Doctor Whois making its way to the stage for the first time in over 20 years. Last performed live in 1989,the Doctor will be appearingin front of a live audience in celebration of 25 years of audio adventures by Big Finish Productions. The live show will seePaul McGann’s Eighth Doctor in a new live-recorded audio drama, titled “The Stuff of Legend,” written byRobert Valentineand directed byBarnaby Edwards. McGann will star alongsideIndia Fisheras his companion Charley Pollard, who’s been around since the beginning of Big Finish’sDoctor Whodramas, in thisexciting new venture for the Whoniverse. McGann and Fisher will be joined on stage byAlex Macqueenas theMaster — who featured in the Eighth Doctor Adventures seriesDark Eyes— andNicholas Briggsas the voice of the Daleks.
The drama will be performed live to audiences for one night only, at London’s Cadogan Hall on Saturday, June 14, 2025, with a studio version of the same story releasing on the same day. Although this is not the first time thatDoctor Whohas been performed to a live audience, it is the very first time that one of the show’s audio plays will be performed on stage. The announcement comes just weeks afterthe end of Season 1ofDoctor Who’s Disney revamp, which sawNcuti Gatwa’s Doctor andMillie Gibson’s companion Ruby Sundayface off against classicWhovillain Sutekh (Gabriel Woolf).
What Can ‘Doctor Who’ Fans Expect from “The Stuff of Legend”?
For fans wondering what the Eighth Doctor might be in for, theDoctor Who websitehas provided a brief teaser for the audio drama, reading,
“Something is afoot in the lonely Cornish village of Merrymaid Bay. Rumours of dead men working in the tin mines have sent a chill through the community, and it’s up to the Doctor and Charley to get to the bottom of the mystery. Can the legends of the Bucca that haunts the mines be true? And just what awesome power do the Doctor’s greatest enemies – the Daleks! – threaten to unleash upon the universe?”
Speaking on the importance of the event, Big Finish’s executive producerJason Haigh-Ellerysaid, “25 years? It feels like 25 seconds! Producing the audio adventures of Doctor Who has been such a joy that two and a half decades has flown by – almost as if we have all been in the time vortex with the Doctor.“Dominic Walker, Global Business Director at BBC Studios, added, “After 25 years of working with Big Finish on the Doctor Who audio adventures, BBC Studios is excited to now be bringing a live version to the stage. ‘The Stuff Of Legend’ is a fitting celebration and I am delighted that fans will be able to witness the recording of such a momentous anniversary story up close and personal.”
Tickets for the live event will be available to order from Friday 5th July atdoctorwhoaudiolive.com. Fans unable to attend the event can preorder the studio version of “The Stuff of Legend” onBig Finish’s website.
Doctor Who
The show follows the adventures of a Time Lord, “The Doctor,” who is able to regenerate, and the Doctor’s human friends. The Doctor and his companions journey through time and space in the TARDIS – a time-traveling ship shaped like a police box – saving the universe with a combination of wit, bravery, and kindness.
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