Big Finish have released the details for the first three Doctor Who adventures for 2009. Together they form a new three-part mini-series featuring an all new quest for the Key to Time. The Fifth Doctor is joined by a brand new companion called Amy, played by Ciara Janson, but she is a companion with a twist – this time the Doctor is the assistant.

The first episode in this mini-series is The Judgement of Isskar which will be released in January. The Doctor finds himself on a planet where Time stands still. There he meets a woman who is just a few minutes old. She is a Tracer, sent into our Universe by her makers to locate the six segments of the Key to Time. This being without a name wants the Doctor to be her assistant, but she doesn’t tell him the whole truth. Not at first. Their first port of call is Mars, where a society that one day will become Ice Warriors lives in peace and civility.

In February, the second installment, The Destroyer of Delights is set for release and stars David Troughton, son of second Doctor, Patrick Troughton. David will be playing The Black Guardian, a part previously played in the Classic TV series by the late Valentine Dyall. In this adventure, the Doctor and Amy find themselves at an impasse as the search for the Key to Time has stalled: the next segment does not appear to exist anywhere in the Universe. Forced into a temporary alliance with one of his greatest enemies, the Doctor suggests a course of action that is a validation of chaos itself.

The mini-series concludes in March with the release of The Chaos Pool which features the return of Lalla Ward to Doctor Who. The ageless leader of a dying race believes that salvation lies within The Chaos Pool, a place that even the Guardians of Time have been unable to locate.

In their search for the final segment of the Key to Time, the Doctor and Amy become caught in the crossfire. As the end of everything approaches, old friends and enemies reveal themselves and the final battle between the forces of Chaos and Order ignites…

Also available in the New Year will be The Prisoner’s Dilemma – a special edition of Doctor Who: The Companion Chronicles that is a cross-over adventure with the Key 2 Time series. This Seventh Doctor story features Sophie Aldred as Ace with Laura Doddington as Zara, who also stars in the Fifth Doctor’s Key 2 Time stories.

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We have received the covers for the individual DVDs of the upcoming “The Trial of a Time Lord” box set from 2 entertain. These follow the previously released cover image for the box itself, also shown below for completeness.
The Sixth Doctor epic is due for release on 29th September.

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Big Finish have today released the cover image and extras information for the upcoming release “The Ultimate Adventure”, starring Colin Baker, Noel Sullivan, Claire Huckle and David Banks It is the first production under their “The Stageplays” series, which sees three of the Doctor Who stage plays receive the Big Finish treatment.

The extras for “The Ultimate Adventure” are as follows:

DISC ONE

Remembering The Ultimate Adventure
A retrospective documentary narrated by Nicholas Briggs — Stars Colin Baker and David Banks and writer Terrance Dicks recall the making of the original stage show, which made its debut at the Wimbledon Theatre in 1989 and then toured the UK.

In Conversation: Nicholas Briggs and Peter Ware
Nicholas Briggs (The Voice of the Daleks) and Peter Ware (assistant editor of Doctor Who Magazine) share their memories of the stage show, and reveal what this audio adaptation means to them.

DISC TWO

Remaking The Ultimate Adventure
The cast, director and producers reveal how The Ultimate Adventure was reborn on audio, almost 20 years after the original production.

The Making of the Music
The Ultimate Adventure contains three musical numbers, performed for this production by Claire Huckle, Noel Sullivan and Nadine Cox. We follow them during the recording, while Musical Director Darren Lord reveals how the songs were revisited.

And here is the cover:

This month has seen a variety of upcoming titles for the new series Doctor Who novel book range. February sees the release of “The Sontaran Games”, whilst April sees the release of “Judgement of the Judoon”, “The Slitheen Excursion” and “Prisoner of the Daleks”.

For synopses of these upcoming novel please click below to read more. In the meantime, whilst you wait, why not check out the other books in the new series range.

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