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{{Infobox Audio Series | {{Infobox Audio Series | ||
|image = Sirens of time revised.jpg | |image = Sirens of time revised.jpg | ||
|aka = ''The Monthly Adventures'' | |||
|release count = 275 | |release count = 275 | ||
|story count = | |story count = 333 | ||
|release year = 1999 | |release year = 1999 | ||
|release year2 = 2021 | |release year2 = 2021 | ||
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|trailer2 = Doctor Who And You Will Obey Me | |trailer2 = Doctor Who And You Will Obey Me | ||
|trailer3 = Doctor Who - Hour of the Cybermen | |trailer3 = Doctor Who - Hour of the Cybermen | ||
}} | }}{{Main Range years}} | ||
''''' | The '''''Main Range''''', also known as '''''The Monthly Adventures'''''<ref group="note" name="TMA">The ''Main Range'' was re-branded near the end of its production history. All previous releases are now available on the Big Finish website under ''The Monthly Adventures'', the new brand for this range from the late [[2010s]]. Indeed, from [[2021 (releases)|2021]] onwards, this would no longer be "the main range" for Big Finish.</ref> and the '''''Monthly Range''''', was a [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|''Doctor Who'' audio series]] produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was their earliest range to make use of the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' license, and remained their only consistent output until [[2021 (releases)|2021]], when the series ended. | ||
The series began in [[1999 (releases)|1999]] with ''[[The Sirens of Time (audio story)|The Sirens of Time]]'', a [[multi-Doctor story]] featuring the [[Fifth Doctor|Fifth]], [[Sixth Doctor|Sixth]], and [[Seventh Doctor]]s. It also featured the [[Eighth Doctor]] from ''[[Storm Warning (audio story)|Storm Warning]]'' in [[2001 (releases)|2001]] until [[2012 (releases)|2012]], when he moved to his own series of audios, | The series began in [[1999 (releases)|1999]] with ''[[The Sirens of Time (audio story)|The Sirens of Time]]'', a [[multi-Doctor story]] featuring the [[Fifth Doctor|Fifth]], [[Sixth Doctor|Sixth]], and [[Seventh Doctor]]s. It also featured the [[Eighth Doctor]] from ''[[Storm Warning (audio story)|Storm Warning]]'' in [[2001 (releases)|2001]] until [[2012 (releases)|2012]], when he moved to his own series of audios, ''[[The Eighth Doctor Adventures (audio series)|The Eighth Doctor Adventures]]''. | ||
Stories in this range were typically narratively independent from each other, though sometimes Big Finish made stories part of trilogies, larger story | Stories in this range were typically narratively independent from each other, though sometimes Big Finish made stories part of trilogies, larger [[story arc]]s, or tie-ins to their other ranges, like ''[[Dalek Empire (audio series)|Dalek Empire]]'' and ''[[Cyberman (audio series)|Cyberman]]''. One example of such a set was ''[[1963 (audio series)|1963]]'', a trilogy of stories set in the year [[1963]] and released in [[2013 (releases)|2013]] to celebrate ''Doctor Who''{{'}}s 50th anniversary. | ||
[[ | The ''Main Range'' included stories with all of the Doctors' television companions, including [[Adric]], [[Nyssa]], [[Tegan]], [[Turlough]], [[Kamelion]], [[Peri Brown]], [[Melanie Bush]], and [[Ace]], as well as their companions from non-televised media, such as [[Frobisher]], [[Maxwell Edison]], and [[Izzy Sinclair]] from ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' comic stories, [[Bernice Summerfield]] from [[Virgin Books]]' ''[[Virgin New Adventures|New Adventures]]'' novels, and [[Fitz Kreiner]] of [[BBC Books]]' ''[[Eighth Doctor Adventures]]''. Many other characters from the television series, including several companions of non-featured Doctors, also appeared in various stories, in particular during the "[[The Defectors (audio story)|Locum Doctors]]" trilogy, which paired featured Doctors with [[First Doctor|First]], [[Second Doctor|Second]] and [[Third Doctor]] companions. | ||
'' | Big Finish also created a number of original companions for the ''Main Range''. These included [[Thomas Brewster]], [[Marcipor]], [[Erimem]], [[Evelyn Smythe]], [[Flip Jackson]], [[Constance Clarke]], [[Bev Tarrant]], [[Hex]], [[Elizabeth Klein]], [[Liv Chenka]], [[Sally Morgan]], [[Lysandra Aristedes]], [[Will Arrowsmith]], [[C'rizz]], and [[Mary Shelley]]. Some of these characters received their own audio spinoffs: ''[[Charlotte Pollard (audio series)|Charlotte Pollard]]'', which featured [[Charlotte Pollard]], having parted ways with the Eighth Doctor, ''[[Graceless (audio series)|Graceless]]'', which featured [[Abby (The Judgement of Isskar)|Abby]] and [[Zara (The Judgement of Isskar)|Zara]], and ''[[Vienna (series)|Vienna]]'', which featured [[Vienna Salvatori]]. | ||
