The Fifth Doctor is about to encounter his daughter and another very familiar face in the latest full-cast audio adventure of the Doctor Who 60th anniversary audio series, Once and Future.
Released today by Big Finish Productions, Doctor Who – Once and Future: The Artist at the End of Time continues the celebratory anniversary series that began in May.
The Doctor is in trouble, slipping through his different incarnations, after being caught up in the aftermath of a weapon in the Time War.
In this story, the Fifth Doctor (Peter Davison) takes centre stage and is joined by a couple of well-known faces in the form of Jenny (Georgia Tennant) – the cloned daughter of his tenth incarnation, and the Curator (Colin Baker) – who bears an uncanny resemblance to an older Sixth Doctor.
Doctor Who – Once and Future: The Artist at the End of Time, written by James Goss, is now available as a single-disc collector’s edition CD (+ download for just £10.99), or digital download only (for just £8.99), exclusively from www.bigfinish.com.
Suffering the effects of degeneration, the Doctor heads towards the end of the universe in search of answers. Instead, he finds his daughter – Jenny – and an Artist whose works appear to mark the end of every world they touch.
The Doctor stabilizes into his Fifth form to join forces with Jenny and the Curator to solve the mystery of the Final Gallery and the art it has collected.
Georgia Tennant said: “I have been bringing Jenny back through Big Finish for quite a while now and each time I do I can honestly say it’s the best part of my working year. To be able to collaborate with writers, directors, producers and actors on a show from the start is such a privilege and not something that happens very often.
“I’m so honored to have managed to carve out a little section of the Whoniverse with Jenny, I’m really glad the fans have allowed me and her to do that. Long may Doctor Who continue.”
Producer David Richardson said: “James Goss is a master at painting on a broad, sweeping canvas while telling intimate stories that strike to the very heart of the characters. This is no exception and the characters here are none other than the Doctor (now reverted to his Fifth incarnation), his daughter Jenny and the enigmatic Curator. It’s an intoxicating mix to mark the second instalment of this 60th anniversary celebration.”
The Once and Future series will be released monthly, with the first seven parts materializing between May and October 2023, and a final coda in November 2024.
