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“Holy sh t!”
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I know, it’s a little early for language. But I can’t sugarcoat how I felt – and expressed to a colleague on WhatsApp – when I heard that Christopher Eccleston was returning to the worlds of Doctor Who, over a decade after leaving under a (well-documented) cloud.
While his attitude to Who had definitely thawed over the years, it still felt unthinkable that he’d feel comfortable enough to come back (albeit in audio drama form), let alone headline a whole series of adventures.
But come back he did – and now, many months later fans can finally see (or rather, hear) the results in The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Ravagers, a three-part story from Big Finish that sees Eccleston’s Time Lord tangling with terrifying monsters, deadly drones, Roman soldiers and (most terrifying of all) a Gaming CEO in a complex, twisty adventure.
Christopher Eccleston is returning to
Doctor Who. Though the Ninth Doctor actor has traditionally distanced himself from the sci-fi show since he vacated the TARDIS after one season in 2005, he’s now back to voice the role in an ongoing audio drama series for Big Finish Productions, who also work with the likes of Tom Baker, Paul McGann and David Tennant. And ahead of the release of the first volume of
The Ninth Doctor Adventures this month, a new clip from the boxset has been revealed.
Subtitled
Ravagers, the first set contains three stories written by Big Finish’s Creative Director Nicholas Briggs, who likewise voices the Daleks on the TV series. The minute-long clip comes from the opening episode, “Sphere of Freedom,” and takes the form of a very classic