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|release count    =  
|release count    = 13
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|release year      = 2001
|release year      = 2002
|release year2    =  
|release year2    = present
|first story      = Last of the Titans (audio story)
|first story      = Excelis Dawns (audio story)
|first release    =  
|first release    = [[11 February (releases)|11 February]] [[2002 (releases)|2002]]
|end release      =  
|end release      =  
|main character    = [[The Doctor]]
|main character    = [[The Doctor]]
|producer          =  
|exec prod        = Nicholas Briggs
|script ed        =  
|exec prod2        = Jason Haigh-Ellery
|exec prod        =  
|producer          = David Richardson
|exec prod2       =  
|script ed        = Justin Richards
|script ed2        = Guy Adams
|script ed3        = Matt Fitton
|script ed4        = Robert Valentine
|script ed5        = John Dorney
|script ed6       = Tim Foley
|music            = [[Fool Circle Productions]], [[Jamie Robertson]], [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]], [[Nicholas Briggs]], [[Joe Kraemer]]
|sound            = Fool Circle Productions, Jamie Robertson, Howard Carter, [[David Roocroft]]
|cover            = [[Alex Mallinson]], [[Tom Webster]], [[Oliver Chenery]], [[Simon Holub]], [[Sean Longmore]]
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'''Special Releases''' were stories released by [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]] on special occasions.
'''Special Releases''' were stories released by [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]] on special occasions and that don't fit in other ranges.


== Stories ==
The grouping was changed significantly, following the redesign of Big Finish's website in [[2019 (production)|2019]]. Releases were moved to these other ranges: [[Fourth Doctor Adventures (audio series)|The Fourth Doctor Adventures]], [[The Fifth Doctor Adventures]], [[The Sixth Doctor Adventures]], [[The Seventh Doctor Adventures]] and [[Eighth Doctor Adventures (audio series)|The Eighth Doctor Adventures]]. Meanwhile, some stories from the old [[Bonus Releases]] were moved to this brand.
=== Free with Mgazine ===
Many of them were later re-released in other ranges such as [[Short Trips Rarities]] and [[The Companion Chronicles: The Specials]] or given freely on bigfinish.com.


