There have been many official and unofficial Doctor Who and related spin-offs released on audio, as LPs, audiocassettes, audio CDs and MP3 CDs. Recordings here are listed by their original release date.
In 1966, an abridged recording of episode 6 of The Chase was released with narration on a 7-inch record. In 1979, the BBC released an abridged version of Genesis of the Daleks . In 1992 a brief series began releasing audio versions of missing stories from the archives, with link narration provided by one of the actors who played the Doctor. The soundtracks that were known to exist at the time were not the optimal audio quality and the range only released a few stories. A second series of "Lost Episode" soundtrack releases began in 1999. This series differed from earlier releases by having "linking" narration (to describe action and other sequences that were originally visual) read by an actor or actress who had played a companion in the original serial, rather than one of the actors who played the Doctor (except The Macra Terror, which used the original narration by Colin Baker). Another difference is that all the later releases were remastered for release by Mark Ayres from tapes recorded "off-air" at the original time of broadcast, or, when necessary, due to quality and possibly availability, from surviving films. From 1999 to 2004, these recordings were released under the "BBC Radio Collection" banner, and, starting in 2004, they have been released under the "BBC Audio" banner, with different outer packaging. The series was officially completed in 2006 with the release of The Reign of Terror; however, a rerelease of the soundtrack for The Tomb of the Cybermen was produced and was followed by new audio productions of available serials. All have been released by the BBC unless otherwise noted. This list is in order by release date.
Story | Title | Doctor | Narrated by | Format | Company | Original release date | |||||||
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16 | The Daleks | 1st | David Graham | 7-inch | Century 21 Records | April 1966 | |||||||
An abridged recording of "The Planet of Decision", Episode 6 of The Chase. | |||||||||||||
78 | Genesis of the Daleks | 4th | Tom Baker | LP | BBC Records | October 1979 | |||||||
An abridged version of the soundtrack. Tom Baker provides link narration in character as the 4th Doctor. Reissues: 7 November 1988 (cassette, along with Slipback, see below). 2 July 2001 (CD, in a revised and expanded version with Exploration Earth: The Time Machine -see below). 29 April 2010 (free CD with that day's edition of The Daily Telegraph newspaper). 3 February 2011 (CD in a "facsimile" edition of the original LP edit replicating the original LP artwork). [1] 16 April 2016 (Blue vinyl LP released by Demon Records for Record Store Day) [2] | |||||||||||||
34 | The Macra Terror | 2nd | Colin Baker | 2-Cassette | BBC Audio Collection | July 1992 | |||||||
The narration is the same as later used on the 2000 CD edition but a poorer quality version of the original soundtrack was all that was available in 1992. | |||||||||||||
36 | The Evil of the Daleks | 2nd | Tom Baker | 2-Cassette | BBC Audio Collection | July 1992 | |||||||
This release cut two scenes set in a coffee bar, in which music by The Seekers and The Beatles could be heard playing in the background. Unlike the releases of 1993, Tom Baker does not perform his narration "in character" as the Doctor. | |||||||||||||
37 | The Tomb of the Cybermen | 2nd | Jon Pertwee | 2-cassette | BBC Audio Collection | June 1993 | |||||||
This release was prepared in 1991, when all 4 episodes were still missing from the BBC TV archives. When all 4 episodes were returned to the BBC in January 1992, the planned spring 1992 cassette release was cancelled, with a VHS of the serial being released in May 1992 instead. Due to contractual obligations, the cassette version of the serial with Jon Pertwee's link narration was finally released in June 1993. | |||||||||||||
30 | The Power of the Daleks | 2nd | Tom Baker | 2-cassette | BBC Audio Collection | August 1993 | |||||||
Tom Baker performs his narration "in character" as the Doctor relating a past story in his life. | |||||||||||||
42 | Fury from the Deep | 2nd | Tom Baker | 2-cassette | BBC Audio Collection | October 1993 | |||||||
Tom Baker performs his narration "in character" as the Doctor relating a past story in his life. | |||||||||||||
22 | The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve | 1st | Peter Purves | 2-cassette, 2-CD | BBC Radio Collection | August 1999 | |||||||
This release also used The Massacre title on its spine, and was released on both CD and cassette, with this being the last story released on cassette. Reissues: 4 August 2003 (CD, Adventures in History box set with The Myth Makers and The Highlanders). 3 February 2011 (CD, in The Lost TV Episodes Collection Two: 1965–1966 boxset). [3] 5 September 2019 (CD, in The Lost TV Episodes Collection Two boxset) [4] | |||||||||||||
41 | The Web of Fear | 2nd | Frazer Hines | 3-CD | BBC Radio Collection | March 2000 | |||||||
Reissues: 7 April 2003 (Mp3-CD with The Abominable Snowmen). 7 July 2003 (CD, Yeti Attack box set with The Abominable Snowmen). 2 August 2012 (CD, in The Lost TV Episodes Collection Five: 1967–1969 boxset) [5] | |||||||||||||
18 | Galaxy 4 | 1st | Peter Purves | 2-CD | BBC Radio Collection | June 2000 | |||||||
31 | The Highlanders | 2nd | Frazer Hines | 2-CD | BBC Radio Collection | August 2000 | |||||||
Reissues: 4 August 2003 (CD, Adventures in History box set with The Myth Makers and The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve). 4 August 2011 (CD, in The Lost TV Episodes Collection Three: 1966–1967 boxset) [8] | |||||||||||||
34 | The Macra Terror | 2nd | Colin Baker | 2-CD | BBC Radio Collection | August 2000 | |||||||
The narration is the same as used on the 1992 audio cassette edition, and is a noticeably less detailed narration compared to the CD releases of all other stories. A better quality version of the original soundtrack is used compared to the 1992 cassette release. | |||||||||||||