The series ended in 2021 with the 275th release, ''[[The End of the Beginning (audio story)|The End of the Beginning]]'', a [[multi-Doctor story|multi-Doctor adventure]] which saw the return of the [[Eighth Doctor]], who had branched off into his own series almost a decade earlier, alongside his first and most enduring companion from the ''Main Range'', Charlotte Pollard. This story was very much in the tone of their earliest releases, but featured returning characters from more recent adventures, such as [[Calypso Jonze]], to celebrate this range's long history. | |||
The | After ''The Monthly Adventures'', several plot lines were continued in each Doctor's respective ranges. For example, [[Marcipor|Marc]]'s continued travels with the Fifth Doctor, and the conclusion to his story, were released as part of ''[[The Fifth Doctor Adventures]]''. | ||
== Branding == | |||
[[File:Iron bright cover.jpg|thumb|''[[Iron Bright (audio story)|Iron Bright]]'', the first ''Main Range'' story to use the 2018 version of the [[Doctor Who logo|''Doctor Who'' logo]] on its cover.]] | |||
From ''The Sirens of Time'' to ''[[The Lure of the Nomad (audio story)|The Lure of the Nomad]]'', all releases used the 1996 variation of the [[Doctor Who logo|''Doctor Who'' logo]]. Starting with ''[[Iron Bright (audio story)|Iron Bright]]'', the series' 239th release, the version of the logo introduced in [[Series 11 (Doctor Who 2005)|2018]] started being used. This marked the first instance of Big Finish using the "current" ''Doctor Who'' logo since the show's revival in 2005. It was also applied to all their other ranges, including past releases in many cases. | |||
== Stories == | == Stories == | ||
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|''[[The Shadow of the Scourge (audio story)|The Shadow of the Scourge]]''<br>([[Side Step]]) | |''[[The Shadow of the Scourge (audio story)|The Shadow of the Scourge]]''<br>([[Side Step (audio series)|Side Step]]) | ||
|[[Paul Cornell]] | |[[Paul Cornell]] | ||
|Ace, [[Bernice Summerfield|Bernice]] | |Ace, [[Bernice Summerfield|Bernice]] | ||
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|14 | |14 | ||
|''[[The Holy Terror (audio story)|The Holy Terror]]''<br>([[Side Step]]) | |''[[The Holy Terror (audio story)|The Holy Terror]]''<br>([[Side Step (audio series)|Side Step]]) | ||
|[[Robert Shearman]] | |[[Robert Shearman]] | ||
|6th | |6th | ||
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|42 | |42 | ||
|''[[The Dark Flame (audio story)|The Dark Flame]]''<br>([[Side Step]]) | |''[[The Dark Flame (audio story)|The Dark Flame]]''<br>([[Side Step (audio series)|Side Step]]) | ||
|[[Trevor Baxendale]] | |[[Trevor Baxendale]] | ||
|7th | |7th | ||
|Ace, Bernice | |Ace, Bernice | ||
|[[28 March (releases)|28 March]] 2003 | |[[28 March (releases)|28 March]] 2003 | ||
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|Joseph Lidster | |Joseph Lidster | ||
|7th | |7th | ||
|The Master, [[Death ( | |The Master, [[Death (mythology)|Death]] | ||
|[[31 October (releases)|31 October]] 2003 | |[[31 October (releases)|31 October]] 2003 | ||
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|Stephen Cole and Paul Magrs | |Stephen Cole and Paul Magrs | ||
|6th | |6th | ||
|[[Iris Wildthyme]] | |[[Iris Wildthyme]], Seventh Doctor | ||
|November 2003 | |November 2003 | ||
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|''[[The Natural History of Fear (audio story)|The Natural History of Fear]]'' | |''[[The Natural History of Fear (audio story)|The Natural History of Fear]]'' | ||
|[[Jim Mortimore]] | |[[Jim Mortimore]] | ||
|Charley, | |Charley, C'rizz | ||
|[[February (releases)|February]] 2004 | |[[February (releases)|February]] 2004 | ||
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|''[[The Twilight Kingdom (audio story)|The Twilight Kingdom]]'' | |''[[The Twilight Kingdom (audio story)|The Twilight Kingdom]]'' | ||
|[[Will Shindler]] | |[[Will Shindler]] | ||
|Charley, | |Charley, C'rizz, Kro'ka | ||
|[[11 March (releases)|11 March]] 2004 | |[[11 March (releases)|11 March]] 2004 | ||
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|Paul Sutton | |Paul Sutton | ||
|6th | |6th | ||
|Mel, Evelyn, Rossiter | |Mel, Evelyn, Rossiter, Seventh Doctor | ||
| rowspan="2" |[[25 September (releases)|25 September]] 2005 | | rowspan="2" |[[25 September (releases)|25 September]] 2005 | ||
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|104 | |104 | ||
|''[[The Bride of Peladon (audio story)|The Bride of Peladon]]'' | |''[[The Bride of Peladon (audio story)|The Bride of Peladon]]'' | ||
