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The Churchill Years | |
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Big Finish Productions audio drama | |
Series | The Worlds of Doctor Who |
Featuring | Winston Churchill |
Written by | various |
Directed by | Ken Bentley |
Produced by | David Richardson |
Executive producer(s) | |
Music | Howard Carter |
Release date | January 2016 |
The Churchill Years is a Big Finish Productions audio play series based on the TV show Doctor Who . It sees the return of Ian McNeice as Winston Churchill from the Eleventh Doctor era. The first volume of stories was released in January 2016 [1] and a second volume was released in February 2018. [2]
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No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Doctor | Featuring | Released |
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1 | "The Oncoming Storm" | Ken Bentley | Phil Mulryne | Ninth | – | January 2016 |
2 | "Hounded" | Ken Bentley | Alan Barnes | Tenth | – | January 2016 |
3 | "Living History" | Ken Bentley | Justin Richards | Eleventh | Kazran Sardick | January 2016 |
4 | "The Chartwell Metamorphosis" | Ken Bentley | Ken Bentley | Eleventh | Lily Arwell | January 2016 |
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Doctor | Featuring | Released |
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1 | "Young Winston" | Ken Bentley | Paul Morris | Eleventh | Madame Vastra | February 2018 |
2 | "Human Conflict" | Ken Bentley | Iain McLaughlin | Ninth | – | February 2018 |
3 | "I Was Churchill's Double" | Ken Bentley | Alan Barnes | Ninth | – | February 2018 |
4 | "Churchill Victorious" | Ken Bentley | Robert Khan and Tom Salinsky | Tenth | – | February 2018 |
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