20 | The Myth Makers | 1st | Peter Purves | 2-CD | BBC Radio Collection | January 2001 | |||||||
33 | The Moonbase | 2nd | Frazer Hines | 2-CD | BBC Radio Collection | April 2001 | |||||||
Reissues: 4 August 2011 (CD, in The Lost TV Episodes Collection Three: 1966–1967 boxset) [8] | |||||||||||||
24 | The Celestial Toymaker | 1st | Peter Purves | 2-CD | BBC Radio Collection | April 2001 | |||||||
Reissues: 3 February 2011 (CD, in The Lost TV Episodes Collection Two: 1965–1966 boxset). 5 September 2019 (CD, in The Lost TV Episodes Collection Two boxset) [4] | |||||||||||||
38 | The Abominable Snowmen | 2nd | Frazer Hines | 2-CD | BBC Radio Collection | July 2001 | |||||||
Reissues: 7 April 2003 (Mp3-CD with The Web of Fear). 7 July 2003 (CD, Yeti Attack box set with The Web of Fear). 2 February 2012 (CD, in The Lost TV Episodes Collection Four: 1967 boxset) [9] | |||||||||||||
19 | The Daleks' Master Plan | 1st | Peter Purves | 5-CD | BBC Radio Collection | October 2001 | |||||||
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Disc one contains "Mission to the Unknown" and also has a bonus data track, consisting of MP3 files of the episode soundtracks without narration, copies of the linking narration script in PDF format, and MP3 copies of sound clips before and after audio restoration. Reissues: 7 April 2003 (Mp3-CD). 3 February 2011 (CD, in The Lost TV Episodes Collection Two: 1965–1966 boxset). [3] 5 September 2019 (CD, in The Lost TV Episodes Collection Two boxset) [4] | |||||||||||||
35 | The Faceless Ones | 2nd | Frazer Hines | 2-CD | BBC Radio Collection | February 2002 | |||||||
Reissues: 2 February 2012 (CD, in The Lost TV Episodes Collection Four: 1967 boxset) [9] | |||||||||||||
28 | The Smugglers | 1st | Anneke Wills | 2-CD | BBC Radio Collection | May 2002 | |||||||
Reissues: 4 August 2011 (CD, in The Lost TV Episodes Collection Three: 1966–1967 boxset) [8] | |||||||||||||
40 | The Enemy of the World | 2nd | Frazer Hines | 2-CD | BBC Radio Collection | August 2002 | |||||||
Reissues: 2 August 2012 (CD, in The Lost TV Episodes Collection Five: 1967–1969 boxset) [5] | |||||||||||||
26 | The Savages | 1st | Peter Purves | 2-CD | BBC Radio Collection | November 2002 | |||||||
49 | The Space Pirates | 2nd | Frazer Hines | 2-CD | BBC Radio Collection | February 2003 | |||||||
Reissues: 2 August 2012 (CD, in The Lost TV Episodes Collection Five: 1967–1969 boxset) [5] | |||||||||||||
04 | Marco Polo | 1st | William Russell | 3-CD | BBC Radio Collection | November 2003 | |||||||
A printed bonus is an included map of Cathay (China) similar to the one originally shown on screen while Marco Polo narrates his travel journal and explaining historical inaccuracies between real locations and locations used in the serial. The first disc in the set contains data as well as audio; the data includes MP3 files of the soundtracks without additional narration, PDF files of the narration scripts, and computer wallpaper versions of the aforementioned map of Cathay. Reissues: 5 August 2010 (CD, in The Lost TV Episodes Collection One: 1964–1965 boxset). [6] 7 March 2019 (CD, in The Lost TV Episodes Collection One 1964-1965 boxset). [7] | |||||||||||||
30 | The Power of the Daleks | 2nd | Anneke Wills | 2-CD | BBC Radio Collection | November 2003 | |||||||
Part of The Daleks limited tin release with The Evil of the Daleks and My Life as a Dalek. Reissues: 2 August 2004 (CD, individual release). 20 June 2005 (Reconstructed with John Cura's "tele-snaps" to illustrate the serial when played on a home computer). 4 August 2011 (CD, in The Lost TV Episodes Collection Three: 1966–1967 boxset) [8] | |||||||||||||
36 | The Evil of the Daleks | 2nd | Frazer Hines | 3-CD | BBC Radio Collection | November 2003 | |||||||
Part of The Daleks limited tin release with The Power of the Daleks and My Life as a Dalek. This was the first time that all the scenes from all seven episodes appeared unedited in audio form, with the exception of the Beatles song Paperback Writer being replaced by Hold Tight by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich in the second of the two scenes set in the coffee bar. The previous 1992 cassette release had to cut out both coffee bar scenes with songs from The Seekers and The Beatles playing in the background. This 2003 CD release got copyright clearance for the song Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen by The Seekers in the first coffee bar scene, but Mark Ayres discusses in a Doctor Who Magazine interview in issue 336 how a rights clearance for The Beatles song was not only unfeasible due to cost, but that the rights owner would not issue a clearance for an audiobook CD release under any circumstances. Mark goes on to describe how he painstakingly was able to use another song in the background instead, digitally inserting Hold Tight in place of Paperback Writer. Reissues: 2 August 2004 (CD, individual release). 2 February 2012 (CD, in The Lost TV Episodes Collection Four: 1967 boxset) [9] | |||||||||||||
42 | Fury from the Deep | 2nd | Frazer Hines | 2-CD | BBC Audio | February 2004 | |||||||
Reissues: 2 August 2012 (CD, in The Lost TV Episodes Collection Five: 1967–1969 boxset) [5] | |||||||||||||
43 | The Wheel in Space | 2nd | Wendy Padbury | 2-CD | BBC Audio | May 2004 | |||||||
Reissues: 2 August 2012 (CD, in The Lost TV Episodes Collection Five: 1967–1969 boxset) [5] | |||||||||||||
29 | The Tenth Planet | 1st | Anneke Wills | 2-CD | BBC Audio | November 2004 | |||||||
Released in the limited The Cybermen tin with The Invasion and The Origins of the Cybermen. Bonus interview with Anneke Wills. Reissues: 9 January 2006 (CD, individual release). 4 August 2011 (CD, in The Lost TV Episodes Collection Three: 1966–1967 boxset) [8] | |||||||||||||
46 | The Invasion | 2nd | Frazer Hines | 3-CD | BBC Audio | November 2004 | |||||||
