The Comic Strip Adaptations: Volume One
The Comic Strip Adaptations: Volume One was the first anthology in The Comic Strip Adaptations range, released on 13 March 2019[1] by Big Finish Productions. This volume featured Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
1. Doctor Who and the Iron Legion adapted by Alan Barnes
1979 AD! Led by the terrible General Ironicus, the mighty Iron Legion – robot veterans of the Eternal War – have come, seen and conquered the English village of Stockbridge!
Caught up in the mayhem, the Doctor pursues the Legion back through the great Dimension Duct to their place of origin – an alternative Earth where Rome never fell...
But can he survive the horrors of the gladiatorial Hyp-Arena long enough to uncover the terrifying secret at the heart of the Galactic Roman Empire?
2. Doctor Who and the Star Beast adapted by Alan Barnes
1980 AD! In Yorkshire, the authorities have dismissed reports that an Unidentified Flying Object was seen plummeting towards the ground... moments before the explosion that destroyed the Blackcastle Steel Mills. After all, Blackcastle is the last place on Earth aliens would ever want to visit...
Local teenagers Sharon and Fudge know better. ’Cos they’ve found an actual space alien hiding in the allotments. He’s their alien. Their secret. And his name is... The Meep.
He’s not the only alien in Blackcastle, though. His pursuers, the terrible Wrarth Warriors, are on his trail, along with their unwitting accomplice: The Doctor!
From the comic strip by Pat Mills and Dave Gibbons
Stories[[edit] | [edit source]]
| # | Title | Adapted by | Adapted from | Director | Doctor | Featuring | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.1 | Doctor Who and the Iron Legion | Alan Barnes | Doctor Who and the Iron Legion | Nicholas Briggs | 4th | 13 March 2019 | |
| 1.2 | Doctor Who and the Star Beast | Doctor Who and the Star Beast | Sharon, Fudge, Beep |
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This anthology features the first appearance of Beep the Meep since The Ratings War, released with DWM 313 on 10 January 2002. Beep the Meep would later make a first onscreen appearance in the television adaptation of Doctor Who and the Star Beast.
- This anthology was announced on 13 August 2018 as the second in a series of special releases produced to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of Doctor Who on Big Finish, the first being The Seventh Doctor: The New Adventures: Volume One.[2]
- A Big Finish news article on 27 August 2018, written in-character as Beep the Meep, advertised this anthology. It also included a short audio clip of Beep the Meep and Sharon Davies meeting,[3] which was the clip uploaded to the Big Finish SoundCloud account the same day. The description of this clip states the anthology's release date as 31 March 2019 instead of 13 March, indicating a typo.[4]
- Another Big Finish news article on 29 October 2018 had an interview with Rhianne Starbuck, who plays Sharon Davies.[5]
- This anthology was included in the 'Coming Soon' feature of DWM 535.
- The two stories were recorded on 28th November and 5th December 2016 and 12th & 19th October 2017 at Audio Sorcery.[6]
Cover gallery[[edit] | [edit source]]
Textless cover
Doctor Who and the Iron Legion Parts 1 and 2
Doctor Who and the Iron Legion Parts 3 and 4
Doctor Who and the Star Beast Parts 1 and 2
Doctor Who and the Star Beast Parts 3 and 4
Doctor Who and the Bonus Features
Doctor Who and the Bonus Features alternate cover
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Official The Comic Strip Adaptations: Volume One page at bigfinish.com
Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- ↑ Fourth Doctor Comic Strips
- ↑ More Fourth and Seventh Doctor!
- ↑ BEEP THE MEEP
- ↑ Upload date and Description of 'Beep the Meep Meets Sharon' on Big Finish's SoundCloud page.
- ↑ New companion for the Fourth Doctor
- ↑ 'Backstage' tab of the official The Comic Strip Adaptations: Volume One page at bigfinish.com.
