Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures
Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures, formerly subtitled as the Main Range,[1] is a full-cast audio drama series based on the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who. Produced by Big Finish Productions between 1999[2] and 2021,[3] each audio drama stars one or more of the original actors who played the Doctor in the programme's classic series.
Doctor Who revolves around the adventures of an alien called the Doctor, whose people are called the Time Lords. He uses a spaceship called the TARDIS, which can travel in time as well as space. While travelling, the Doctor works to save lives and liberate oppressed peoples by combating foes. The Doctor often travels with companions. The programme has a concept of regeneration, in which, when a Time Lord is fatally injured, their cells regenerate and they are reincarnated into a different body with a different personality, but the same memories.[citation needed]
The Classic Series of Doctor Who, which these stories are based on, originally ran from 1963 to 1989 with a TV movie in 1996. In 1999, Big Finish obtained a non-exclusive licence to produce official Doctor Who audio plays.
Big Finish Productions began producing audio dramas featuring the Fifth Doctor, Sixth Doctor, and Seventh Doctors, under the "Main Range" banner, starting with the multi-Doctor story The Sirens of Time in July 1999. They gradually developed a pattern of thirteen releases per year, one every month with two in September or December. From 2001 to 2007, the main range also included releases featuring the Eighth Doctor; future releases with the Eighth Doctor were more sporadic, coincident with the beginning of the Eighth Doctor Adventures. Various companions appeared throughout the adventures in main and guest roles, mostly originating from television, though some originated from various spin-offs such as novels and comics, and some debuted in the Big Finish audios themselves.
In May 2020, Big Finish announced that The Monthly Adventures (which had recently changed its subtitle) would conclude with its 275th release, to be replaced with regular releases of each Doctor in their own boxsets throughout the year from January 2022, as part of a revamp. The number of these boxsets for each Doctor was announced in May 2022, with the first, second and fifth getting one boxset, and the other five, including the third and fourth, receiving two. With 275 releases over 22 years, the series holds the Guinness World Record for longest running science fiction audio play series.
History
[edit]Though the programme had been put on indefinite hiatus in 1989 (and despite the failed revival attempt with the 1996 TV movie), the BBC still published, as well as gave non-exclusive licences to other companies to produce, Doctor Who stories through various mediums such as novels and comics.[4] Big Finish Productions, which mostly consisted of fans who started out recording fan audio plays, were given the licence to record some of the New Adventures, a series of novels from Virgin Books which had originally been licensed Doctor Who stories, into audio plays.[5][6] This eventually transitioned into a licence to produce original audio dramas featuring the past Doctors, with The Sirens of Time being the first story to be released in July 1999.[5]
A number of Doctor Who spin-off writers formed the group of original writers, including Gary Russell, Nicholas Briggs, Justin Richards and Mark Gatiss.[5][6] Future Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat also joined, but left after it became clear that the licence did not extend to the then-incumbent Eighth Doctor. The still alive actors of the Fourth to Eighth Doctors were approached for the role, but Tom Baker, the Fourth Doctor, declined.[6] The releases therefore alternated between the Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Doctors, with the licence extended to include the Eighth Doctor in 2001 (although his releases were generally not included in the alternating schedule, instead that year's Eighth Doctor releases would all come out one after the other before then returning to the normal rotation of the other Doctors). Doctor Who was revived in 2005, returning to television, and the next few years saw the introduction of new spin-offs, including The Eighth Doctor Adventures, and the Eighth Doctor mostly moved away from the Main Range.[5]
