The Fifth Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the BBC

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series ''

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''. He is portrayed by

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. Within the series' narrative, the Doctor is a centuries-old

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from the planet

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who travels in time and space in the

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, frequently with companions. At the end of life, the Doctor regenerates; as a result, the physical appearance and personality of the Doctor changes. Davison portrays the Fifth Doctor as having a vulnerable side and a tendency towards indecisiveness, dressed as a boyish

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cricketer. He travelled with a host of companions, including boy genius Adric ( Matthew Waterhouse), alien aristocrat Nyssa (

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) and Australian flight attendant

Tegan Jovanka Tegan Jovanka is a fictional character played by Janet Fielding in the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. An Australian airline stewardess and a native of Brisbane who was a companion of the Fourth and Fifth ...

( Janet Fielding), whom he had travelled alongside in his previous incarnation. He also shared later adventures alongside devious schoolboy Vislor Turlough ( Mark Strickson) and American college student

Peri Brown Perpugilliam “Peri” Brown, is a fictional character played by Nicola Bryant in the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. An American botany major from Pasadena, California, Peri is a companion of the Fift ...

( Nicola Bryant).

Overview

After

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, the Fourth Doctor, and the BBC had announced that he was leaving the role, the show's producers decided that the next Doctor was to be played by someone who presented something of a physical contrast to Baker and by an actor who was already firmly established in the British public's mind. Peter Davison was chosen due to his critically acclaimed role as Tristan Farnon in the BBC series '' All Creatures Great and Small'' which had ''Doctor Who'' producer

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as line producer. The Fifth Doctor's era was notable for a "back to the basics" attitude, in which "silly" humour (and, to an extent, horror) was kept to a minimum, and more scientific accuracy was encouraged by the producer,

. It was, at times, a darker and grittier series, in part for seeing the death of one of his companions, Adric. It was also notable for the reintroduction of many of the

's enemies, such as the

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, the

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and

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s, and the

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Biography

The Fourth Doctor was seriously injured after falling off the Pharos Project Radio Telescope so he merged with a future incarnation of himself called the Watcher and regenerated into his new youthful fifth incarnation. The regeneration was difficult, and nearly failed, with the Doctor briefly taking on personality aspects from his four previous incarnations. After recovering in the fictional city Castrovalva (actually an elaborate trap created by his arch-enemy the

), he continued his travels with Adric,

and Nyssa. Initially his travels centred on getting Tegan back to

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in time for her first day as an airhostess, but the TARDIS repeatedly missed this destination and Tegan eventually decided to stay in the TARDIS. After trips to the future and the past encountering villains such as

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and the Mara, the Fifth Doctor was confronted with tragedy when Adric died trying to stop a space freighter from crashing into prehistoric Earth (''

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''). Following Adric's death, the TARDIS accidentally arrived at Heathrow airport ('' Time-Flight''). Here the Doctor and Nyssa left Tegan assuming she would want to stay (when in fact she did not any more). The Doctor and Nyssa then travelled together for an unspecified amount of time before the renegade Time Lord

, attempting to return to our universe, temporally bonded himself to the Doctor (''

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''). Faced with this threat, the

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were forced to attempt executing the Doctor, but he eventually tracked Omega to

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where he defeated him and re-encountered Tegan (who having now lost her job, had no second thoughts about rejoining the TARDIS crew). When the Doctor met a new companion, an alien boy stranded on Earth by the name of Vislor Turlough, he did not know that Turlough had been commissioned by the

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to kill him. Soon after, Nyssa left to help cure Lazar's Disease on the space station Terminus. After meeting the entities known as Eternals racing in yacht-like spacecraft for the prize of " Enlightenment", Turlough broke free from the Black Guardian's influence, and continued to travel with the Doctor and Tegan. Landing in the reign of King John (''

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''), the crew again encountered the Master, who was using a shape-shifting robot Kamelion to impersonate the King. However, the Doctor helped Kamelion to regain his free will and the robot joined him in his travels (although he rarely left the TARDIS). The Doctor met three of his previous incarnations when they were summoned to the Death Zone on Gallifrey by president