== Excelis Saga ==
{{main|Excelis Saga}}
{| class="wikitable"
! Title || Author || Doctor || Featuring || Released
|-
|''[[Excelis Dawns (audio story)|Excelis Dawns]]''
|[[Paul Magrs]]
|[[Fifth Doctor|5th]]
|[[Iris Wildthyme]], [[Grayvorn]], [[Mother Superior (Excelis Dawns)|Mother Superior]]
|[[11 February (releases)|11 February]] [[2002 (releases)|2002]]
|-
|''[[Excelis Rising (audio story)|Excelis Rising]]''
|[[David A. McIntee]]
|[[Sixth Doctor|6th]]
|[[Grayvorn|Reeve Maupassant]], Mother Superior
|[[8 April (releases)|8 April]] [[2002 (releases)|2002]]
|-
|''[[Excelis Decays (audio story)|Excelis Decays]]''
|[[Craig Hinton]]
|[[Seventh Doctor|7th]]
|[[Grayvorn|Vaughan Sutton]], Mother Superior
|[[1 July (releases)|1 July]] [[2002 (releases)|2002]]
|}
== Bonus Releases ==
{{main|Bonus Releases}}
{| {{prettytable}}
{| {{prettytable}}
!Title || Author || Doctor || Featuring || Released || Corresponding release || Pr. code
! Title || Author || Doctor || Featuring || Released
|-
|''[[The Maltese Penguin (audio story)|The Maltese Penguin]]''
|[[Robert Shearman]]
|rowspan=2|[[Sixth Doctor|6th]]
|[[Frobisher]]
|[[12 July (releases)|12 July]] [[2002 (releases)|2002]]
|-
|''[[Real Time (audio story)|Real Time]]''
|[[Gary Russell]]
|[[Evelyn Smythe|Evelyn]]
|[[12 December (releases)|12 December]] 2002
|-
|''[[Shada (audio story)|Shada]]''
|[[Douglas Adams]], adapted by Gary Russell
|[[Eighth Doctor|8th]]
|[[Romana II]], [[K9 Mark II]]
|[[21 November (releases)|21 November]] [[2003 (releases)|2003]]
|-
|''[[Her Final Flight (audio story)|Her Final Flight]]''
|[[Julian Shortman]]
|rowspan=2|6th
|rowspan=2|[[Peri Brown|Peri]]
|December [[2004 (releases)|2004]]
|-
|''[[Cryptobiosis (audio story)|Cryptobiosis]]''
|[[Elliot Thorpe]]
|December [[2005 (releases)|2005]]
|-
|''[[Return of the Daleks (audio story)|Return of the Daleks]]''
|[[Nicholas Briggs]]
|[[Seventh Doctor|7th]]
|[[Kalendorf]], [[Susan Mendes|Suz]], [[Dalek]]s
|December [[2006 (releases)|2006]]
|-
|''[[Return to the Web Planet (audio story)|Return to the Web Planet]]''
|[[Daniel O'Mahony]]
|[[Fifth Doctor|5th]]
|[[Nyssa]]
|December [[2007 (releases)|2007]]
|-
|''[[Return of the Krotons (audio story)|Return of the Krotons]]''
|Nicholas Briggs
|6th
|[[Charlotte Pollard|Charley]]
|[[11 December (releases)|11 December]] [[2008 (releases)|2008]]
|-
|''[[An Earthly Child (audio story)|An Earthly Child]]''
|[[Marc Platt]]
|8th
|[[Susan Foreman|Susan]], [[Alex Campbell|Alex]]
|[[30 December (releases)|30 December]] [[2009 (releases)|2009]]
|-
|''[[The Four Doctors (audio story)|The Four Doctors]]''
|[[Peter Anghelides]]
|5th, 6th, 7th, 8th
|Daleks
|[[15 December (releases)|15 December]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]]
|-
|''[[The Five Companions (audio story)|The Five Companions]]''
|[[Eddie Robson]]
|5th
|[[Nyssa]], [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]], [[Steven Taylor|Steven]], [[Sara Kingdom|Sara]], [[Polly Wright|Polly]], Daleks, [[Sontaran]]s
|11 December [[2011 (releases)|2011]]
|-
|''[[Night of the Stormcrow (audio story)|Night of the Stormcrow]]''
|Marc Platt
|[[Fourth Doctor|4th]]
|[[Leela]]
|12 December [[2012 (releases)|2012]]
|-
|''[[Trial of the Valeyard (audio story)|Trial of the Valeyard]]''
|[[Alan Barnes]] & [[Mike Maddox]]
|6th
|[[The Valeyard]], [[Darkel]]
|[[17 December (releases)|17 December]] [[2013 (releases)|2013]]
|}
 
