Doctor Who: The Fourth Doctor Adventures

In 2012, Big Finish Productions began producing audio dramas featuring Doctor Who's fourth Doctor, as portrayed by Tom Baker.^[1] Baker had previously declined to feature in any Big Finish releases, but after recording a trilogy of full cast audio boxsets for BBC Audiobooks, he decided to participate.^[2] This was also part of a spin off series of the Monthly range.

The Fourth Doctor Adventures
Big Finish Productions audio drama
Series	Doctor Who
Featuring	Fourth Doctor Leela Romana I Romana II Anya Kingdom Adric K9
Written by	various
Directed by	Nicholas Briggs Ken Bentley Jamie Anderson
Music	Howard Carter
Release date	January 2012 (2012-01)

Cast and characters

Cast

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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
		S1	Sp.	S2	S3	S4	S5	S6	S7	S8	S9	Sp.	S10	Sp.	S11	S12	S13	Sp.	S14
Tom Baker	The Doctor	✓
Louise Jameson	Leela	✓		Does not appear	✓		Does not appear		✓	Does not appear		✓			Does not appear	✓	Does not appear		✓
Mary Tamm	Romana I	Does not appear		✓	Does not appear
Lalla Ward	Romana II	Does not appear					✓		Does not appear		✓	Does not appear
Jane Slavin	Ann Kelso/Anya Kingdom	Does not appear								✓	Does not appear			✓	Does not appear
	The Laan	Does not appear		✓	Does not appear		✓	Does not appear
Matthew Waterhouse	Adric	Does not appear									✓	Does not appear
Nerys Hughes	Margaret	Does not appear													✓		Does not appear
John Leeson	K-9	Does not appear		✓	Does not appear	✓							Does not appear	✓	Does not appear				✓
Christopher Naylor[3]	Harry Sullivan	Does not appear															✓		Does not appear
Eleanor Crooks[3]	Naomi Cross	Does not appear															✓	Does not appear
Sadie Miller	Sarah Jane Smith	Does not appear																✓	Does not appear
Jon Culshaw	Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart	Does not appear																	✓
Nicholas Briggs	Daleks	✓	Does not appear	✓	Does not appear									✓	Does not appear
	Zygons	Does not appear			✓	Does not appear
	Cybermen	Does not appear				✓	Does not appear
	Ice Warriors	Does not appear														✓	Does not appear
	Sea Devils	Does not appear															✓	Does not appear
Geoffrey Beevers	The Master	✓	Does not appear		✓		Does not appear										✓	Does not appear
James Dreyfus		Does not appear													✓	Does not appear
Christopher Benjamin	Henry Gordon Jago	Does not appear		✓	Does not appear			✓	Does not appear
Trevor Baxter	Professor George Litefoot	Does not appear		✓	Does not appear			✓	Does not appear
Dan Starkey	Sontarans	Does not appear			✓	Does not appear		✓	Does not appear

Notable Guests

• David Warner as Cuthbert
• David Sibley as The Eminence
• Frazer Hines as Jamie McCrimmon
• David Troughton as The Black Guardian
• Gabriel Woolf as Sutekh
• Joe Sims as Mark Seven
• Siân Phillips as The Director
• John Heffernan as The Nine
• Annette Badland as The Toymaker
• Tamzin Outhwaite as Joan Stone <>
• Rosalie Craig as Lady Anita <>
• Rosie Day as Betty <>

Episodes

Season 1 (2012)

This series of adventures is set between seasons 14 and 15 of the classic series,^[4] and features Louise Jameson reprising her role as Leela.

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Featuring	Released
1	"Destination: Nerva"	Nicholas Briggs	Nicholas Briggs	Fourth Doctor, Leela	January 2012 (2012-01)
2	"The Renaissance Man"	Ken Bentley	Justin Richards	Fourth Doctor, Leela	February 2012 (2012-02)
3	"The Wrath of the Iceni"	Ken Bentley	John Dorney	Fourth Doctor, Leela	March 2012 (2012-03)
4	"Energy of the Daleks"	Nicholas Briggs	Nicholas Briggs	Fourth Doctor, Leela, Daleks	April 2012 (2012-04)
5	"Trail of the White Worm (Part 1)"	Ken Bentley	Alan Barnes	Fourth Doctor, Leela, the Master	May 2012 (2012-05)
6	"The Oseidon Adventure (Part 2)"	Ken Bentley	Alan Barnes	Fourth Doctor, Leela, the Master, Kraals	June 2012 (2012-06)