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, who was attempting to gain Rassilon's secret of immortality. After further adventures in which the Doctor re-encountered old foes, including the

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s and the Sea Devils ('' Warriors of the Deep''), both Tegan and Turlough left the TARDIS. Tegan would find the death and violence they encountered on their travels too much to bear ('' Resurrection of the Daleks''), and Turlough returned to his home planet of Trion in the company of his younger brother, as well as other exiles of Trion, from the planet Sarn. The Doctor was eventually forced to destroy Kamelion, when the Master used his mental connection to the robot to regain control of him, a process the robot realised was irreversible ('' Planet of Fire''). Ultimately (''

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''), the Fifth Doctor and his last companion

were exposed to the drug spectrox in its deadly toxic raw form on Androzani Minor. With only one dose of the antidote available, he nobly sacrificed his own existence to save Peri, expressing doubt for the first time that regeneration might be possible this time, then regenerating into the

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. A sketch of the Fifth Doctor is seen in John Smith's book in the new series episode "

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" (2007). Visions of the Fifth Doctor (alongside other past Doctors) appear in "

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" (2008) and " The Eleventh Hour" (2010). Somewhere in his life he crashed his

into the TARDIS of the

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and consequently nearly opened a "Belgium sized" black hole because of the paradox caused, which the Tenth Doctor also uses to explain the notably aged appearance of his former self. However the Tenth Doctor, remembering the event, knew how to stop it because he recalled watching himself correct the mistake when he was the Fifth Doctor. (" Time Crash") When entering the Doctor's time stream in "

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", Clara Oswald saves the Fifth Doctor (who doesn't notice her) from the Great Intelligence (having entered his time stream prior to her). At another unknown point in his life, the Fifth Doctor piloted his TARDIS along with the rest of his first 13 incarnations to freeze Gallifrey in a single moment in time and save it from the extinction-level aftermath of the Time War ("

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") An image of an aged Fifth Doctor appeared in a transitional quasi-afterlife to the

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as well as being mimicked in an AI hologram programmed by the Doctor herself in "

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" (2022).

Costume

The Fifth Doctor's chosen mode of dress was a variation of an Edwardian cricketer's kit, and he was even seen to carry a

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in one of his pockets (which saved his life in one adventure). He wore a cream-coloured

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, striped trousers,

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s, and occasionally a pair of

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. He frequently wore an optimo-style Panama hat that had a red band with a black and white pattern, which he would roll up and place in an inside coat pocket. The

, who inherited various traits from this incarnation such as spectacle use, revealed in " Time Crash" that the spectacles were not actually needed to aid the Doctor's eyesight but were just for show to make him look clever (perhaps to counter his youthful appearance), although in ''Four to Doomsday'', he makes a remark about being a bit short-sighted in one eye when questioned about the contents of his pockets, which included the aforementioned cricket ball, a book (The TARDIS Manual) and a magnifying glass. The Fifth Doctor's costume also retained red question marks embroidered onto the collar, which producer John Nathan-Turner added to the Fourth Doctor's costume in 1980. The Fifth Doctor displayed an unusually acute sense of taste in '' Planet of Fire'', also inherited by the

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and the

On his left lapel, this Doctor wore a

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stalk. He claimed in ''

'' that the celery would turn purple in the presence of certain gases in the "Praxis" range to which he was allergic, although this allergy was not mentioned by any incarnations before or since. He said that if that happened, he would then eat the celery, adding "if nothing else, I'm sure it's good for my teeth." In the same story, while attempting to revive a feverish Peri from spectrox toxaemia, he had noted that celery was an "excellent restorative from where I come from," but that the human olfactory system was "comparatively feeble." Supporting this assertion, in the 2010 episode " Cold Blood", the

asks if there is any celery handy after being subjected to a decontamination process intended for humans (which proved potentially lethal to a Time Lord biology). The Tenth Doctor poked fun at the celery in "Time Crash", describing it as a "decorative vegetable". Peter Davison stated in an interview on the DVD of '' Castrovalva'' that he thought the clothes he wore were far too "designed" and that he would have still kept them, but wanted to add some individual flair to them, as other actors portraying the Doctor have done in the past. In an interview with ''BBC Breakfast'' in July 2011, Davison stated that the cricket jumper was his idea, as the producers wanted something that conveyed both action and eccentricity. During production of the mini-episode " Time Crash", it was necessary to reassemble the Fifth Doctor's costume; this was accomplished through borrowing various items from the Doctor Who exhibition in