Various companions from the television show returned across the next few years.[7] March 2000 saw the first time a companion originated in Big Finish itself, with the introduction of Evelyn Smythe, played by Maggie Stables;[8] October 2000 saw Lisa Bowerman reprise her role of Bernice Summerfield from Big Finish's spin-off of the same name, a character who originated in the Virgin novels;[8] and November 2000 saw the introduction of Frobisher, who originated in the comics, with Robert Jezek playing the role.[9] Since then, every televised companion has reprised their role in Big Finish (with the exception of Jackie Lane's Dodo Chaplet).[10]
Big Finish has been characterised as “augmenting the canon" by utilising "fan experiences and memories of fans" from TV, steeping itself in "fan nostalgia", even using the serial format of the original series and the corresponding theme tunes;[11] it has also been derogatorily referred to as being full of 'fanwank' for emphasising "fan pleasure" through references to continuity, over plot.[12] The releases have also been compared to fanfiction, in the way they try to "correct perceived transgressions",[13] focus on and deepen the characterisation and emotions of characters,[14] and revitalise the earlier dynamics of some villains[15] while also recontexualising their motivations.[16] On a more neutral level, they have been characterised as focusing more on the 'interpersonal' than the 'epic'; that instead of homages, they serve as supplements to the story, improving and emphasising other parts of the plot.[17]
Though the BBC has not echoed the sentiment, executive producer Nicholas Briggs considers the audios to be completely canonical.[18]
Theme music
[edit]From the start of the Main Range in July 1999 with The Sirens of Time up to the November 2002 release The Church and the Crown, the 1970s version of the theme tune by Delia Derbyshire was used anachronistically for all Fifth Doctor, Sixth Doctor, and Seventh Doctor stories in the Main Range, with the exception of the Seventh Doctor story The Rapture, released in September 2002, which used electronic dance remixes of the theme tune in keeping with the Ibiza nightclub theme of the story. At the time, the budget of Big Finish did not extend to being able to pay Dominic Glynn and Keff McCulloch for their versions of the television theme tune from 1986 and 1987–1989 respectively. Derbyshire was a BBC employee at the time when she made her versions of Ron Grainer's theme tune, so Big Finish would not have to pay her or her estate any royalties for using any of her versions of the theme tune. Derbyshire's 1970s theme tune was also considered more definitive than Peter Howell's version from 1980–1985. Howell had also been a BBC employee when he did his version of the theme tune.
Eighth Doctor Big Finish stories from the Main Range first used a new arrangement of the theme tune by David Arnold, starting from the first Eighth Doctor release, Storm Warning, in January 2001, up to The Girl Who Never Was in December 2007. The July 2009 release The Company of Friends used a new arrangement of the theme tune by Nicholas Briggs, while the trilogy of stories from October to December 2011, featuring the Eighth Doctor with Mary Shelley as his companion, used a new arrangement of the theme tune by Jamie Robertson.
From December 2002 onwards, beginning with Bang-Bang-a-Boom!, which had the correct McCulloch theme tune for a Seventh Doctor and Mel story, Big Finish was financially secure enough to start using the specific era versions of the theme tunes. There was a rare exception to this with the December 2006 release Year of the Pig, which is set in between the TV stories Timelash and Revelation of the Daleks, but uses the anachronistic Glynn version of the theme tune instead of the Howell version that was used during season 22 of the television series. The December 2020 release, Plight of the Pimpernel, takes place just before The Trial of a Time Lord, yet uses the Glynn theme, creating a debate amongst Big Finish Doctor Who fans as to whether the Glynn theme or Howell theme for Plight of the Pimpernel should have been used.
Cast
