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Launched in July 1999, BIG FINISH PRODUCTIONS (under the direction of fan-affciandos Jason Haigh-Ellery, Gary Russell and Nicholas Briggs) and BBC WORLDWIDE welcome you to the newest chapter of the DOCTOR WHO saga.

The series of audioplays have reinvigorated the DOCTOR WHO brand, laying dormant since the McGann TV movie. The depth of content and quality of delivery has been measured and evocative.

MARCH 31 2005: The company has recently been awarded an extension to their licence, and will continue to produce DOCTOR WHO CLASSIC SERIES related stories until late 2008.

1 JULY 2005 \| SIXTH DOCTOR \| THICKER THAN WATER

			Colin Baker and Maggie Stables are joined by Bonnie Langford for an early September 2005 release, DOCTOR WHO THICKER THAN WATER by Paul Sutton (and directed by Edward Salt). Three years after Világ was all but laid waste by the Killorans, the Doctor is back alongside a different companion. And a lot has changed. Now elected Principle Triumvir, head of a tripartite government, Rossiter is working to secure a peaceful future for the planet by researching the technology the Killorans left behind. But he has to contend with opposition from his daughter, Sofia, who heads a public campaign demanding the destruction of all alien artifacts. Politics has caused a rift between father and daughter, and as if that weren't enough, Sofia doesn't approve of her new step-mother either. Emotions soon boil over into violence, a violence that seems to have gripped the entire city. Friendships bind people close, but they say that blood is...

1 JULY 2005 \| SEVENTH DOCTOR \| LIVE 34

			Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred and Philip Oliver return to DOCTOR WHO in James Parsons & Andrew Stirling-Brown's, LIVE 34 . It is released in late September 2005. "LIVE 34 news on the hour every hour LIVE 34 broadcasting to Colony 34 all day every day LIVE 34 constantly updated every minute of every hour LIVE 34 sport, weather, business, local news, inter-planetary affairs LIVE 34 live, independent, accurate, comprehensive LIVE 34 all news, all day, every day LIVE 34." "Reports are coming in of an explosion." "On the line now is the leader of the FDP." "The President is about to begin his address." "We can see bodies in the wreckage."

25 MAY 2005 \| EIGHTH DOCTOR \| SCARDEY CAT

			Paul McGann, India Fisher and Conrad Westmass return to DOCTOR WHO in Will Shindler's, SCARDEY CAT. "Yaranaa - it means literally, 'the soul of the vengeful' - those whose lives have been cut short early and died with empty hearts" Millennia ago, the people of the planet Caludaar pledged never to set foot on their sister planet Endarra. But what secrets does the planet hold? There are laws even the Doctor won't break. And while C'rizz learns that some tragedies can't be averted, Charley must decide who the enemy actually is. For death walks on Endarra, and this time she won't be denied.

8 MAY 2005 | FIFTH DOCTOR | THE COUNCIL OF NICAEA

Peter Davison, Nicola Bryant and Caroline Morris return to DOCTOR WHO in Caroline Symcox's, THE COUNCIL OF NICAEA.

The year is 325AD. In the city of Nicaea, the first great Church council, called by the Roman Emperor Constantine, is due to begin. Here theology, philosophy and politics will be brought together for millennia to come.

The Doctor, Peri and Erimem are there simply to watch events unfold. Gaps remain in the history books, and the Doctor has come to satisfy his curiosity.

But none of them are ready for what greets them in Nicaea. Intrigue within the Imperial Palace has become violence on the streets. Mobs roam the alleyways and blood is spilt in the name of faith. Even in the face of murder and injustice though, the time travellers must force themselves to
stay aloof. This is history, after all.

Yet what is history to one person is the future to another.

Is it possible for history to be rewritten? And if it can, can the Doctor afford to let it?

14 APRIL 2005 | FIFTH DOCTOR + SEVENTH DOCTOR | NEW COVERS

As first seen in DWM, the two covers for the forthcoming BIG FINISH releases.

