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{{Infobox Audio Series
{{Infobox Audio Series
|image              = Class The Audio Adventures Volume One.jpg
|image              = Class The Audio Adventures Volume One.jpg
|release count      = 2
|release count      = 5
|story count        = 6
|story count        = 13
|release year      = 2018
|release year      = 2018
|release year2      =
|first story        = Gifted (audio story)
|first story        = Gifted (audio story)
|first release      = [[21 August (releases)|21 August]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]]
|first release      = [[21 August (releases)|21 August]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]]
|end release        =  
|end release        =  
|production codes  = BFPCLASS01-BFPCLASS02
|production codes  = BFPCLASS01-BFPCLASS04
|main character    = [[Charlie Smith|Charlie]], [[Ram Singh|Ram]], [[April MacLean|April]], [[Tanya Adeola|Tanya]], [[Matteusz Andrzejewski|Matteusz]], [[Andrea Quill|Miss Quill]]
|main character    = [[Charlie Smith|Charlie]], [[Ram Singh|Ram]], [[April MacLean|April]], [[Tanya Adeola|Tanya]], [[Matteusz Andrzejewski|Matteusz]], [[Andrea Quill|Miss Quill]]
|exec prod          = Nicholas Briggs
|exec prod2        = Jason Haigh-Ellery
|producer          = Scott Handcock
|producer          = Scott Handcock
|producer2          = Blair Mowat
|script ed          = Scott Handcock
|script ed          = Scott Handcock
|exec prod          = Jason Haigh-Ellery
|script ed2        = James Goss
|exec prod2        = Nicholas Briggs
|music              = [[Blair Mowat]]
|sound              = [[Luke Pietnik]], [[Richard Fox]], [[Toby Hrycek-Robinson]]
|cover              = [[Stuart Manning]], [[Tom Webster]], [[Sean Longmore]]
|publisher          = [[Big Finish Productions]]
|publisher          = [[Big Finish Productions]]
|sound              = [[Luke Pietnik]]
|trailer            = Class returns - out now at Big Finish
|music              = [[Blair Mowat]]
|soundcloudtrailer  = soundcloud.com/big-finish/class-volume-1-trailer
|cover              = [[Stuart Manning]]
|soundcloudtrailer2 = soundcloud.com/big-finish/class-volume-2-trailer
|trailer            =  
|soundcloudtrailer  = https://soundcloud.com/big-finish/class-volume-1-trailer
|soundcloudtrailer2 = https://soundcloud.com/big-finish/class-volume-2-trailer
}}
}}
'''''Class: The Audio Adventures''''' was a series of audio stories centred around the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' spin-off ''[[Class (TV series)|Class]]''.
'''''Class: The Audio Adventures''''' was a series of audio stories centred around the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' spin-off ''[[Class (TV series)|Class]]''.


All six regular actors returned voicing their characters. The series also saw the return of [[Ace]] and the [[Dalek]]s, after their previous visit to [[Coal Hill School|Coal Hill]] in [[1988 (releases)|1988]]'s ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]''. [[Patrick Ness]], who created the show and wrote [[Series 1 (Class)|its first series]], was involved with the storyline and scripts of the audio series, despite not writing any of the stories.<ref name="Big Finish Podcast"/><ref>https://twitter.com/scott_handcock/status/1002265126991466496</ref>
All six regular actors returned voicing their characters for the first two volumes. Due to availability issues for volumes three and four, [[Andrea Quill]] and [[Tanya Adeola]] were recast as [[Dervla Kirwan]] and [[Joanna McGibbon]] respectively. The series also saw the return of [[Ace]] and the [[Dalek]]s, after their previous visit to [[Coal Hill School|Coal Hill]] in [[1988 (releases)|1988]]'s ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]''. [[Patrick Ness]], who created the show and wrote [[Series 1 (Class)|its first series]], was involved with the storyline and scripts of the audio series, despite not writing any of the stories.<ref name="Big Finish Podcast"/><ref>https://twitter.com/scott_handcock/status/1002265126991466496</ref>


While [[Up All Night (song)|"Up All Night"]] wasn't used as the theme tune for the series, the stories contained the ''Class'' theme, which played over the closing credits of the TV stories.
"[[Up All Night (song)|Up All Night]]" couldn't be used as the theme tune for the series due to rights issues so instead the stories opened using the 'Class Credits' music, that had been composed by [[Blair Mowat]] to play over the closing credits of the TV stories.


