Doctor Who: The Early Adventures
{{Short description|Audio drama series}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{DISPLAYTITLE:Doctor Who: The Early Adventures}}
Doctor Who: The Early Adventures is a series of audio dramas based on the British television series Doctor Who and produced by Big Finish Productions.
In February 2013, Big Finish Productions announced that, following the conclusions of The Lost Stories and the monthly Companion Chronicles, they would be launching The Early Adventures, a series of brand new stories featuring the First and Second Doctors. The four-part plays star surviving lead actors from the original series, and follow a similar structure to The Lost Stories set in this era, mixing dialogue and narration.[https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/doctor-who-the-early-adventures-announced Bigfinish.com]
Cast
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| William Russell
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| Carole Ann Ford
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| Maureen O'Brien
| Vicki | colspan="1" {{cMain|{{chk}}}} | colspan="1" {{cNone}} | colspan="1" {{cMain|{{chk}}}} | colspan="1" {{cNone}} | colspan="1" {{cMain|{{chk}}}} | colspan="2" {{cNone}} |
| Peter Purves
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| Jean Marsh
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| Frazer Hines
| Jamie McCrimmon / The Doctor | colspan="1" {{cNone}} | colspan="1" {{cMain|{{chk}}}} | colspan="1" {{cNone}} | colspan="1" {{cMain|{{chk}}}} | colspan="1" {{cNone}} | colspan="1" {{cMain|{{chk}}}} | colspan="1" {{cNone}} |
| Anneke Wills
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| Elliot Chapman
|Ben Jackson| Ben Jackson | colspan="1" {{cNone}} | colspan="1" {{cMain|{{chk}}}} | colspan="1" {{cNone}} | colspan="1" {{cMain|{{chk}}}} | colspan="1" {{cNone}} | colspan="1" {{cMain|{{chk}}}} | colspan="1" {{cNone}} |
| Deborah Watling
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| Wendy Padbury
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| Jemma Powell
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| Ajazz Awad
| colspan="5" {{cNone}} | colspan="1" {{cMain|{{chk}}}} | colspan="1" {{cNone}} |
| Lauren Cornelius
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Episodes
=Series 1 (2014)=
The first series consist of stories featuring the First Doctor. William Russell reprises the role of Ian Chesterton in the first two stories, while Peter Purves reprises the role of Steven Taylor in the second two. Carole Ann Ford plays Susan Foreman in the first story, Maureen O'Brien plays Vicki in the second and third stories, and Jean Marsh plays Sara Kingdom in the fourth. Additionally, Russell and Purves perform the Doctor's dialogue in their respective stories, while Ford and O'Brien perform the dialogue of Barbara Wright in the first two stories. The stories have individual episode titles to replicate the era.
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| RTitle = Domain of the Voord
| Aux1_1 = "The Floating City"
| Aux1_2 = "Return to Terror"
| Aux1_3 = "Behind the Mask"
| Aux1_4 = "Fightback"
| DirectedBy = Ken Bentley
| WrittenBy = Andrew Smith
| Aux2 = First Doctor, Susan, Ian, Barbara, Voord
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|9}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 2
| RTitle = The Doctor's Tale
| Aux1_1 = "The Lord of Misrule"
| Aux1_2 = "The White Hart"
| Aux1_3 = "Sanctuary"
| Aux1_4 = "The Empty Crown"
| DirectedBy = Ken Bentley
| WrittenBy = Marc Platt
| Aux2 = First Doctor, Ian, Barbara, Vicki
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|10}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 3
| RTitle = The Bounty of Ceres
| Aux1_1 = "The Hostile Planet"
| Aux1_2 = "The Outer Edge"
| Aux1_3 = "An Otherworldly Intelligence"
| Aux1_4 = "The Coldest Mind"
| DirectedBy = Lisa Bowerman
| WrittenBy = Ian Potter
| Aux2 = First Doctor, Vicki, Steven
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|11}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 4
| RTitle = An Ordinary Life
| Aux1_1 = "An Ordinary Life"
| Aux1_2 = "The Unalike"
| Aux1_3 = "The Sleeping Army"
| Aux1_4 = "The Enemy Without"
| DirectedBy = Ken Bentley
| WrittenBy = Matt Fitton
| Aux2 = First Doctor, Steven, Sara
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|12}}
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| NumParts = 4
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=Series 2 (2015–16)=
The second series consists of stories featuring the Second Doctor, played in all four stories by Frazer Hines, who also reprises his original role from the series as the Doctor's companion Jamie McCrimmon. Anneke Wills reprises her role as Polly Wright in the first two stories, Deborah Watling reprises the role of Victoria Waterfield in the third story, and Wendy Padbury reprises the role of Zoe Heriot in the fourth. In addition, the first two stories feature Elliot Chapman as Ben Jackson, originally played by Michael Craze.
