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Big Finish have announced the three companions who will feature in the upcoming Companion Chronicles mini-series, “The Three Companions”. It will be released part by part as bonuses with the monthly Doctor Who audio range, starting from Spring 2009.

Anneke Wills returns as Polly who, in the present day, tracks down Jo Grant (Katy Manning), and realizes their past adventures with the Doctor have actually intersected. Meanwhile, as the planet Earth faces environmental catastrophe, a third companion is observing them from afar… A certain Thomas Brewster (John Pickard), who is in possession of a stolen TARDIS.

The eagerly anticipated Complete Doctor Who Series 4 DVD box set has been released today. Two retailers in particular are offering a little bit more for your money: Play are offering it with exclusive postcards, whereas HMV are offering a rather nice exclusive box sleeve design.

This year sees the 45th anniversary of Doctor Who, and to fit the celebration, Big Finish plan to release this week a rather special audio play. The aptly named “Forty-Five“ is a series of four adventures on 2 CDs from some new writers to Big Finish, featuring the Seventh Doctor, Ace and Hex.

The following is the synopsis of the plays in the 45 release:

1. FALSE GODS
by Mark Morris

In the blistering heat of the Egyptian desert Howard Carter and his team search for the lost tomb of Userhat, a servant of the god Amun. What they discover sheds new light on the history of the world as we know it.

2. ORDER OF SIMPLICITY
by Nick Scovell
Dr. Verryman has devoted his life to the advancement of knowledge. When his experiments on a remote planet threaten the entire human race only the Doctor can help – if he puts his mind to it.

3. CASUALTIES OF WAR
by Mark Michalowski
Opportunity knocks in postwar London. But when a tea leaf steals from the wrong woman it becomes a race against time to discover the truth. Only some truths are best left untold.

4. THE WORD LORD
by Steven Hall
In a top secret military bunker deep beneath the Antarctic ice a mysterious death threatens peace negotiations and could spell disaster for the inhabitants of Earth. Can the Doctor cross the t’s and dot the i’s? Or will his efforts get lost in translation?

Big Finish have announced the next series of the Eighth Doctor Adventures, to be released from the 7th of March. In a new move for the company, they will be available for download in weekly episodes, with the CD of each adventure being released after the story’s conclusion at the end of each month. Big Finish have also announced plans to release a 9th episode of this season for Christmas 2009.

Click below to read some early story synopses and listen to the trailer. Warning may contain spoilers.

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