Special (2012)

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Featuring	Released
–	"Night of the Stormcrow"	Nicholas Briggs	Marc Platt	Fourth Doctor, Leela	December 2012 (2012-12)

Season 2 (2013)

This series of adventures is set between seasons 16 and 17 of the classic series, and features Mary Tamm and John Leeson reprising their roles as Romana and K9; this was Tamm's final role, as she died in 2012 after recording her parts.^[5]

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Featuring	Released
1	"The Auntie Matter"	Ken Bentley	Jonathan Morris	Fourth Doctor, Romana I, K9	January 2013 (2013-01)
2	"The Sands of Life (Part 1)"	Nicholas Briggs	Nicholas Briggs	Fourth Doctor, Romana I, K9, Laan, Cuthbert	February 2013 (2013-02)
3	"War Against the Laan (Part 2)"	Nicholas Briggs	Nicholas Briggs	Fourth Doctor, Romana I, K9, Laan, Cuthbert	March 2013 (2013-03)
4	"The Justice of Jalxar"	Ken Bentley	John Dorney	Fourth Doctor, Romana I, Jago, Litefoot	March 2013 (2013-03)
5	"Phantoms of the Deep"	Ken Bentley	Jonathan Morris	Fourth Doctor, Romana I, K9	May 2013 (2013-05)
6	"The Dalek Contract (Part 1)"	Nicholas Briggs	Nicholas Briggs	Fourth Doctor, Romana I, K9, Daleks, Cuthbert	June 2013 (2013-06)
7	"The Final Phase (Part 2)"	Nicholas Briggs	Nicholas Briggs	Fourth Doctor, Romana I, K9, Daleks, Cuthbert	July 2013 (2013-07)

Season 3 (2014)

This series of adventures, like Season 1, is set between seasons 14 and 15 of the classic series and features Jameson reprising her role as Leela. Chronologically, it takes place after The Oseidon Adventure and the special Night of the Stormcrow.^[6]

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Featuring	Released
1	"The King of Sontar"	Nicholas Briggs	John Dorney	Fourth Doctor, Leela, Sontarans	January 2014 (2014-01)
2	"White Ghosts"	Nicholas Briggs	Alan Barnes	Fourth Doctor, Leela	February 2014 (2014-02)
3	"The Crooked Man"	Nicholas Briggs	John Dorney	Fourth Doctor, Leela	March 2014 (2014-03)
4	"The Evil One"	Nicholas Briggs	Nicholas Briggs	Fourth Doctor, Leela, the Master	April 2014 (2014-04)
5	"Last of the Colophon"	Nicholas Briggs	Jonathan Morris	Fourth Doctor, Leela	May 2014 (2014-05)
6	"Destroy the Infinite"	Nicholas Briggs	Nicholas Briggs	Fourth Doctor, Leela, the Eminence	June 2014 (2014-06)
7	"The Abandoned"	Ken Bentley	Louise Jameson Nigel Fairs	Fourth Doctor, Leela	July 2014 (2014-07)
8	"Zygon Hunt"	Nicholas Briggs	Nicholas Briggs	Fourth Doctor, Leela, Zygons	August 2014 (2014-08)

Season 4 (2015)

A fourth series of adventures featuring Leela was released, this time also starring John Leeson as K9 and set during season 15 of the classic series.

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Featuring	Released
1	"The Exxilons"	Nicholas Briggs	Nicholas Briggs	Fourth Doctor, Leela, K9, Exxilons	January 2015 (2015-01)
2	"The Darkness of Glass"		Justin Richards	Fourth Doctor, Leela	February 2015 (2015-02)
3	"Requiem for the Rocket Men (Part 1)"		John Dorney	Fourth Doctor, Leela, K9, the Master, the Rocket Men	March 2015 (2015-03)
4	"Death Match (Part 2)"		Matt Fitton	Fourth Doctor, Leela, K9, the Master	April 2015 (2015-04)
5	"Suburban Hell"		Alan Barnes	Fourth Doctor, Leela	May 2015 (2015-05)
6	"The Cloisters of Terror"		Jonathan Morris	Fourth Doctor, Leela	June 2015 (2015-06)
7	"The Fate of Krelos (Part 1)"		Nicholas Briggs	Fourth Doctor, Leela, K9	July 2015 (2015-07)
8	"Return to Telos (Part 2)"		Nicholas Briggs	Fourth Doctor, Leela, K9, Cybermen, Jamie McCrimmon	August 2015 (2015-08)

Season 5 (2016)

A fifth series of adventures was released from January 2016, this time featuring Lalla Ward as the second incarnation of Romana and John Leeson as K9. The stories are set between seasons 17 and 18 of the classic series.

