Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor Adventures
| The Tenth Doctor Adventures | |
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| Big Finish Productions audio drama | |
| Series | Doctor Who |
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| Executive producer(s) | |
| Music | Howard Carter |
| Release date | May 2016 |
The Tenth Doctor Adventures, announced in October 2015, is a Big Finish Productions audio play series based on the television series Doctor Who. It sees the return of David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor and Catherine Tate as Donna Noble. The first trilogy of stories was released in May 2016.[1][2] In November 2017 a second volume was released, featuring the Tenth Doctor and Rose Tyler.[3][4] A third volume was released in May 2019, with Tate again reprising her role as Donna.[5]
Cast
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| Actor | Character | Appearances | ||||||||||
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| Volumes | Specials | Out of Time | Dalek Universe | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | TDRS | TDCC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| David Tennant | The Doctor | ✓ | ||||||||||
| Tom Baker | ✓ | |||||||||||
| Peter Davison | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||
| Colin Baker | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||
| Catherine Tate | Donna Noble | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||
| Billie Piper | Rose Tyler | ✓ | ||||||||||
| Alex Kingston | River Song | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||
| John Leeson | K9 | ✓ | ||||||||||
| Louise Jameson | Leela | ✓ | ||||||||||
| Sarah Sutton | Nyssa | ✓ | ||||||||||
| Sophie Aldred | Ace | ✓ | ||||||||||
| Jane Slavin | Anya Kingdom | ✓ | ||||||||||
| Joe Sims | Mark Seven | ✓ | ||||||||||
| Kevin McNally | Merrick Kingdom | ✓ | ||||||||||
| Nicholas Briggs | Ice Warriors | ✓ | ||||||||||
| Judoon | ✓ | |||||||||||
| Daleks | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||
| Cybermen | ✓ | |||||||||||
| Mechonoids | ✓ | |||||||||||
Notable Guests
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Episodes
[edit]Volumes
[edit]Volume 1 (2016)
[edit]| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released | |||||||||||||
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| 1 | "Technophobia" | Nicholas Briggs | Matt Fitton | Tenth Doctor, Donna Noble | May 2016 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | "Time Reaver" | Jenny T Colgan | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | "Death and the Queen" | James Goss | ||||||||||||||||
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Paying a visit to Earth in Donna's not-too-distant future, the Doctor and Donna discover an alien invasion that seeks to destroy humanity by restricting their intelligence. An attempt to purchase a new part for the TARDIS reveals a trade in a dangerous weapon. Donna accepts a proposal from a prince, but soon learns that her new country has a deal with an ancient alien race that will require her to be sacrificed. | ||||||||||||||||||
Volume 2 (2017)
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| 1 | "Infamy of the Zaross" | Nicholas Briggs | John Dorney | Tenth Doctor, Rose Tyler, Jackie Tyler | November 2017 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | "The Sword of the Chevalier" | Guy Adams | Tenth Doctor, Rose | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | "Cold Vengeance" | Matt Fitton | Tenth Doctor, Rose, Ice Warriors | |||||||||||||||
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Jackie calls in the Doctor and Rose when aliens attack Norwich, but the Doctor swiftly realises this invasion is more than it seems. The Doctor and Rose meet the Chevalier d'Éon and investigate alien slavers. A visit to a frozen food storage asteroid reveals the presence of the Ice Warriors. | ||||||||||||||||||
Volume 3 (2019)
[edit]| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
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| 1 | "No Place" | Nicholas Briggs | James Goss | Tenth Doctor, Donna, Sylvia Noble, Wilfred Mott | May 2019 |
| 2 | "One Mile Down" | Jenny T Colgan | Tenth Doctor, Donna, Judoon | ||
| 3 | "The Creeping Death" | Roy Gill | Tenth Doctor, Donna | ||
Out of Time (2020–2022)
[edit]| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released | |||||||||||||
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| 1 | "Out of Time" | Nicholas Briggs | Matt Fitton | Tenth Doctor, Fourth Doctor, Daleks | August 2020 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | "The Gates of Hell" | Ken Bentley | David Llewellyn | Tenth Doctor, Fifth Doctor, Cybermen | June 2021 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | "Wink" | Ken Bentley | Lisa McMullin | Tenth Doctor, Sixth Doctor, Weeping Angels | June 2022 | |||||||||||||