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; knitting a new cricket sweater; procuring a new hat with the original band added; and Davison wearing the trousers that were originally altered for

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in the final scene of ''

''.

Appearances

The Fifth Doctor was first seen on television in the last episode of '' Logopolis'', broadcast on 21 March 1981. Davison played the role through the 19th and

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seasons of ''Doctor Who'', including the 20th anniversary special ''

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''.

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(who had played the

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) reportedly advised Davison to move on from the role after three years to avoid becoming typecast, and acting on this advice Davison informed producer

that he would leave after the 21st season. In a break from recent tradition, Nathan-Turner decided to regenerate the Doctor in the season's penultimate story, to introduce the

to audiences before the seasonal break. Davison's last regular appearance as the Fifth Doctor was in the last episode of ''

'', broadcast on 16 March 1984. Davison returned to the role briefly in the 1993 charity special ''

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''. Beginning in 1999, he recorded a series of ''Doctor Who'' radio dramas for

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. In 2007, Davison, at the age of 56, appeared alongside

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in a ''Doctor Who'' special for Children in Need, written by Steven Moffat and titled " Time Crash". Images of the Fifth Doctor are shown, alongside other incarnations, in the episodes "

" (2008) and " The Eleventh Hour" (2010). He also appears in "

" (2013), via archival clips. In 2022, Davison returned to play The Fifth Doctor in the form of a AI hologram of The Doctor and as a fragmented part of The Doctor in

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alongside, other previous doctors although both appearances show an aged doctor. The Fifth Doctor has also appeared in officially licensed novels, short stories and comics.

Non-television appearances

Short stories

*"Birth of a Renegade" by Eric Saward, ''Doctor Who 20th Anniversary Special'' *"Fascination" by David J. Howe, Virgin's " Decalog" *"Lackaday Express" by Paul Cornell, " Decalog" *"Lonely Days" by

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, " Decalog 2: Lost Property" *"Past Reckoning" by Jackie Marshall, " Decalog 3: Consequences" *"Zeitgeist" by

Craig Hinton Craig Paul Alexander Hinton (7 May 1964 – 3 December 2006) was a British writer best known for his work on various spin-offs from the BBC Television series ''Doctor Who''. He also wrote articles for various science fiction magazines, an ...

, " Decalog 3: Consequences" *"The Parliament of Rats" by

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, " Short Trips" *"The Eternity Contract" by Steve Lyons, "More Short Trips" *"Hot Ice" by

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, "More Short Trips" *"A Town Called Eternity" by Lance Parkin and

Mark Clapham Mark Clapham (born 1976) is a British author, best known for writing fiction and reference books for television series, in particular relating to ''Doctor Who'' (and its spin-offs) and Warhammer 40,000. Writing Clapham started out writing ''Doc ...

, " Short Trips and Sidesteps" *"Sagittarius: Five Card Draw" by Todd Green, " Short Trips: Zodiac" *"Hearts of Stone" by Steve Lyons, " Short Trips: Companions" *"Qualia" by

Stephen Fewell Stephen Fewell is a British actor who portrays Jason Kane in the audio adventures of Bernice Summerfield. He has also appeared in classical theatre, in various ''Doctor Who'' audio productions, an episode of the 2005 Channel 4 drama ''The Cour ...

