsen's '' ...
as The Director
*
John Heffernan as The Nine
*
Annette Badland
Annette Badland is a British actress known for a wide range of roles on television, radio, stage, and film. She is best known for her roles as Charlotte in the BBC crime drama series '' Bergerac'', Margaret Blaine in the BBC science fiction se ...
as
The Toymaker
''The Toymaker'' is a collection of science fiction short stories by Raymond F. Jones. It was first published in 1951 by Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc. in an edition of 1,300 copies of which 1,000 were hardback. The stories originally appeared ...
*
Tamzin Outhwaite
Tamzin Maria Outhwaite (; born 5 November 1970) is an English actress, presenter and narrator. From 1998-2002, and again from 2018-2019, she played the role of Mel Owen in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders''. She has also starred in a number of ...
as Joan Stone <>
*
Rosalie Craig
Rosalie Mae Craig (born May 30, 1980) is an English actress, noted for her performances in musical theatre. In 2013, she received her first major award, a London Evening Standard Award for Best Performance in a Musical.
Life and career
Craig ...
as Lady Anita <>
*
Rosie Day
Rosie Jane Day is an English actress, author, playwright, and filmmaker. She is known for her portrayals of Mary Hawkins in the Starz historical drama series '' Outlander'' (2016), Tina Pemberton in Sky One's comedy-drama series '' Living the D ...
as Betty <>
Episodes
Season 1 (2012)
This series of adventures is set between seasons
14 and
15 of the classic series, and features
Louise Jameson
Louise Marion Jameson (born 20 April 1951) is an English actress with a variety of television and theatre credits. Her roles on television have included playing Leela (Doctor Who), Leela in ''Doctor Who'' (1977–1978), Anne Reynolds in ''The O ...
reprising her role as
Leela.
Special (2012)
Season 2 (2013)
This series of adventures is set between seasons
16 and
17 of the classic series, and features
Mary Tamm
Mary Tamm (22 March 1950 – 26 July 2012) was a British actress who appeared in many British TV drama series and serials. She is best known for her role as Romana I in the BBC's science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', appearin ...
and
John Leeson
John Francis Christopher Ducker (born 16 March 1943), known professionally as John Leeson, is an English actor. He is known for portraying Bungle in ''Rainbow'' and voicing K9 in ''Doctor Who'' and spin-offs '' The Sarah Jane Adventures'' a ...
reprising their roles as
Romana and
K9; this was Tamm's final role, as she died in 2012 after recording her parts.
Season 3 (2014)
This series of adventures, like Season 1, is set between seasons
14 and
15 of the classic series and features Jameson reprising her role as Leela. Chronologically, it takes place after ''
The Oseidon Adventure
''The Oseidon Adventure'' is an List of Doctor Who audio plays by Big Finish, audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction on television, science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. This audio drama was produced by Big Fin ...
'' and the special ''
Night of the Stormcrow
Night of the Stormcrow is a Big Finish Productions audiobook based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It is free to subscribers and released with ''1001 Nights''.
Plot
A mountainside observatory sear ...
''.
Season 4 (2015)
A fourth series of adventures featuring Leela was released, this time also starring John Leeson as K9 and set during season
15 of the classic series.
Season 5 (2016)
A fifth series of adventures was released from January 2016, this time featuring Lalla Ward as the second incarnation of Romana and John Leeson as K9. The stories are set between seasons
17 and
18 of the classic series.
Season 6 (2017)
A sixth series was released beginning in January 2017, also featuring Lalla Ward as the second incarnation of Romana and John Leeson as K9. The stories are set during season
18 of the classic series, prior to that season's E-Space trilogy.
Season 7 (2018)
A seventh series was released from January 2018, featuring Louise Jameson as Leela and John Leeson as K9. The stories are set after Season 4, during season
15 of the classic series. This is the first season to be released in 2 separate box sets rather than a new release every month. The final two stories feature
Sutekh
Sutekh may refer to:
* Set (deity)
Set (; Egyptian language#Egyptological pronunciation, Egyptological: ''Sutekh - swtẖ ~ stẖ'' or: Seth ) is a deity, god of deserts, storms, disorder, violence, and foreigners in ancient Egyptian religion ...
