The Fugitive Doctor Jo Martin returns in July as the Fugitive Doctor in three new adventures, with Cosmogon (Alice Krige) hot on her heels. Available to pre-order now The Fugitive Doctor: Dead or Alive
Doctor Who - The Fifth Doctor Adventures Peter Davison is the Doctor, with companions Tegan (Janet Fielding), Sarah Sutton (Nyssa) and Matthew Waterhouse (Adric) in an exciting new 12-part adventure - Hooklight. Written by Tim Foley, this epic story spans two box sets to be released in April and May 2025. Doctor Who - The Fifth Doctor Adventures: Hooklight 1, Doctor Who - The Fifth Doctor Adventures: Hooklight 2
Doctor Who: The Companion Chronicles Across time and space, the Doctor’s friends have encountered many different forms of family who have touched their hearts over the years. This latest collection of Companion Chronicles features Stephan Noonan as the First Doctor, in stories narrated by Carole Ann Ford (Susan), Lauren Cornelius (Dodo), Maureen O’Brien (Vicki) and Peter Purves (Stephen). Doctor Who - The Companion Chronicles: Familes
Dark Gallifrey - Missy Michelle Gomez is Missy, with Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor, in an epic three-part steampunk adventure series written by Rochana Patel. Dark Gallifrey: Missy Part 1
Planet Krynoid Reece Shearsmith and Paul McGann star in the first box set of a new range from Big Finish: a three-hour disaster adventure set on Sunlight, a seemingly utopian planet - until an engineer discovers a pair of strange-looking pods lodged in a satellite… Planet Krynoid: Nightfall
Torchwood Fenella Woolgar plays Princess Beatrice, Queen Victoria’s daughter. She has inherited Torchwood - but what will she find when she visits the organisation? This story is a parallel to Zygon Century: Infiltration, and speculates how Torchwood would handle Zygons. Torchwood: Rictus
Doctor Who - The Ninth Doctor Adventures Christopher Eccleston is reunited with Billie Piper in a brand new series of adventures for the Ninth Doctor and Rose; 12 episodes that slot neatly into the 2005 TV series. Doctor Who - The Ninth Doctor Adventures 4.1 (Title TBA)
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Doctor Who - The Third Doctor Adventures Tim Treloar plays the Doctor, with Sadie Miller as Sarah Jane Smith, Jon Culshaw as The Brigadier and Katy Manning as Jo Jones, in a historical adventure co-written by Tim Treloar and Nicholas Briggs. Doctor Who - The Third Doctor Adventures: Operation Vengeance
Doctor Who - The Sixth Doctor Adventures Colin Baker is the Doctor, with Miranda Raison as WREN Constance Clarke, as they encounter old friends - and old enemies. But which is which - and who is Who? The stories in this new boxset were written by Julian Richards, Paul Magrs and Ian Potter. Doctor Who - The Sixth Doctor Adventures: The Cosmos and Mrs Clarke.
Doctor Who - The War Doctor Rises Jonathon Carley plays Agent Wyatt Smith, with Daisy Ashford as Agent Louise Tickson in a three-part murder mystery adventure set on a remote planet affected in its own way by the Time War. Doctor Who - The War Doctor Rises: Fallen Heroes
Doctor Who - The Fifth Doctor Adventures Peter Davison is the Doctor, with companions Tegan (Janet Fielding), Sarah Sutton (Nyssa) and Matthew Waterhouse (Adric) in the concluding set of the new 12-part adventure - Hooklight. Written by Tim Foley, this epic story spans two box sets Doctor Who - The Fifth Doctor Adventures: Hooklight 1 released in April, and Doctor Who - The Fifth Doctor Adventures: Hooklight 2 to be released in May.
Doctor Who - Short Trips A new audiobook anthology of six short stories, featuring both Classic and New Doctors, and their companions. In addition to the stories, there are behind-the-scenes tracks in which the author, director and reader discuss how each story was written and recorded. Doctor Who - Short Trips Volume 13: Tales from the Vortex
Torchwood Jonny Green returns as Tyler Steele, the journalist turned Torchwood member, in a story exploring the character’s past. Torchwood: The Boy Who Never Laughed was written by Joseph Lidster, and will be released in May 2025.
Doctor Who - The Eighth Doctor Adventures Paul McGann is the Doctor, with Sheridan Smith as Lucie Miller, in a digital box set collection of the complete fourth series of adventures for the Eighth Doctor and Lucie Miller. The ten stories were originally released individually between 2009 - 2011, and are out of print on CD. Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor and Lucie Miller Series 04 will be released in May 2025
Plus: The Big Finish Book Club: revisit Doctor Who - The Companion Chronicles: Frostfire on download throughout April for only £1.99.
