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Big Finish Productions audio drama | |
Series | Doctor Who |
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Release date | September 2015 |
The Third Doctor Adventures is a sci-fi audio series produced by Big Finish Productions based on the TV show Doctor Who . It sees the return of Katy Manning as Jo Grant, Richard Franklin as Mike Yates, and John Levene as Sergeant Benton while the voice of the Third Doctor is performed by Tim Treloar replacing the original actor, Jon Pertwee, who died in 1996. [1]
The first set of stories was released in September 2015, featuring Treloar, Manning, and Franklin. [2] A second and third volume were released November 2016 and August 2017 respectively. [3] A fourth volume was released in March 2018. [4]
The fifth and sixth volumes were released in May 2019 and May 2020, respectively. The sets feature Treloar and Manning joined by Levene with Jon Culshaw as The Brigadier, replacing Nicholas Courtney who died in 2011. [5] The fifth volume also introduced Daisy Ashford in her mother's role of Liz Shaw. The seventh volume also saw the return of Sadie Miller in her mother's role of Sarah Jane Smith, having first appeared for Big Finish in Return of the Cybermen .
This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in at least one season.
Actor | Character | Appearances | |||||||||||||
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S1 | S2 | S3 | S4 | S5 | S6 | S7 | S8 | Ann. | Kal. | RJJ | IFW | RIS | 2024B | ||
Tim Treloar | The Doctor | ✓ | |||||||||||||
Michael Troughton | ✓ | ||||||||||||||
Katy Manning | Jo Grant | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | TBA | ||||||||||
Richard Franklin | Mike Yates | ✓ | |||||||||||||
John Levene | Sergeant Benton | ✓ | |||||||||||||
Jon Culshaw | The Brigadier | ✓ | ✓ | TBA | |||||||||||
Daisy Ashford | Liz Shaw | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||
Sadie Miller | Sarah Jane Smith | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | TBA | ||||||||||
Nicholas Briggs | Daleks | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||||
Cybermen | ✓ |
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No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released | |||||||
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1 | "Prisoners of the Lake" | Nicholas Briggs | Justin Richards | Third Doctor, Jo Grant, Mike Yates | September 2015 | |||||||
2 | "The Havoc of Empires" | Andy Lane | ||||||||||
The Doctor, Jo and Mike Yates investigate an apparently long-submerged temple at the bottom of a lake, which turns out to be a crashed alien ship containing dangerous prisoners. The Doctor's attempt to take Jo and Yates on a date backfires when they find themselves on a space station at a crucial diplomatic wedding. |
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released | |||||||
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1 | "The Transcendence of Ephros" | Ken Bentley | Guy Adams | Third Doctor, Jo | November 2016 | |||||||
2 | "The Hidden Realm" | David Llewellyn | ||||||||||
Visiting a planet that is about to be destroyed, the Doctor and Jo are shocked to learn that a religious cult is deliberately waiting to die on the planet. Investigating the recent disappearance of an old friend of Jo's, the Doctor and Jo become caught in a twisted alien plot. |
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released | |||||||
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1 | "The Conquest of Far" | Nicholas Briggs | Nicholas Briggs | Third Doctor, Jo, Daleks | August 2017 | |||||||
2 | "Storm of the Horofax" | Andrew Smith | Third Doctor, Jo | |||||||||
While attempting to return home after Spiridon, the Doctor and Jo are drawn to the planet Far, where a vast Dalek army is attempting to use the local hypergate to unleash a new secret weapon. The discovery of a crashed alien ship pits the Doctor and Jo against an alien army determined to destroy humanity in the past before the human race defeats them in the future. |
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released | |||||||
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1 | "The Rise of the New Humans" | Nicholas Briggs | Guy Adams | Third Doctor, Jo, The Monk | March 2018 | |||||||
2 | "The Tyrants of Logic" | Marc Platt | Third Doctor, Jo, Cybermen | |||||||||
Investigating mysteriously mutated humans, the Doctor and Jo face the Monk, now acting as the administrator of a unique clinic. Arriving on a distant human colony, the Doctor and Jo must protect the locals from the Cybermen when a platoon arrive to retrieve a mysterious crate. |
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released | |||||||
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1 | "Primord" | Nicholas Briggs | John Dorney | Third Doctor, Jo, Liz Shaw, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, Primords | May 2019 | |||||||
2 | "The Scream of Ghosts" | Guy Adams | Third Doctor, Jo, The Brigadier, Sergeant Benton, Vardans | |||||||||
The Doctor's reunion with Liz Shaw is compromised when it turns out that Liz has become caught up in a military plot to militarise Stahlman's Ooze. Investigating the disappearance of a friend of Benton's leads to the discovery of an alien invasion. |
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
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1 | "Poison of the Daleks" | Nicholas Briggs | Guy Adams | Third Doctor, Jo, The Brigadier, Benton, Daleks | May 2020 |
2 | "Operation Hellfire" | Jonathan Barnes | Third Doctor, Jo, Winston Churchill | ||
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
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1 | "The Unzal Incursion" [6] | Nicholas Briggs | Mark Wright | Third Doctor, Liz, The Brigadier | May 2021 |
2 | "The Gulf" [6] | Tim Foley | Third Doctor, Sarah Jane Smith | ||
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
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1 | "Conspiracy in Space" [7] | Nicholas Briggs | Alan Barnes | Third Doctor, Jo, Draconians | October 2021 |
2 | "The Devil's Hoofprints" [7] | Robert Valentine | Third Doctor, Sarah, The Brigadier | ||
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
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1 | "Episode One" | Nicholas Briggs | Nicholas Briggs | Third Doctor, Liz, The Brigadier, Second Doctor, Jamie McCrimmon | February 2022 [8] |
2 | "Episode Two" | ||||
3 | "Episode Three" | ||||
4 | "Episode Four" | ||||
5 | "Episode Five" | ||||
6 | "Episode Six" | ||||
7 | "Episode Seven" | ||||
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
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1 | "Part One" | Nicholas Briggs | Alan Barnes | Third Doctor, Sarah, The Brigadier, Kaleidoscope | October 2022 |
2 | "Part Two" | ||||
3 | "Part Three" | ||||
4 | "Part Four" | ||||
5 | "Part Five" | ||||
6 | "Part Six" | ||||
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
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1 | "Supernature" [9] | Nicholas Briggs | Matt Fitton | Third Doctor, Jo | February 2023 |
2 | "The Conservitors" [9] | Felicia Baker | |||
3 | "The Iron Shore" [9] | Lizzie Hopley | |||
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
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1 | "Part One" | Nicholas Briggs | Eddie Robson | Third Doctor, Liz, The Brigadier | October 2023 |
2 | "Part Two" | ||||
3 | "Part Three" | ||||
4 | "Part Four" | ||||
5 | "Part Five" | ||||
6 | "Part Six" | ||||
7 | "Part Seven" | ||||
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
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1 | "Part One" | Nicholas Briggs | Jonathan Morris | Third Doctor, Sarah | February 2024 |
2 | "Part Two" | ||||
3 | "Part Three" | ||||
4 | "Part Four" | ||||
5 | "Part Five" | ||||
6 | "Part Six" | ||||
The second is scheduled for October 2024. [10]
Award ceremony | Year | Category | Work(s) | Result | Ref. |
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Scribe Awards | 2022 | Best Audio | The Annihilators | Nominated | [11] |
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