== Doctor Who Magazine Free Gifts ==
{{main|Doctor Who Magazine Free Gifts}}
{| {{prettytable}}
! Title || Author || Doctor || Featuring || Released
|-
|-
|''[[Last of the Titans (audio story)|Last of the Titans]]''
|''[[Last of the Titans (audio story)|Last of the Titans]]''
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|[[Seventh Doctor|7th]]
|[[Seventh Doctor|7th]]
|
|
|[[January (releases)|January]] [[2001 (releases)|2001]]
|[[11 January (releases)|11 January]] [[2001 (releases)|2001]]
| [[DWM 300]]
| DWMCD02
|-
|-
|''[[The Ratings War (audio story)|The Ratings War]]''
|''[[The Ratings War (audio story)|The Ratings War]]''
|[[Steve Lyons]]
|[[Steve Lyons]]
|[[Sixth Doctor|6th]]
|[[Sixth Doctor|6th]]
|[[Beep the Meep]]
|[[Beep|Beep the Meep]]
|January [[2002 (releases)|2002]]
|[[10 January (releases)|10 January]] [[2002 (releases)|2002]]
| [[DWM 313]]
| DWMCD03
|-
|-
|''[[No Place Like Home (audio story)|No Place Like Home]]''
|''[[No Place Like Home (audio story)|No Place Like Home]]''
|[[Iain McLaughlin]]
|[[Iain McLaughlin]]
|[[Fifth Doctor|5th]]
|[[Fifth Doctor|5th]]
|[[Erimem]]
|[[Erimem]], [[Shayde]]
|January [[2003 (releases)|2003]]
|[[9 January (releases)|9 January]] [[2003 (releases)|2003]]
| [[DWM 326]]
| DWMCD04
|-
|-
|''[[Living Legend (audio story)|Living Legend]]''
|''[[Living Legend (audio story)|Living Legend]]''
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|[[Eighth Doctor|8th]]
|[[Eighth Doctor|8th]]
|[[Charlotte Pollard|Charley]]
|[[Charlotte Pollard|Charley]]
|[[November (releases)|November]] 2003
|[[13 November (releases)|13 November]] 2003
| [[DWM 327]]
| DWMCD05
|-
|-
| ''[[The Coup (audio story)|The Coup]]''
|''[[The Veiled Leopard (audio story)|The Veiled Leopard]]''
| [[Simon Guerrier]]
|Iain McLaughlin and [[Claire Bartlett (writer)|Claire Bartlett]]
|
|
| [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|The Brig]], [[Emily Chaudhry|Emily]], [[Francis Currie|Currie]], [[Internal Counter-Intelligence Service|ICIS]], [[Andrea Winnington]]
|[[Peri Brown|Peri]], Erimem, [[Ace]], [[Hex]]
| rowspan="2" | [[December (releases)|December]] 2004
|[[2 March (releases)|2 March]] [[2006 (releases)|2006]]
| rowspan="2" | [[DWM 351]]
| rowspan="2" | DWMCD06
|-
| ''[[Silver Lining (audio story)|Silver Lining]]''
| [[Colin Brake]]
|
| [[Bernice Summerfield]], [[Cybermen]]
|-
|''[[The Veiled Leopard (audio story)|The Veiled Leopard]]''
|[[Iain McLaughlin]], [[Claire Bartlett (writer)|Claire Bartlett]]
|None
|[[Peri Brown|Peri]], [[Erimem]], [[Ace]], [[Hex]]
|[[March (releases)|March]] [[2006 (releases)|2006]]
| [[DWM 367]]
| DWMCD07
|-
|-
|''[[Cuddlesome (audio story)|Cuddlesome]]''
|''[[Cuddlesome (audio story)|Cuddlesome]]''
|[[Nigel Fairs]]
|[[Nigel Fairs]]
|[[Fifth Doctor|5th]]
|5th
|
|
|[[March (releases)|March]] [[2008 (releases)|2008]]
|[[6 March (releases)|6 March]] [[2008 (releases)|2008]]
| [[DWM 393]]
| N/A
|-
|''[[The Mists of Time (audio story)|The Mists of Time]]''
|[[Jonathan Morris]]
|[[Third Doctor|3rd]]
|[[Jo Grant|Jo]]
|[[19 August (releases)|19 August]] [[2009 (releases)|2009]]
| [[DWM 411]]
|
|-
|''[[Freakshow (audio story)|Freakshow]]''
|[[Mark Morris]]
|[[Fifth Doctor|5th]]
|[[Vislor Turlough|Turlough]], [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]]
|[[4 March (releases)|4 March]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]]
| [[DWM 419]]
|
|-
| ''[[The Revenants (audio story)|The Revenants]]''
| [[Ian Potter]]
| [[First Doctor|1st]]
| [[Barbara Wright|Barabara]], [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]]
| [[31 May (releases)|31 May]] [[2012 (releases)|2012]]
| [[DWM 448]]
|-
|''[[The Toy (audio story)|The Toy]]''
|[[Nigel Fairs]]
|[[Fifth Doctor|5th]]
|[[Nyssa]], [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]], [[Adric]], [[the Master]]
|rowspan=5|[[21 October (releases)|21 October]] [[2015 (releases)|2015]]
| [[TCH 4]]
|}
|}