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| EpisodeNumber = 1
| Title = The Yes Men
| DirectedBy = Lisa Bowerman
| WrittenBy = Simon Guerrier
| Aux2 = Second Doctor, Polly, Ben, Jamie
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|9}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 2
| Title = The Forsaken
| DirectedBy = Lisa Bowerman
| WrittenBy = Justin Richards
| Aux2 = Second Doctor, Polly, Ben, Jamie
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|10}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 3
| Title = The Black Hole
| DirectedBy = Lisa Bowerman
| WrittenBy = Simon Guerrier
| Aux2 = Second Doctor, Jamie, Victoria, the Monk
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|11}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 4
| Title = The Isos Network
| DirectedBy = Nicholas Briggs
| WrittenBy = Nicholas Briggs
| Aux2 = Second Doctor, Jamie, Zoe, Cybermen
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|1}}
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=Series 3 (2016)=
The third series of the Early Adventures saw Carole Ann Ford, William Russell, Maureen O'Brien, Peter Purves and Jean Marsh reprising their roles as the companions of the First Doctor, joined by Jemma Powell as Barbara Wright, who had previously portrayed the role of original Barbara actress Jacqueline Hill in the 2013 drama An Adventure in Space and Time, and Dan Starkey as the Sontarans. The second story also features actor James Joyce in the role of a new companion, Jospa.DWM 496 The stories have individual episode titles to replicate the era.
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| EpisodeNumber = 1
| RTitle = The Age of Endurance
| Aux1_1 = "Ship of Death"
| Aux1_2 = "Hunters in the Breach"
| Aux1_3 = "A Fight for Survival"
| Aux1_4 = "The End of Endurance"
| DirectedBy = Ken Bentley
| WrittenBy = Nick Wallace
| Aux2 = First Doctor, Susan, Ian, Barbara
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|9}}
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| NumParts = 4
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| EpisodeNumber = 2
| RTitle = The Fifth Traveller
| Aux1_1 = "Hunted"
| Aux1_2 = "Enemy in the Dark"
| Aux1_3 = "The Sleeping Army"
| Aux1_4 = "The Boy"
| DirectedBy = Lisa Bowerman
| WrittenBy = Philip Lawrence
| Aux2 = First Doctor, Ian, Barbara, Vicki, Jospa
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|10}}
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| NumParts = 4
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| EpisodeNumber = 3
| RTitle = The Ravelli Conspiracy
| Aux1_1 = "A Friend in Need"
| Aux1_2 = "A Friend in Deed"
| Aux1_3 = "With Friends Like These..."
| Aux1_4 = "Who Needs Enemies"
| DirectedBy = Lisa Bowerman
| WrittenBy = Robert Khan & Tom Salinsky
| Aux2 = First Doctor, Vicki, Steven
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|11}}
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| NumParts = 4
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| EpisodeNumber = 4
| RTitle = The Sontarans
| Aux1_1 = "The Sontarans"
| Aux1_2 = "The Descent"
| Aux1_3 = "The Blind City"
| Aux1_4 = "The Rule of War"
| DirectedBy = Lisa Bowerman
| WrittenBy = Simon Guerrier
| Aux2 = First Doctor, Steven, Sara, Sontarans
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|12}}
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| NumParts = 4
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=Series 4 (2017)=
Frazer Hines, Anneke Wills, Elliot Chapman and Wendy Padbury reprise their roles as the Doctor's companions, with Frazer Hines also playing the Second Doctor. Other characters are also played by Anjella Mackintosh, Wanda Opalinska, Kristina Buikaite, Alistair Petrie, Debbie Chazen, Matilda Ziegler, David Sibley, Kerry Gooderson, Ewan Bailey, Alan Blyton, Judith Roddy, Adam Newington, Don McCorkindale, Richenda Carey.{{#invoke:cite web||url=https://www.bigfinish.com/ranges/released/doctor-who---the-early-adventures1/perpage:0|title=Doctor Who - The Early Adventures - Big Finish|work=bigfinish.com}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 1
| Title = The Night Witches
| DirectedBy = Helen Goldwyn
| WrittenBy = Roland Moore
| Aux2 = Second Doctor, Polly, Ben, Jamie
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|9}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 2
| Title = The Outliers
| DirectedBy = Lisa Bowerman
| WrittenBy = Simon Guerrier
| Aux2 = Second Doctor, Polly, Ben, Jamie
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|10}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 3
| Title = The Morton Legacy
| DirectedBy = Lisa Bowerman
| WrittenBy = Justin Richards
| Aux2 = Second Doctor, Polly, Ben, Jamie
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|11}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 4
| Title = The Wreck of the World
| DirectedBy = Lisa Bowerman
| WrittenBy = Timothy X Atack
| Aux2 = Second Doctor, Jamie, Zoe
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|12}}
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=Series 5 (2018)=
Series 5 was written and marketed as a "season" of episodes, where each story directly follows from the one before it. Peter Purves returned as Steven Taylor and provided the voice of the First Doctor. Maureen O'Brien returned as Vicki. This season featured the first appearance of the Daleks in the Early Adventures range. The stories have individual episode titles to replicate the era.
