List of Doctor Who radio stories

Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The show has been a large influence in the media since its inception. 1966 saw the first radio broadcast of the show.

There have been many Doctor Who radio broadcasts over the years. In addition to a small number of in-house BBC productions, a larger number of radio plays produced by Big Finish began to be broadcast on BBC Radio 7 from 2005, featuring the Eighth Doctor (again played by Paul McGann) with mainstay companions Charley Pollard and later Lucie Miller. Initially, these were broadcasts of Big Finish productions that had already been released on CD. However, the series that began with Blood of the Daleks and concluded with Human Resources was specially commissioned by the BBC from Big Finish for broadcast prior to the CD release. Many more of these were released on CD than were broadcast on the radio; only those plays broadcast by the BBC are listed here. See the list of Doctor Who audio releases as a starting point for other audio plays and audio books, notably the List of Doctor Who audio plays by Big Finish which includes more plays than were broadcast.

List of radio stories

Title	Episodes	Directed by	Written by	Released
Movietime: "Daleks – Invasion Earth – 2150 A.D."	1 episode	Tony Luke	Gordon Gow (adaptation)	18 November 1966[1][2][3]
A narrated broadcast of the soundtrack of the second Dalek film on the BBC Light Programme
"Exploration Earth: The Time Machine"	1 episode, 20 minutes	Mike Howarth and David Lyttle	Bernard Venables	4 October 1976
An educational Radio 4 drama featuring the Fourth Doctor
Slipback	6 episodes, 10 minutes each	Paul Spencer	Eric Saward	25 July – 8 August 1985
A Radio 4 serial featuring the Sixth Doctor
The Paradise of Death	5 episodes, 30 minutes each	Phil Clarke	Barry Letts	27 August – 24 September 1993
A Radio 5 serial featuring the Third Doctor
Doctor Who and the Ghosts of N-Space	6 episodes, 30 minutes each	Phil Clarke	Barry Letts	20 January – 24 February 1996
A Radio 2 drama featuring the Third Doctor

Eighth Doctor dramas

The following are all Eighth Doctor dramas produced by Big Finish and broadcast on BBC Radio 7.

Title	Episodes	Directed by	Written by	Released
Storm Warning	4 episodes, 25 minutes each	Gary Russell	Alan Barnes	6–27 August 2005
Sword of Orion	4 episodes, 25 minutes each	Nicholas Briggs	Nicholas Briggs	3–24 September 2005
The Stones of Venice	4 episodes, 25 minutes each	Gary Russell	Paul Magrs	1–22 October 2005
Invaders from Mars	4 episodes, 25 minutes each	Mark Gatiss	Mark Gatiss	29 October – 19 November 2005
Shada	1 episode, 150 minutes	Nicholas Pegg	Douglas Adams & Gary Russell	10 December 2005
The Chimes of Midnight	4 episodes, 25 minutes each	Barnaby Edwards	Robert Shearman	17 December 2005 – 7 January 2006
Blood of the Daleks	2 episodes, 50 minutes each	Nicholas Briggs	Steve Lyons	31 December 2006 – 7 January 2007
Horror of Glam Rock	1 episode, 50 minutes	Barnaby Edwards	Paul Magrs	14 January 2007
Immortal Beloved	1 episode, 50 minutes	Jason Haigh-Ellery	Jonathan Clements	21 January 2007
Phobos	1 episode, 50 minutes	Barnaby Edwards	Eddie Robson	28 January 2007
No More Lies	1 episode, 50 minutes	Barnaby Edwards	Paul Sutton	4 February 2007
Human Resources	2 episodes, 50 minutes each	Nicholas Briggs	Eddie Robson	11–18 February 2007
Dead London	1 episode, 50 minutes	Barnaby Edwards	Pat Mills	19 October 2008
Max Warp	1 episode, 50 minutes	Barnaby Edwards	Jonathan Morris	26 October 2008
Brave New Town	1 episode, 50 minutes	Barnaby Edwards	Jonathan Clements	2 November 2008
The Skull of Sobek	1 episode, 50 minutes	Barnaby Edwards	Marc Platt	9 November 2008
Grand Theft Cosmos	1 episode, 50 minutes	Barnaby Edwards	Eddie Robson	19 November 2008
The Zygon Who Fell to Earth	1 episode, 50 minutes	Barnaby Edwards	Paul Magrs	23 November 2008
Sisters of the Flame	1 episode, 55 minutes	Nicholas Briggs	Nicholas Briggs	31 October 2009[4]
Vengeance of Morbius	1 episode, 55 minutes	Nicholas Briggs	Nicholas Briggs	18 December 2009
Orbis	2 episodes, 30 minutes each	Nicholas Briggs	Alan Barnes & Nicholas Briggs	16–23 May 2010
The Beast of Orlok	2 episodes, 30 minutes each	Barnaby Edwards	Barnaby Edwards	30 May – 6 June 2010
Scapegoat	2 episodes, 30 minutes each	Nicholas Briggs	Pat Mills	13–20 June 2010
The Cannibalists	2 episodes, 30 minutes each	Jason Haigh-Ellery	Jonathan Morris	27 June – 4 July 2010
Death in Blackpool	1 60-minute episode	Barnaby Edwards	Alan Barnes	7 January 2013
Situation Vacant	1 60-minute episode	Nicholas Briggs	Eddie Robson	8 January 2013
Nevermore	1 60-minute episode	Nicholas Briggs	Alan Barnes	9 January 2013
The Books of Kells	1 60-minute episode	Barnaby Edwards	Barnaby Edwards	10 January 2013
Deimos	1 60-minute episode	Barnaby Edwards	Jonathan Morris	11 January 2013
The Resurrection of Mars	1 60-minute episode	Barnaby Edwards	Jonathan Morris	14 January 2013
Relative Dimensions	1 60-minute episode	Barnaby Edwards	Marc Platt	15 January 2013
Prisoner of the Sun	1 60-minute episode	Jason Haigh-Ellery	Eddie Robson	16 January 2013
Lucie Miller	1 60-minute episode	Nicholas Briggs	Nicholas Briggs	17 January 2013
To the Death	1 60-minute episode	Nicholas Briggs	Nicholas Briggs	18 January 2013

