Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor Adventures
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The Eighth Doctor Adventures is a Big Finish Productions audio play series based on the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who. It sees the return of Paul McGann reprising his role as the Eighth Doctor from the 1996 television movie.
History
In 2001, Paul McGann became involved with Big Finish Productions producing adventures as the Eighth Doctor, a role he originated in the 1996 TV movie Doctor Who, as part of their ongoing Main Range. However, in 2007, due to the popularity of several of these titles on BBC Radio 7 (now known as BBC Radio 4 Extra), the BBC partnered with Big Finish to produce a series called The Eighth Doctor Adventures for BBC Radio 7 beginning with Blood of the Daleks, co-starring Sheridan Smith as the Doctor's latest companion Lucie Miller and featuring a guest appearance from a then fairly unknown Hayley Atwell. This range would go on for a further three seasons of stories, with Lucie initially departing in the 2009 Christmas special Death in Blackpool. The fourth season brought in Niky Wardley as the Doctor's new companion Tamsin Drew and reintroduced Carole Ann Ford as the Doctor's granddaughter Susan Foreman from the original television series, with Sheridan returning as Lucie later in the season. The range concluded in 2011 with the fourth season finale To the Death, which saw the deaths of both Lucie and Tamsin in a grim ending for the Doctor.
After the original end of The Eighth Doctor Adventures, November 2012 saw the return of the Eighth Doctor in a new boxset entitled Dark Eyes starring McGann alongside Ruth Bradley as new companion Molly O'Sullivan. The box set was a commercial success and won the BBC Audio Drama award for Best Online or Non-Broadcast Drama. This led to the commission of three further box sets continuing the Dark Eyes saga starting in 2014, which starred McGann and Bradley and introduced a second companion in Liv Chenka, played by BAFTA TV Award nominated actress Nicola Walker. Due to Bradley's limited availability, Molly was written out at the end of the third volume, though the character returned once more in the fourth volume played by Sorcha Cusack.
Following the success of Dark Eyes, the multi-volume boxset format was used extensively, starting with the four-part saga Doom Coalition from 2015 to 2017. McGann and Walker reprised their roles as the Eighth Doctor and Liv Chenka respectively, and were joined by new companion Helen Sinclair, portrayed by Hattie Morahan. It also featured the return of Alex Kingston as River Song in a recurring capacity, marking the first time elements from the revived iteration of the parent series Doctor Who appeared. Doom Coalition was followed by two more four-part sagas starring McGann, Walker, and Morahan as the Doctor, Liv, and Helen, which were entitled Ravenous (2018–2019) and Stranded (2020–2022). The end of Stranded depicted Liv's departure from the TARDIS, though it left a narrative gap for more adventures with the trio in the future.
Alongside the box sets with Liv and Helen, in 2017 Big Finish Productions began a new strand of stories set much later in the Eighth Doctor's life at the onset of the Time War. The Eighth Doctor: The Time War, as it was called, served as a prequel to The War Doctor and drew from the depiction of the Eighth Doctor in the 2013 minisode "The Night of the Doctor", which had marked McGann's first reprisal of the role on television since 1996 and also mentioned audio companions Charley, Lucie, Tamsin, and Molly on screen for the first time. The series starred McGann alongside Rakhee Thakrar as his companion Bliss, and ran for four volumes through 2020. Additionally, two one-off box sets were released which featured the return of Sheridan Smith as Lucie Miller in 2019 and India Fisher as Charlotte Pollard in 2022 and were each set during their original runs.
In May 2020, Big Finish announced the Main Range would conclude in March 2021 and subsequently replaced with regular releases of each Doctor's adventures continuing in their own respective ranges. A previously released special title from 2003 and all the boxset series with the Eighth Doctor were united under the umbrella banner of The Eighth Doctor Adventures as part of this change. Two new standalone boxsets What Lies Inside? and Connections were announced for release in 2022, which featured the returns of McGann, Walker, and Morahan as the Doctor, Liv, and Helen.
