The Eighth Doctor Adventures was an audio series produced by Big Finish Productions from 2006 to 2011 which was revitalized from 2019 onwards as a range encompassing Big Finish's various Eighth Doctor stories.
BBC Radio era (2007-2011)
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 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. 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 first four series were notable for driving the Eighth Doctor towards the darker personality as seen in Dark Eyes onwards. 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.
Series 1
- Main article: Series 1 (8DA)
The Eighth Doctor Adventures began as an eight-part series titled "The Eighth Doctor BBC7 Stories". [1]
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.
Series 2
- Main article: Series 2 (8DA)
With its second series, "The Eighth Doctor BBC7 Stories" were renamed to "The New Eighth Doctor Adventures". The new series was called "Season 2" and the previous one named "Season 1".[2] Although the name was dropped shortly after the end of this series, "The New Eighth Doctor Adventures" remained in use by some fans in order to distinguish this series from the novel series of the same name.
Series 3
- Main article: Series 3 (8DA)
In August 2008, shortly after the end of Season 2, the webpage for the series was renamed "The Eighth Doctor Adventures". [3]
Series 4
- Main article: Series 4 (8DA)
An Earthly Child, a story in Special Releases accompanying this season, was later retroactively included in The Eighth Doctor Adventures in 2019.
| # |
Title |
Author |
Featuring |
Released
|
| 4.1
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Death in Blackpool
|
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
|
Eddie Robson
|
Tamsin
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July 2010
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| 4.3
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Nevermore
|
Alan Barnes
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August 2010
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| 4.4
|
The Book of Kells
|
Barnaby Edwards
|
Tamsin, the Monk, Lucie
|
September 2010
|
| 4.5
|
Deimos
|
Jonathan Morris
|
Tamsin, Ice Warriors
|
October 2010
|
| 4.6
|
The Resurrection of Mars
|
Tamsin, Lucie, Ice Warriors, the Monk
|
November 2010
|
| 4.7
|
Relative Dimensions
|
Marc Platt
|
Susan, Alex, Lucie
|
December 2010
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| 4.8
|
Prisoner of the Sun
|
Eddie Robson
|
|
January 2011
|
| 4.9
|
Lucie Miller / To the Death
|
Nicholas Briggs
|
Daleks, Lucie, Susan, Alex, the Monk, Tamsin
|
February 2011
|
| 4.10
|
31 March 2011
|
Dark Eyes (2012-2015)
- Main article: Dark Eyes (audio series)
The next period of The Eighth Doctor Adventures was the subseries Dark Eyes.
Dark Eyes began as a boxset called Dark Eyes which was announced to be the "New Eighth Doctor Box Set 1" and released as part of The Eighth Doctor Adventures.[4] The success of the first boxset led to Dark Eyes becoming a larger series which was considered its own range, a sequel to The Eighth Doctor Adventures. At this point, The Eighth Doctor Adventures were renamed Classic Doctor Who - Eighth Doctor Adventures. [5] However, despite being its own series, Dark Eyes continued to also be collected under the Eighth Doctor Adventures banner.[6]
Following Dark Eyes, with the release of Doom Coalition, Big Finish Productions began a period of releasing new Eighth Doctor releases entirely separate from the Eighth Doctor Adventures branding. From 2015 to 2019, the Eighth Doctor Adventures were adjusted to no longer include Dark Eyes, being defined as just the radio-broadcast stories.[7]
| Boxset |
# |
Title |
Author |
Featuring |
Released
|
| Dark Eyes
|
1.1
|
The Great War
|
Nicholas Briggs
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Molly, Straxus, Kitty Donaldson, Daleks, Kotris
|
10 November 2012
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| 1.2
|
Fugitives
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Molly, Straxus, Daleks, Dalek Time Controller, Kotris, Sally Armstrong
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| 1.3
|
Tangled Web
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Molly, Straxus, Daleks, Dalek Time Controller, Kotris
|
| 1.4
|
X and the Daleks
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| Dark Eyes 2
|
2.1
|
The Traitor
|
Nicholas Briggs
|
Liv, Daleks, Dalek Time Controller
|
12 February 2014
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| 2.2
|
The White Room
|
Alan Barnes
|
Molly, David Walker, Viyrans
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| 2.3
|
Time's Horizon
|
Matt Fitton
|
Liv, Molly, the Eminence, Dalek Time Controller, the Reborn Master, Sally Armstrong
|
| 2.4
|
Eyes of the Master