=== Spin-offs Tie-ins ===
== Other releases ==
{| {{prettytable}}
{| {{prettytable}}
!Title || Author || Doctor || Featuring || Released || Pr. code
! colspan=2|Title || Author || Doctor || Featuring || Released || Notes
|-
|-
|colspan=2|''[[Buried Treasures (audio anthology)|Buried Treasures]]''
|colspan=2|''[[Voyage to Venus (audio story)|Voyage to Venus]]''
|rowspan=3|
|rowspan=3|[[Bernice Summerfield]], [[Keri]]
|rowspan=3|[[August (releases)|August]] 1999
|rowspan=3|N/A
|-
|''[[Making Myths (audio story)|Making Myths]]''
|[[Jacqueline Rayner]]
|-
|''[[Closure (audio story)|Closure]]''
|[[Paul Cornell]]
|-
|''[[The Davros Mission (audio story)|The Davros Mission]]''
|[[Nicholas Briggs]]
|
|[[Davros]], [[Dalek]]s
|[[26 November (releases)|26 November]] [[2007 (releases)|2007]]
|BFPDAVCD0X
|-
|''[[Dominion (audio story)|Dominion]]''
|[[Jason Arnopp]], [[Nicholas Briggs]]
|[[Seventh Doctor|7th]]
|[[Elizabeth Klein|Klein]], [[Raine Creevy|Raine]]
|[[October (releases)|October]] [[2012 (releases)|2012]]
| BFPUNITCD05
|-
|''[[Voyage to Venus (audio story)|Voyage to Venus]]''
|[[Jonathan Morris]]
|[[Jonathan Morris]]
|[[Sixth Doctor|6th]]
|rowspan=2|[[Sixth Doctor|6th]]
|[[Henry Gordon Jago|Jago]], [[George Litefoot|Litefoot]]
|rowspan=2|[[Henry Gordon Jago|Jago]], [[George Litefoot|Litefoot]]
|October 2012
|[[25 October (releases)|25 October]] [[2012 (releases)|2012]]
|
|
|-
|-
|''[[Voyage to the New World (audio story)|Voyage to the New World]]''
|colspan=2|''[[Voyage to the New World (audio story)|Voyage to the New World]]''
|[[Matthew Sweet]]
|[[Matthew Sweet]]
|[[Sixth Doctor|6th]]
|[[20 December (releases)|20 December]] 2012
|[[Henry Gordon Jago|Jago]], [[George Litefoot|Litefoot]]
|[[December (releases)|December]] 2012
|
|
|}
=== Other Specials ===
{| {{prettytable}}
!Title || Author || Doctor || Featuring || Released || Pr. code
|-
|-
|''[[The Light at the End (audio story)|The Light at the End]]''
|colspan=2|''[[The Light at the End (audio story)|The Light at the End]]''
|[[Nicholas Briggs]]
|[[Nicholas Briggs]]
|[[First Doctor|1st]], [[Second Doctor|2nd]], [[Third Doctor|3rd]], [[Fourth Doctor|4th]], [[Fifth Doctor|5th]], [[Sixth Doctor|6th]], [[Seventh Doctor|7th]], [[Eighth Doctor|8th]]
|[[First Doctor|1st]], [[Second Doctor|2nd]], [[Third Doctor|3rd]], [[Fourth Doctor|4th]], [[Fifth Doctor|5th]], 6th, [[Seventh Doctor|7th]], [[Eighth Doctor|8th]]
|[[Susan Foreman|Susan]], [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]], [[Vicki Pallister|Vicki]], [[Steven Taylor|Steven]], [[Sara Kingdom|Sara]], [[Polly Wright|Polly]], [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]], [[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]], [[Jo Grant|Jo]], [[Leela]], [[Nyssa]], [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]], [[Vislor Turlough|Turlough]], [[Peri Brown|Peri]], [[Ace]], [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley]], {{Delgado|}}