[edit]The following table includes characters who have appeared in at least one year as a main character. Main cast refers to those who appeared multiple times across unrelated stories in a given year, while those marked guest-only appeared across one set of stories in a given year:
| ✓ | Main cast |
| • | Guest cast |
1999–2010
[edit]| Actor | Character | Appearances | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | |||||||||||||
| Peter Davison | Fifth Doctor | ✓ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colin Baker | Sixth Doctor | ✓ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sylvester McCoy | Seventh Doctor | ✓ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Paul McGann | Eighth Doctor | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Mark Strickson | Vislor Turlough | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Nicola Bryant | Peri Brown | ✓ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sarah Sutton | Nyssa | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sophie Aldred | Ace | ✓ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maggie Stables | Evelyn Smythe | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Bonnie Langford | Mel Bush | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| India Fisher | Charley Pollard | ✓ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Caroline Morris | Erimem | ✓ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracey Childs | Elizabeth Klein | • | ✓ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Conrad Westmaas | C'rizz | ✓ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Philip Olivier | Hex | ✓ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Janet Fielding | Tegan Jovanka | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||||||||||||||
2011–2021
[edit]| Actor | Character | Appearances | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | ||
| Peter Davison | Fifth Doctor | ✓ | ||||||||||
| Colin Baker | Sixth Doctor | ✓ | ||||||||||
| Sylvester McCoy | Seventh Doctor | ✓ | ||||||||||
| Paul McGann | Eighth Doctor | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||
| Mark Strickson | Vislor Turlough | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| Nicola Bryant | Peri Brown | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
| Sarah Sutton | Nyssa | ✓ | ||||||||||
| Sophie Aldred | Ace | ✓ | ||||||||||
| Maggie Stables | Evelyn Smythe | ✓ | ||||||||||
| Bonnie Langford | Mel Bush | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||
| India Fisher | Charley Pollard | ✓ | ||||||||||
| Tracey Childs | Elizabeth Klein | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||
| Philip Olivier | Hex | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| Janet Fielding | Tegan Jovanka | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||
| Lisa Greenwood | Flip Jackson | • | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
| Miranda Raison | Constance Clarke | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||
| Matthew Waterhouse | Adric | ✓ | ||||||||||
Notable guests
[edit]The following list mentions the guest actors who have never appeared as a main character in any year, but have appeared as allies or enemies of the Doctor various times in the Main Range, or were allied multiple times in other mediums. They are listed alphabetically by character's last name (or only names when the last name is unknown or does not exist):
Companions in the show
[edit]Source:[19]
- Katy Manning as Jo Grant[i]
- John Leeson as K9[ii]
- Louise Jameson as Leela[iii]
- Nicholas Courtney and Jon Culshaw as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart[iv]
- Frazer Hines as Jamie McCrimmon[v]
- Lalla Ward as Romana[vi]
- Peter Purves as Steven Taylor[vii]
- Maureen O'Brien as Vicki[viii]
- Richard Franklin as Mike Yates[ix]
Others
[edit]- Maggie O'Neill as Lysandra Aristedes[x]
- Miles Richardson as Irving Braxiatel[xi]
- John Picard as Brewster[xii]
- Nicola Walker as Liv Chenka[xiii]
- Nicholas Briggs as the Daleks, Cybermen, and Ice Warriors[xiv]
- Terry Molloy as Davros[xv]
- Mark Bonnar as The Eleven[xvi]
- Robert Jezek as Frobisher[xvii]
- Katy Manning as Iris Wildthyme[i]
- George Watkins as Marc[xviii]
- Geoffrey Beevers, Alex Macqueen, and James Dreyfus as The Master[xix]
- Anna Hope as DI Menzies[xx]
- Graeme Garden and Rufus Hound as The Monk[xxi]
- Amy Pemberton as Sally Morgan[xxii]
- Siobhan Redmond as The Rani[xxiii]
- Don Warrington as Rassilon[xxiv]
