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The Worlds of Big Finish was a 2015 audio anthology from Big Finish Productions. It was a crossover of Graceless, Sherlock Holmes, The Confessions of Dorian Gray, Iris Wildthyme, Vienna, and Bernice Summerfield.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

From the streets of Edwardian London to the corridors of a near-infinite library in the distant future, a single book holds the key to the fate of life on Earth.

Some believe it predicts our future – and the apocalypse - with unnerving accuracy. Others will stop at nothing to destroy it, and will chase it from one side of the universe to the other; from a country house in the Roaring Twenties to the casinos of Mars, and from 221B Baker Street to the terrifying desert world of Sisyphus IX...

Featuring Abby and Zara, Sherlock Holmes, Dorian Gray, Iris Wildthyme, Vienna Salvatori and Bernice Summerfield, The Worlds of Big Finish brings together some of Big Finish's best-loved characters in an adventure spanning thousands of years!

Stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

#	Title	Author	Director	Featuring	Released	Pr. code
1	The Archive	David Llewellyn	Scott Handcock	Abby, Zara	15 May 2015	BFPWORLDS002
2	The Adventure of the Bloomsbury Bomber	Sherlock Holmes, Mycroft Holmes
3	The Feast of Magog	Dorian Gray
4	Kronos Vad's History of Earth (Vol. 36,379)	"Katy Manning" Iris, Edwin Turner
5	The Lady from Callisto Rhys	Vienna Salvatori
6	The Phantom Wreck	Bernice Summerfield

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

This release was announced on 17 January 2015.^[1]
This anthology was recorded on 11 May, 15 June, and 12 September 2014 at the Moat Studios.^[2]
The cover for this anthology was revealed 17 April 2015.^[3]
This release comes with a bonus disc containing Round The Worlds, a roundtable discussion led by Scott Handcock with David Llewellyn and the cast.^[2]^[3]
Charlotte Pollard and Mervyn Stone were also considered for inclusion. (VOR 75)

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

Official The Worlds of Big Finish page at bigfinish.com

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

v • e

Bernice Summerfield

Audio stories

The original series of Bernice Summerfield ran from 1998 to 2013, followed by The New Adventures.

Series 1

Oh No It Isn't! • Beyond the Sun • Walking to Babylon • Birthright • Just War • Dragons' Wrath

Series 2

The Secret of Cassandra • The Stone's Lament • The Extinction Event • The Skymines of Karthos

Series 3

The Greatest Shop in the Galaxy • The Green-Eyed Monsters • The Plague Herds of Excelis • The Dance of the Dead • The Mirror Effect

Series 4

The Bellotron Incident • The Draconian Rage • The Poison Seas • Death and the Daleks

Series 5

The Grel Escape • The Bone of Contention • The Relics of Jegg-Sau • The Masquerade of Death

Series 6

The Heart's Desire • The Kingdom of the Blind • The Lost Museum • The Goddess Quandary • The Crystal of Cantus

Series 7

The Tartarus Gate • Timeless Passages • The Worst Thing in the World • Summer of Love • The Oracle of Delphi • The Empire State

Series 8

The Tub Full of Cats • The Judas Gift • Freedom of Information • The End of the World • The Final Amendment • The Wake

Series 9

Beyond the Sea • The Adolescence of Time • The Adventure of the Diogenes Damsel • The Diet of Worms

Series 10

Glory Days • Absence • Venus Mantrap • Secret Origins

Series 11

Resurrecting the Past • Escaping the Future • Year Zero • Dead Man's Switch

Epoch

The Kraken's Lament • The Temple of Questions • Private Enemy No. 1 • Judgement Day

Road Trip

Brand Management • Bad Habits • Paradise Frost

Legion

Vesuvius Falling • Shades of Gray • Everybody Loves Irving

New Frontiers

A Handful of Dust • HMS Surprise • The Curse of Fenman

Missing Persons

Big Dig • The Revenant's Carnival • The Brimstone Kid • The Winning Side • In Living Memory

The New
Adventures
of Bernice
Summerfield

The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield	The Revolution • Good Night, Sweet Ladies • Random Ghosts • The Lights of Skaro

The Triumph of Sutekh	The Pyramid of Sutekh • The Vaults of Osiris • The Eye of Horus • The Tears of Isis

The Unbound Universe	The Library in the Body • Planet X • The Very Dark Thing • The Emporium at the End

Ruler of the Universe	The City and the Clock • Asking for a Friend • Truant • The True Saviour of the Universe

Buried Memories	Pride of the Lampian • Clear History • Dead and Breakfast • Burrowed Time

