The BBC Sounds audio service has added various Physician Who tales for followers to take pleasure in.
To kick off Physician Who’s 60th Anniversary celebrations, the BBC launched the Whoniverse on BBC iPlayer.
The gathering contains all the prevailing tv episodes that the company has the rights to stream, plus spin-off sequence, documentaries, concert events and animations. Plus, some great reunions in Tales of the TARDIS.
To not be outdone, BBC Sounds has now added a handful of Physician Who audio tales. It affords a mixture of archive audio soundtracks, partially narrated tales and full-blown audio dramas.
Three early tales, which exist in as soundtracks however are lacking or incomplete on movie have can be found. They’re offered with added narration from members of the Physician Who solid.
‘Marco Polo’
An early William Hartnell 7-part historic, this sees the TARDIS crew be part of the famed 13th Century Venetian traveller Marco Polo (Mark Eden) as he makes his means alongside the Silk Highway to a gathering with the mighty Kublai Kahn.
‘The Daleks’ Grasp Plan’
The Sequence 3 epic sees the Physician, Stephen and Katarina battle the Daleks and their plans for common domination. Going down throughout numerous common areas, the story sees a companion exit or two, and a second encounter with the meddling Monk.
The 12-part story can also be accompanied by the Physician-less prequel episode ‘Mission to the Unknown.’
‘The Wheel in House’
From Patrick Troughton’s second season, ‘The Wheel in House’ gives one other six-part encounter with the Cybermen, who’ve designs on infiltrating a large area station.
Hopefully additional lacking tales will probably be added – wouldn’t or not it’s nice to have a whole archive!
New Massive End audio dramas have additionally joined BBC Sounds. These are along with the present Radio 4 Further broadcasts of The Tenth Physician Adventures starring David Tennant and Billie Piper.
Taken from the breadth of the present’s historical past, the brand new additions embrace quite a lot of Medical doctors and companions.
The Starting
{A partially} narrated Companion Chronicle, ‘The Starting’ takes us again, sooner than the beginning of the tv present, to the Physician and Susan’s first journey after stealing the TARDIS from Gallifrey.
‘The ISOS Community’
One other Cyber-encounter, ‘The ISOS Community’ sees the Physician, Jamie and Zoe engaged in a pacey romp as they attempt to save the whole galaxy.
‘Thoughts of the Hodiac’
A part of The Misplaced Tales vary, the not too long ago launched ‘Thoughts of the Hodiac’ hails from a speculative script penned by a sure younger Russell T Davies within the mid-Eighties.
Unearthed throughout lockdown and accomplished, it pitches Colin Baker’s Sixth Physician and Bonnie Langford’s Mel in opposition to the titular Hodiac – an intense villain with spectacular psychological powers and a grand plan.
1963: The Assassination Video games
From the present’s 50th anniversary yr, this 1963 set political thriller reunites the Seventh Physician and Ace with the Counter-Measures crew from ‘Remembrance of the Daleks’ as they take down a sinister plot.
Traditional Medical doctors, New Monsters
This quartet of adventures does what it says on the tin, reasonably brilliantly, pitching older Medical doctors in opposition to new sequence monsters.
The Fifth Physician fights the Weeping Angels whereas the Sixth defends a Judoon in courtroom. The Seventh Physician faces the Sycorax, and the Eighth encounters the Sontarans firstly of the Time Battle.
The Ninth Physician Adventures: ‘Ravagers’
Christopher Eccleston’s first boxset of audio dramas, from Could 2021, sees him caught up in an epic time-hopping journey.
‘Out of Time’
One other product of lockdown, this story brings David Tennant’s Tenth Physician head to head with Tom Baker’s Fourth. Each travelling with out a companion, they crew as much as defeat a Dalek invasion.
We’ll maintain you posted on Physician Who additions to BBC Sounds. We’re hoping for the 2 Pertwee radio serials from the Nineties!