|[[ | |[[Barnaby Edwards]] | ||
|5th | |5th | ||
|Peri, Erimem, [[Peladonian]]s, Ice Warriors | |Peri, Erimem, [[Peladonian]]s, Ice Warriors | ||
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| rowspan="2" |5th | | rowspan="2" |5th | ||
| rowspan="2" |Nyssa, Brewster | | rowspan="2" |Nyssa, Brewster | ||
| rowspan="2" |[[September (releases)|September]]2008 | | rowspan="2" |[[September (releases)|September]] 2008 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[A Perfect World (audio story)|A Perfect World]]'' | |''[[A Perfect World (audio story)|A Perfect World]]'' | ||
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|Jonathan Morris | |Jonathan Morris | ||
|7th | |7th | ||
|Kylo Sorsha, [[Vienna | |Kylo Sorsha, [[Vienna Salvatori|Vienna]] | ||
|[[10 November (releases)|10 November]] 2012 | |[[10 November (releases)|10 November]] 2012 | ||
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|''[[Smuggling Tales (audio story)|Smuggling Tales]]'' | |''[[Smuggling Tales (audio story)|Smuggling Tales]]'' | ||
| | |Catherine Harvey | ||
|- | |- | ||
|169 | |169 | ||
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|Mark Morris | |Mark Morris | ||
| rowspan="3" |5th | | rowspan="3" |5th | ||
| rowspan="3" |Nyssa, [[Hannah | | rowspan="3" |Nyssa, [[Hannah Bartholomew|Hannah]] | ||
|[[11 April (releases)|11 April]] 2014 | |[[11 April (releases)|11 April]] 2014 | ||
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|''[[Breaking Bubbles (audio story)|Breaking Bubbles]]'' | |''[[Breaking Bubbles (audio story)|Breaking Bubbles]]'' | ||
|[[ | |[[Lizbeth Myles]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[Of Chaos Time The (audio story)|Of Chaos Time The]]'' | |''[[Of Chaos Time The (audio story)|Of Chaos Time The]]'' | ||
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|215 | |215 | ||
|''[[Fiesta of the Damned (audio story)|Fiesta of the Damned]]'' | |''[[Fiesta of the Damned (audio story)|Fiesta of the Damned]]'' | ||
|[[ | |[[Guy Adams]] | ||
|[[9 August (releases)|9 August]] 2016 | |[[9 August (releases)|9 August]] 2016 | ||
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|''[[The Silurian Candidate (audio story)|The Silurian Candidate]]'' | |''[[The Silurian Candidate (audio story)|The Silurian Candidate]]'' | ||
|Matthew Elliott | |Matthew Elliott | ||
| | |Ace, Mel, Silurians | ||
| rowspan="2" |[[12 September (releases)|12 September]] 2017 | | rowspan="2" |[[12 September (releases)|12 September]] 2017 | ||
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|colspan=2|''[[Shadow of the Daleks 1]]'' | |colspan=2|''[[Shadow of the Daleks 1]]'' | ||
|rowspan=10|5th | |rowspan=10|5th | ||
|rowspan= | |rowspan=3|Daleks | ||
|rowspan=5|[[13 October (releases)|13 October]] 2020 | |rowspan=5|[[13 October (releases)|13 October]] 2020 | ||
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|''[[The Bookshop at the End of the World (audio story)|The Bookshop at the End of the World]]'' | |''[[The Bookshop at the End of the World (audio story)|The Bookshop at the End of the World]]'' | ||
|Simon Guerrier | |Simon Guerrier | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[Interlude (audio story)|Interlude]]'' | |''[[Interlude (audio story)|Interlude]]'' | ||
|Dan Starkey | |Dan Starkey | ||
|Daleks | |||
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|rowspan=5|270 | |rowspan=5|270 | ||
|colspan=2|''[[Shadow of the Daleks 2]]'' | |colspan=2|''[[Shadow of the Daleks 2]]'' | ||
|rowspan=4| | |||
|rowspan=5|[[10 November (releases)|10 November]] 2020 | |rowspan=5|[[10 November (releases)|10 November]] 2020 | ||
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|''[[Effect and Cause (audio story)|Effect and Cause]]'' | |''[[Effect and Cause (audio story)|Effect and Cause]]'' | ||
|John Dorney | |John Dorney | ||
|Daleks | |||
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== | == External links == | ||
{{ | {{bigfinish|ranges/released/monthly-series|Main Range (The Monthly Adventures)}} | ||
== Footnotes == | |||
<references group="note" /> | |||
{{BFA monthly}} | {{BFA monthly}} | ||
{{Big Finish}} | {{Big Finish}} | ||
[[Category:Main Range| ]] | [[Category:Main Range|*]] | ||
[[Category:Audio overviews]] | [[Category:Audio overviews]] | ||
[[cs:Main Range]] | [[cs:Main Range]] | ||
Latest revision as of 12:12, 24 July 2024
The Main Range, also known as The Monthly Adventures[note 1] and the Monthly Range, was a Doctor Who audio series produced by Big Finish Productions. It was their earliest range to make use of the Doctor Who license, and remained their only consistent output until 2021, when the series ended.
