Doctor Who: The Fifth Doctor Adventures

The Fifth Doctor Adventures is a Big Finish Productions audio play series based on the television series Doctor Who. It sees the return of Peter Davison reprising his role as the Fifth Doctor.

The Fifth Doctor Adventures
Big Finish Productions audio drama
Series	Doctor Who
Featuring	Fifth Doctor
Executive producer(s)	Jason Haigh-Ellery Nicholas Briggs
Release date	January 2003 (2003-01) (retroactively) November 2020 (2020-11) (actual)

History

In 1999, beginning with the story "The Sirens of Time", Big Finish Productions began producing a series of audio adventures featuring the Fifth Doctor, Sixth Doctor and Seventh Doctor. For 22 years these stories continued collectively known as Big Finish's "Main Range".^[1][2] In May 2020, Big Finish announced the main range would conclude in March 2021 and subsequently replaced with regular releases of each Doctor's adventures continuing in their own respective ranges.^[3][4] Several previously released special titles were retroactively reallocated into these new ranges by Big Finish.

Cast and characters

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This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in at least one season.

•   A green cell indicates the actor is a main cast member.
•   A red cell indicates the actor is a recurring cast member.
•   A light blue cell indicates the actor is a guest or special guest cast member.

Actor	Character	Appearances
		Sp.	Fifth Doctor Boxset	Wicked Sisters	Lost Resort	Forty		Conflicts of Interest	In The Night	The Dream Team	The Great Beyond	2025A	2025B
						Vol. 1	Vol. 2
Peter Davison	The Doctor	✓
Matthew Waterhouse	Adric	Does not appear	✓	Does not appear	✓	✓		Does not appear		✓
Sarah Sutton	Nyssa	✓		Does not appear	✓
Janet Fielding	Tegan	Does not appear	✓	Does not appear	✓
Louise Jameson	Leela	Does not appear		✓	Does not appear
Ciara Janson	Abby	Does not appear		✓	Does not appear
Laura Doddington	Zara	Does not appear		✓	Does not appear
George Watkins	Marc	Does not appear			✓	Does not appear
Mark Strickson	Vislor Turlough	Does not appear					✓	Does not appear
Jon Culshaw	The Brigadier	Does not appear					✓	Does not appear
	The Master
	Kamelion
Nicholas Briggs	Daleks	Does not appear			✓	Does not appear
	Cybermen	Does not appear				✓	Does not appear
	Ice Warriors	Does not appear				✓	Does not appear

Notable Guests

• Caroline Morris as Erimem
• Mark Donovan as Shayde

Episodes

Specials

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Featuring	Released
1	"No Place Like Home"[5]	Gary Russell	Iain McLaughlin	Fifth Doctor, Erimem, Shayde	January 2003 (2003-01)
2	"Cuddlesome"[6]	Barnaby Edwards	Nigel Fairs	Fifth Doctor	March 2008 (2008-03)
3	"Return to the Web Planet"[7]	Barnaby Edwards	Daniel O'Mahony	Fifth Doctor, Nyssa, Zarbi, Menoptera	December 2008 (2008-12)

The Fifth Doctor Box Set (2014)

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Featuring	Released
1	"Psychodrome"[8]	Ken Bentley	Jonathan Morris	Fifth Doctor, Adric, Nyssa, Tegan	August 2014 (2014-08)
2	"Iterations of I"[8]		John Dorney

Wicked Sisters (2020)

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Featuring	Released
1	"The Garden of Storms"[9]	Lisa Bowerman	Simon Guerrier	Fifth Doctor, Leela, Abby, Zara	November 2020 (2020-11)
2	"The Moonrakers"[9]
3	"The People Made of Smoke"[9]

The Lost Resort and Other Stories (2021)

