The Lost Stories
Encyclopedia
The Lost Stories are a range of Doctor Who
audio plays from Big Finish
, adapted from unused TV stories.
and Nicola Bryant
star as the Sixth Doctor
and Peri.
The stories include:
Clegg wrote a detailed story breakdown for Point of Entry, which Platt turned into a complete script. Hammond wrote an incomplete script for Paradise 5, which was completed and adapted for audio by Lane. Martin, Bidmead, and Mills have revised their own scripts, with Bidmead describing his revision as a "top-to-bottom rewrite". Paul Finch approached Big Finish with a complete script that his father Brian had written for Season 22 in 1985. The story was completely unknown to Big Finish before this. Michael Feeney Callan's
The Children of January was originally part of the line-up, but fell through due to the author's other commitments and was replaced by The Macros.
, a four-disc boxed set including Moris Farhi's
stories Farewell Great Macedon and The Fragile Yellow Arc of Fragrance. Farhl's scripts for Farewell Great Macedon have been adapted as an enhanced audiobook, performed by William Russell
and Carole Ann Ford
, who, respectively, played Ian Chesterton
and Susan Foreman
.
The second release is The Second Doctor Boxset
, another four-disc boxed set including Dick Sharples'
The Prison in Space. Sharples' story has been adapted by Simon Guerrier
, and is performed by Frazer Hines
and Wendy Padbury
, who played Jamie McCrimmon
and Zoe Heriot
. The set also includes The Destroyers, the unmade pilot episode of a proposed Dalek-centred spin-off series for American TV. The episode has been adapted as a full-cast drama, with Nicholas Briggs
as the voice of the Daleks.
The remaining releases have been adapted from stories planned for the unmade Season 27, and introduce a new companion for the Seventh Doctor
, a young safecracker named Raine Creevey, played by Beth Chalmers.
Titles for the Season 27 Lost Stories, released monthly from January-April 2011 are as follows.
The character of Raine makes her debut as an adult in Crime of the Century, but appears as a newborn baby in Thin Ice; Beth Chalmers plays Raine's mother in that story.
, Nyssa
and Tegan
, followed by three stories with the Sixth Doctor
and Peri
, followed by dramatic readings of a First Doctor
and Second Doctor
story to round out the final two releases of the series. The title of story 3.3 has been revealed as The Children of Seth. This series will be released October 2011-September 2012.
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
audio plays from Big Finish
Big Finish Productions
Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces books and audio plays based, primarily, on cult British science fiction properties...
, adapted from unused TV stories.
Series 1
The first series is largely adapted from stories planned for the unmade 1985-1986 series. Colin BakerColin Baker
Colin Baker is a British actor who is known for playing Paul Merroney in The Brothers from 1974 to 1976 and as the sixth incarnation of the Doctor in the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who, from 1984 to 1986.- Background:Colin Baker was born in London, but moved north to...
and Nicola Bryant
Nicola Bryant
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star as the Sixth Doctor
Sixth Doctor
The Sixth Doctor is the sixth incarnation of the protagonist of the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. He was portrayed by Colin Baker...
and Peri.
The stories include:
- The Nightmare Fair by Graham WilliamsGraham WilliamsGraham Williams was a British television producer and script editor, whose best known work was on the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who....
, adapted by John Ainsworth - Mission to Magnus by Philip MartinPhilip Martin (screenwriter)Philip Martin is an English television screenwriter.His early work included regular series such as Z-Cars in the late 1960s/early 70s, but his most famous work is the postmodern television series Gangsters. This was an examination of race seen through an increasingly surreal vision of...
- LeviathanLeviathan (Doctor Who audio)Leviathan is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. -Plot:The Doctor discovers a medieval village where nobody ages...
by Brian FinchBrian FinchBrian Finch was a British television scriptwriter and dramatist. He had long and/or influential associations with several British dramas. Perhaps his longest relationship was with the ITV1 soap opera, Coronation Street, for which he wrote 150 scripts between 1970 and 1989...
