Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor Adventures

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This article is about the audio series. For the series of novels, see Eighth Doctor Adventures.
The Eighth Doctor Adventures
Big Finish Productions audio drama
Series Doctor Who
Featuring Eighth Doctor
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  • November 2003 (2003-11) (retroactively)
  • November 2007 (2007-11) (actual)

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. <templatestyles src="Template:TOC limit/styles.css" />

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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4][5] 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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Actor Character Appearances
Eighth Doctor Adv. Dark Eyes Doom Coalition The Time War Ravenous Stranded Other Boxsets
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Hattie Morahan Helen Sinclair Does not appear Does not appear ✓ Does not appear ✓ ✓ Does not appear
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Notable guests

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.[6]

No. Title Directed by Written by Featuring Released
– "Living Legend" Gary Russell Scott Gray Eighth Doctor, Charley November 2003 (2003-11)
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
1 "Blood of the Daleks (Part 1)" Nicholas Briggs Steve Lyons Eighth Doctor, Lucie Miller, Daleks, the Headhunter January 2007 (2007-01)
2 "Blood of the Daleks (Part 2)" Nicholas Briggs Steve Lyons Eighth Doctor, Lucie, Daleks, the Headhunter February 2007 (2007-02)
3 "Horror of Glam Rock" Barnaby Edwards Paul Magrs Eighth Doctor, Lucie, the Headhunter March 2007 (2007-03)
4 "Immortal Beloved" Jason Haigh-Ellery Jonathan Clements Eighth Doctor, Lucie April 2007 (2007-04)
5 "Phobos" Barnaby Edwards Eddie Robson Eighth Doctor, Lucie, the Headhunter May 2007 (2007-05)
6 "No More Lies" Barnaby Edwards Paul Sutton Eighth Doctor, Lucie, the Headhunter June 2007 (2007-06)
7 "Human Resources (Part 1)" Nicholas Briggs Eddie Robson Eighth Doctor, Lucie, the Headhunter July 2007 (2007-07)
8 "Human Resources (Part 2)" Nicholas Briggs Eddie Robson Eighth Doctor, Lucie, the Headhunter, Cybermen August 2007 (2007-08)
Series 2 (2008)
No. Title Directed by Written by Featuring Released
1 "Dead London" Barnaby Edwards Pat Mills Eighth Doctor, Lucie January 2008 (2008-01)
2 "Max Warp" Barnaby Edwards Jonathan Morris Eighth Doctor, Lucie February 2008 (2008-02)
3 "Brave New Town" Jason Haigh-Ellery Jonathan Clements Eighth Doctor, Lucie, Autons March 2008 (2008-03)
4 "The Skull of Sobek" Barnaby Edwards Marc Platt Eighth Doctor, Lucie April 2008 (2008-04)
5 "Grand Theft Cosmos" Barnaby Edwards Eddie Robson Eighth Doctor, Lucie, the Headhunter May 2008 (2008-05)
6 "The Zygon Who Fell to Earth" Barnaby Edwards Paul Magrs Eighth Doctor, Lucie, Zygons June 2008 (2008-06)
7 "Sisters of the Flame (Part 1)" Nicholas Briggs Nicholas Briggs Eighth Doctor, Lucie, Sisterhood of Karn July 2008 (2008-07)
8 "Vengeance of Morbius (Part 2)" Nicholas Briggs Nicholas Briggs Eighth Doctor, Lucie, Morbius August 2008 (2008-08)
Series 3 (2009)
No. Title Directed by Written by Featuring Released
1 "Orbis" Nicholas Briggs Alan Barnes, Nicholas Briggs Eighth Doctor, Lucie, the Headhunter March 2009 (2009-03)
2 "Hothouse" Barnaby Edwards Jonathan Morris Eighth Doctor, Lucie, Krynoids April 2009 (2009-04)
3 "The Beast of Orlok" Barnaby Edwards Barnaby Edwards Eighth Doctor, Lucie May 2009 (2009-05)
4 "Wirrn Dawn" Nicholas Briggs Nicholas Briggs Eighth Doctor, Lucie, Wirrn June 2009 (2009-06)
5 "The Scapegoat" Nicholas Briggs Pat Mills Eighth Doctor, Lucie July 2009 (2009-07)
6 "The Cannibalists" Jason Haigh-Ellery Jonathan Morris Eighth Doctor, Lucie August 2009 (2009-08)
7 "The Eight Truths (Part 1)" Nicholas Briggs Eddie Robson Eighth Doctor, Lucie, the Headhunter September 2009 (2009-09)
8 "Worldwide Web (Part 2)" Nicholas Briggs Eddie Robson Eighth Doctor, Lucie, the Headhunter, the Eight Legs October 2009 (2009-10)
Series 4 (2009–11)
No. Title Directed by Written by Featuring Released
1 "Death in Blackpool" Barnaby Edwards Alan Barnes Eighth Doctor, Lucie, Zygons December 2009 (2009-12)
2 "Situation Vacant" Nicholas Briggs Eddie Robson Eighth Doctor, Tamsin Drew July 2010 (2010-07)
3 "Nevermore" Nicholas Briggs Alan Barnes Eighth Doctor, Tamsin August 2010 (2010-08)
4 "The Book of Kells" Barnaby Edwards Barnaby Edwards Eighth Doctor, Tamsin, the Monk, Lucie September 2010 (2010-09)
5 "Deimos (Part 1)" Barnaby Edwards Jonathan Morris Eighth Doctor, Tamsin, Ice Warriors October 2010 (2010-10)
6 "The Resurrection of Mars (Part 2)" Barnaby Edwards Jonathan Morris Eighth Doctor, Tamsin, Lucie, Ice Warriors, the Monk November 2010 (2010-11)
7 "Relative Dimensions" Barnaby Edwards Marc Platt Eighth Doctor, Lucie, Susan Foreman, Alex Campbell December 2010 (2010-12)
8 "Prisoner of the Sun" Jason Haigh-Ellery Eddie Robson Eighth Doctor January 2011 (2011-01)
9 "Lucie Miller (Part 1)" Nicholas Briggs Nicholas Briggs Eighth Doctor, Lucie, Tamsin, Susan, Alex, the Monk, Daleks February 2011 (2011-02)
10 "To the Death (Part 2)" Nicholas Briggs Nicholas Briggs Eighth Doctor, Lucie, Tamsin, Susan, Alex, the Monk, Daleks March 2011 (2011-03)
Special (2010)
No. Title Directed by Written by Featuring Released
– "An Earthly Child" Nicholas Briggs Marc Platt Eighth Doctor, Susan Foreman, Alex Campbell December 2010 (2010-12)

