Rebirth Of The Fourth Doctor
The Fourth Doctor is reborn and encounters faces old and new in May 2023, as the hotly-anticipated Once and Future series of full-cast audio adventures gets underway…
Episode one, Past Lives by Robert Valentine, kickstarts an epic eight-part audio drama from Big Finish Productions celebrating 60 years of Doctor Who!
The legendary Tom Baker stars, alongside Rufus Hound (as the time-meddling Monk), Jemma Redgrave (as UNIT chief Kate Stewart), Ingrid Oliver (as scientific advisor Osgood) and Sadie Miller (as Sarah Jane Smith)!
Settling as his Fourth incarnation, the Doctor goes in search of the Monk, with a vague memory that he had something to do with his ‘degeneration’.
On Earth, the Monk is meddling, bringing Sarah Jane Smith to the future UNIT HQ to steal a device for an alien race. The Doctor must help Kate Stewart and Osgood foil an invasion before he can confront the Monk about what he knows…
Producer David Richardson said: “One of the joys of this anniversary release is being able to savour things that could otherwise never happen – like the Fourth Doctor meeting Kate Stewart and Osgood, or his being reunited with Sarah Jane Smith who is living through the day she was left behind on Earth in The Hand of Fear… It sparkles with magical moments that fit beautifully within Doctor Who’s 60th year.”
Doctor Who – Once and Future: Past Lives is now available to pre-order as a standard 1-disc collector’s edition CD (+ download for just £10.99) or digital download only, (for just £8.99), exclusively from www.bigfinish.com.
Doctor Who fans worldwide can pre-order the special edition bundle of all eight audio adventures for just £75 (CD box set + download) or £62 (digital download only).
The special edition CD bundle is strictly limited to just 3,000 pressings and includes numbered CDs, special bonus artworks and additional audio content, including music suites and extended behind-the-scenes interviews.
A standard bundle is also available to pre-order for just £72 (collector’s edition CD box set and download) or £60 (download only). The standard edition does not include the extras contained in the special edition but does include behind-the-scenes features.
All the above prices include the special pre-order discount and are subject to change after general release.
Please note that Big Finish is currently operating a digital-first release schedule. The mailout of collector’s edition CDs will be delayed, but all purchases of this release unlock a digital copy that can be immediately downloaded or played on the Big Finish app from the release date.
Big Finish has produced Doctor Who audios since 1999 starring Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy, Paul McGann, Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant and John Hurt.
The Once and Future series will be released monthly, with the first seven parts materialising between May and October 2023, and a final coda in November 2024.
Rufus Hound has voiced the Monk since the 2015 Big Finish audio adventure, The Black Hole.
The Monk was first played by Peter Butterworth in the 1965 Doctor Who TV story, The Time Meddler.
Jemma Redgrave most recently returned as Kate Stewart in the 2022 Doctor Who Centenary special, The Power of the Doctor and is set to return again in the next series.
Ingrid Oliver last portrayed Petronella Osgood on TV in the 2015 Doctor Who episode, The Zygon Inversion and has reprised the role for many Big Finish audios.
Sadie Miller is the daughter of the original Sarah Jane Smith actor, Elisabeth Sladen, who sadly passed away in 2011. Sadie has taken on the role in Big Finish audios since the 2021 release, Return of the Cybermen.
DOCTOR WHO – ONCE AND FUTURE: PAST LIVES
Duration: 60 minutes approx.
Released: May 2023, exclusively from the Big Finish website.
Director: Helen Goldwyn
Script Editor: Matt Fitton
Writer: Robert Valentine
Producer: David Richardson
Executive Producers: Nicholas Briggs & Jason Haigh-Ellery
PRICING
Standard edition:
£10.99 (collector’s edition CD + download) £8.99 (download only)
Standard edition bundle:
Pre-order: £72.00 (collector’s edition CD series + download) £60 (download only)
General release: £80 (collector’s edition CD series + download) £66 (download only)
Special edition bundle:
Pre-order: £75.00 (limited edition CD collection + download) £62 (download only)
General release: £84.00 (limited edition CD collection + download) £68 (download only)
Sales enquiries – Tel: 01628 824 102 / Email: sales@bigfinish.com
Press enquiries – Tel: 020 3755 0589 / Email: press@bigfinish.com
ABOUT BIG FINISH PRODUCTIONS
Big Finish Productions is an audio production company and publisher best known for its range of Doctor Who plays (and its many spin-offs). The company also produces a wide range of audio drama and audiobooks featuring the characters from Adam Adamant Lives!, Blake’s 7, Dark Shadows, Space: 1999, Survivors, Terrahawks, The Avengers, The Omega Factor, The Prisoner, Timeslip and Torchwood, as well as classics from HG Wells and Shakespeare, Sherlock Holmes, The Phantom of the Opera and Dorian Gray. Big Finish also produces original creations such as Graceless, Charlotte Pollard and The Adventures of Bernice Summerfield, plus the Big Finish Originals range featuring many great new series including The Human Frontier, ATA Girl, Cicero, Jeremiah Bourne in Time, Shilling & Sixpence Investigate, Blind Terror and Transference.
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