Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories

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Big Finish began releasing monthly Doctor Who adventures in 1999 with The Sirens of Time and to date have released over 100 adventures. as well as releasing a number of special release audio dramas and a number of spin off dramas involving characters from the Doctor Who Universe.

Monthly Releases

# Title Author Doctor Featuring Released
1 The Sirens of Time Nicholas Briggs 5th, 6th, 7th none July 1999
2 Phantasmagoria Mark Gatiss 5th Turlough October 1999
3 Whispers of Terror Justin Richards 6th Peri November 1999
4 The Land of the Dead Stephen Cole 5th Nyssa January 2000
5 The Fearmonger Jonathan Blum 7th Ace February 2000
6 The Marian Conspiracy Jacqueline Rayner 6th Evelyn March 2000
7 The Genocide Machine
(Dalek Empire - Part One)
Mike Tucker 7th Ace, The Daleks April 2000
8 Red Dawn Justin Richards 5th Peri, The Ice Warriors May 2000
9 The Spectre of Lanyon Moor Nicholas Pegg 6th Evelyn, The Brigadier June 2000
10 Winter for the Adept Andrew Cartmel 5th Nyssa July 2000
11 The Apocalypse Element
(Dalek Empire - Part Two)
Stephen Cole 6th Evelyn, Romana II, The Daleks August 2000
12 The Fires of Vulcan Steve Lyons 7th Mel September 2000
13 The Shadow of the Scourge (Side Step) Paul Cornell 7th Ace, Bernice Summerfield October 2000
14 The Holy Terror (Side Step) Robert Shearman 6th Frobisher November 2000
15 The Mutant Phase
(Dalek Empire - Part Three)
Nicholas Briggs 5th Nyssa, The Daleks December 2000
16 Storm Warning Alan Barnes 8th Charley January 2001
17 Sword of Orion Nicholas Briggs 8th Charley, The Cybermen February 2001
18 The Stones of Venice Paul Magrs 8th Charley March 2001
19 Minuet in Hell Alan W. Lear
Gary Russell
8th Charley, The Brigadier April 2001
20 Loups-Garoux Marc Platt 5th Turlough May 2001
21 Dust Breeding Mike Tucker 7th Ace, The Master June 2001
22 Bloodtide Jonathan Morris 6th Evelyn, The Silurians July 2001
23 Project: Twilight Cavan Scott
Mark Wright
6th Evelyn, Nimrod August 2001
24 The Eye of the Scorpion Iain McLaughlin 5th Peri, Erimem September 2001
25 Colditz Steve Lyons 7th Ace October 2001
26 Primeval Lance Parkin 5th Nyssa November 2001
27 The One Doctor Gareth Roberts
Clayton Hickman
6th Mel December 2001
28 Invaders from Mars Mark Gatiss 8th Charley January 2002
29 The Chimes of Midnight Robert Shearman 8th Charley February 2002
30 Seasons of Fear Paul Cornell
Caroline Symcox
8th Charley, Nimon March 2002
31 Embrace the Darkness Nicholas Briggs 8th Charley April 2002
32 The Time of the Daleks
(Dalek Empire - Part Four)
Justin Richards 8th Charley, The Daleks May 2002
33 Neverland Alan Barnes 8th Charley, Romana, Rassilon June 2002
34 ...ish Phil Pascoe 6th Peri July 2002
35 Spare Parts Marc Platt 5th Nyssa, The Cybermen August 2002
36 The Rapture Joseph Lidster 7th Ace September 2002
37 The Sandman Simon A. Forward 6th Evelyn October 2002
38 The Church and the Crown Cavan Scott
Mark Wright
5th Peri, Erimem November 2002
39 Bang-Bang-A-Boom! Gareth Roberts
Clayton Hickman
7th Mel December 2002
40 Jubilee Robert Shearman 6th Evelyn, The Daleks January 2003
41 Nekromanteia Austen Atkinson 5th Peri, Erimem February 2003
42 The Dark Flame Trevor Baxendale 7th Ace, Bernice Summerfield March 2003
43 Doctor Who and the Pirates Jacqueline Rayner 6th Evelyn April 2003
44 Creatures of Beauty Nicholas Briggs 5th Nyssa May 2003
45 Project: Lazarus Cavan Scott
Mark Wright