Cast and characters
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| Eighth Doctor Adv. | Dark Eyes | Doom Coalition | The Time War | Ravenous | Stranded | Other | Boxsets | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sp. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Sp. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | LM | CP | WLI | CON | AUD | IBM | ||
| Paul McGann | The Doctor | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| India Fisher | Charley Pollard | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sheridan Smith | Lucie Miller | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Carole Ann Ford | Susan Foreman | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jake McGann | Alex Campbell | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Niky Wardley | Tamsin Drew | ✓ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ruth Bradley | Molly O'Sullivan | ✓ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sorcha Cusack | ✓ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nicola Walker | Liv Chenka | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hattie Morahan | Helen Sinclair | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mark Bonnar | The Eleven | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alex Kingston | River Song | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rakhee Thakrar | Bliss | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Emma Campbell-Jones | Cass Fermazzi | ✓ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebecca Root | Tania Bell | ✓ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tom Price | Andy Davidson | ✓ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jaye Griffiths | Lady Audacity Montague | ✓ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Katarina Olsson | The Headhunter | ✓ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nicholas Briggs | Daleks | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cybermen | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ice Warriors | ✓ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Judoon | ✓ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Graeme Garden | The Monk | ✓ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rufus Hound | ✓ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alex MacQueen | The Master | ✓ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Geoffrey Beevers | ✓ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eric Roberts | ✓ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Derek Jacobi | ✓ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michelle Gomez | ✓ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| David Sibley | The Eminence | ✓ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Julia McKenzie | The Twelve | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joel James Davison | Robin Bright-Thompson | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clive Wood | Mr. Bird | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tom Baker | The Curator | ✓ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colin Baker | ✓ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notable guests
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Episodes
Main Series
The Eighth Doctor Adventures (2003–2011)
Special (2003)
Originally released as a CD extra for Doctor Who Magazine, but was retroactively added as a part of the range.
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
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| – | "Living Legend" | Gary Russell | Scott Gray | Eighth Doctor, Charley | November 2003 |
Series 1 (2007)
The first series of the Eighth Doctor Adventures began with Blood of the Daleks, a two part story spread across two separate releases and showcasing a more violent approach.
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
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| 1 | "Blood of the Daleks (Part 1)" | Nicholas Briggs | Steve Lyons | Eighth Doctor, Lucie Miller, Daleks, the Headhunter | January 2007 |
| 2 | "Blood of the Daleks (Part 2)" | Nicholas Briggs | Steve Lyons | Eighth Doctor, Lucie, Daleks, the Headhunter | February 2007 |
| 3 | "Horror of Glam Rock" | Barnaby Edwards | Paul Magrs | Eighth Doctor, Lucie, the Headhunter | March 2007 |
| 4 | "Immortal Beloved" | Jason Haigh-Ellery | Jonathan Clements | Eighth Doctor, Lucie | April 2007 |
| 5 | "Phobos" | Barnaby Edwards | Eddie Robson | Eighth Doctor, Lucie, the Headhunter | May 2007 |
| 6 | "No More Lies" | Barnaby Edwards | Paul Sutton | Eighth Doctor, Lucie, the Headhunter | June 2007 |
| 7 | "Human Resources (Part 1)" | Nicholas Briggs | Eddie Robson | Eighth Doctor, Lucie, the Headhunter | July 2007 |
| 8 | "Human Resources (Part 2)" | Nicholas Briggs | Eddie Robson | Eighth Doctor, Lucie, the Headhunter, Cybermen | August 2007 |
Series 2 (2008)
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
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| 1 | "Dead London" | Barnaby Edwards | Pat Mills | Eighth Doctor, Lucie | January 2008 |
| 2 | "Max Warp" | Barnaby Edwards | Jonathan Morris | Eighth Doctor, Lucie | February 2008 |
| 3 | "Brave New Town" | Jason Haigh-Ellery | Jonathan Clements | Eighth Doctor, Lucie, Autons | March 2008 |
| 4 | "The Skull of Sobek" | Barnaby Edwards | Marc Platt | Eighth Doctor, Lucie | April 2008 |
| 5 | "Grand Theft Cosmos" | Barnaby Edwards | Eddie Robson | Eighth Doctor, Lucie, the Headhunter | May 2008 |
| 6 | "The Zygon Who Fell to Earth" | Barnaby Edwards | Paul Magrs | Eighth Doctor, Lucie, Zygons | June 2008 |