Released in the limited The Cybermen tin with The Tenth Planet and The Origins of the Cybermen. Bonus interview with Frazer Hines. Reissues: 9 January 2006 (CD, individual release). 2 August 2012 (CD, in The Lost TV Episodes Collection Five: 1967–1969 boxset) [5] | |||||||||||||
32 | The Underwater Menace | 2nd | Anneke Wills | 2-CD | BBC Audio | February 2005 | |||||||
Bonus interview with Anneke Wills. Inner CD card can be reversed so that the case's spine will match the style of the earlier BBC Radio Collection releases on a shelf. Reissues: 4 August 2011 (CD, in The Lost TV Episodes Collection Three: 1966–1967 boxset) [8] | |||||||||||||
14 | The Crusade | 1st | William Russell | 2-CD | BBC Audio | May 2005 | |||||||
Bonus interview with William Russell. Inner CD card can be reversed so that the case's spine will match the style of the earlier BBC Radio Collection releases on a shelf. Reissues: 5 August 2010(CD, The Lost TV Episodes Collection 1 boxset [6] with the bonus interview moved to a separate CD.). 7 March 2019 (CD, in The Lost TV Episodes Collection One 1964-1965 boxset). [7] | |||||||||||||
39 | The Ice Warriors | 2nd | Frazer Hines | 2-CD | BBC Audio | August 2005 | |||||||
Bonus interview with Frazer Hines (the interview is split into two parts, one part on each disc). Inner CD card can be reversed so that the case's spine will match the style of the earlier BBC Radio Collection releases on a shelf. Reissues: 2 February 2012 (CD, in The Lost TV Episodes Collection Four: 1967 boxset) [9] | |||||||||||||
08 | The Reign of Terror | 1st | Carole Ann Ford | 2-CD | BBC Audio | February 2006 | |||||||
Bonus interview with Carole Ann Ford. With this release in February 2006, the soundtracks of all 108 of the then missing episodes had been released with linking narration. From this point on, aside from re-releases of stories with lost episodes, stories with all its episodes existing in the TV archives started to be released on audio with linking narration. Reissues: 5 August 2010 (CD, in The Lost TV Episodes Collection One: 1964–1965 boxset) [6] with the bonus interview moved to a separate CD.). 7 March 2019 (CD, in The Lost TV Episodes Collection One 1964-1965 boxset). [7] | |||||||||||||
37 | The Tomb of the Cybermen | 2nd | Frazer Hines | 2-CD | BBC Audio | May 2006 | |||||||
23 | The Ark | 1st | Peter Purves | 2-CD | BBC Audio | August 2006 | |||||||
Bonus interview with Peter Purves. Reissues: 5 September 2013 (CD, in The TV Episodes Collection Six boxset) [12] | |||||||||||||
52 | Doctor Who and the Silurians | 3rd | Caroline John | 3-CD | BBC Audio | November 2006 | |||||||
Bonus Interview with Caroline John. Released in the Monsters on Earth limited edition tin with The Sea Devils and Warriors of the Deep. Reissues: 7 January 2008 (CD, individual release). 6 April 2017 (CD, in the Classic TV Adventures box set) [10] | |||||||||||||
62 | The Sea Devils | 3rd | Katy Manning | 2-CD | BBC Audio | November 2006 | |||||||
Bonus Interview with Katy Manning. Released in the Monsters on Earth limited edition tin with Doctor Who and the Silurians and Warriors of the Deep. Reissues: 7 January 2008 (CD, individual release). 6 April 2017 (CD, in the Classic TV Adventures box set) [10] | |||||||||||||
130 | Warriors of the Deep | 5th | Janet Fielding | 2-CD | BBC Audio | November 2006 | |||||||
Bonus Interview with Janet Fielding. Released in the Monsters on Earth limited edition tin with Doctor Who and the Silurians and The Sea Devils. Reissues: 7 January 2008 (CD, individual release). 5 October 2017 (CD, in the Classic TV Adventures: Collection Two box set) [13] | |||||||||||||
25 | The Gunfighters | 1st | Peter Purves | 2-CD | BBC Audio | February 2007 | |||||||
Bonus interview with Peter Purves. Also includes a special 10-minute music segment, "The Ballad of the Last Chance Saloon" by Tristram Cary Reissues: 5 September 2013 (CD, in The TV Episodes Collection Six boxset) [12] | |||||||||||||
44 | The Dominators | 2nd | Wendy Padbury | 2-CD | BBC Audio | May 2007 | |||||||
Bonus interview with Wendy Padbury | |||||||||||||
27 | The War Machines | 1st | Anneke Wills | 2-CD | BBC Audio | August 2007 | |||||||
Bonus interview with Anneke Wills. Reissues: 5 September 2013 (CD, in The TV Episodes Collection Six boxset) [12] | |||||||||||||
61 | The Curse of Peladon | 3rd | Katy Manning | 2-CD | BBC Audio | November 2007 | |||||||
Bonus interview with Katy Manning. Reissues: 6 April 2017 (CD, in the Classic TV Adventures box set) [10] | |||||||||||||
73 | The Monster of Peladon | 3rd | Elisabeth Sladen | 2-CD | BBC Audio | March 2008 | |||||||
Bonus interview with Elisabeth Sladen. Reissues: 6 April 2017 (CD, in the Classic TV Adventures box set) [10] | |||||||||||||
12 | The Romans | 1st | William Russell | 2-CD | BBC Audio | May 2008 | |||||||
Bonus archive radio items that look at the real-life Nero and the life and career of William Hartnell Reissues: 5 September 2013 (CD, in The TV Episodes Collection Six boxset) [12] | |||||||||||||
07 | The Sensorites | 1st | William Russell | 2-CD | BBC Audio | July 2008 | |||||||
Bonus interview with William Russell. Reissues: 5 September 2013 (CD, in The TV Episodes Collection Six boxset) [12] | |||||||||||||
47 | The Krotons | 2nd | Frazer Hines | 2-CD | BBC Audio | November 2008 | |||||||
Bonus interview with Frazer Hines. Reissues: 5 October 2017 (CD, in the Classic TV Adventures: Collection Two box set) [13] | |||||||||||||
56 | The Mind of Evil | 3rd | Richard Franklin | 2-CD | BBC Audio | February 2009 | |||||||
Bonus interview with Richard Franklin. Reissues: 5 October 2017 (CD, in the Classic TV Adventures: Collection Two box set) [13] | |||||||||||||
15 | The Space Museum | 1st | Maureen O'Brien | 2-CD | BBC Audio | May 2009 | |||||||
Bonus interview with Maureen O'Brien; this interview was reissued in The Lost TV Episodes Collection One: 1964–1965 boxset. Reissues: 5 September 2013 (CD, in The TV Episodes Collection Six boxset) [12] | |||||||||||||
53 | The Ambassadors of Death | 3rd | Caroline John | 3-CD | BBC Audio | August 2009 | |||||||
Bonus interview with Caroline John. Reissues: 5 October 2017 (CD, in the Classic TV Adventures: Collection Two box set) [13] | |||||||||||||