6th, 7th Evelyn, Nimrod June 2003
46 Flip-Flop Jonathan Morris 7th Mel July 2003
47 Omega Nev Fountain 5th Omega August 2003
48 Davros Lance Parkin 6th Davros September 2003
49 Master Joseph Lidster 7th The Master October 2003
50 Zagreus Gary Russell
Alan Barnes
5th, 6th,
7th, 8th
Charley, Brigader, Romana, Leela, K-9, Rassilon November 2003
51 The Wormery Stephen Cole
Paul Magrs
6th Iris Wildthyme November 2003
52 Scherzo Robert Shearman 8th Charley December 2003
53 The Creed of the Kromon Philip Martin 8th Charley, C'rizz January 2004
54 The Natural History of Fear Jim Mortimore 8th Charley, C'rizz February 2004
55 The Twilight Kingdom Will Shindler 8th Charley, C'rizz March 2004
56 The Axis of Insanity Simon Furman 5th Peri, Erimem April 2004
57 Arrangements for War Paul Sutton 6th Evelyn May 2004
58 The Harvest Dan Abnett 7th Ace, Hex, The Cybermen June 2004
59 The Roof of the World Adrian Rigelsford 5th Peri, Erimem July 2004
60 Medicinal Purposes Robert Ross 6th Evelyn August 2004
61 Faith Stealer Graham Duff 8th Charley, C'rizz September 2004
62 The Last Gary Hopkins 8th Charley, C'rizz October 2004
63 Caerdroia Lloyd Rose 8th Charley, C'rizz November 2004
64 The Next Life Alan Barnes
Gary Russell
8th Charley, C'rizz, Rassilon December 2004
65 The Juggernauts Scott Alan Woodard 6th Mel, Davros, The Daleks, The Mechanoids January 2005
66 The Game Darin Henry 5th Nyssa February 2005
67 Dreamtime Simon A. Forward 7th Ace, Hex March 2005
68 Catch-1782 Alison Lawson 6th Mel April 2005
69 Three's a Crowd Colin Brake 5th Peri, Erimem May 2005
70 Unregenerate! David A. McIntee 7th Mel June 2005
71 The Council of Nicaea Caroline Symcox 5th Peri, Erimem July 2005
72 Terror Firma Joseph Lidster 8th Charley, C'rizz, Davros, The Daleks August 2005
73 Thicker Than Water Paul Sutton 6th Mel, Evelyn September 2005
74 Live 34 James Parsons
Andrew Stirling-Brown
7th Ace, Hex September 2005
75 Scaredy Cat Will Shindler 8th Charley, C'rizz October 2005
76 Singularity James Swallow 5th Turlough November 2005
77 Other Lives Gary Hopkins 8th Charley, C'rizz December 2005
78 Pier Pressure Robert Ross 6th Evelyn January 2006
79 Night Thoughts Edward Young 7th Ace, Hex February 2006
80 Time Works Steve Lyons 8th Charley, C'rizz March 2006
81 The Kingmaker Nev Fountain 5th Peri, Erimem April 2006
82 The Settling Simon Guerrier 7th Ace, Hex May 2006
83 Something Inside Trevor Baxendale 8th Charley, C'rizz June 2006
84 The Nowhere Place Nicholas Briggs 6th Evelyn July 2006
85 Red Stewart Sheargold 7th Mel August 2006
86 The Reaping Joseph Lidster 6th Peri, The Cybermen Early September 2006
87 The Gathering Joseph Lidster 5th Tegan, The Cybermen Late September 2006
88 Memory Lane Eddie Robson 8th Charley, C'rizz October 2006
89 No Man's Land Martin Day 7th Ace, Hex November 2006
90 Year of the Pig Matthew Sweet 6th Peri December 2006
91 Circular Time Paul Cornell
Mike Maddox
5th Nyssa January 2007
92 Nocturne Dan Abnett 7th Ace, Hex February 2007
93 Renaissance of the Daleks Christopher H. Bidmead 5th Nyssa, The Daleks March 2007
94 I.D.; Urgent Calls Eddie Robson 6th none April 2007
95 Exotron; Urban Myths Paul Sutton 5th Peri May 2007
96 Valhalla Marc Platt 7th none June 2007
97 The Wishing Beast; The Vanity Box Paul Magrs 6th Mel July 2007
98 Frozen Time Nicholas Briggs 7th The Ice Warriors August 2007
99 Son of the Dragon Steve Lyons 5th Peri, Erimem Early September 2007
100 100
100 BC
My Own Private Wolfgang
Bedtime Story
The 100 Days of the Doctor