- Julie Cox as Mary Shelley[xxv]
- Lisa Bowerman as Bernice Summerfield[xxvi]
Releases
[edit]1999
[edit]| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Doctor | Featuring | Released | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Sirens of Time" | Nicholas Briggs | Nicholas Briggs | Fifth, Sixth, Seventh | Time Lords | July 1999 | [65][66] |
| 2 | "Phantasmagoria" | Nicholas Briggs | Mark Gatiss | Fifth | Vislor Turlough | October 1999 | [67] |
| 3 | "Whispers of Terror" | Gary Russell | Justin Richards | Sixth | Peri Brown | November 1999 | [67] |
2000
[edit]| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Doctor | Featuring | Released | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | "The Land of the Dead" | Gary Russell | Stephen Cole | Fifth | Nyssa | January 2000 | [67] |
| 5 | "The Fearmonger" | Gary Russell | Jonathan Blum | Seventh | Ace McShane | February 2000 | [67] |
| 6 | "The Marian Conspiracy" | Gary Russell | Jacqueline Rayner | Sixth | Evelyn Smythe | March 2000 | [68][69] |
| 7 | "The Genocide Machine" | Nicholas Briggs | Mike Tucker | Seventh | Ace, Daleks | April 2000 | [70] |
| 8 | "Red Dawn" | Gary Russell | Justin Richards | Fifth | Peri, Ice Warriors | May 2000 | [70] |
| 9 | "The Spectre of Lanyon Moor" | Nicholas Pegg | Nicholas Pegg | Sixth | Evelyn, Brigadier | June 2000 | [69][8] |
| 10 | "Winter for the Adept" | Gary Russell | Andrew Cartmel | Fifth | Nyssa | July 2000 | [70] |
| 11 | "The Apocalypse Element" | Nicholas Briggs | Stephen Cole | Sixth | Evelyn, Romana II, Daleks | August 2000 | [70] |
| 12 | "The Fires of Vulcan" | Gary Russell | Steve Lyons | Seventh | Mel | September 2000 | [71][72] |
| 13 | "The Shadow of the Scourge" | Gary Russell | Paul Cornell | Seventh | Ace, Benny | October 2000 | [70] |
| 14 | "The Holy Terror" | Nicholas Pegg | Robert Shearman | Sixth | Frobisher | November 2000 | [73] |
| 15 | "The Mutant Phase" | Nicholas Briggs | Nicholas Briggs | Fifth | Nyssa, Daleks | December 2000 | [70] |
2001
[edit]| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Doctor | Featuring | Released | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | "Storm Warning" | Gary Russell | Alan Barnes | Eighth | Charley Pollard | January 2001 | [68][74] |
| 17 | "Sword of Orion" | Nicholas Briggs | Nicholas Briggs | Eighth | Charley, Cybermen | February 2001 | [75] |
| 18 | "The Stones of Venice" | Gary Russell | Paul Magrs | Eighth | Charley | March 2001 | [75] |
| 19 | "Minuet in Hell" | Nicholas Briggs | Alan W. Lear & Gary Russell | Eighth | Charley, Brigadier | April 2001 | [75] |
| 20 | "Loups-Garoux" | Nicholas Pegg | Marc Platt | Fifth | Turlough | May 2001 | [76] |
| 21 | "Dust Breeding" | Gary Russell | Mike Tucker | Seventh | Ace, The Master | June 2001 | [77] |
| 22 | "Bloodtide" | Gary Russell | Jonathan Morris | Sixth | Evelyn | July 2001 | [75] |
| 23 | "Project: Twilight" | Gary Russell | Cavan Scott & Mark Wright | Sixth | Evelyn | August 2001 | [75] |
| 24 | "The Eye of the Scorpion" | Gary Russell | Iain McLaughlin | Fifth | Peri, Erimem | September 2001 | [68][66] |
| 25 | "Colditz" | Gary Russell | Steve Lyons | Seventh | Ace, Elizabeth Klein | October 2001 | [78] |
| 26 | "Primeval" | Gary Russell | Lance Parkin | Fifth | Nyssa | November 2001 | [78] |
| 27 | "The One Doctor" | Gary Russell | Gareth Roberts & Clayton Hickman | Sixth | Mel | December 2001 | [78] |
2002
[edit]| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Doctor | Featuring | Released | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | "Invaders from Mars" | Mark Gatiss | Mark Gatiss | Eighth | Charley | January 2002 | [78] |
| 29 | "The Chimes of Midnight" | Barnaby Edwards | Robert Shearman | Eighth | Charley | February 2002 | [79] |
| 30 | "Seasons of Fear" | Gary Russell | Paul Cornell & Caroline Symcox | Eighth | Charley | March 2002 | [78] |
| 31 | "Embrace the Darkness" | Nicholas Briggs | Nicholas Briggs | Eighth | Charley | April 2002 | [78] |
| 32 | "The Time of the Daleks" | Nicholas Briggs | Justin Richards | Eighth | Charley, Daleks | May 2002 | [78] |
| 33 | "Neverland" | Gary Russell | Alan Barnes | Eighth | Charley, Romana II, Rassilon | June 2002 | [80] |
| 34 | "Spare Parts" | Gary Russell | Marc Platt | Fifth | Nyssa, Cybermen | July 2002 | [81] |
| 35 | "...ish" | Nicholas Briggs | Phil Pascoe | Sixth | Peri | August 2002 | [78] |