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Featuring	Released
1	"Wave of Destruction"	Nicholas Briggs	Justin Richards	Fourth Doctor, Romana II, K9	January 2016 (2016-01)
2	"The Labyrinth of Buda Castle"	Nicholas Briggs	Eddie Robson	Fourth Doctor, Romana II	February 2016 (2016-02)
3	"The Paradox Planet (Part 1)"	Nicholas Briggs	Jonathan Morris	Fourth Doctor, Romana II, K9	March 2016 (2016-03)
4	"Legacy of Death (Part 2)"	Ken Bentley	Jonathan Morris	Fourth Doctor, Romana II, K9	April 2016 (2016-04)
5	"Gallery of Ghouls"	Ken Bentley	Alan Barnes	Fourth Doctor, Romana II	May 2016 (2016-05)
6	"The Trouble with Drax"	Nicholas Briggs	John Dorney	Fourth Doctor, Romana II, K9, Drax	June 2016 (2016-06)
7	"The Pursuit of History (Part 1)"	Nicholas Briggs	Nicholas Briggs	Fourth Doctor, Romana II, K9, the Black Guardian, Cuthbert, Laan	July 2016 (2016-07)
8	"Casualties of Time (Part 2)"	Nicholas Briggs	Nicholas Briggs	Fourth Doctor, Romana II, K9, the Black Guardian, Cuthbert, Laan	August 2016 (2016-08)

Season 6 (2017)

A sixth series was released beginning in January 2017, also featuring Lalla Ward as the second incarnation of Romana and John Leeson as K9. The stories are set during season 18 of the classic series, prior to that season's E-Space trilogy.

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Featuring	Released
1	"The Beast of Kravenos"	Nicholas Briggs	Justin Richards	Fourth Doctor, Romana II, K9, Jago & Litefoot	January 2017 (2017-01)
2	"The Eternal Battle"	Nicholas Briggs	Cavan Scott and Mark Wright	Fourth Doctor, Romana II, K9, Sontarans	February 2017 (2017-02)
3	"The Silent Scream"	Nicholas Briggs	James Goss	Fourth Doctor, Romana II, K9, Celluloids	March 2017 (2017-03)
4	"Dethras"	Nicholas Briggs	Adrian Poynton	Fourth Doctor, Romana II, Flague	April 2017 (2017-04)
5	"The Haunting of Malkin Place"	Nicholas Briggs	Phil Mulryne	Fourth Doctor, Romana II	May 2017 (2017-05)
6	"Subterranea"	Nicholas Briggs	Jonathan Morris	Fourth Doctor, Romana II, the Silex	June 2017 (2017-06)
7	"The Movellan Grave"	Nicholas Briggs	Andrew Smith	Fourth Doctor, Romana II, K9, Movellans	July 2017 (2017-07)
8	"The Skin of the Sleek (Part 1)"	Ken Bentley	Marc Platt	Fourth Doctor, Romana II, K9	August 2017 (2017-08)
9	"The Thief Who Stole Time (Part 2)"	Ken Bentley	Marc Platt	Fourth Doctor, Romana II, K9	September 2017 (2017-09)

Season 7 (2018)

A seventh series was released from January 2018, featuring Louise Jameson as Leela and John Leeson as K9. The stories are set after Season 4, during season 15 of the classic series. This is the first season to be released in 2 separate box sets rather than a new release every month. The final two stories feature Sutekh, a character based upon the Egyptian deity of the same name. Gabriel Woolf reprises his portrayal of Sutekh; Woolf had appeared as the character in the classic Doctor Who serial "Pyramids Of Mars".

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Featuring	Released
1	"The Sons of Kaldor"	Nicholas Briggs	Andrew Smith	Fourth Doctor, Leela, Voc Robots	January 2018 (2018-01)
2	"The Crowmarsh Experiment"		David Llewellyn	Fourth Doctor, Leela
3	"The Mind Runners (Part 1)"		John Dorney	Fourth Doctor, Leela, K9
4	"The Demon Rises (Part 2)"		John Dorney	Fourth Doctor, Leela, K9
5	"The Shadow of London"	Nicholas Briggs	Justin Richards	Fourth Doctor, Leela	May 2018 (2018-05)
6	"The Bad Penny"		Dan Starkey	Fourth Doctor, Leela, the Haodean
7	"Kill the Doctor! (Part 1)"		Guy Adams	Fourth Doctor, Leela, Sutekh
8	"The Age of Sutekh (Part 2)"		Guy Adams	Fourth Doctor, Leela, Sutekh

Season 8 (2019)

An eighth series was released from January 2019, featuring John Leeson as K9 and a new companion WPC Ann Kelso played by Jane Slavin. The stories are set in between series 15 and 16 and are collectively titled The Syndicate Master Plan.

