# Doctor Who: The Third Doctor Adventures

The Third Doctor Adventures is a sci-fi audio series produced by Big Finish Productions based on the TV show Doctor Who. It sees the return of Katy Manning as Jo Grant, Richard Franklin as Mike Yates, and John Levene as Sergeant Benton while the voice of the Third Doctor is performed by Tim Treloar replacing the original actor, Jon Pertwee, who died in 1996.
The first set of stories was released in September 2015, featuring Treloar, Manning, and Franklin. A second and third volume were released November 2016 and August 2017 respectively. A fourth volume was released in March 2018.
The fifth and sixth volumes were released in May 2019 and May 2020, respectively. The sets feature Treloar and Manning joined by Levene with Jon Culshaw as The Brigadier, replacing Nicholas Courtney who died in 2011. The fifth volume also introduced Daisy Ashford in her mother's role of Liz Shaw. The seventh volume also saw the return of Sadie Miller in her mother's role of Sarah Jane Smith, having first appeared for Big Finish in Return of the Cybermen.

## Cast

This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in at least one season.
* A green cell indicates the actor is a main cast member.
* A red cell indicates the actor is a recurring cast member.
* A light blue cell indicates the actor is a guest or special guest cast member.
| Actor | Character | Appearances | Appearances | Appearances | Appearances | Appearances | Appearances | Appearances | Appearances | Appearances | Appearances | Appearances | Appearances | Appearances | Appearances | Appearances | Appearances |
| Actor | Character | S1 | S2 | S3 | S4 | S5 | S6 | S7 | S8 | Ann. | Kal. | RJJ | IFW | RIS | Quin. | BD | OV |
| Tim Treloar | The Doctor | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Michael Troughton | The Doctor | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | ✓ | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear |
| Katy Manning | Jo Grant | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Does not appear | ✓ | Does not appear | Does not appear | ✓ | Does not appear | Does not appear | ✓ | Does not appear | ✓ |
| Richard Franklin | Mike Yates | ✓ | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear |
| John Levene | Sergeant Benton | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | ✓ | ✓ | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear |
| Jon Culshaw | The Brigadier | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Does not appear | ✓ | Does not appear | Does not appear | ✓ | ✓ |
| Daisy Ashford | Liz Shaw | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | ✓ | Does not appear | ✓ | Does not appear | ✓ | Does not appear | Does not appear | ✓ | Does not appear | Does not appear | ✓ | Does not appear |
| Sadie Miller | Sarah Jane Smith | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | ✓ | ✓ | Does not appear | ✓ | Does not appear | Does not appear | ✓ | Does not appear | Does not appear | ✓ |
| Nicholas Briggs | Daleks | Does not appear | Does not appear | ✓ | Does not appear | Does not appear | ✓ | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear |
| Nicholas Briggs | Cybermen | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | ✓ | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | ✓ | Does not appear | Does not appear |

### Notable guests
## Episodes
### Volume 1 (2015)

| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
| 1 | "Prisoners of the Lake" | Nicholas Briggs | Justin Richards | Third Doctor, Jo Grant, Mike Yates | September 2015 (2015-09) |
| 2 | "The Havoc of Empires" | Nicholas Briggs | Andy Lane | Third Doctor, Jo Grant, Mike Yates | September 2015 (2015-09) |
| The Doctor, Jo and Mike Yates investigate an apparently long-submerged temple at the bottom of a lake, which turns out to be a crashed alien ship containing dangerous prisoners. The Doctor's attempt to take Jo and Yates on a date backfires when they find themselves on a space station at a crucial diplomatic wedding. ||||||

### Volume 2 (2016)

| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
| 1 | "The Transcendence of Ephros" | Ken Bentley | Guy Adams | Third Doctor, Jo | November 2016 (2016-11) |
| 2 | "The Hidden Realm" | Ken Bentley | David Llewellyn | Third Doctor, Jo | November 2016 (2016-11) |
| Visiting a planet that is about to be destroyed, the Doctor and Jo are shocked to learn that a religious cult is deliberately waiting to die on the planet. Investigating the recent disappearance of an old friend of Jo's, the Doctor and Jo become caught in a twisted alien plot. ||||||