19 | "Mission to the Unknown" | 1st | Peter Purves | CD | BBC Audio | April 2010 | |||||||
Released on its own as a giveaway with The Daily Telegraph | |||||||||||||
34 | The Macra Terror | 2nd | Anneke Wills | 2-CD | BBC Audio | February 2012 | |||||||
Remastered with new, more detailed, linking narration. Available only in The Lost TV Episodes Collection Four: 1967 boxset [9] | |||||||||||||
92 | Horror of Fang Rock | 4th | Louise Jameson | 2-CD | BBC Audio | September 2012 | |||||||
Bonus interview with Louise Jameson. Reissues: 5 October 2017 (CD, in the Classic TV Adventures: Collection Two box set) [13] | |||||||||||||
99 | The Pirate Planet | 4th | John Leeson | 2-CD | BBC Audio | October 2012 | |||||||
Bonus interview with John Leeson. Reissues: 6 April 2017 (CD, in the Classic TV Adventures box set) [10] | |||||||||||||
104 | Destiny of the Daleks | 4th | Lalla Ward | 2-CD | BBC Audio | November 2012 | |||||||
Bonus interview with Lalla Ward. Reissues: 6 April 2017 (CD, in the Classic TV Adventures box set) [10] | |||||||||||||
105 | City of Death | 4th | Lalla Ward | 2-CD | BBC Audio | December 2012 | |||||||
013 | The Web Planet | 1st | Maureen O'Brien | 3-LP | Demon Records | December 2019 | |||||||
Reissued on CD/download by BBC Audio in October 2020. [14] | |||||||||||||
003 | The Edge of Destruction [15] | 1st | Carole Ann Ford | LP | Demon Records | April 2024 | |||||||
Bonus interview with Carole Ann Ford. Reissued on CD/download by BBC Audio in May 2024. [16] |
There have been several original audio dramas produced for Doctor Who, produced for radio and internet broadcast or commercial release.
Title | Doctor | Written by | Format | Company | Original release date | |
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Doctor Who and the Pescatons | 4th | Victor Pemberton | LP, Cassette | Decca | July 1976 | |
Reissues: January 1979 (LP, World Record Club, Australia). April 1985 (Cassette, London Records). January 1986 (Cassette, Newman Publishing, USA). 1991 (CD & Cassette, Silva Screen Records). October 1993 (Cassette, Polygram). 3 January 2005 (CD with a bonus interview CD with Elisabeth Sladen, BBC Audio). 7 April 2011 (CD in the boxset The BBC Radio Episodes) [17] | ||||||
Slipback | 6th | Eric Saward | Cassette | BBC Audio | November 1988 | |
The Paradise of Death | 3rd | Barry Letts | Cassette | BBC Audio | November 1993 | |
Reissues: 6 March 2000 (2-CD). 7 April 2011 (CD in the boxset The BBC Radio Episodes) [17] | ||||||
The Ghosts of N-Space | 3rd | Barry Letts | Cassette | BBC Audio | February 1996 | |
Reissues: 5 June 2000 (3-CD). 7 April 2011 (CD in the boxset The BBC Radio Episodes) [17] | ||||||
Exploration Earth | 4th | Bernard Venables | CD | BBC Audio | July 2001 | |
Released with the CD reissue of Genesis of the Daleks (see above). Reissues: 28 April 2010 (free CD with that day's edition of The Daily Telegraph newspaper). 7 April 2011 (CD in the boxset The BBC Radio Episodes) [17] | ||||||
Death Comes to Time | 7th | Colin Meek | 3-CD | BBC Audio | October 2002 | |
Edited/modified version of the webcast. Bonus outtakes and interviews on disc 3. Reissues: 7 April 2003 (Special edition Mp3-CD including the original webcast with illustrations) | ||||||
Real Time | 6th | Gary Russell | 2-CD | Big Finish | December 2002 | |
Commissioned, produced by Big Finish for, and webcast on the official BBC Doctor Who website. | ||||||
Shada | 8th | Douglas Adams | 2-CD | Big Finish | December 2003 | |
New recording of the incomplete Douglas Adams story, commissioned, produced by Big Finish for, and webcast on the official BBC Doctor Who website. | ||||||
The Stuff of Nightmares | 4th | Paul Magrs | CD | BBC Audio | September 2009 | |
Part of the Hornets' Nest series, but also stands on its own. Reissues: 12 January 2010 (CD in the boxset Hornets' Nest: The Complete Series). 16 July 2015 (CD in the boxset The Nest Cottage Chronicles). [18] 4 April 2019 (CD in the boxset The Nest Cottage Chronicles) [19] | ||||||
The Dead Shoes | 4th | Paul Magrs | CD | BBC Audio | October 2009 | |
The Circus of Doom | 4th | Paul Magrs | CD | BBC Audio | November 2009 | |
A Sting in the Tale | 4th | Paul Magrs | CD | BBC Audio | December 2009 | |
Hive of Horror | 4th | Paul Magrs | CD | BBC Audio | December 2009 | |
The Relics of Time [20] | 4th | Paul Magrs | CD | BBC Audio | September 2010 | |
Part of the Demon Quest series, but also stands on its own. Reissues: 6 October 2011 (CD in the boxset Demon Quest: The Complete Series). 16 July 2015 (CD in the boxset The Nest Cottage Chronicles). [18] 4 April 2019 (CD in the boxset The Nest Cottage Chronicles) [19] | ||||||
The Demon of Paris [21] | 4th | Paul Magrs | CD | BBC Audio | October 2010 | |
A Shard of Ice [22] | 4th | Paul Magrs | CD | BBC Audio | November 2010 | |
Starfall [23] | 4th | Paul Magrs | CD | BBC Audio | December 2010 | |
Sepulchre [24] | 4th | Paul Magrs | CD | BBC Audio | December 2010 | |
Tsar Wars [25] | 4th | Paul Magrs | CD | BBC Audio | September 2011 | |
Part of Serpent Crest series, but also stands on its own. [26] Reissues: 6 September 2012 (CD in the boxset Serpent Crest: The Complete Series). [27] 16 July 2015 (CD in the boxset The Nest Cottage Chronicles). [18] 4 April 2019 (CD in the boxset The Nest Cottage Chronicles) [19] | ||||||
The Broken Crown [28] | 4th | Paul Magrs | CD | BBC Audio | October 2011 | |
Aladdin Time [29] | 4th | Paul Magrs | CD | BBC Audio | November 2011 | |
The Hexford Invasion [30] | 4th | Paul Magrs | CD | BBC Audio | December 2011 | |
Survivors in Space [30] | 4th | Paul Magrs | CD | BBC Audio | December 2011 | |
Redacted [31] | 13th | Ella Watts and James Robinson | Podcast | BBC Sounds | 17 April 2022 | |
A ten-part audio drama released via BBC Sounds. People are disappearing and a blue box is somehow involved, but no-one can remember The Doctor except for the host of a paranormal conspiracy podcast. [32] [33] |
Torchwood has had seven Afternoon Play s, most bridging the gap between Series 2 and Children of Earth .
