These are the season and episode counts for all seasons and series released as of 1 January 2024[update], ordered by the date that they were initially released.
Big Finish's current licence from the BBC allows it to produce audio dramas featuring the first twelve incarnations of the Doctor and associated characters introduced into the series between 1963 and 2017. Big Finish confirmed in April 2022 that they are producing stories featuring associated characters introduced during the era of the Thirteenth Doctor (Jodie Whittaker), specifically The Fugitive Doctor (Jo Martin) and The Master (Sacha Dhawan).[4] In July 2024, Big Finish announced they would be producing stories featuring Jodie Whittaker as the Thirteenth Doctor and Mandip Gill as companion Yasmin Khan.[5][6][7][8]
Several actors who played the Doctor and companions of previous Doctors have appeared in other roles, including Russell, O'Brien, Marsh, Wills, Watling, Padbury, Caroline John, Manning, Elisabeth Sladen, Leeson, Daphne Ashbrook, Tennant and Bernard Cribbins. Sladen also reprised Sarah Jane Smith in a spin-off series simply entitled Sarah Jane Smith. Sladen never appeared as Sarah alongside any incarnation of the Doctor for Big Finish; a series with Tom Baker was planned, but was never recorded due to Sladen's untimely death in April 2011.
Initially Matthew Waterhouse declined to reprise the role of Adric so the character was recast and played by Andrew Sachs as an older version of the character. Waterhouse later returned to the role on an ongoing basis.
Big Finish also started The Companion Chronicles series of plays, featuring a companion or friend of the Doctor and a supporting cast member. Ford, Russell, O'Brien, Purves, Marsh, Wills, Hines, Watling, Padbury, Manning, Jameson, Tamm, Ward, Sutton, Strickson and Aldred have all reprised their roles in this series along with John (Liz).
As well as this, Big Finish started the Doctor Who: The Early Adventures series of full-cast plays, featuring the First Doctor (recast to William Russell and Peter Purves, following William Hartnell's death in 1975) and the Second Doctor (recast to Frazer Hines, following Patrick Troughton's death in 1987), and companions Barbara Wright (recast to Maureen O'Brien and Jemma Powell, following Jacqueline Hill's death in 1993) and Ben Jackson (recast to Elliot Chapman, following Michael Craze's death in 1998), and Russell, Ford, O'Brien, Purves, Marsh, Wills, Hines, Watling and Padbury reprising their roles from the original series. They also started The Third Doctor Adventures series of full-cast plays, featuring Tim Treloar recast as the Third Doctor (following Jon Pertwee's death in 1996), Manning as Jo, and Franklin as Yates.
In January 2007, a new series of Eighth Doctor audio adventures was broadcast on BBC7. These starred McGann alongside Sheridan Smith as the aforementioned new companion Lucie Miller. There were eight 50-minute episodes in total; the first and last stories were two-parters, and the rest were single episodes. These adventures have since been released on CD. In 2008, BBC7 broadcast the second series of The New Eighth Doctor Adventures (which Big Finish had already released on CD) bar the final two-part story. All fourteen episodes were then repeated in 2009, and the final two-part story later that year. Big Finish has gone on to produce two further series of these Adventures, and four selected stories from the third series were aired in 2010, with BBC Radio 4 Extra (as Radio 7 became) skipping ahead to the fourth series in early 2013.
In May/June 2011, BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast the Fifth Doctor stories Cobwebs, The Whispering Forest, and Cradle of the Snake. In May/June 2012, these were followed by the Seventh Doctor stories A Thousand Tiny Wings, Survival of the Fittest, Klein's Story and The Architects of History. For the fiftieth anniversary of the show, BBC Radio 4 Extra repeated several stories and broadcast two new stories; Protect and Survive starring Sylvester McCoy and 1963: Fanfare for the Common Men starring Peter Davison. In May 2015, BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast the first series of Fourth Doctor Adventures starring Tom Baker and Louise Jameson. In 2016, the station broadcast a run of Sixth Doctor adventures: The Crimes of Thomas Brewster (28 May – 4 June),[10]Industrial Evolution (11–18 June)[11] and The Curse of Davros (25 June – 2 July).[12]
On the 23 May 2024, Big Finish announced their slate of boxsets for 2025. Nicholas Briggs said: “All our writers, directors, script editors and producers continue to work tirelessly to create exciting new adventures for all our Doctors. The First Doctor continues his strange encounters with past companions, with an absolute corker by Jacqueline Rayner, already recorded and in post-production."[15] The release is set for January 2025.[16]
In 2012, Big Finish began a range of ongoing dramas featuring the Fourth Doctor, as portrayed by Tom Baker. Baker had previously declined to feature in Big Finish releases, but after recording The Fourth Doctor Box Set had been encouraged to participate.
A second boxset is scheduled for release in September 2024.[38] 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".[39]
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
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."[40] The two boxsets are scheduled for release in April[41] and May 2025,[42] respectively.
In 2006 Big Finish began a standalone range of audio plays featuring the Eighth Doctor. These stories were set after his travels with Charley Pollard and C'rizz in the main range, which were subsequently ended.
Following on directly from the Eighth Doctor Adventures, Dark Eyes consists of four box sets, each made up of four hour-long episodes, the first released in November 2012 and the last in March 2015.
