The Lost Stories The Lost Stories was a range of Doctor Who audios released by Big Finish Productions from 2009 to 2013 . It took scripts or story treatments that had been officially proposed to the BBC from 1963 to 1990 , converted them into audio - appropriate scripts and recorded them with as many of the original cast members as possible . The line was wholly separate from their monthly " Doctor Who " and " The Companion Chronicles " ranges . During the production of this series , the Doctor s and companion s involved continued to be as active as they normally were in other ranges . The series ended in 2013 as Big Finish had effectively mined every existing unmade story of the classic era within a reasonable stage of development , and in order to focus on " The Early Adventures " , " " which tells new stories using a similar format to that used for the First , Second and Third Doctor ranges here . Each CD release features a reversible cover , the reverse evoking the format of the covers to the Target novelisations of the 1970s . Overview . Concept . The idea of creating a series completing lost adventures had not been one unconsidered by Big Finish from the start — however , it was largely believed that a series based on unoriginal material would not sell . The release and success of the Stage Play series , which adapted plays like " The Ultimate Adventure " into audio stories , put these thoughts at odds , as it soon became clear that fans were very eager to see these legendary lost tales brought to life . Big Finish expanded the ambition of the range soon after announcing it . As the range developed , it changed from being about " the season 23 that never was " to more generally producing a whole range of never - made television stories . Big Finish released stories for every classic Doctor except for the Eighth Doctor , whose unmade stories represent early drafts of the TV Movie and the concept of a reboot series . Stories involving the Fourth , Fifth , Sixth and Seventh Doctors were full cast audios , while stories from the First , Second , and Third Doctors ' eras had a format more akin to the " enhanced audiobooks " of the " Companion Chronicles " range , although featuring a greater number of voice actors and instead told from a third person viewpoint . The key factor for the producers was that the stories in this range must have at some point been officially proposed to the BBC . In some instances , the scripts produced by Big Finish were essentially those that had been delivered to the BBC ; in others , they were wholly written for Big Finish based upon story ideas that had been proposed to the script editor of the era . In a few cases , finished scripts like " The Song of Megaptera " ( originally titled " The Song of the Space Whale " ) were tweaked for the audio medium . In others , as with " Leviathan " , they were more substantially altered . First and Second Doctor stories . At the beginning of the second series , Big Finish released two boxsets , one for each of these Doctors . " The First Doctor Box Set " contained " Farewell , Great Macedon " and " The Fragile Yellow Arc of Fragrance " , both featuring narration from Carole Ann Ford and William Russell . These stories were presented as halfway between a " Companion Chronicle " and a full - cast audio in order to capture as closely as possible the sense of the original story without some of the original actors . " The Second Doctor Box Set " contained only one story from that Doctor : " Prison in Space " , and the intended pilot for the Dalek spin - off series " The Destroyers " . " Prison in Space " featured both Wendy Padbury and Frazer Hines as Zoe Heriot and Jamie McCrimmon , respectively , while " The Destroyers " featured Jean Marsh as Sara Kingdom . Another story for each of these Doctors was released in Series 3 : " The Masters of Luxor " for the First Doctor and " The Rosemariners " for the Second Doctor , both of which featured the same regulars as the box sets . The Fourth series focused on these early Doctors , with the First Doctor getting his final release in " The Dark Planet " , which was also Maureen O ' Brien ' s first audio story alongside William Russell . The Second Doctor received two stories : " The Queen of Time " and " Lords of the Red Planet " . A number of these stories had previously been released in script form . " The Masters of Luxor " had previously been issued as a script book by Titan Books in 1992 , whilst " Farewell Great Macedon " , " The Fragile Yellow Arc of Fragrance " and " The Prison in Space " had been issued as script books by the fanzine Nothing at the End of the Lane in 2009 . Third , Fourth and Fifth Doctors . These Doctors featured the least in the range , but nevertheless got at least one story each . The Third Doctor only appeared once in the final story of the range , " The Mega " , featuring Katy Manning as Jo Grant and Richard Franklin as Mike Yates . The Fourth Doctor got one box set between the second and third series ( despite not being part of either ) , which contained the stories " The Foe from the Future " and " The Valley of Death " , both of which featured Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor and Louise Jameson as Leela . The Fifth Doctor got a trilogy of stories in the third series featuring Peter Davison , Sarah Sutton as Nyssa and Janet Fielding as Tegan Jovanka . These would be the only stories produced by Big Finish to feature just Nyssa and Tegan as companions , until " The Waters of Amsterdam " in January 2016 . Sixth Doctor stories . As the original impetus for the range , the Sixth Doctor stories deserve special consideration . Originally , the idea was that all known season 23 scripts and story ideas would be produced . Due to rights issues and writer availability , this proved impossible . Additionally , Big Finish research into " the season that never was " revealed scripts and story ideas actually meant for season 22 . The producer of the range decided to take a more liberal approach to the concept . He put together a " new " season , comprised of " most " of the stories known to have been destined for season 23 and some stories meant for season 22 . He knit all the stories together with continuing narrative elements not present in the original television scripts and story treatments . The result was an enhancement of the original goal of simply adapting the known stories for audio . The very fact that there were eight stories in the first run of Sixth Doctor stories immediately suggests a different season length than would have been possible on television during the Colin Baker era ( however , it was common for the BBC to commission more stories for a season than would necessarily be broadcast , in case one fell through , so the number of Season 23 stories in existence is not a reliable indicator of how long the season might have been ; plus , at the time Season 23 was being planned there was every likelihood that Baker would have stayed on into Season 24 or beyond , so any leftover stories could have been used for later seasons ) . The first two stories , " The Nightmare Fair " and " Mission to Magnus , " had previously been released as Target novels in 1989 , under " The Missing Episodes " banner . The third story in the range , " The Ultimate Evil , " was not adapted as the writer , Wally K Daly , asked for too high a fee . As produced , the Sixth Doctor stories do possess a different tone from the standard Big Finish " Doctor Who " range . They employed a style of electronic music evocative of the one that would likely have been used had the stories been produced for television in 1985 . Moreover , the characterisations of Peri and the Sixth Doctor are closer to the season 22 versions of the characters than typical for the main Big Finish " Doctor Who " range . In the 3rd series of Lost Stories Big Finish released three more Sixth Doctor stories , two intended for Season 22 and one for 23 , which featured the return of Victoria Waterfield ( " Power Play " ) , the Traken Union and the Melkur ( " The Guardians of Prophecy " ) and the Sontaran s ( " The First Sontarans " ) . Seventh Doctor stories . In addition to the full - cast Sixth Doctor stories , the " Lost Stories " range also includes a Seventh Doctor series . In contrast to the first Sixth Doctor series , the first Seventh Doctor series are closer to the intention of the unmade Season 27 . Perhaps due to the personal involvement of then - script editor , Andrew Cartmel , this branch of the Lost Stories hit the main beats planned for that season . Ace was joined by the new companion , Raine Creevy . Brigadier Winifred Bambera and UNIT returned , as had been planned . Raine made her first appearance outside of " The Lost Stories " in " Dominion " , acting as companion later in his life whilst Ace is on Gallifrey . Raine is yet to appear in the main range . Another story from the Season 27 , " Night Thoughts , " had been released in 2006 in the main range . This story incorporated Hex , who had not appeared in the original script .