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Featuring	Released
1	"The Sinestran Kill"	Nicholas Briggs	Andrew Smith	Fourth Doctor, Ann, Sinestrans	January 2019 (2019-01)
2	"Planet of the Drashigs"		Phil Mulryne	Fourth Doctor, Ann, Drashigs
3	"The Enchantress of Numbers"		Simon Barnard and Paul Morris	Fourth Doctor, Ann, K9, Ada Lovelace, Lord Byron
4	"The False Guardian (Part 1)"		Guy Adams	Fourth Doctor, Ann, K9, Mavic Chen
5	"Time's Assassin (Part 2)"	Nicholas Briggs	Guy Adams	Fourth Doctor, Ann, K9	February 2019 (2019-02)
6	"Fever Island"		Jonathan Barnes	Fourth Doctor, Ann, K9, Jason Vane
7	"The Perfect Prisoners (Part 1)"		John Dorney	Fourth Doctor, Ann, K9
8	"The Perfect Prisoners (Part 2)"		John Dorney	Fourth Doctor, Ann, K9

Season 9 (2020)

A ninth series was released from January 2020, featuring Lalla Ward as Romana II, John Leeson as K9 and Matthew Waterhouse as Adric. The stories are set in Season 18 during the E-Space Trilogy, specifically set between the stories State of Decay and Warriors' Gate. The format of the series changed from two box sets of four one hour stories, to two box sets of two two hour stories. A special, featuring Louise Jameson as Leela and John Leeson as K9 was released in May 2020, which is set between the stories Underworld and The Invasion of Time.

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Featuring	Released
1	"Purgatory 12"	Nicholas Briggs	Marc Platt	Fourth Doctor, Romana II, Adric, K9	January 2020 (2020-01)
2	"Chase the Night"		Jonathan Morris
3	"The Planet of Witches"	Ken Bentley	Alan Barnes	Fourth Doctor, Romana II, Adric, K9	February 2020 (2020-02)
4	"The Quest of the Engineer"	Nicholas Briggs	Andrew Smith

Special (2020)

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Featuring	Released
–	"Shadow of the Sun"	Nicholas Briggs	Robert Valentine	Fourth Doctor, Leela, K9	May 2020 (2020-05)

Season 10 (2021)

A tenth series was released from January 2021, featuring Louise Jameson as Leela. Like Series 1 and 3, the stories are set between seasons 14 and 15 of the classic series.

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Featuring	Released
1	"The World Traders"[3]	Nicholas Briggs	Guy Adams	Fourth Doctor, Leela, Usurians	January 2021 (2021-01)
2	"The Day of the Comet"[3]		Jonathan Morris	Fourth Doctor, Leela
3	"The Tribulations of Thadeus Nook"[7]	Nicholas Briggs	Andrew Smith	Fourth Doctor, Leela	February 2021 (2021-02)
4	"The Primeval Design"[8]		Helen Goldwyn	Fourth Doctor, Leela, Mary Anning

Dalek Universe: Prologue (2021)

A prologue to the Tenth Doctor event Dalek Universe.

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Featuring	Released
–	"The Dalek Protocol"	Nicholas Briggs	Nicholas Briggs	Fourth Doctor, Leela, K9, Anya Kingdom, Mark Seven, Daleks, Exxilons, Bellal	April 2021 (2021-04)

Season 11 (2022)

An eleventh series was released from January 2022, featuring the first appearance of Nerys Hughes as new companion Margaret. The stories will be set during season 14 of the classic series, specifically between The Deadly Assassin and The Face of Evil.

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Featuring	Released
Volume 1: Solo
1	"Blood of the Time Lords"[9]	Nicholas Briggs	Timothy X Atack	Fourth Doctor, The Master	March 2022 (2022-03)
2	"The Ravencliff Witch"[9]		David Llewellyn	Fourth Doctor, Margaret
Volume 2: The Nine
3	"The Dreams of Avarice"	Nicholas Briggs	Guy Adams	Fourth Doctor, The Nine[10]	June 2022 (2022-06)
4	"Shellshock"	Nicholas Briggs	Simon Barnard & Paul Morris	Fourth Doctor
5	"Peake Season"	Jamie Anderson	Lizbeth Myles	Fourth Doctor, Mervyn Peake

Season 12 (2023)

A twelfth series was released from January 2023, featuring Louise Jameson as Leela and the return of Nerys Hughes as Margaret.