### Volume 3 (2017)

| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
| 1 | "The Conquest of Far" | Nicholas Briggs | Nicholas Briggs | Third Doctor, Jo, Daleks | August 2017 (2017-08) |
| 2 | "Storm of the Horofax" | Nicholas Briggs | Andrew Smith | Third Doctor, Jo | August 2017 (2017-08) |
| While attempting to return home after Spiridon, the Doctor and Jo are drawn to the planet Far, where a vast Dalek army is attempting to use the local hypergate to unleash a new secret weapon. The discovery of a crashed alien ship pits the Doctor and Jo against an alien army determined to destroy humanity in the past before the human race defeats them in the future. ||||||

### Volume 4 (2018)

| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
| 1 | "The Rise of the New Humans" | Nicholas Briggs | Guy Adams | Third Doctor, Jo, The Monk | March 2018 (2018-03) |
| 2 | "The Tyrants of Logic" | Nicholas Briggs | Marc Platt | Third Doctor, Jo, Cybermen | March 2018 (2018-03) |
| Investigating mysteriously mutated humans, the Doctor and Jo face the Monk, now acting as the administrator of a unique clinic. Arriving on a distant human colony, the Doctor and Jo must protect the locals from the Cybermen when a platoon arrive to retrieve a mysterious crate. ||||||

### Volume 5 (2019)

| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
| 1 | "Primord" | Nicholas Briggs | John Dorney | Third Doctor, Jo, Liz Shaw, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, Primords | May 2019 (2019-05) |
| 2 | "The Scream of Ghosts" | Nicholas Briggs | Guy Adams | Third Doctor, Jo, The Brigadier, Sergeant Benton, Vardans | May 2019 (2019-05) |
| The Doctor's reunion with Liz Shaw is compromised when it turns out that Liz has become caught up in a military plot to militarise Stahlman's Ooze. Investigating the disappearance of a friend of Benton's leads to the discovery of an alien invasion. ||||||

### Volume 6 (2020)

| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
| 1 | "Poison of the Daleks" | Nicholas Briggs | Guy Adams | Third Doctor, Jo, The Brigadier, Benton, Daleks | May 2020 (2020-05) |
| 2 | "Operation Hellfire" | Nicholas Briggs | Jonathan Barnes | Third Doctor, Jo, Winston Churchill | May 2020 (2020-05) |

### Volume 7 (2021)

| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
| 1 | "The Unzal Incursion" | Nicholas Briggs | Mark Wright | Third Doctor, Liz, The Brigadier | May 2021 (2021-05) |
| 2 | "The Gulf" | Nicholas Briggs | Tim Foley | Third Doctor, Sarah Jane Smith | May 2021 (2021-05) |

### Volume 8 (2021)

| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
| 1 | "Conspiracy in Space" | Nicholas Briggs | Alan Barnes | Third Doctor, Jo, Draconians | October 2021 (2021-10) |
| 2 | "The Devil's Hoofprints" | Nicholas Briggs | Robert Valentine | Third Doctor, Sarah, The Brigadier | October 2021 (2021-10) |

