''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 programme ''Doctor Who'', produced by Nicholas Briggs and Big Finish Productions and starring one of the original actors to play The Doctor (Doctor Who), The Doctor on television in the History of Doctor Who#1960s, classic era of the programme. The main audio series currently feature the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Doctors, and have since developed the pattern of thirteen releases per year, one every month with two in September or December. In May 2020, Big Finish announced that the Main Range would conclude with its 275th release in March 2021, to be replaced with regular releases of each Doctor in their own boxsets throughout the year from January 2022. With 275 releases over 22 years, in 2021 the series received the Guinness World Record for longest running science fiction audio play series. Big Finish Productions began producing audio dramas featuring the Fifth Doctor, Sixth Doctor, and Seventh Doctors, starting with ''The Sirens of Time'' in July 1999. This continued through to 2000, and from 2001 to 2007, the main range also included releases featuring the Eighth Doctor with his companions Charley Pollard and C'rizz, but these were ended due to the simultaneously-running ''The Eighth Doctor Adventures (audio drama series), Eighth Doctor Adventures'', which ran from 2006 to 2011 and featured companion Lucie Miller. From 2008 to late 2011, only one Eighth Doctor release was produced for the main range: ''The Company of Friends'', featuring companions from other media to the audio plays and the historical figure Mary Shelley (Doctor Who), Mary Shelley. The Eighth Doctor returned to the main range in a trilogy of adventures with Mary Shelley in October 2011.

Cast

Notable Guests

* Nicholas Courtney and Jon Culshaw as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart * Lalla Ward as Romana (Doctor Who), Romana * Louise Jameson as Leela (Doctor Who), Leela * John Leeson as K9 (Doctor Who), K9 * Frazer Hines as Jamie McCrimmon * Katy Manning as Jo Grant and Iris Wildthyme * Richard Franklin (actor), Richard Franklin as Mike Yates * Peter Purves as Steven Taylor (Doctor Who), Steven Taylor * Maureen O'Brien as Vicki (Doctor Who), Vicki * Ian McNeice as Winston Churchill * Robert Jezek as Frobisher (Doctor Who), Frobisher * Lisa Bowerman as Bernice Summerfield * Miles Richardson as Irving Braxiatel * Anna Hope as DI Menzies * John Pickard (British actor), John Picard as Thomas Brewster (Doctor Who), Thomas Brewster * Julie Cox as Mary Shelley * Maggie O'Neill as Lysandra Aristedes * Nicola Walker as Liv Chenka * Amy Pemberton as Sally Morgan * Christian Edwards as Will Arrowsmith * George Watkins as Marc * Geoffrey Beevers, Alex Macqueen, and James Dreyfus as The Master (Doctor Who), The Master * Don Warrington as Rassilon * Ian Collier as Omega (Doctor Who), Omega * Terry Molloy as Davros * Nabil Shaban as Sil (Doctor Who), Sil * Siobhan Redmond as The Rani (Doctor Who), The Rani * Graeme Garden and Rufus Hound as The Monk (Doctor Who), The Monk * Mark Bonnar as The Eleven * Nicholas Briggs as the Daleks, Cybermen, and Ice Warrior, Ice Warriors

Releases

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

Continuation

In May 2020, Big Finish announced that the Main Range would conclude with its 275th release in March 2021, to be replaced with regular releases of each Doctor in their own boxsets throughout the year from January 2022. The new boxsets for each Doctor were announced in May 2021. With the exception of the Second Doctor, Big Finish already produced boxset ranges for each Doctor. The Doctor Who: The First Doctor Adventures, First, Doctor Who: The Third Doctor Adventures, Third, Doctor Who: The Fourth Doctor Adventures, Fourth and Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor Adventures, Eighth Doctor Adventures ranges enjoyed regular releases by the time the Monthly Adventures ended, whereas the Doctor Who: The Fifth Doctor Adventures, Fifth, Doctor Who: The Sixth Doctor Adventures, Sixth and Doctor Who: The Seventh Doctor Adventures, Seventh Doctor Adventures ranges had only occasional releases prior to these series being relaunched.

Notes

World records

References

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