Doctor Who Announces New Audiobooks for Fugitive Doctor and The Master

Doctor Who is not any stranger to the world of audio dramas, notably these launched by British writer Big Finish. The writer has created numerous adventures for the first twelve Doctors and their numerous companions ever since 1991, with Jodie Whittaker’s present thirteenth incarnation having been locked off on account of present licensing rights. That, nevertheless, is lastly set to alter with a brand new pair of audio adventures.

Big Finish have introduced two new audiobooks, the primary of an upcoming line of books centered on the present period of Doctor Who. The Fugitive Doctor Adventures facilities on Jo Martin’s renegade model of the Doctor who first confirmed up again within the 2020 episode “Fugitive of the Judoon” and was final seen in final yr’s Doctor Who: Flux. On the Doctor Who website, Martin praised Big Finish for being a “vital part of the [Doctor Who] fandom,” and expressed at pleasure at attending to return to her shock function. David Richardson, its producer, teased a “whole new era to explore” for Martin’s Doctor that may assist make her personal mark on the universe.

The second guide is Call Me Master, and it’s precisely what the title implies, a solo journey centered on the Doctor’s nemesis and fellow Time Lord, presently performed by Sacha Dhawan. (Dhawan is ready to return because the Master in Whittaker’s last episode later this yr.) That guide’s producer, Heather Challands, promised this Master’s audiobook would “peel back the layers” of the character in a means that may fulfill longtime followers. Dhawan, having beforehand visitor starred in a number of Doctor Who and Torchwood audio dramas since 2014, was thrilled at getting the possibility to star in his personal story. “The Master is a joy to play on so many levels! I can’t wait to see what he’s going to be getting up to without the Doctor around to hold him back!”

Both Fugitive and Master will run six episodes lengthy, and have their very own absolutely voiced, presently undisclosed casts for his or her respective results in have cosmic time-traveling adventures with. They’ll even have their very own collector’s version CD field units, with their respective six episodes unfold throughout three discs and two volumes, for bodily media followers. If you go digital, you’ll be able to naturally obtain it; both means, they every function their very own behind the scenes extras.

A launch date for both guide hasn’t been given, however they’re each presently accessible to pre-order. And extra adventures set in Whittaker’s period of Doctor Who are on the best way.

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