Doctor Who - The Ninth Doctor Adventures 20 years after the Doctor and Rose first met, Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper reunite in 12 new audio adventures set between the events of the TV episodes Father’s Day and The Empty Child. The series begins in August with Doctor Who - The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Snare
Space Security Service Jane Slavin is Anya Kingdom and Joe Sims is android Mark Seven in a new series featuring the two Space Security agents who were such a hit in the Dalek Universe range. Set in 20th century London, before their encounter with the Tenth Doctor in Dalek Universe, the first set of adventures will be released in June 2025. Space Security Service: The Voord in London
Doctor Who - The Eighth Doctor Adventures Paul McGann is the Doctor, with Sonny McGann as the Doctor’s great-grandson Alex, and Emma Cambell-Jones as Cass Fermazzi as the Time War saga continues in Time War Uncharted - Pursuit.
UNIT: Brave New World Angela Bruce returns as Brigadier Winifred Bambera, UNIT’s commanding officer in the UK in the 1990s, in three new adventures set at the dawn of the new millenium. UNIT - Brave New World: Fractures is released in June, and the following box set, UNIT - Brave New World: Knightfall is scheduled for release in March 2026.
Doctor Who - The Seventh Doctor Adventures Sylvester McCoy is the Doctor, with Christopher Naylor as Harry Sullivan and Eleanor Crooks as Naomi Cross. Harry and Naomi prepare to leave the Doctor, but he is joined by another familiar face from his past - Ray, played by Sara Griffiths, who was first seen in the 1987 TV story Delta and the Bannermen. Doctor Who - The Seventh Doctor Adventures: Past Forward.
Doctor Who - The Fourth Doctor Adventures Tom Baker is the Doctor, with companions Louise Jameson as Leela and John Leeson as K9. Jon Culshaw plays Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, encountering Leela for the first time. Doctor Who - The Fourth Doctor Adventures Series 14: The Ruins of Kaerula.
Plus: The Big Finish Book Club: revisit Doctor Who - The Monthly Adventures: Criss-Cross on download throughout May for only £2.99.
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River Song Alex Kingston returns as River Song in The Death and Life of River Song: The Dissolution of Time. In this 4-hour epic story written by Rochan Patel, River must deal with the machinations surrounding the court of Henry VIII, while finding a way to repair time. The Death and Life of River Song 03: The Dissolution of Time.
Doctor Who - The Thirteenth Doctor Adventures Jodie Whittaker is the Doctor, with Mandip Gill as companion Yasmin Khan, in Vampire Weekend, written by Tim Foley. This is the first of twelve full-cast audio dramas adventures for the Thirteenth Doctor and Yaz, scheduled for release every two months. Doctor Who - The Thirteenth Doctor Adventures: Vampire Weekend.
Doctor Who - The Fugitive Doctor Jo Martin is the Doctor, pursued by Alice Krige as Cosmogon, in the second boxset featuring the Fugitive Doctor. Doctor Who - The Fugitive Doctor: Dead or Alive is scheduled for release in July.
Dark Gallifrey - Master! Eric Roberts returns as the Master in a trinity of scripts written by Lizzie Hopley. In the first episode, a group of young Time Lords are kidnapped by the Master and stranded on an unfamiliar planet, where they are picked off by an unknown enemy… Dark Gallifrey - Master! Part 1
Smith & Sullivan Sadie Miller plays investigative journalist Sarah Jane Smith, with Christopher Naylor as UNIT operative Dr Harry Sullivan. They are joined by John Leeson reprising his role as K9, and Annette Badland as Sarah’s Aunt Lavinia, in a brand new full-cast audio adventure set in 1980s London, a few years after they have left the TARDIS. Smith & Sullivan: Reunited
Doctor Who - The Audio Novels The Doctor, Liz Shaw and Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart investigate alien ‘spores’ - blobs of deadly mirror matter from the dawn of time, in the new audio novel written by Kate Orman and narrated by Jon Culshaw. This story is a blend of action thriller and real science that typifies Season Seven Doctor Who. Doctor Who - The Audio Novels: The Mirror Matter.
Torchwood Indira Varma returns as Suzie Costello, facing her most unexpected challenge to date. Looking for a mysterious energy signal, she bumps into Hywel, who is having doubts about getting married tomorrow. The next morning, they wake up with a baby and a whole lot of problems… Torchwood: Child Free is scheduled for release in July.