, "Short Trips: Companions" *"The Canvey Angels" by

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, "Short Trips: Companions" *"The Comet's Tail" by John Binns, " Short Trips: A Universe of Terrors" *"Long Term" by Andrew Campbell, "Short Trips: A Universe of Terrors" *"Soul Mate" by David Bailey, "Short Trips: A Universe of Terrors" *"Erato: Confabula" by

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, '' Short Trips: The Muses'' *"Clio: The Glass Princess" by Justin Richards, "Short Trips: The Muses" *"Light at the End of the Tunnel" by Mark Wright, " Short Trips: Steel Skies" *"No Exit" by Kate Orman, "Short Trips: Steel Skies" *"Greenaway" by Peter Anghelides, "Short Trips: Steel Skies" *"The Immortals" by

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, " Short Trips: Past Tense" *"

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Saves The World" by Iain McLaughlin and Claire Bartlett, in ''Short Trips: Past Tense'' *"White Man's Burden" by John Binns, "Short Trips: Past Tense" *"Observation" by Ian Farrington, " Short Trips: Life Science" *"Lant Land" by Jonathan Morris, "Short Trips: Life Science" *"The Gangster's Story" by

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, " Short Trips: Repercussions" *"The Juror's Story" by

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, "Short Trips: Repercussions" *"The Assassin's Story" by Andrew Collins, "Short Trips: Repercussions" *"Flashpoint" by Matt Grady, " Short Trips: Monsters" *"Categorical Imperative" by Simon Guerrier, "Short Trips: Monsters" *"Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life" by Anthony Keetch, "Short Trips: Monsters" *"Artificial Intelligence" by Andy Campbell, " Short Trips: 2040" *"In the TARDIS: Christmas Day" by Val Dougla, " Short Trips: A Christmas Treasury" *"Never Seen Cairo" by Darren Sellars, "Short Trips: A Christmas Treasury" *"Last Minute Shopping" by Neil Perryman, "Short Trips: A Christmas Treasury" *"The Eight Doctors of Christmas" by Matthew Griffiths, "Short Trips: A Christmas Treasury" *"Lily" by Jackie Marshall, "Short Trips: A Christmas Treasury" *"The Feast of Seven... Eight (and Nine)" by Vanessa Bishop, "Short Trips: A Christmas Treasury"

Novels

=Virgin New Adventures

= *'' Timewyrm: Revelation'' by Paul Cornell (appears in the

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's subconscious mind, representing his future self's conscience)

=Virgin Missing Adventures

= *''

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'' by Paul Cornell *'' The Crystal Bucephalus'' by

*'' Lords of the Storm'' by

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*'' The Sands of Time'' by Justin Richards *'' Cold Fusion'' by Lance Parkin (Appears with the

)

=Past Doctor Adventures

= *'' Zeta Major'' by Simon Messingham *'' Deep Blue'' by Mark Morris *'' Divided Loyalties'' by

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*'' Imperial Moon'' by Christopher Bulis *'' The King of Terror'' by Keith Topping *'' Superior Beings'' by Nick Walters *''

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'' by Terrance Dicks *''

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'' by Trevor Baxendale *'' Empire of Death'' by David Bishop

=Eighth Doctor Adventures

= *''

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'' by Terrance Dicks *Seen in the TARDIS mirror in ''

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=Telos Doctor Who novellas

= *''

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'' by Iain McLaughlin

=Penguin Fiftieth Anniversary eBook novellas

= * ''Tip of the Tongue'' by Patrick Ness

Comics

=Doctor Who Magazine

= *''The Tides of Time'' *''Stars Fell on Stockbridge'' *''The Stockbridge Horror'' *''Lunar Lagoon'' *''4-Dimensional Vistas'' *''The Moderator'' *''The Lunar Strangers'' *''The Curse of the Scarab''

=Doctor Who Yearbook

= *''Blood Invocation''

=IDW series

= *''The Forgotten'' * ''Prisoners of Time''

Video games

*'' Doctor Who: The First Adventure'' *''

Destiny of the Doctors ''Doctor Who: Destiny of the Doctors'' is an action video game based on the BBC British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It was released on 5 December 1997 by BBC Multimedia. Overview A collaboration between BBC Multimedia ...

