Out Now: The Third Doctor Adventures – Volume One!

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The Third Doctor is back into the swing of things with Big Finish’s brand-new audio boxset – and it’s out today!

Katy Manning (Jo Grant) and Richard Franklin (Captain Mike Yates) return, and Tim Treloar voices the Third Doctor, paying tribute to the late, great Jon Pertwee. The news that the memorable era would live again first broke last November, so it’s been a long wait. And with stories from Justin Richards and Andy Lane, we’re sure it will be worth it!

Spoilers for anyone who hasn’t heard The Light at the End now… Tim first played the Third Doctor in the company’s 50th anniversary celebratory story, but both Tom Baker (the Fourth Doctor) and producer, Nick Briggs thought he sounded like Pertwee when Treloar starred in Destination Nerva. Briggs commented:

“Tim put days and days of work into this before the recording. We sent him DVDs of old episodes which he watched again and again, and he had clips on his phone at the recording – so during every break he’d play it back. He was so totally dedicated to getting it right. He’d analysed Jon’s performance to the last detail, noting every tick and vocal inflection, and that pays off in a superb performance.”

Here’s what you should get excited about:

“Prisoners of the Lake (by Justin Richards)

Captain Mike Yates is investigating the disappearance of artefacts from an archaeological site deep below Dunstanton Lake. It’s hardly a job for UNIT. But when the team discover a mysterious ancient structure buried deep underwater, all that changes.

When chief archaeologist Freda Mattingly ventures inside, she soon realises that her skills do not begin to equip her to deal with what she finds. As an ancient menace begins to stir the Doctor, Jo Grant and Mike Yates must dive down to the lake bed and discover the secrets hidden there. Secrets that could mean the end of all life on Earth…

The Havoc of Empires (by Andy Lane)

The Doctor and Jo take Mike Yates on his first trip in the TARDIS, but instead of the historical cricket match they were aiming for they end up on a futuristic space station in the middle of a diplomatic crisis that might escalate into galactic war.

The alien leader of the Chalnoth Hegemony is marrying the human Director of the Teklarn Incorporation, but there are forces that will stop at nothing to disrupt the ceremony. The Doctor is accused of murder while explosions occur across the station, and only Jo Grant, pretending to be a security consultant, can save the day.

But then, there’s the Eels to consider…”

Listen to the trailer below, and if you haven’t already, head over to the Big Finish site to buy either a CD or downloadable copy.

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