Because the licence was aquired before the show's cancellation, the audio stories for [[Class: The Audio Adventures: Volume One|Volume One]] and [[Class: The Audio Adventures: Volume Two|Volume Two]] couldn't develop the cliffhanger of [[The Lost (TV story)|the first series' final episode]], as they might have created a conflict with a potential second series, which never came to be. Thus, all six stories being developed for the first audio release needed to take place within the events of the show's first series.<ref name="Big Finish Podcast">[[The Big Finish Podcast|The Big Finish Podcast: 2018-06-03 Jenny and Class]]</ref>
Because the licence was acquired before the show's cancellation, the audio stories for [[Class: The Audio Adventures: Volume One|Volume One]] through [[Class: The Audio Adventures: Volume Four|Volume Four]] couldn't develop the cliffhanger of the first series' final episode ''[[The Lost (TV story)|The Lost]]'', as they might have created a conflict with a potential second series, which never came to be. Thus, all stories from the first four volumes needed to take place between the events of the show's first series.<ref name="Big Finish Podcast">[https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/big-finish-podcast-2018-06-03-jenny-and-class-1864 The Big Finish Podcast: 2018-06-03 Jenny and Class]</ref><ref>[[BFX]]: ''[[Queen of Rhodia (audio story)|Queen of Rhodia]]''</ref> ''[[Queen of Rhodia (audio story)|Queen of Rhodia]]'', capping off Volume Four, takes place furthest along the timeline, between ''[[The Metaphysical Engine, or What Quill Did (TV story)|The Metaphysical Engine, or What Quill Did]]'' and ''[[The Lost (TV story)|The Lost]]''. 2023's ''[[Secret Diary of a Rhodian Prince (audio story)|Secret Diary of a Rhodian Prince]]'' was the first to directly acknowledge the events of the TV series' finale.


== Stories ==
== Stories ==
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|2.3
|2.3
|''[[In Remembrance (audio story)|In Remembrance]]''
|''[[In Remembrance (audio story)|In Remembrance]]''
|[[Guy Adams (writer)|Guy Adams]]
|[[Guy Adams]]
|[[Charlie Smith|Charlie]], [[Andrea Quill|Miss Quill]], [[Ace]], [[Dalek]]s
|[[Charlie Smith|Charlie]], [[Andrea Quill|Miss Quill]], [[Ace]], [[Dalek]]s
|}
|}
=== Volume Three ===
{{main|Class: The Audio Adventures: Volume Three}}
{| class="wikitable"
! # || Title || Author || Featuring || Released
|-
|3.1
|''[[The Soers' Ditch (audio story)|The Soers' Ditch]]''
|[[Carl Rowens]]
|[[Charlie Smith|Charlie]], [[April MacLean|April]], [[Ram Singh|Ram]], [[Matteusz Andrzejewski|Matteusz]]
|rowspan=3|[[28 April (releases)|28 April]] [[2020 (releases)|2020]]
|-
|3.2
|''[[Catfish (audio story)|Catfish]]''
|[[Kate Thorman]]
|[[Tanya Adeola|Tanya]]
|-
|3.3
|''[[Sweet Nothings (audio story)|Sweet Nothings]]''
|[[Michael Dennis]]
|[[Andrea Quill|Miss Quill]]
|}
=== Volume Four ===
{{main|Class: The Audio Adventures: Volume Four}}
{| class="wikitable"
! # || Title || Author || Featuring || Released
|-
|4.1
|''[[Mock (audio story)|Mock]]''
|[[Alfie Shaw]]
|[[Charlie Smith|Charlie]], [[Andrea Quill|Miss Quill]]
|rowspan=3|[[28 April (releases)|28 April]] [[2020 (releases)|2020]]
|-
|4.2
|''[[The Creeper (audio story)|The Creeper]]''
|[[Lizzie Hopley]]
|[[Matteusz Andrzejewski|Matteusz]], [[April MacLean|April]], Charlie, Miss Quill
|-
|4.3
|''[[Queen of Rhodia (audio story)|Queen of Rhodia]]''
|[[Blair Mowat]]
|Charlie, Miss Quill, [[Tanya Adeola (Queen of Rhodia)|Tanya]], [[Matteusz Andrzejewski (Queen of Rhodia)|Matteusz]], [[April MacLean (Queen of Rhodia)|April]], [[Ram Singh (Queen of Rhodia)|Ram]]
|}
=== Special release ===
{{main|Secret Diary of a Rhodian Prince (audio story)}}
{| class="wikitable"
! Title || Author || Featuring || Released
|-
|''[[Secret Diary of a Rhodian Prince (audio story)|Secret Diary of a Rhodian Prince]]''
|[[Blair Mowat]]
|[[Charlie Smith|Charlie]], [[Matteusz Andrzejewski|Matteusz]]
|[[24 January (releases)|24 January]] [[2023 (releases)|2023]]
|}
== Notes ==
* Both 2018 volumes were first announced in [[DWM 526]]; individuals whose copies arrived early leaked the news to social media.<ref>https://twitter.com/LadyALover95/status/1001097253182943233</ref> That same day, [[Greg Austin]] posted on his Twitter about working with Big Finish.<ref>https://twitter.com/Gregory_Austin/status/1001131273082023941</ref> As the news broke, the series did not yet have a page on the Big Finish website.
* Big Finish officially announced Volumes One and Two on 31 May 2018.<ref>[https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/class-returns Class returns!]</ref> Volumes Three and Four were announced 27 November 2019,<ref>[https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/a-new-term-for-class-and-some-new-faces A new term for Class – and some new faces]</ref> and ''Secret Diary of a Rhodian Prince'' was announced 22 October 2022.<ref>[https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/more-class-to-come-in-2023 More Class to come in 2023!]</ref>
* [[Scott Handcock]] was approached by [[Nicholas Briggs]] about making audio stories for ''[[Class (TV series)|Class]]'' around the time the [[Series 1 (Class)|first series]] premiered, as he had gotten a licence for it. However, due to scheduling and developing of the storylines, it took a while for the stories to actually go through and get recorded.<ref name="Big Finish Podcast"/>
* The physical copies of Volume One and Volume Two had a slightly wider cover than the digital version, so that the illustrations formed a single image when put side-by-side.<ref>https://twitter.com/stuart_manning/status/1015562686216704000.</ref>


