Masters of Doctor Who audio Big Finish have announced a seasonal double bill to tidy up your later autumn and midwinter listening. Starring Sylvester McCoy, Peter Davison, and Tim Treloar, alongside a full menu of companions, the two collections have gift (to another, or to yourself) written all over them.
The Halloween collection, Doctor Who: Halloween: Doctor, Doctor, Doctor and Other Stories, is set for release in October, while Doctor Who: Christmas: Out of the Dark and Other Stories will follow in December.
Co-starring in the two collections are Katy Manning, Sarah Sutton, Janet Fielding, Sophie Aldred, Lisa Bowerman, and Alex Kingston.
Here’s what they’re all about…
Doctor Who: Halloween: Doctor, Doctor, Doctor and Other Stories
The first collection is intended to give you some genuine October 31st thrills, and comprises four titles.
Accompanying the striking cover is the following blurb:
“Dare you venture into the dark once more? Across time and space, fear lurks in the hidden corners of the universe. Ancient horrors awaken, new monsters stalk the shadows, and the Doctor’s worst nightmares are ready to play once again.”
In this collection:
1. Doctor, Doctor, Doctor by Stewart Pringle and Lauren Mooney – a Seventh Doctor adventure
2. The Song of the Reed Man by Katherine White – a Third Doctor and Jo Jones adventure
3. Office Space by Georgia Cook and Fio Trethewey – a UNIT adventure
4. Overworked by Hannah Kennedy – a Fifth Doctor and Nyssa adventure
Noga Flaishon is the producer of Halloween:
“Doctor Who has a long history of terrifying audiences, and this collection is our celebration of that aspect of the series. For our second Halloween box set, we’ve brought together classic Doctors, new and returning monsters, and some of Big Finish’s best horror writers. As a long-time horror fan and creator, I am very proud of the box of nightmares we’re delivering this time around.”
Doctor Who: Christmas: Out of the Dark and Other Stories
The cover art for this collection is still to be released, but the blurb reads:
Saturnalia. The Winter Solstice. The Crystal Feast. As long as humanity endures, it celebrates, fighting the coldest nights with hope and laughter and light. But not the monsters. In the bleakest midwinters, they carve their own path out of the dark. Over and over again.
Can three doctors, three companions, and two time-travelling archaeologists stand in their way?
With this collection, you get another quartet of tales:
- Merry Christmas, Mr Chimbly by John Dorney – a Fifth Doctor, Tegan and Nyssa adventure
- From the Realms of Glory by Hannah Kennedy – a River Song adventure
- Out of the Dark by Jonathan S Powell – a Seventh Doctor and Ace adventure
- And Tiny Tim, Who Did Not Die by James Goss – an Eleventh Doctor and Bernice Summerfield adventure
Christmas producer Jonathan S Powell said:
“With Christmas fast approaching, it’s time for Big Finish to gift-wrap another four epic Yuletide adventures from across the Whoniverse. This Christmas, River Song is menaced by alien invaders in an abandoned highland town, the Fifth Doctor, Tegan and Nyssa battle the comically inept Porcians, the Seventh Doctor and Ace are sent on a time-hopping quest through Christmas history, and Bernice Summerfield meets the Eleventh Doctor!”
Head to the Big Finish website to check pricing and pick up any collective bonuses you can find!