| 7 | "Sisters of the Flame (Part 1)" | Nicholas Briggs | Nicholas Briggs | Eighth Doctor, Lucie, Sisterhood of Karn | July 2008 |
| 8 | "Vengeance of Morbius (Part 2)" | Nicholas Briggs | Nicholas Briggs | Eighth Doctor, Lucie, Morbius | August 2008 |
Series 3 (2009)
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
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| 1 | "Orbis" | Nicholas Briggs | Alan Barnes, Nicholas Briggs | Eighth Doctor, Lucie, the Headhunter | March 2009 |
| 2 | "Hothouse" | Barnaby Edwards | Jonathan Morris | Eighth Doctor, Lucie, Krynoids | April 2009 |
| 3 | "The Beast of Orlok" | Barnaby Edwards | Barnaby Edwards | Eighth Doctor, Lucie | May 2009 |
| 4 | "Wirrn Dawn" | Nicholas Briggs | Nicholas Briggs | Eighth Doctor, Lucie, Wirrn | June 2009 |
| 5 | "The Scapegoat" | Nicholas Briggs | Pat Mills | Eighth Doctor, Lucie | July 2009 |
| 6 | "The Cannibalists" | Jason Haigh-Ellery | Jonathan Morris | Eighth Doctor, Lucie | August 2009 |
| 7 | "The Eight Truths (Part 1)" | Nicholas Briggs | Eddie Robson | Eighth Doctor, Lucie, the Headhunter | September 2009 |
| 8 | "Worldwide Web (Part 2)" | Nicholas Briggs | Eddie Robson | Eighth Doctor, Lucie, the Headhunter, the Eight Legs | October 2009 |
Series 4 (2009–11)
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
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| 1 | "Death in Blackpool" | Barnaby Edwards | Alan Barnes | Eighth Doctor, Lucie, Zygons | December 2009 |
| 2 | "Situation Vacant" | Nicholas Briggs | Eddie Robson | Eighth Doctor, Tamsin Drew | July 2010 |
| 3 | "Nevermore" | Nicholas Briggs | Alan Barnes | Eighth Doctor, Tamsin | August 2010 |
| 4 | "The Book of Kells" | Barnaby Edwards | Barnaby Edwards | Eighth Doctor, Tamsin, the Monk, Lucie | September 2010 |
| 5 | "Deimos (Part 1)" | Barnaby Edwards | Jonathan Morris | Eighth Doctor, Tamsin, Ice Warriors | October 2010 |
| 6 | "The Resurrection of Mars (Part 2)" | Barnaby Edwards | Jonathan Morris | Eighth Doctor, Tamsin, Lucie, Ice Warriors, the Monk | November 2010 |
| 7 | "Relative Dimensions" | Barnaby Edwards | Marc Platt | Eighth Doctor, Lucie, Susan Foreman, Alex Campbell | December 2010 |
| 8 | "Prisoner of the Sun" | Jason Haigh-Ellery | Eddie Robson | Eighth Doctor | January 2011 |
| 9 | "Lucie Miller (Part 1)" | Nicholas Briggs | Nicholas Briggs | Eighth Doctor, Lucie, Tamsin, Susan, Alex, the Monk, Daleks | February 2011 |
| 10 | "To the Death (Part 2)" | Nicholas Briggs | Nicholas Briggs | Eighth Doctor, Lucie, Tamsin, Susan, Alex, the Monk, Daleks | March 2011 |
Special (2010)
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
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| – | "An Earthly Child" | Nicholas Briggs | Marc Platt | Eighth Doctor, Susan Foreman, Alex Campbell | December 2010 |
Dark Eyes (2012–2015)
Starting with Dark Eyes, Big Finish abandoned singular releases for the range and opted to move to Boxsets. During this era, It would heavily focus arcs and storylines that would play out across four boxsets. They would discontinue this format after Stranded and the end of The Monthly Adventures.
Series 1 (2012)
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| 1 | "The Great War" | Nicholas Briggs | Nicholas Briggs | Eighth Doctor, Molly O'Sullivan, Daleks | November 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | "Fugitives" | Eighth Doctor, Molly, Sally Armstrong, Daleks | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | "Tangled Web" | Eighth Doctor, Molly, Daleks | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | "X and the Daleks" | Eighth Doctor, Molly, Daleks | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Part 1 : After a devastating encounter with the Daleks, the Doctor is searching for hope. At this delicate moment in his life, the Time Lords send him on an important mission. Tracking down a DNA trace, he arrives in World War I, where he finds a Voluntary Aid Detachment nursing assistant with unusually dark eyes named Molly O’Sullivan. Part 2 : The Doctor and Molly are on the run from the Daleks. They escape into the near future, World War II and then further to 1972, where a woman is waiting for him, following the instructions the Doctor hasn't yet given. Part 3 : Molly has enjoyed several adventures with the Doctor, but her past still haunts her. To discover the truth, they go back to an incident that occurred in 1893, when she was only two years old. Part 4 : The Doctor suddenly finds himself on planet Srangor, an innocent world conquered by the Daleks for a top secret plan that centers around Molly O'Sullivan. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Series 2 (2014)
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| 1 | "The Traitor" | Nicholas Briggs | Nicholas Briggs | Eighth Doctor, Liv Chenka, Daleks | February 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | "The White Room" | Alan Barnes | Eighth Doctor, Molly O'Sullivan, Viyrans | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | "Time's Horizon" | Matt Fitton | Eighth Doctor, Molly, Liv, the Eminence | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | "Eyes of the Master" | Matt Fitton | Eighth Doctor, Molly, Liv, the Master, Sally Armstrong, the Eminence | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Part 1 : The human colony planet Nixyce VII falls under Dalek occupation. Medical technician Liv Chenka is used by the Dalek Time Controller to give medical care to the natives of Nixyce VII used as slaves by the Daleks. It was in that situation that she encountered