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The Fourth and Tenth Doctors visit the other-dimensional Cathedral of Contemplation just in time to face a Dalek invasion. The Fifth and Tenth Doctors come together to face a Cyberman invasion of Earth. The Sixth and Tenth Doctors visit a planet where the multiple local suns mean that the residents never developed the sense of sight, just as Weeping Angels attack the planet. | ||||||||||||||||||
Dalek Universe (2021)
[edit]Prologue (2021)
[edit]| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
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| – | "The Dalek Protocol" | Nicholas Briggs | Nicholas Briggs | Fourth Doctor, Leela, K9, Anya Kingdom, Mark Seven, Daleks, Exxilons, Bellal | April 2021 |
Episodes (2021)
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| 1 | "Buying Time" | Ken Bentley | John Dorney | Tenth Doctor, Anya Kingdom, Mark Seven, George Sheldrake, The Nun | April 2021 | |||||||
| 2 | "The Wrong Woman" | John Dorney | Tenth Doctor, Anya, Mark, George Sheldrake, The Nun | |||||||||
| 3 | "The House of Kingdom" | Andrew Smith | Tenth Doctor, Anya, Mark, Merrick Kingdom, Mechonoids | |||||||||
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| 4 | "Cycle of Destruction" | Ken Bentley | Roy Gill | Tenth Doctor, Anya, Mark, Daleks | July 2021 | |||||||
| 5 | "The Trojan Dalek" | John Dorney | Tenth Doctor, Anya, Mark, Daleks | |||||||||
| 6 | "The Lost" | Rob Valentine | Tenth Doctor, Anya, Mark, Merrick Kingdom, The Lost | |||||||||
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| 7 | "The First Son" | Ken Bentley | Lizzie Hopley | Tenth Doctor, Anya, River Song, Movellans, Daleks | October 2021 | |||||||
| 8 | "The Dalek Defence" | Matt Fitton | Tenth Doctor, Anya, Davros, Daleks, Movellans | |||||||||
| 9 | "The Triumph of Davros" | Matt Fitton | Tenth Doctor, Anya, Davros, Daleks, Movellans | |||||||||
The Tenth Doctor and River Song (2020)
[edit]| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
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| 1 | "Expiry Dating" | Nicholas Briggs | James Goss | Tenth Doctor, River Song, Fifth Doctor, Sixth Doctor | November 2020 |
| 2 | "Precious Annihilation" | Lizzie Hopley | Tenth Doctor, River | ||
| 3 | "Ghosts" | Jonathan Morris | Tenth Doctor, River | ||
Tenth Doctor, Classic Companions (2022)
[edit]| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
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| 1 | "Splinters"[6] | Helen Goldwyn | John Dorney | Tenth Doctor, K9, Leela | September 2022 |
| 2 | "The Stuntman"[6] | Lizzie Hopley | Tenth Doctor, K9, Nyssa | ||
| 3 | "Quantum of Axos"[6] | Roy Gill | Tenth Doctor, K9, Ace, Axos | ||
Awards and nominations
[edit]| Award ceremony | Year | Category | Work(s) | Result | Ref. |
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| Audie Awards | 2017 | Best Audio Drama | Death and the Queen | Nominated | [7] |
| BBC Audio Drama Awards | 2017 | Best Online Only Audio Drama | Shortlisted | [8] | |
| Scribe Awards | 2018 | Best Audio | Cold Vengeance | Nominated | [9] |
| 2020 | The Creeping Death | Won | |||
| 2021 | Out of Time | Won | [10] | ||
| Audio and Radio Industry Awards | 2021 | Best Fictional Storytelling | Nominated | [11] |
References
[edit]- ^ "Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor Adventures". Big Finish Productions. 26 October 2015.
- ^ "Everything we know about the new David Tennant and Catherine Tate Doctor Who adventures". Radio Times. 19 February 2016.
- ^ "Doctor Who – The Tenth Doctor and Rose Return!". Big Finish. 15 May 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
- ^ "David Tennant and Billie Piper to reunite as the Tenth Doctor and Rose for new Doctor Who project". Radio Times. 15 May 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
- ^ "David Tennant, Catherine Tate and Donna's family team up for new Doctor Who audio adventures". Radio Times. 11 October 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
- ^ a b c "The Tenth Doctor is visiting some old friends!". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- ^ "2017 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US)". www.audiopub.org. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
- ^ "The 2017 Shortlist". BBC.
- ^ "Previous Scribe Award Winners". International Association of Media Tie-In Writers. 24 June 2013.
- ^ "Big Finish Scribe Award Nominations Revealed! - News - Big Finish". www.bigfinish.com.
- ^ "ARIAS Nominees 2021". Radio Academy.
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