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Bernice Summerfield Lisa Bowerman returns as Professor Bernice Summerfield in a new epic adventure, in which the Daleks invade the Eternity Club before leading Benny on a quest across the cosmos. This full cast, eight-episode series is told across four releases, with the first release in September. Doctor Who: The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield: The Dalek Eternity
Doctor Who - The Ninth Doctor Adventures Christopher Eccleston is the Doctor, with Billie Piper as Rose Tyler and Camille Coduri as Jackie Tyler, in a new series of Ninth Doctor Adventures beginning on the Powell Estate, set after the TV episode Father’s Day. An old friend is back on the scene, and he’s found something odd in his dad’s flat… Doctor Who: The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Snare is released in August 2025.
River Song Alex Kingston returns as River Song in The Death and Life of River Song: The Dissolution of Time. In this epic four-hour story written by Rochana Patel, River must deal with the machinations surrounding the court of Henry VIII, while finding a way to repair time. The Death and Life of River Song 03: The Dissolution of Time is released in August 2025.
Doctor Who - The Sixth Doctor Adventures Colin Baker is the Doctor, with Nicola Bryant as Peri, in a swashbuckling new adventure as they face alien privateers. The second story in this release is set in an English public school, where aliens are to be found among both staff and pupils. Doctor Who - The Sixth Doctor Adventures: Bad Terms is released in August 2025.
Sky Created by Bob Baker and Dave Martin, and first broadcast in 1975, ITV children’s series Sky followed a time-travelling alien boy with solid blue eyes and psychic powers, who found himself on Earth in the wrong period of history. Fifty years later, Sky has been reborn… Written, directed and co-produced by Gary Russell, this new full cast audio drama is a continuation of the TV series, and stars Cloud Quin as Sky and Edwin Flay as Arby Vennor. Sky: Before the Chaos is released in August 2025.
Doctor Who - The Tenth Doctor Adventures In 2020-2022 the Tenth Doctor met his Fourth, Fifth and Sixth incarnations in a special audio series in which they faced Daleks, Cybermen and Weeping Angels. The three stories: Out of Time, The Gates of Hell and Wink are now being brought together as a complete digital release, available for download to own. Doctor Who - The Tenth Doctor Adventures: Out of Time - The Complete Series.
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Star Cops The Star Cops return in 2026 in a new series of six linked adventures. Commander Nathan Spring, Chief Superintendent Pal Kenzy, and Inspector Colin Devis are once again leading the action with David Calder, Linda Newton and Trevor Cooper reprising the roles they first played in the 1987 BBC TV series.
Doctor Who - The Lost Stories Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred star as the Seventh Doctor and Ace in Alixion, a serial commissioned in 1989, prior to the cancellation of the TV series. It has been adapted for audio by the original writer, Robin Mukherjee. Doctor Who: Alixion will be released in September 2025.
Call Me Master Sacha Dhawan returns as the Master in three new adventures, written by Alison Winter, Jody Hauser and Lisa McMullin. Encountering allies and enemies, the Master seals their fate with his whims. Some of those he meets are monsters, but is he still the greatest monster of them all? Call Me Master: Monsters will be released in September 2025.
Doctor Who - The Thirteenth Doctor Adventures Jodie Whittaker is the Doctor, with Mandip Gill as companion Yasmin Khan, in The Return of the Doctor, written by Rory Thomas-Howes. The story explores what happens after the Doctor leaves a world she’s saved; the consequences (intentional and unintentional) of her actions. This is the second of twelve full-cast audio dramas adventures for the Thirteenth Doctor and Yaz, scheduled for release every two months. Doctor Who - The Thirteenth Doctor Adventures: The Return of the Doctor will be released in September 2025.
Doctor Who - The First Doctor Unbound David Bradley is the Doctor, with Jemma Powell as Barbara Wright, Jamie Glover as Ian Chesterton and Claudia Grant as Susan, in the first of three adventures unbound by TV continuity. In this story, the TARDIS crew encounter the Meddling Monk in 13th Century Oxford. Doctor Who: The First Doctor Unbound: Knights of the Round TARDIS is released in September 2025.
Bernice Summerfield Lisa Bowerman returns as Professor Bernice Summerfield in an epic four-part adventure, in which she finds herself at the centre of a new Dalek master plan. She has a list of worlds that are going to get caught up in this plan, and it’s a race against time for her to stop the Daleks. Bernice Summerfield: The Dalek Eternity 1 will be released in September 2025, with the following parts released in October, November and December.