|[[Susan Foreman|Susan]], [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]], [[Vicki Pallister|Vicki]], [[Steven Taylor|Steven]], [[Sara Kingdom|Sara]], [[Polly Wright|Polly]], [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]], [[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]], [[Jo Grant|Jo]], [[Leela]], [[Nyssa]], [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]], [[Vislor Turlough|Turlough]], [[Peri Brown|Peri]], [[Ace]], [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley]], [[Decayed Master|The Master]]
|[[October (releases)|October]] [[2013 (releases)|2013]]
|[[23 October (releases)|23 October]] [[2013 (releases)|2013]]
|BFPDW50CD<br>BFPDW50CDDELUXE
|Anthology celebrating Doctor Who's 50th Anniversary
|-
|colspan=2|''[[The Fifth Doctor Box Set]]''
|rowspan=3|[[Fifth Doctor|5th]]
|rowspan=3|[[Adric]], [[Nyssa]], [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]]
|rowspan=3|[[August (releases)|August]] [[2014 (releases)|2014]]
|rowspan=3|BFPDW5DBOX001
|-
|-
|''[[Psychodrome (audio story)|Psychodrome]]''
|rowspan=6|''[[The Legacy of Time (audio anthology)|The Legacy of Time]]''
|[[Jonathan Morris]]
|''[[Lies in Ruins (audio story)|Lies in Ruins]]''
|[[James Goss]]
|8th
|[[River Song|River]], [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]]
|rowspan=6|[[17 July (releases)|17 July]] [[2019 (releases)|2019]]
|rowspan=6|Anthology celebrating the 20th anniversary of [[The Sirens of Time (audio story)|The Sirens of Time]]'s release
|-
|-
|''[[Iterations of I (audio story)|Iterations of I]]''
|''[[The Split Infinitive (audio story)|The Split Infinitive]]''
|[[John Dorney]]
|[[John Dorney]]
|7th
|Ace, [[Ian Gilmore|Gilmore]], [[Rachel Jensen|Rachel]], [[Allison Williams|Allison]], [[Toby Kinsella|Toby]]
|-
|-
|colspan=2|''[[The Worlds of Doctor Who (audio anthology)|The Worlds of Doctor Who]]''
|''[[The Sacrifice of Jo Grant (audio story)|The Sacrifice of Jo Grant]]''
|rowspan=5|[[Sixth Doctor|6th]]
|[[Guy Adams]]
|rowspan=5|[[Henry Gordon Jago|Jago]], [[George Litefoot|Litefoot]], [[Intrusion Countermeasures Group|Counter-Measures]], [[Ruth Matheson]], [[Charlie Sato]], [[Mike Yates|Yates]], [[Romana II]], [[Leela]]
|3rd
|rowspan=5|[[September (releases)|September]] 2014
|Jo, [[Kate Stewart|Kate]], [[Petronella Osgood|Osgood]], Allison, [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|The Brig]]
|rowspan=5|BFPWORLDS001
|-
|-
|''[[Mind Games (audio story)|Mind Games]]''
|''[[Relative Time (audio story)|Relative Time]]''
|[[Justin Richards]]
|[[Matt Fitton]]
|5th
|[[Jenny (The Doctor's Daughter)|Jenny]], [[The Nine]]
|-
|-
|''[[The Reesinger Process (audio story)|The Reesinger Process]]''
|''[[The Avenues of Possibility (audio story)|The Avenues of Possibility]]''
|[[Justin Richards]]
|Jonathan Morris
|6th
|Charley, [[Patricia Menzies]]
|-
|-
|''[[The Screaming Skull (audio story)|The Screaming Skull]]''
|''[[Collision Course (audio story)|Collision Course]]''
|[[Jonathan Morris]]
|Guy Adams
|4th
|First Doctor, Second Doctor, Third Doctor, Fifth Doctor, Sixth Doctor, Seventh Doctor, Eighth Doctor, [[Tenth Doctor]], Leela, [[Romana II]], Benny
