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The Ninth Doctor Adventures, announced in August 2020, is a Big Finish Productions audio play series based on the television series Doctor Who. It sees the return of Christopher Eccleston reprising his role as the Ninth Doctor and will span four boxsets comprising an entire audio season that was released between May 2021 and February 2022. A second audio season of four more boxsets followed in 2022 and 2023; a third audio season of four followed in 2023 and 2024.
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- ↑ "Tom Baker is getting a new companion in latest Doctor Who spin-off from Big Finish". Radio Times. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
- ↑ The Night We Got Stuck in a Story. 15 September 2022. ISBN 978-1-4711-9249-4 . Retrieved 1 April 2023– via www.simonandschuster.co.uk.
- ↑ Secrets of a Christmas Elf. 10 November 2022. ISBN 978-1-3985-1581-9 . Retrieved 1 April 2023– via www.simonandschuster.co.uk.
- ↑ "8. Jekyll and Hyde - Big Finish Classics - Big Finish". www.bigfinish.com. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
- ↑ "2. Doctor Who: The First Doctor Adventures: The Demon Song - Doctor Who - The First Doctor Adventures - Big Finish". www.bigfinish.com. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
