Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor Adventures

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
Executive producer(s)	Nicholas Briggs Jason Haigh-Ellery
Release date	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.

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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•   A light blue cell indicates the actor is a guest cast member.

Actor	Character	Appearances
		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	ECH
Paul McGann	The Doctor	✓						✓				✓				✓						✓				✓				✓
India Fisher	Charley Pollard	✓	Does not appear					Does not appear				Does not appear				Does not appear						Does not appear		✓	Does not appear	Does not appear				Does not appear	✓	Does not appear		✓	✓	Does not appear
Sheridan Smith	Lucie Miller	Does not appear	✓				Does not appear	Does not appear				Does not appear				Does not appear						Does not appear				Does not appear				✓	Does not appear
Carole Ann Ford	Susan Foreman	Does not appear				✓	✓	Does not appear				Does not appear				Does not appear						Does not appear				Does not appear				Does not appear
Jake McGann	Alex Campbell	Does not appear				✓	✓	Does not appear				Does not appear				Does not appear			✓	✓	Does not appear	Does not appear				Does not appear				Does not appear
Niky Wardley	Tamsin Drew	Does not appear				✓	Does not appear	Does not appear				Does not appear				Does not appear						Does not appear				Does not appear				Does not appear
Ruth Bradley	Molly O'Sullivan	Does not appear						✓			Does not appear	Does not appear				Does not appear						Does not appear				Does not appear				Does not appear
Sorcha Cusack		Does not appear						Does not appear			✓	Does not appear				Does not appear						Does not appear				Does not appear				Does not appear
Nicola Walker	Liv Chenka	Does not appear						Does not appear	✓			✓				Does not appear						✓				✓				Does not appear		✓		Does not appear		✓
Hattie Morahan	Helen Sinclair	Does not appear						Does not appear				✓				Does not appear						✓				✓				Does not appear		✓		Does not appear		✓
Mark Bonnar	The Eleven	Does not appear						Does not appear				✓		Does not appear	✓	Does not appear						✓	✓	✓		Does not appear				Does not appear
Alex Kingston	River Song	Does not appear						Does not appear				Does not appear	✓	✓	✓	Does not appear						Does not appear		✓	Does not appear	Does not appear				Does not appear
Rakhee Thakrar	Bliss	Does not appear						Does not appear				Does not appear				✓				Does not appear		Does not appear		✓	Does not appear	Does not appear				Does not appear
Emma Campbell-Jones	Cass Fermazzi	Does not appear						Does not appear				Does not appear				Does not appear				✓	Does not appear	Does not appear				Does not appear				Does not appear
Rebecca Root	Tania Bell	Does not appear						Does not appear				Does not appear				Does not appear						Does not appear				✓				Does not appear
Tom Price	Andy Davidson	Does not appear						Does not appear				Does not appear				Does not appear						Does not appear				✓				Does not appear
Jaye Griffiths	Lady Audacity Montague	Does not appear						Does not appear				Does not appear				Does not appear						Does not appear				Does not appear				Does not appear				✓		Does not appear
Katarina Olsson	The Headhunter	Does not appear	✓			Does not appear		Does not appear				Does not appear				Does not appear						Does not appear				Does not appear				Does not appear
Nicholas Briggs	Daleks	Does not appear	✓	Does not appear		✓	Does not appear	✓	✓	Does not appear	✓	Does not appear				✓					Does not appear	Does not appear				Does not appear				✓	Does not appear	✓	Does not appear
	Cybermen	Does not appear	✓	Does not appear				Does not appear				Does not appear				Does not appear						Does not appear				Does not appear				Does not appear				✓	Does not appear
	Ice Warriors	Does not appear				✓	Does not appear	Does not appear				Does not appear				Does not appear						Does not appear				Does not appear				Does not appear
	Judoon	Does not appear						Does not appear				Does not appear				Does not appear						Does not appear				Does not appear		✓	Does not appear	Does not appear
Graeme Garden	The Monk	Does not appear				✓	Does not appear	Does not appear				Does not appear				Does not appear						Does not appear				Does not appear				Does not appear
Rufus Hound		Does not appear						Does not appear				Does not appear			✓	Does not appear						Does not appear				Does not appear				Does not appear
Alex MacQueen	The Master	Does not appear						Does not appear	✓			Does not appear				Does not appear						Does not appear				Does not appear				Does not appear
Geoffrey Beevers		Does not appear						Does not appear				Does not appear				Does not appear						Does not appear			✓	Does not appear				Does not appear
Eric Roberts		Does not appear						Does not appear				Does not appear				Does not appear						Does not appear			✓	Does not appear				Does not appear
Derek Jacobi		Does not appear						Does not appear				Does not appear				Does not appear						Does not appear			✓	Does not appear				Does not appear
Michelle Gomez		Does not appear						Does not appear				Does not appear				Does not appear						Does not appear			✓	Does not appear				Does not appear
David Sibley	The Eminence	Does not appear						Does not appear	✓			Does not appear				Does not appear						Does not appear				Does not appear				Does not appear
Julia McKenzie	The Twelve	Does not appear						Does not appear				Does not appear				Does not appear	✓	Does not appear	✓	Does not appear		Does not appear				Does not appear				Does not appear
Joel James Davison	Robin Bright-Thompson	Does not appear						Does not appear				Does not appear				Does not appear						Does not appear				✓		✓	✓	Does not appear
Clive Wood	Mr. Bird	Does not appear						Does not appear				Does not appear				Does not appear						Does not appear				✓	Does not appear		✓	Does not appear
Tom Baker	The Curator	Does not appear						Does not appear				Does not appear				Does not appear						Does not appear				✓		Does not appear		Does not appear
Colin Baker		Does not appear						Does not appear				Does not appear				Does not appear						Does not appear				Does not appear			✓	Does not appear

Notable guests

Seán Carlsen as Narvin Sylvester McCoy as The Doctor Tim McMullan as The Eight Michael Jayston as The Valeyard

Terry Molloy as Davros Ken Bones as The General Ian McNeice as Winston Churchill Jon Culshaw as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

Michelle Livingston as Deeva Jansen Shane Richie as Drax

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.

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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)

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