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Lego Dimensions ''Lego Dimensions'' is a Lego-themed action-adventure platform crossover video game developed by Traveller's Tales and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, for the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Wii U, Xbox One and Xbox 360. I ...

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The Sirens of Time ''The Sirens of Time'' is a 1999 audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It was the first Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the series and became the first in the company's '' Ma ...

'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the Fifth Doctor (While travelling with

& Vislor Turlough, although neither appear directly), the

and the

) (1999) *''

Phantasmagoria Phantasmagoria (, also fantasmagorie, fantasmagoria) was a form of horror theatre that (among other techniques) used one or more magic lanterns to project frightening images, such as skeletons, demons, and ghosts, onto walls, smoke, or sem ...

'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor & Turlough) (1999) *''

The Land of the Dead ''The Land of the Dead'' is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Plot Hovering just above Alaska in 1964, the TARDIS picks up some strange energy emissions of a ...

'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor & Nyssa) (2000) *'' Red Dawn'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor &

) (2000) *'' Winter for the Adept'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor & Nyssa) (2000) *''

The Mutant Phase ''The Mutant Phase'' is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who. It forms the third serial in the Dalek Empire arc, following on from events in '' The Genocide Machin ...

'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor & Nyssa) (2000) *'' Loups-Garoux'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor & Turlough) (2001) *''

The Eye of the Scorpion ''The Eye of the Scorpion'' is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Plot In ancient Egypt, the Fifth Doctor and Peri become involved in the intrigue surroundi ...

'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor, Peri &

Erimem This is a list of fictional characters who were companions of the Doctor, in various spin-off media based on the long-running British science fiction television series, ''Doctor Who''. A Amy Amy, portrayed by Ciara Janson, is a companio ...

) (2001) *'' Primeval'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor & Nyssa) (2001) *'' Excelis Dawns'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor, Tegan Jovanka & Turlough) (2002) *'' Spare Parts'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor & Nyssa) (2002) *'' The Church and the Crown'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor, Peri & Erimem) (2002) *'' Nekromanteia'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor, Peri & Erimem) (2003) *'' Creatures of Beauty'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor & Nyssa) (2003) *''

'' (An Adventure related by the Character the 5th Doctor) (2003) *'' Zagreus'' (An Adventure related by the Character the 5th Doctor) (2003) *''

The Axis of Insanity ''The Axis of Insanity'' is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Plot The TARDIS, along with its crew of the Doctor, Peri and Erimem, lands at the Axis, a my ...

'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor, Peri & Erimem) (2004) *''

The Roof of the World ''The Roof of the World'' is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Plot The Doctor and friends arrive in Tibet, 1917 and investigate an ancient evil hidden in ...

'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor, Peri & Erimem) (2004) *'' The Game'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor & Nyssa) (2005) *'' Three's a Crowd'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor, Peri & Erimem) (2005) *'' The Council of Nicaea'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor, Peri & Erimem) (2005) *'' Singularity'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor & Turlough) (2005) *''The King Maker'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor, Peri & Erimem) (2006) *'' The Gathering'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor & Tegan) (2006) *''

Circular Time ''Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures'', formerly titled the ''Main Range'', is a series that consists of full-cast audio dramas based on the British science fiction television programme ''Doctor Who'', produced by Nicholas Briggs and Big Finish ...

'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor & Nyssa) (2007) *'' Renaissance of the Daleks'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor & Nyssa) (2007) *'' Exotron'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor & Peri) (2007) *'' Son of the Dragon'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor, Peri & Erimem) (2007) *'' The Mind's Eye'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor, Peri & Erimem) (2007) *''

The Bride of Peladon ''The Bride of Peladon'' is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Plot On the planet of Peladon the young King awaits his bride, a princess from Earth, whom he ha ...

'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor, Peri & Erimem) (2008) *''

The Haunting of Thomas Brewster ''The Haunting of Thomas Brewster'' is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Plot In Victorian London, Thomas Brewster is haunted by his dead mother, as well as ...

'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor, Nyssa & Thomas Brewster) (2008) *''

The Boy That Time Forgot ''The Boy That Time Forgot'' is a Big Finish Productions List of Doctor Who audio plays by Big Finish, audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction on television, science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Plot The Doctor ...