the Eighth Doctor, which was actually the second time they met (as she had previously met the Seventh Doctor). After she was convinced of his identity, she helped him with his plans to turn the Daleks against a nearby fleet of the gaseous entity and psychic force known as the Eminence. Part 2 : In 1918, Molly O'Sullivan, now living in Baker Street in London, must join the Doctor once again when they have an encounter with the Viyrans. Part 3 : The Doctor and Molly travel to the edge of the universe and find the cryo-ship Orpheus, where they discover that Liv Chenka is among the ship's crew. As it turns out, Liv and several others escaped the Dalek invasion of Nixyce VII on board the ship, but she suffered severe radiation poisoning as a result, which condemned her to death. Because of this, she signed up as a med-tech on the ship and went into cryo-sleep. Shortly after the Doctor and Molly encounter Liv, the ship comes under attack by the Eminence, and it began to possess the crew. After defeating the Eminence, Molly and the Doctor were joined on their travels by Liv. Part 4 : The Doctor, Molly and Liv arrive back on Earth in the 1970s to investigate the Ides Institute. There, Molly and Liv help the Doctor defeat the Master, who is trying to gain control over the Eminence. After both the Master and the Eminence were defeated, the Doctor made Molly and Liv stay behind in Baker Street in London while he traveled to Nixyce VII to play out the events in which Liv first met him. One night, Molly is kidnapped by the Master and his assistant, Sally Armstrong. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Series 3 (2014)
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| 1 | "The Death of Hope" | Ken Bentley | Matt Fitton | Eighth Doctor, Molly O'Sullivan, Sally Armstrong, Narvin, the Master, the Eminence | November 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | "The Reviled" | Eighth Doctor, Liv Chenka, Sally, Narvin, the Master, the Eminence | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | "Masterplan" | Eighth Doctor, Liv, Molly, Sally, Narvin, the Master, the Eminence | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | "Rule of the Eminence" | Eighth Doctor, Liv, Molly, Narvin, the Master, the Eminence | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Part 1 : Heron's world, Coloney Ro351. A defeated, desolate backwater world, a human settlement chewed up and spat out by the Enimence war. Now the survivors may face an even greater threat than the Infinite Armies that surround them. Because a man has appeared from nowhere and claims to offer salvation. A man with a magic travelling box, and a dark-eyed assistant named Molly O'Sullivan. Much more hangs on the fate of Hope Gardner than anyone around her knows. Because the Doctor is watching... Part 2 : Above the jungle world of Ramosa, the Eminence war is raging. Sensing the growing threat, the native Ramossans have risen up against the human colonists in their midst and regained control of their planet. While Sally Armstrong negotiates on behalf of her silent partner, Narvin sends in the Doctor and Liv Chenka to try to make a difference. But what is his true agenda? And can the Doctor really hope to save everyone on a world where humanity is despised? Part 3 : When the Doctor decides to stop a war, the last thing he expects is to be trapped aboard a doomed spaceship with his oldest friend – who just happens to also be his oldest enemy. The Master is just as surprised: this isn't part of his masterplan. Meanwhile, Liv and Sally tiptoe around a brilliant and dangerous man. Professor Markus Schriver is a genius in the field of teleportation and neural manipulation. Unfortunately, he is also insane. The clock is ticking, and not everyone can make it out alive... Part 4 : History tells us that humanity will win the war against the Eminence. That Grand Administrator Walter Vincent will welcome home the sons and daughters of fighting and starvation. The newscasters of Alliance Update will announce across the Ten Systems that planet Earth is open for business, its air purified and its people victorious. The Eminence will be no more. This is all a matter of historical fact. But the Doctor and the Master both know, history can be rewritten. Every line. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Series 4 (2015)
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| 1 | "A Life in the Day" | Ken Bentley | John Dorney | Eighth Doctor, Liv Chenka | March 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | "The Monster of Montmartre" | Matt Fitton | Eighth Doctor, Liv, the Master, Daleks | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | "Master of the Daleks" | John Dorney | Eighth Doctor, Liv, Molly O'Sullivan, the Master, Daleks, Sontarans | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | "Eye of Darkness" | Matt Fitton | Eighth Doctor, Liv, Molly, Daleks, the Eminence | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Part 1 : The Doctor and Liv return to post-World War I London, looking for Molly. The Doctor goes to see Kitty Donaldson, Molly's former employer, and experiences a disturbance in time. Liv strikes up a friendship with Kitty's brother, war veteran Martin, who seems to have a secret. In the meantime, a mysterious woman is hunting them down... Part 2 : The Doctor and Liv's ongoing investigations see them cross the channel and journey to Paris, where the doctor befriends Christian Favreau, a penniless artist, and the pair encounter the mysterious owner of a new nightclub, cross swords with