== Cover gallery ==
== Cover gallery ==
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true">
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true">
Class The Audio Adventures Volume One.jpg|[[Class: The Audio Adventures: Volume One|Volume One]]
Class The Audio Adventures Volume One.jpg|''[[Class: The Audio Adventures: Volume One|Volume One]]''
Class The Audio Adventures Volume Two.jpg|[[Class: The Audio Adventures: Volume Two|Volume Two]]
Class The Audio Adventures Volume Two.jpg|''[[Class: The Audio Adventures: Volume Two|Volume Two]]''
Class The Audio Adventures Volume Three.jpg|''[[Class: The Audio Adventures: Volume Three|Volume Three]]''
Class The Audio Adventures Volume Four.jpg|''[[Class: The Audio Adventures: Volume Four|Volume Four]]''
Secret Diary of a Rhodian Prince (audio story).jpg|''[[Secret Diary of a Rhodian Prince (audio story)|Secret Diary of a Rhodian Prince]]''
</gallery>
</gallery>
== Notes ==
* Both volumes were first announced in [[DWM 526]]; individuals whose copies arrived early leaked the news to social media. That same day, [[Greg Austin]] posted on his Twitter about working with Big Finish. Indeed, as the news broke, the series did not yet have a page on the Big Finish website.<ref>https://twitter.com/Gregory_Austin/status/1001131273082023941</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/GirlyLetters/status/1001153253818732544</ref>
* [[Scott Handcock]] was approached by [[Nicholas Briggs]] about making audio stories for ''[[Class (TV series)|Class]]'' around the time the [[Series 1 (Class)|first series]] premiered, as he had gotten a licence for it. However, due to scheduling and developing of the storylines, it took a while for the stories to actually go through and get recorded.<ref name="Big Finish Podcast"/>
* The physical copies of Volume One and Volume Two had a slightly wider cover than the digital version, so that the illustrations formed a single image when put side-by-side<ref>https://twitter.com/stuart_manning/status/1015562686216704000</ref>


== External links ==
== External links ==
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== Footnotes ==
== Footnotes ==
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Class: The Audio Adventures was a series of audio stories centred around the Doctor Who spin-off Class.

