Doctor Who Big Finish - The 8th Doctor Guide

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Storm Warning ........................................................................ 3

Sword of Orion ....................................................................... 4
The Stones of Venice ................................................................. 5
Minuet in Hell ....................................................................... 6
Invaders From Mars ................................................................... 7
The Chimes of Midnight ............................................................... 8
Seasons of Fear ...................................................................... 9
Embrace the Darkness ................................................................ 10
The Time of the Daleks .............................................................. 11
Neverland ........................................................................... 12
Living Legend ....................................................................... 13
Zagreus ............................................................................. 14
Shada ............................................................................... 16
Scherzo ............................................................................. 17
The Creed of the Kromon ............................................................. 18
The Natural History of Fear ......................................................... 19
The Twilight Kingdom ................................................................ 20
Faith Stealer ....................................................................... 21
The Last ............................................................................ 22
Caerdroia ........................................................................... 23
The Next Life ....................................................................... 24
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After a dangerous encounter in the space/time vortex, the Doctor finds himself on Earth,
October 1930. Or rather above it, aboard the British airship R101 on it's maiden voyage
over France. Also on board is a young stowaway, Charlotte 'Charley' Pollard, seeking
adventure and excitement away from her stifling family atmosphere. What Charley doesn't
know but the Doctor does is that the flight is destined to end in tragedy, although no-one
really knows why. Not even the Doctor, although maybe the passenger in Cabin 43 can
help...
This story takes place after the TV movie.
CAST
The Doctor Paul McGann
Charley Pollard India Fisher
Chief Steward Weeks Hylton Collins
Lord Tamworth Gareth Thomas
Lt-Col Frayling Nicholas Pegg
Rathbone Barnaby Edwards
Triskele Helen Goldwyn
CREW
Written by Alan Barnes
Directed by Gary Russell
Music composed by Alistair Lock
Cover by Clayton Hickman
Production Fact-File
Production Code 8B Recorded on 18 May 2000 Released 22 January 2001

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When the Doctor sets out to educate Charley on the darker side of her race's future, he
does not anticipate being embroiled in the protracted Orion War. The front line may be
light years away, but the human race's struggle for victory has led to desperate measures.
Trapped aboard a mysterious star destroyer in the Garazone System, the Doctor and
Charley find themselves cast as scapegoats. But the real danger has yet to awaken...
The Cybermen have received the signal for reactivation.
CAST
Chev Helen Goldwyn
Cyberman Nicholas Briggs
Cyberman Alistair Lock
Deeva Jansen Michelle Livingstone
Digly Barnaby Edwards
Grash Bruce Montague
Ike Ian Marr
Kelsey Toby Longworth
Thinnes Mark Gatiss
Vol Hylton Collins
CREW
Written by Nicholas Briggs
Directed by Nicholas Briggs
Music composed by Nicholas Briggs
Production Code 8C Recorded on 16 May 2000 and 17 May 2000 Released 26 February 2001

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The Doctor and Charley become embroiled in the decadent court of a tired Duke and his
search for his beloved wife. The curse of the long since dead Duchess has finally come to
pass and the enchanted city of Venice is sinking beneath the canals...
CAST
Churchwell, a Currator Nick Scovell
Ms Lavish, an elderly lady Elaine Ives-Cameron
Orsino, a Duke Michael Sheard
Pietro, a gondalier Barnaby Edwards
Vincenzo, a high priest Mark Gatiss
CREW
Written by Paul Magrs
Music composed by Russell Stone
Production Code 8D Recorded on 15 May 2000 and 16 May 2000 Released 19 March 2001