Doctor Who - The Fourth Doctor Adventures Tom Baker is the Doctor, with Louise Jameson as Leela, John Leeson as K9 and Jon Culshaw as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart in two stories packed with peril, danger and a foe from the future… Doctor Who - The Fourth Doctor Adventures: The Last Queen of the Nile will be released in September 2025.
V-UK In the first box set, V-UK: Visitation, we hear how the Earth is invaded by the Visitors - seemingly benign aliens - in an updated retelling of the 1983 TV mini-series. Now the story continues: the Visitors are in command of the UK - but the resistance is growing, and determined to find out the real reason for the Visitors’ arrival. V-UK: Occupation is released in August 2025.
Plus: The Big Finish Book Club: revisit Doctor Who: The Widow’s Assassin on CD and download throughout August for only £2.99.
UNIT - Brave New World Angela Bruce returns as Brigadier Winifred Bambera, and is reunited with Marcus Gilbert as her lost beloved husband, Ancelyn. Facing armies of darkness and the wrath of the mighty Queen Guinevere, can the course of true love run smooth – just this once? Featuring Alex Jordan as Sergeant Jean-Paul Savarin and Yemisi Oyinloye as Dr Louise Rix, UNIT - Brave New World: Knightfall will be released in March 2026.
Doctor Who - The Ninth Doctor Adventures Christopher Eccleston is the Doctor, with Billie Piper as Rose Tyler and Camille Coduri as Jackie Tyler in the second adventure in the new series featuring the Doctor and Rose. Written by Timothy X Atack, this story is set 30 years in the future of the Powell Estate where something cataclysmic has happened. Doctor Who - The Ninth Doctor Adventures: The Last Days of the Powell Estate will be released in October 2025.
Doctor Who - The Third Doctor Adventures Tim Treloar returns as the Doctor, with Sadie Miller as Sarah Jane Smith and Jon Culshaw as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, with a bonus appearance from Katy Manning as Jo Jones née Grant. The six-part story, in which the Doctor returns to the planet Konzomia, was co-written by Nicholas Briggs and Tim Treloar. Doctor Who - The Third Doctor Adventures: Operation Vengeance will be released in October 2025.
Blake’s 7 What happened after the shock ending of the TV series in 1981? Afterlife by Tony Attwood, developed from an idea by series script editor Chris Boucher, set out to provide answers. Published in 1984, but long out print, the novel has now been revived as an audiobook performed by Alistair Lock, who is known to Big Finish Blake’s 7 listeners as the voice of Orac and Zen. Blake’s 7: Afterlife will be released in October 2025, and comes packaged with a PDF download of the original 2,000 word glossary for the novel.
The War Master Sir Derek Jacobi returns as the War Master in a quartet of new tales. Gallifrey’s most evil Time Lord has become so dangerous that both sides of the Time War agree on one thing: the Master must be destroyed! The War Master: His Greatest Trick will be released in October 2025.
Meet The Makers Vortex continues its series of interviews with the people who bring audio adventures to life. Mark B Oliver talks to Vortex about writing for Big Finish.
Doctor Who - The Seventh Doctor Adventures Sylvester McCoy is the Doctor, with Sophie Aldred as Ace, in three exciting stories set early in her adventures in the TARDIS after the TV episode Dragonfire. The Doctor starts to see his protégée’s potential - while Ace thinks their adventures are nothing less than ‘wicked!’ Doctor Who - The Seventh Doctor Adventures: Wicked! will be released in October 2025.
Sherlock Holmes Nicholas Briggs plays the legendary sleuth, with Richard Earl as Dr John Watson, in a new series bringing together cases mentioned in passing by Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes - Untold is a single story told over eight cliff-hanging instalments; an ideal stepping on point for new listeners and long-term fans. The episodes will be released weekly in October and November. Sherlock Holmes - Untold
Bernice Summerfield Lisa Bowerman is Professor Bernice Summerfield in the second part of her latest epic adventure. A new Dalek masterplan threatens the galaxy. A deadly alliance is building. Can Bernice Summerfield save us? Bernice Summerfield: The Dalek Eternity 2 will be released in October 2025.
Plus: The Big Finish Book Club: revisit Doctor Who - The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield Volume 01 on download throughout September for only £7.99.
Will Vortex 200 be double-sized?
I doubt it unfortunately, just checked and issue 100 was regular size. Plus I imagine they’d be unwilling to cover the increased printing costs for a free magaizne.
Some big announcement has to happen at least, surely.
Doctor Who - The War Doctor Rises Jonathon Carley returns as the War Doctor, with Mitra Djalili as his latest ally, in an epic three-hour adventure written by Jonathan Morris. The story features every variant of the Cybermen seen on TV, as they join the battle between the Time Lords and the Daleks. Doctor Who - The War Doctor Rises: Cybergene will be released in December 2025.