Title | Written by | Format | Company | Original release date | |
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"Lost Souls" | Joseph Lidster | CD | BBC Audio | September 2008 | |
"Asylum" [36] | Anita Sullivan | CD | BBC Audio | July 2009 | |
Reissues: 22 September 2009 (CD, Torchwood: The Radio Adventures boxset). 8 April 2010 (CD, Torchwood: The Radio Adventures boxset). 1 June 2017 (CD, The Collected Radio Dramas) [35] | |||||
"Golden Age" [36] | James Goss | CD | BBC Audio | August 2009 | |
Reissues: 22 September 2009 (CD, Torchwood: The Radio Adventures boxset). 8 April 2010 (CD, Torchwood: The Radio Adventures boxset). 1 June 2017 (CD, The Collected Radio Dramas) [35] | |||||
"The Dead Line" [36] | Phil Ford | CD | BBC Audio | August 2009 | |
Reissues: 22 September 2009 (CD, Torchwood: The Radio Adventures boxset). 8 April 2010 (CD, Torchwood: The Radio Adventures boxset). 1 June 2017 (CD, The Collected Radio Dramas) [35] | |||||
The Lost Files : "The Devil and Miss Carew" [37] | Rupert Laight | Download | AudioGO | July 2011 | |
The Lost Files: "Submission" [39] | Ryan Scott | Download | AudioGO | July 2011 | |
The Lost Files: "The House of the Dead" [40] | James Goss | Download | AudioGO | July 2011 | |
Featuring John Leeson as K-9 and Lalla Ward as "The Mistress"
Title | Written by | Format | Company | Original release date |
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The Choice | Nigel Fairs | CD | BBV | June 1999 |
The Search | Mark Duncan | CD | BBV | September 1999 |
Featuring the Zygons
Title | Written by | Format | Company | Original release date |
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Homeland | Paul Dearing | CD | BBV | August 1999 |
Absolution | Paul Ebbs | CD | BBV | October 1999 |
The Barnacled Baby | Anthony Keetch | CD | BBV | June 2001 |
Featuring the Krynoids
Title | Written by | Format | Company | Original release date | |
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The Root of All Evil | Lance Parkin | CD | BBV | November 1999 | |
Featuring the Krynoids | |||||
The Green Man | Zoltán Déry | CD | BBV | March 2002 |
Featuring the Sontarans
Title | Written by | Format | Company | Original release date |
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Silent Warrior | Peter Grehen | CD | BBV | December 1999 |
Old Soldiers | Colin Hill & Simon Gerard | CD | BBV | February 2000 |
Conduct Unbecoming | Gareth Preston | CD | BBV | September 2000 |
A series of audio dramas set in Kaldor City on the unnamed planet featured in the Doctor Who serial The Robots of Death .
Title | Written by | Format | Company | Original release date | |
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Occam's Razor | Alan Stevens & Jim Smith | CD | Magic Bullet Productions | September 2001 | |
Death's Head | Chris Boucher | CD | Magic Bullet Productions | April 2002 | |
Hidden Persuaders | Jim Smith & Fiona Moore | CD | Magic Bullet Productions | November 2002 | |
Taren Capel | Alan Stevens | CD | Magic Bullet Productions | March 2003 | |
Checkmate | Alan Stevens | CD | Magic Bullet Productions | September 2003 | |
Features the Fendahl from the Doctor Who serial Image of the Fendahl . | |||||
"The Prisoner" | Alan Stevens & Fiona Moore | CD | MJTV | April 2004 | |
Short play included on the interview CD The Actor Speaks: Paul Darrow | |||||
Storm Mine | Daniel O'Mahony | CD | Magic Bullet Productions | December 2004 | |
Features the Fendahl | |||||
"Metafiction" | Alan Stevens and Fiona Moore | Download | Magic Bullet Productions | July 2012 [41] |
Audio dramas featuring the Faction Paradox, a time travelling cult/rebel group/organised crime syndicate originally appearing in the Eighth Doctor Adventures line of Doctor Who novels.