| 36 | "The Rapture" | Jason Haigh-Ellery | Joseph Lidster | Seventh | Ace | September 2002 | [82] |
| 37 | "The Sandman" | Gary Russell | Simon A. Forward | Sixth | Evelyn | October 2002 | [78] |
| 38 | "The Church and the Crown" | Gary Russell | Cavan Scott & Mark Wright | Fifth | Peri, Erimem | November 2002 | [78] |
| 39 | "Bang-Bang-a-Boom!" | Nicholas Pegg | Gareth Roberts & Clayton Hickman | Seventh | Mel | December 2002 | [78] |
2003
[edit]| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Doctor | Featuring | Released | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | "Jubilee" | Nicholas Briggs, Robert Shearman | Robert Shearman | Sixth | Evelyn, Daleks | January 2003 | [83] |
| 41 | "Nekromanteia" | John Ainsworth | Austen Atkinson | Fifth | Peri, Erimem | February 2003 | [78] |
| 42 | "The Dark Flame" | Jason Haigh-Ellery | Trevor Baxendale | Seventh | Ace, Benny | March 2003 | [78] |
| 43 | "Doctor Who and the Pirates" | Barnaby Edwards | Jacqueline Rayner | Sixth | Evelyn | April 2003 | [78] |
| 44 | "Creatures of Beauty" | Nicholas Briggs | Nicholas Briggs | Fifth | Nyssa | May 2003 | [78] |
| 45 | "Project: Lazarus" | Gary Russell | Cavan Scott & Mark Wright | Sixth | Seventh Doctor, Evelyn | June 2003 | [78] |
| 46 | "Flip-Flop" | Gary Russell | Jonathan Morris | Seventh | Mel | July 2003 | [78] |
| 47 | "Omega" | Gary Russell | Nev Fountain | Fifth | None | August 2003 | [84] |
| 48 | "Davros" | Gary Russell | Lance Parkin | Sixth | Davros | September 2003 | [78] |
| 49 | "Master" | Gary Russell | Joseph Lidster | Seventh | The Master | October 2003 | [85] |
| 50 | "Zagreus" | Gary Russell | Gary Russell & Alan Barnes | Third,[a] Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth | Charley, Romana II, Irving Braxiatel, Leela, K9, Rassilon | November 2003 | [86] |
| 51 | "The Wormery" | Gary Russell | Stephen Cole & Paul Magrs | Sixth | Iris Wildthyme | November 2003 | [86] |
| 52 | "Scherzo" | Gary Russell | Robert Shearman | Eighth | Charley | December 2003 | [86] |
2004
[edit]| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Doctor | Featuring | Released | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | "The Creed of the Kromon" | Gary Russell | Philip Martin | Eighth | Charley, C'rizz | January 2004 | [86] |
| 54 | "The Natural History of Fear" | Gary Russell | Jim Mortimore | Eighth | Charley, C'rizz | February 2004 | [87] |
| 55 | "The Twilight Kingdom" | Gary Russell | Will Shindler | Eighth | Charley, C'rizz | March 2004 | [87] |
| 56 | "The Axis of Insanity" | Gary Russell | Simon Furman | Fifth | Peri, Erimem | April 2004 | [87] |
| 57 | "Arrangements for War" | Gary Russell | Paul Sutton | Sixth | Evelyn | May 2004 | [87] |
| 58 | "The Harvest" | Gary Russell | Dan Abnett | Seventh | Ace, Hex, Cybermen | June 2004 | [87] |
| 59 | "The Roof of the World" | Gary Russell | Adrian Rigelsford | Fifth | Peri, Erimem | July 2004 | [88] |
| 60 | "Medicinal Purposes" | Gary Russell | Robert Ross | Sixth | Evelyn | August 2004 | [88] |
| 61 | "Faith Stealer" | Gary Russell | Graham Duff | Eighth | Charley, C'rizz | September 2004 | [88] |
| 62 | "The Last" | Gary Russell | Gary Hopkins | Eighth | Charley, C'rizz | October 2004 | [88] |
| 63 | "Caerdroia" | Gary Russell | Lloyd Rose | Eighth | Charley, C'rizz | November 2004 | [88] |
| 64 | "The Next Life" | Gary Russell | Alan Barnes & Gary Russell | Eighth | Charley, C'rizz, Rassilon | December 2004 | [89] |
2005
[edit]| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Doctor | Featuring | Released | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 65 | "The Juggernauts" | Gary Russell | Scott Alan Woodard | Sixth | Mel, Davros, Daleks | January 2005 | [89] |
| 66 | "The Game" | Gary Russell | Darin Henry | Fifth | Nyssa | February 2005 | [89] |
| 67 | "Dreamtime" | Gary Russell | Simon A. Forward | Seventh | Ace, Hex | March 2005 | [89] |
| 68 | "Catch-1782" | Gary Russell | Alison Lawson | Sixth | Mel | April 2005 | [89] |
| 69 | "Three's a Crowd" | Gary Russell | Colin Brake | Fifth | Peri, Erimem | May 2005 | [89] |
| 70 | "Unregenerate!" | John Ainsworth | David A. McIntee | Seventh | Mel | June 2005 | [89] |
| 71 | "The Council of Nicaea" | Gary Russell | Caroline Symcox | Fifth | Peri, Erimem | July 2005 | [89] |
| 72 | "Terror Firma" | Gary Russell | Joseph Lidster | Eighth | Charley, C'rizz, Davros, Daleks | August 2005 | [89] |
