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== Notes ==
== Notes ==
[[File:Eighth doctor collection 2009.jpg|thumb|US 2009 Release]]
* The stories in this box set were the [[Main Range]]  [[Eighth Doctor]] stories selected to be broadcast on [[BBC Radio 7]] in 2005. ''[[Shada (audio story)|Shada]]'' and ''[[The Chimes of Midnight (audio story)|The Chimes of Midnight]]'', were also broadcast as part of this, but were omitted from this box set. This led to the commissioning of the original series ''[[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories#The%20New%20Eighth%20Doctor%20Adventures|The Eighth Doctor Adventures]]'', debuting on the digital station in December 2006. ''[[Minuet in Hell (audio story)|Minuet in Hell]]'' was excluded from broadcast due to its adult themes, which were too essential to the plot to be plausibly edited out.
* A US version was released on 16 December 2009, but accidentally labelled Invaders from Mars as [[Minuet in Hell (audio story)|Minuet in Hell]].
* This was published as a limited edition of 2000 copies.


* The story formed part of an Eighth Doctor series on [[BBC Radio 7]] in 2005, alongside the stories ''[[Shada (audio story)|Shada]]'', ''[[Sword of Orion (audio story)|Sword of Orion]]'', ''[[The Stones of Venice (audio story)|The Stones of Venice]]'', ''[[Invaders from Mars (audio story)|Invaders from Mars]]'' and ''[[The Chimes of Midnight (audio story)|The Chimes of Midnight]]'', and has been repeated on multiple occasions since. This led to the commissioning of the original series ''[[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories#The%20New%20Eighth%20Doctor%20Adventures|The Eighth Doctor Adventures]]'', debuting on the digital station in December 2006. Due to a limited timeslot, scenes were edited out of these versions; excluding ''Shada'' and ''The Chimes of Midnight'', these were collated into ''[[The Eighth Doctor Collection]]'' in 2008 with an exclusive behind-the-scenes documentary and booklet. ''[[Minuet in Hell (audio story)|Minuet in Hell]]'' was excluded from broadcast due to its adult themes.
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* A US version was released, replacing Invaders from Mars with [[Minuet in Hell (audio story)|Minuet in Hell]].
* Limited edition of 2000.
 
[[Category:Big Finish Doctor Who audio anthologies]]
[[Category:Big Finish Doctor Who audio anthologies]]

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The Eighth Doctor Collection was an audio anthology box set in the Eighth Doctor Main Range audio stories, released in 2008. It compiled Storm Warning, Sword of Orion, The Stones of Venice and Invaders from Mars.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

Storm Warning

October, 1930. His Majesty's Airship, the R101, sets off on her maiden voyage to the farthest-flung reaches of the British Empire, carrying the hopes and dreams of a breathless nation.

Not to mention a ruthless spy with a top-secret mission, a mysterious passenger who appears nowhere on the crew list, a would-be adventuress destined for the Singapore Hilton... and a Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey...

Sword of Orion

Trapped aboard a mysterious, derelict star destroyer, the Doctor and Charley find themselves facing summary execution. But this is only the beginning of their troubles. The real danger has yet to awaken.

Until, somewhere in the dark recesses of the Garazone System, the Cybermen receive the signal for reactivation...

The Stones of Venice

The Doctor and Charley decide to take a holiday, and end up in Venice, well into Charley's future, as the great city prepares to sink beneath the water for the last time...

However, the machinations of a love-sick artistocrat, a proud art historian, the amphibious underclass and a rabid High Priest of a really quite dodgy cult combine to make Venice's swansong a night to remember.

Invaders from Mars

Manhattan, Hallowe'en 1938. On the eve of Orson Welles' infamous radio broadcast of the War of the Worlds, The Doctor is embroiled in the hunt for a missing Russian scientist whilst Charley finds herself at the mercy of a very dubious Fifth Columnist.

With some genuinely out of this world 'merchandise' at stake, the TARDIS crew are forced into an alliance with a sultry dame called Glory.


Bonus Documentary

Written & compiled by Ian Farrington and presented by Nigel Fairs

An in depth documentary, which takes a look at the making of Storm Warning, Sword of Orion, The Stones of Venice and Invaders From Mars.

Stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

# Title Author Director Featuring Released
1 Storm Warning Alan Barnes Gary Russell Charley 22 January 2001
2 Sword of Orion Nicholas Briggs Nicholas Briggs Charley, Cybermen 26 February 2001
3 The Stones of Venice Paul Magrs Gary Russell Charley 19 March 2001
4 Invaders from Mars Mark Gatiss Mark Gatiss Charley 28 January 2002

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

US 2009 Release
  • The stories in this box set were the Main Range Eighth Doctor stories selected to be broadcast on BBC Radio 7 in 2005. Shada and The Chimes of Midnight, were also broadcast as part of this, but were omitted from this box set. This led to the commissioning of the original series The Eighth Doctor Adventures, debuting on the digital station in December 2006. Minuet in Hell was excluded from broadcast due to its adult themes, which were too essential to the plot to be plausibly edited out.
  • A US version was released on 16 December 2009, but accidentally labelled Invaders from Mars as Minuet in Hell.
  • This was published as a limited edition of 2000 copies.