The War Doctor (audio series)

The War Doctor was an audio series produced by Big Finish Productions beginning in 2015. It starred the War Doctor, played by John Hurt. The series initially ran for four anthologies, of three stories each, with the final segment released in 23 February 2017, only one month after John Hurt's death on 25 January of that same year.

Producer David Richardson confirmed in DWM 555 that a fifth box set was in planning stages, which would have featured the return of the General, but was cancelled following Hurt's death.

The audio series The Eighth Doctor: Time War served as prequels to these stories. In 2021 the series continued, with the The War Doctor Begins sub-series, featuring Jonathon Carley as a young War Doctor, picking up directly from the webcast The Night of the Doctor.

Stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

Only the Monstrous[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Only the Monstrous (audio anthology)

#	Title	Author	Featuring	Released
1.1	The Innocent	Nicholas Briggs	Ollistra, Veklin, Rejoice, Daleks	14 December 2015
1.2	The Thousand Worlds
1.3	The Heart of the Battle

Infernal Devices[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Infernal Devices (audio anthology)

#	Title	Author	Featuring	Released
2.1	Legion of the Lost	John Dorney	Ollistra, Daleks, Varga plants	22 February 2016
2.2	A Thing of Guile	Phil Mulryne	Ollistra, Daleks
2.3	The Neverwhen	Matt Fitton

Agents of Chaos[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Agents of Chaos (audio anthology)

#	Title	Author	Featuring	Released
3.1	The Shadow Vortex	David Llewellyn	Ollistra, Daleks, Dalek Time Strategist	6 October 2016
3.2	The Eternity Cage	Andrew Smith	Ollistra, Daleks, Dalek Time Strategist, Sontarans
3.3	Eye of Harmony	Ken Bentley	Ollistra, Daleks, Dalek Time Strategist

Casualties of War[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Casualties of War (audio anthology)

#	Title	Author	Featuring	Released
4.1	Pretty Lies	Guy Adams	Ollistra, Daleks	23 February 2017
4.2	The Lady of Obsidian	Andrew Smith	Ollistra, Veklin, Leela, Daleks
4.3	The Enigma Dimension	Nicholas Briggs	Ollistra, Leela, Daleks

The War Doctor Begins[[edit] | [edit source]]

A few years after Hurt passed away, the War Doctor was recast, with Jonathon Carley playing a younger version of the War Doctor, picking up immediately after the events of The Night of the Doctor.

Forged in Fire[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Forged in Fire (audio anthology)

#	Title	Author	Featuring	Released
1.1	Light the Flame	Matt Fitton	Ohila, Rasmus, Tamasan	22 June 2021
1.2	Lion Hearts	Lou Morgan	Tamasan, Biroc
1.3	The Shadow Squad	Andrew Smith	Tamasan, Daleks

Warbringer[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Warbringer (audio anthology)

#	Title	Author	Featuring	Released
2.1	Consequences	Timothy X Atack	Case, Veklin, Tamasan	8 December 2021
2.2	Destroyer	Andrew Smith	Case, Veklin, Tamasan, Daleks
2.3	Saviour	Jonathan Morris	Case, Veklin, Daleks

Battlegrounds[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Battlegrounds (audio anthology)

#	Title	Author	Featuring	Released
3.1	The Keeper of Light	Phil Mulryne	Tamasan	10 May 2022
3.2	Temmosus	Rossa McPhillips	Tamasan, Thals, Daleks
3.3	Rewind	Timothy X Atack	Daleks

He Who Fights With Monsters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: He Who Fights With Monsters (audio anthology)

#	Title	Author	Featuring	Released
4.1	The Mission	Robert Valentine	Eleventh General, the Barber-Surgeon	13 December 2022
4.2	The Abyss	Leela, The Barber-Surgeon, Daleks
4.3	The Horror	Eleventh General, The Barber-Surgeon, Daleks

Comrades-in-Arms[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Comrades-in-Arms (audio anthology)

#	Title	Author	Featuring	Released
5.1	A Mother's Love	Noga Flaishon	Case, Veklin	16 May 2023
5.2	Berserker	Timothy X Atack	Case, Daleks
5.3	Memnos	Phil Mulryne	Case, Dalek Time Strategist, Daleks

Enemy Mine[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Enemy Mine (audio anthology)

#	Title	Author	Featuring	Released
6.1	The Hybrid’s Choice	Ajjaz Awad-Ibrahim	Case, Veklin, Daleks	13 December 2023
6.2	Fear Nothing	Mark Wright	Case, Tamasan
6.3	Exit Strategy	Matt Fitton	Case, Veklin, Tamasan, Eighth Doctor, Daleks

The War Doctor Rises[[edit] | [edit source]]

A year after The War Doctor Begins ended with the anthology Enemy Mine, a new sub-series began titled The War Doctor Rises, continuing Jonathon Carley's adventures as the War Doctor.

#	Title	Author	Featuring	Released
1	Morbius the Mighty	Tim Foley	Morbius, Daleks	21 August 2024
2	Unknown Soldiers	Timothy X Atack	Daleks	17 December 2024

Cover gallery[[edit] | [edit source]]

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External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

• Official The War Doctor page at bigfinish.com