The War Doctor (audio series)

The War Doctor was an audio series produced by Big Finish Productions beginning in 2015. It starred the War Doctor, played by John Hurt. The series initially ran for four anthologies, of three stories each, with the final segment released in 23 February 2017, only one month after John Hurt's death on 25 January of that same year.

Producer David Richardson confirmed in DWM 555 that a fifth box set was in planning stages, which would have featured the return of the General, but was cancelled following Hurt's death.

The audio series The Eighth Doctor: Time War served as prequels to these stories. In 2021 the series continued, with the The War Doctor Begins sub-series, featuring Jonathon Carley as a young War Doctor, picking up directly from the webcast The Night of the Doctor.

Stories

Only the Monstrous

Main article: Only the Monstrous (audio anthology)

#	Title	Author	Featuring	Released
1.1	The Innocent	Nicholas Briggs	War Ollistra, Veklin, Rejoice, Daleks	14 December 2015
1.2	The Thousand Worlds
1.3	The Heart of the Battle

Infernal Devices

Main article: Infernal Devices (audio anthology)

#	Title	Author	Featuring	Released
2.1	Legion of the Lost	John Dorney	War Ollistra, Daleks, Varga plants	22 February 2016
2.2	A Thing of Guile	Phil Mulryne	War Ollistra, Daleks
2.3	The Neverwhen	Matt Fitton	War Ollistra, Daleks

Agents of Chaos

Main article: Agents of Chaos (audio anthology)

#	Title	Author	Featuring	Released
3.1	The Shadow Vortex	David Llewellyn	War Ollistra, Daleks, Dalek Time Strategist	6 October 2016
3.2	The Eternity Cage	Andrew Smith	War Ollistra, Daleks, Dalek Time Strategist, Sontarans
3.3	Eye of Harmony	Ken Bentley	War Ollistra, Daleks, Dalek Time Strategist

Casualties of War

Main article: Casualties of War (audio anthology)

#	Title	Author	Featuring	Released
4.1	Pretty Lies	Guy Adams	War Ollistra, Daleks	23 February 2017
4.2	The Lady of Obsidian	Andrew Smith	War Ollistra, Veklin, Leela, Daleks
4.3	The Enigma Dimension	Nicholas Briggs	War Ollistra, Leela, Daleks

The War Doctor Begins

A few years after Hurt passed away, the War Doctor was recast, with Jonathon Carley playing a younger version on the War Doctor, picking up immediately after the events of The Night of the Doctor.

Forged in Fire

Main article: Forged in Fire (audio anthology)

#	Title	Author	Featuring	Released
1.1	Light the Flame	Matt Fitton	Ohila, Rasmus, Sixth Tamasan	22 June 2021
1.2	Lion Hearts	Lou Morgan	Sixth Tamasan, Biroc
1.3	The Shadow Squad	Andrew Smith	Sixth Tamasan, Daleks

Warbringer

Main article: Warbringer (audio anthology)

#	Title	Author	Featuring	Released
2.1	Consequences	Timothy X Atack	Case, Veklin, Tamasan	8 December 2021
2.2	Destroyer	Andrew Smith	Case, Veklin, Tamasan, Daleks
2.3	Saviour	Jonathan Morris	Case, Veklin, Daleks

Battlegrounds

Main article: Battlegrounds (audio anthology)

#	Title	Author	Featuring	Released
3.1	The Keeper of Light	Phil Mulryne	Tamasan	10 May 2022
3.2	Temmosus	Rossa McPhillips	Tamasan, Thals, Daleks
3.3	Rewind	Timothy X Atack	Daleks

He Who Fights With Monsters

Main article: He Who Fights With Monsters (audio anthology)

#	Title	Author	Featuring	Released
4.1	The Mission	Robert Valentine	Eleventh General, the Barber-Surgeon	13 December 2022
4.2	The Abyss		The Barber-Surgeon, Daleks
4.3	The Horror		The Barber-Surgeon, Daleks

Cover gallery

External links

Official The War Doctor page at bigfinish.com

Big Finish's Time War audios

The War Doctor

Only the Monstrous	The Innocent • The Thousand Worlds • The Heart of the Battle

Infernal Devices	Legion of the Lost • A Thing of Guile • The Neverwhen

Agents of Chaos	The Shadow Vortex • The Eternity Cage • Eye of Harmony

Casualties of War	Pretty Lies • The Lady of Obsidian • The Enigma Dimension

Forged in Fire	Light the Flame • Lion Hearts • The Shadow Squad

Warbringer	Consequences • Destroyer • Saviour

Battlegrounds	The Keeper of Light • Temmosus • Rewind

He Who Fights With Monsters	The Mission • The Abyss • The Horror

Comrades-in-Arms	A Mother's Love • Berserker • Memnos

Enemy Mine	The Hybrid's Choice • Fear Nothing • Exit Strategy

The Eighth Doctor: Time War

Volume One	The Starship of Theseus • Echoes of War • The Conscript • One Life

Volume Two	The Lords of Terror • Planet of the Ogrons • In the Garden of Death • Jonah

Volume Three	State of Bliss • The Famished Lands • Fugitive in Time • The War Valeyard

