Doctor Who: Destiny of the Doctor

The logo of the series, taken from the cover art of the first release, Hunters of Earth.

Doctor Who: Destiny of the Doctor is a series of audiobooks produced by Big Finish Productions for AudioGo. They were released monthly through the first eleven months of 2013 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of British television series Doctor Who.^[1] The series - composed of eleven separate releases, one for each incarnation of the Doctor - is performed in the third-person by an actor associated with each era of the show, with additional dialogue provided by a guest actor,^[2][3] in a similar vein to Big Finish's own The Companion Chronicles series. The series is notable for being the first time Big Finish was allowed to directly feature current era (2005 onwards) characters, due to the collaboration with AudioGo.

Release History

All installments up to and including Death's Deal were initially released to download on the first day of each month, with a physical CD release on the following Thursday. However, due to series co-producer AudioGo entering administration at the end of October 2013, the release of the final installment The Time Machine was disrupted. Some retailers (such as iTunes and Amazon.co.uk) released it on the scheduled date with minimal disruption, and others (such as Big Finish's official shop) released it later in the month. The appearance of a planned box set of all 11 releases (plus a bonus disc featuring interviews with cast and crew) was also cast into doubt, but released by Big Finish in December.

No.	Title	Featuring	Directed by	Written by	Main Actor	Supporting Actor	Release Date
1	"Hunters of Earth"[4]	First Doctor and Susan	John Ainsworth	Nigel Robinson	Carole Ann Ford	Tam Williams	3 January 2013
Shoreditch, London, 1963. The Beatles have beaten John Smith and the Common Men to No. 1 and satellites are being launched in outer space. Back down on Earth, strange goings-on are occurring: the normally placid teenagers of Coal Hill are running riot and a master thief is stealing highly specialised equipment.
2	"Shadow of Death"[4]	Second Doctor, Jamie and Zoe	John Ainsworth	Simon Guerrier	Frazer Hines	Evie Dawnay	7 February 2013
Following an emergency landing, the TARDIS arrives on a remote world orbiting a peculiar star – a pulsar which exerts an enormous gravitational force, strong enough to warp time.
3	"Vengeance of the Stones"[4]	Third Doctor, the Brigadier and Mike Yates	John Ainsworth	Andrew Smith	Richard Franklin	Trevor Littledale	7 March 2013
Two RAF fighter jets are on a training flight over North East Scotland when one of them is plucked from the air and promptly disappears. UNIT are called in, and the Doctor and Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart are soon on the scene. They enlist the help of a local military officer - a young lieutenant by the name of Mike Yates.
4	"Babblesphere"[4]	Fourth Doctor and Romana II	John Ainsworth	Jonathan Morris	Lalla Ward[5]	Roger Parrott	4 April 2013
The violent, volcanic world of Hephastos is home to a colony of composers, painters, authors and poets, all striving to create the greatest works of art the universe has ever seen. But in pursuit of their goal, artistic collaboration has been taken a stage too far...
5	"Smoke and Mirrors"[4]	Fifth Doctor, Tegan, Adric and Nyssa	John Ainsworth	Steve Lyons	Janet Fielding[6]	Tim Beckmann	2 May 2013
The Doctor answers a psionic distress call being sent from England in the 1920s. There, in the environs of a fairground, he is reunited with an old friend: Harry Houdini. To Adric and Nyssa the name means very little, but to the Doctor’s companion Tegan he is a legend. Escape artist extraordinaire, Houdini’s reputation will last for decades.
6	"Trouble in Paradise"[4]	Sixth Doctor and Peri	John Ainsworth	Nev Fountain	Nicola Bryant[7]	Cameron Stewart	6 June 2013
Responding to a desperate summons from the Doctor's future self, he and Peri find themselves on a sailing ship in 1492, where the crewmen are gripped by superstitious fear. [8]
7	"Shockwave"[4]	Seventh Doctor and Ace	John Ainsworth	James Swallow	Sophie Aldred[7]	Ian Brooker[9]	4 July 2013
In the far future, the inhabitants of Tarsus Six face a desperate struggle to evacuate their world before their sun, Tarsus Ultra, collapses into a cataclysmic spatial anomaly.
8	"Enemy Aliens"[7]	Eighth Doctor and Charley	John Ainsworth	Alan Barnes	India Fisher	Michael Maloney[10]	1 August 2013
1935: a message from a Time Lord in trouble sends the Eighth Doctor and Charlotte ‘Charley’ Pollard to the streets of London’s West End, in search of a mysterious alien adversary – unaware that something monstrous is already on their trail.
9	"Night of the Whisper"[4]	Ninth Doctor, Rose and Captain Jack	John Ainsworth	Cavan Scott and Mark Wright	Nicholas Briggs[11]	John Schwab	5 September 2013
New Vegas, 23rd Century – a sprawling city huddling beneath an artificial atmospheric bubble on a distant moon. Pleasure seekers flock there from every corner of the galaxy, to take in the shows and play the tables in the huge casinos. But beneath the glitz and the glitter, organised crime rules the streets.
10	"Death's Deal"[4]	Tenth Doctor and Donna	John Ainsworth	Darren Jones	Catherine Tate	Duncan Wisbey	3 October 2013
Responding to multiple maydays, the TARDIS lands on the planet of Death’s Deal, but the distress calls are old, the final echoes of terrified lost souls. This is an exotic world of lethal creatures, nicknamed ‘The Deadliest Planet in the Galaxy’, and only the brave, foolhardy or greedy would ever dare to visit.
11	"The Time Machine"[4]	Eleventh Doctor	John Ainsworth	Matt Fitton	Jenna Coleman	Nicholas Briggs[12] Michael Cochrane	7 November 2013
23 November 2013. In an Oxford laboratory, graduate Alice Watson helps Professor Chivers assemble the final pieces of an impossible machine. A time machine. (Release of this title was disrupted. See above for details.)

See also

• List of Doctor Who audiobooks
• List of Doctor Who audio plays by Big Finish

References

1. "Doctor Who - Destiny of the Doctor - Ranges - Big Finish". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 2013-01-11.
2. "BBC AudioGo: Destiny of the Doctor". Doctor Who News. Retrieved 2013-01-12.
3. "Destiny of the Doctor AudioGo". AudioGo. Retrieved 2013-01-12.
4. Doctor Who Magazine #456
5. "Amazon listing". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-02-22.
6. "Doctor Who: Smoke and Mirrors Destiny of the Doctor 5 Dr Who: Amazon.co.uk: Steve Lyons, Janet Fielding: Books". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-03-01.
7. Ainsworth, John (April 2013). "Birthday Bonanza!" (PDF). Vortex. Big Finish (50): 12. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
8. "Doctor Who: Trouble in Paradise Destiny of the Doctor 6 Dr Who: Amazon.co.uk: Nev Fountain: Books". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-03-09.
9. "Doctor Who: Shockwave Destiny of the Doctor 7 Dr Who: Amazon.co.uk: James Swallow: Books". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-05-20.
10. "Doctor Who: Enemy Aliens Destiny of the Doctor 8 Dr Who: Amazon.co.uk: Alan Barnes: books". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-05-20.
11. "Doctor Who, Blake's 7, May Releases, Competition and More! - Podcast - Big Finish". Big Finish Productions. 2013-05-02. Retrieved 2013-05-02.
12. "Doctor Who, Mervyn Stone, Listener Questions and Competitions - Podcast - Big Finish". Big Finish Productions. 2013-06-17. Retrieved 2013-06-18.