| 73 | "Thicker Than Water" | Edward Salt | Paul Sutton | Sixth | Mel, Evelyn | September 2005 | [89] |
| 74 | "LIVE 34" | Gary Russell | James Parsons & Andrew Stirling-Brown | Seventh | Ace, Hex | September 2005 | [89] |
| 75 | "Scaredy Cat" | Nigel Fairs | Will Shindler | Eighth | Charley, C'rizz | October 2005 | [89] |
| 76 | "Singularity" | Gary Russell | James Swallow | Fifth | Turlough | November 2005 | [90] |
| 77 | "Other Lives" | Gary Russell | Gary Hopkins | Eighth | Charley, C'rizz | December 2005 | [90] |
2006
[edit]| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Doctor | Featuring | Released | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78 | "Pier Pressure" | Gary Russell | Robert Ross | Sixth | Evelyn | January 2006 | [90] |
| 79 | "Night Thoughts" | Gary Russell | Edward Young | Seventh | Ace, Hex | February 2006 | [90] |
| 80 | "Time Works" | Edward Salt | Steve Lyons | Eighth | Charley, C'rizz | March 2006 | [90] |
| 81 | "The Kingmaker" | Gary Russell | Nev Fountain | Fifth | Peri, Erimem | April 2006 | [90] |
| 82 | "The Settling" | Gary Russell | Simon Guerrier | Seventh | Ace, Hex | May 2006 | [90] |
| 83 | "Something Inside" | Nicholas Briggs | Trevor Baxendale | Eighth | Charley, C'rizz | June 2006 | [90] |
| 84 | "The Nowhere Place" | Nicholas Briggs | Nicholas Briggs | Sixth | Evelyn | July 2006 | [90] |
| 85 | "Red" | Gary Russell | Stewart Sheargold | Seventh | Mel | August 2006 | [90] |
| 86 | "The Reaping" | Gary Russell | Joseph Lidster | Sixth | Peri, Cybermen | September 2006 | [90] |
| 87 | "The Gathering" | Gary Russell | Joseph Lidster | Fifth | Tegan, Cybermen | September 2006 | [90] |
| 88 | "Memory Lane" | Gary Russell | Eddie Robson | Eighth | Charley, C'rizz | October 2006 | [90] |
| 89 | "No Man's Land" | John Ainsworth | Martin Day | Seventh | Ace, Hex | November 2006 | [90] |
| 90 | "Year of the Pig" | Gary Russell | Matthew Sweet | Sixth | Peri | December 2006 | [90] |
2007
[edit]| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Doctor | Featuring | Released | Ref | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 91 | "Spring" | John Ainsworth | Paul Cornell & Mike Maddox | Fifth | Nyssa | January 2007 | [91] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Summer" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Autumn" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Winter" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Anthology release titled Circular Time. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 92 | "Nocturne" | John Ainsworth | Dan Abnett | Seventh | Ace, Hex | February 2007 | [92] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 93 | "Renaissance of the Daleks" | John Ainsworth | Christopher H. Bidmead | Fifth | Nyssa, Daleks | March 2007 | [92] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 94 | "I.D." | John Ainsworth | Eddie Robson | Sixth | None | April 2007 | [92] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Urgent Calls" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 95 | "Exotron" | Barnaby Edwards | Paul Sutton | Fifth | Peri | May 2007 | [92] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Urban Myths" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 96 | "Valhalla" | John Ainsworth | Marc Platt | Seventh | None | June 2007 | [92] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 97 | "The Wishing Beast" | John Ainsworth | Paul Magrs | Sixth | Mel | July 2007 | [93] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| "The Vanity Box" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 98 | "Frozen Time" | Barnaby Edwards | Nicholas Briggs | Seventh | Ice Warriors | August 2007 | [93] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 99 | "Son of the Dragon" | Barnaby Edwards | Steve Lyons | Fifth | Peri, Erimem | September 2007 | [93] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 100 | "100 BC" | Nicholas Briggs | Jacqueline Rayner | Sixth | Evelyn | September 2007 | [93] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| "My Own Private Wolfgang" | Rob Shearman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Bedtime Story" | Joseph Lidster | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "The 100 Days of the Doctor" | Paul Cornell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Anthology release titled 100. