The Eighth Doctor Collection
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
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...
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 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.
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
| # | 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
- The story formed part of an Eighth Doctor series on BBC Radio 7 in 2005, alongside the stories Shada, Sword of Orion, The Stones of Venice, Invaders from Mars and The Chimes of Midnight, and has been repeated on multiple occasions since. This led to the commissioning of the original series 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 was excluded from broadcast due to its adult themes.
- A US version was released on 16 December 2009, but accidently labelled Invaders from Mars as Minuet in Hell.
- Limited edition of 2000.