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The twenty-first century has just begun, and the newly-formed state of Malebolgia is
seceding from the rest of the United States of America. After his successful involvement
with Scotland's devolution, Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart has been invited
over to Malebolgia to offer some expertise. However, there's someone held in a lunatic
asylum who interests him, someone who believes he travels through space and time in
the TARDIS. It is not, however, his old friend the Doctor...
CAST
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart Nicholas Courtney
Becky Lee Kowalczyck Helen Goldwyn
Brigham Elisha Dashwood III Robert Jezek
Dr Dale Pargeter Maureen Oakeley
Gideon Crane Nicholas Briggs
Guard Alistair Lock
Orderly Hylton Collins
Scott Barnaby Edwards
Senator Waldo Pickering Morgan Deare
CREW
Written by Alan W Lear and Gary Russell
Music composed by William Allen
Production Code 8E Recorded on 19 May 2000 and 2 July 2000 Released 23 April 2001

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Hallowe'en 1938.
A year after a mysterious meteorite lit up the skies of New York state, Martian invaders
laid waste to the nation. At least, according to soon-to-be infamous Orson Welles they did.
But what if some of the panicked listeners to the legendary 'War of the Worlds' broadcast
weren't just imagining things?
Attempting to deliver Charley to her rendezvous in Singapore 1930, the Doctor overshoots
a little, arriving in Manhattan just in time to find a dead private detective. Indulging his
gumshoe fantasies, the Doctor is soon embroiled in the hunt for a missing Russian
scientist whilst Charley finds herself at the mercy of a very dubious Fifth Columnist.
With some genuinely out of this world 'merchandise' at stake, the TARDIS crew are forced
into an alliance with a sultry dame called Glory Bee, Orson Welles himself and a mobster
with half a nose known as 'The Phantom'.
And slowly but surely, something is drawing plans against them. Just not very good one...
CAST
Bix Biro Paul Putner
Cosmo Devine John Arthur
Don Chaney Simon Pegg
Ellis Mark Benton
Glory Bee Jessica Stevenson
John Houseman Jonathan Rigby
Mouse Ian Hallard
Orson Welles David Benson
Winkler Ian Hallard
CREW
Written by Mark Gatiss
Directed by Mark Gatiss
Music composed by Alistair Lock
Production Code 8F Recorded on 16 January 2001 and 17 January 2001 Released 28 January 2002

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Still unable to reach 1930, the TARDIS places the Doctor and Charley into an Edwardian
household, in 1906. There they meet the servants of Edward Grove who seems to keep
his workers in a constant state of bewilderment and terror. When the scullery maid is
found murdered, it falls to the famous amateur sleuth known as the Doctor to solve the
mysteries. The only trouble is, the household keep shifting into different moments in time.
CAST
Edith Louise Rolfe
Frederick Robert Curbishley
Mary Juliet Warner
Mrs Baddeley Sue Wallace
Shaughnessy Lennox Greaves
CREW
Written by Robert Shearman
Directed by Barnaby Edwards
Production Code 8G Recorded on 17 January 2001 and 18 January 2001 Released 25 February 2002

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The TARDIS finally gets Charley to Singapore in time for the festivities. However, while
she enjoys her young man's company, his Grandfather, Sebastian Grayle, taunts the
Doctor. Apparently, they are old and bitter enemies and Grayle has finally succeeded in
killing the Doctor. With time running out, the Doctor and Charley must embark on a
journey through history to discover how Grayle received the 'gift' of immortality and just
how he has managed to destroy the Time Lord...
CAST
Edith (I) Sue Wallace
Edward Lennox Greaves
Grayle Stephen Perring
Grayle's Masters' Voices Robert Curbishley
Lucilius Robert Curbishley
Lucy Martin Justine Mitchell
Marcus Stephen Fewell
Richard Martin Stephen Fewell
The Auditor Don Warrington
CREW
Written by Paul Cornell and Caroline Symcox
Music composed by Jane Elphinstone
Production Code 8H Recorded on 19 January 2001 and 20 January 2001 Released 25 March 2002