Title | Written by | Format | Company | Original release date | |
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The Eleven Day Empire | Lawrence Miles | CD | BBV | October 2001 | |
The Shadow Play | Lawrence Miles | CD | BBV | October 2001 | |
Featuring the Sontarans. | |||||
Sabbath Dei | Lawrence Miles | CD | BBV | February 2003 | |
The Year of the Cat | Lawrence Miles | CD | BBV | April 2003 | |
Movers | Lawrence Miles | CD | BBV | December 2003 | |
A Labyrinth of Histories | Lawrence Miles | CD | BBV | February 2004 | |
Coming to Dust | Lawrence Miles | CD | Magic Bullet Productions | July 2005 | |
True History of Faction Paradox, Vol. I | |||||
The Ship of a Billion Years | Lawrence Miles | CD | Magic Bullet Productions | April 2006 | |
True History of Faction Paradox, Vol. II | |||||
Body Politic | Lawrence Miles | CD | Magic Bullet Productions | May 2008 | |
True History of Faction Paradox, Vol. III; Features Gabriel Woolf as Sutekh from Pyramids of Mars | |||||
Words from Nine Divinities | Lawrence Miles | CD | Magic Bullet Productions | November 2008 | |
True History of Faction Paradox, Vol. IV; Features Gabriel Woolf as Sutekh | |||||
Ozymandias | Lawrence Miles | CD | Magic Bullet Productions | June 2009 | |
True History of Faction Paradox, Vol. V; Features Gabriel Woolf as Sutekh | |||||
The Judgment of Sutekh | Lawrence Miles | CD | Magic Bullet Productions | November 2009 | |
True History of Faction Paradox, Vol. VI; Features Gabriel Woolf as Sutekh | |||||
Eternal Escape | James Hornby | Download | BBV | June 2021 | |
Sabbath and the King | Aristide Twain | Download | BBV | August 2021 | |
The Confession of Brother Signet | Michael Gilroy-Sinclair | Download | BBV | October 2021 | |
Dionus's War: Call Me Ishmael | J.T. Mulholland | Download | BBV | June 2021 | |
Dionus's War: The Healer's Sin | J.T. Mulholland | Download | BBV | July 2021 | |
Dionus's War: Me & My Ghost | Bill Baggs | Download | BBV | October 2021 | |
Hellscape: Lucifer | Trevor Spencer | Download | BBV | January 2022 | |
Hellscape: Lucifer's Sleep | Trevor Spencer | Download | BBV | May 2022 | |
Hellscape: Babylon's Own Personal Hell | Trevor Spencer | Download | BBV | June 2022 | |
Hellscape: Brother's Keeper | Trevor Spencer | Download | BBV | August 2022 | |
Hellscape: Unwanted Guest [42] | Trevor Spencer | Download | BBV | December 2022 | |
Hellscape: Lilith Fades [43] | Trevor Spencer | Download | BBV | December 2022 |
Featuring characters from BBV's Faction Paradox series
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The Lilium Saga, Acts I-III | Trevor Spencer | Download | BBV | August 2023 |
The Lilium Saga, Acts IV-VI | Trevor Spencer | Download | BBV | December 2023 |
Public Trips - Steamboat Mick | Trevor Spencer | Download | Mix'D Bloodz Productions | January 2024 |
Public Trips - Winnie | Trevor Spencer | Download | Mix'D Bloodz Productions | February 2024 |
Trial On Venere | Trevor Spencer | Download | Mix'D Bloodz Productions | October 2024 |
Featuring the Sleepers from the Hellscape series
Title | Written by | Format | Company | Original release date |
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The Beginning | Trevor Spencer | Download | Mix'D Bloodz Productions | July 2024 |
The Search | Trevor Spencer | Download | Mix'D Bloodz Productions | August 2024 |
The Showman | Trevor Spencer | Download | Mix'D Bloodz Productions | September 2024 |
The Sand | Trevor Spencer | Download | Mix'D Bloodz Productions | October 2024 |
A series of audio dramas featuring The Minister of Chance from Death Comes to Time .
Title | Written by | Format | Company | Original release date | |
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"The Pointed Hand" | Dan Freeman | Download | Radio Static | February 2011 | |
Prologue | |||||
"The Broken World" | Dan Freeman | Download | Radio Static | March 2011 | |
Episode 1 | |||||
"The Forest Shakes" | Dan Freeman | Download | Radio Static | May 2011 | |
Episode 2 | |||||
"Paludin Fields" | Dan Freeman | Download | Radio Static | July 2012 | |
Episode 3 | |||||
"The Tiger" | Dan Freeman | Download | Radio Static | February 2013 | |
Episode 4 | |||||
"In a Bark on the River Hex" | Dan Freeman | Download | Radio Static | May 2013 | |
Episode 5 |
Audio dramas adapted from Thebes Publishing's line of Erimem novels featuring the Fifth Doctor companion from Big Finish Productions line of Doctor Who audio plays. [44]
Title | Written by | Format | Company | Original release date | |
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Kerides the Thinker : "Return of the Queen" | Iain McLaughlin and Claire Bartlett | Download | Imagination Theatre | February 2012 | |
Eighth episode of the Kerides the Thinker series, featuring Erimem | |||||
My Mate, Erimem [45] | Iain McLaughlin | YouTube | BBV | 20 August 2021 | |
The Beast of Stalingrad | Iain McLaughlin | Download | BBV | November 2021 | |
Prime Imperative | Iain McLaughlin | Download | BBV | November 2021 | |
Churchill's Castle | Iain McLaughlin | Download | BBV | November 2021 |
Featuring the Makers from the Eighth Doctor Adventures novel The Space Age
Title | Written by | Format | Company | Original release date |
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After Dark - Slalvok | Trevor Spencer and Bill Baggs | Download | BBV | June 2022 |
Ticket to Ride | Trevor Spencer | Download | BBV | August 2022 |
After Dark - Babylon | Trevor Spencer | Download | BBV | August 2024 |
Title | Written by | Format | Company | Original release date | |
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I Scream | Lance Parkin | CD | BBV | August 2000 | |
Featuring the I from the Eighth Doctor Adventures novel Seeing I | |||||
The Rani Reaps the Whirlwind | Pip and Jane Baker | CD | BBV | November 2000 | |
Featuring Kate O'Mara as the Rani | |||||
Wirrn: Race Memory | Paul Ebbs | CD | BBV | February 2001 | |
Featuring the Wirrn | |||||
In2Minds | Ian Hepburn | CD | BBV | September 2002 | |
Featuring the Rutan Host | |||||
The Quality of Mercy | David A. McIntee | CD | BBV | September 2002 | |
Featuring Guy de Carnac from the Virgin New Adventures novel Sanctuary | |||||
Doctor Who at the BBC: The Plays | various | 2-CD | BBC Audio | September 2006 | |
