The Fugitive Doctor, played by Jo Martin, is back in the coda to Big Finish’s 60th anniversary celebrations, Doctor Who: Once and Future, due for release in November 2024.
Alongside her comes the War Doctor, played by Jonathon Carley.
Once and Future: Coda – The Final Act is the eighth and final instalment in the audio drama series; the first seven episodes were released monthly between May and October 2023. But now, the Doctor has solved the mystery of his degeneration and finally stabilised into his correct face – though it’s one he’ll later choose to forget. And his trouble isn’t over, as he finds himself pursued by another of his own incarnations destined to be forgotten. As Once and Future reaches The Final Act, it’s the War Doctor versus the Fugitive Doctor.
Here’s the blurb:
Dealing with the repercussions of degeneration, the Doctor has a limited window of time to evade capture, recruit old allies, wage a war, and find out what’s really going on. A warrior is being hunted by a mysterious stranger in a TARDIS. A rogue agent has been assigned a mission to eliminate a dangerous foe. This is a fight between a war criminal and a fugitive. A fight between Doctors.
This is Jo Martin’s Big Finish debut as the Fugitive Doctor, the incarnation from long in the Doctor’s past who was first seen in 2020 TV episode, Fugitive of the Judoon.
In the spirit of the anniversary celebration, the two Doctors are joined by a cast of guest stars and familiar faces. That includes Lisa Bowerman as Benny Summerfield, the 26th-century archaeologist who’s long been a friend of the Doctor, and Chase Masterson as the bounty hunter Vienna Salvatori. Also on the cast list are Imogen Stubbs as Queen Elizabeth I, Nicholas Khan as Shalvar, leader of the Voord, and Richard Reed as various voices.
Producer David Richardson said:
“The main story of Once and Future is over, but this is an afterward, a final chapter, which unites two incarnations who have been lost to the Doctor’s consciousness. It’s the Fugitive vs War Doctor, with some old friends and foes joining the fray. And, significantly, this is Jo Martin’s first performance for Big Finish – welcome aboard, Jo, you are absolutely brilliant.”
Once and Future: Coda – The Final Act, written by Tim Foley, is now available to pre-order as a single-disc collector’s edition CD (and download for £10.99), or digital download only (for £8.99).