All six regular actors returned voicing their characters for the first two volumes. Due to availability issues for volumes three and four, Andrea Quill and Tanya Adeola were recast as Dervla Kirwan and Joanna McGibbon respectively. The series also saw the return of Ace and the Daleks, after their previous visit to Coal Hill in 1988's Remembrance of the Daleks. Patrick Ness, who created the show and wrote its first series, was involved with the storyline and scripts of the audio series, despite not writing any of the stories.[1][2]

"Up All Night" couldn't be used as the theme tune for the series due to rights issues so instead the stories opened using the 'Class Credits' music, that had been composed by Blair Mowat to play over the closing credits of the TV stories.

Because the licence was acquired before the show's cancellation, the audio stories for Volume One through Volume Four couldn't develop the cliffhanger of the first series' final episode The Lost, as they might have created a conflict with a potential second series, which never came to be. Thus, all stories from the first four volumes needed to take place between the events of the show's first series.[1][3] Queen of Rhodia, capping off Volume Four, takes place furthest along the timeline, between The Metaphysical Engine, or What Quill Did and The Lost. 2023's Secret Diary of a Rhodian Prince was the first to directly acknowledge the events of the TV series' finale.

Stories

Volume One

Main article: Class: The Audio Adventures: Volume One
# Title Author Featuring Released
1.1 Gifted Roy Gill Ram, April 21 August 2018
1.2 Life Experience Jenny T Colgan Ram, Tanya
1.3 Tell Me You Love Me Scott Handcock Charlie, Matteusz, Miss Quill

Volume Two

Main article: Class: The Audio Adventures: Volume Two
# Title Author Featuring Released
2.1 Everybody Loves Reagan Tim Foley Ram, April, Tanya 21 August 2018
2.2 Now You Know... Tim Leng Tanya, Matteusz
2.3 In Remembrance Guy Adams Charlie, Miss Quill, Ace, Daleks

Volume Three

Main article: Class: The Audio Adventures: Volume Three
# Title Author Featuring Released
3.1 The Soers' Ditch Carl Rowens Charlie, April, Ram, Matteusz 28 April 2020
3.2 Catfish Kate Thorman Tanya
3.3 Sweet Nothings Michael Dennis Miss Quill

Volume Four

Main article: Class: The Audio Adventures: Volume Four
# Title Author Featuring Released
4.1 Mock Alfie Shaw Charlie, Miss Quill 28 April 2020
4.2 The Creeper Lizzie Hopley Matteusz, April, Charlie, Miss Quill
4.3 Queen of Rhodia Blair Mowat Charlie, Miss Quill, Tanya, Matteusz, April, Ram

Special release

Main article: Secret Diary of a Rhodian Prince (audio story)
Title Author Featuring Released
Secret Diary of a Rhodian Prince Blair Mowat Charlie, Matteusz 24 January 2023

Notes

  • Both 2018 volumes were first announced in DWM 526; individuals whose copies arrived early leaked the news to social media.[4] That same day, Greg Austin posted on his Twitter about working with Big Finish.[5] As the news broke, the series did not yet have a page on the Big Finish website.
  • Big Finish officially announced Volumes One and Two on 31 May 2018.[6] Volumes Three and Four were announced 27 November 2019,[7] and Secret Diary of a Rhodian Prince was announced 22 October 2022.[8]
  • Scott Handcock was approached by Nicholas Briggs about making audio stories for Class around the time the first series premiered, as he had gotten a licence for it. However, due to scheduling and developing of the storylines, it took a while for the stories to actually go through and get recorded.[1]
  • The physical copies of Volume One and Volume Two had a slightly wider cover than the digital version, so that the illustrations formed a single image when put side-by-side.[9]

Cover gallery

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Big Finish Podcast: 2018-06-03 Jenny and Class
  2. ↑ https://twitter.com/scott_handcock/status/1002265126991466496
  3. ↑ BFX: Queen of Rhodia
  4. ↑ https://twitter.com/LadyALover95/status/1001097253182943233
  5. ↑ https://twitter.com/Gregory_Austin/status/1001131273082023941
  6. ↑ Class returns!
  7. ↑ A new term for Class – and some new faces
  8. ↑ More Class to come in 2023!
  9. ↑ https://twitter.com/stuart_manning/status/1015562686216704000.
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