Main Range/2000

Key crew

Nicholas Briggs, Alistair Lock, Andy Hardwick, Gareth Jenkins

6C/A - 6C/C

*Main Range*
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A twelve-story batch in the Main Range audio series was released by Big Finish Productions in 2000.

This was the first full year of Doctor Who audio releases for Big Finish and saw several firsts.

A number of companions from the television series had their debut in this batch. Nyssa in The Land of the Dead, Ace in The Fearmonger, and Mel in The Fires of Vulcan. Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart and Romana II debuted alongside the Sixth Doctor in The Spectre of Lanyon Moor and The Apocalypse Element respectively with the latter holding the title of President of Gallifrey. In a Big Finish first, Evelyn Smythe debuted in The Marian Conspiracy, becoming the first companion created by the company. Also, in Red Dawn, the TARDIS team of the Fifth Doctor and Peri featured for the first time at Big Finish.

Bev Tarrant first appeared in The Genocide Machine and would go on to be a recurring character in Bernice Summerfield.

Several aliens from the classic series also debuted in this batch: the Daleks in The Genocide Machine, the Ice Warriors in Red Dawn and the Thals in The Mutant Phase.

This batch was also the beginning of the Dalek Empire series with The Genocide Machine, The Apocalypse Element and The Mutant Phase. The Time of the Daleks would conclude the Main Range arc in 2002 and a Dalek Empire spin-off series began in 2001.

This year also featured the first "Side Step" stories into the Virgin New Adventures with The Shadow of the Scourge and The Holy Terror from Doctor Who Magazine's comic stories. The former featured Bernice Summerfield in a Doctor Who audio story (after appearing in her own series) while the latter was the audio debut of Frobisher.

#	Title	Author	Director	Doctor	Featuring	Released
4	The Land of the Dead	Stephen Cole	Gary Russell	5th	Nyssa	January 2000
5	The Fearmonger	Jonathan Blum		7th	Ace	February 2000
6	The Marian Conspiracy	Jacqueline Rayner		6th	Evelyn	March 2000
7	The Genocide Machine (Dalek Empire part one)	Mike Tucker	Nicholas Briggs	7th	Ace, Bev, Daleks	April 2000
8	Red Dawn	Justin Richards	Gary Russell	5th	Peri, Ice Warriors	May 2000
9	The Spectre of Lanyon Moor	Nicholas Pegg		6th	Evelyn, The Brig	June 2000
10	Winter for the Adept	Andrew Cartmel	Gary Russell	5th	Nyssa	July 2000
11	The Apocalypse Element (Dalek Empire part two)	Stephen Cole	Nicholas Briggs	6th	Evelyn, Romana II, Time Lords, Daleks	August 2000
12	The Fires of Vulcan	Steve Lyons	Gary Russell	7th	Mel	September 2000
13	The Shadow of the Scourge (Side Step)	Paul Cornell	Gary Russell	7th	Ace, Benny	October 2000
14	The Holy Terror (Side Step)	Robert Shearman	Nicholas Pegg	6th	Frobisher	November 2000
15	The Mutant Phase (Dalek Empire part three)	Nicholas Briggs		5th	Nyssa, Thals, Daleks	December 2000

to be added

#	Title	Recorded on	Recorded at
4	The Land of the Dead	24 and 25 July 1999	The Nu Groove Studios, London
5	The Fearmonger	4 and 5 September 1999
6	The Marian Conspiracy	23 October 1999
7	The Genocide Machine	13 and 14 November 1999
8	Red Dawn	20 and 21 November 1999
9	The Spectre of Lanyon Moor	5 and 6 February 2000
10	Winter for the Adept	18 and 20 March 2000
11	The Apocalypse Element	26 and 27 February 2000
12	The Fires of Vulcan	11 and 12 March 2000
13	The Shadow of the Scourge	29 and 30 July 2000	The Skylight Studios, London
14	The Holy Terror	5 and 6 August 2000
15	The Mutant Phase	23 and 24 September 2000