Peter Davison and Nicola Bryant return in DOCTOR WHO - THREE'S A CROWD. Let's hope that Erimen get's the chop!

Sylvester McCoy and Bonnie Langford return with the intriguing, DOCTOR WHO - UNREGENERATE! Fascinating..

Having listened to the last two (wholly boring) releases, THE GAME and DREAMTIME, it seems that BIG FINISH has lost its way and needs a couple of jump leads to provide a spark of creativity. The company has successfully craved a niche but both a change in personnel (or perhaps not a change in personnel could be problem?) and the NEW TV SERIES makes their worthy efforts look a tad weary.

25 MARCH 2005 \| SEVENTH DOCTOR \| DREAMTIME

			Release at the end of this month, Sylvester McCoy return to BIG FINISH Simon Foward's THE DREAMTIME. The Dreamtime is living Time. The Dreaming is living myth. A city travels the stars, inhabited by stone ghosts. At its heart, an ancient remembrance of Earth. Mythical creatures stalk the streets and alien visitors have come in search of trade. But there is nothing to trade. There is only fear. And death. And the stone ghosts. For Hex's first trip in the TARDIS, it's about the strangest place he could have imagined. Weird and very far from wonderful. Adjustment to his new life could prove tough. But he will have to adjust and do more, just to stay alive, and Ace will have to be his guide theough this lost city of shadows and predatory dreams. And the Doctor is the first to go missing. The Doctor has crossed into the Dreamtime. This story takes place after SURVIVAL.

10 MARCH 2005 \| UNIT \| UPDATE

			The second in the four (and half) volume series, UNIT is currently on release. Written by Jonathan Clements and directed by John Ainsworth, SNAKEHEAD, unfortunately, does not feature Nicholas Courtney as the Brigadier. A mobile phone call to the emergency services, a body found on Government land and an ancient burial site unearthed at an archaeological dig all point toward an odd mystery by the coast. UNIT's new commander, Colonel Robert Dalton, and its political officer, Colonel Emily Chaudhry, investigate strange goings-on in Southend. What is out there on the beach? What happened to the recently found savaged body? And what of the man who's just been smuggled in to the country? Is this just a simple case for the local police or, as Chaudhry suspects, is there more to it than meets the eye.?

8 MARCH 2005 \| FIFTH DOCTOR \| THE GAME

			Peter Davison and Sarah Sutton return to DOCTOR WHO in darin Henry's six-part story, THE GAME. Six-parter from BIG FINISH. Each segment is only 20 minutes long - which makes a change. The cast includes one of the first DOCTOR WHO companions from 1963, William Russell (played Ian Chesterton opposite William Hartnell's Doctor), Christopher Ellison (THE BILL) and British Sports-caster, Jonathan Pearce.

1 FEBRUARY 2005 \| GALLIFREY SERIES TWO

			The second series (volumes 5 to 9) of GALLIFREY are set to be released from April 2005, and once again stars Lalla Ward and Louise Jameson as Romana and Leela respectively. In addition, they are joined by John Leeson as K-9 and Mary Tamm as the first incarnation of Romana. The first volume of this series, LIES is written/directed by Gary Russell. Followed by SPIRIT, PANDORA, INSURGENCY and finally IMPERIATRIX. Some time has passed since the events of the Timonic Fusion Device theeatened Romana's presidency with impeachment, and life has calmed down on Gallifrey. Well, apart from Romana's latest scheme, the opening up of Gallifrey's famed Academy to the students of alien races with the ability, or the potential, to harness temporal powers. Unfortunately, deep below the Capitol, Leela, confused and morose over the truth about her husband Andred, disturbs a malevolent power. Something from the Dark Days of Ancient Gallifrey. Something that wants to be reborn and will use any and every means that is at hand. Including the past of Gallifrey's incumbent President.