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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 Finish 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".12 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.34 Several previously released special titles were retroactively reallocated into these new ranges by Big Finish.
Cast and characters
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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 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sp. | Fifth Doctor Boxset | Wicked Sisters | Lost Resort | Forty | Conflicts of Interest | In The Night | The Dream Team | The Great Beyond | Helter Skelter | 2025B | |||
| Vol. 1 | Vol. 2 | ||||||||||||
| Peter Davison | The Doctor | ✓ | |||||||||||
| Matthew Waterhouse | Adric | Does not appear | ✓ | Does not appear | ✓ | ✓ | Does not appear | ✓ | Does not appear | ||||
| Sarah Sutton | Nyssa | ✓ | Does not appear | ✓ | Does not appear | ||||||||
| Janet Fielding | Tegan | Does not appear | ✓ | Does not appear | ✓ | Does not appear | |||||||
| Louise Jameson | Leela | Does not appear | ✓ | Does not appear | |||||||||
| Ciara Janson | Abby | Does not appear | ✓ | Does not appear | |||||||||
| Laura Doddington | Zara | Does not appear | ✓ | Does not appear | |||||||||
| George Watkins | Marc | Does not appear | ✓ | Does not appear | |||||||||
| Mark Strickson | Vislor Turlough | Does not appear | ✓ | Does not appear | ✓ | Does not appear | |||||||
| Jon Culshaw | The Brigadier | Does not appear | ✓ | Does not appear | |||||||||
| The Master | |||||||||||||
| Kamelion | |||||||||||||
| Nicholas Briggs | Daleks | Does not appear | ✓ | Does not appear | |||||||||
| Cybermen | Does not appear | ✓ | Does not appear | ||||||||||
| Ice Warriors | Does not appear | ✓ | Does not appear | ||||||||||
Notable Guests
- Caroline Morris as Erimem
- Mark Donovan as Shayde
Episodes
Specials
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "No Place Like Home"5 | Gary Russell | Iain McLaughlin | Fifth Doctor, Erimem, Shayde | January 2003 (2003-01) |
| 2 | "Cuddlesome"6 | Barnaby Edwards | Nigel Fairs | Fifth Doctor | March 2008 (2008-03) |
| 3 | "Return to the Web Planet"7 | Barnaby Edwards | Daniel O'Mahony | Fifth Doctor, Nyssa, Zarbi, Menoptera | December 2008 (2008-12) |
The Fifth Doctor Box Set (2014)
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Psychodrome"8 | Ken Bentley | Jonathan Morris | Fifth Doctor, Adric, Nyssa, Tegan | August 2014 (2014-08) |
| 2 | "Iterations of I"8 | John Dorney | |||
Wicked Sisters (2020)
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Garden of Storms"9 | Lisa Bowerman | Simon Guerrier | Fifth Doctor, Leela, Abby, Zara | November 2020 (2020-11) |
| 2 | "The Moonrakers"9 | ||||
| 3 | "The People Made of Smoke"9 | ||||
The Lost Resort and Other Stories (2021)
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Lost Resort"10 | Scott Handcock | AK Benedict | Fifth Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan, Marc, Adric | September 2021 (2021-09) |
| 2 | "The Perils of Nellie Bly"10 | Scott Handcock | Sarah Ward | Fifth Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan, Marc | |
| 3 | "Nightmare of the Daleks"10 | Samuel Clemens | Martyn Waites | Fifth Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan, Marc, Daleks | |
Forty (2022)
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volume 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | "Secrets of Telos"11 | Ken Bentley | Matt Fitton | Fifth Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan, Cybermen | January 2022 (2022-01) | |||||||
| 2 | "God of War"11 | Sarah Grochala | Fifth Doctor, Adric, Nyssa, Tegan, Ice Warriors | |||||||||