criminals… and hear of a monster stalking the streets. Part 3 : Liv is disgusted to discover that the Master is working with the Daleks. The Daleks cause a new timeline, in which Molly is living in Moscow, 1961 under the name of Mary Carter. There, a Sontaran named Rastel orders her to look after the Doctor. She pretended to not recognise him at first, but this was a deception; and Liv subsequently blew her cover. Meanwhile, the Master wanted Molly to stabilise the timeline. Part 4 : The Dalek Time Controller takes Liv and Molly to the Eye of Orion to witness the birth of the Eminence, and to make Liv transfer his mind into the gas the Eminence were composed of, but she refused. Realizing that because of the retro-genitor particles she was still linked with the Time Controller, and that if either of them died they would both die, Molly sacrificed her own life so that the Time Controller could die, and she became part of the Eminence. She then used the Time Controller's link with the time vortex to send the Eminence to the end of the universe. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Doom Coalition (2015–2017)
Series 1 (2015)
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
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| 1 | "The Eleven" | Ken Bentley | Matt Fitton | Seventh Doctor, Eighth Doctor, Liv Chenka, the Eleven, Padrac | October 2015 |
| 2 | "The Red Lady" | John Dorney | Eighth Doctor, Liv, Helen Sinclair, Caleera | ||
| 3 | "The Galileo Trap" | Marc Platt | Eighth Doctor, Liv, Helen | ||
| 4 | "The Satanic Mill" | Edward Collier | Eighth Doctor, Liv, Helen, the Eleven, Padrac | ||
Series 2 (2016)
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
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| 1 | "Beachhead" | Ken Bentley | Nicholas Briggs | Eighth Doctor, Liv, Helen, Voord | March 2016 |
| 2 | "Scenes from Her Life" | John Dorney | Eighth Doctor, Liv, Helen, Caleera, the Eleven | ||
| 3 | "The Gift" | Marc Platt | Eighth Doctor, Liv, Helen, Caleera | ||
| 4 | "The Sonomancer" | Matt Fitton | Eighth Doctor, Liv, Helen, River Song, Caleera, the Eleven | ||
Series 3 (2016)
Doom Coalition 3 was released in September 2016 and is directed by Ken Bentley.
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
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| 1 | "Absent Friends" | Ken Bentley | John Dorney | Eighth Doctor, Liv, Helen | September 2016 |
| 2 | "The Eighth Piece" | Matt Fitton | Eighth Doctor, Liv, Helen, River, the Eight, the Clocksmith | ||
| 3 | "The Doomsday Chronometer" | Matt Fitton | Eighth Doctor, Liv, Helen, River, the Eight, the Clocksmith | ||
| 4 | "The Crucible of Souls" | John Dorney | Eighth Doctor, Liv, Helen, River, the Nine, Padrac | ||
Series 4 (2017)
Doom Coalition 4 was released in March 2017 and is directed by Ken Bentley.
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
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| 1 | "Ship in a Bottle" | Ken Bentley | John Dorney | Eighth Doctor, Liv, Helen | March 2017 |
| 2 | "Songs of Love" | Matt Fitton | Eighth Doctor, Liv, Helen, River, Padrac, Caleera, the Eleven | ||
| 3 | "The Side of the Angels" | Matt Fitton | Eighth Doctor, Liv, Helen, Ollistra, Caleera, the Eleven, the Monk, Weeping Angels | ||
| 4 | "Stop the Clock" | John Dorney | Eighth Doctor, Liv, Helen, the Eleven, Padrac, Caleera | ||
Ravenous (2018–2019)
Series 1 (2018)
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| 1 | "Their Finest Hour" | Ken Bentley | John Dorney | Eighth Doctor, Liv Chenka, Winston Churchill | April 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | "How to Make a Killing in Time Travel" | John Dorney | Eighth Doctor, Liv | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | "World of Damnation" | Matt Fitton | Eighth Doctor, Liv, Helen Sinclair, the Eleven, Kandyman | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | "Sweet Salvation" | Matt Fitton | Eighth Doctor, Liv, Helen, the Eleven, Kandyman | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Part 1 : As they begin their search for Helen, the Doctor and Liv are drawn to World War Two to assist Churchill in investigating an apparent new weapon. Part 2 : The search for Helen is further interrupted when the Doctor investigates the temporal distortions of a new form of time travel. Part 3 : The Doctor and Liv trace Helen to an alien prison, but are shocked to learn that she is attempting to help the Eleven. Part 4 : The true agenda of the Eleven and the restored Kandyman is revealed. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Series 2 (2018)
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| 1 | "Escape from Kaldor" | Ken Bentley | Matt Fitton | Eighth Doctor, Liv, Helen, Voc Robots | October 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | "Better Watch Out" | John Dorney | Eighth Doctor, Liv, Helen | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | "Fairytale of Salzburg" | John Dorney | Eighth Doctor, Liv, Helen | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | "Seizure" | Guy Adams | Eighth Doctor, Liv, Helen, the Eleven | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Part 1 : An attempt to take Liv home to visit her family results in the TARDIS crew becoming caught up in a botched robbery attempt. Part 2 : The Doctor's attempt to take his companions on a holiday in twentieth-century Salzburg results in them becoming caught up in a living nightmare when the mythical Krampus comes to life. Part 3 : With the Doctor unavailable, Helen must resort to desperate measures to stop the Krampus. Part 4 : Responding to a distress call from an old TARDIS, the Doctor, Liv and Helen find the Eleven, who is being hunted by the one being even the Time Lords fear... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Series 3 (2019)
