Gallifrey (audio series)

Gallifrey — 2004–present

Main character:

Romana II, Leela

Featuring:

Narvin, K9, Irving Braxiatel, Ace

Key crew

Series details

First release:

March 2004

Publisher:

Big Finish Productions

Production codes:

BFPGALLCD01-

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Main Vortex coverage in issues:

25, 108, 120, 131

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Gallifrey was an ongoing series produced by Big Finish Productions centring on Gallifrey and its affairs, both internal and external. As of September 2023^[update], fifteen series have been released.

The main focus of the story was split between Lady President Romana, as portrayed by Lalla Ward, and Leela, as portrayed by Louise Jameson. It also featured the return of Mary Tamm as Romana's first incarnation and the introduction of Juliet Landau as a new incarnation.

The first three series took the form of single releases. Beginning with the fourth series, Gallifrey moved to a boxset format. Series seven and eight saw another format change, each consisting of a single, longer story.

Scott Handcock, producer of Gallifrey, originally thought Enemy Lines, which comprised the eighth series of Gallifrey, would be the end for the audio series, as it "had always been flirting around the edges of the Time War without ever addressing it, so [he] struggled to see what [they] could do to feel fresh without tackling the Time War head-on". (VOR 108) Therefore, the next release, Time War: Volume One saw the return of the boxset format and began Gallifrey: Time War, a subseries focused on the epinomyous conflict, which was followed by Gallifrey: War Room, focusing on the War effort after events of Time War: Volume Four.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

Tales of intrigue and political manoeuvring from the seat of Time Lord power. Join Romana, Leela and K9 as they find enemies on all sides in a delicate game with the fate of Gallifrey hanging in the balance.

History[[edit] | [edit source]]

Following the broadcast of The Invasion of Time in 1978, Gary Russell read an idea in a fanzine about a whole series being set on Gallifrey starring the Fourth Doctor and a rotating cast of supporting characters and kept this in mind. In 2003, Russell worked with Lalla Ward, Louise Jameson, John Leeson and Alan Barnes on Big Finish's Zagreus, amongst whom there was discussion about the potential of the characters of Romana II, Leela and K9 which led to the creation of Gallifrey. (DOC: The Making of Gallifrey)

Stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

Series 1[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Series 1 (Gallifrey)

#	Title	Author	Featuring	Published
1.1	Weapon of Choice	Alan Barnes	Romana II, Leela, K9 I & II, Braxiatel, Narvin, Torvald, Darkel, Arkadian, Free Time	March 2004
1.2	Square One	Stephen Cole	Romana II, Leela, K9 I & II, Braxiatel, Narvin, Free Time	April 2004
1.3	The Inquiry	Justin Richards	Romana II, Leela, K9 I & II, Braxiatel, Narvin, Darkel, Torvald	April 2004
1.4	A Blind Eye	Alan Barnes	Romana II, Leela, K9 II, Narvin, Torvald, Arkadian	May 2004

Series 2[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Series 2 (Gallifrey)

#	Title	Author	Featuring	Published
2.1	Lies	Gary Russell	Romana II & I, Leela, K9 I & II, Braxiatel, Narvin, Darkel, Andred, Wynter, Pandora, Free Time	April 2005
2.2	Spirit	Stephen Cole	Romana II, Leela, Braxiatel, Narvin, Darkel, Wynter, Hallan	May 2005
2.3	Pandora	Justin Richards	Romana II, Leela, K9 I & II, Braxiatel, Narvin, Darkel, Wynter, Andred, Hallan, Valyes, Pandora	June 2005
2.4	Insurgency	Steve Lyons	Romana II, Leela, K9 I & II, Narvin, Darkel, Andred, Valyes	July 2005
2.5	Imperiatrix	Stewart Sheargold	Romana II & I, Leela, K9 I & II, Narvin, Darkel, Hallan, Pandora	August 2005

Series 3[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Series 3 (Gallifrey)