'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor, Nyssa & Brewster) (2008) *''

Time Reef ''Time Reef'' is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It is a three part adventure, released with the single episode story that follows it, '' A Perfect World''. ...

'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor, Nyssa & Brewster) (2008) *'' The Darkening Eye'' (An Adventure related by the Character Nyssa) (2008) *''Return to the Web Planet'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor & Nyssa) (2008) *''

The Judgement of Isskar ''The Judgement of Isskar'' is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Plot The Key to Time must be sought again, due to the Doctor's carelessness during its last ...

'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor &

Amy Amy is a female given name, sometimes short for Amanda, Amelia, Amélie, or Amita. In French, the name is spelled ''" Aimée"''. People A–E * Amy Acker (born 1976), American actress * Amy Vera Ackman, also known as Mother Giovanni (1886– ...

) (2009) *''

The Destroyer of Delights ''The Destroyer of Delights'' is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Plot The search for The Key to Time brings the Doctor to 9th century Sudan, where he meets ...

'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor & Amy) (2009) *''

The Chaos Pool ''The Chaos Pool'' is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Plot Chaos and Order, old friends and old enemies and beginning and end of time come head to head at t ...

'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor & Amy) (2009) *''Castle of Fear'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor & Nyssa) (2009) *''

Ringpullworld ''The Companion Chronicles'' is a sci-fi audio series produced by Big Finish, detailing adventures usually featuring the Doctor, as told by various former companions of his, with only one further voice actor taking part in the narration. It b ...

'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor, Tegan & Turlough) (2009) *''The Eternal Summer'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor & Nyssa) (2009) *''

Plague of the Daleks ''Plague of the Daleks'' is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It contains a three-part story and a one-part story as well. Plot In Stockbridge's future, a zo ...

'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor & Nyssa) (2009) *''

Cobwebs A spider web, spiderweb, spider's web, or cobweb (from the archaic word '' coppe'', meaning "spider") is a structure created by a spider out of proteinaceous spider silk extruded from its spinnerets, generally meant to catch its prey. Spi ...

'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan & Turlough) (2010) *'' The Whispering Forest'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan & Turlough) (2010) *'' The Cradle of the Snake'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan & Turlough) (2010) *''

The Four Doctors ''The Four Doctors'' is a Big Finish Productions full cast audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It was originally free to subscribers of ''The Demons of Red Lodge and Other Stories'', ...

'' (An Adventure related by the Character the 5th Doctor) (2010) *''

The Demons of Red Lodge and Other Stories ''The Demons of Red Lodge and Other Stories'' is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It features the winner of Big Finish's Opportunity for New Writers contest ...

'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor & Nyssa) (2010) *''Peri and the Piscon Paradox'' (An Adventure related by the Character Peri) (2011) *''

Heroes of Sontar ''Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures'', formerly titled the ''Main Range'', is a series that consists of full-cast audio dramas based on the Television in the United Kingdom, British science fiction on television, science fiction television prog ...

'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan & Turlough) (2011) *''

Kiss of Death Kiss of Death may refer to: * Kiss of Judas, Judas's betrayal of Jesus with a kiss identifying him to his executioners * Kiss of death (mafia), a Mafia signal that someone has been marked for execution Film and television * ''Kiss of Death'' ...

'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan & Turlough) (2011) *''Rat Trap'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan & Turlough) (2011) *'' The Elite'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor, Nyssa & Tegan) (2011) *'' Hexagora'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor, Nyssa & Tegan) (2011) *''

The Five Companions The Five Companions is a Big Finish Productions audiobook based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It is free to subscribers and released with '' Army of Death''. Plot Five of the Doctor's former compa ...

'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor & Nyssa) (2011) *''

The Children of Seth ''Doctor Who: The Lost Stories'' is a sci-fi audio series produced by Big Finish Productions of ''Doctor Who'' audio plays adapted from unused TV stories. Episodes Series 1 (2009–10) The first series is largely adapted from stories planned for ...

