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Doctor Who Time War Uncharted Branches

The Eighth Doctor and Susan reunited

Carole Ann Ford joins Paul McGann, Sonny McGann and Emma Campbell-Jones in Doctor Who – Time War Uncharted: Branches, a full-cast audio drama box set, due May 2026.

The Time War-era adventures of the Eighth Doctor (Paul McGann) continue in the upcoming audio drama box set Time War Uncharted: Branches. Travelling with his great-grandson Alex (Sonny McGann), the Doctor is exploring a mysterious new universe on the trail of their lost friend Cass (Emma Campbell-Jones).

This search leads to a series of surprising encounters for the TARDIS crew. There’s Cassie, this universe’s swashbuckling version of Cass. There are the Daleks (Nicholas Briggs), but not as the Doctor’s ever seen them before. And then there’s Susan.

Carole Ann Ford reprises her role of the Doctor’s granddaughter, who has a message for her grandfather – but this is not her universe, and this is not her Alex. How will this most unusual family reunion pan out?

Doctor Who – Time War Uncharted: Branches is now available to pre-order for just £24.99 (download to own) or £30.99 (download to own + collector’s edition CD box set), exclusively from www.bigfinish.com. Please note: the collector’s edition CD box set is strictly limited to 1,500 copies and will not be re-pressed.

Searching for the missing Cass, the Doctor and great-grandson Alex attempt to cross from one end of an unfamiliar universe to the other. Along the way, they meet this reality’s version of their friend – the buccaneering Cassie, who has a destiny of her own.

Charting the Uncharted, they will discover what became of the Daleks in this universe, and that someone else has come looking for them… Susan!

The Eighth Doctor’s four new trips into the unknown are:

• The Only Girl in the World by John Dorney
• False Dawn by Alison Winter
• Council of Susan by Patrick O’Connor
• All Over by Tim Foley

Further cast and story details will be revealed at a later date.

Producer and script editor Matt Fitton said: “The Doctor and Alex unite in a quest to find their friend at the far end of an unknown, yet oddly familiar, universe. Along the way, they meet the Uncharted version of Cass: the buccaneering Cassie, who has a quest of her own. This TARDIS crew will also encounter old enemies as the Daleks appear for the first time in Uncharted, although they’re not quite what the Doctor is expecting…

“There is another surprise too, with a family reunion, as Carole Ann Ford returns alongside Paul and Sonny McGann for the first time since 2011. It was wonderful to see these generations of the Doctor’s family in studio together, and to hear their interactions – it’s going to be emotional!”

Doctor Who – Time War Uncharted: Branches is now available to pre-order for just £24.99 (download to own) or £30.99 (download to own + collector’s edition CD box set), exclusively from www.bigfinish.com.

Big Finish has been producing Doctor Who audios since 1999, starring Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy, Paul McGann, Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant, Jodie Whittaker, Jo Martin, David Bradley and John Hurt.

Paul McGann first played the Eighth Doctor in the 1996 TV Movie, and made two further TV appearances in 2013’s The Night of the Doctor and 2022’s The Power of the Doctor. He first reprised the role for Big Finish in 2001.

Sonny McGann (formerly known as Jake McGann) first voiced Alex Campbell in the 2010 Big Finish story, Doctor Who: An Earthly Child.

Emma Campbell-Jones played Cass Fermazzi in the 2013 TV minisode The Night of the Doctor. She first reprised the role for Big Finish in the 2023 box set Cass.

DOCTOR WHO – THE EIGHTH DOCTOR ADVENTURES: TIME WAR UNCHARTED: BRANCHES
Duration: 240 minutes approx.
Released: May 2026, exclusively from the Big Finish website.

Director: Ken Bentley
Producer: Matt Fitton
Script Editor: Matt Fitton
Senior Producer: John Ainsworth
Written by: John Dorney, Alison Winter, Patrick O’Connor, Tim Foley
Executive Producers: Nicholas Briggs, Jason Haigh-Ellery

PRICING
Pre-order: £24.99 (download) £30.99 (download + collector’s edition CD) from www.bigfinish.com
General release: £29.99 (download) £39.99 (download + collector’s edition CD)

All the above prices (including pre-order and multibuy bundle discounts) are fixed for a limited time only and guaranteed no later than 31 July 2026.

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.

ABOUT BIG FINISH PRODUCTIONS
Big Finish Productions is an audio production company and publisher best known for its range of Doctor Who plays (and its many spin-offs). The company also produces a wide range of audio drama and audiobooks featuring the characters from Adam Adamant Lives!, Blake’s 7, Dark Shadows, Space: 1999, Survivors, Terrahawks, The Avengers, The Omega Factor, The Prisoner, Timeslip and Torchwood, as well as classics from H. G. Wells and Shakespeare, Sherlock Holmes, The Phantom of the Opera and Dorian Gray. Big Finish also produces original creations such as Graceless, Charlotte Pollard and The Adventures of Bernice Summerfield, plus the Big Finish Originals range featuring many great new series including The Human Frontier, ATA Girl, Cicero, Jeremiah Bourne in Time, Shilling & Sixpence Investigate, Blind Terror and Transference.

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