April 23rd, 2022
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Big Finish The Fugitive Doctor
Available to order from www.bigfinish.com
First revealed on screen in the 2020 Doctor Who episode, Fugitive of the Judoon, the Fugitive Doctor is a previously unseen incarnation of the Doctor who quickly established herself as a popular character with viewers.
Now she’s back, as Jo Martin stars in six exciting new full-cast audio dramas, due to be released across two box sets.
Jo Martin said: “Big Finish do amazing work – they are a vital part of the fandom. I’m over the moon to be joining this iconic show. I can’t wait to see what stories they have in store for the Fugitive Doctor.”
Story details, writers and additional guest cast are being kept under wraps at present but Doctor Who fans worldwide can now pre-order both volumes, which are available in two formats – collector’s edition CD box sets or digital downloads – exclusively from the Big Finish website.
The Fugitive Doctor Adventures volume one
The Fugitive Doctor Adventures volume two
Big Finish Chairman, Jason Haigh-Ellery said: “I first met Jo Martin at a Doctor Who convention in February of this year, where she wowed the crowds with her enthusiasm for the programme and the role of the Fugitive Doctor.
“Her excitement was palpable – Jo obviously loves the role and we are so excited to create new adventures for her to star in. As the Fugitive Doctor herself once said, ‘You’re going to love this…’”
Producer David Richardson added: “What a privilege to be producing the Fugitive Doctor Adventures. There’s a whole era to explore in these stories that follow on from Fugitive of the Judoon, and I can’t wait to start work with the gloriously talented and charismatic Jo Martin!”
The Fugitive Doctor Adventures marks the first in a range of spin-offs from the Thirteenth Doctor’s era of Doctor Who at Big Finish, with more new series to follow.
Each of the two volumes in Doctor Who – The Fugitive Doctor Adventures will be released as a 3-disc collector’s edition box set or download containing three brand-new full cast audio adventures, plus a selection of behind-the-scenes extras.
Doctor Who – The Fugitive Doctor Adventures is now available for pre-order exclusively at the Big Finish website, from just £18.99. Big Finish listeners can save money by pre-ordering a bundle of both volumes for just £44 (as a collector’s edition CD box set + download) or £36 (download only).
All the above prices include the special pre-order discount and are subject to change after general release.
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The Timeless Chibnall
April 24th, 2022 - 8:56pmHopefully they can place ‘The fugitive Doctor ‘ in-between the second and third Doctors. A forgotten incarnation that was exiled to the 20th century and did occasional jobs for the ‘division’ until she managed to avert the Time Lord’s and send herself and the Tardis into the future hidden in the 21st Century. Able to pilot the ship slightly only forwards in time, but not backwards or through space, only within the U.K, Earth. Eventually caught she has her mind wiped of ‘that’ incarnation and is returned unconscious to the Tardis back into the second Doctors clothes and is none the wiser of ‘The fugitive’ when waking up in the hospital in ‘Spearhead from Space’. But I doubt they would go down that route.
JR
April 25th, 2022 - 3:11pmAre you getting confused with Beyond War Games? The Jo Martin Doctor is pre-Hartnell.
Rex Farrel
April 25th, 2022 - 4:52pmI expect he said that because continuity-wise it would fit better. (It doesn’t quite work either way if you think about it too much, but being a slave to 50+ years of continuity isn’t going to help anyone.)
The ergon
April 24th, 2022 - 7:49pmI dont think any boxset spin offs from now on should go beyond 4. Keep coming up with fresh ideas.
Auton
April 24th, 2022 - 9:32pmIf there are stories to tell and they have ideas to for future box sets then they should do them but if not then there is no point making another one after they run out of ideas for any of the series they have made
The ergon
April 24th, 2022 - 11:19pmI think 4 is adequate. They dont all need to run and run. I like different ideas but i suppose popularity dictates.
Doctor Thirteenth
April 24th, 2022 - 4:03pmI hope we don’t get anymore hidden past doctors as much as I love the war & Fugitive Doctor s let’s not have anymore otherwise the numbering of the doctors are going to be stupid
Urrozdinee
April 24th, 2022 - 1:14pmThese look great. I also want John Simm’s Master to get his own box set. Also a Lumiat Box set would be cool
Agent Smoulder
April 24th, 2022 - 5:39amI really hope they don’t ruin this character the way they have the John Hurt War Doctor, who should have been left well alone.
Urrozdinee
April 24th, 2022 - 1:13pmHow have they ruined the War Doctor?
Doug Who
April 24th, 2022 - 2:21pmI was going to ask the same thing not having heard the Big Finish War Doctor plays.
The ergon
April 24th, 2022 - 3:14pmThe war doctor stories are very good and a fitting tribute to john hurt. Im glad we got them before he passed away.
bryan
April 23rd, 2022 - 11:00pmOh the day gets Better and Better.
How utterly amazing is this news. Jo Martin in a 2 boxed set series and Sacha Dhawan with a 2 Boxed set series. then this from David Richardson
The Fugitive Doctor Adventures marks the first in a range of spin-offs from the Thirteenth Doctor’s era of Doctor Who at Big Finish, with more new series to follow.
So a Range of of Thirteenth Doctor. Come on Jodie and Mandip, Too soon to hang up the Keys yo the TARDIS just yet. We can but Dream
davidhhh
April 24th, 2022 - 11:02amThe Adventures of Ryan and Graham?
