Doctor Who/Audio

Audio stories based on Doctor Who have been produced by or for BBC since the mid 1970s. Since then, there has been releases in forms of both audiobooks, and serial dramas for radio (radio dramas), the web (webcast dramas), and LP and CD.

In addition to the BBC productions, Big Finish Productions have been producing Doctor Who audio dramas on license since the late 1990s. Moreover - several related audio series not featuring the Doctor have been produced without BBC license.

Not include here are audiobook version of Doctor Who novels, nor documentary programs, or programs inspired by Doctor Who, such as fictional stories of Doctor Who fans.

History

Pre-1998

The first original Doctor Who audio release was the 1976 children's LP Doctor Who and the Pescatons, starring Tom Baker as the 4th Doctor. Later the same year, Baker appeared in the education one-shot Exploration Earth, the first broadcast radio drama starring the Doctor. However - already in 1974 Jon Pertwee had appeared as the 3rd Doctor in a 10 minute radio short, Glorious Goodwood, which remained unaired until it was included in a 2005 CD release. A third radio oddity, comedy/parody Whatever Happened to Susan Foreman? aired in 1994.

Three regular Doctor Who radio serials aired during the 1980's and 1990's: 1985's Slipback starring Colin Baker as the 5th Doctor, and 1993's The Paradise of Death and 1996's The Ghosts of N-Space, both starring Jon Pertwee as the 3rd Doctor.

The Pescatons, Slipback, The Paradise of Death and The Ghosts of N-Space were all novelized as parts of the regular Doctor Who novel series - the first three were included in the Target Novelizations, while the fourth became a part of the The Missing Adventures series.

BBC productions since 1998

In 1998 BBC Books began to publish a series of short story anthology books, Short Trips, most of which were also released in audiobooks. The audio versions did however also included three original stories: Degrees of Truth, Bounty and Virgil.

In 2002-2003 three audio serials where released on BBC's website, alongside illustrations, with Sylvester McCoy, Colin Baker and Paul McGann starring as the Doctor in one serial each. In late 2003, a fourth webcast, the animated serial Scream of the Shalka followed.

From 2009 to 2011 three original serials, starring Tom Baker as the 4th Doctor were released on CD, and in 2013 - celebrating the show's 50th anniversary - 11 single CD-stories, Destiny of the Doctor, each narrated by one of each Doctor's companion, voiced by the original actors, were released.

Starting in 2008, BBC Books began publishing original audiobooks in their New Series Adventures, alongside audio versions of the regular novels.

Big Finish Productions

In 1998, Big Finish Productions began releasing audio dramas starring Bernice Summerfield, who had been created as a companion for the 8th Doctor in The New Adventures series of novels. The following year they began producing Doctor Who dramas, with Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy, Paul McGann, and - eventually - Tom Baker, all returning to the role of the Doctor.

Big Finish has also produced several spin-off series, starring supporting characters such as Sarah Jane Smith, UNIT, the Daleks, and others.

Additionally, Big Finish had produced webcasts Real Time and Shada, as well as the Destiny of the Doctor series,for BBC (seee above).

Unlicensed spin-offs

In addition to BBC's and Big Finish's audiobooks and audio dramas, production companies BBV Productions, Magic Bullet Productions, and Radio Static, has released audio serials featuring minor, generally creator-owned, characters and locations from Doctor Who productions.

Listings

BBC Productions

Including stories produced by or for the BBC.

Season	Premiere	Finale	#
Argo Records drama
The Pescatons	July 1976	July 1976	2
BBC Radio dramas
Radio One-Shots	October 4, 1976	July 9, 1994	3
Slipback	July 25, 1985	August 8, 1985	6
The Paradise of Death	August 27, 1993	September 24, 1993	5
The Ghosts of N-Space	January 220, 1996	February 24, 1996	6
BBC Audio short stories
Short Trips	March 2, 1998	November 2, 1998	3
BBCi dramas
Death Comes to Time	July 13, 2001	May 3, 2002	5
Real Time	August 2, 2002	September 6, 2002	6
Shada	May 2, 2003	June 6, 2003	6
BBC Audio/AudioGO audiobooks
New Series Adventures: The Tenth Doctor	May 8, 2008	March 4, 2010	7
New Series Adventures: The Eleventh Doctor	August 5, 2010	December 6, 2012	14
BBC Audio/AudioGO dramas
Hornets' Nest	September 3, 2009	December 3, 2009	5
Demon Quest	September 2, 2010	December 2, 2010	5
Serpent Crest	September 8, 2011	December 8, 2011	5
Destiny of the Doctor	January 3, 2013	November 22, 2013	11

Big Finish Productions

Season	Premiere	Finale	#
Doctor Who series
Big Finish Monthly	1999	—	—
DWM Audios	1999	—	—
Excelis Saga	2002	2002	4
Doctor Who Unbound	2003	2008	8
Big Finish Eight Doctor Adventures	2006	2012	38
The Companion Chronicles	2007	2014	80+1
The Stage Plays	2008	2008	3
The Lost Stories	2009	2013	26 + 1
Short Trips	2010	2011	4
Big Finish Fourth Doctor Adventures	2012	—	—
Big Finish Specials	2012	—	—
The Early Adventures	2014	—	—
Spin-off series
Bernice Summerfield Audio Series	1998	—	—
Dalek Empire	2001	2008	18
Sarah Jane Smith Audio Series	2002	2006	9
Gallifrey Audio Series	2004	—	—
UNIT Audio Series	2004	2012	8
Cyberman Audio Series	2005	2009	8
Iris Wildthyme Audio Series	2005	—	—
I, Davros	2006	2006	4
Graceless	2010	2013	9
Jago & Litefoot	2010	—	—
Counter-Measures	2012	2013	8

Non BBC licensed spin-off dramas

Season	Premiere	Finale	#
BBV Productions
Audio Adventures in Time & Space	May 1998	February 2004	39
Magic Bullet Productions
Kaldor City	September 2001	December 2004	6
The True History of Faction Paradox	July 2005	November 23, 2009	6
Radio Static
The Minister of Chance	February 26, 2011	May 17, 2013	6 + 1