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 considerably more plays than were broadcast.
List of radio stories
editTitle | Episodes | Writer | Director/Producer | Original airdate |
---|---|---|---|---|
Movietime: "Daleks – Invasion Earth – 2150 A.D." | 1 episode | Gordon Gow (adaptation) | Tony Luke | 18 November 1966[1][2] |
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 | Bernard Venables | Mike Howarth and David Lyttle | 4 October 1976 |
An educational Radio 4 drama featuring the Fourth Doctor | ||||
Slipback | 6 episodes, 10 minutes each | Eric Saward | Paul Spencer | 25 July – 8 August 1985 |
A Radio 4 serial featuring the Sixth Doctor | ||||
The Paradise of Death | 5 episodes, 30 minutes each | Barry Letts | Phil Clarke | 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 | Barry Letts | Phil Clarke | 20 January – 24 February 1996 |
A Radio 2 drama featuring the Third Doctor |
Eighth Doctor dramas
editThe following are all Eighth Doctor dramas produced by Big Finish and broadcast on BBC Radio 7.
Title | Episodes | Writer | Director/Producer | Original airdate |
---|---|---|---|---|
Storm Warning | 4 episodes, 25 minutes each | Alan Barnes | Gary Russell | 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 | Paul Magrs | Gary Russell | 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 | Douglas Adams & Gary Russell | Nicholas Pegg | 10 December 2005 |
The Chimes of Midnight | 4 episodes, 25 minutes each | Robert Shearman | Barnaby Edwards | 17 December 2005 – 7 January 2006 |
Blood of the Daleks | 2 episodes, 50 minutes each | Steve Lyons | Nicholas Briggs | 31 December 2006 – 7 January 2007 |
Horror of Glam Rock | 1 episode, 50 minutes | Paul Magrs | Barnaby Edwards | 14 January 2007 |
Immortal Beloved | 1 episode, 50 minutes | Jonathan Clements | Jason Haigh-Ellery | 21 January 2007 |
Phobos | 1 episode, 50 minutes | Eddie Robson | Barnaby Edwards | 28 January 2007 |
No More Lies | 1 episode, 50 minutes | Paul Sutton | Barnaby Edwards | 4 February 2007 |
Human Resources | 2 episodes, 50 minutes each | Eddie Robson | Nicholas Briggs | 11–18 February 2007 |
Dead London | 1 episode, 50 minutes | Pat Mills | Barnaby Edwards | 19 October 2008 |
Max Warp | 1 episode, 50 minutes | Jonathan Morris | Barnaby Edwards | 26 October 2008 |
Brave New Town | 1 episode, 50 minutes | Jonathan Clements | Barnaby Edwards | 2 November 2008 |
The Skull of Sobek | 1 episode, 50 minutes | Marc Platt | Barnaby Edwards | 9 November 2008 |
Grand Theft Cosmos | 1 episode, 50 minutes | Eddie Robson | Barnaby Edwards | 19 November 2008 |
The Zygon Who Fell to Earth | 1 episode, 50 minutes | Paul Magrs | Barnaby Edwards | 23 November 2008 |
Sisters of the Flame | 1 episode, 55 minutes | Nicholas Briggs | Nicholas Briggs | 31 October 2009[3] |
Vengeance of Morbius | 1 episode, 55 minutes | Nicholas Briggs | Nicholas Briggs | 18 December 2009 |
Orbis | 2 episodes, 30 minutes each | Alan Barnes & Nicholas Briggs | 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 | Pat Mills | Nicholas Briggs | 13–20 June 2010 |
The Cannibalists | 2 episodes, 30 minutes each | Jonathan Morris | Jason Haigh-Ellery | 27 June – 4 July 2010 |
Death in Blackpool | 1 60-minute episode | Alan Barnes | Barnaby Edwards | 7 January 2013 |
Situation Vacant | 1 60-minute episode | Eddie Robson | Nicholas Briggs | 8 January 2013 |
Nevermore | 1 60-minute episode | Alan Barnes | Nicholas Briggs | 9 January 2013 |
The Books of Kells | 1 60-minute episode | Barnaby Edwards | Barnaby Edwards | 10 January 2013 |
Deimos | 1 60-minute episode | Jonathan Morris | Barnaby Edwards | 11 January 2013 |
The Resurrection of Mars | 1 60-minute episode | Jonathan Morris | Barnaby Edwards | 14 January 2013 |
Relative Dimensions | 1 60-minute episode | Marc Platt | Barnaby Edwards | 15 January 2013 |
Prisoner of the Sun | 1 60-minute episode | Eddie Robson | Jason Haigh-Ellery | 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
editIn 2011, BBC Radio 4 Extra began a series of Fifth Doctor dramas produced by Big Finish.