Jacqueline Rayner
Rob Shearman
Joseph Lidster
Paul Cornell
6th Evelyn Late September 2007
101 Absolution Scott Alan Woodard 8th Charley, C'rizz October 2007
102 The Mind's Eye; Mission of the Viyrans Colin Brake & Nicholas Briggs 5th Peri, Erimem November 2007
103 The Girl Who Never Was Alan Barnes 8th Charley, The Cybermen December 2007
104 The Bride of Peladon Barnaby Edwards 5th Peri, Erimem, The Ice Warriors January 2008
105 The Condemned Eddie Robson 6th Charley February 2008
106 The Dark Husband David Quantick 7th Ace, Hex March 2008
107 The Haunting of Thomas Brewster Jonathan Morris 5th Nyssa April 2008
108 Assassin in the Limelight Robert Ross 6th Evelyn May 2008
109 The Death Collectors; Spider's Shadow Stewart Sheargold 7th none June 2008
110 The Boy that Time Forgot Paul Magrs 5th Nyssa July 2008
111 The Doomwood Curse Jacqueline Rayner 6th Charley August 2008
112 Kingdom of Silver; Keepsake James Swallow 7th The Cybermen Early September 2008
113 Time Reef Marc Platt 5th Nyssa Late September 2008
114 Brotherhood of the Daleks Alan Barnes 6th Charley, The Daleks October 2008
115 Forty Five TBC 7th TBC November 2008
116 The Raincloud Man TBA 6th Charley December 2008
117 The Keys 2 Time: The Judgement Of Issak Simon Guerrier 5th Amy Ice Warriors January 2009
118 The Keys 2 Time: The Destroyer Of Delights Jonathan Clements 5th Amy Feburary 2009
119 The Keys 2 Time: The Chaos Pool TBA 5th Amy March 2009

Special Releases

Big Finish have released several 'special' releases such as promotional adventures with Doctor Who Magazine (usually with none or only one guest casting).

They have also recently begun to release 'Subscriber Only' adventures that subscribers (6 or 12 month) get for free, these adventures are released to the public (generally) the following year.

Big Finish have also produced speciality productions such as the Doctor Who Unbound, Excelis Saga focusing on a particular theme or idea.

Big Finish have additionally released the audio component of the webcasts produced for the BBC, as well as audio adaptations of Doctor Who Stage Plays.

Exclusive Big Finish Audio

Big Finish have also released an exclusive audio story available with the Davros Boxset.

# Title Author Doctor Featuring Released
1 The Davros Mission Nicholas Briggs NA Davros, The Daleks November 2007

Free with Doctor Who Magazine

# Title Author Doctor Featuring Released
1 Last of the Titans Nicholas Briggs 7th NA January 2001
2 The Ratings War Steve Lyons 6th NA January 2002
3 No Place Like Home Iain McLaughlin 5th Erimem January 2003
4 Living Legend Scott Gray 8th Charley Pollard November 2003
5 The Veiled Leopard Iain McLaughlin & Claire Bartlett NA Peri Brown, Erimem, Ace, Hex March 2006
6 Cuddlesome Nigel Fairs 5th NA March 2008

Subscriber-only

# Title Author Doctor Featuring Released
1 The Maltese Penguin Robert Shearman 6th Frobisher November, 2002
2 Her Final Flight Julian Shortman 6th Peri December 2004
3 Cryptobiosis Elliot Thorpe 6th Peri December 2005
4 Return of the Daleks Nicholas Briggs 7th NA December 2006
5 Return to the Web Planet Daniel O'Mahony 5th Nyssa December 2007
6 Return of the Krotons TBC 6th Charley Pollard TBC


Webcast Audio Releases

# Title Author Doctor Featuring Released
1 Real Time Gary Russell 6th Evelyn Smythe December 2002
2 Shada Douglas Adams (Story) & Gary Russell (Prologue and minor changes) 8th Romana II, K-9 Mark II December 2003

Stage Play Audio Releases

# Title Author Doctor Featuring Released
1 The Ultimate Adventure Terrance Dicks 6th Daleks September 2008
2 The Seven Keys to Doomsday Terrance Dicks TBC (Possibly 4th) Daleks October 2008
3 The Curse of the Daleks Terry Nation (Story), Nicholas Briggs (Minor Changes) TBC Daleks November 2008

Excelis Saga

# Title Author Doctor Featuring Released
1 Excelis Dawns Paul Magrs 5th NA February 2002
2 Excelis Rising David A. McIntee 6th NA April 2002
3 Excelis Decays Iain McLaughlin 7th NA July 2002
4 The Plague Herds of Excelis Stephen Cole NA Bernice Summerfield July 2002