|-
|-
|''[[Second Sight (audio story)|Second Sight]]''
|rowspan=4|''[[Peladon (audio anthology)|Peladon]]''
|[[Nick Wallace]]
|''[[The Ordeal of Peladon (audio story)|The Ordeal of Peladon]]''
|[[Jonathan Barnes]], [[Robert Valentine]]
|10th
|[[Peladon of Peladon|King Peladon]], [[Alpha Centauri (The Curse of Peladon)|Alpha Centauri]], [[Ice Warrior]]s
|rowspan=4|[[28 January (releases)|28 January]] [[2022 (releases)|2022]]
|rowspan=4|Anthology celebrating the 50th anniversary of the society of the planet [[Peladon]]
|-
|-
|''[[The Worlds of Big Finish (audio anthology)|The Worlds of Big Finish]]''
|''[[The Poison of Peladon (audio story)|The Poison of Peladon]]''
|rowspan="7"|[[David Llewellyn]]
|[[Lizzie Hopley]]
|rowspan=7|
|
|rowspan="7"|[[Abby (The Judgement of Isskar)|Abby]], [[Zara]], [[Sherlock Holmes]], [[Mycroft Holmes]], [[Dorian Gray]], [[Iris Wildthyme]], [[Turner (Old Flames)|Turner]], [[Vienna Salvatori]], [[Bernice Summerfield]]
|[[River Song]], [[Thalira|Queen Thalira]], Alpha Centauri
|rowspan=7|[[15 May (releases)|15 May]] [[2015 (releases)|2015]]
|rowspan=7|BFPWORLDS002
|-
|''[[The Archive (audio story)|The Archive]]''
|-
|-
|''[[The Adventure of the Bloomsbury Bomber (audio story)|The Adventure of the Bloomsbury Bomber]]''
|''[[The Death of Peladon (audio story)|The Death of Peladon]]''
|[[Mark Wright]]
|6th
|[[Melanie Bush|Mel]], Alpha Centauri
|-
|-
|''[[The Feast of Magog (audio story)|The Feast of Magog]]''
|''[[The Truth of Peladon (audio story)|The Truth of Peladon]]''
|[[Tim Foley]]
|rowspan=2|8th
|Ice Warriors
|-
|-
|''[[Kronos Vad's History of Earth (Vol. 36,379) (audio story)|Kronos Vad's History of Earth (Vol. 36,379)]]''
|''[[Sontarans vs Rutans]]''
|-
|''[[The Battle of Giant's Causeway (audio story)|The Battle of Giant's Causeway]]''
|''[[The Lady from Callisto Rhys (audio story)|The Lady from Callisto Rhys]]''
|Lizzie Hopley
|-
|Charley, [[C'rizz]], [[Sontaran]]s, [[Rutan]]s
|''[[The Phantom Wreck (audio story)|The Phantom Wreck]]''
|[[10 January (releases)|10 January]] [[2024 (releases)|2024]]
|-
|Anthology celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Sontarans and first mention of the Rutans
|colspan=2|''[[The Sixth Doctor: The Last Adventure]]''
|rowspan=5|[[Sixth Doctor|6th]]
|rowspan=5|[[Constance Clarke|Constance]], [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley]], [[Flip Jackson|Flip]], [[Melanie Bush|Mel]], [[Henry Gordon Jago|Jago]], [[George Litefoot|Litefoot]], [[the Valeyard]], [[the Master]]
|rowspan=5|[[August (releases)|August]] [[2015 (releases)|2015]]
|rowspan=5|BFPDW6RD01
|-
|''[[The End of the Line (audio story)|The End of the Line]]''
|[[Simon Barnard]] and [[Paul Morris]]
|-
|''[[The Red House (audio story)|The Red House]]''
|[[Alan Barnes]]
|-
|''[[Stage Fright (audio story)|Stage Fright]]''
|[[Matt Fitton]]
|-
|''[[The Brink of Death (audio story)|The Brink of Death]]''
|[[Nicholas Briggs]]
|}
|}
[[Category:Special Releases| ]]
 