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The Doctor and Charley travel to the remote Cimmerian System to unravel the mystery of
its sun. But darkness has already embraced the scientific base on Cimmeria IV in more
ways than one. In a fight for survival, the Doctor must use all his wits against a deadly
artificial life-form and an ancient race whose return to the Cimmerian System threatens
suffering and death on an apocalyptic scale.
CAST
Ferras Lee Moone
Haliard Mark McDonnell
Orllensa Nicola Boyce
ROSM Ian Brooker
CREW
Written by Nicholas Briggs
Music composed by Jim Mortimore
Production Code 8J Recorded on 22 January 2001 and 26 January 2001 Released 29 April 2002

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As the Dalek Empire continues to spread through the galaxies, they seek, once again, to
conquer the fourth dimension and travel back to the post-apocalyptic twenty-first century
Earth to find a particular leader who can aid them in their quest. To the Doctor, their time
device is crude and unworkable, and yet it does - leading him to wonder if the Daleks
know more than they are letting everyone else believe.
CAST
Army Officer Ian Potter
Dalek Voices Nicholas Briggs
Dalek Voices Clayton Hickman
General Mariah Learman Dot Smith
Hart Lee Moone
Kitchen Boy Jem Bassett
Major Ferdinand Julian Harries
Marcus (I) Robert Curbishley
Mark Anthony Ian Potter
Priestly Mark McDonnell
Professor Osric Ian Brooker
The Orator Don Warrington
Viola Nicola Boyce
CREW
Written by Justin Richards
Production Code 8K Recorded on 22 January 2001 and 23 January 2001 Released 30 May 2002

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Why are the Time Lords so keen to track the Doctor down? Exactly what lengths will the
Celestial Intervention Agency go to in their efforts to retrieve something important from
within his TARDIS? Who is the mythological destroyer Zagreus? And what has caused
Imperiatrix Romanadvoratrelundar to declare war on the rest of creation? The Doctor
seeks the answers deep within an entirely new universe and must face up to the actions
not only of himself but the hundreds and thousands of Time Lords who have gone before.
CAST
Romana Lalla Ward
Coordinator Vansell Anthony Keetch
Emperor Alistair Lock
Kurst Peter Trapani
Levith Holly King
Matrix Voices Dot Smith
Matrix Voices Jonathan Rigby
Matrix Voices Ian Hallard
Rorvan Mark McDonnell
Taris Nicola Boyce
The Observer Don Warrington
Under-Cardinal Lee Moone
CREW
Production Code 8L Recorded on 24 January 2001 and 25 January 2001 Released 11 July 2002

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The world faces imminent destruction when Italy wins the World Cup! Can the fabled Time
Lady Charleyostiantayshius save humanity from the dreaded Threllip Empire, or will her
idiot assistant, the Doctor, ruin everything?
This short adventure accompanied interviews with the cast of Zagreus on a promotional
CD given away free with Doctor Who Magazin #337 in November 2003.
CAST
Thon Conrad Westmaas
Vengorr Stephen Perring
CREW
Written by Scott Gray
Music composed by Simon Robinson
Production Code DWM4 Recorded on 16 May 2003 Released 13 November 2003

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Zagreus sits inside your head, Zagreus lives among the dead, Zagreus sees you in your
bed, And eats you when you're sleeping.
Zagreus at the end of days, Zagreus lies all other ways, Zagreus comes when time's a
maze, And all of history is weeping.
Zagreus taking time apart, Zagreus fears the hero heart, Zagreus seeks the final part, The
reward that he is reaping.
Zagreus sing when all is lost, Zagreus takes all those he's crossed, Zagreus wins and all it
costs, The hero's hearts he's keeping.
Zagreus seeks the hero's ship, Zagreus needs the web to rip, Zagreus sups time at a drip,
And life aside he's sweeping.
CAST
The Doctor Peter Davison
The Doctor Colin Baker
The Doctor Sylvester McCoy
Nicholas Courtney
K9 John Leeson
Leela Louise Jameson
Rassilon Don Warrington
Romana Lalla Ward
Captain Duck Sophie Aldred
Captain MacDonell Mark Strickson
Cardinal Braxiatel Miles Richardson
Cassandra Bonnie Langford
Corporate Heron Stephen Fewell
Goldilocks Bonnie Langford
Lady Louisa Pollard Anneke Wills
Mary Elson Caroline Morris
Miss Foster Sarah Sutton
Miss Lime Elisabeth Sladen
Ouida Nicola Bryant
Receptionist Stephen Perring
Sargeant Gazelle Lisa Bowerman
The Cat Conrad Westmaas
The Great Mother Maggie Stables
The Recorder Robert Jezek
CREW
Written by Alan Barnes and Gary Russell
Music composed by Andy Hardwick
Production Code 8M Released 23 November 2003

