Audio - Doctor Who: Once and Future

Revealed today at the Gallifrey One convention in Los Angeles: a stellar line-up of actors will feature in Big Finish’s forthcoming Doctor Who audio anniversary series, Once and Future...

Press Release

The original TV leads – Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy, Paul McGann, Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant – each reprise their role as the Doctor for an epic, eight-part extravaganza marking 60 years of adventures in space and time. Joining them are guest stars Stephen Noonan as the First Doctor, Michael Troughton as the Second Doctor and Tim Treloar as the Third Doctor. The series also includes the final performance recorded by David Warner as the Unbound Doctor.

The impressive ensemble cast boasts some very familiar names from Doctor Who series past and present, including:

Michelle Gomez (as Missy)
Nicola Walker (as Liv Chenka)
Georgia Tennant (as Jenny, the Doctor's Daughter)
Michelle Ryan (as Lady Christina)
Camille Coduri (as Jackie Tyler)
Neve McIntosh (as Madame Vastra)
Catrin Stewart (as Jenny Flint)
Dan Starkey (as Strax)
Sadie Miller (as Sarah Jane Smith)
Christopher Naylor (as Harry Sullivan)
Ken Bones (as The General)
Beth Chalmers (as Veklin)

With many more guest stars yet to be announced.

Doctor Who – Once and Future will be released monthly, with the first seven parts materialising between May and October 2023, and a final coda in November 2024, as follows:

Past Lives by Robert Valentine
The Artist at the End of Time by James Goss
A Genius for War by Jonathan Morris
Two’s Company by Lisa McMullin
The Martian Invasion of Planetoid 50 by Jonathan Barnes
Time Lord Immemorial by Lisa McMullin
The Union by Matt Fitton
Coda – The Final Act by Tim Foley

The series’ script editor, Matt Fitton, said: “It was a massive honour to be asked by producer David Richardson to help coordinate this mammoth undertaking. For me, it was a chance to work again with many of Big Finish's barnstorming writers, all of whom I'd had great fun working with before. It's always a joy to send that email inviting someone onto an exciting project like this, and then seeing the number of exclamation marks in the response!

“There were certain characters I felt just had to be involved in such a significant anniversary, but over the course of the whole series, we aim to pay tribute to every single era of the show across its 60 years. The Doctor might not quite be himself at the start, but we've an army of allies and enemies to help remind him what he stands for.”


Stories 1-7 released monthly from May 2023 to October 2023. Story 8 release date: November 2024

Directors: Ken Bentley, Helen Goldwyn
Script Editors: Matt Fitton, Robert Valentine
Writers: Robert Valentine, James Goss, Jonathan Morris, Lisa McMullin, Jonathan Barnes, Matt Fitton, Tim Foley
Producer: David Richardson
Senior Producer: John Ainsworth
Executive Producers: Nicholas Briggs & Jason Haigh-Ellery

The special edition CD bundle is strictly limited to just 3,000 pressings and includes numbered CDs, special bonus artworks and additional audio content, including music suites and extended behind-the-scenes interviews.

All eight stories can be pre-ordered as separate single releases on standard collector’s edition CD (and download for £10.99 each) or digital (download only for £8.99 each), exclusively from the Big Finish website. A standard bundle is also available to pre-order for just £72 (on CD and download) or £60 (download only). The standard edition does not include the extras contained in the special edition but does include behind-the-scenes features.

All the above prices include the special pre-order discount and are subject to change after general release.

Please note that Big Finish is currently operating a digital-first release schedule. The mailout of collector’s edition CDs will be delayed, but all purchases of this release unlock a digital copy that can be immediately downloaded or played on the Big Finish app from the release date.