#	Title	Author	Featuring	Published
3.1	Fractures	Stephen Cole	Romana II, Leela, K9 II, Pandora, Darkel, Narvin, Valyes, Matthias, Hallan, Annos, Janartis, Elbon, Henzil	May 2006
3.2	Warfare	Stewart Sheargold	Romana II, Leela, K9 II, Pandora, Darkel, Narvin, Valyes, Matthias, Hallan, Annos, Janartis, Elbon	June 2006
3.3	Appropriation	Paul Sutton	Romana II, Leela, K9 II, Darkel, Narvin, Valyes, Matthias, Henzil, Annos, Janartis	July 2006
3.4	Mindbomb	Justin Richards	Romana II, Leela, K9 II, Darkel, Braxiatel, Narvin, Valyes, Matthias, Henzil, Annos, Janartis, Elbon	July 2006
3.5	Panacea	Alan Barnes	Romana II, Leela, K9 II, Braxiatel, Narvin, Valyes, Matthias, Arkadian, Henzil, Annos, Janartis, Elbon	August 2006

Gallifrey IV[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Gallifrey IV

#	Title	Author	Featuring	Published
4.1	Reborn	Gary Hopkins	Romana II, Leela, K9 II, Braxiatel, Narvin; Alternative Romana I, Vansell	March 2011
4.2	Disassembled	Justin Richards	Romana II, Leela, K9 II, Braxiatel, Narvin; Alternative Romana II, Leela, Burner Doctor, Vansell, Andred
4.3	Annihilation	Scott Handcock & Gary Russell	Romana II, Leela, K9 II, Narvin; Alternative Borusa, Torvald
4.4	Forever	David Wise	Romana II, Leela, K9 II, Braxiatel, Narvin; Alternative Romana II, Narvin, Valyes, Vansell

Gallifrey V[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Gallifrey V

#	Title	Author	Featuring	Published
5.1	Emancipation	James Peaty	Romana II, Leela, Narvin; Alternative Slyne, Lukas, Kavil, Valyes, Matthias, Rahvon	16 February 2013
5.2	Evolution	Una McCormack	Romana II, Leela, Narvin; Alternative Slyne, Lukas, Kavil
5.3	Arbitration	David Llewellyn	Romana II, Leela, Narvin; Alternative Kavil, Slyne, Braxiatel, Matthias, Andred, Rahvon

Gallifrey VI[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Gallifrey VI

#	Title	Author	Featuring	Published
6.1	Extermination	Scott Handcock	Romana II, Leela, Narvin, Daleks; Alternative Slyne, Lukas, Rahvon, Braxiatel, Andred	16 October 2013
6.2	Renaissance	James Goss	Romana II, Leela, Narvin, Trey
6.3	Ascension	Justin Richards	Romana II, Leela, Narvin, Trey, K9 II, Valyes, Matthias, Slyne, Daleks

Series 7[[edit] | [edit source]]

#	Title	Author	Featuring	Published
7.0	Intervention Earth	Scott Handcock & David Llewellyn	Romana III, Ace, Narvin, Omega, Lukas	2 February 2015

Series 8[[edit] | [edit source]]

#	Title	Author	Featuring	Published
8.0	Enemy Lines	David Llewellyn	Romana II, Leela, Ace, Narvin, Braxiatel	24 May 2016

Time War[[edit] | [edit source]]

Time War: Volume One[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Time War: Volume One

#	Title	Author	Featuring	Released
1.1	Celestial Intervention	David Llewellyn	Romana II, Leela, Narvin, Livia, Trave, Ace, Braxiatel	22 February 2018
1.2	Soldier Obscura	Tim Foley	Ace, Braxiatel, Daleks, Romana II, Narvin
1.3	The Devil You Know	Scott Handcock	Leela, War Master, Romana II, Narvin
1.4	Desperate Measures	Matt Fitton	Romana II, Narvin, Livia, Trave, Braxiatel, Daleks, Dalek Emperor, Rassilon

Time War: Volume Two[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Time War: Volume Two

#	Title	Author	Featuring	Released
2.1	Havoc	David Llewellyn	Romana II, Narvin, Rassilon, Livia, Mantus, Trave	20 March 2019
2.2	Partisans	Una McCormack	Romana II, Narvin, Eris, War Livia Caralis, Mantus
2.3	Collateral	Lisa McMullin	Romana II, Narvin, Eris, Rassilon, War Livia Caralis, Mantus
2.4	Assassins	Matt Fitton	Romana II, Narvin, Rassilon, War Livia Caralis, Mantus