Fifth Doctor dramas

In 2011, BBC Radio 4 Extra aired a series of three Fifth Doctor dramas produced by Big Finish. They continued with five more from September 2015.

Title	Episodes	Directed by	Written by	Released
Cobwebs	4 episodes, 30 minutes each	Barnaby Edwards	Jonathan Morris	16–20 May 2011[5]
The Whispering Forest	4 episodes, 30 minutes each	Barnaby Edwards	Stephen Cole	20–25 May 2011[5]
The Cradle of the Snake	4 episodes, 30 minutes each	Barnaby Edwards	Marc Platt	26 May – 1 June 2011
Heroes of Sontar	2 episodes, 60 minutes each	Ken Bentley	Alan Barnes	26 September – 3 October 2015[6][7]
The Demons of Red Lodge	1 episode, 30 minutes	Ken Bentley	Jason Arnopp	10 October 2015
The Entropy Composition	1 episode, 30 minutes	Ken Bently	Rick Briggs	17 October 2015
Doing Time	1 episode, 30 minutes	Ken Bently	William Gallagher	24 October 2015
Special Features	1 episode, 30 minutes	Ken Bently	John Dorney	7 November 2015

Fourth Doctor dramas

December 2011 saw the broadcast of the Fourth Doctor audio Hornets' Nest on BBC Radio 4 Extra. In May 2015, the first series of Fourth Doctor adventures from Big Finish Productions was broadcast featuring Tom Baker and Louise Jameson. The sequels to Hornets' Nest, Demon Quest and Serpent Crest followed in December 2016 and February 2017 respectively.

Title	Episodes	Directed by	Written by	Released
The Stuff of Nightmares	2 episodes, 30 minutes each	Kate Thomas	Paul Magrs	12–13 December 2011[8][9]
The Dead Shoes	2 episodes, 30 minutes each	Kate Thomas	Paul Magrs	14–15 December 2011[10][11]
The Circus of Doom	2 episodes, 30 minutes each	Kate Thomas	Paul Magrs	16 & 19 December 2011[12][13]
A Sting in the Tale	2 episodes, 30 minutes each	Kate Thomas	Paul Magrs	20–21 December 2011[14][15]
Hive of Horror	2 episodes, 30 minutes each	Kate Thomas	Paul Magrs	22–23 December 2011[16][17]

Seventh Doctor dramas

In 2012, BBC Radio 4 Extra began a series of Seventh Doctor dramas produced by Big Finish.

Title	Episodes	Directed by	Written by	Released
A Thousand Tiny Wings	3 episodes, 30 minutes each	Lisa Bowerman	Andy Lane	21–23 May 2012
Survival of the Fittest	4 episodes, 30 minutes each	John Ainsworth	Jonathan Clements	24–29 May 2012[18][19][20][21]
The Architects of History	4 episodes, 30 minutes each	John Ainsworth	Steve Lyons	30 May – 4 June 2012[22][23]

Sixth Doctor dramas

In 2016, BBC Radio 4 Extra began a series of Sixth Doctor dramas produced by Big Finish.