| – | "Interlude: I, Kamelion"11 | Read by : Dan Starkey | Dominic Martin | Fifth Doctor, Turlough, Kamelion | January 2022 (2022-01) | |||||||
| Volume 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | "The Auton Infinity"12 | Ken Bentley | Tim Foley | Fifth Doctor, Tegan, Turlough, Kamelion, The Brigadier, Autons, The Master | September 2022 (2022-09) | |||||||
Conflicts of Interest (2023)
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Friendly Fire"13 | Ken Bentley | John Dorney | Fifth Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan | April 2023 (2023-04) |
| 2 | "The Edge of the War"14 | Jonathan Barnes | |||
| – | "Interlude: Gobbledegook" | Read by : Dan Starkey | Frazer Lee | Fifth Doctor | April 2023 (2023-04) |
In the Night (2023)
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Pursuit of the Nightjar" | Ken Bentley | Tim Foley | Fifth Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan | September 2023 (2023-09) |
| 2 | "Resistor" | Sarah Grochala | |||
The Dream Team (2024)
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Merfolk Murders" | Ken Bentley | Tim Foley | Fifth Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan, Adric | April 2024 (2024-04) |
| 2 | "Dream Team" | Lizzie Hopley | |||
| – | "Interlude: Meanwhile, Turlough" | Read by : Dan Starkey | Jonathan Blum | Fifth Doctor, Tegan, Turlough | April 2024 (2024-04) |
The Great Beyond (2024)
A second boxset is scheduled for release in September 2024.15 Big Finish's Creative Director Nicholas Briggs described them as "...really imaginative, celebratory adventures that feel like Classic Doctor Who turned right up to eleven, in the very best of ways".16
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Part 1" | Ken Bentley | James Kettle | Fifth Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan, Adric | September 2024 (2024-09) |
| 2 | "Part 2" | ||||
| 3 | "Part 3" | ||||
| 4 | "Part 4" | ||||
| 5 | "Part 5" | ||||
| 6 | "Part 6" | ||||
Hooklight (2025)
On 23 May 2024, Big Finish announced their slate of boxsets for 2025. Senior Producer John Ainsworth said "...in 2025, Peter Davison stars in a 12-part Fifth Doctor story for the first time ever. It's an epic featuring new worlds, new creatures and a searing light that could burn everything to dust."17 The two boxsets are scheduled for release in April18 and May 2025,19 respectively.
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | "Part 1" | Ken Bentley | Tim Foley | Fifth Doctor, Eighth Doctor, Tegan, Nyssa, Adric | April 2025 (2025-04) | |||||||
| 2 | "Part 2" | |||||||||||
| 3 | "Part 3" | |||||||||||
| 4 | "Part 4" | |||||||||||
| 5 | "Part 5" | |||||||||||
| 6 | "Part 6" | |||||||||||
| Part 2 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | "Part 7" | Ken Bentley | Tim Foley | Fifth Doctor, Eighth Doctor, Tegan, Nyssa, Adric | May 2025 (2025-05) | |||||||
| 2 | "Part 8" | |||||||||||
| 3 | "Part 9" | |||||||||||
| 4 | "Part 10" | |||||||||||
| 5 | "Part 11" | |||||||||||
| 6 | "Part 12" | |||||||||||
Helter Skelter (2026)
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | "Field of Miracles" | Ken Bentley | Lauren Mooney and Stewart Pringle | Fifth Doctor, Tegan, Turlough | April 2026 (2026-04)20 | |||||||
| 2 | "Helter Skelter" | James Moran | ||||||||||
| 3 | "Land of Fools" | Lauren Mooney and Stewart Pringle | ||||||||||
Awards and nominations
| Award ceremony | Year | Category | Work(s) | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audio and Radio Industry Awards | 2026 | Best Drama or Fiction | Hooklight | Pending | 21 |
| Scribe Awards | 2015 | Best Audio | Iterations of I | Won | 22 |
| 2022 | The Lost Resort | Nominated | |||
| 2024 | Pursuit of the Nightjar | Nominated |
References
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