, adapted by Paul Finch - The Hollows of TimeThe Hollows of TimeThe Hollows of Time is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who...
by Christopher H. BidmeadChristopher H. BidmeadChristopher Hamilton Bidmead is a British writer and journalist.Bidmead trained as an actor at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts , later playing several roles on stage, television and radio. By the early 1970s he was scriptwriting for Thames Television, producing material for Harriet's Back in... - Paradise 5Paradise 5Paradise 5 is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. -Plot:...
by PJ Hammond and Andy LaneAndy LaneAndrew Lane , who also writes as Andy Lane, is a British author and journalist. He has written a number of spin-off novels in the Virgin New Adventures range and audio dramas for Big Finish based on the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who , as well as assorted non fiction books based... - Point of Entry by Barbara CleggBarbara CleggBarbara Clegg is a British actress and scriptwriter for television and radio. She was born in Manchester and spent her early years in Gatley.Clegg started out acting in the theatre before moving into film and television with roles in Emergency Ward 10 and The Dream Maker...
and Marc PlattMarc PlattMarc Platt is a British writer. He is most known for his work with the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who.After studying catering at a technical college, Platt worked first for Trust House Forte, and then in administration for the BBC... - The Song of MegapteraThe Song of MegapteraThe Song of Megaptera is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who...
by Pat MillsPat MillsPat Mills, nicknamed 'the godfather of British comics', is a comics writer and editor who, along with John Wagner, revitalised British boys comics in the 1970s, and has remained a leading light in British comics ever since.... - The MacrosThe MacrosThe Macros is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. -Plot:...
by Ingrid PittIngrid PittIngrid Pitt was an actress best known for her work in horror films of the 1960s and 1970s.-Background:Pitt was born Ingoushka Petrov in Warsaw, Poland to a German father of Russian descent and a Polish Jewish mother. During World War II she and her family were imprisoned in a concentration camp...
and Tony Rudlin
Clegg wrote a detailed story breakdown for Point of Entry, which Platt turned into a complete script. Hammond wrote an incomplete script for Paradise 5, which was completed and adapted for audio by Lane. Martin, Bidmead, and Mills have revised their own scripts, with Bidmead describing his revision as a "top-to-bottom rewrite". Paul Finch approached Big Finish with a complete script that his father Brian had written for Season 22 in 1985. The story was completely unknown to Big Finish before this. Michael Feeney Callan's
Michael Feeney Callan
Michael Feeney Callan is a novelist, filmmaker and painter, also known for his biographical writing.An award winner for his short fiction, he joined BBC television drama as a story editor, and wrote screenplays for The Professionals and for American television...
The Children of January was originally part of the line-up, but fell through due to the author's other commitments and was replaced by The Macros.
Series 2
The first release of the second series is The First Doctor BoxsetThe First Doctor Boxset
The First Doctor Boxset is a Big Finish Productions audio drama set based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It is in the Companion Chronicles format, a "talking book" narrated by the Doctor's companions with guest-star's voices, music and sound effects...
, a four-disc boxed set including Moris Farhi's
Moris Farhi
Moris Farhi MBE is an author who has been vice-president of International PEN since 2001.-Background:Farhi was born in Ankara, Turkey, in 1935. Farhi received B.A. in Humanities from Robert Academy, Istanbul, in 1954. He came to the UK the same year and trained at The Royal Academy of Dramatic...
stories Farewell Great Macedon and The Fragile Yellow Arc of Fragrance. Farhl's scripts for Farewell Great Macedon have been adapted as an enhanced audiobook, performed by William Russell
William Russell (actor)
William Russell is an English actor, mainly known for his television work. He was born in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear.-Doctor Who:...
and Carole Ann Ford
Carole Ann Ford
Carole Ann Ford is a British actress best known for her role as Susan Foreman in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. She also appeared in the 1962 film version of The Day of the Triffids....