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| EpisodeNumber = 1
| RTitle = The Dalek Occupation of Winter
| Aux1_1 = "The Chosen Few"
| Aux1_2 = "Keep Your Enemies Close"
| Aux1_3 = "The Blood of the Young"
| Aux1_4 = "A Spark to Light a Flame"
| DirectedBy = Lisa Bowerman
| WrittenBy = David K Barnes
| Aux2 = First Doctor, Vicki, Steven, Daleks
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|9}}
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| NumParts = 4
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| EpisodeNumber = 2
| RTitle = An Ideal World
| Aux1_1 = "The Weather Makers"
| Aux1_2 = "The Life Below"
| Aux1_3 = "A World in Revolt"
| Aux1_4 = "A Fight for the Future"
| DirectedBy = Lisa Bowerman
| WrittenBy = Ian Potter
| Aux2 = First Doctor, Vicki, Steven
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|10}}
| ShortSummary =
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| NumParts = 4
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| EpisodeNumber = 3
| RTitle = Entanglement
| Aux1_1 = "The Wall of Death"
| Aux1_2 = "Photographic Evidence"
| Aux1_3 = "The Hour of Voting"
| Aux1_4 = "The Entanglement Machine"
| DirectedBy = Lisa Bowerman
| WrittenBy = Robert Khan & Thomas Salinsky
| Aux2 = First Doctor, Vicki, Steven
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|11}}
| ShortSummary =
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| NumParts = 4
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| EpisodeNumber = 4
| RTitle = The Crash of the UK-201
| Aux1_1 = "Return to Yesterday"
| Aux1_2 = "The Road Not Taken"
| Aux1_3 = "Bid Time Return"
| Aux1_4 = "The Crash"
| DirectedBy = Lisa Bowerman
| WrittenBy = Jonathan Morris
| Aux2 = First Doctor, Vicki, Steven
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|12}}
| ShortSummary =
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| NumParts = 4
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=Series 6 (2019)=
Series 6 was created as part of Big Finish's celebration of their 20th anniversary of publishing Doctor Who audio dramas. The series features a number of firsts for the range, including the first story to feature multiple Doctors and the first story to feature the Master. In a first for any performed Doctor Who media, this series also features the return of companion Katarina and the first performed story featuring the Second Doctor meeting the Master.
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| EpisodeNumber = 1
| Title = The Home Guard
| DirectedBy = Lisa Bowerman
| WrittenBy = Simon Guerrier
| Aux2 = Second Doctor, Polly, Jamie, Ben, The Master
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|11}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 2
| Title = Daughter of the Gods
| DirectedBy = Lisa Bowerman
| WrittenBy = David K Barnes
| Aux2 = First Doctor, Second Doctor, Zoe, Jamie, Katarina, Steven
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|11}}
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=Series 7 (2021)=
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| EpisodeNumber = 1
| RTitle = After the Daleks{{#invoke:cite web||url=https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/katarina-returns |title=Katarina Returns |publisher=Big Finish Productions |accessdate=18 March 2019}}
| Aux1_1 = "A New Life"
| Aux1_2 = "The Balance of Power"
| Aux1_3 = "Salvation of the Robomen"
| Aux1_4 = "Susan's Choice"
| DirectedBy = Lisa Bowerman
| WrittenBy = Roland Moore
| Aux2 = Susan, David Campbell, Jenny Chaplin, Daleks
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|8}}
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| NumParts = 4
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| EpisodeNumber = 2
| RTitle = The Secrets of Det-Sen
| Aux1_1 = "The Abominable Snowmen"
| Aux1_2 = "Guru Rinpoche Day"
| Aux1_3 = "The Bandits"
| Aux1_4 = "The Ghanta of Det-Sen"
| DirectedBy = Lisa Bowerman
| WrittenBy = Andy Frankham-Allen
| Aux2 = First Doctor, Steven, Dodo, Yeti
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|8}}
| ShortSummary =
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| NumParts = 4
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