{"id":35840,"date":"2022-06-21T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T08:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/?p=35840"},"modified":"2022-06-20T19:25:47","modified_gmt":"2022-06-20T18:25:47","slug":"out-now-tom-bakers-fourth-doctor-returns-to-big-finish-to-battle-the-nine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/2022\/06\/21\/out-now-tom-bakers-fourth-doctor-returns-to-big-finish-to-battle-the-nine\/","title":{"rendered":"Out Now: Tom Baker’s Fourth Doctor Returns to Big Finish to Battle The Nine"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tom Baker returns for more solo journeys in Big Finish action-packed box set, The Fourth Doctor Adventures:<\/em> The Nine<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In three immersive full-cast audio dramas, the Doctor once again travels without a companion, as he was in The Deadly Assassin<\/em>… but he\u2019s never alone for long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the opening adventure, the Doctor must keep the Nine (John Heffernan) \u2014 a criminal Time Lord with nine different personalities \u2014 out of trouble. The last of the Abway species, Thana (Ronni Ancona), is also back causing chaos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alicia Ambrose-Bayly (ATA Girl, The Prisoner<\/em>) guest stars as Hanna Schumann, a German nurse, in the World War 1 adventure\u00a0Shellshock.<\/em>\u00a0And in the closing \u201ccelebrity historical\u201d story,\u00a0Peake Season<\/em>, David Holt (Shaun the Sheep Movie:\u00a0Farmageddon, The Jungle Book<\/em>) voices the famous artist and author, Mervyn Peake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The three adventures in this set are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Dreams of Avarice<\/strong> by Guy Adams<\/p>

The Nine isn\u2019t your average robber. A ferociously intelligent and murderous kleptomaniac Time Lord with regenerative dissonance, he\u2019s a far more dangerous adversary than most security details are used to. So it\u2019s useful that the Doctor is on hand to stop him.<\/em> <\/p>

This time more than ever – as the Nine is about to pull off the greatest heist of his criminal career. Though could the consequences be far worse than the crime?<\/em><\/p>

Shellshock <\/strong>by Simon Barnard and Paul Morris<\/p>

When the TARDIS lands behind German lines at the height of the First World War the Doctor finds himself inadvertently transported to a hospital full of traumatised soldiers.<\/em><\/p>

They\u2019re suffering from shellshock but also something else. Something causing vivid nightmares that chill the blood. Something not of this place.<\/em><\/p>

Things are not quiet on the Western Front.<\/em><\/p>

Peake Season<\/strong> <\/em>by Lizbeth Myles<\/p>

After an embarrassing encounter, the Doctor tries to make amends to Mervyn Peake by offering him a trip in the TARDIS. It\u2019s a trip the famous author should never have accepted.<\/em><\/p>

Soon he and the Doctor find themselves trapped in a nameless city and working as newspaper cartoonists.<\/em><\/p>

Where are they? More importantly, where is the TARDIS? And more importantly than that – can they escape with their lives?<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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John Heffernan\u00a0said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTom Baker is a national treasure. It\u2019s been a total joy and a huge privilege to see him play the iconic character for which he\u2019s known and to see he\u2019s still relishing it. It really has been a dream.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Ronni Ancona added:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m literally in love with Tom. He was a real hero of mine when I was young and the only Doctor Who<\/em> for me. He\u2019s magnificent and hysterically funny. He\u2019s a total inspiration.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Alicia Ambrose-Bayly said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI grew up watching the Doctor Who<\/em> re-runs with Tom Baker so to me \u2013 there is no other Doctor. He\u2019s got a twinkle in his eye and lots of good anecdotes from working as an actor. He\u2019s great company.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Script editor John Dorney said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMervyn Peake has often come up in conversations with Tom Baker as he was someone he likes the work of. So, it struck me that we should get the Doctor to meet Mervyn Peake as I knew it was something Tom would enjoy and have fun with.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

David Holt added:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMervyn Peake was an exceptional talent with a cult following. He had the most extraordinary but brief life. What he left behind was a body of fantastical books [in which he showed great] imagination and skill for creating characters and worlds. He was a significant artist in his own right as well as an author.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The cast of this box set also includes Nicholas Asbury (Chewing Gum<\/em>), Richard Dixon (Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?<\/em>), Mark Elstob (The Prisoner<\/em>), Jules de Jongh (The Canterville Ghost<\/em>), Richard Hope (Doctor Who: The Hungry Earth<\/em>), Finlay Robertson (Doctor Who: Blink<\/em>), and Marc Silk (Thunderbirds Are Go<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Fourth Doctor Adventures:<\/em> The Nine<\/em> is now available to own for \u00a324.99 (on CD + download) or \u00a319.99 (download only). Or you can save money by purchasing The Fourth Doctor Adventures Series 11:<\/em> The Nine<\/em> and Solo<\/em> together in a bundle for \u00a346 (CD + download) or \u00a339 (download only).The Dreams of Avarice<\/em> and Shellshock<\/em> are each also available as individual downloads for just \u00a312.99.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alternatively, both box sets can be purchased as part of the 14-release Classic Doctors bundle for \u00a3274 (CD box set + download) or \u00a3237 (download only).<\/p>\n

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The new boxset features three stories, The Dreams of Avarice, Shellshock, and Peake Season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35844,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"Out Now: Tom Baker's Fourth #DoctorWho Returns to @bigfinish to Battle The Nine","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[278],"tags":[5,32,759,337,4236,5015,798,6901,6900,801,6899,4024,4722,41],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/978-1-83868-055-8.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14894,"url":"https:\/\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/2018\/03\/06\/sutekh-the-destroyer-returns-for-big-finishs-fourth-doctor-adventures\/","url_meta":{"origin":35840,"position":0},"title":"Sutekh the Destroyer Returns for Big Finish's Fourth Doctor Adventures!","author":"Philip Bates","date":"6 March 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Hot on the heels of Big Finish's\u00a0Fourth Doctor Adventures: Series 7 - Volume One, the second volume has just been announced - and features the return of\u00a0Pyramids of Mars' Sutekh! 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