'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor, Nyssa & Tegan) (2011) *''

The Emerald Tiger ''Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures'', formerly titled the ''Main Range'', is a series that consists of full-cast audio dramas based on the British science fiction television programme ''Doctor Who'', produced by Nicholas Briggs and Big Finish ...

'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan & Turlough) (2012) *'' The Jupiter Conjunction'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan & Turlough) (2012) *'' The Butcher of Brisbane'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan & Turlough) (2012) *'' The Burning Prince'' (An Adventure related by the Character the 5th Doctor) (2012) *''1001 Nights'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor & Nyssa) (2012) *''Eldrad Must Die!'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan & Turlough) (2013) *'' Smoke and Mirrors'' (An Adventure related by the Character Tegan) (2013) *''The Lady Merica'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan & Turlough) (2013) *''Prisoners of Fate'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan & Turlough) (2013) *''1963: Fanfare for the Common Men'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor & Nyssa) (2013) *''

The Light at the End ''The Light at the End'' is a 1986 vampire novel by John Skipp & Craig Spector which became a ''New York Times'' bestseller and is often credited as the book that started the splatterpunk movement. Story The book takes place in the 1980s punk s ...

'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor & Nyssa) (2013) *'' Moonflesh'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor & Nyssa) (2014) *''Tomb Ship'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor & Nyssa) (2014) *''Masquerade'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor & Nyssa) (2014) *''The Fifth Doctor Box Set'' '' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor, Adric, Nyssa & Tegan) (2014) **''

Psychodrome ''The Fifth Doctor Adventures'' is a Big Finish Productions audio play series based on the television series ''Doctor Who''. It sees the return of Peter Davison reprising his role as the Fifth Doctor. History In 1999, beginning with the story " ...

'' **'' Iterations of I'' *''Mistfall'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan & Turlough) (2015) *''Equilibrium'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan & Turlough) (2015) *''

The Entropy Plague ''Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures'', formerly titled the ''Main Range'', is a series that consists of full-cast audio dramas based on the British science fiction television programme ''Doctor Who'', produced by Nicholas Briggs and Big Finish ...

'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan & Turlough) (2015) *''The Secret History'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor, Vicki & Steven Taylor) (2015) *''The Waters of Amsterdam'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor, Nyssa & Tegan) (2016) *''Aquitaine'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor, Nyssa & Tegan) (2016) *''The Peterloo Massacre'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor, Nyssa & Tegan) (2016) *''And You Will Obey Me'' (An Adventure related by the Character the 5th Doctor) (2016) *'' Fallen Angels'' (An Adventure related by the Character the 5th Doctor) (2016) *''Memory Banks and Other Stories'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor & Turlough) (2016) *'' Cold Fusion'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor, Adric, Nyssa & Tegan) (2016) *''The Star Men'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor, Adric, Nyssa & Tegan) (2017) *''The Contingency Club'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor, Adric, Nyssa & Tegan) (2017) *''Zaltys'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor, Adric, Nyssa & Tegan) (2017) *''Alien Heart/Dalek Soul'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor & Nyssa) (2017) *''Empire of the Racnoss'' (An Adventure related by the Character the 5th Doctor) (2017) *''Time in Office'' (An Adventure related by the Characters the 5th Doctor, Tegan and Leela) (2017) *''Kingdom of Lies'', ''Ghost Walk'' and ''Serpent in the Silver Mask'' (Adventures related by the Characters the 5th Doctor, Tegan, Nyssa and Adric) (2018) *''The Helliax Rift'' (An Adventure related by the Character the 5th Doctor) (2018)

Short Trips audios

*''The Deep'' *''Sock-Pig'' *''Seven to One'' *''Wet Walls'' *''The Lions of Trafalgar ''by

Jason Arnopp Jason Arnopp is a British novelist and scriptwriter, with a background in journalism. He wrote the 2011 horror feature ''Stormhouse'' and has scripted Doctor Who audiobooks and plays for the BBC and Big Finish ranges. In 2012, two of his horro ...

References

External links

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