Announced in August 2018, this series is set between the first and second series of audio adventures.[71]
Announced in August 2018, this series is set between the first and second series of audio adventures.[72]
A Special 25th Anniversary special of Big Finish Doctor Who audio dramas. Released alongside a full-cast live recording event at Cadogan Hall in London on Saturday 14 September 2024.[77][78]
In July 2024, Big Finish announced they would be producing stories featuring Jodie Whittaker as the Thirteenth Doctor and Mandip Gill as companion Yasmin Khan commencing July 2025.[5]
These releases have been given their own article for practicality purposes.
Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures (previously known as the "Main Range") is a series of full-cast audiobook adventures based on the Britishscience fiction television programme Doctor Who, produced by Nicholas Briggs and Big Finish Productions and starring one of the original actors to play The Doctor on television in the classic era of the programme. By 2018 the range featured the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Doctors, with a pattern of thirteen releases per year, one every month with two in September or December.[83][84] In May 2020, Big Finish announced that the Monthly Range would conclude with its 275th issue in March 2021, to be replaced with regular releases of each Doctor in their own boxsets throughout the year from January 2022.[85]
Big Finish Productions began producing audio dramas featuring the Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Doctors, starting with The Sirens of Time in July 1999.[83][86] This continued through to 2000, and from 2001 to 2007, the main range also included releases featuring the Eighth Doctor with his companions Charley Pollard and C'rizz,[83] but these were ended due to the simultaneously running Eighth Doctor Adventures, which ran from 2006 to 2011 and featured companion Lucie Miller.[87] From 2008 to late 2011, only one Eighth Doctor release was produced for the main range: The Company of Friends, featuring companions from other media to the audio plays, and the historical figure Mary Shelley.[88] The Eighth Doctor returned to the main range in a trilogy of adventures with Mary Shelley in October 2011.[89]
Special Releases (2001–present)
This table includes all special releases, including those that would otherwise be considered a spin off release.
First Doctor, Second Doctor, Third Doctor, Fourth Doctor, Fifth Doctor, Sixth Doctor, Seventh Doctor, Sarah Jane Smith, Kate Stewart, Osgood, The Monk
May 2023 (2023-05)
"The Artist at the End of Time"
Ken Bentley
James Goss
First Doctor, Second Doctor, Third Doctor, Fifth Doctor, Sixth Doctor, Seventh Doctor, Jenny, The Curator
June 2023 (2023-06)
"A Genius for War"
Helen Goldwyn
Jonathan Morris
First Doctor, Second Doctor, Third Doctor, Seventh Doctor, The General, Veklin, Davros, Daleks
July 2023 (2023-07)
"Two's Company"
Helen Goldwyn
Lisa McMullin
Third Doctor, Sixth Doctor, Jackie Tyler, Lady Christina de Souza, The Two
August 2023 (2023-08)
"The Martian Invasion of Planetoid 50"
Ken Bentley
Jonathan Barnes
First Doctor, Third Doctor, Tenth Doctor, Missy, Madame Vastra, Strax, Jenny Flint
September 2023 (2023-09)
"Time Lord Immemorial"
Helen Goldwyn
Lisa McMullin
Ninth Doctor, Unbound Doctor, The Lumiat, Liv Chenka
October 2023 (2023-10)
"The Union"
Ken Bentley
Matt Fitton
First Doctor, Second Doctor, Third Doctor, Fourth Doctor, Fifth Doctor, Sixth Doctor, Seventh Doctor, Eighth Doctor, War Doctor, Tenth Doctor, Eleventh Doctor, Twelfth Doctor, Susan, River Song, The Monk, The Two, The Union
Produced for AudioGo to celebrate Doctor Who's 50th anniversary, it was the first series produced by Big Finish to feature Doctors from the revived series.
Four new stories from the Ninth Doctor's era, performed by Nicholas Briggs. Featuring Bruno Langley as Adam Mitchell and Camille Coduri as Jackie Tyler.
Four narrated stories set in the Tenth Doctor era, performed by Jacob Dudman. Featuring Jacqueline King as Syliva Noble, Michelle Ryan as Lady Christina de Souza and Jon Culshaw.
No.
Title
Directed by
Written by
Featuring
Released
1
"The Taste of Death"
Helen Goldwyn
Helen Goldwyn
Tenth Doctor, Rose Tyler
April 2018 (2018-04)
2
"Back Track"
Helen Goldwyn
Matthew J Elliott
Tenth Doctor, Martha Jones
April 2018 (2018-04)
3
"Wild Pastures"
Helen Goldwyn
James Goss
Tenth Doctor, Sylvia Noble
April 2018 (2018-04)
4
"Last Chance"
Helen Goldwyn
Guy Adams
Tenth Doctor, Lady Christina de Souza
April 2018 (2018-04)
The Eleventh Doctor Chronicles: Volume 1 (2018)
Four narrated stories set in the Eleventh Doctor era, performed by Jacob Dudman. Featuring Danny Horn as Kazran Sardick and Simon Fisher-Becker as Dorium Maldovar
In a change to previous titles in the range, this set was the first to consist of four stories as full cast audio dramas as opposed to narrated, with Jacob Dudman as The Eleventh Doctor.