Colin Baker: The War Doctor In "Doctor Who Unbound" Revival

[zarius]

Doctor of War Rewrites History

The first of two box sets explores an alternative timeline set in the immediate aftermath of Genesis of the Daleks, in a new Doctor Who Unbound adventure from Big Finish.



Doctor of War Rewrites History

“Do I have the right?” What if the Fourth Doctor had answered this question on Skaro and destroyed the Daleks once and for all? Find out in a new series of full-cast audio dramas, beginning with Doctor of War – Genesis, due for release in April 2022 by Big Finish Productions.  



Colin Baker stars as an unexpected incarnation of the War Doctor – the Warrior. As he encounters familiar faces from his past, and future – Romana (Rebecca Night), the Master (Geoffrey Beevers), and Peri (Nicola Bryant) – this newly battle-ready Time Lord faces new challenges never seen before.



Doctor Who Unbound: Doctor of War – Genesis is now available to pre-order as a collector’s edition CD (+ download for just £19.99) or a digital download only (for just £16.99) exclusively here.



Times have changed. A choice was made and the universe diverged. And now all of history is at war.  



One man stands at the centre of it all. But whose side is he on? Is he with the angels? Or the demons? And does anyone even know which is which?  



He was a Doctor once, but now he is Doctor no more. He is the Warrior. The Doctor of War.  



The three stories in this exclusive box set are:



Dust Devil by John Dorney  



The TARDIS crew are on the run, pursued by an unstoppable force. But who is hunting them? And why? Will they find the answers on Aridius? Or just more questions?



Aftershocks by Lou Morgan



The ripples are spreading out. The Warrior is on trial. Or is he? No-one’s willing to tell him his crime so how can he know if he’s guilty? And who is trying him anyway?



The Difference Office by James Kettle



The Warrior is President of the Time Lords… and suffering from visions. Is he the right man to combat an invasion? Because there’s someone out there in the wilderness of Gallifrey. Someone with the Warrior’s face. And he’s heading for the Capitol.  



Producer David Richardson said: “Doctor Who Unbound remains a very popular range in our back catalogue. It’s been almost 15 years since the last release in the series – in fact Masters of War was just being finished off when I joined Big Finish.  



“So here we are in 2022, and Doctor Who Unbound not only gets its own relaunch but as a miniseries too – stepping through the multiverse to a different timeline where the Time War started earlier in the Doctor’s life, and a different incarnation of the War Doctor was triggered. Here the Doctor’s life changes forever during Genesis of the Daleks – and his future takes a very different track.”



Doctor of War – Genesis is now available to pre-order as a collector’s edition CD (for just £19.99) or a digital download (for just £16.99) exclusively from the Big Finish website.



The second volume within this series, Doctor of War – Destiny, is set to be released in September 2022. Big Finish listeners can save money by pre-ordering both box sets together in a bundle for £38 (as a CD edition) or £33 (as a digital download).



All the above prices include the special pre-order discount and are subject to change after general release.  

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[UncleDeadly]

Hmmm. Colin's spent so long having his edge systematically sanded away by Big Finish, i think it's a bit late to try clawing it back now...

[iank]

Who the **** is Rebecca Night?

[RobFilth]

I think it sounds terrible.

Desperate Fanwank.

[Bernard Marx]

Feb 3, 2022 21:34:15 GMT RobFilth said:

I think it sounds terrible.

Desperate Fanwank.

Yeah, I'm not remotely interested either. 

If I were being generous, you could say the central idea would be fine (I love the core conceit of "unbound" stories as it is- Deadline is a particular favourite), were it not for the convoluted obsession with making Colin Baker into another "War Doctor" purely to maintain superficial continuity with NuWho. What purpose does it serve whatsoever? 

[burrunjor]

Feb 3, 2022 23:13:58 GMT Bernard Marx said:

Feb 3, 2022 21:34:15 GMT RobFilth said:

I think it sounds terrible.

Desperate Fanwank.

Yeah, I'm not remotely interested either. 

If I were being generous, you could say the central idea would be fine (I love the core conceit of "unbound" stories as it is- Deadline is a particular favourite), were it not for the convoluted obsession with making Colin Baker into another "War Doctor" purely to maintain superficial continuity with NuWho. What purpose does it serve whatsoever? 

Also I will sya that does Big Finish do anything new? Every f*cking story as far as I can see is just a sequel to an existing one. It's fine to do a sequel or a what if now and again, but ffs. I don't need to see 12 different Peladon stories. 

Look at this release. This is literally Clockwork's Dick Briggs parody. "Another Peladon thing with a rolls the dice old Doctor and a rolls the dice inappropriate character from New Who."

www.bigfinish.com/news/v/two-doctors-destined-for-peladon



Really who buys this shit? 

[UncleDeadly]

Feb 3, 2022 21:34:15 GMT RobFilth said:

I think it sounds terrible.

Desperate Fanwank.

Big Finish. "It's what we do".

[mistressrani]

Feb 3, 2022 21:34:15 GMT RobFilth said:

I think it sounds terrible.

Desperate Fanwank.

Let's be honest. BF has always been fanwank.  Nothing wrong with that but that's its target market.

[Deleted]

Sounds rubbish, and others say, they just keep spinning their wheels over strip-mined ground over and over. Not that it’s always bad, by all means bring back some one shot aliens or monster, but it seems long time are the days when BF could at least pull together a big story arc of their own.

I wander how long their going to milk the Time War? It’s already reached their First Doctor stories, with several only existing because the Daleks are damaging the Doctor’s time line. There likely going to keep on at it until every Doctor and there villain was some how rapped up in it, yet never explain why Seven didn’t just end the whole thing with one his plans.

[UncleDeadly]

Feb 4, 2022 15:51:57 GMT @palaeoloxodon said:

Sounds rubbish, and others say, they just keep spinning their wheels over strip-mined ground over and over. Not that it’s always bad, by all means bring back some one shot aliens or monster, but it seems long time are the days when BF could at least pull together a big story arc of their own.

I wander how long their going to milk the Time War? It’s already reached their First Doctor stories, with several only existing because the Daleks are damaging the Doctor’s time line. There likely going to keep on at it until every Doctor and there villain was some how rapped up in it, yet never explain why Seven didn’t just end the whole thing with one his plans.

I think that ending the monthly series was a horrific mistake. It was Big Finish's reason for existence in the first place. Now they're just senselessly throwing everything ino the bowl; truwho, nuwho, puwho...

Shit soup, anyone...? No...?