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| 1 | "Deeptime Frontier" | Ken Bentley | Matt Fitton | Eighth Doctor, Liv, Helen | April 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | "Companion Piece" | John Dorney | Eighth Doctor, Liv, Helen, Charley Pollard, River Song, Bliss, the Nine | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | "L.E.G.E.N.D" | Matt Fitton | Eighth Doctor, Liv, Helen, the Eleven | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | "The Odds Against" | John Dorney | Eighth Doctor, Liv, Helen, the Nine, the Eleven | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Part 1 : On a distant Time Lord research facility, the Doctor, Liv and Helen attempt to learn more about their new enemy. Part 2 : With the Doctor missing, Liv and Helen are captured by the Nine as he attempts to use River Song to assemble a 'collection' of all of the Doctor's companions, forcing Liv and Helen to work with their predecessors (and even a potential successor) to escape his prison. Part 3 : Forced into an alliance with the Eleven, the Doctor, Liv and Helen attempt to research the Ravenous, but find themselves fighting to protect the Brothers Grimm in the process. Part 4 : Tracing a lead to the location where the Ravenous apparently originally emerged into the universe, the TARDIS crew fall into an unexpected trap. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Series 4 (2019)
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | "Whisper" | Ken Bentley | Matt Fitton | Eighth Doctor, Liv, Helen, The Eleven | October 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | "Planet of Dust" | Matt Fitton | Eighth Doctor, Liv, Helen, The Eleven, The Master | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | "Day of the Master – Part 1" | John Dorney | Eighth Doctor, Liv, Helen, The Eleven, The Master | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | "Day of the Master – Part 2" | John Dorney | Eighth Doctor, Liv, Helen, The Eleven, The Master | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Part 1 : An attempt to get the Eleven examined by a professional leads to the TARDIS arriving on a particularly dangerous planet. Part 2 : The Eleven's request that he be left on a particular planet to meditate is part of a hunt for a dangerous secret, but the Master is after the same thing. Part 3 : As the Eleven's alliance with the Ravenous continues, the Doctor, Liv and Helen are separated across time, and their only ally in each time period is a different incarnation of the Master. Part 4 : As the Doctor, Liv and Helen come back together, the Ravenous's plans with the Eleven come to fruition, and the only hope for existence is an ancient Time Lord legend and an alliance between the three Masters. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stranded (2020–2022)
Series 1 (2020)
Featuring the first appearance of Tania Bell (Rebecca Root), the first transgender companion in any Doctor Who media.
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
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| 1 | "Lost Property" | Ken Bentley | Matt Fitton | Eighth Doctor, Helen, Liv, Tania Root, Robin Bright-Davison, The Curator | June 2020 |
| 2 | "Wild Animals" | John Dorney | Eighth Doctor, Helen, Liv, Tania | ||
| 3 | "Must-See TV" | Lisa McMullin | Eighth Doctor, Helen, Liv, Tania, Andy Davidson, Robin, Mr. Bird | ||
| 4 | "Divine Intervention" | David K Barnes | Eighth Doctor, Helen, Liv, Tania, Andy, Robin | ||
Series 2 (2021)
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
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| 1 | "Dead Time" | Ken Bentley | Matt Fitton | Eighth Doctor, Liv, Helen, Tania, Andy, Robin | March 2021 |
| 2 | "UNIT Dating" | Roy Gill | Eighth Doctor, Liv, Helen, Tania, Andy, the Brigadier | ||
| 3 | "Baker Street Irregulars" | Lisa McMullin | Eighth Doctor, Liv, Helen, Tania, Andy | ||
| 4 | "The Long Way Round" | John Dorney | Eighth Doctor, Liv, Helen, Tania, Andy, Robin | ||
Series 3 (2021)
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
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| 1 | "Patience" | Ken Bentley | Tim Foley | Eighth Doctor, Liv, Helen, Tania, Andy, Judoon | December 2021 |
| 2 | "Twisted Folklore" | Lizzie Hopley | Eighth Doctor, Liv, Helen, Tania, Andy | ||
| 3 | "Snow" | James Kettle | Eighth Doctor, Liv, Helen, Tania, Andy | ||
| 4 | "What Just Happened?" | John Dorney | Eighth Doctor, Liv, Helen, Tania, Andy, Robin | ||
Series 4 (2022)
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
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| 1 | "Crossed Lines" | Ken Bentley | Matt Fitton | Eighth Doctor, Helen, Liv, Tania, Mr. Bird, Robin, The Curator | April 2022 |
| 2 | "Get Andy" | Lisa McMullin | Eighth Doctor, Helen, Liv, Andy, Mr. Bird | ||
| 3 | "The Keys of Baker Street" | Roy Gill | Eighth Doctor, Helen, Liv, Tania, Andy, Mr. Bird, Robin, The Curator | ||
| 4 | "Best Year Ever" | John Dorney | Eighth Doctor, Liv, Helen, Tania, Andy | ||
Standalone boxsets (2022–)
What Lies Inside? (2022)
After the end of Stranded and The Monthly Adventures, Big Finished moved away from the four-part boxset approach and ongoing arcs. Instead, focusing on two main boxsets per year that are typically released from November to December.
