![]() ![]() ![]() With barely more than an hour of screen time in the role, McGann had to write the recipe and bake it largely from scratch. Their redemption of Baker’s Doctor on audio is quite rightly lauded, but the raw materials for that effort were all there in two seasons of TV stories. In many ways, it was as Big Finish’s triumph as much as Steven Moffat and company’s, something tacitly acknowledged in the much-debated call-out of audio companions.Įven more so than Colin Baker, Paul McGann is the quintessential Big Finish Doctor. Four years later, McGann’s onscreen reprisal of the role still feels as surprising as it did inevitable. ![]() It seems unlikely there will ever be another story of any length, let alone seven minutes, that reshapes the program’s ongoing storyline so massively. Time Lord and Dalek schemes unfurled in hour-long installments across seasons/sets that echoed the format of the TV mothership felt like foreshadowing, suggesting that hearing this Doctor fight in the war was just a matter of time. As the Lucie Miller stories and Dark Eyes moved this incarnation’s story forward, the sense of getting closer became more tangible in both form and content. After the TV series introduced the concept of the Time War, wondering whether the Eighth Doctor’s experiences during it would be depicted on audio became a constant refrain. The first set of the Time War series starring Paul McGann may be the most anticipated Doctor Who release in Big Finish’s history. ![]() ❉ The Eighth Doctor battles for survival in the Time War. ![]()
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