Main Range/2001
A twelve-story batch in the Main Range audio series was released by Big Finish Productions in 2001.
Overview
There were a number of firsts in the 2001 Main Range batch, undoubtedly the most notable being Paul McGann returning to the role of the Eighth Doctor.
Storm Warning featured McGann play the Eighth Doctor for the first time since his debut in the 1996 Doctor Who TV Movie. He was joined by an original companion, Charlotte Pollard played by India Fisher who would feature in all but four of the Eighth Doctor's Main Range stories. His first run of four consecutive stories featured the first appearance of the Cybermen in Sword of Orion and the reappearance of Brigadier Lethbridge Stewart in Minuet in Hell.
Elsewhere in the year, the Decayed Master played by Geoffrey Beevers had his Big Finish debut in Dust Breeding. Beevers would be the only incarnation of the Master to act at the company for several years. The Silurians debuted in Bloodtide and Elizabeth Klein in Colditz though she would not appear again until A Thousand Tiny Wings in 2010 where she was reintroduced as a companion. The TARDIS team of the Sixth Doctor and Mel debuted at the company in The One Doctor.
In The Eye of the Scorpion, in another Big Finish first, an original companion was introduced alongside one from the television series. In this case Erimem joined the Fifth Doctor and Peri in their travels. Erimem would appear in almost every Fifth Doctor and Peri story until her departure in The Bride of Peladon in 2008.
Nimrod and the Forge first appeared in Project: Twilight and begun an arc that would feature prominently until Gods and Monsters in 2012.
Cast
- Paul McGann
- Peter Davison
- Mark Strickson
- Sylvester McCoy
- Sophie Aldred
- Colin Baker
- Nicola Bryant
- Sarah Sutton
- Bonnie Langford
With
Stories
| # | Title | Author | Doctor | Featuring | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | Storm Warning | Alan Barnes | 8th | Charley | January 2001 |
| 17 | Sword of Orion | Nicholas Briggs | Charley, Cybermen | February 2001 | |
| 18 | The Stones of Venice | Paul Magrs | Charley | March 2001 | |
| 19 | Minuet in Hell | Alan W. Lear and Gary Russell | Charley, the Brigadier | April 2001 | |
| 20 | Loups-Garoux | Marc Platt | 5th | Turlough | May 2001 |
| 21 | Dust Breeding | Mike Tucker | 7th | Ace, Bev, the Decayed Master | June 2001 |
| 22 | Bloodtide | Jonathan Morris | 6th | Evelyn, Silurians | July 2001 |
| 23 | Project: Twilight | Cavan Scott and Mark Wright | Evelyn, Nimrod, the Forge | August 2001 | |
| 24 | The Eye of the Scorpion | Iain McLaughlin | 5th | Peri, Erimem | September 2001 |
| 25 | Colditz | Steve Lyons | 7th | Ace, Klein | October 2001 |
| 26 | Primeval | Lance Parkin | 5th | Nyssa, Trakenites | November 2001 |
| 27 | The One Doctor | Gareth Roberts and Clayton Hickman | 6th | Mel | December 2001 |
Notes
to be added
Production
| # | Title | Recorded on | Recorded at |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | Storm Warning | 18 May 2000 | The Moat Studios, London |
| 17 | Sword of Orion | 16 and 17 May 2000 | Bristol |
| 18 | The Stones of Venice | 15 and 16 May 2000 | |
| 19 | Minuet in Hell | 19 May and 2 July 2000 | |
| 20 | Loups-Garoux | 9 and 10 December 2000 | The Moat Studios, London |
| 21 | Dust Breeding | 31 March, 21 and 22 April 2001 | |
| 22 | Bloodtide | 31 March and 1 April 2001 | |
| 23 | Project: Twilight | 23 and 24 June 2001 | |
| 24 | The Eye of the Scorpion | 21 and 22 July 2001 | |
| 25 | Colditz | 26 and 27 May 2001 | |
| 26 | Primeval | 24 and 25 August 2001 | |
| 27 | The One Doctor | 28 and 29 April 2001 |