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The Doctor has a spot of unfinished business. Reunited with his old friends Romana and
K9, he answers a summons from Professor Chronotis, a retired Time Lord now living the
academic life in a Cambridge college.
But the Doctor isn#t the only visitor to Cambridge. Somewhere in the city is the sinister
alien Skagra, who is intent on stealing an ancient and mysterious book brought to Earth by
the Professor many years before.
What is Skagra#s diabolical masterplan? And who or what is the mysterious Shada? To
discover the truth, the Doctor and his friends must embark on a perilous journey that will
take them from the cloisters of Cambridge to the farthest reaches of deep space, risking
deadly encounters with a sentient spaceship, the monstrous Krargs, and an ancient Time
Lord criminal called Salyavin. As the Doctor soon discovers, the fate of the universe hangs
in the balance#
CAST
K9 John Leeson
Romana Lalla Ward
Caldera Barnaby Edwards
Chris Parsons Sean Biggserstaff
Clare Keightley Susannah Harker
Constable Stuart Crossman
Professor Chronotis James Fox
Ship Voice Hannah Gordon
Skagra Andrew Sachs
Think Tank Voice Nicholas Pegg
Wilkin Melvyn Hayes
CREW
Written by Douglas Adams
Directed by Nicholas Pegg
Production Code BBCiB Recorded on 12 November 2002 and 14 November 2002 Released 23 November 2003

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Once upon a time...
There were two friends, and together they travelled the cosmos. They thwarted tyrants
and defeated monsters, they righted wrongs wherever they went. They explored the
distant future and the distant past, new worlds and galaxies, places beyond imagining.
But every good story has to come to an end.
With no times or places left to explore, all the two friends have now are each other. But
maybe that's one voyage too many. Maybe they'll discover things they'd rather have left
undisturbed... hidden away in the suffocating, unfeeling, deafening brightness.
Once upon a time. Far, far away.
CAST
CREW
Written by Robert Shearman
Cover by Steve Johnson
Production Code 8N Recorded on 16 May 2003 Released 14 December 2003

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The Interzone is a fearsome nether-world protecting a zone ruled by the Kromon. Theirs is
an arid land of dust and dying trees. Across the landscape are spheres that look like giant
anthills. The Doctor believes that within one of these structures lie the clues that will lead
him to his lost TARDIS.
The spheres are ruled by the insect-like Kromon who covet the TARDIS. When Charley is
captured she is forced to metamorphosise into a hybrid-insect Queen and so to save her,
the Doctor must barter his knowledge of space-travel technology, all the while knowing
that he risks opening up all the realms of space to a rapacious race whose creed is not to
create, only to plunder.
CAST
C'Rizz Conrad Westmaas
L'da Jane Hills
The Kro'ka Stephen Perring
The Kromon Daniel Hogarth
The Kromon Stephen Perring
The Oroog Brian Cobby
CREW
Written by Philip Martin
Music composed by David Darlington
Production Code 8P Recorded on 13 May 2003 and 14 May 2003 Released 20 January 2004

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CAST
Geoff Searle
Alison Sterling
Sean Carlsen
Wink Taylor
Jane Hills
Ben Summers
CREW
Written by Jim Mortimore
Music composed by Jim Mortimore
Production Code 8Q Recorded on 11 May 2003 and 12 May 2003 Released 25 February 2004