### The Annihilators (2022)

| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
| 1 | "Episode One" | Nicholas Briggs | Nicholas Briggs | Third Doctor, Liz, The Brigadier, Second Doctor, Jamie McCrimmon | February 2022 (2022-02) |
| 2 | "Episode Two" | Nicholas Briggs | Nicholas Briggs | Third Doctor, Liz, The Brigadier, Second Doctor, Jamie McCrimmon | February 2022 (2022-02) |
| 3 | "Episode Three" | Nicholas Briggs | Nicholas Briggs | Third Doctor, Liz, The Brigadier, Second Doctor, Jamie McCrimmon | February 2022 (2022-02) |
| 4 | "Episode Four" | Nicholas Briggs | Nicholas Briggs | Third Doctor, Liz, The Brigadier, Second Doctor, Jamie McCrimmon | February 2022 (2022-02) |
| 5 | "Episode Five" | Nicholas Briggs | Nicholas Briggs | Third Doctor, Liz, The Brigadier, Second Doctor, Jamie McCrimmon | February 2022 (2022-02) |
| 6 | "Episode Six" | Nicholas Briggs | Nicholas Briggs | Third Doctor, Liz, The Brigadier, Second Doctor, Jamie McCrimmon | February 2022 (2022-02) |
| 7 | "Episode Seven" | Nicholas Briggs | Nicholas Briggs | Third Doctor, Liz, The Brigadier, Second Doctor, Jamie McCrimmon | February 2022 (2022-02) |

### Kaleidoscope (2022)

| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
| 1 | "Part One" | Nicholas Briggs | Alan Barnes | Third Doctor, Sarah, The Brigadier, Kaleidoscope | October 2022 (2022-10) |
| 2 | "Part Two" | Nicholas Briggs | Alan Barnes | Third Doctor, Sarah, The Brigadier, Kaleidoscope | October 2022 (2022-10) |
| 3 | "Part Three" | Nicholas Briggs | Alan Barnes | Third Doctor, Sarah, The Brigadier, Kaleidoscope | October 2022 (2022-10) |
| 4 | "Part Four" | Nicholas Briggs | Alan Barnes | Third Doctor, Sarah, The Brigadier, Kaleidoscope | October 2022 (2022-10) |
| 5 | "Part Five" | Nicholas Briggs | Alan Barnes | Third Doctor, Sarah, The Brigadier, Kaleidoscope | October 2022 (2022-10) |
| 6 | "Part Six" | Nicholas Briggs | Alan Barnes | Third Doctor, Sarah, The Brigadier, Kaleidoscope | October 2022 (2022-10) |

### The Return of Jo Jones (2023)

| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
| 1 | "Supernature" | Nicholas Briggs | Matt Fitton | Third Doctor, Jo | February 2023 (2023-02) |
| 2 | "The Conservitors" | Nicholas Briggs | Felicia Baker | Third Doctor, Jo | February 2023 (2023-02) |
| 3 | "The Iron Shore" | Nicholas Briggs | Lizzie Hopley | Third Doctor, Jo | February 2023 (2023-02) |

### Intelligence for War (2023)

| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
| 1 | "Part One" | Nicholas Briggs | Eddie Robson | Third Doctor, Liz, The Brigadier | October 2023 (2023-10) |
| 2 | "Part Two" | Nicholas Briggs | Eddie Robson | Third Doctor, Liz, The Brigadier | October 2023 (2023-10) |
| 3 | "Part Three" | Nicholas Briggs | Eddie Robson | Third Doctor, Liz, The Brigadier | October 2023 (2023-10) |
| 4 | "Part Four" | Nicholas Briggs | Eddie Robson | Third Doctor, Liz, The Brigadier | October 2023 (2023-10) |
| 5 | "Part Five" | Nicholas Briggs | Eddie Robson | Third Doctor, Liz, The Brigadier | October 2023 (2023-10) |
| 6 | "Part Six" | Nicholas Briggs | Eddie Robson | Third Doctor, Liz, The Brigadier | October 2023 (2023-10) |
| 7 | "Part Seven" | Nicholas Briggs | Eddie Robson | Third Doctor, Liz, The Brigadier | October 2023 (2023-10) |

### Revolution in Space (2024)

| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
| 1 | "Part One" | Nicholas Briggs | Jonathan Morris | Third Doctor, Sarah | February 2024 (2024-02) |
| 2 | "Part Two" | Nicholas Briggs | Jonathan Morris | Third Doctor, Sarah | February 2024 (2024-02) |
| 3 | "Part Three" | Nicholas Briggs | Jonathan Morris | Third Doctor, Sarah | February 2024 (2024-02) |
| 4 | "Part Four" | Nicholas Briggs | Jonathan Morris | Third Doctor, Sarah | February 2024 (2024-02) |
| 5 | "Part Five" | Nicholas Briggs | Jonathan Morris | Third Doctor, Sarah | February 2024 (2024-02) |
| 6 | "Part Six" | Nicholas Briggs | Jonathan Morris | Third Doctor, Sarah | February 2024 (2024-02) |

