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Sixth Doctor versus the Ice Warriors, Class gets a school reunion, Susan enters the Time War!

Sixth Doctor versus the Ice Warriors, Class gets a school reunion, Susan enters the Time War!

April sees the release of a range of brand-new audio adventures from Big Finish. Here’s a roundup of what’s available to buy on CD and download this month.

Doctor Who Big Finish April 2020 roundup

The Sixth Doctor Versus Ice Warriors!

Violently ejected from the Space-Time Vortex, the TARDIS crash lands on the remote planet of Cygia-Rema, a mountainous world ruled by the bird-like Vultriss. But as the Doctor investigates why the TARDIS crashed, he discovers that the Vultriss are hiding a deadly secret. An ancient legacy that if left unchecked will plunge half the galaxy into an eternal living end.

Order Cry of the Vultriss here


Doctor Who Big Finish April 2020 roundup

Class is Back in Session

Here come six new adventures for the students of Coal Hill Academy, based on the television series created by Patrick Ness!

Doctor Who Big Finish April 2020 roundup

Order Class Volumes 3 and 4 here


Doctor Who Big Finish April 2020 roundup

The Doctor’s Granddaughter Calling for Duty

Gallifrey needs every Time Lord to fight the Time War. A summons has been issued across the universe to its prodigals. Susan’s call-up papers have arrived, and, unlike her grandfather, she is willing to join her people’s battle and finally return home. Because Susan knows the Daleks, and she will do her duty…

Order Susan’s War here


Doctor Who Big Finish April 2020 roundup

The Doctor’s Meddling Creates Trouble for Ace

The Doctor’s meddling has taken a tremendous emotional toll on Ace over their many adventures. However, this time, it may just cost her life. Landing in the middle of a civil war, the Doctor hoped to discreetly meddle and then slip away unnoticed. Instead, he’s managed to infect Ace with a bomb with a most unusual trigger. If Ace dies, so does the planet.

Order Dead Woman Walking here


Doctor Who Big Finish April 2020 roundup

An Alien Home-Help Device Launches a British Invasion

The team who helped the Seventh Doctor and Ace are back as the Counter-Measures group. And they face a new foe to face…

Arch-foe of the Intrusion Counter-Measures Group, Lady Suzanne Clare – glamorous international arms dealer specialising in alien tech – is back. And she’s branched out. She’s now moved into technology and is rolling out a device designed to help out with chores around the house. What do these devices actually do? It’s time for a home invasion.

Order New Counter-Measures: The Movellan Manoeuvre here


Doctor Who Big Finish April 2020 roundup

A Dalek Bomb Threatens to Destroy Earth

After the Movellan attack, the new Counter-Measures team discover that key scientists who helped the Movellans are being murdered. Rachel Jensen realises that the Daleks are behind it. Soon the team finds itself in the middle of a desperate war between Daleks and Movellans. As casualties mount, the Daleks plan to explode a bomb to wipe out the Movellans. Unfortunately, it will also destroy all life on Earth!

Order New Counter-Measures: The Dalek Gambit here


Doctor Who Big Finish April 2020 roundup

Sir Michael Palin joins Torchwood

You are listening to a self-help tape. You are hearing a soothing voice. You have always wanted to do something with your life, haven’t you? Oh, how you’ve ached to be a better person. Well now. This is your chance. Go on. Sit back. Close your eyes. Relax. You’re going to learn all about Captain Jack Harkness. You’re going to learn all about Torchwood. You’re going to change the world.

This new Torchwood audio adventure is read by Sir Michael Palin, and promises to be unlike any Torchwood adventure you’ve heard before…

Order Torchwood: Tropical Beach Sounds and Other Relaxing Seascapes #4 here

All titles are initially available exclusively from the Big Finish website in April. 

Carole Ann Ford stars in new Doctor Who spin-off, Susan’s War

Carole Ann Ford stars in new Doctor Who spin-off, Susan’s War

The Doctor’s first ever companion, his granddaughter Susan Foreman, takes on a new, heroic role in her very own series from Big Finish Productions, in association with BBC Studios.

Carole Ann Ford reprises the role she first created for television way back in 1963 in Susan’s War, a four-part full-cast audio drama due for release in April 2020.

Gallifrey needs every Time Lord to fight the Time War. A summons has been issued across the universe to its prodigals. Whatever their skills, the war effort can use them. 

Susan’s call-up papers have arrived, and, unlike her grandfather, she is willing to join her people’s battle and finally return home. 

Because Susan knows the Daleks, and she will do her duty… 

Susan’s War is now available to pre-order as a collector’s edition box set (priced at £24.99), or on download (at £19.99)

Also joining Susan in this conflict are her old friend, Ian Chesterton (played once again by original series actor William Russell) and the Doctor himself… but probably not the one she was expecting.

Actor Carole Ann Ford said: “It’s a very complex, interesting and fascinating piece of work which goes backwards and forwards in time in a way we’ve never actually done before in Doctor Who. We’re finding all sorts of extraordinary ways to chase after time machines, and the different phases in Time Lords’ lives are being investigated.

“Also, it’s Susan when she’s pushed on a few years. She has different attitudes to things and expects different behaviour from people that she’s with. So this is marvellous. She’s a much stronger person, and I really like that.  ”

Producer David Richardson added: “The Time War is a mighty battle on many fronts, and we are telling that huge story on many fronts too. This is Susan’s story – drafted into the war, an agent of the Time Lords and reunited with her past, firstly with Ian Chesterton, and then later with her grandfather in his Eighth incarnation.

“How lucky was I to spend recording days with legends like Carole Ann Ford, William Russell and Paul McGann, such key figures from the classic series thrown into this compelling era of new series Doctor Who? And with them are Veklin (Beth Chalmers) and Rasmus (Damian Lynch) – two characters whose story arcs spread through a myriad of releases, and help tie together our intricate Time War range.”

Susan’s War will contain four electrifying stories:

Sphere of Influence by Eddie Robson
The Uncertain Shore by Simon Guerrier
Assets of War by Lou Morgan
The Shoreditch Intervention by Alan Barnes

More story details will be revealed nearer the release date.

The four-disc box set of Susan’s War is now available to pre-order in collector’s edition CD format (priced at £24.99), or on download (at £19.99).