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Liv, Molly, the Eminence, Dalek Time Controller, The Master, Sally Armstrong, David Walker
|
| Dark Eyes 3
|
3.1
|
The Death of Hope
|
Matt Fitton
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Molly, the Reborn Master, Sally Armstrong, the Eminence, Narvin, Hope Gardner
|
17 November 2014
|
| 3.2
|
The Reviled
|
Liv, the Master, Sally Armstrong, the Eminence, Narvin
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| 3.3
|
Masterplan
|
| 3.4
|
Rule of the Eminence
|
Molly, Liv, the Master, the Eminence, Narvin, Hope Gardener
|
| Dark Eyes 4
|
4.1
|
A Life in the Day
|
John Dorney
|
Liv, Kitty Donaldson
|
2 March 2015
|
| 4.2
|
The Monster of Montmartre
|
Matt Fitton
|
Liv, Daleks, Dalek Time Controller, Dalek Time Strategist, the Reborn Master
|
| 4.3
|
Master of the Daleks
|
John Dorney
|
Liv, Molly, the Master, Daleks, Dalek Time Controller, Dalek Time Strategist, Sontarans
|
| 4.4
|
Eye of Darkness
|
Matt Fitton
|
Liv, Molly, Daleks, Dalek Time Controller, Dalek Supreme, the Eminence
|
The Eighth Doctor Adventures (2019-present)
From 1 April 2019 onwards, the various Eighth Doctor series were once more collected in a range titled The Eighth Doctor Adventures after a period of there being several separate ranges. Ravenous continued as a subseries of this range, narratively followed by Stranded; unlike in the era of Dark Eyes, these series were more primarily part of The Eighth Doctor Adventures rather than distinct ranges of their own. The Eighth Doctor: Time War also continued as a subseries of this one, with its own subseries Uncharted being the next Eighth Doctor ongoing boxset narrative after Stranded.
With the redesign of the Big Finish website on 1 April 2019, the stories released in the period following Dark Eyes were retroactively considered part of The Eighth Doctor Adventures, as well as some earlier releases from the Special Releases range.
In the 2015 to 2019 period in which boxsets were released without the Eighth Doctor Adventures branding, the narrative of Dark Eyes was continued in the series Doom Coalition and Ravenous. Additionally, The Eighth Doctor: Time War began being released.
Special Releases
Doom Coalition
| Boxset |
# |
Title |
Author |
Featuring |
Released
|
| Doom Coalition 1
|
1.1
|
The Eleven
|
Matt Fitton
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Liv, Seventh Doctor, the Eleven, Padrac
|
12 October 2015
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| 1.2
|
The Red Lady
|
John Dorney
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Liv, Helen, the Red Lady
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| 1.3
|
The Galileo Trap
|
Marc Platt
|
Liv, Helen, Galileo
|
| 1.4
|
The Satanic Mill
|
Edward Collier
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Liv, Helen, the Eleven, Padrac, Galileo
|
| Doom Coalition 2
|
2.1
|
Beachhead
|
Nicholas Briggs
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Liv, Helen, The Voord
|
3 March 2016
|
| 2.2
|
Scenes From Her Life
|
John Dorney
|
Liv, Helen, Caleera
|
| 2.3
|
The Gift
|
Marc Platt
|
| 2.4
|
The Sonomancer
|
Matt Fitton
|
Liv, Helen, River Song, the Sonomancer, the Eleven
|
| Doom Coalition 3
|
3.1
|
Absent Friends
|
John Dorney
|
Liv, Helen
|
22 September 2016
|
| 3.2
|
The Eighth Piece / The Doomsday Chronometer
|
Matt Fitton
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Liv, Helen, River Song, the Clocksmith, the Eight
|
| 3.3
|
| 3.4
|
The Crucible of Souls
|
John Dorney
|
Liv, Helen, River Song, Padrac, the Nine
|
| Doom Coalition 4
|
4.1
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Ship in a Bottle
|
John Dorney
|
Liv, Helen
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7 March 2017
|
| 4.2
|
Songs of Love
|
Matt Fitton
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Liv, Helen, River Song, Padrac, Caleera, the Eleven
|
| 4.3
|
The Side of the Angels
|
Liv, Helen, Ollistra, the Monk, Weeping Angels, the Eleven
|
| 4.4
|
Stop the Clock
|
John Dorney
|
Liv, Helen, Padrac, Caleera, the Eleven
|
Ravenous
| Boxset
|
#
|
Title
|
Author
|
Featuring
|
Released
|
| Ravenous 1
|
1.1
|
Their Finest Hour
|
John Dorney
|
Liv, Churchill
|
10 April 2018
|
| 1.2
|
How to Make a Killing in Time Travel
|
Liv
|
| 1.3
|
World of Damnation / Sweet Salvation
|
Matt Fitton
|
Liv, Helen, the Eleven, Kandyman
|
| 1.4
|
| Ravenous 2
|
2.1
|
Escape from Kaldor
|
Matt Fitton
|
Liv, Helen, Kaldor androids
|
9 October 2018
|
| 2.2
|
Better Watch Out / Fairytale of Salzburg
|
John Dorney
|
Liv, Helen
|
| 2.3
|
| 2.4
|
Seizure
|
Guy Adams
|
Liv, Helen, the Eleven, Ravenous
|
| Ravenous 3
|
3.1
|
Deeptime Frontier
|
Matt Fitton
|
Liv, Helen
|
9 April 2019
|
| 3.2
|
Companion Piece
|
John Dorney
|
Liv, Helen, River, Charley, Bliss, Jamie, Jo, Leela, Margaret, Romana II, Adric, the Nine
|
| 3.3
|
L.E.G.E.N.D.