Contains Regenerations by Daragh Carville, Blue Veils and Golden Sands by Martyn Wade, and Dalek, I Love You by Colin Sharpe. Reissues: 3 October 2013, CD in the box set 50 Years of Doctor Who at the BBC at the BBC [46] | |||||
Moths Ate My Doctor Who Scarf | Toby Hadoke | CD | BBC Audio | July 2007 | |
An adaptation of Toby Hadoke's one-man show for BBC7 | |||||
Whatever Happened to... Susan? | Adrian Mourby | CD | BBC Audio | April 2011 [17] | |
Parody "documentary" from the Whatever Happened to ...? series of radio programmes. Released in the box set The BBC Radio Adventures | |||||
Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. [47] | Terry Nation, Milton Subotsky, David Whitaker | 7-inch EP | Silva Screen Records | April 2011 | |
Side Two of this special Record Store Day release limited to 500 copies features a mini-adventure edited from this film's soundtrack | |||||
Single White Who Fan [48] | Jackie Jenkins | Download | Spiteful Puppet | November 2017 | |
Dramatisation of Jackie Jenkins's The Life and Times of Jackie Jenkins column in Doctor Who Magazine | |||||
Omega [49] | Mark Griffiths | CD | Cutaway Comics | March 2022 | |
Dramatisation Cutaway Comic's Omega: Vengeance comic series, starring Brian Blessed | |||||
Children of the Circus [50] | Kenton Hall based on an idea by Barnaby Eaton-Jones. | CD | AUK Studios | December 2023 | |
Sequel to The Greatest Show in the Galaxy |
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An Evening with the Doctor | Cassette | Listen for Pleasure | June 1996 | |
A Recording of Jon Pertwee's one-man show Who is Jon Pertwee? | ||||
My Life as a Dalek | CD | BBC Audio | November 2003 | |
Presented by Mark Gatiss. Exclusively released in the limited edition Dalek tin with the soundtracks of The Power of the Daleks and The Evil of the Daleks | ||||
Doctor Who: The Dalek Conquests | 2-CD | BBC Audio | May 2006 | |
Written, directed and narrated by Nicholas Briggs. An original account of the history of the Daleks, from their creation through their attempts at conquering the universe. The discs feature audio clips from the TV series, and short Dalek scenes performed by Briggs. | ||||
Doctor Who: The Essential Companion | CD | BBC Audio | November 2010 [51] | |
Audio highlights from Series 5, presented by Alex Price | ||||
Doctor Who – The Lost Episodes | CD | BBC Audio | February 2011 | |
First broadcast on Radio 4 as part of the Archive on 4 series in December 2009. Shaun Levy investigates what happened to the missing Doctor Who episodes. Released in The Lost TV Episodes Collection Two: 1965–1966 boxset. [3] |
Collection of documentary programmes, interviews and other items from the BBC archive. A further volume of radio dramas was also released in this series. Project: WHO?, originally issued as a standalone releases, was included in later Doctor Who at the BBC box sets.
Title | Format | Company | Original release date | |
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Doctor Who at the BBC | 2-CD | BBC Audio | September 2003 | |
Contains 30 Years, originally broadcast on 20 November 1993 for Doctor Who's 30th anniversary, presented by Nicholas Courtney and a series of radio clips from 1972–2002, presented by Elisabeth Sladen. Reissues: 3 October 2013,CD in the box set 50 Years of Doctor Who at the BBC under the title 30 Years and More [46] | ||||
Doctor Who at the BBC Volume 2 | 2-CD | BBC Audio | September 2004 | |
A variety of BBC Radio and TV clips from 1967–2003, presented by Elisabeth Sladen. Reissues: 3 October 2013,CD in the box set 50 Years of Doctor Who at the BBC under the title In the Hot Seat [46] | ||||
Project: WHO? | 2-CD | BBC Audio | May 2005 | |
Release of BBC Radio 2 programme narrated by Anthony Head, with behind-the-scenes information on the new series. Contains thirty minutes of previously unreleased material. Originally a standalone release, it was retroactively added to the series in the box set 50 Years of Doctor Who at the BBC, released 3 October 2013. [46] | ||||
Doctor Who at the BBC Volume 3 | 2-CD | BBC Audio | September 2005 | |
Contains BBC TV and Radio items related to Doctor Who from 1974 through 2005, presented by Elisabeth Sladen. Reissues: 3 October 2013,CD in the box set 50 Years of Doctor Who at the BBC under the title Now and Then [46] | ||||
The Tenth Doctor | 2-CD | BBC Audio | September 2007 | |
Presented by Elisabeth SladenReissues: 3 October 2013, CD in the box set 50 Years of Doctor Who at the BBC [46] | ||||
A Legend Reborn | 2-CD | BBC Audio | January 2010 | |
Presented by Elisabeth SladenReissues: 3 October 2013, CD in the box set 50 Years of Doctor Who at the BBC [46] | ||||
Lost Treasures | CD | AudioGo | October 2013 [52] [53] | |
Happy Anniversary | CD | BBC Audio | July 2019 [55] | |
Contains Who is the Doctor? presented by Russell Tovey and a special edition of Graham Norton's Saturday morning BBC Radio 2 show. | ||||
Who Are We? | CD | BBC Audio | December 2024 [56] | |
Contains Who Are We?; The Classic Years and Who Are We?: The Modern Era, presented by Jo Whiley and Surviving Doctor Who presented by Toby Hadoke. |
Title | Read by | Format | Company | Original release date | |
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The Ultimate Interview | Colin Baker and David Banks | Cassette | Silver Fist | October 1989 | |
Colin and David interview each other during the tour of The Ultimate Adventure . Reissues: November 2004 (CD) | |||||
Who's The Real McCoy | Sylvester McCoy | Cassette | Silver Fist | February 1990 | |
Reissues: February 2005 (CD) | |||||
Pertwee in Person | Jon Pertwee | Cassette | Silver Fist | July 1990 | |
Reissues: September 2004 (CD) | |||||
The Actor Speaks: Elisabeth Sladen | Elisabeth Sladen | CD | MJTV | November 2001 | |
The Actor Speaks: Louise Jameson | Louise Jameson | CD | MJTV | December 2005 | |
Cult Conversations, Volume One | Gareth David-Lloyd, Phil Willmott, and Deborah Watling | CD | Fantom Films | June 2007 | |
Tom Baker at 80 | Tom Baker | CD | Big Finish | September 2014 |
DVD-style audio commentaries released on CD/download, without the original episode audio. All are moderated by Toby Hadoke unless otherwise indicated.