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)
No. Title Directed by Written by Featuring Released
Nicholas Briggs Nicholas Briggs November 2012 (2012-11)
Series 2 (2014)
No. Title Directed by Written by Featuring Released
Nicholas Briggs February 2014 (2014-02)
Series 3 (2014)
No. Title Directed by Written by Featuring Released
Ken Bentley Matt Fitton November 2014 (2014-11)
Series 4 (2015)
No. Title Directed by Written by Featuring Released
Ken Bentley March 2015 (2015-03)

Doom Coalition (2015–2017)

Series 1 (2015)
No. Title Directed by Written by Featuring Released
Ken Bentley October 2015 (2015-10)
Series 2 (2016)
No. Title Directed by Written by Featuring Released
Ken Bentley March 2016 (2016-03)
Series 3 (2016)

Doom Coalition 3 was released in September 2016 and is directed by Ken Bentley.[7]

No. Title Directed by Written by Featuring Released
Ken Bentley September 2016 (2016-09)
Series 4 (2017)

Doom Coalition 4 was released in March 2017 and is directed by Ken Bentley.[8]

No. Title Directed by Written by Featuring Released
Ken Bentley March 2017 (2017-03)

Ravenous (2018–2019)

Series 1 (2018)
No. Title Directed by Written by Featuring Released
Ken Bentley April 2018 (2018-04)
Series 2 (2018)
No. Title Directed by Written by Featuring Released
Ken Bentley October 2018 (2018-10)
Series 3 (2019)
No. Title Directed by Written by Featuring Released
Ken Bentley April 2019 (2019-04)
Series 4 (2019)
No. Title Directed by Written by Featuring Released
Ken Bentley October 2019 (2019-10)

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
Ken Bentley June 2020 (2020-06)
Series 2 (2021)
No. Title Directed by Written by Featuring Released
Ken Bentley March 2021 (2021-03)
Series 3 (2021)
No. Title Directed by Written by Featuring Released
Ken Bentley December 2021 (2021-12)
Series 4 (2022)
No. Title Directed by Written by Featuring Released
Ken Bentley April 2022 (2022-04)

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
Ken Bentley November 2022 (2022-11)
Connections (2022)
No. Title Directed by Written by Featuring Released
Ken Bentley December 2022 (2022-12)
Audacity (2023)

Set earlier in the Eighth Doctor's life.

No. Title Directed by Written by Featuring Released
Ken Bentley November 2023 (2023-11)
In The Bleak Midwinter (2023)
No. Title Directed by Written by Featuring Released
Ken Bentley Eighth Doctor, Audacity, Charley December 2023 (2023-12)
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."[9]

No. Title Directed by Written by Featuring Released
TBA Eighth Doctor May 2024 (2024-05)[10]
The Eighth Doctor Adventures 2024B
No. Title Directed by Written by Featuring Released
TBA Eighth Doctor December 2024 (2024-12)[11]

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
Ken Bentley October 2017 (2017-10)
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
Ken Bentley July 2018 (2018-07)
Series 3 (2019)
No. Title Directed by Written by Featuring Released
Ken Bentley August 2019 (2019-08)
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
Helen Goldwyn September 2020 (2020-09)
Series 5: Cass (2023)
No. Title Directed by Written by Featuring Released
Ken Bentley January 2023 (2023-01)
Series 6: Uncharted 1
No. Title Directed by Written by Featuring Released
TBA TBA TBA Eighth Doctor November 2024 (2024-11)[12]

The Further Adventures of Lucie Miller (2019)

Announced in August 2018, this series is set between the first and second series of audio adventures.[13]

No. Title Directed by Written by Featuring Released
Nicholas Briggs Eighth Doctor, Lucie, Daleks, The Fendahl July 2019 (2019-07)

Charlotte Pollard – The Further Adventuress (2022)

No. Title Directed by Written by Featuring Released
Ken Bentley Eighth Doctor, Charley, Deeva Jansen January 2022 (2022-01)

Awards and nominations

Year Award ceremony Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
2014 BBC Audio Drama Awards Best Online or Non-Broadcast Drama Dark Eyes Won [2]
2016 Scribe Awards Best Audio Doom Coalition 1: "The Red Lady" Won [14]
2017 BBC Audio Drama Awards Best Online Only Audio Drama Doom Coalition 3: "Absent Friends" Won [15]
2021 Audie Awards Audio Drama Stranded 1 Won [16]
2023 Scribe Awards Audio Drama Time War 5: Cass: "Previously, Next Time Parts 1 & 2" Nominated [17]
2023 Scribe Awards Audio Drama Connections: "Albie's Angels" Nominated [18]

References

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