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Featuring	Released
1	"The Lost Resort"[10]	Scott Handcock	AK Benedict	Fifth Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan, Marc, Adric	September 2021 (2021-09)
2	"The Perils of Nellie Bly"[10]	Scott Handcock	Sarah Ward	Fifth Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan, Marc
3	"Nightmare of the Daleks"[10]	Samuel Clemens	Martyn Waites	Fifth Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan, Marc, Daleks

Forty (2022)

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Featuring	Released
Volume 1
1	"Secrets of Telos"[11]	Ken Bentley	Matt Fitton	Fifth Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan, Cybermen	January 2022 (2022-01)
2	"God of War"[11]		Sarah Grochala	Fifth Doctor, Adric, Nyssa, Tegan, Ice Warriors
–	"Interlude: I, Kamelion"[11]	Read by : Dan Starkey	Dominic Martin	Fifth Doctor, Turlough, Kamelion	January 2022 (2022-01)
Volume 2
3	"The Auton Infinity"[12]	Ken Bentley	Tim Foley	Fifth Doctor, Tegan, Turlough, Kamelion, The Brigadier, Autons, The Master	September 2022 (2022-09)

Conflicts of Interest (2023)

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Featuring	Released
1	"Friendly Fire"[13]	Ken Bentley	John Dorney	Fifth Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan	April 2023 (2023-04)
2	"The Edge of the War"[14]		Jonathan Barnes
–	"Interlude: Gobbledegook"	Read by : Dan Starkey	Frazer Lee	Fifth Doctor	April 2023 (2023-04)

In the Night (2023)

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Featuring	Released
1	"Pursuit of the Nightjar"	Ken Bentley	Tim Foley	Fifth Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan	September 2023 (2023-09)
2	"Resistor"		Sarah Grochala

The Dream Team (2024)

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Featuring	Released
1	"The Merfolk Murders"	Ken Bentley	Tim Foley	Fifth Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan, Adric	April 2024 (2024-04)
2	"Dream Team"		Lizzie Hopley
–	"Interlude: Meanwhile, Turlough"	Read by : Dan Starkey	Jonathan Blum	Fifth Doctor, Tegan, Turlough	April 2024 (2024-04)

The Great Beyond (2024)

A second boxset is scheduled for release in September 2024.^[15] Big Finish's Creative Director Nicholas Briggs described them as "...really imaginative, celebratory adventures that feel like Classic Doctor Who turned right up to eleven, in the very best of ways".^[16]

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Featuring	Released
1	"Part 1"	Ken Bentley	James Kettle	Fifth Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan, Adric	September 2024 (2024-09)
2	"Part 2"
3	"Part 3"
4	"Part 4"
5	"Part 5"
6	"Part 6"

Hooklight

On 23 May 2024, Big Finish announced their slate of boxsets for 2025. Senior Producer John Ainsworth said "...in 2025, Peter Davison stars in a 12-part Fifth Doctor story for the first time ever. It's an epic featuring new worlds, new creatures and a searing light that could burn everything to dust."^[17] The two boxsets are scheduled for release in April^[18] and May 2025,^[19] respectively.

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Featuring	Released
Part 1
1	"Part 1"	Ken Bentley	Tim Foley	Fifth Doctor, Eighth Doctor, Tegan, Nyssa, Adric	April 2025 (2025-04)
2	"Part 2"
3	"Part 3"
4	"Part 4"
5	"Part 5"
6	"Part 6"
Part 2
1	"Part 7"	Ken Bentley	Tim Foley	Fifth Doctor, Eighth Doctor, Tegan, Nyssa, Adric	May 2025 (2025-05)
2	"Part 8"
3	"Part 9"
4	"Part 10"
5	"Part 11"
6	"Part 12"

Awards and nominations

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee(s) of the award, and the result of the nomination

Award ceremony	Year	Category	Work(s)	Result	Ref.
Scribe Awards	2015	Best Audio	Iterations of I	Won	[20]
	2022		The Lost Resort	Nominated
	2024		Pursuit of the Nightjar	Nominated