Title	Episodes	Directed by	Written by	Released
The Crimes of Thomas Brewster	2 episodes, 55 minutes each	Nicholas Briggs	Jonathan Morris	28 May – 4 June 2016[24]
Industrial Evolution	2 episodes, 55 minutes each	Nicholas Briggs	Eddie Robson	11 – 18 June 2016[25]
The Curse of Davros	2 episodes, 55 minutes each	Nicholas Briggs	Jonathan Morris	25 June – 2 July 2016[26]

Audiobook readings

BBC Radio 4 Extra has aired some of BBC Audio's audiobook readings of Classic Series novelisations, all read by Tom Baker.

Title	Episodes	Directed by	Written by	Released
Doctor Who and the Giant Robot	8 episodes, 30 min each	Tom Baker	Terrance Dicks	5–14 April 2010[27]
Doctor Who and The Brain of Morbius	8 episodes, 30 min each	Tom Baker	Terrance Dicks	15–26 April 2010[27]
Doctor Who and the Creature from the Pit	7 episodes, 30 min each	Tom Baker	David Fisher	27 April – 5 May 2010[27]
Doctor Who and the Pyramids of Mars	6 episodes, 30 min each	Tom Baker	Terrance Dicks	26 December 2011 – 2 January 2012[27]

50th Anniversary stories

In 2013, BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast 8 audio adventures and talking books from both Big Finish and Audio Go under the title of "Doctor Who at 50".

Title	Episodes	Directed by	Written by	Released
Doctor Who and the Daleks	10 episodes, 30 mins each	William Russell	David Whitaker	16 November 2013[28]
Protect and Survive	4 episodes, 30 mins each	Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred & Philip Olivier	Jonathan Morris	17 November 2013[28]
1963: Fanfare for the Common Men	4 episodes, 30 mins each	Peter Davison & Sarah Sutton	Eddie Robson	18 November 2013[28]
A Thousand Tiny Wings	3 episodes, 30 mins each	Sylvester McCoy & Tracey Childs	Andy Lane	19 November 2013[28]
Farewell, Great Macedon	3 episodes, 2 x 30 mins & 1 x 165 mins	William Russell & Carol Ann Ford	Moris Farhi; adapted by Nigel Robinson	20 November 2013[28]
Human Resources	2 episodes, 60 mins each	Paul McGann & Sheridan Smith	Eddie Robson	21 November 2013[28]
Doctor Who and the Dalek Invasion of Earth	2 episodes, 1 x 60 mins & 1 x 195 mins	William Russell	Terrance Dicks	22 November 2013[28]
Lucie Miller / To the Death	2 episodes, 60 mins each	Paul McGann & Sheridan Smith	Nicholas Briggs	24 November 2013

Webcasts

Death Comes to Time was released on CD by the BBC, and later re-released as an MP3 CD featuring the original illustrations. Real Time and Shada were released on CD by Big Finish. The webcast for Shada was released on DVD on 7 January 2013 as part of 'The Legacy Collection' and is only viewable on a PC or MAC. Scream of the Shalka was released in novel form in the Past Doctor Adventures series. While it has been classified for DVD release by the BBFC,^[29] a planned release was postponed due to the programme's return to television. It was later released on 16 September 2013.^[30]

Title	Episodes	Directed by	Written by	Released
Death Comes to Time	13 parts, 140 minutes in total	Dan Freedman	Colin Meek	13 July 2001 (pilot) 14 February – 3 May 2002 (regular)
An illustrated audio webcast for BBCi featuring the Seventh Doctor.
Real Time	6 parts, 12 minutes each	Gary Russell	Gary Russell	2 August – 6 September 2002
An illustrated audio webcast for BBCi featuring the Sixth Doctor.
Shada	6 parts, 25 minutes each	Nicholas Pegg	Douglas Adams	2 May – 6 June 2003
An illustrated audio webcast for BBCi featuring the Eighth Doctor in a remake of the unfinished Fourth Doctor serial.
Scream of the Shalka	6 parts, 15 minutes each	Wilson Milam	Paul Cornell	13 November – 18 December 2003
Animated webcast for BBCi featuring an alternative version of the Ninth Doctor known as the Shalka Doctor, played by Richard E. Grant.

See also

• Doctor Who
  • List of Doctor Who serials
  • List of Doctor Who missing episodes
  • List of unmade Doctor Who serials
  • List of Doctor Who audio releases
  • List of special Doctor Who episodes

References

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External links

• Doctor Who Reference Guide – detailed descriptions of all televised episodes, plus spin-off audio, video, and literary works.