Doctor Who - Halloween: Sea Smoke and Other Stories A new anthology of four spooky tales for the First, Eighth and Twelfth Doctors, and UNIT. Sea Smoke features Stephen Noonan as the Doctor with Lauren Cornelius as Dodo, in a gothic horror story set on a Hebridean Island. Party Favours is a UNIT adventure featuring Jemma Redgrave as Kate Stewart and Ingrid Oliver as Osgood. In Bramble King - a “dark fairy tale in space” - Paul McGann is the Doctor, with Jaye Griffiths as Lady Audacity Montague. The final story, Merlin’s Trap, stars Jon Culshaw who has now taken on the role of the Twelfth Doctor for Big Finish. Doctor Who - Halloween: Sea Smoke and Other Stories is released in October 2025.
Doctor Who - The Thirteenth Doctor Adventures Jodie Whittaker is the Doctor, with Mandip Gil as Yasmin Khan, in a historical adventure set during the reign of King Henry II. This story is about a dysfunctional family forced together for Christmas jollity when it’s the last thing any of them are in the mood for. Sound familiar? Doctor Who - The Thirteenth Doctor Adventures: Lionesses in Winter is released in Novembeer 2025.
Comedy Playhouse In a brand new venture for Big Finish, this is a collection of six comedy pilots, winners of the Big Finish Comedy Playhouse competition. The styles include domestic, character-comedy, historical, parody and surreal, and each pilot has the potential to become a series. The cast includes recognised TV stars and comedy talent, including Siobhan Redmond, Forbes Masson and Judy Flynn, as well as a number of Big Finish regulars. Comedy Playhouse will be released in November 2025.
Doctor Who - The Eighth Doctor Adventures Paul McGann is the Doctor, with India Fisher as Charlotte Pollard and Jaye Griffiths as Lady Audacity Montague, in the latest box set of adventures for the Eighth Doctor. The word ‘Causeway’ has been seeded throughout his adventures with Charley and Audacity, and now their destination is the Causeway itself… Doctor Who - The Eighth Doctor Adventures: Causeway is released in November 2025.
Bernice Summerfield Lisa Bowerman is Professor Bernice Summerfield in the third part of her latest epic adventure. A new Dalek masterplan threatens the galaxy. A deadly alliance is building. Can Bernice Summerfield save us? Bernice Summerfield: The Dalek Eternity 3 will be released in November 2025.
Meet The Makers Vortex continues its series of interviews with the people who bring audio adventures to life. Matt Fitton talks to Vortex about his work as writer and script editor for Big Finish.
Plus: The Big Finish Book Club: revisit Blake’s 7: Ghost Ship on download throughout October for only £1.99.
Can’t wait for the next anniversary special. I hear it’ll be a multi-Vortex event.
Doctor Who - The First Doctor Unbound David Bradley returns as the Unbound Doctor, with companions Claudia Grant as Susan, Jamie Glover as Ian, and Jemma Powell as Barbara. The TARDIS has landed on the planet Marinus, one century after their previous visit. They are greeted as returning heroes, but something is amiss in the city of Millenius… Doctor Who - The First Doctor Unbound: Return to Marinus is released in January 2026.
Doctor Who - The War Doctor Rises Jonathon Carley returns as the War Doctor, with Mitra Djalili as his latest ally, in an epic three-hour adventure written by Jonathan Morris. The story features every variant of the Cybermen seen on TV, as they join the battle between the Time Lords and the Daleks. Doctor Who - The War Doctor Rises: Cybergene will be released in December 2025.
Doctor Who - The Ninth Doctor Adventures Christophier Eccleston is the Doctor, with Billie Piper as Rose, and Camille Coduri returning as Jackie Tyler, in the latest adventure set on the Powell Estate, after the events of the TV episode Father’s Day. Something mischievous has set up shop in the precinct, and it’s all fun and games until… well, until it isn’t… Doctor Who - The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Dare You will be released in December 2025.
Doctor Who - The Eighth Doctor Adventures Paul McGann is the Doctor, with Nicola Walker as Liv Chenka, and Hattie Morohan as Helen Sinclair, in the next box set of adventures for the Eighth Doctor. The TARDIS will always respond to a cry for help - although its timing can be a little off! The Doctor, Liv and Helen have the skills to save anyone in danger - if they can find them. Empty vessels make the loudest sound - but sometimes that sound is a scream of terror… Doctor Who - The Eighth Doctor Adventures: Empty Vessels is released in December 2025.
