The Eighth Doctor Adventures was an audio series produced by Big Finish Productions beginning in 2006. It starred the Eighth Doctor, played by Paul McGann, Lucie Miller, played by Sheridan Smith and Tamsin Drew, played by Niky Wardley.
The series was originally marketed as "The New Eighth Doctor Adventures", but Big Finish Productions had largely dropped the word "New" by the series' fourth and final series. However, this name remains in use by some fans in order to distinguish this series from the novel of the same name. The audios differed substantially in price and format from Big Finish's monthly line. On the Big Finish podcast, these stories were sometimes informally called "the eighth Doctor and Lucie adventures".
The series first debuted on BBC Radio 7 with the first part of Blood of the Daleks on 31 December 2006. Each episode of the first season was broadcast alongside a 10 minute making of entitled Beyond the Vortex. However, the second, third and fourth series debuted on CD prior to their radio broadcasts, carrying over to Radio 7's rebranded successor, BBC Radio 4 Extra.
For the third series, Big Finish introduced a unique release method. The series format changed to a series of 16 25 minute episodes as opposed to 50 minute episodes. In absence of a 2009 TV series, a new episode was released as a download every Saturday evening on a weekly basis, and subscribers would be able to receive the physical CD upon release. However, this release method did not carry over to the fourth season. In the case of the third season, its radio broadcast was heavily condensed and only stories which did not feature returning monsters (Orbis, The Beast of Orlok, The Scapegoat and The Cannibalists) were presented in edited forms.
The series was notable for driving the Eighth Doctor towards the darker personality as seen in the following audio series, Dark Eyes. Additionally, it introduced a third variation on the Eighth Doctor's theme tune composed by Nicholas Briggs, although the David Arnold arrangement was used during the first series.
Stories
Series 1
- Main article: Series 1 (8DA)
Series 2
- Main article: Series 2 (8DA)
Series 3
- Main article: Series 3 (8DA)
Series 4
- Main article: Series 4 (8DA)
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Title |
Author |
Featuring |
Released
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| 4.1
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Death in Blackpool
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Alan Barnes
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Lucie, Pat, Zygons
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December 2009
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| 4.2
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Situation Vacant
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Eddie Robson
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Tamsin
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July 2010
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| 4.3
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Nevermore
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Alan Barnes
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August 2010
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| 4.4
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The Book of Kells
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Barnaby Edwards
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Tamsin, the Monk, Lucie
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September 2010
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| 4.5
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Deimos
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Jonathan Morris
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Tamsin, Ice Warriors
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October 2010
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| 4.6
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The Resurrection of Mars
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Tamsin, Lucie, Ice Warriors, the Monk
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November 2010
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| 4.7
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Relative Dimensions
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Marc Platt
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Susan, Alex, Lucie
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December 2010
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| 4.8
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Prisoner of the Sun
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Eddie Robson
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January 2011
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| 4.9
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Lucie Miller
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Nicholas Briggs
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Daleks, Lucie, Susan, Alex, the Monk, Tamsin
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February 2011
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| 4.10
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To the Death
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31 March 2011
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Continuing adventures
Around the end of Ravenous, the 2019 Big Finish website would later list the Eighth Doctor's later box sets as though they belonged to the original Eighth Doctor Adventures. Starting with Dark Eyes, these were originally indepedent productions; The Eighth Doctor Adventures formally ended, at the time, with AUDIO: To the Death in 2011.
Even Eighth Doctor stories from Classic Series - Special Releases and Bonus Releases would be moved into this category on the website. For context, Big Finish also repurposed smaller ranges, like The Fifth Doctor Adventures, to mean something entirely new, in favour of consistent nomenclature. To allow for both interpretations, these newer series are listed below.
Special Releases
The Eighth Doctor: The Further Adventures of Lucie Miller
- Main article: The Eighth Doctor: The Further Adventures of Lucie Miller: Volume One
Charlotte Pollard: The Further Adventuress
- Main article: Charlotte Pollard: The Further Adventuress (audio anthology)
Notes
- The first season aired on BBC7 as BBC Radio dramas before their release on CD.
Cover gallery
External links
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