Auton
April 23rd, 2022 - 10:33pmVery much looking forward to these boxsets as Jo Martin was amazing in her short time as the fugitive doctor and was easily so much better than Jodie Whitaker
Doug Who
April 23rd, 2022 - 7:55pmBrilliant! Very exciting and very much looking forward to this series.
Will be very interesting to see what Big Finish do with her story.
I think Jo Martin was one of the best things about the last couple of years and personally I much prefer her interpretation of the Doctor than the default Tennant-type version that Jodie Whittaker’s version was saddled with.
The ergon
April 23rd, 2022 - 9:30pmTo think tennant chose the mockney accent rather than his scottish accent, makes me wish jodie had gone against type and gone more home counties. Also the ill chosen attempts at humour which mimmicked tennant and smith with all that namedropping etc was a bad move as well.humour is developed and should come naturally without trying too hard. Jo Martin was a great doctor in her short stint and hit the mark with the sharp quips. If only jodie hadnt been saddled with chibnall. I like jodie but she could have been so much more.
Doug Who
April 24th, 2022 - 2:19pmI do completely agree with you Ergon. Personally I wish they would break the template of the breathless exposition and performed ‘zaniness’.
However I just caught Points of View and it was really lovely to hear a parent describe their ten-year old’s reaction to Yaz and the Doctor. However much I’d like to see an actor like Nicola Walker or Olivia Coleman or Jo Martin (so pleased will we hear more from her Doctor) in the role, I can see how much Jodie’s energetic ‘wackiness’ would appeal to the younger audience and especially kids, and that after all is really where the core of the audience perhaps should be, not us jaded old fans!
The ergon
April 24th, 2022 - 3:19pmYes it is about appealing to the younger audience first and foremost doug, i agree.
Bobsuruncle
April 23rd, 2022 - 7:47pmI’m not a fan of her Doctor, but if anyone can make her good it’ll be Big Finish. Definitely will give this one a go.
thetruth
April 23rd, 2022 - 7:35pmIt means BBC have stopped using the character then.
The Outcast
April 24th, 2022 - 4:04amNot necessarily, the Master’s in the Centenary and he’s also getting some boxsets.
Doctor Stu
April 23rd, 2022 - 6:54pmAnd it’s official, chibnalls abandoned this idea and is leaving it up to big finish to try and make it make sense. Which begs the question….what was the point in the first place?
The ergon
April 23rd, 2022 - 7:05pmMaybe we,ll get the flux boxsets very soon and close that mess as well..
BigBen64
April 23rd, 2022 - 7:05pmTo give the show a bit of freshness after 58/59 years. To be fair, giving the Doctor a hidden past where she was forced to work for a cause and manipulated into serving the Division does make things quite interesting (and makes things seem fresh)…
And to be fair, there’s a comic series featuring the Fugitive Doctor coming out so I don’t really see what you’re on about when you say that Chibnall’s leaving it up to Big Finish. Surely Big Finish just found an area appropriate to explore and ran with it, just like with their many other releases.
Jdksmakaka
April 23rd, 2022 - 8:05pmBigBen64
Literally, what’s not to say that her story won’t get wrapped up in the centenary special this year. These adventures are probably gonna take place in from all over her timeline, so these are NEW adventures just like the comics
Fox
April 24th, 2022 - 4:11amI don’t think there’s anything essential left to wrap up. They gave us the major beats. We were never meant to know every detail.
Ultimately it was never a story about the Fugitive Doctor (she is just one of potentially thousands of lost incarnations), it was a story about the 13th Doctor’s identity crisis.
davidhhh
April 24th, 2022 - 11:05amOf course Chibnall’s abandoned the idea. He’s already left Doctor Who and has publicly said that he doubts he’ll ever go back to it. You can’t get much more abandoned than that!
ARDT19
April 24th, 2022 - 12:06pmBigBen64
I thought “freshness” was the point of bringing the Time Lords back? And also the point of having a female Doctor? If those ideas had been explored to their fullest potential they’d have been enough.
I’ve warmed up to the idea of Pre-Hartnell Doctors (I was originally very against this) but I don’t like the Doctor being the originator of the Time Lords, nor do I want to see BF or Titan make the Fugitive Doctor too heroic or anything like that. The First Doctor’s character arc was about starting to become a proper hero, so I don’t want that to be undercut by anything saying “the Doctor was already a hero long before Hartnell!” That’s really my only concern with this series. Love Jo Martin and I’m glad she’s getting an audio series of her own, but I have doubts it’ll be handled the way I would like to see.
You’re right that Chibnall’s not leaving it up to Big Finish – sounds like these stories are set post-FOTJ. I think the only unanswered question he should’ve handled himself is “WHY is she a fugitive?” which I believe the Titan Comic is going to cover? So I guess he’s leaving it up to them instead…
Fox
April 24th, 2022 - 6:48pmARDT19
That’s actually answered in S12. She’s a Fugitive because she ran away from the Division and the Division doesn’t like loose ends.
john
April 25th, 2022 - 3:51pmARDT19 you say you’ve warmed to the idea of pre Hartnell, you’ve obviously not seen BNrain of Morbius then with its pre Hartnell Doctors!
Auton
April 25th, 2022 - 6:41pmThose brain of morbius incarnations work better as incarnations of Morbius rather than the doctor
Trystan
April 23rd, 2022 - 6:38pmThat is amazing!
Col
April 23rd, 2022 - 6:30pmI am beyond excited for this so so thrilled