Doctor Who landed on our screens back on the 23rd November 1963, and this year the longest-running sci-fi/fantasy/family adventure show in the world turns sixty!
Commencing in May 2023 with my opening story – Past Lives – Big Finish Productions’ contribution to Doctor Who’s diamond anniversary year is Once and Future, an epic eight-part adventure starring Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy, Paul McGann, Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant as the Doctor, plus a whole host of guest stars and returning characters.
The Time War. The Doctor has been injured and brought to a Time Lord field hospital. His body glows with energy, but this is no regeneration into a future form – instead, the Doctor’s past faces begin to appear as he flits haphazardly between incarnations…
Staggering to his TARDIS, the Doctor sets out to solve the mystery of his ‘degeneration’. Who has done this to him? How? And why? From the Earth to the stars, across an array of familiar times and places, he follows clues to retrace his steps, encountering old friends and enemies along the way. Tumbling through his lives, the Doctor must stop his degeneration before he loses himself completely…