Doctor Who Unbound

# Title Author Doctor Featuring Released
1 Auld Mortality Marc Platt The Doctor (Unbound 1) Susan (Unbound) May, 2003
2 Sympathy for the Devil Jonathan Clements The Doctor (Unbound 2) Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart (Unbound), The Master (Unbound) June, 2003
3 Full Fathom Five David Bishop The Doctor (Unbound 3) NA July, 2003
4 He Jests at Scars... Gary Russell The Valeyard Melanie Bush September, 2003
5 Deadline Robert Shearman NA NA October, 2003
6 Exile Nicholas Briggs The Doctor (Unbound 6) NA October, 2003
7 A Storm of Angels Marc Platt The Doctor (Unbound 1) Susan (Unbound) January, 2005
8 Engines of Destruction TBA The Doctor (Unbound 2) Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart (Unbound), Davros (Unbound) TBA

The New Eighth Doctor Adventures

Season 1

# Title Author Doctor Featuring Released
1 Blood of the Daleks Nicholas Briggs 8th Lucie Miller, Daleks January 2007
2 Horror of Glam Rock Paul Magrs 8th Lucie Miller March 2007
3 Immortal Beloved Jonathan Clements 8th Lucie Miller April 2007
4 Phobos Eddie Robson 8th Lucie Miller May 2007
5 No More Lies Paul Sutton 8th Lucie Miller June 2007
6 Human Resources Eddie Robson 8th Lucie Miller, Cybermen July 2007
The first season aired on BBC7 as BBC Radio Dramas before their release on CD.

Season 2

# Title Author Doctor Featuring Released
7 Dead London Pat Mills 8th Lucie Miller January 2008
8 Max Warp Jonathan Morris 8th Lucie Miller February 2008
9 Brave New Town Jonathan Clements 8th Lucie Miller March 2008
10 The Skull of Sobek Marc Platt 8th Lucie Miller April 2008
11 Grand Theft Cosmos Eddie Robson 8th Lucie Miller May 2008
12 The Zygon Who Fell to Earth Paul Magrs 8th Lucie Miller June 2008
13 Sisters of the Flame Nicholas Briggs 8th Lucie Miller July 2008
14 Vengence of Morbius Nicholas Briggs 8th Lucie Miller August 2008

Series 3

A third series of adventures starring the Eighth Doctor and Lucie as played by Paul McGann and Sheridan Smith has been confirmed. They begin recording in the summer of 2008.

It was also confirmed in Doctor Who Magazine issue 395 that that the Wirrn, who originally appeared in The Fourth Doctor's second story The Ark in Space, will return in a story written by Nicholas Briggs.

The Companion Chronicles

Single part adventures read by a companion of the doctor.

# Title Author Doctor Featuring Released
1 Frostfire Marc Platt 1st Vicki, Steven Taylor January 2007
2 Fear of the Daleks Patrick Chapman 2nd Zoe Heriot, Jamie McCrimmon, The Daleks January 2007
3 The Blue Tooth Nigel Fairs 3rd Liz Shaw, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, Cybermen January 2007
4 The Beautiful People Eddie Robson 4th Romana II, K-9 Mark II January 2007
5 Mother Russia Marc Platt 1st Steven Taylor, Dodo Chaplet October 2007
6 Helicon Prime Jake Elliott 2nd Jamie McCrimmon November 2007
7 Old Soldiers James Swallow 3rd Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, Liz Shaw December 2007
8 The Catalyst Nigel Fairs 4th Leela January 2008
9 Here There Be Monsters Andy Lane 1st Susan Foreman, Ian and Barbara July 2008
10 The Great Space Elevator Jonathan Morris 2nd Victoria Waterfield, Jamie McCrimmon August 2008
11 The Doll of Death Marc Platt 3rd Jo Grant September 2008
12 Empathy Games Nigel Fairs 4th Leela October 2008
13 Home Truths Simon Guerrier 1st Sara Kingdom November 2008
14 The Darkening Eye Stewart Sheargold 5th Nyssa December 2008
15 The Prisoner's Dilemma Stewart Sheargold 7th Ace January 2009
16 TBC TBC 1st TBC Febuary 2009
17 Resistance Steve Lyons 2nd Polly March 2009
18 The Magician's Oath Scott Handcock 3rd Mike Yates April 2009
19 Ferril's Folly Peter Anghelides 4th TBC May 2009
20 TBC TBC 4th TBC June 2009

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