The Legacy of Time (audio anthology)
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The Legacy of Time was a special anthology released on July 2019 to celebrate twenty years of Big Finish Productions making Doctor Who stories on audio.
Marketed as the biggest audio crossover event ever[1], it featured six incarnations of the Doctor, as well as Bernice Summerfield, River Song, Romana II and Leela, both the 1970s and 2010s UNIT teams, and Counter-Measures.
The anthology also celebrated the thirtieth anniversary of the Counter-Measures team the previous year.
Publisher's summary
An epic six-part adventure celebrating 20 years of Doctor Who at Big Finish!
Time is collapsing. Incidents of temporal chaos and devastation are appearing throughout the many lives of the Doctor and his friends - fallout from one terrible disaster.
The Doctor must save history itself - and he will need all the help he can get.
Lies in Ruins by James Goss
The Split Infinitive by John Dorney
The Sacrifice of Jo Grant by Guy Adams
Relative Time by Matt Fitton
The Avenues of Possibility by Jonathan Morris
Collision Course by Guy Adams
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Stories
| Title | Author | Director | Doctor | Featuring | Released | Pr. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lies in Ruins | James Goss | Ken Bentley | 8th[2] | River, Benny | July 2019 | BFP20LEGACY |
| The Split Infinitive | John Dorney | |||||
| The Sacrifice of Jo Grant | Guy Adams | 3rd | Jo, Kate, Osgood | |||
| Relative Time | Matt Fitton | 5th[3] | Jenny, the Nine | |||
| The Avenues of Possibility | Jonathan Morris | 6th[4] | Charley, Patricia Menzies | |||
| Collision Course | Guy Adams |
Notes
- This release was limited to 4000 physical copies.
- Previously to the announcement of Relative Time, a cover was released without Jenny.
- The anthology had been in production for three years prior to its release.[5]
- After the Big Finish website redesign, Katy Manning was listed as playing Iris Wildthyme in the anthology rather than Jo Jones but this has since been reverted.
- During the 2019 Big Finish Day on 22 June, the first story, Lies in Ruins, was played to audience members.[6] Additionally, the episode made its public premiere on the weekend of 20 July during a livestream on the Doctor Who YouTube channel.[2]
- The Eighth Doctor will feature in a story with Bernice Summerfield and River Song.[7]
- The Sacrifice of Jo Grant will feature Kate Stewart travelling back in time to meet the classic UNIT team.[1]
- The Counter-Measures team will be reunited with the Seventh Doctor and Ace.[1]
- The Fourth Doctor will feature in a story with Leela and Romana II on Gallifrey.[8]
External links
- Official The Legacy of Time page at bigfinish.com
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/doctor-who-the-legacy-of-time
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/doctor-who-celebrates-20-years-on-audio-at-big-finish-with-20-hour-livestream
- ↑ https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/fifth-doctor-meets-daughter-jenny
- ↑ https://twitter.com/jonnymorris1973/status/1031466571762421761
- ↑ https://twitter.com/RichardsonBF/status/1031468849890308096
- ↑ https://twitter.com/bigfinish/status/1142489049325821952
- ↑ https://twitter.com/bigfinish/status/1031481037388480512
- ↑ https://twitter.com/bigfinish/status/1031526364476841984
