Tim Treloar (The Doctor), Katy Manning (Jo Grant), Jon Culshaw (Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart), Daisy Ashford (Liz Shaw), John Levene (Sergeant Benton), Guy Adams (Bob Ellis/The Vardans), Bethan Dixon Bate (Lady Madeleine Rose), David Dobson (Armitage), Joe Jameson (Private Callahan), Rosalyn Landor (Caldicott), Michael Troughton (General Sharp), Andrew Wincott (Captain Hall), Dominic Wood (Warren)
Primord by John Dorney
Prisoners are escaping from incarceration all around the country and UNIT have been called in to aid in the search. But The Doctor is unwilling to agree to the Brigadier’s request for help as he and Jo have opted to take a holiday – they’re going to visit his old assistant Liz Shaw, now working in Cambridge University.
But, unfortunately for Jo, The Doctor can’t relax for very long. Soon the Time Lord and his friends are facing an old enemy – creatures they’d long since thought they’d put to ground.
The Primords have returned – and this time the danger may strike very close to home.
The Scream of Ghosts by Guy Adams
When the Brigadier and Jo are called in to look into a breakthrough in the field of portable communication, The Doctor has to stay behind with communications problems of his own – a strange signal coming through the TARDIS console that’s burned out its circuits.
When Benton approaches The Doctor with an odd story about an old friend, the Time Lord realises his troubles and the Brigadier’s investigations may be connected, and hot-foots it in pursuit.
Soon they discover that terrifying sounds are walking in the woods of the English countryside… but what lurks behind those sounds may be even more dangerous..
Brigadier Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart © Haisman & Lincoln and used under licence With thanks to Hannah Haisman and Candy Jar.
When Tim Treloar and Katy Manning return as the
In this new audio box set from Big Finish Productions made in association with BBC Studios, several friends of the
Jon Culshaw takes on the role of UNIT commanding officer Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, a character appearing under licence from the Haisman Literary Estate.
After an extensive casting process, senior producer David Richardson and executive producer Nick Briggs finally remembered a conversation they’d had with Jon, when he told them the thing he’d most like to do for Big Finish would be to play the Brigadier.
‘After checking his rendition of the character in the BBC Audiobook of the Five Doctors, we just gave him the job!’ explains Nick. ‘It was a very tricky thing casting someone to do justice to Nicholas Courtney’s brilliant, original performance. Jon has done this with honour and love for what the splendid Mr Courtney did all those years ago.’
The Haisman Estate told us about bringing back the Brigadier for the Third Doctor Adventures, “We’re thrilled at the choice Big Finish have made. We’ve always admired Culshaw’s voice work, and in particular enjoyed his rendition of the Brigadier in The Five Doctors audiobook. We look forward to hearing the Brigadier returning to Big Finish in such a substantial way!”
Returning alongside the Brigadier is Liz Shaw, the first companion of the
Daisy Ashford (Liz Shaw), Tim Treloar (
Plus, returning to play Sergeant Benton is John Levene. John first played the part of Benton (who was then a corporal) in the Second Doctor adventure The Invasion. He returned to become a regular with
Tim Treloar, who has portrayed the
Tim Treloar (
“It’s been so rewarding to see how Doctor Who fans have embraced these new
The two adventures in The Third Doctor Adventures Volume Five will require the
Primord by John Dorney
The Scream of Ghosts by Guy Adams
The Primords (from The Doctor Who story Inferno) interrupt The Doctor and Liz Shaw’s reunion, and become one of the fiercest tests of UNIT and the Doctor to date. And in the second, ‘ghostly’ adventure, the population of a village are apparently being spirited away in the oddest of manners.
Katy Manning (who plays Jo Grant) told us during recording what it was like to bring back these beloved characters: “It was a joy working with Jon Culshaw, and working with Tim has been so much fun, watching him become The Doctor more and more. But Jon came in and in an instant (and I won’t tell him how!) caught the Brigadier immediately!”
Daisy Ashford says of coming to the Big Finish fold to play Liz Shaw: “I’m really excited and honoured to have been asked to play Liz, and to step into my Mum’s brilliant shoes!”
The Third Doctor Adventures Five will be released in May 2019, available for pre-order now at £25 on CD and £20 on download.
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