Doctor Who - The Second Doctor Adventures Michael Troughton plays the Doctor, with Frazer Hines returning as Jamie, and Wendy Padbury as Zoe, together with Emma Noakes as the Doctor’s Time Lord supervisor, Raven. They have discovered a Dalek plot that threatens the whole universe! Doctor Who - The Second Doctor Adventures: The Potential Daleks is released in December 2025.
Torchwood Martin Binns is dead. He leaves behind a pile of video tapes and a warning on the walls of his flat: “He Is Coming”. Sergeant Andy Davidson’s boss is keen to write the death off, but Andy’s been around Torchwood too long to let it go… Tom Price stars in this latest story written by husband-and-wife team Lauren Mooney and Stewart Pringle. Torchwood: The Flawless Man is released in December 2025
Bernice Summerfield Lisa Bowerman is Professor Bernice Summerfield in the fourth and final part of her latest epic adventure. The true leader of the Daleks has been revealed. A vast army has been unleashed. The Eternity Club has gone missing. Bernice Summerfield is running out of time… The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield: The Dalek Eternity 4 is released in December 2025.
Plus: The Big Finish Book Club: revisit Timeslip: The Age of the Death Lottery on CD and download throughout November for only £9.99.
Has The Flawless Man been delayed? I thought it was supposed to be released in November
Still says November on the site. We’ll see what happens.
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Doctor Who - The First Doctor Adventures Stephen Noonan plays the Doctor, with Lauren Cornelius as Dodo, and Anneke Wills returning to the role of Polly for the first time since 2019. When Polly sets off to investigate a fantastic new net-zero city, nothing goes quite according to plan. Help is on hand, though, as she encounters a very familiar face - the Doctor. The problem is, from his perspective, he hasn’t met her yet! Doctor Who - The First Doctor Adventures: Beware the City of Illusions will be released in March 2026.
Doctor Who - Christmas: It’s a Wonderful War and Other Stories A special festive box set comprising four stories featuring a host of beloved characters from Big Finish’s Doctor Who ranges. Unholy Night stars Michelle Gomez as Missy, Legacy of Blood stars Colin Baker as the Doctor and Louise Jameson as Leela, tying in with Jago & Litefoot, Presents of Mind stars Sadie Miller as Sarah Jane Smith and Christopher Naylor as Harry Sullivan, with John Leeson as K9. The final story, It’s a Wonderful War, stars Paul McGann as the Doctor and Nicholas Briggs as the Daleks, in a seasonal story set during the Time War. Doctor Who: Christmas: It’s a Wonderful War and Other Stories is released on CD and download to own in December 2025.
Hell’s Bells A dark comedy for Christmas, starring Bonnie Langford, David Calder, Arthur Darvill and Lu Corfield. This play was written by Sally Wood and directed by Scott Handcock. Sally told Vortex: “I wanted to write a dark comedy about a family imploding over Christmas - all those tensions that happen when everyone’s piling up on each other and secrets are exposed…” Hell’s Bells is released on download to own in December 2025.
Doctor Who - Short Trips: The Wednesday That Wasn’t Big Finish’s Paul Spragg Memorial Short Trips Opportunity marks its tenth anniversary this year. Held annually, the opportunity was created in memory of our beloved friend and colleague, a champion of new writing talent, who sadly passed away on 8 May 2014. This year, the theme was the Thirteenth Doctor, and writers were invited to pitch stories featuring Jodie Whittaker’s Time Lord. The winning entry was an adventure proposed by Luke Hollands. Read by Clare Corbett, Doctor Who Short Trips: The Wednesday That Wasn’t will be released as a free download exclusively from the Big Finish website on 29 December 2025.
Doctor Who - The Thirteenth Doctor Adventures Jodie Whittaker is the Doctor, with Mandip Gill as Yaz, in a story set on a war-torn world, where conscripted humans battle the terrifying Banshee. Doctor Who - The Thirteenth Doctor Adventures: Ride or Die will be released in January 2026.
Space Security Service Jane Slavin returns as Anya Kingdom, with Joe Sims as Mark Seven in three new adventures for the Space Security Service. Jon Culshaw takes on the role of Bret Vyon, originally played by Nicholas Courtney in the TV serial The Daleks’ Master Plan. Space Security Service: Bret Vyon Lives! will be released on download to own in February 2026.
