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Doctor Who: The Light at the End Cast Update

Doctor Who: The Light at the End Cast Update

November 23rd 1963 proves to be a significant day in the lives of all eight Doctors…

It’s the day that Bob Dovie’s life is ripped apart…

It’s also a day that sets in motion a catastrophic chain of events which forces the first eight incarnations of the Doctor to fight for their very existence. As a mysterious, insidious chaos unfolds within the TARDIS, the barriers of time break apart…

From suburban England through war-torn alien landscapes and into a deadly, artificial dimension, all these Doctors and their companions must struggle against the power of an unfathomable, alien technology.

From the very beginning, it is clear that the Master is somehow involved. By the end, for the Doctors, there may only be darkness.

From www.bigfinish.com

New details have emerged about The Light at the End, the two-hour full cast audio drama from Big Finish that will celebrate fifty years of Doctor Who.

Playing the Doctor…

• Tom Baker
• Peter Davison
• Colin Baker
• Sylvester McCoy
• Paul McGann

Companions...

• Louise Jameson as Leela
• Sarah Sutton as Nyssa
• Nicola Bryant as Peri
• Sophie Aldred as Ace
• India Fisher as Charley

Flying the flag for the forces of evil…

• Geoffrey Beevers as The Master

The guest cast for Doctor Who: The Light at the End includes Oliver Hume as an early incarnation of Straxus (a Time Lord who has appeared several times before in the audio dramas, most recently in Dark Eyes), John Dorney as Bob Dovie, and Nicholas Briggs, who plays the mysterious Vess.

“And that’s not all,” reveals producer David Richardson. “There’s a whole host of small cameo appearances by much-loved Doctor Who stars. We’ve called these moments ‘little kisses to the past’.”

Briefly dropping in will be (deep breath)…

• William Russell as Ian
• Carole Ann Ford as Susan
• Maureen O’Brien as Vicki
• Peter Purves as Steven
• Jean Marsh as Sara
• Anneke Wills as Polly
• Frazer Hines as Jamie
• Wendy Padbury as Zoe
• Katy Manning as Jo
• Janet Fielding as Tegan
• Mark Strickson as Turlough

“It’s a mighty cast list,” says writer, director and executive producer Nicholas Briggs, “and it was a huge logistical challenge to get everyone to the studio to record this new material for us. Though we wanted to include every surviving actor from the Doctor’s past, it wasn’t possible – but we did manage to get nearly everyone!”

Doctor Who: The Light at the End is available for pre-order now, as both a 5-disc limited collectors’ edition and a 2-disc standard edition.

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