Doctor Who: The Third Doctor Adventures
| The Third Doctor Adventures | |
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| Big Finish Productions audio drama | |
| Series | Doctor Who |
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| Written by | various |
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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.
Cast
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This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in at least one season.
- A green cell indicates the actor is a main cast member.
- A red cell indicates the actor is a recurring cast member.
- A light blue cell indicates the actor is a guest or special guest cast member.
| Actor | Character | Appearances | |||||||||
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| S1 | S2 | S3 | S4 | S5 | S6 | S7 | S8 | S9 | S10 | ||
| Tim Treloar | The Doctor | ✓ | |||||||||
| Michael Troughton | ✓ | ||||||||||
| Katy Manning | Jo Grant | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
| Richard Franklin | Mike Yates | ✓ | |||||||||
| John Levene | Sergeant Benton | ✓ | |||||||||
| Jon Culshaw | The Brigadier | ✓ | |||||||||
| Daisy Ashford | Liz Shaw | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| Sadie Miller | Sarah Jane Smith | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
| Nicholas Briggs | Daleks | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
| Cybermen | ✓ | ||||||||||
Notable guests
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Episodes
Volume 1 (2015)
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released | |
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| 1 | "Prisoners of the Lake" | Nicholas Briggs | Justin Richards | Third Doctor, Jo, Mike Yates | September 2015 | |
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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. | ||||||
| 2 | "The Havoc of Empires" | Nicholas Briggs | Andy Lane | Third Doctor, Jo, Mike Yates | September 2015 | |
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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. | ||||||
Volume 2 (2016)
| 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 | |
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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. | ||||||
| 2 | "The Hidden Realm" | Ken Bentley | David Llewellyn | Third Doctor, Jo | November 2016 | |
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Investigating the recent disappearance of an old friend of Jo's, the Doctor and Jo become caught in a twisted alien plot. | ||||||
Volume 3 (2017)
| 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 | |
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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. | ||||||
| 2 | "Storm of the Horofax" | Nicholas Briggs | Andrew Smith | Third Doctor, Jo | August 2017 | |
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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. | ||||||
Volume 4 (2018)
| 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 | |
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Investigating mysteriously mutated humans, the Doctor and Jo face the Monk, now acting as the administrator of a unique clinic. | ||||||
| 2 | "The Tyrants of Logic" | Nicholas Briggs | Marc Platt | Third Doctor, Jo, Cybermen | March 2018 | |
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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. | ||||||
Volume 5 (2019)
| 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 | |
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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. | ||||||
| 2 | "The Scream of Ghosts" | Nicholas Briggs | Guy Adams | Third Doctor, Jo, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, Sergeant Benton, Vardans | May 2019 | |
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Investigating the disappearance of a friend of Benton's leads to the discovery of an alien invasion. | ||||||
Volume 6 (2020)
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
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| 1 | "Poison of the Daleks" | Nicholas Briggs | Guy Adams | Third Doctor, Jo, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, Sergeant Benton, Daleks | May 2020 |