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Featuring	Released
Volume 1: New Frontiers
1	"Ice Heist!"	Nicholas Briggs	Guy Adams	Fourth Doctor, Leela, Margaret, The Ice Warriors	March 2023 (2023-03)
2	"Antillia the Lost"		Phil Mulryne	Fourth Doctor, Leela, Margaret
Volume 2: Angels and Demons
3	"The Wizard of Time"	Nicholas Briggs	Roy Gill	Fourth Doctor, Leela, Margaret	June 2023 (2023-06)
4	"The Friendly Invasion"		Chris Chapman	Fourth Doctor, Leela, Margaret
5	"Stone Cold"		Roland Moore	Fourth Doctor, Leela, Margaret, Weeping Angels
6	"The Ghost of Margaret"		Tim Foley	Fourth Doctor, Leela, Margaret

Season 13 (2024)

A thirteenth series was released from March 2024 in three volumes, featuring Christopher Naylor as Harry Sullivan and Eleanor Crooks as Naomi Cross. It will be connected with UNIT: Nemesis.^[11]

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Featuring	Released
Volume 1: Storm of the Sea Devils
1	"The Storm of the Sea Devils"	Nicholas Briggs	David K Barnes	Fourth Doctor, Harry Sullivan, Naomi Cross, UNIT, Sea Devils	March 2024 (2024-03)
2	"Worlds Beyond"		Robert Khan & Tom Salinsky	Fourth Doctor, Harry, Naomi, Alan Turing
Volume 2: Metamorphosis
3	"Matryoshka"	Helen Goldwyn	Aurora Fearnley	Fourth Doctor, Harry, Naomi, The Toymaker	June 2024 (2024-06)
4	"The Caged Assassin"	Nicholas Briggs	Matthew Sweet	Fourth Doctor, Harry, Naomi
5	"Metamorphosis"	Jamie Anderson	Lisa McMullin	Fourth Doctor, Harry, Naomi, The Master
Volume 3: Dominant Species
6	"The Face in the Storm"[11]	Nicholas Briggs	Sarah Grochala	Fourth Doctor, Harry, Naomi, Dominators, Quarks	September 2024 (2024-09)
7	"Dominant Species"[11]		John Dorney

Special (2024)

A Special Release celebrating Fifty years since the Fourth Doctor's debut. Set between Revenge of the Cybermen and Terror of the Zygons, and a sequel to The Sontaran Experiment.^[12][13]

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Featuring	Released
–	"The Curse of Time"	Helen Goldwyn	Jonathan Morris	Fourth Doctor, Sarah Jane Smith, Harry Sullivan	December 2024 (2024-12)

Season 14

Big Finish scheduled three box sets for release for March,^[14] June,^[15] and September 2025,^[16] respectively. Senior Producer John Ainsworth said: “Long-term listeners will know that we record Tom Baker's Fourth Doctor Adventures well in advance, but there might be some surprises on the way.^[17]

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Featuring	Released
Volume 1: The Hellwood Inheritance
1	"The Hellwood Inheritance"	Jamie Anderson	Alan Barnes	Fourth Doctor, Leela	March 2025 (2025-03)
2	"The Memory Thieves"		Phil Mulryne
Volume 2: The Ruins of Kaerula
3	"The Remains of Kaerula"	Helen Goldwyn, Nicholas Briggs & Jamie Anderson	Phil Mulryne	Fourth Doctor, Leela, K9	June 2025 (2025-06)
4	"The Ruins of Kaerula"		Phil Mulryne	Fourth Doctor, Leela, K9
5	"Cry of the Banshee"		Tim Foley	Fourth Doctor, Leela, K9, The Brigadier
Volume 3: The Last Queen of the Nile
6	"Conspiracy of Silence"	Ken Bentley & Jamie Anderson	Jonathan Morris	Fourth Doctor, Leela, The Brigadier, The Silence	September 2025 (2025-09)
7	"The Last Queen of the Nile"		David K. Barnes	Fourth Doctor, Leela, K9, Mark Antony, Cleopatra

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	2023	Best Audio	Peake Season	Nominated	[18]