|
Matt Fitton
|
Liv, Helen, the Eleven
|
| 3.4
|
The Odds Against
|
John Dorney
|
Liv, Helen, the Nine, the Eleven
|
| Ravenous 4
|
4.1
|
Whisper
|
Matt Fitton
|
Liv, Helen, the Eleven
|
9 October 2019
|
| 4.2
|
Planet of Dust
|
Liv, Helen, the Eleven, the Decayed Master, Ravenous
|
| 4.3
|
Day of the Master
|
John Dorney
|
Liv, Helen, the Eleven, the Bruce Master, the War Master, Missy, Ravenous
|
| 4.4
|
Stranded
Stranded 1
- Main article: Stranded 1
| # |
Title |
Author |
Featuring |
Released
|
| 1.1
|
Lost Property
|
Matt Fitton
|
Liv, Helen, the Curator, Tania, Ken, Robin, Tony, Ron, Aisha, Zakia
|
17 June 2020
|
| 1.2
|
Wild Animals
|
John Dorney
|
Liv, Helen, Tania, Aisha, Zakia
|
| 1.3
|
Must-See TV
|
Lisa McMullin
|
Liv, Helen, Tania, Andy, Ken, Robin, Tony, Ron, Aisha, Zakia
|
| 1.4
|
Divine Intervention
|
David K Barnes
|
Stranded 2
- Main article: Stranded 2
| # |
Title |
Author |
Featuring |
Released
|
| 2.1
|
Dead Time
|
Matt Fitton
|
Andy, Liv, Helen, Tania, Robin
|
10 March 2021
|
| 2.2
|
UNIT Dating
|
Roy Gill
|
Andy, Liv, Helen, Ron, Tony, the Brigadier
|
| 2.3
|
Baker Street Irregulars
|
Lisa McMullin
|
Liv, Helen, Tania, Zakia, Aisha
|
| 2.4
|
The Long Way Round
|
John Dorney
|
Liv, Helen, Andy, Tania, Robin, the Curator
|
Stranded 3
- Main article: Stranded 3
| # |
Title |
Author |
Featuring |
Released
|
| 3.1
|
Patience
|
Tim Foley
|
Liv, Helen, Tania, Andy, Judoon
|
2 December 2021
|
| 3.2
|
Twisted Folklore
|
Lizzie Hopley
|
Liv, Helen, Tania, Andy
|
| 3.3
|
Snow
|
James Kettle
|
Liv, Helen, Tania, Andy, Ron, Zakia
|
| 3.4
|
What Just Happened?
|
John Dorney
|
Liv, Helen, Tania, Andy, Robin
|
Stranded 4
- Main article: Stranded 4
| # |
Title |
Author |
Featuring |
Released
|
| 4.1
|
Crossed Lines
|
Matt Fitton
|
Liv, Helen, Tania, Robin, Mr Bird, the Curator
|
6 April 2022
|
| 4.2
|
Get Andy
|
Lisa McMullin
|
Liv, Helen, Andy, Mr Bird
|
| 4.3
|
The Keys of Baker Street
|
Roy Gill
|
Liv, Helen, Tania, Andy, Robin, Tony, Aisha, Zakia, Mr Bird, The Curator
|
| 4.4
|
Best Year Ever
|
John Dorney
|
Liv, Helen, Tania, Andy, Robin, Tony, Aisha, Zakia, Ken
|
What Lies Inside?
- Main article: What Lies Inside? (audio anthology)
Connections
- Main article: Connections (audio anthology)
Audacity
- Main article: Audacity (audio anthology)
In the Bleak Midwinter
- Main article: In the Bleak Midwinter (audio anthology)
Echoes
- Main article: Echoes (audio anthology)
The Stuff of Legend
- Main article: The Stuff of Legend (audio story)
Deadly Strangers
- Main article: Deadly Strangers (audio anthology)
The Eighth Doctor: Time War
- Main article: The Eighth Doctor: Time War
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
Special Releases
Collections
Series 2 in the collection The Eighth Doctor and Lucie Miller
Series 3 in the collection The Eighth Doctor and Lucie Miller
External links
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