Title | Episodes | Writer | Director/Producer | Original airdate |
---|---|---|---|---|
Cobwebs | 4 episodes, 30 minutes each | Jonathan Morris | Barnaby Edwards | 16–20 May 2011[4] |
The Whispering Forest | 4 episodes, 30 minutes each | Stephen Cole | Barnaby Edwards | 20–25 May 2011[4] |
The Cradle of the Snake | 4 episodes, 30 minutes each | Marc Platt | Barnaby Edwards | 26 May – 1 June 2011 |
Fourth Doctor dramas
editDecember 2011 saw the broadcast of the Fourth Doctor audio Hornets' Nest on BBC Radio 4 Extra.
Title | Episodes | Writer | Director/Producer | Original airdate |
---|---|---|---|---|
The Stuff of Nightmares | 2 episodes, 30 minutes each | Paul Magrs | Kate Thomas | 12–13 December 2011[5][6] |
The Dead Shoes | 2 episodes, 30 minutes each | Paul Magrs | Kate Thomas | 14–15 December 2011[7][8] |
The Circus of Doom | 2 episodes, 30 minutes each | Paul Magrs | Kate Thomas | 16 & 19 December 2011[9][10] |
A Sting in the Tale | 2 episodes, 30 minutes each | Paul Magrs | Kate Thomas | 20–21 December 2011[11][12] |
Hive of Horror | 2 episodes, 30 minutes each | Paul Magrs | Kate Thomas | 22–23 December 2011[13][14] |
Seventh Doctor dramas
editIn 2012, BBC Radio 4 Extra began a series of Seventh Doctor dramas produced by Big Finish.
Title | Episodes | Writer | Director/Producer | Original airdate |
---|---|---|---|---|
A Thousand Tiny Wings | 3 episodes, 30 minutes each | Andy Lane | Lisa Bowerman | 21–23 May 2012 |
Survival of the Fittest | 4 episodes, 30 minutes each | Jonathan Clements | John Ainsworth | 24–29 May 2012[15][16][17][18] |
The Architects of History | 4 episodes, 30 minutes each | Steve Lyons | John Ainsworth | 30 May – 4 June 2012[19][20] |
Audiobook readings
editBBC Radio 4 Extra has aired some of BBC Audio's audiobook readings of Classic Series novelisations, all read by Tom Baker.
Title | Episodes | Writer | Reader | Original airdates |
---|---|---|---|---|
Doctor Who and the Giant Robot | 8 episodes, 30 min each | Terrance Dicks | Tom Baker | 5–14 April 2010[21] |
Doctor Who and The Brain of Morbius | 8 episodes, 30 min each | Terrance Dicks | Tom Baker | 15–26 April 2010[21] |
Doctor Who and the Creature from the Pit | 7 episodes, 30 min each | David Fisher | Tom Baker | 27 April – 5 May 2010[21] |
Doctor Who and the Pyramids of Mars | 6 episodes, 30 min each | Terrance Dicks | Tom Baker | 26 December 2011 – 2 January 2012[21] |
50th Anniversary stories
editIn 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 | Writer | Reader / Starring | Original airdates |
---|---|---|---|---|
Doctor Who and the Daleks | 10 episodes, 30 mins each | David Whitaker | William Russell | 16 November 2013[22] |
Protect and Survive | 4 episodes, 30 mins each | Jonathan Morris | Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred & Philip Olivier | 17 November 2013[22] |
1963: Fanfare for the Common Men | 4 episodes, 30 mins each | John Dorney | Peter Davison & Sarah Sutton | 18 November 2013[22] |
A Thousand Tiny Wings | 3 episodes, 30 mins each | Andy Lane | Sylvester McCoy & Tracey Childs | 19 November 2013[22] |
Farwell, Great Macedon | 3 episodes, 2 x 30 mins & 1 x 165 mins | Moris Farhi; adapted by Nigel Robinson | William Russell & Carol Ann Ford | 20 November 2013[22] |
Human Resources | 2 episodes, 60 mins each | Eddie Robson | Paul McGann & Sheridan Smith | 21 November 2013[22] |
The Dalek Invasion of Earth | 2 episodes, 1 x 60 mins & 1 x 195 mins | Terrance Dicks | William Russell | 22 November 2013[22] |
Lucie Miller / To the Death | 2 episodes, 60 mins each | Nicholas Briggs | Paul McGann & Sheridan Smith | 24 November 2013 |
Webcasts
editDeath 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,[23] a planned release was postponed due to the programme's return to television. It was later released on 16 September 2013.[24]
Title | Episodes | Writer | Director | Original airdate |
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Death Comes to Time | 13 parts, 140 minutes in total | Colin Meek | Dan Freedman | 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 | Douglas Adams | Nicholas Pegg | 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 | Paul Cornell | Wilson Milam | 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
editReferences
edit- ^ "Radio Times Listings: "MOVIETIME, Daleks – Invasion Earth – 2150 A.D."". Doctor Who Cuttings Archive. Roger Anderson. Archived from the original on 28 February 2009. Retrieved 10 June 2008.