, who, respectively, played Ian Chesterton
Ian Chesterton
Ian Chesterton is a fictional character in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who and a companion of the First Doctor. He was played in the series by William Russell, and was one of the members of the programme's very first regular cast, appearing in the bulk of the first two...
and Susan Foreman
Susan Foreman
Susan Foreman is a fictional character in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The granddaughter and original companion of the First Doctor, she was played by actress Carole Ann Ford from 1963 to 1964, in the show's first season and the first two stories of the second season...
.
The second release is The Second Doctor Boxset
The Second Doctor Boxset
The Second Doctor Boxset is a Big Finish Productions audio drama set based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. These stories are in the Companion Chronicles format, a "talking book" narrated by the Doctor's companions with guest stars' voices, music and sound...
, another four-disc boxed set including Dick Sharples'
Dick Sharples
Dick Sharples is a British TV scriptwriter of British sitcoms. He has also written novels, plays and drama series .-Life and career:...
The Prison in Space. Sharples' story has been adapted by Simon Guerrier
Simon Guerrier
Simon Guerrier is a British science fiction author and dramatist, closely associated with the fictional universe of Doctor Who and its spinoffs...
, and is performed by Frazer Hines
Frazer Hines
Frazer Hines is an English actor best known for his roles as Jamie McCrimmon in Doctor Who and Joe Sugden in Emmerdale. Hines was born in Horsforth, a civil parish of Leeds.-Acting career:...
and Wendy Padbury
Wendy Padbury
Wendy Padbury is a British actress from Warwickshire, England. She is most famous for her involvement in various Doctor Who projects....
, who played Jamie McCrimmon
Jamie McCrimmon
James Robert "Jamie" McCrimmon is a fictional character played by Frazer Hines in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. A piper of the Clan McLaren who lived in 18th century Scotland, he was a companion of the Second Doctor and a regular in the programme from 1966...
and Zoe Heriot
Zoe Heriot
Zoe Heriot , or simply Zoe, is a fictional character played by Wendy Padbury in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who...
. The set also includes The Destroyers, the unmade pilot episode of a proposed Dalek-centred spin-off series for American TV. The episode has been adapted as a full-cast drama, with Nicholas Briggs
Nicholas Briggs
Nicholas Briggs is a British actor and writer, predominantly associated with the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who and its various spin-offs, particularly as the voice of the Daleks. Briggs sometimes uses the pseudonym Arthur Wallis...
as the voice of the Daleks.
The remaining releases have been adapted from stories planned for the unmade Season 27, and introduce a new companion for the Seventh Doctor
Seventh Doctor
The Seventh Doctor is the seventh incarnation of the protagonist of the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. He was portrayed by the actor Sylvester McCoy....
, a young safecracker named Raine Creevey, played by Beth Chalmers.
Titles for the Season 27 Lost Stories, released monthly from January-April 2011 are as follows.
- Thin IceThin Ice (Doctor Who audio)Thin Ice is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. -Plot:...
by Marc PlattMarc PlattMarc Platt is a British writer. He is most known for his work with the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who.After studying catering at a technical college, Platt worked first for Trust House Forte, and then in administration for the BBC... - Crime of the CenturyCrime Of The Century (Doctor Who audio)Crime Of The Century is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. -Plot:...
by Andrew CartmelAndrew CartmelAndrew Cartmel is a British science fiction writer and journalist, and former script editor of Doctor Who. He has also worked as a script editor on other television series, as a magazine editor, a film studies lecturer and as a novelist.-Biography:... - AnimalAnimal (Doctor Who audio drama)Animal is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. -Cast:*The Doctor - Sylvester McCoy*Ace - Sophie Aldred*Raine Creevey - Beth Chalmers...
