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Big Finish The Eighth Doctor Time War Uncharted Pursuit

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Hot Pursuit for the Eighth Doctor

Paul McGann stars in Time War – Uncharted: Pursuit, a forthcoming box set of full-cast audio drama, due for release June 2025.

The Doctor and his great-grandson Alex have been driven apart. In an uncharted universe, the Time War is on a very different path. A new force rules Gallifrey and will stop at nothing to gain the military advantage.

As Alex and Cass career through the cosmos in a stolen TARDIS, the Doctor is in hot pursuit, with a duplicitous Friend by his side…

The Time War era adventures of the Eighth Doctor (Paul McGann) continue this June with Time War – Uncharted: Pursuit, four thrilling new episodes of audio drama.

Continuing on from the cliffhanger ending of last year’s Reflections, Pursuit begins with the Doctor’s great-grandson Alex (Sonny McGann) and starship pilot Cass Fermazzi (Emma Campbell-Jones) on the run together in a stolen TARDIS.

The Doctor, having turned against his former companions, is now on their trail across time and space alongside the manipulative Hieronyma Friend. A thorn in the Doctor’s side, Hieronyma once again wears the faces of his old friends; in Pursuit, she is voiced by Niky Wardley and Lizzie Hopley (who previously played the Eighth Doctor’s audio companions Tamsin Drew and Gemma Griffin).

Doctor Who: Time War – Uncharted: Pursuit is now available to pre-order from 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 repressed.

The four episodes in this box set are:

Spoil of War by Mark Wright

• Alex and Cass arrive at a sinister stately home to find they are expected… Guests are assembling for an exclusive auction, but what unique item are they bidding on? And who will profit? The Doctor and Hieronyma Friend are on Alex and Cass’s trail – the Doctor will find them, whatever the cost.

The Tale of Alex by Katharine Armitage

• The hero Alex is known throughout the cosmos as the saviour of planets and righter of wrongs. So, when he lands on the starving world of Igg, the locals feel all their prayers have been answered. But Alex’s greatest enemy is hot on his tail, and the villainous Doctor has plans of his own.

See-Saw by James Moran

• Cass and Alex pick up a distress signal that takes them to 1920s London. But the city is deserted, as if abandoned mere seconds ago. The Doctor and Friend arrive at the same time, in the same place – but neither pair can see or hear one another… Why can they hear unfinished nursery rhymes? And what happens if they complete them?

The First Forest by Tim Foley

• A long time ago, before the Time Lords ever left their shores, they imagined what lay beyond them. When the Doctor crash-lands in a weird woodland, surrounded by friends and enemies, he will discover he has travelled further than his people could possibly imagine.

Producer Matt Fitton said: “It’s an honour to be taking the reins as producer on this series, and being able to steer the Doctor, Alex and Cass even deeper into Uncharted territory with these brilliant writers.

“The Time War gives us scope for ever stranger battlegrounds and enemies – from an auction in a strange country mansion, to a world of stories split in two by the Doctor’s actions, and a deserted, haunted London. We end the set in The First Forest – a place of myth, where the new Lords of Time seek power and Hieronyma Friend, with her familiar faces, is up to her old tricks. Will the Doctor and his great-grandson be reconciled – and how does Cass’s fate affect them all?”

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

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