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The Web of Fear Commentary | 2-CD | Fantom Films | November 2014 | |
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The Enemy of the World Commentary | 2-CD | Fantom Films | November 2015 | |
The Dæmons Commentary | 2-CD | Fantom Films | June 2016 | |
Day of Armageddon Commentaries | 2-CD | Fantom Films | June 2016 | |
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Remembrance Commentary | 2-CD | Fantom Films | August 2016 | |
The Sea Devils Episode One Commentary | Download | Fantom Films | December 2016 | |
Katy Manning and Toby Hadoke | ||||
An Unearthly Child Commentary | 2-CD | Fantom Films | December 2016 | |
William Russell, Clive Doig, Waris Hussein, Jeremy Young, and Brian Hodgson | ||||
Cyber 60s Commentaries | 2-CD | Fantom Films | December 2016 | |
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The Green Death Commentary | 2-CD | Fantom Films | May 2017 | |
Adventures in Time Commentaries | 2-CD | Fantom Films | September 2017 | |
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The Claws of Axos Commentary | 2-CD | Fantom Films | October 2017 | |
The Talons of Weng-Chiang Commentary | 2-CD | Fantom Films | October 2017 | |
Christopher Benjamin, Trevor Baxter, John Bloomfield, Roger Murray-Leach, and Philip Hinchcliffe, moderated by Nicholas Pegg. Bonus disc includes a 30-minute archive stage interview panel with Christopher Benjamin & Trevor Baxter. | ||||
Adventures in Space Commentaries | Fantom Films | October 2017 | ||
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Earthshock Commentary | 2-CD | Fantom Films | December 2017 | |
The Edge of Destruction Commentary | 2-CD | Fantom Films | December 2017 | |
William Russell, Carole Ann Ford, Brian Hodgson, Clive Doig, Richard Martin, Robert Shearman, and Jessica Carney, moderated by Toby Hadoke and Nicholas Pegg. Bonus: Marco Polo : "The Roof of the World" Commentary | ||||
Survival Commentary | 2-CD | Fantom Films | February 2018 | |
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The Monster Era Commentaries | 2-CD | Fantom Films | February 2018 | |
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Revenge of the Cybermen Commentary | 2-CD | Fantom Films | April 2018 | |
Christopher Robbie, David Collings, David Sulkin, Roger Murray-Leach, Philip Hinchcliffe and Michael E. Briant. | ||||
The Massacre Commentary | 2-CD | Fantom Films | April 2018 | |
Peter Purves, David Weston, Chris Tranchell and Donald Tosh.
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Re.U.N.I.T.ed Commentaries | 2-CD | Fantom Films | November 2018 | |
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The Three Doctors Commentary | 2-CD | Fantom Films | November 2018 | |
Terrance Dicks, Bob Baker, John Levene, Katy Manning, Laurie Webb, Stephen Thorne, and David Tilley. | ||||
The Stones of Blood Commentary | 2-CD | Fantom Films | December 2018 | |
World's End Commentary | 2-CD | Fantom Films | December 2018 | |
Carole Ann Ford, Ann Davies, Robert Aldous, David Graham, Peter Badger, Nick Evans, Clive Doig, Spencer Chapman, and Richard Martin. Bonus disc included with special edition: Additional commentaries on the episode "Day of Reckoning" and an archival interview with Bernard Kay and Ann Davies from August 2011. | ||||
Mars Attacks! | 2-CD | Fantom Films | February 2019 | |
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Resurrection Commentary | 2-CD | Fantom Films | February 2019 | |
Rula Lenska, Jim Findley, Sneh Gupta, William Sleigh, Brian Miller, Roger Davenport, Mike Mungarvan, and Eric Saward. Bonus disc included with special edition: Additional commentaries on Resurrection of the Daleks, Part Four and Frontios , Part Two by Mark Strickson | ||||
The Dead Planet Commentary | 2-CD | Fantom Films | June 2019 | |
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Peladon Commentary | 2-CD | Fantom Films | June 2019 | |
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City of Death Commentary | 2-CD | Fantom Films | November 2019 | |
Julian Glover, David Graham, Doreen James, Catherine Schell & James Goss Nightmare of Eden - "Part Four": Peter Craze & Robert Goodman | ||||
Monochrome Magic Commentaries | 2-CD | Fantom Films | November 2019 | |
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Revelation Commentary | 2-CD | Fantom Films | January 2020 | |
Philip Hinchcliffe, Nick Burnell, George Gallaccio, James Burge, Joseph Lidster & John Dorney Bonus disc included with special edition: Additional commentary on Part Two with William Gaunt & Graeme Harper and a bonus interview with Eric Saward. | ||||
The Robots of Death Commentary | 2-CD | Fantom Films | May 2020 | |
Pamela Salem, David Collings, Gregory de Polnay, Brian Croucher, David Tilley, John Dorney and Joseph Lidster | ||||
The Pirate Planet Commentary | 2-CD | Fantom Films | May 2020 | |
David Warwick, Rosalind Lloyd, David Sibley and James Goss Bonus disc included with special edition: Additional commentary on Parts Two and Three with John Leeson and Michael Owen Morris | ||||
Attack of the Cybermen Commentary | 3-CD | Fantom Films | November 2020 | |
David Banks, Michael Kilgarriff, Sarah Berger, Brian Orrell, Ian Marshall-Fisher and Eric Saward | ||||
Re.U.N.I.T.ed Volume Two Commentaries | 2-CD | Fantom Films | November 2020 | |
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Warriors of the Deep Commentary | 2-CD | Fantom Films | February 2021 | |
Mark Strickson, Vincent Brimble, Tara Ward, Michael Darbon and Eric Saward | ||||
SONTAR-HA! Commentaries | 2-CD | Fantom Films | February 2021 | |
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Doctor Who is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series, created by Sydney Newman, C. E. Webber and Donald Wilson, depicts the adventures of an extraterrestrial being called the Doctor, part of a humanoid species called Time Lords. The Doctor travels in the universe and in time using a time travelling spaceship called the TARDIS, which externally appears as a British police box. While travelling, the Doctor works to save lives and liberate oppressed peoples by combating foes. The Doctor often travels with companions.
BBV Productions is a UK-based video and audio production company founded in 1991, specialising in science fiction drama. The company has expanded to include publishing of novels and scripts associated with its productions.
Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces books and audio plays based, primarily, on science fiction properties. These include Doctor Who, the characters Judge Dredd and Strontium Dog from 2000 AD, Blake's 7, Dark Shadows, Dracula, Terrahawks, Sapphire & Steel, Sherlock Holmes, Stargate, The Avengers, The Prisoner, Timeslip, and Torchwood.
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Paul Magrs is an English writer and lecturer. He was born in Jarrow, England, and now lives in Manchester with his partner, author and lecturer Jeremy Hoad.
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