Volume Four	Palindrome • Dreadshade • Restoration of the Daleks

Cass	Meanwhile, Elsewhere • Vespertine • Previously, Next Time

Reflections	Nowhere, Never • The Road Untravelled • Cass-cade • Borrow or Rob

The War Master

Only the Good	Beneath the Viscoid • The Good Master • The Sky Man • The Heavenly Paradigm

The Master of Callous	Call for the Dead • The Glittering Prize • The Persistence of Dreams • Sins of the Father

Rage of the Time Lords	The Survivor • The Coney Island Chameleon • The Missing Link • Darkness and Light

Anti-Genesis	From the Flames • The Master's Dalek Plan • Shockwave • He Who Wins

Hearts of Darkness	The Edge of Redemption • The Scaramancer • The Castle of Kurnos 5 • The Cognition Shift

Killing Time	The Sincerest Form of Flattery • A Quiet Night In • The Orphan • Unfinished Business

Self-Defence	The Forest of Penitence • The Players • Boundaries • The Last Line

Escape from Reality	The Wrath of Medusa • The Shadow Master • The Adventure of the Deceased Doctor • The Master of Dorian Gray

Solitary Confinement	The Walls of Absence • The Long Despair • The Life and Loves of Mr Alexander Bennett • The Kicker

Rogue Encounters	Runtime • Manhunt • The Sublime Porte • Alone

Gallifrey

Time War

Volume One	Celestial Intervention • Soldier Obscura • The Devil You Know • Desperate Measures

Volume Two	Havoc • Partisans • Collateral • Assassins

Volume Three	Hostiles • Nevernor • Mother Tongue • Unity

Volume Four	Deception • Dissolution • Beyond • Homecoming

War Room

Allegiance	The Last Days of Freme • The Passenger • Collateral Victim • The First Days of Phaidon

Manoeuvres	Collaborators • Remnants • Transference • Ambition's Debt

Susan's War

Prequel	Prequel to Susan's War

Susan's War	Sphere of Influence • The Uncertain Shore • Assets of War • The Shoreditch Intervention

Family Ties	The Lost Son • The Golden Child

Shadow of the Daleks

Shadow of the Daleks 1	Aimed at the Body • Lightspeed • The Bookshop at the End of the World • Interlude

Shadow of the Daleks 2	Echo Chamber • Towards Zero • Castle Hydra • Effect and Cause

Classic Doctors, New Monsters	The Sontaran Ordeal • Day of the Vashta Nerada

Short Trips	A Heart on Both Sides • All Hands on Deck • Death Will Not Part Us • Salvage

Other	The Rulers of the Universe • Lies in Ruins

Big Finish Doctor Who series and spin-offs

Classic Series

Original

Main Range (Bonus Releases • Subscriber Short Trips • Short Trips Rarities) • The Companion Chronicles • The Early Adventures • The Lost Stories • Short Trips

Classic
Adventures

First Doctor • Second Doctor • Third Doctor • Fourth Doctor • Fifth Doctor • Sixth Doctor • Seventh Doctor

Bonuses	Interludes

Continuing
Adventures

Eighth Doctor (Further Adventures)
Dark Eyes • Doom Coalition • Ravenous • Stranded

The Stageplays • Novel Adaptations • Philip Hinchcliffe Presents • The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield • The Comic Strip Adaptations • Doctor Who Unbound

Special
Releases

Excelis Saga • Bonus Releases • The Light at the End • The Legacy of Time

New Series

Series that have never starred the Doctor are excluded from this list.

Time War	Gallifrey (Time War • War Room) • Eighth Doctor: Time War • War Doctor

"New Series" Adventures	First Doctor • Ninth Doctor • Tenth Doctor

Destiny of the Doctor • Classic Doctors, New Monsters • The Doctor Chronicles • The Diary of River Song • The Lives of Captain Jack • The War Master • Once and Future

The Worlds
of Doctor Who

Dalek Empire • Sarah Jane Smith • Gallifrey • UNIT • Cyberman • I, Davros • Jago & Litefoot • Counter-Measures (The New Counter-Measures) • The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield • UNIT: The New Series • The Diary of River Song • The Lives of Captain Jack • The War Master • Rose Tyler • Class: The Audio Adventures • Missy • The Paternoster Gang • The Robots • Brave New World • Dark Gallifrey • The Death and Life of River Song

Special
Releases

Ranges	The Churchill Years • Tales from New Earth • Jenny: The Doctor's Daughter • Lady Christina • Donna Noble: Kidnapped! • Susan's War • Master! • The Lone Centurion • The Year of Martha Jones • The Eighth of March • Rani Takes on the World

Anthologies	The Worlds of Doctor Who • Masterful

These anthologies were released to celebrate anniversaries.

These stories feature Doctor Who characters, but do not primarily star the Doctor.

Torchwood

Monthly Range • Torchwood One • The Story Continues • Torchwood Soho

Special Releases	The Sins of Captain John

The Worlds
of Big Finish

Bernice Summerfield (The Story So Far) • Iris Wildthyme • Vienna • Graceless • Charlotte Pollard

Special Releases	The Worlds of Big Finish

Other	New Worlds

These DWU characters have never been owned by the BBC.

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