, a character based upon the Egyptian deity of the same name.
Gabriel Woolf
Gabriel Woolf (born 2 October 1932) is a British film, radio and television actor.
Career
Among Woolf's leading parts was his performance as the Apostle John in a frequently repeated BBC adaptation of ''The Man Born to Be King'' where he also int ...
reprises his portrayal of Sutekh; Woolf had appeared as the character in the classic Doctor Who serial
"Pyramids Of Mars".
Season 8 (2019)
An eighth series was released from January 2019, featuring John Leeson as K9 and a new companion WPC Ann Kelso played by Jane Slavin. The stories are set in between series
15 and
16 and are collectively titled ''The Syndicate Master Plan''.
Season 9 (2020)
A ninth series was released from January 2020, featuring Lalla Ward as Romana II, John Leeson as K9 and Matthew Waterhouse as Adric. The stories are set in Season 18 during the E-Space Trilogy, specifically set between the stories
State of Decay and
Warriors' Gate
''Warriors' Gate'' is the fifth serial of the Doctor Who season 18, 18th season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It was written by Stephen Gallagher and was first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC One, BBC1 fr ...
. The format of the series changed from two box sets of four one hour stories, to two box sets of two two hour stories. A special, featuring Louise Jameson as Leela and John Leeson as K9 was released in May 2020, which is set between the stories
Underworld
The underworld, also known as the netherworld or hell, is the supernatural world of the dead in various religious traditions and myths, located below the world of the living. Chthonic is the technical adjective for things of the underworld.
...
and
The Invasion of Time
''The Invasion of Time'' is the sixth and final serial of the Doctor Who (season 15), 15th season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in six weekly parts on BBC One, BBC1 from 4 February to 11 ...
.
Special (2020)
Season 10 (2021)
A tenth series was released from January 2021, featuring Louise Jameson as Leela. Like Series 1 and 3, the stories are set between seasons
14 and
15 of the classic series.
''Dalek Universe'': Prologue (2021)
A prologue to the Tenth Doctor event ''
Dalek Universe''.
Season 11 (2022)
An eleventh series was released from January 2022, featuring the first appearance of
Nerys Hughes
Nerys Hughes (born 8 November 1941) is a Welsh actress and narrator, known primarily for her television roles, including her parts in the BBC TV series '' The Liver Birds'' (1971-1978) and '' The District Nurse'' (1984-1987).
Early life and e ...
as new companion Margaret. The stories will be set during season
14 of the classic series, specifically between ''
The Deadly Assassin
''The Deadly Assassin'' is the third serial of the Doctor Who (season 14), 14th season of the British science fiction television programme ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 30 October to 20 November 197 ...
'' and ''
The Face of Evil
''The Face of Evil'' is the fourth serial of the 14th season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 1 to 22 January 1977. This serial marked the debut of Louis ...
''.
Season 12 (2023)
A twelfth series was released from January 2023, featuring Louise Jameson as Leela and the return of Nerys Hughes as Margaret.
Season 13 (2024)
A thirteenth series was released from March 2024 in three volumes, featuring
Christopher Naylor as
Harry Sullivan and Eleanor Crooks as Naomi Cross. It will be connected with ''
UNIT: Nemesis''.
Special (2024)
A Special Release celebrating Fifty years since the Fourth Doctor's debut. Set between ''Revenge of the Cybermen
''Revenge of the Cybermen'' is the fifth and final serial of the 12th season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 19 April to 10 May 1975. It was the first ...
'' and ''Terror of the Zygons
''Terror of the Zygons'' is the first serial of the thirteenth season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 30 August to 20 September 1975. The serial was wr ...
'', and a sequel to ''The Sontaran Experiment
''The Sontaran Experiment'' is the third serial of the 12th season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was originally broadcast on BBC1 on 22 February and 1 March 1975.
The serial is set on Earth more than 10 ...
''.
Season 14
Big Finish scheduled three box sets for release for March, June, and September 2025, respectively. Senior Producer John Ainsworth said: “Long-term listeners will know that we record Tom Baker's Fourth Doctor Adventures well in advance, but there might be some surprises on the way.