== Classic Doctors, New Monsters ==
{{main|Classic Doctors, New Monsters}}
 
== The Comic Strip Adaptations ==
{{main|The Comic Strip Adaptations (audio series)}}
 
== External links ==
{{bigfinish|ranges/v/doctor-who---classic-series---special-releases|Doctor Who - Classic Series - Special Releases}}
 
[[cs:Special Releases]]
[[fr:Special Releases]]
[[Category:Special Releases| *]]
[[Category:Audio overviews]]
[[Category:Audio overviews]]

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Special Releases were stories released by Big Finish on special occasions and that don't fit in other ranges.

The grouping was changed significantly, following the redesign of Big Finish's website in 2019. Releases were moved to these other ranges: The Fourth Doctor Adventures, The Fifth Doctor Adventures, The Sixth Doctor Adventures, The Seventh Doctor Adventures and The Eighth Doctor Adventures. Meanwhile, some stories from the old Bonus Releases were moved to this brand.

Excelis Saga[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Excelis Saga
Title Author Doctor Featuring Released
Excelis Dawns Paul Magrs 5th Iris Wildthyme, Grayvorn, Mother Superior 11 February 2002
Excelis Rising David A. McIntee 6th Reeve Maupassant, Mother Superior 8 April 2002
Excelis Decays Craig Hinton 7th Vaughan Sutton, Mother Superior 1 July 2002

Bonus Releases[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Bonus Releases
Title Author Doctor Featuring Released
The Maltese Penguin Robert Shearman 6th Frobisher 12 July 2002
Real Time Gary Russell Evelyn 12 December 2002
Shada Douglas Adams, adapted by Gary Russell 8th Romana II, K9 Mark II 21 November 2003
Her Final Flight Julian Shortman 6th Peri December 2004
Cryptobiosis Elliot Thorpe December 2005
Return of the Daleks Nicholas Briggs 7th Kalendorf, Suz, Daleks December 2006
Return to the Web Planet Daniel O'Mahony 5th Nyssa December 2007
Return of the Krotons Nicholas Briggs 6th Charley 11 December 2008
An Earthly Child Marc Platt 8th Susan, Alex 30 December 2009
The Four Doctors Peter Anghelides 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th Daleks 15 December 2010
The Five Companions Eddie Robson 5th Nyssa, Ian, Steven, Sara, Polly, Daleks, Sontarans 11 December 2011
Night of the Stormcrow Marc Platt 4th Leela 12 December 2012
Trial of the Valeyard Alan Barnes & Mike Maddox 6th The Valeyard, Darkel 17 December 2013

Doctor Who Magazine Free Gifts[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Doctor Who Magazine Free Gifts
Title Author Doctor Featuring Released
Last of the Titans Nicholas Briggs 7th 11 January 2001
The Ratings War Steve Lyons 6th Beep the Meep 10 January 2002
No Place Like Home Iain McLaughlin 5th Erimem, Shayde 9 January 2003
Living Legend Scott Gray 8th Charley 13 November 2003
The Veiled Leopard Iain McLaughlin and Claire Bartlett Peri, Erimem, Ace, Hex 2 March 2006
Cuddlesome Nigel Fairs 5th 6 March 2008

Other releases[[edit] | [edit source]]

Title Author Doctor Featuring Released Notes
Voyage to Venus Jonathan Morris 6th Jago, Litefoot 25 October 2012
Voyage to the New World Matthew Sweet 20 December 2012
The Light at the End Nicholas Briggs 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th Susan, Ian, Vicki, Steven, Sara, Polly, Jamie, Zoe, Jo, Leela, Nyssa, Tegan, Turlough, Peri, Ace, Charley, The Master 23 October 2013 Anthology celebrating Doctor Who's 50th Anniversary
The Legacy of Time Lies in Ruins James Goss 8th River, Benny 17 July 2019 Anthology celebrating the 20th anniversary of The Sirens of Time's release
The Split Infinitive John Dorney 7th Ace, Gilmore, Rachel, Allison, Toby
The Sacrifice of Jo Grant Guy Adams 3rd Jo, Kate, Osgood, Allison, The Brig
Relative Time Matt Fitton 5th Jenny, The Nine
The Avenues of Possibility Jonathan Morris 6th Charley, Patricia Menzies
Collision Course Guy Adams 4th First Doctor, Second Doctor, Third Doctor, Fifth Doctor, Sixth Doctor, Seventh Doctor, Eighth Doctor, Tenth Doctor, Leela, Romana II, Benny
Peladon The Ordeal of Peladon Jonathan Barnes, Robert Valentine 10th King Peladon, Alpha Centauri, Ice Warriors 28 January 2022 Anthology celebrating the 50th anniversary of the society of the planet Peladon
The Poison of Peladon Lizzie Hopley River Song, Queen Thalira, Alpha Centauri
The Death of Peladon Mark Wright 6th Mel, Alpha Centauri
The Truth of Peladon Tim Foley 8th Ice Warriors
Sontarans vs Rutans The Battle of Giant's Causeway Lizzie Hopley Charley, C'rizz, Sontarans, Rutans 10 January 2024 Anthology celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Sontarans and first mention of the Rutans

Classic Doctors, New Monsters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Classic Doctors, New Monsters

The Comic Strip Adaptations[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: The Comic Strip Adaptations (audio series)

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