The Third Doctor Adventures is a sci-fi audio series produced by Big Finish Productions based on the TV show Doctor Who. It sees the return of Katy Manning as Jo Grant, Richard Franklin as Mike Yates, and John Levene as Sergeant Benton while the voice of the Third Doctor is performed by Tim Treloar replacing the original actor, Jon Pertwee, who died in 1996.
The first set of stories was released in September 2015, featuring Treloar, Manning, and Franklin. A second and third volume were released November 2016 and August 2017 respectively. A fourth volume was released in March 2018.
The fifth and sixth volumes were released in May 2019 and May 2020, respectively. The sets feature Treloar and Manning joined by Levene with Jon Culshaw as The Brigadier, replacing Nicholas Courtney who died in 2011. The fifth volume also introduced Daisy Ashford in her mother's role of Liz Shaw. The seventh volume also saw the return of Sadie Miller in her mother's role of Sarah Jane Smith, having first appeared for Big Finish in Return of the Cybermen.
Cast
Actor Character Appearances S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 Tim Treloar The Doctor colspan="18" colspan="8" colspan="9" Jo Grant colspan="6" colspan="1" colspan="2" colspan="2" Richard Franklin Mike Yates colspan="17" Sergeant Benton colspan="4" colspan="2" colspan="12" The Brigadier colspan="4" colspan="6" colspan="1" colspan="2" colspan="3" Daisy Ashford Liz Shaw colspan="4" colspan="1" colspan="2" colspan="2" Sarah Jane Smith colspan="6" colspan="2" colspan="2" colspan="2" colspan="2" Daleks colspan="2" colspan="2" colspan="11" Cybermen colspan="3" colspan="9" colspan="4"
Notable guests
Rufus Hound as The Monk Ian McNeice as Winston Churchill Frazer Hines as Jamie McCrimmon Gerran Howell as Kaleidoscope Christopher Naylor as Harry Sullivan
Episodes
Volume 1 (2015)
Volume 2 (2016)
Volume 3 (2017)
Volume 4 (2018)
Volume 5 (2019)
Volume 6 (2020)
Volume 7 (2021)
Volume 8 (2021)
The Annihilators (2022)
Kaleidoscope (2022)
The Return of Jo Jones (2023)
Intelligence for War (2023)
Revolution in Space (2024)
The Quintessence (2024)
Doctor Who and the Brain Drain (2025)
Operation: Vengeance (2025)
The Imposters (2026)
The Planet Killers (2026)
Awards and nominations +Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee(s) of the award, and the result of the nomination Award ceremony Year Category Work(s) Result Scribe Awards 2022 Best Audio The Annihilators
References