Audio company, Big Finish, is celebrating a decade of Tim Treloar playing Jon Pertwee’s incarnation of the Time Lord, with the release of Doctor Who and the Brain Drain, the latest in The Third Doctor Adventures.
After a small role in 2013’s 50th anniversary celebratory tale, The Light at the End, Tim’s first full adventure was in 2015’s The Third Doctor Adventures Volume 01. Across the decade since, he has starred in 16 volumes of the series, and has further popped up across various other Doctor Who releases.
Alongside Tim Treloar’s Third Doctor, Doctor Who and the Brain Drain, a brand-new seven-part story, stars Daisy Ashford as Dr Liz Shaw and Jon Culshaw as the Brigadier, and it’s written by Richard James and Nicholas Briggs.
Daisy Ashford said:
“Working with Tim is exciting, invigorating, annoying, loud, relentless, joyful, hilarious. He’s lovely. I love Tim.”
Jon Culshaw said:
“My first time with Tim as the Third Doctor was about five years ago. Primord was the story. And it was a glorious, glorious experience. Tim Treloar is a fabulous tumbling ball of energy to work with, and with such a melodic, rich, resonant portrayal of Jon Pertwee. Working with him is so full of laughter and good camaraderie. The sense of great friendship and happy chaos never gets in the way of doing the job, but energises it. Five years have just gone like that.”
And Nicholas Briggs, who has directed Tim throughout The Third Doctor Adventures, said:
“Tim Treloar as the Third Doctor – he’s kind of my fault. It was my idea to cast him and I had to take responsibility and direct him. And I’ve been directing him in The Third Doctor Adventures ever since. It’s been a roller coaster. It’s lots of fun. I really like him and he just gets better and better, which is probably why he’s one of our most popular Doctors.”
The DWC has been lucky enough to chat to Tim and he’s a lovely chap — a wonderful ambassador for the franchise.
Here’s the blurb for Doctor Who and the Brain Drain:
A newly exiled Doctor accompanies Liz Shaw and the Brigadier to a symposium held in an imposing Scottish castle. Professor MacLeod and her son have developed a new treatment for memory loss and a possible cure for dementia.
As the Doctor investigates sightings of strange mythical creatures, and ghosts are unleashed in the castle’s corridors, Liz and the Brigadier search for a connection.
Just what is happening to the energy produced by the MacLeods’ revolutionary treatment? And what is the strange creature that hides in the castle grounds?
The guest cast includes Rosalyn Landor as Professor Abigail MacLeod, Callum Pardoe as Linus MacLeod, Susan Harrison as Dr Fiona Lynch/June Wellesley, Glen McCready as Professor Albert Heber/The Steward/Andrew Wellesley, Mark Elstob as Peter Macleod/Nelophex, and Milo Ratter as Crouch.
Doctor Who and the Brain Drain is now available to own as a CD box set (and download) for £24.99 or a digital download only (for £19.99). You can save money by purchasing Doctor Who and the Brain Drain in a bundle with 2025’s second Third Doctor Adventures box set which is due for release in October, for £47 (collector’s edition CD box set + download) or £38 (download only).
