Main Range/2019
A thirteen-release batch in the Main Range audio series was released by Big Finish Productions in 2019.
Overview[[edit] | [edit source]]
The 2019 releases for the Main Range saw the Big Finish introductions of two characters who had previously appeared in the television series: Kamelion and Mags.
Kamelion first appeared in the serial The King's Demons, and later appeared in Planet of Fire and The Caves of Androzani, but never had a major role as a companion on the television series. Starting with Devil in the Mist, the character was played by Jon Culshaw.
The other returning character was Mags, a werewolf who appeared in the Seventh Doctor serial The Greatest Show in the Galaxy. Following her initial story, where she aided the Doctor and Ace in the Psychic Circus, Mags started travelling the universe searching for a new home. She eventually crossed paths with the Doctor again, though Ace was long gone by then. The stories featuring her dealt with her lycanthropy, and how she tried to deal with it.
For the Sixth Doctor trilogy, Nicola Bryant returned as Peri, reprising her role alongside Colin Baker for the first time since 2014's The Rani Elite.
In the second batch of stories featuring the Fifth Doctor, a new companion Marc was introduced. It also marked the first Main Range release where Scott Handcock acted as producer.
With the appearances of Samuel Barnett's Cicero and Laura Riseborough's Terentia, Tartarus was a crossover with the Big Finish Originals series Cicero, which began in 2018 and was also produced and directed by Scott Handcock.[1]
The last story in 2019's batch of releases features the Sixth Doctor and Peri in another anthology of four Christmas stories.
Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Peter Davison
- Janet Fielding
- Mark Strickson
- Sylvester McCoy
- Sophie Aldred
- Colin Baker
- Nicola Bryant
- Sarah Sutton
Featuring[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Jon Culshaw as Kamelion
- Jessica Martin as Mags
- Joseph Mydell
- Diane Keen
- Saskia Reeves
- Nicholas Briggs as the Daleks
- John Schwab as Harry Houdini
- Samuel Barnett as Cicero
- George Watkins as Marc
- David Banks as the Cyber-Leader
- Luke Allen-Gale
- Steven Elder
Stories[[edit] | [edit source]]
Production[[edit] | [edit source]]
# | Title | Recorded on | Recorded at |
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247 | Devil in the Mist | 8 and 11 June 2018 | The Moat Studios, London |
248 | Black Thursday / Power Game | 8, 9, 30 August and 10 September 2018 | The Moat Studios, The Sound House |
249 | The Kamelion Empire | 30 August, 6, 7 and 10 September 2018 | |
250 | The Monsters of Gokroth | 23 and 24 October 2018 | The Moat Studios, London |
251 | The Moons of Vulpana | 7 and 8 November 2018 | |
252 | An Alien Werewolf in London | 27 and 28 November 2018 | |
253 | Memories of a Tyrant | 22 and 23 January 2019 | |
254 | Emissary of the Daleks | 17 and 18 January 2019 | |
255 | Harry Houdini's War | 13 and 17 May 2019 | |
256 | Tartarus | 29 and 30 January 2019 | |
257 | Interstitial / Feast of Fear | 4 and 5 March 2019 | |
258 | Warzone / Conversion | 7 and 8 March 2019 | |
259 | Blood on Santa's Claw and Other Stories | 20 and 21 August 2019 | The Sound House, London |