### The Quintessence (2024)

| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
| 1 | "Part One" | Nicholas Briggs | Stewart Pringle & Lauren Mooney | Third Doctor, Jo, Cybermen | October 2024 (2024-10) |
| 2 | "Part Two" | Nicholas Briggs | Stewart Pringle & Lauren Mooney | Third Doctor, Jo, Cybermen | October 2024 (2024-10) |
| 3 | "Part Three" | Nicholas Briggs | Stewart Pringle & Lauren Mooney | Third Doctor, Jo, Cybermen | October 2024 (2024-10) |
| 4 | "Part Four" | Nicholas Briggs | Stewart Pringle & Lauren Mooney | Third Doctor, Jo, Cybermen | October 2024 (2024-10) |
| 5 | "Part Five" | Nicholas Briggs | Stewart Pringle & Lauren Mooney | Third Doctor, Jo, Cybermen | October 2024 (2024-10) |
| 6 | "Part Six" | Nicholas Briggs | Stewart Pringle & Lauren Mooney | Third Doctor, Jo, Cybermen | October 2024 (2024-10) |

### Doctor Who and the Brain Drain (2025)

| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
| 1 | "Part One" | Nicholas Briggs | Richard James & Nicholas Briggs | Third Doctor, Liz, The Brigadier | February 2025 (2025-02) |
| 2 | "Part Two" | Nicholas Briggs | Richard James & Nicholas Briggs | Third Doctor, Liz, The Brigadier | February 2025 (2025-02) |
| 3 | "Part Three" | Nicholas Briggs | Richard James & Nicholas Briggs | Third Doctor, Liz, The Brigadier | February 2025 (2025-02) |
| 4 | "Part Four" | Nicholas Briggs | Richard James & Nicholas Briggs | Third Doctor, Liz, The Brigadier | February 2025 (2025-02) |
| 5 | "Part Five" | Nicholas Briggs | Richard James & Nicholas Briggs | Third Doctor, Liz, The Brigadier | February 2025 (2025-02) |
| 6 | "Part Six" | Nicholas Briggs | Richard James & Nicholas Briggs | Third Doctor, Liz, The Brigadier | February 2025 (2025-02) |

### Operation: Vengeance

| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
| 1 | "Part One" | Nicholas Briggs | Nicholas Briggs & Tim Treloar | Third Doctor, Sarah-Jane, The Brigadier, Jo | October 2025 (2025-10) |
| 2 | "Part Two" | Nicholas Briggs | Nicholas Briggs & Tim Treloar | Third Doctor, Sarah-Jane, The Brigadier, Jo | October 2025 (2025-10) |
| 3 | "Part Three" | Nicholas Briggs | Nicholas Briggs & Tim Treloar | Third Doctor, Sarah-Jane, The Brigadier, Jo | October 2025 (2025-10) |
| 4 | "Part Four" | Nicholas Briggs | Nicholas Briggs & Tim Treloar | Third Doctor, Sarah-Jane, The Brigadier, Jo | October 2025 (2025-10) |
| 5 | "Part Five" | Nicholas Briggs | Nicholas Briggs & Tim Treloar | Third Doctor, Sarah-Jane, The Brigadier, Jo | October 2025 (2025-10) |
| 6 | "Part Six" | Nicholas Briggs | Nicholas Briggs & Tim Treloar | Third Doctor, Sarah-Jane, The Brigadier, Jo | October 2025 (2025-10) |

## Awards and nominations

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee(s) of the award, and the result of the nomination :
| Award ceremony | Year | Category | Work(s) | Result | Ref. |
| Scribe Awards | 2022 | Best Audio | The Annihilators | Nominated | |