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Big Finish The Ninth Doctor Adventures 2.4 Shades of Fear

Available to order from www.bigfinish.com

Frank Skinner Meets the Ninth Doctor! 

Christopher Eccleston is joined by a star-studded ensemble cast in a brand-new box set of full-cast Ninth Doctor audio dramas, due for release in February 2023 from Big Finish Productions.
 
Alien threats come in many forms – and many different hues. A charity shop where customers vanish, a 1920s gentleman’s club besieged by giant plants, and a distant colony planet where death hides in darkness – wherever they manifest, the Doctor is on hand to fight every shade of fear… 

Legendary comedian and actor Frank Skinner guest stars in The Colour of Terror as Pete Snow – a nosy neighbour who gets roped into investigating a junk shop with the Doctor. 

Doctor Who – The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Shades of Fear is now available to pre-order for just £24.99 (collector’s edition CD box set + download) or £19.99 (download only) from www.bigfinish.com.  

• The Colour Of Terror by Lizzie Hopley 
• The Blooming Menace by James Kettle 
• Red Darkness by Roy Gill 

Frank Skinner said: “I loved the Ninth Doctor [on TV]. Chris was brilliant with an amazing energy. I was very sad when he left but I’m glad we’ve got that one series as it’s an absolute corker. Without him, I don’t think we’d have everything we’ve had since. It’s pretty exciting viewing Chris as the Ninth Doctor close up. 

“I listen to Big Finish regularly and it’s great because it can take it anywhere. No-one ever listens to the same recording – we’ve all got our own versions [in our imagination] and that makes it very intimate. I’m a big fan of audio.” 
 
Director Helen Goldwyn added: “When Lizzie Hopley said she’d written the role of Pete specifically with Frank Skinner in mind, I thought we had to try! As Frank is a Doctor Who fan he said yes pretty much immediately.
 
“As soon as Chris and Frank met, they hit it off and you could see the mutual respect and admiration which was lovely to be around. Frank did admit to his Doctor Who passion. Chris is such a humble guy and he understands the love and affection people have for it. It was really good fun, with lots of anecdotes being told.” 

Also joining Christopher Eccleston and Frank Skinner in this exciting box set are Dave Hearn (The Goes Wrong Show), Susan Penhaligon (A Fine Romance, Doctor Who), Laura Rollins (Doctors), actor and impressionist Luke Kempner, Clive Hayward (Anything Goes), Harki Bhambra (Our Girl, Coronation Street), and Moyo Akandé (The Cry). 
 
All four volumes of The Ninth Doctor Adventures series two are available to pre-order together in a bundle for just £88 (collector’s edition CD box set + download) or £78 (download only). 

Doctor Who – The Ninth Doctor Adventures triple LP vinyls can be ordered at £35.99 each or £132 for the bundle of all four albums and are strictly limited to a pressing of 1,000 per volume.

Please note: the vinyl editions do not include any behind-the-scenes extras. However, listeners purchasing vinyl LP editions will receive a download of the story automatically and be given access to the CD edits as a bonus download. Episodes will be edited specifically for the vinyl format, presented as 2 episodes, one on each side, each with opening and closing music. All pre-orders of the vinyl will also receive the behind the extras as a bonus download.
 
All the above prices include the special pre-order discount and are subject to change after general release.

Big Finish is currently operating a digital-first release schedule. The mail-out of collector’s edition CDs may be delayed due to factors beyond our control, 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.  

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