Doctor Who: The Fifth Doctor Adventures
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The Fifth Doctor Adventures is a Big Finish Productions audio play series based on the television series Doctor Who. It sees the return of Peter Davison reprising his role as the Fifth Doctor.
History[]
In 1999, beginning with the story "The Sirens of Time", Big Finsh Productions began producing a series of audio adventures featuring the Fifth Doctor, Sixth Doctor and Seventh Doctor. For 22 years these stories continued collectively known as Big Finish's "Main Range".[1][2] In May 2020, Big Finish announced the main range would conclude in March 2021 and subsequently replaced with regular releases of each Doctor's adventures continuing in their own respective ranges.[3][4] Several previously released special titles where retroactively reallocated into these new ranges by Big Finish.
Cast and characters[]
This section shows 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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Sp. | Fifth Doctor Boxset | Wicked Sisters | Lost Resort | Forty | |||
Vol. 1 | Vol. 2 | ||||||
Peter Davison | The Doctor | ✓ | |||||
Matthew Waterhouse | Adric | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Sarah Sutton | Nyssa | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
Janet Fielding | Tegan | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
Louise Jameson | Leela | ✓ | |||||
Ciara Janson | Abby | ✓ | |||||
Laura Doddington | Zara | ✓ | |||||
George Watkins | Marc | ✓ | |||||
Mark Strickson | Vislor Turlough | ✓ | |||||
Jon Culshaw | The Brigadier | ✓ | |||||
Nicholas Briggs | Daleks | ✓ | |||||
Cybermen | ✓ | ||||||
Ice Warriors | ✓ |
Notable Guests[]
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Episodes[]
Specials[]
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
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1 | "No Place Like Home"[5] | Gary Russell | Iain McLaughlin | Fifth Doctor, Erimem, Shayde | January 2003 |
2 | "Cuddlesome"[6] | Barnaby Edwards | Nigel Fairs | Fifth Doctor | March 2008 |
3 | "Return to the Web Planet"[7] | Barnaby Edwards | Daniel O'Mahony | Fifth Doctor, Nyssa, Zarbi, Menoptera | December 2008 |
The Fifth Doctor Box Set (2014)[]
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
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1 | "Psychodrome"[8] | Ken Bentley | Jonathan Morris | Fifth Doctor, Adric, Nyssa, Tegan | August 2014 |
2 | "Iterations of I"[8] | Ken Bentley | John Dorney | Fifth Doctor, Adric, Nyssa, Tegan | August 2014 |
Wicked Sisters (2020)[]
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
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1 | "The Garden of Storms"[9] | Lisa Bowerman | Simon Guerrier | Fifth Doctor, Leela, Abby, Zara | November 2020 |
2 | "The Moonrakers"[9] | Lisa Bowerman | Simon Guerrier | Fifth Doctor, Leela, Abby, Zara | November 2020 |
3 | "The People Made of Smoke"[9] | Lisa Bowerman | Simon Guerrier | Fifth Doctor, Leela, Abby, Zara | November 2020 |
The Lost Resort and Other Stories (2021)[]
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
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1 | "The Lost Resort"[10] | Scott Handcock & Samuel Clemens | AK Benedict | Fifth Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan, Marc, Adric | September 2021 |
2 | "The Perils of Nellie Bly"[10] | Scott Handcock & Samuel Clemens | Sarah Ward | Fifth Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan, Marc | September 2021 |
3 | "Nightmare of the Daleks"[10] | Scott Handcock & Samuel Clemens | Martyn Waites | Fifth Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan, Marc, Daleks | September 2021 |
Forty (2022)[]
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released | |||||||
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Volume 1 | ||||||||||||
1 | "Secrets of Telos" | Ken Bentley | Matt Fitton | Fifth Doctor, Adric, Nyssa, Tegan, Cybermen | January 2022 | |||||||
2 | "God of War" | Ken Bentley | Sarah Grochala | Fifth Doctor, Adric, Nyssa, Tegan, Ice Warriors | January 2022 | |||||||
– | "Interlude: I, Kamelion" | N/A | Dominic Martin | Fifth Doctor, Turlough, Kamelion (read by Dan Starkey) | January 2022 | |||||||
Volume 2 | ||||||||||||
3 | "The Auton Infinity"[11] | Ken Bentley | Tim Foley | Fifth Doctor, Adric, Nyssa, Tegan, The Brigadier, Turlough, Autons | September 2022 | |||||||
4 | TBA | Ken Bentley | TBA | Fifth Doctor | September 2022[11] |
Awards and nominations[]
Award ceremony | Year | Category | Work(s) | Result | Ref. |
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Scribe Awards | 2015 | Best Audio | Iterations of I | Won | [12] |
References[]
- ^ Jeffrey, Morgan (23 June 2017). "Celebrating Big Finish: How a gang of fans reinvented Doctor Who for a new audience". DigitalSpy. Archived from the original on 28 September 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
- ^ Ford, Joe (19 January 2010). "The Sirens of Time written and directed by Nick Briggs". Doc Oho Reviews. Archived from the original on 26 January 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
- ^ "Revamped Doctor Who audio ranges from Big Finish". Big Finish Productions. Archived from the original on 26 May 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ^ "Big Finish to end monthly Doctor Who audio range in 2022 revamp". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 25 May 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- ^ "Doctor Who: No Place Like Home". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- ^ "Doctor Who: Cuddlesome". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- ^ "Doctor Who: Return to the Web Planet". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- ^ a b "Doctor Who: The Fifth Doctor Adventures Volume 01". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- ^ a b c "Doctor Who: Wicked Sisters". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ^ a b c https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/many-happy-returns-peter-davison
- ^ a b https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/the-fifth-doctor-turns-forty
- ^ https://iamtw.org/the-scribe-awards/previous-scribe-award-winners/
- Audio plays based on Doctor Who
- Big Finish Productions
- Doctor Who spin-offs
- Fifth Doctor audio plays