Set after Stranded.
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
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| 1 | "Paradox of the Daleks (Part 1)" | Ken Bentley | John Dorney | Eighth Doctor, Helen, Liv, Daleks | November 2022 |
| 2 | "Paradox of the Daleks (Part 2)" | John Dorney | |||
| 3 | "The Dalby Spook" | Lauren Mooney & Stewart Pringle | |||
Connections (2022)
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
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| 1 | "Here Lies Drax" | Ken Bentley | John Dorney | Eighth Doctor, Helen, Liv, Drax, Weeping Angels | December 2022 |
| 2 | "The Love Vampires" | James Kettle | |||
| 3 | "Albie's Angels" | Roy Gill | |||
Audacity (2023)
Set earlier in the Eighth Doctor's life.
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
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| 1 | "The Devouring" | Ken Bentley | Lisa McMullin | Eighth Doctor, Lady Audacity Montague, Cybermen | November 2023 |
| 2 | "The Great Cyber War (Part 1)" | Tim Foley | |||
| 3 | "The Great Cyber War (Part 2)" | Tim Foley | |||
In The Bleak Midwinter (2023)
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
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| 1 | "Twenty-Four Doors in December" | Ken Bentley | John Dorney | Eighth Doctor, Audacity, Charley | December 2023 |
| 2 | "The Empty Man" | Tim Foley | |||
| 3 | "Winter of the Demon" | Roy Gill | |||
Echoes
It was announced on the 30th of June 2023 that two boxsets where scheduled for 2024. Nicholas Briggs described them as "really imaginative, celebratory adventures that feel like Classic Doctor Who turned right up to eleven, in the very best of ways."
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
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| 1 | TBA | TBD | N/A | Eighth Doctor | May 2024 |
| 2 | TBA | N/A | |||
| 3 | TBA | N/A | |||
The Eighth Doctor Adventures 2024B
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
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| 1 | TBA | TBD | N/A | Eighth Doctor | December 2024 |
| 2 | TBA | N/A | |||
| 3 | TBA | N/A | |||
Other Series
The Eighth Doctor: The Time War (2017–2020)
Set much later in the Eighth Doctor's timeline and a prequel to The War Doctor range. This explores Eighth Doctor's time attempting to avoid the Time War and his adventure with Bliss, and later Alex Campbell and Cass Fermazzi.
Series 1 (2017)
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | "The Starship of Theseus" | Ken Bentley | John Dorney | Eighth Doctor, Sheena, Bliss, Daleks | October 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | "Echoes of War" | Matt Fitton | Eighth Doctor, Bliss, Daleks | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | "The Conscript" | Matt Fitton | Eighth Doctor, Bliss, Ollistra, Daleks | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | "One Life" | John Dorney | Eighth Doctor, Bliss, Ollistra, Daleks | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Part 1 : A trip to a pleasure cruiser becomes complicated when the Time War starts to twist its history. Part 2 : Trapped on a planet in the middle of the Time War, the Doctor's only hope to get the Theseus survivors to safety is an amnesiac Dalek. Part 3 : The Doctor is forced to take part in training sessions for the Time Lord army. Part 4 : A Dalek attack uncovers the secret behind the original attack on the Theseus. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Series 2 (2018)
This was the final box set to feature Jacqueline Pearce as Ollistra before her death in September 2018.