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The blood of innocents has been spilt - a terrible sequence of events has been set in
motion. The forces of darkness are on the move.
Deep underground, an army of light prepares itself for the oncoming war.
The Doctor's used to winning. Stumbling in, reading the face of the enemy, and then
beating the odds but what if this time he's got it wrong? Charley and C'rizz think he has.
Stripped of all that is familiar, just who is the Doctor? Major Koth thinks he knows.
Lost among the dark caverns of an unknown world, has the Doctor finally met his match?
CAST
Byzar Janto Alan Rothwell
Captain Tysus Vivien Parry
Commander Vayla Anna Carus-Wilson
Corporal Orvik Gary Russell
Lieutenant Deral Stephen Fewell
Lieutenant Fraxin Nicholas Briggs
Major Koth Michael Keating
Sergeant Bryn Jeremy James
Sub-Commander Quillian Dale Ibbetson
Tarrith Koth Alison Sterling
CREW
Written by Will Shindler
Production Code 8R Recorded on 11 May 2003 and 12 May 2003 Released 12 March 2004

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When the Doctor, Charley and C'rizz find their journey through the Interzone interrupted
by a nightmarish vision, they are surprised to find the Kro'ka offering the perfect solution.
The Multihaven - a vast array of religions and faiths housed in one harmonious community
- appears to offer the perfect sanctuary in which to convalesce. But under the guidance of
the charismatic Laan Carder, one religion seems to be gathering disciples at an alarming
rate.
With the Doctor and Charley catching glimpses of an old friend and C'rizz on the receiving
end of some unorthodox religious practices, their belief, hope and faith are about to be
tested to the limit.
It's time to see the light.
CAST
Bakoan John Dorney
Bishop Parrash Ifan Huw Dafydd
Director Garfolt Neil Bett
Jebdal Helen Kirkpatrick
L'Da Jane Hills
Laan Carder Christian Rodska
Miraculite Jenny Coverack
The Bordinan Tessa Shaw
The Bordinan's Assistant Chris Walter-Evans
CREW
Written by Graham Duff
Production Code 8S Recorded on 11 June 2004 and 12 June 2004 To be released September 2004

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Trapped on a dying world, the Doctor and Charley come face-to-face with those
responsible for the war to end wars, while C'rizz tries to understand what has happened
and learns the terrible truth.
Powerful forces are at work on Bortresoye that not even a nuclear holocaust can tame;
natural forces that have excited the interest of Excelsior, the self-proclaimed saviour of her
people.
With Charley immobilised and C'rizz left to battle against the elements with some of the
victims of war, one final, desperate hope of escape presents itself to the travellers.
But who will be the last to leave the planet? Who will have to stay behind? And will the
Doctor, Charley and C'rizz live long enough to find out?
CAST
Excelsior Carolyn Jones
Landscar Richard Derrington
Make-Up Assistant John Dorney
Minister Tralfinial Robert Hines
Minister Voss Ian Brooker
Nurse Jane Hills
Requiem Tom Eastwood
CREW
Written by Gary Hopkins
Music composed by David Darlington
Production Code 8T Recorded on 9 June 2004 and 10 June 2004 To be released October 2004

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Self-exiled to a new universe, separated from his TARDIS, opposed and manipulated by the Divergence and their agent
the Kro'ka, the Doctor has been struggling to work out the nature of the cosmic game in which he's an unwilling pawn.
Now, at last, he has a chance to find the answer - and regain the TARDIS!
Threatened and desperate, the Kro'ka abandons his behind-the-scenes machinations to confront the Doctor directly. But
will both of them lose their way in the maze of the strange world in which they find themselves? A world in which a clock
may have a cuckoo but no hands, a labyrinth imprisoning a paradox, and a Garden of Curiosities reveals something the
Doctor has never seen before.
As the Doctor faces these challenges, Charley and C'rizz provide valuable help. But with the TARDIS itself at stake, the
Doctor reaches deep inside himself to find some surprising new allies.
CAST
CREW
Written by Lloyd Rose
Production Code 8U To be released November 2004

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CREW
Production Code 8V To be released December 2004

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