| 2 | "Operation Hellfire" | Nicholas Briggs | Jonathan Barnes | Third Doctor, Jo, Winston Churchill | May 2020 |
Volume 7 (2021)
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Unzal Incursion"[6] | Nicholas Briggs | Mark Wright | Third Doctor, Liz, the Brigadier and UNIT | May 2021 |
| 2 | "The Gulf"[6] | Nicholas Briggs | Tim Foley | Third Doctor, Sarah Jane Smith | May 2021 |
Volume 8 (2021)
| 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] | Nicholas Briggs | Robert Valentine | Third Doctor, Sarah, the Brigadier | October 2021 |
The Annihilators (2022)
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
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| 1 | "Episode One" | Nicholas Briggs | Nicholas Briggs | Second Doctor, Third Doctor, Jamie McCrimmon, Liz, The Brigadier, UNIT | February 2022[8] |
| 2 | "Episode Two" | Nicholas Briggs | Nicholas Briggs | Second Doctor, Third Doctor, Jamie, Liz, The Brigadier, UNIT | February 2022[8] |
| 3 | "Episode Three" | Nicholas Briggs | Nicholas Briggs | Second Doctor, Third Doctor, Jamie, The Brigadier, UNIT | February 2022[8] |
| 4 | "Episode Four" | Nicholas Briggs | Nicholas Briggs | Second Doctor, Third Doctor, Jamie, The Brigadier, UNIT | February 2022[8] |
| 5 | "Episode Five" | Nicholas Briggs | Nicholas Briggs | Second Doctor, Third Doctor, Jamie, The Brigadier, UNIT | February 2022[8] |
| 6 | "Episode Six" | Nicholas Briggs | Nicholas Briggs | Second Doctor, Third Doctor, Jamie, The Brigadier, UNIT | February 2022[8] |
| 7 | "Episode Seven" | Nicholas Briggs | Nicholas Briggs | Second Doctor, Third Doctor, Jamie, The Brigadier, UNIT | February 2022[8] |
Kaleidoscope (2022)
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
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| 1 | "Part One"[8] | Nicholas Briggs | Alan Barnes | Third Doctor, Sarah, the Brigadier, UNIT, Kaleidoscope | October 2022 |
| 2 | "Part Two"[8] | Nicholas Briggs | Alan Barnes | Third Doctor, Sarah, the Brigadier, UNIT, Kaleidoscope | October 2022 |
| 3 | "Part Three"[8] | Nicholas Briggs | Alan Barnes | Third Doctor, Sarah, the Brigadier, UNIT, Kaleidoscope | October 2022 |
| 4 | "Part Four"[8] | Nicholas Briggs | Alan Barnes | Third Doctor, Sarah, the Brigadier, UNIT, Kaleidoscope | October 2022 |
| 5 | "Part Five"[8] | Nicholas Briggs | Alan Barnes | Third Doctor, Sarah, the Brigadier, UNIT, Kaleidoscope | October 2022 |
| 6 | "Part Six"[8] | Nicholas Briggs | Alan Barnes | Third Doctor, Sarah, the Brigadier, UNIT, Kaleidoscope | October 2022 |
The Third Doctor Adventures 2023A
A boxset is scheduled in February 2023. No casting details have been confirmed though Treloar is expected to return.[9]
The Third Doctor Adventures 2023B
A boxset is scheduled in October 2023. No casting details have been confirmed though Treloar is expected to return.[10]
Awards and nominations
| Award ceremony | Year | Category | Work(s) | Result | Ref. |
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| Scribe Awards | 2022 | Best Audio | The Annihilators | Nominated | [11] |
References
- ^ Rudden, Liam (13 November 2015). "Preview: Tim Treloar travels in time for King Charles III". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
- ^ "Doctor Who: The Third Doctor Boxed Set!". Big Finish Productions. 13 November 2014.
- ^ "Doctor Who: The Third Doctor Adventures Volume 2 And 3!". Big Finish Productions. 2 June 2016.
- ^ "Third Doctor and Jo vs. the Meddling Monk". Big Finish Productions. 8 November 2017.
- ^ "Brigadier, Benton and Liz Return". Big Finish Productions. 22 October 2018.
- ^ a b "7. Doctor Who: The Third Doctor Adventures Volume 07". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- ^ a b "8. Doctor Who: The Third Doctor Adventures Volume 08". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "The Third Doctor faces The Annihilators". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
- ^ "Doctor Who: The Third Doctor Adventures: 2023A Title TBA - Doctor Who - The Third Doctor Adventures - Big Finish". www.bigfinish.com. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
- ^ "Doctor Who: The Third Doctor Adventures: 2023B Title TBA - Doctor Who - The Third Doctor Adventures - Big Finish". www.bigfinish.com. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
- ^ "Big Finish Scribe Award Nominations 2022". 20 June 2022.