Time War: Volume Three[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Time War: Volume Three

#	Title	Author	Featuring	Released
3.1	Hostiles	David Llewellyn	Romana II, Narvin	20 February 2020
3.2	Nevernor	Lou Morgan	Romana II, Narvin
3.3	Mother Tongue	Helen Goldwyn	Leela
3.4	Unity	David Llewellyn	Romana II, Leela, Narvin, Daleks

Time War: Volume Four[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Time War: Volume Four

#	Title	Author	Featuring	Released
4.1	Deception	Lisa McMullin	Leela, Eris War Livia Caralis, Mantus, Rassilon	4 February 2021
4.2	Dissolution	Lou Morgan	Narvin, Rayo, Daleks
4.3	Beyond	David Llewellyn	Romana II, Braxiatel, Ravenous
4.4	Homecoming	Matt Fitton	Romana II, Leela, Narvin, War Livia Caralis, Mantus, Rassilon, Daleks

War Room[[edit] | [edit source]]

Allegiance[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Allegiance (audio anthology)

#	Title	Author	Featuring	Released
1.1	The Last Days of Freme	Lou Morgan	Leela, Ollistra, Veklin, Rassilon	23 August 2022
1.2	The Passenger	David Llewellyn	Leela, Ollistra, Rasmus
1.3	Collateral Victim	Alfie Shaw	Leela, Ollistra, Rasmus, Veklin
1.4	The First Days of Phaidon	Sophie Iles	Leela, Narvin, Daleks

Manoeuvres[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Manoeuvres (audio anthology)

#	Title	Author	Featuring	Released
2.1	Collaborators	Katharine Armitage	Leela, Ollistra, Rasmus, The General, Veklin	28 September 2023
2.2	Remnants	Georgia Cook	Rasmus, The General, Veklin, Daleks
2.3	Transference	Fio Trethewey	Leela, Ollistra, Narvin
2.4	Ambition's Debt	Katharine Armitage	Leela, Ollistra, Rasmus, The General, Veklin, Daleks

Echoes Through Eternity[[edit] | [edit source]]

On 28 November, Big Finish celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Gallifrey range with a special release of stories in the vein of the Short Trips range.^[1]^[2] This anthology is unique in that rather than a continuation of the series, each story is set somewhere along the timeline of the previous releases of the range.

Main article: Echoes Through Eternity (audio anthology)

Title	Author	Read By	Featuring	Released
Damned If You Do	Gary Russell	Seán Carlsen	Narvin, Matthias, Valyes, Kransa	28 November 2024
The Questing Beast	Georgia Cook & Fio Trethewey	Miles Richardson	Braxiatel
In Search of Lost Time	Una McCormack	Sophie Aldred	Ace
Damned If You Don't	Gary Russell	Seán Carlsen	Narvin, Kransa

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Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Promotional art for Gallifrey IV by Brian Williamson from Doctor Who Magazine. (DWM 432)

Leela and Narvin appear in forty of forty-four audio dramas in the series, making them the characters with the most appearances.
The audio story Erasure, which stars Narvin, is part of the Short Trips series.
Gallifrey crossed over with some of Big Finish's other Doctor Who spin-offs in The Worlds of Doctor Who. Gallifrey featured in Second Sight.
The characters from the classic series that reappear in Gallifrey are Romana, Leela, K9 Mark I, K9 Mark II, Darkel, Andred, Valyes, Commander Maxil, Ace, Omega and Rassilon. In addition, two distinct, alternative versions of the Sixth Doctor — namely, the Burner Doctor and Commentator Theta Sigma — appear in the fourth series, as does one alternative Borusa.
Character original to the new series of Doctor Who that appear in Gallifrey are the General and the Dalek Emperor in the Last Great Time War.
In a documentary included with the sixth series, Gallifrey VI, the producers indicated that the series was inspired by the American political drama The West Wing.

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

Official Gallifrey page at bigfinish.com

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

[1] ttps://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/four-new-trips-to-gallifrey

[2] ttps://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/return-to-gallifrey

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