by Andrew CartmelAndrew CartmelAndrew Cartmel is a British science fiction writer and journalist, and former script editor of Doctor Who. He has also worked as a script editor on other television series, as a magazine editor, a film studies lecturer and as a novelist.-Biography:... - Earth AidEarth AidEarth Aid is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. -Cast:*The Doctor - Sylvester McCoy*Ace - Sophie Aldred*Raine Creevey - Beth Chalmers...
by Ben AaronovitchBen AaronovitchBen Denis Aaronovitch is a London-born British writer who has worked on television series including Doctor Who, Casualty, Jupiter Moon and Dark Knight...
and Andrew CartmelAndrew CartmelAndrew Cartmel is a British science fiction writer and journalist, and former script editor of Doctor Who. He has also worked as a script editor on other television series, as a magazine editor, a film studies lecturer and as a novelist.-Biography:...
The character of Raine makes her debut as an adult in Crime of the Century, but appears as a newborn baby in Thin Ice; Beth Chalmers plays Raine's mother in that story.
Series 3
This third batch of stories will feature three stories with the Fifth DoctorFifth Doctor
The Fifth Doctor is the fifth incarnation of the protagonist of the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. He is portrayed by Peter Davison....
, Nyssa
Nyssa
Nyssa may refer to:* the genus name for the tupelo tree* Nyssa , a female name** Nyssa , a companion of the Fourth and Fifth Doctors in the long-running British science fiction series Doctor Who...
and Tegan
Tegan
Tegan is a given name of Welsh origins, derived from 'teg' the Welsh for 'beautiful' or 'fair' and "toy." Tegan may refer to:-People:*Tegan Bennett Daylight , Australian author*Tegan Moss , Canadian actress...
, followed by three stories with the Sixth Doctor
Sixth Doctor
The Sixth Doctor is the sixth incarnation of the protagonist of the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. He was portrayed by Colin Baker...
and Peri
Peri Brown
Peri Brown, full name Perpugilliam Brown, is a fictional character played by Nicola Bryant in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who....
, followed by dramatic readings of a First Doctor
First Doctor
The First Doctor is the initial incarnation of the protagonist of the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. He was portrayed by the actor William Hartnell from 1963 to 1966. Hartnell reprised the role in the tenth anniversary story The Three Doctors in 1973 - albeit in a...
and Second Doctor
Second Doctor
The Second Doctor is the second incarnation of the protagonist of the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. He was portrayed by character actor Patrick Troughton....
story to round out the final two releases of the series. The title of story 3.3 has been revealed as The Children of Seth. This series will be released October 2011-September 2012.
- The EliteThe Elite (Doctor Who audio)The Elite is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. -Plot:...
by Barbara CleggBarbara CleggBarbara Clegg is a British actress and scriptwriter for television and radio. She was born in Manchester and spent her early years in Gatley.Clegg started out acting in the theatre before moving into film and television with roles in Emergency Ward 10 and The Dream Maker...
and John DorneyJohn DorneyJohn Dorney is a British writer and actor best known for stage roles including the National Theatre and his scripts for the Big Finish Doctor Who range... - HexagoraHexagoraHexagora is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. -Plot:...
by Peter LingPeter LingPeter Ling was a British writer in many media, but best known for his work in television, where he was the co-creator of the soap opera Crossroads....
and Hazel Adair - The Children of SethThe Children of SethThe Children of Seth is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who...
by Christopher BaileyChristopher BaileyChristopher Bailey is a lecturer of English at the University of Brighton and is an occasional screenwriter for television.He wrote the script for the Doctor Who serial Kinda in 1982...
and Marc PlattMarc PlattMarc Platt is a British writer. He is most known for his work with the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who.After studying catering at a technical college, Platt worked first for Trust House Forte, and then in administration for the BBC... - The Guardians of Prophecy by Johnny Byrne and Jonathan MorrisJonathan MorrisJonathan Morris may refer to:* Jonathan D. Morris , American politician* Jon Morris , American football player* Jonathon Morris , English actor, from the sitcom Bread...
- Power Play by Gary Hopkins
- The First Sontarans