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 101 | "Absolution" | Barnaby Edwards | Scott Alan Woodard | Eighth | Charley, C'rizz | October 2007 | [94] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 102 | "The Mind's Eye" | Barnaby Edwards | Colin Brake | Fifth | Peri, Erimem | November 2007 | [94] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Mission of the Viyrans" | Nicholas Briggs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 103 | "The Girl Who Never Was" | Barnaby Edwards | Alan Barnes | Eighth | Charley, Cybermen | December 2007 | [94] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2008
[edit]| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Doctor | Featuring | Released | Ref | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 104 | "The Bride of Peladon" | Barnaby Edwards | Barnaby Edwards | Fifth | Peri, Erimem, Ice Warriors | January 2008 | [94] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 105 | "The Condemned" | Nicholas Briggs | Eddie Robson | Sixth | Charley, DI Menzies | February 2008 | [94] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 106 | "The Dark Husband" | Nicholas Briggs | David Quantick | Seventh | Ace, Hex | March 2008 | [94] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 107 | "The Haunting of Thomas Brewster" | Barnaby Edwards | Jonathan Morris | Fifth | Nyssa, Brewster | April 2008 | [94] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 108 | "Assassin in the Limelight" | Barnaby Edwards | Robert Ross | Sixth | Evelyn | May 2008 | [95] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 109 | "The Death Collectors" | Ken Bentley | Stewart Sheargold | Seventh | None | June 2008 | [96] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Spider's Shadow" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 110 | "The Boy That Time Forgot" | Barnaby Edwards | Paul Magrs | Fifth | Nyssa, Brewster, Adric | July 2008 | [96] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 111 | "The Doomwood Curse" | Barnaby Edwards | Jacqueline Rayner | Sixth | Charley | August 2008 | [96] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 112 | "Kingdom of Silver" | Ken Bentley | James Swallow | Seventh | Cybermen | September 2008 | [96] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Keepsake" | Nicholas Briggs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 113 | "Time Reef" | Barnaby Edwards | Marc Platt | Fifth | Nyssa, Brewster | September 2008 | [96] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| "A Perfect World" | Jonathan Morris | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 114 | "Brotherhood of the Daleks" | Nicholas Briggs | Alan Barnes | Sixth | Charley, Daleks, Thals | October 2008 | [96] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 115 | "False Gods" | Ken Bentley | Mark Morris | Seventh | Ace, Hex | November 2008 | [96] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Order of Simplicity" | Nick Scovell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Casualties of War" | Mark Michalowski | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "The Word Lord" | Steven Hall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Anthology release titled Forty-five. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 116 | "The Raincloud Man" | Nicholas Briggs | Eddie Robson | Sixth | Charley, DI Menzies | December 2008 | [53] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2009
[edit]| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Doctor | Featuring | Released | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 117 | "The Judgement of Isskar" | Jason Haigh-Ellery | Simon Guerrier | Fifth | Amy, Ice Warriors | January 2009 | [97] |
| 118 | "The Destroyer of Delights" | Lisa Bowerman | Jonathan Clements | Fifth | Amy | February 2009 | [98] |
| 119 | "The Chaos Pool" | Lisa Bowerman | Peter Anghelides | Fifth | Amy, Romana II | March 2009 | [28] |
| 120 | "The Magic Mousetrap" | Ken Bentley | Matthew Sweet | Seventh | Ace, Hex | April 2009 | [99] |
| 121 | "Enemy of the Daleks" | Ken Bentley | David Bishop | Seventh | Ace, Hex, Daleks | May 2009 | [100] |
| 122 | "The Angel of Scutari" | Ken Bentley | Paul Sutton | Seventh | Ace, Hex | June 2009 | [101] |
| 123 | "Benny's Story" | Nicholas Briggs | Lance Parkin | Eighth | Benny | July 2009 |