The Stuff of Legend (stage play)

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This topic might have a better name.

Might be better placed as The Stuff of Legend - The Live Show, given how it is being more commonly marketed now & how it will be released on home media. (Alternatively, the whole production might be worth combining & subpaging...?)

Talk about it here.

The Stuff of Legend - alternatively marketed on home media as The Stuff of Legend - The Live Show - was a stage play produced by Big Finish Productions to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Big Finish produced Doctor Who audio dramas. A studio version of the audio story was also released under the same name - having been developed alongside the stage play, and was released on the same day as the radioplay-on-stage premiered.

It featured Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor, India Fisher as Charlotte Pollard, Alex Macqueen as the Master and Nicholas Briggs as the Daleks.

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

Something is afoot in the lonely Cornish village of Merrymaid Bay. Rumours of dead men working in the tin mines have sent a chill through the community, and it's up to the Doctor and Charley to get to the bottom of the mystery.

Can the legends of the Bucca that haunts the mines be true? And just what awesome power do the Doctor's greatest enemies - the Daleks! - threaten to unleash upon the universe?

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Starring[[edit] | [edit source]]

Ensemble[[edit] | [edit source]]

Robomen / Jory / The Dark Bucca - Gabriel Clark
Jago Penrose / Foley - Barnaby Edwards
Captain Montgomerie Césaire - Jason Forbes
Emily Barnfather - Nisha Nayar
Old Emily Barnfather / The Light Bucca - Carolyn Seymour

Uncredited cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Additional Dalek voices - Gabriel Clark^{[source needed]}
Robomen - Carolyn Seymour, Barnaby Edwards, Jason Forbes^{[source needed]}

Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main[[edit] | [edit source]]

General Management - Adama Entertainment
Deputy Stage Manager - Fran Buxey
Production Coordinator - Nathan Skyrme, Tom White
PR for Fourth Wall Live - Buchanan PR
PR for Big Finish Productions - Steve Berry
Sound Team - Jonny Vance, Greg Davidson
Associate Sound Design - Dylan Custance
Sound Editor - Jack Townley
Sound Designer - Paul Smith for Apex Acoustics
Written by & Audio Producer - Robert Valentine
Director - Barnaby Edwards
Executive Producers - Nicholas Briggs, Jason Haigh-Ellery

Produced by Big Finish Theatre Limited under licence from BBC Studios

With thanks to Mark Barton Hill for supplying the TARDIS and Dalek and David Nagel at The Curator's TARDIS for supplying the TARDIS.

For Fourth Wall Live[[edit] | [edit source]]

Executive Producer - Darren Bell
Executive Producer - Adam Paulden
Executive Producer - Jason Haigh-Ellery
Producer / General Manager - Sam Quested
General Manager - Jacob Glass
Production Coordinators - Nathan Skyrme, Tom White

For BBC Studios[[edit] | [edit source]]

BBC Team

Wider Team[[edit] | [edit source]]

Head of Electrics - Tom Rideout

For Big Finish[[edit] | [edit source]]

Big Finish Team

Big Finish Administration

Marketing[[edit] | [edit source]]

Marketing / Publicity - Steve Berry
Artwork Design - Sean Longmore, James Johnson, Jonathan Picard
The Stuff of Legend Website Design - Mark Smith at the Male VA
Programme Design - Chris Connor

Home media release[[edit] | [edit source]]

When initially announced on 2 July 2024, it was stated that the stage play performances would be recorded^[1]. It was later clarified that these recordings would be used for the release of a 'Live Version' CD,^{[source needed]} and during the performances - both audio and video were recorded.^{[source needed]}

DWM 609 - released on 10 October - revealed that this version would be "Due December 2024", and on 30 October, Big Finish announced that the release would be available in limited-edition Silver, Gold and Platinum bundles, as well as the standard release at £12.99.^[2]


Bundle Type	Overall Bundle Quantity	Bundle Contents	T-Shirt Size	Quantity Available	Price
Silver	450 copies	The Stuff of Legend - The Live Show on "collector's edition" CD T-shirt with a variant of the show's poster art	Small	50 copies	£40.99
			Medium	100 copies
			Large	150 copies
			X Large	150 copies
Gold	100 copies	The Stuff of Legend - The Live Show on "collector's edition" CD T-shirt with a variant of the show's poster art Show programme/brochure	Small	25 copies	£46.99
			Medium	25 copies
			Large	25 copies
			X Large	25 copies
Platinum	100 copies	The Stuff of Legend - The Live Show on "collector's edition" CD T-shirt with a variant of the show's poster art Show programme/brochure Show-themed tote bag	Small	25 copies	£62.99
			Medium	25 copies
			Large	25 copies
			X Large	25 copies

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

The production was made by Big Finish Theatre in association with BBC Studios, Fourth Wall Live and AEG Presents as part of Audio Adventures Live.
The stage play was performed in Cadogan Hall in London.
Tickets for the show were made available to order at www.doctorwhoaudiolive.com, with tickets for 14 September set from 10:00 (UK time) on Friday, 5 July^[3], and 15 September set to 10:00 (UK time) Wednesday, 31 July. Prices for both were set beginning at £18.00 and going to £49.50.
The TARDIS render used on the posters and programme guide for the stage play was provided by Jonathan Picard.^[4]
Programmes from the performance were available in a limited number from Big Finish's eBay account on 24 September.^[5]^[6] They sold out the same day, though a tweet from the Big Finish Twitter account stated there would "be a chance to win a signed copy or two in the future".^[7]