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | "The Lords of Terror" | Ken Bentley | Jonathan Morris | Eighth Doctor, Bliss, Daleks | July 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | "Planet of the Ogrons" | Guy Adams | Eighth Doctor, Bliss, Daleks, the Twelve, Ogrons | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | "In the Garden of Death" | Guy Adams | Eighth Doctor, Bliss, Daleks, Ollistra, the Twelve | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | "Jonah" | Timothy X Atack | Eighth Doctor, Bliss, Daleks, Ollistra, the Twelve | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Part 1 : The Doctor attempts to take Bliss home, but discovers that her world's history has been corrupted by the Time Lords to turn it into a weapons facility. Part 2 : The Twelve- now female and relying on a neural inhibitor to keep her personalities in check- recruits the Doctor and Bliss to investigate reports of an Ogron with Time Lord DNA who may be a regenerated Doctor. Part 3 : Trapped in a Dalek prison with their memories erased, the Doctor, Bliss and the Twelve must find a way out before the Daleks get the information they're after. Part 4 : The Doctor is forced to command a submarine patrol on a distant planet to find a mysterious creature. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Series 3 (2019)
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | "State of Bliss" | Ken Bentley | Matt Fitton | Eighth Doctor, Bliss | August 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | "The Famished Lands" | Lisa McMullin | Eighth Doctor, Bliss | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | "Fugitive in Time" | Roland Moore | Eighth Doctor, Bliss | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | "The War Valeyard" | John Dorney | Eighth Doctor, Bliss, The Valeyard | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Part 1 : The Doctor's attempt to investigate Bliss's past becomes more complex when they are drawn into the lives Bliss might have lived. Part 2 : A trip to a world ravaged by the Time War reveals the terrible lengths the population have gone to in order to escape starvation. Part 3 : The Doctor must help find the last survivor of a people erased from existence by the Time Lords due to their dangerous time-travel experiments. Part 4 : A series of nightmares lead the Doctor to discover that the Valeyard has been restored and is now fighting in the Time War. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Series 4 (2020)
This box set features Ken Bones reprising his role of the General, a character who appeared in the Fiftieth Anniversary special "The Day of the Doctor" in 2013 and made one final appearance in the Series 9 episode "Hell Bent" in 2015.
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | "Palindrome – Part 1" | Helen Goldwyn | John Dorney | Eighth Doctor, Bliss, Davros, Daleks | September 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | "Palindrome – Part 2" | John Dorney | Eighth Doctor, Bliss, Davros, Daleks | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | "Dreadshade" | Lisa McMullin | Eighth Doctor, Bliss, The General, the Twelve | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | "Restoration of the Daleks" | Matt Fitton | Eighth Doctor, Daleks, Davros | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Part 1–2 : The Daleks have been all but erased from history, but the Dalek Time Strategist has made contact with an alternate version of Davros as part of a plan to restart the War... Part 3 : With almost all Time Lords having lost their memory of their old foe, the Twelve escapes custody and attempts to make a power grab on Gallifrey itself. Part 4 : The restored Davros comes into conflict with the Dalek Emperor as the Daleks restart the Time War. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Series 5: Cass (2023)
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
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| 1 | "Meanwhile, Elsewhere" | Ken Bentley | Tim Foley | Eighth Doctor, Cass Fermazzi, Alex Campbell | January 2023 |
| 2 | "Vespertine" | Lou Morgan | Eighth Doctor, Cass, Alex | ||
| 3 | "Previously, Next Time - Part 1" | James Moran | Eighth Doctor, Cass, Alex, Daleks | ||
| 4 | "Previously, Next Time - Part 2" | James Moran | Eighth Doctor, Cass, Alex, Daleks | ||
Series 6: Uncharted 1
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
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| 1 | TBA | TBD | TBD | Eighth Doctor | November 2024 |
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The Further Adventures of Lucie Miller (2019)
Announced in August 2018, this series is set between the first and second series of audio adventures.
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
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| 1 | "The Dalek Trap" | Nicholas Briggs | Nicholas Briggs | Eighth Doctor, Lucie, Daleks, The Fendahl | July 2019 |
| 2 | "The Revolution Game" | Alice Cavender | |||
| 3 | "The House on the Edge of Chaos" | Eddie Robson | |||
| 4 | "Island of the Fendahl" | Alan Barnes | |||
Charlotte Pollard – The Further Adventuress (2022)
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
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| 1 | "The Mummy Speaks!" | Ken Bentley | Alan Barnes | Eighth Doctor, Charley, Deeva Jansen | January 2022 |
| 2 | "Eclipse" | Lisa McMullin | |||
| 3 | "The Slaying of the Writhing Mass" | Eddie Robson | |||
| 4 | "Heart of Orion" | Nicholas Briggs | |||
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award ceremony | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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| 2014 | BBC Audio Drama Awards | Best Online or Non-Broadcast Drama | Dark Eyes | Won | |
| 2016 | Scribe Awards | Best Audio | Doom Coalition 1: "The Red Lady" | Won | |
| 2017 | BBC Audio Drama Awards | Best Online Only Audio Drama | Doom Coalition 3: "Absent Friends" | Won | |
| 2021 | Audie Awards | Audio Drama | Stranded 1 | Won | |
| 2023 | Scribe Awards | Audio Drama | Time War 5: Cass: "Previously, Next Time Parts 1 & 2" | Nominated | |
| 2023 | Scribe Awards | Audio Drama | Connections: "Albie's Angels" | Nominated |