Doctor Who - The Audio Novellas A new range of shorter-length audiobook adventures, featuring Doctors and companions from across the show’s history. Producer David Richardson explains that the Audio Novellas sit between Short Trips and the Audio Novels - two hour tales that dip into different eras of Doctor Who. This first release comprises two adventures: The Time Splitters, a first Doctor story written by Colin Brake and narrated by Peter Purves, and Dimension 13, an adventure for the third Doctor, written by Roland Moore and narrated by Jon Culshaw. Doctor Who - The Audio Novellas: The Time Splitters and Dimension 13 is released on download to own in January 2026.
Doctor Who - The First Doctor Unbound David Bradley plays the Unbound First Doctor, with Claudia Grant as Susan, Jemma Powell as Barbara and Jamie Glover as Ian, in the second box set in this new range. The TARDIS returns to Marinus, 100 years after the events in The Keys of Marinus. The Doctor and his companions are greeted as returning heroes, figures of legend. But something is amiss in the city of Millenius… Doctor Who - The First Doctor Unbound: Return to Marinus is released on CD and download to own in January 2026.
Star Cops David Calder returns as Commander Nathan Spring, with Linda Newton as Chief Superintendent Pal Kenzy and Trevor Cooper as Inspector Colin Devis, in Star Cops: Conflict, a new 6-part miniseries. A series of suspected sabotage incidents at the Moon’s south pole and an attempted assassination on Earth, threaten to provoke tensions to the point of war. Can the officers of the International Space Police Force avert an escalating catastrophe? The first episode, Star Cops - Conflict: Suspicion and Sabotage is released on download to own in January 2026.
Lonely No More A pre-apocalyptic audio drama, written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz, directed by Jessica Dromgoole and released by Big Finish in association with Audiama. The phrase Lonely No More - daubed on walls, trending on socials, appearing in every language in every country all over the world and always reading the same. Nobody knows where it originated only that it can’t be ignored. And then - in the blink of an eye - everything changes… Lonely No More is released on download to own in January 2026.
Plus: The Big Finish Book Club: revisit Doctor Who: The Curse of Davros on download throughout December for only £2.99.
Zygon Century From the streets of St Petersburg to the plains of Death Valley, the Zygon Century continues. The second box set in this series features three exciting new adventures set in the 1920s, 1960s and 1970s. Zygon Century: Transformation will be released on CD and download to own in April 2026.
Doctor Who - Short Trips A new anthology of six stories from the worlds of Doctor Who, produced by Peter Anghelides and written by Georgia Cook, Philip Lawrence, Dominick Polion, Nick Slawicz, Peter Anghelides and Benjamin Mackenzie. The narrators are Eric Roberts, Sarah Sutton with Nicholas Briggs, Duncan Wisbey, Peter Forbes, Lisa Bowerman and Bronté Barbé. Doctor Who - Short Trips: Impeccable and Other Stories will be released on download to own in February 2026.
Doctor Who - The Ninth Doctor Adventures Christopher Eccleston is the Doctor, with Billie Piper as Rose, as they escape present-day Powell Estate, but land in its location in the far future. The story, written by Stewart Pringle & Lauren Mooney, features a strange utopia in which the 47th century becomes another Dark Age. Doctor Who - The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Cloud Eight will be released on CD and download to own in February 2026.
Doctor Who - The Third Doctor Adventures Tim Treloar plays the Doctor, with Sadie Miller as Sarah Jane Smith and Jon Culshaw as the Brigadier, in a new six-part adventure, investigating the theft of top-secret technology. As the mystery deepens, the Doctor is reunited with an old UNIT colleague - Liz Shaw, played by Daisy Ashford. Doctor Who - The Third Doctor Adventures: The Imposters will be released on CD and download to own in February 2026.
Star Cops David Calder returns as Commander Nathan Spring, with Linda Newton as Chief Superintendent Pal Kenzy and Trevor Cooper as Inspector Colin Devis, in part two of Star Cops: Conflict. Written by Mark Wright, this is a murder mystery set around a glamorous movie premier event on the moon. Actor Striker Torrance is murdered, leading to fears for the life of legendary star and the movie’s producer, Coral Goldfinch. Nathan and the team must protect Goldfinch and find the murderer. Star Cops: Conflict: Shadow of the Moonlight will be released on download to own in February 2026.
Doctor Who - The Companion Chronicles In 2019, Big Finish marked its 20th anniversary with a special multi-part story, Doctor Who: The Legacy of Time, featuring Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy and Paul McGann, with Tim Treloar as the Third Doctor and an appearance by David Tennant. Now, in this new double release of full-cast stories, we find out what the First and Second Doctors were up to during those adventures! Doctor Who - The Companion Chronicles: The Legacy of Time will be released on download to own in February 2026.