- ^ Pixley, Andrew (10 November 2004). "Doctor Who on Radio – Part One: 1966–1993". Doctor Who Magazine (349): 26–27.
- ^ "BBC Radio 7 Programmes- Schedule, Saturday, 31 October 2009". Retrieved 6 October 2009.
- ^ a b "The Doctor Who News Page: The Fifth Doctor lands in the Seventh Dimension". Doctorwhonews.net. 14 May 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
- ^ "BBC – BBC Radio 4 Extra Programmes – Doctor Who, Hornets' Nest, The Stuff of Nightmares, part 1". BBC. 13 December 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
- ^ "BBC – BBC Radio 4 Extra Programmes – Doctor Who, Hornets' Nest, The Stuff of Nightmares, part 2". BBC. 14 December 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
- ^ "BBC – BBC Radio 4 Extra Programmes – Doctor Who, Hornets' Nest, The Dead Shoes, part 1". BBC. 15 December 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
- ^ "BBC – BBC Radio 4 Extra Programmes – Doctor Who, Hornets' Nest, The Dead Shoes, part 2". BBC. 16 December 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
- ^ "BBC – BBC Radio 4 Extra Programmes – Doctor Who, Hornets' Nest, The Circus of Doom, part 1". BBC. 17 December 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
- ^ "BBC – BBC Radio 4 Extra Programmes – Doctor Who, Hornets' Nest, The Circus of Doom, part 2". BBC. 20 December 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
- ^ "BBC – BBC Radio 4 Extra Programmes – Doctor Who, Hornets' Nest, A Sting in the Tale, part 1". BBC. 21 December 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
- ^ "BBC – BBC Radio 4 Extra Programmes – Doctor Who, Hornets' Nest, A Sting in the Tale, part 2". BBC. 22 December 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
- ^ "BBC – BBC Radio 4 Extra Programmes – Doctor Who, Hornets' Nest, Hive of Horror, part 1". BBC. 23 December 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
- ^ "BBC – BBC Radio 4 Extra Programmes – Doctor Who, Hornets' Nest, Hive of Horror, part 2". BBC. 24 December 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
- ^ "Radio 4 Extra Programmes – Doctor Who, Doctor Who – Survival of the Fittest, Episode 1". BBC. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
- ^ "Radio 4 Extra Programmes – Doctor Who, Doctor Who – Survival of the Fittest, Episode 2". BBC. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
- ^ "Radio 4 Extra Programmes – Doctor Who, Doctor Who – Survival of the Fittest, Episode 3". BBC. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
- ^ "Radio 4 Extra Programmes – Doctor Who, Doctor Who – Survival of the Fittest, Episode 4". BBC. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
- ^ "Radio 4 Extra Programmes – Doctor Who, Doctor Who – The Architect of History, Episode 1". BBC. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
- ^ "Radio 4 Extra Programmes – Doctor Who, Doctor Who – The Architect of History, Episode 2". BBC. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
- ^ a b c d "BBC Radio 4 Extra – Doctor Who – Episode guide". BBC. 29 March 2009. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g "50th Anniversary Radio Programmes Line-Up". Doctor Who TV. 31 October 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
- ^ "BBFC classifications for ',Scream of the Shalka'". Bbfc.co.uk. 20 September 2005. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
- ^ "Animation Plans for The Tenth Planet Episode 4". Doctor Who Magazine (458). Panini Comics: 9. April 2013.
External links
edit- Doctor Who Reference Guide – detailed descriptions of all televised episodes, plus spin-off audio, video, and literary works.
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