List of Doctor Who audio releases explained

There have been many official and unofficial Doctor Who and related spin-offs released on audio, as LPs, audiocassettes, audio CDs and MP3 CDs. Recordings here are listed by their original release date.

Television soundtracks

In 1966, an abridged recording of episode 6 of The Chase was released with narration on a 7-inch record. In 1979, the BBC released an abridged version of Genesis of the Daleks. In 1992 a brief series began releasing audio versions of missing stories from the archives, with link narration provided by one of the actors who played the Doctor. The soundtracks that were known to exist at the time were not the optimal audio quality and the range only released a few stories. A second series of "Lost Episode" soundtrack releases began in 1999. This series differed from earlier releases by having "linking" narration (to describe action and other sequences that were originally visual) read by an actor or actress who had played a companion in the original serial, rather than one of the actors who played the Doctor (except The Macra Terror, which used the original narration by Colin Baker). Another difference is that all the later releases were remastered for release by Mark Ayres from tapes recorded "off-air" at the original time of broadcast, or, when necessary, due to quality and possibly availability, from surviving films. From 1999 to 2004, these recordings were released under the "BBC Radio Collection" banner, and, starting in 2004, they have been released under the "BBC Audio" banner, with different outer packaging. The series was officially completed in 2006 with the release of The Reign of Terror; however, a rerelease of the soundtrack for The Tomb of the Cybermen was produced and was followed by new audio productions of available serials. All have been released by the BBC unless otherwise noted. This list is in order by release date.

Audio drama

Doctor Who

See also: List of Doctor Who audio plays by Big Finish. There have been several original audio dramas produced for Doctor Who, produced for radio and internet broadcast or commercial release.

Spin-offs

Torchwood

Torchwood has had seven Afternoon Plays, most bridging the gap between Series 2 and Children of Earth.

Adventures in a Pocket Universe

Featuring John Leeson as K-9 and Lalla Ward as "The Mistress"

Zygons

Featuring the Zygons

Krynoids

Featuring the Krynoids

Sontarans

Featuring the Sontarans

Kaldor City

A series of audio dramas set in Kaldor City on the unnamed planet featured in the Doctor Who serial The Robots of Death.

Faction Paradox

Audio dramas featuring the Faction Paradox, a time travelling cult/rebel group/organised crime syndicate originally appearing in the Eighth Doctor Adventures line of Doctor Who novels.

Hellscape

Featuring characters from BBV's Faction Paradox series

Sleepers

Featuring the Sleepers from the Hellscape series

The Minister of Chance

A series of audio dramas featuring The Minister of Chance from Death Comes to Time.

Erimem

Audio dramas adapted from Thebes Publishing's line of Erimem novels featuring the Fifth Doctor companion from Big Finish Productions line of Doctor Who audio plays.[1]

Maker's Wish

Featuring the Makers from the Eighth Doctor Adventures novel The Space Age

Other

Documentaries and non-fiction

Documentaries

Doctor Who at the BBC

Collection of documentary programmes, interviews and other items from the BBC archive. A further volume of radio dramas was also released in this series. Project: WHO?, originally issued as a standalone releases, was included in later Doctor Who at the BBC box sets.

Commentaries

DVD-style audio commentaries released on CD/download, without the original episode audio. All are moderated by Toby Hadoke unless otherwise indicated.

See also

References

General references

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Erimem 3 CDR Bundle UK ONLY (Pre-order). bbvproductions.