Irwin Allen’s The Time Tunnel The second release in Big Finish’s revival of the 1960s sci fi series is on its way. Regular cast members from the first series, Rachel Handshaw, Safiyya Ingar, Jay Reum and Seán Carlsen return in stories written by Mark B Oliver, Lisa McMullin and Gary Hopkins. The adventures are set in 1969 New York on the eve of the Stonewall riots, in the siege and battle of Orleans and finally on board the Titanic, where the first episode of the original TV series took place. Irwin Allen’s The Time Tunnel: The Dimensions of Time is released on CD and download to own in February 2026.
Plus: The Big Finish Book Club: revisit Torchwood: Instant Karma on download to own throughout January for only £2.99.
UNIT: Eras A new series in Big Finish’s UNIT range highlights heroes from across the history of the organisation. The first box set comprises four new adventures featuring Jon Culshaw as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, Jemma Redgrave as Kate Stewart, Ingrid Oliver as Osgood, Sadie Miller as Sarah Jane Smith and Christopher Naylor as Harry Sullivan. This release also marks the Big Finish debut of Rupert Holliday-Evans as Colonel Mace. UNIT: Eras - Hostile Universe will be released on download to own in April 2026.
Doctor Who - The Eleventh Doctor Adventures Miles Taylor takes on the role of the Doctor, with Jasmine Bayes as new companion Eleanor Fong, in the first of a brand new series of adventures for the Eleventh Doctor. Written by Lisa McMullin and Beth Axford, the stories are set in 1990s Hong Kong, futuristic Space Florida, and back in history to Salem during the 1692 notorious witch trials. Doctor Who - The Eleventh Doctor Adventures: The First Question will be released on download to own in March 2026.
Doctor Who - The Thirteenth Doctor Adventures Jodie Whittaker is the Doctor, with Mandip Gill as Yaz, in a new adventure set in the East End of London, in 1926. The story, written by Rafaella Marcus, features the London underbelly of East End music hall culture and that time period’s obsession with speaking to the dead through mediums, weird science experiments and ‘piercing the veil’. Doctor Who - The Thirteenth Doctor Adventures: The Violet Hour will be released on CD and download to own in March 2026.
Doctor Who - The First Doctor Adventures Stephen Noonan plays the Doctor, with Anneke Wills as Polly and Lauren Cornelius as Dodo. The adventure, written and directed by Nicholas Briggs, explores the notion that an alien invasion might not be a grand, military affair, but could just be sordid little deals where the human race is seen simply as a commodity. Doctor Who - The First Doctor Adventures: Beware the City of Illusions will be released on CD and download to own in March 2026.
Doctor Who - The Fourth Doctor Adventures Tom Baker is the Doctor, with Sadie Miller as Sarah Jane Smith, Jon Culshaw as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart and Christopher Naylor as Harry Sullivan in the first of the Fourth Doctor’s box sets of 2026. Summoned back to Earth by the Space-Time telegraph, the Doctor and Sarah Jane find themselves assisting their old friends at UNIT - not once, but twice. But exactly how willing will a Time Lord be to be stuck in a single place once more? Doctor Who - The Fourth Doctor Adventures: The Ministry of Death will be released on CD and download to own in March 2026.
UNIT: Brave New World Angela Bruce returns as Brigadier Winifred Bambera, with Alex Jordan as Sergeant Jean-Paul Savarin and Yemisi Oyinloye as Dr Louise Rix. Following directly on from UNIT - Brave New World: Fractures, a rift has opened leading to Camelot, and the return of Bambera’s husband - the knight Ancelyn. The release features a tribute to the late Marcus Gilbert, who played Ancelyn. UNIT - Brave New World: Knightfall will be released on download to own in March 2026.
Torchwood Big Finish pays tribute to the late Murray Melvin, and his iconic character Bilis Manger, in a story by David Llewellyn. How was Torchwood involved in a burnt-down Swansea theatre? Who is the character claiming to be Bilis Manger? And what’s trapped inside the statue of the Swansea Devil? Torchwood: Curtain will be released on CD and download to own in March 2026.
Star Cops David Calder returns as Commander Nathan Spring, with Linda Newton as Chief Superintendent Pal Kenzy and Trevor Cooper as Inspector Colin Devis, in part three of Star Cops: Conflict. Written by Roland Moore, this is a thriller with a strong emotional impact. Star Cops: Conflict: Prisoner and Escort will be released on download to own in March 2026.
Plus: The Big Finish Book Club: revisit Doctor Who - The Companion Chronicles: Home Truths on download to own throughout February for only £1.99.
‘heroes from history of UNIT’ so this is how Allison can still win…???