The series began in 1999 with The Sirens of Time, a multi-Doctor story featuring the Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Doctors. It also featured the Eighth Doctor from Storm Warning in 2001 until 2012, when he moved to his own series of audios, The Eighth Doctor Adventures.
Stories in this range were typically narratively independent from each other, though sometimes Big Finish made stories part of trilogies, larger story arcs, or tie-ins to their other ranges, like Dalek Empire and Cyberman. One example of such a set was 1963, a trilogy of stories set in the year 1963 and released in 2013 to celebrate Doctor Who's 50th anniversary.
The Main Range included stories with all of the Doctors' television companions, including Adric, Nyssa, Tegan, Turlough, Kamelion, Peri Brown, Melanie Bush, and Ace, as well as their companions from non-televised media, such as Frobisher, Maxwell Edison, and Izzy Sinclair from Doctor Who Magazine comic stories, Bernice Summerfield from Virgin Books' New Adventures novels, and Fitz Kreiner of BBC Books' Eighth Doctor Adventures. Many other characters from the television series, including several companions of non-featured Doctors, also appeared in various stories, in particular during the "Locum Doctors" trilogy, which paired featured Doctors with First, Second and Third Doctor companions.
Big Finish also created a number of original companions for the Main Range. These included Thomas Brewster, Marcipor, Erimem, Evelyn Smythe, Flip Jackson, Constance Clarke, Bev Tarrant, Hex, Elizabeth Klein, Liv Chenka, Sally Morgan, Lysandra Aristedes, Will Arrowsmith, C'rizz, and Mary Shelley. Some of these characters received their own audio spinoffs: Charlotte Pollard, which featured Charlotte Pollard, having parted ways with the Eighth Doctor, Graceless, which featured Abby and Zara, and Vienna, which featured Vienna Salvatori.
The series ended in 2021 with the 275th release, The End of the Beginning, a multi-Doctor adventure which saw the return of the Eighth Doctor, who had branched off into his own series almost a decade earlier, alongside his first and most enduring companion from the Main Range, Charlotte Pollard. This story was very much in the tone of their earliest releases, but featured returning characters from more recent adventures, such as Calypso Jonze, to celebrate this range's long history.
After The Monthly Adventures, several plot lines were continued in each Doctor's respective ranges. For example, Marc's continued travels with the Fifth Doctor, and the conclusion to his story, were released as part of The Fifth Doctor Adventures.
Branding[[edit] | [edit source]]
Iron Bright, the first Main Range story to use the 2018 version of the Doctor Who logo on its cover.
From The Sirens of Time to The Lure of the Nomad, all releases used the 1996 variation of the Doctor Who logo. Starting with Iron Bright, the series' 239th release, the version of the logo introduced in 2018 started being used. This marked the first instance of Big Finish using the "current" Doctor Who logo since the show's revival in 2005. It was also applied to all their other ranges, including past releases in many cases.
Stories[[edit] | [edit source]]
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Official Main Range (The Monthly Adventures) page at bigfinish.com
Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- ↑ The Main Range was re-branded near the end of its production history. All previous releases are now available on the Big Finish website under The Monthly Adventures, the new brand for this range from the late 2010s. Indeed, from 2021 onwards, this would no longer be "the main range" for Big Finish.
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