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unusual facts about audio drama



Arc of Infinity

Elspet Gray, who played Thalia, later played Hera in the audio play Immortal Beloved.

Christopher Villiers

In 2007, he guest-starred in the Doctor Who audio drama Absolution (having previously appeared in the TV two-part serial The King's Demons, back in 1983).

Futility, or the Wreck of the Titan

The Doctor Who audio play The Wreck of the Titan, released by Big Finish Productions in May 2010, is partly inspired by this novella, and features the characters of John and Myra.

Geoffrey Beevers

He has also appeared in some of the Big Finish Productions audio dramas based on Doctor Who (Dust Breeding, Master, Trail of the White Worm, The Oseidon Adventure, Mastermind and The Light at the End).

Judge Dredd: Crime Chronicles - Double Zero

Judge Dredd: Crime Chronicles - Double Zero is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the character Judge Dredd in British comic 2000 AD.

Judge Dredd: Wanted: Dredd or Alive

Judge Dredd: Wanted: Dredd or Alive is the first audio drama produced by Big Finish Productions based on the character Judge Dredd in British comic 2000 AD.

Lois Baxter

She has guest-starred in the audio dramas Sapphire and Steel: Cruel Immortality, Circular Time and The Adolescence of Time.

Norman Gilliland

He is also an active author with four published books, the historical novel Sand Mansions and its stand-alone sequel Midnight Catch, plus two nonfiction books about classical music--Grace Notes for a Year and Scores to Settle. He has produced an audio drama based upon Dick Ringler's modern English translation of the Old English narrative Beowulf titled Beowulf: The Complete Story—A Drama (ISBN 0-9715093-2-8).

Snow, Glass, Apples

It was adapted by the author into an audio drama, which was produced by Seeing Ear Theatre in 2001, starring Bebe Neuwirth.

The Library of St. John the Beheaded

In a further development of the concept, the Big Finish Productions audio play Neverland written by Alan Barnes, makes mention of 'The Knights of St John the Beheaded' whose Earthly myths make reference to the Gallifreyan legends of Rassilon and his battle with the beast Zagreus.

The Stones of Venice

The Stones of Venice (audio drama), an audio play by Big Finish Productions based on the television series Doctor Who

Trevor Martin

Previously Martin appeared in the show itself as a Time Lord in the 1969 serial The War Games opposite Second Doctor Patrick Troughton and later guested in the 1993 Doctor Who radio play The Paradise of Death alongside Third Doctor Jon Pertwee and the 2003 Doctor Who audio drama Flip-Flop alongside Seventh Doctor Sylvester McCoy.


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Bindya Solanki

In 2005, she guest starred in the Doctor Who Sixth Doctor audio drama The Juggernauts, returning to Doctor Who audios again in 2009 in the Seventh Doctor audio drama Enemy of the Daleks.

Brad Strickland

He is an active member of the Atlanta Radio Theatre Company, writing, adapting and acting in numerous audio drama projects.

Characters of Blake's 7

Stephen Greif performed the role of Travis in the programme's first series, but declined an offer to return for the second series (but returned to play Travis in the Big Finish Liberator Chronicles audio drama story "Promises" written by Nigel Fairs).

Dalek War

:This article is about the audio drama, for a similarly titled novel by John Peel, see War of the Daleks.

Dance of the Dead

The Dance of the Dead, a Bernice Summerfield audio drama, based on the TV series Doctor Who

Death Comes to Time

The character of the Minister of Chance (now played by Julian Wadham) is played in a podcast-only audio drama entitled The Minister of Chance, also featuring Sylvester McCoy, Paul McGann and Jenny Agutter.

First Doctor

In the Big Finish audio drama "The Light at the End" the First Doctor is portrayed by William Russell who also played Ian Chesterton in both the show and the audio dramas.

Grand Admiral Thrawn

Star Wars: TIE Fighter Played by Tris King, Dark Forces: Soldier for the Empire audio drama, Tim Russell.

Ian Collier

He also played Doctor Who companion Bernice Summerfield's father, Isaac Summerfield, in Death and the Daleks, and he guest starred in the Big Finish Productions Doctor Who audio drama Excelis Decays.

Later he became the second actor to portray the villain Omega (the first being Stephen Thorne): Collier portrayed Omega in the Fifth Doctor serial Arc of Infinity and later in the Big Finish Productions audio drama Omega.

Jacqueline Pearce

She has more recently been associated with Doctor Who through her appearance in The Fearmonger as Sherilyn Harper, an audio drama by Big Finish Productions, and as Admiral Mettna in the webcast story Death Comes to Time.

Josette du Pres

The character then returned in the 2009 audio drama Final Judgement released by Big Finish Productions.

Liz Crowther

She played Tessa Waylund in the audio drama Something Inside based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who, produced by Big Finish Productions.

Morton Judd

The audio drama Judge Dredd: Jihad, written by James Swallow and published by Big Finish Productions, featured two last remaining Judda, a clone of Dredd named Jonah and his sister, Pandora, leading a fanatical Judda cult.

Robert Rodan

In 2007, he guest starred in the Dark Shadows audio drama, The Rage Beneath.

The City Speaks

The City Speaks is two BBC radio dramas, a feature film and 6 collaborations between audio drama directors, script-writers, artist film-makers, composer David Pickvance and sound designer Pete Ringrose.

Time Heals

UNIT: Time Heals, an audio drama based on science fiction television series Doctor Who

Victor Pemberton

In 1976 Pemberton wrote the audio drama Doctor Who and the Pescatons for an experiment in Doctor Who on vinyl record and an early spin-off from the programme.

Weapon of Choice

"Gallifrey: Weapon of Choice", the first audio drama from the Gallifrey audio series

Wendy Albiston

In 2002, she played De Chevreuse in the Doctor Who audio drama The Church and the Crown and guest starred in the Sarah Jane Smith adventure The TAO Connection.