Lost in Translation	Have I Told You Lately? • The Undying Truth • Inertia • Gallifrey

Blood & Steel	Willkommen • Wulf • Übermensch • Auf Wiedersehen

The Eternity Club 1	The Armageddon Chair • Triumph of the Drahvin

The Eternity Club 2	Rhubarb • Please Retain Your Ticket for the Cloakroom

The Eternity Club 3	The Terrible Shame of a Tree • Mr Pym Has an Adventure

The Story So Far

Volume One	Ever After Happy • The Grel Invasion of Earth • Braxiatel in Love

Volume Two	Every Dark Thought • Empress of the Drahvins • The Angel of History

The Christmas
Collection

Tap • Null Zeit • Glory to the Reborn King • Signifiers of the Verphidiae • The Frosted Deer • Collector's Item • Santa Benny at the Bottom of the Sea • Bernice Summerfield and the Christmas Adventure • White Christmas • Wise Woman

Special releases

Buried Treasures (Making Myths, Closure) • Silver Lining • Many Happy Returns • The Worlds of Big Finish (The Phantom Wreck) • Treasury • The Eighth of March (The Big Blue Book)

Prose

Anthologies	The Dead Men Diaries • A Life of Surprises • Life During Wartime • A Life Worth Living • A Life in Pieces • Parallel Lives • Something Changed • Collected Works • Old Friends • Nobody's Children • Missing Adventures • The Vampire Curse • Secret Histories • Present Danger • True Stories • In Time

Novels	The Doomsday Manuscript • The Gods of the Underworld • The Squire's Crystal • The Infernal Nexus • The Glass Prison • The Big Hunt • The Tree of Life • Genius Loci • The Two Jasons • The Weather on Versimmon • The Slender-Fingered Cats of Bubastis • Filthy Lucre • Adorable Illusion

Webcasts

Dead and Buried • Transmission from Mars • A Visit from Prof. Summerfield

v • e

Iris Wildthyme series

Big Finish Productions

Audio

Series 1	Wildthyme at Large • The Devil in Ms. Wildthyme

Series 2	The Sound of Fear • The Land of Wonder • The Two Irises • The Panda Invasion

Iris Wildthyme and the Claws of Santa

Series 3	The Iris Wildthyme Appreciation Society • Iris Rides Out • Midwinter Murders

Series 4	Whatever Happened to Iris Wildthyme? • Iris at the Oche • A Lift in Time

The Worlds of Big Finish	Kronos Vad's History of Earth (Vol. 36,379)

Wildthyme Reloaded	Comeback of the Scorchies • Dark Side • Oracle of the Supermarket • Murder at the Abbey • The Slots of Giza • High Spirits • An Extraterrestrial Werewolf in Belgium • Looking for a Friend

Prose

Wildthyme on Top

Most Horrid • The Sleuth Slayers • Minions of the Moon • Beguine • Blame Iris • Came to Believe • Rough Magic • The Mancunian Candidate • Iris and Irregularity • The Evil Little Mother and the Tragic Old Bat

Snowbooks Ltd

Novels

Enter Wildthyme • Wildthyme Beyond! • From Wildthyme with Love

Short stories

Resurrection Engines

Talented Witches

Obverse Books

Iris Wildthyme and the Celestial Omnibus	A Gamble with Wildthyme • Sovereign • The Unhappy Medium • Future Legend • Battleship Anathema • The Dreadful Flap • And Not a Drop to Drink • Iris Wildthyme y Señor Cientocinco contra Los Monstruos del Fiesta • Why? Because We Like You • The Scarlet Shadow • Only Living Girls

The Panda Book of Horror	Iris Wildthyme and the Unholy Ghost • Framed • Just the Ticket • The Party in Room Four • Party Kill Accelerator! • Apocalypse Slough • The Delightful Bag • Iris Wildthyme's Rainy Day Adventure • The Colour Scheme • Shadow of the Times Before • The Fag Hag from Hell • The Niceness • Channel 666 • Brenda's B&B • The Panda Book of Horror • Untitled

Ms Wildthyme & Friends Investigate	The Found World • The Irredeemable Love • Elementary, My Dear Sheila • The Shape of Things

Iris: Abroad	Annabel Regina • Chicken Fried Banana Republic • The Midnight Washerwomen • The Little Bighorn Casino • How to Play Four-dimensional Chinese Checkers, and Win • Panda on Ice • Couch Potatoes • Riviera Shakedown • Iris Wildthyme and the Colonic in Space • First Meetings • The Best Holiday Ever • The Story Eater • Hospitality

Wildthyme in Purple	The Big Crunch • Frank Reade, Jr.'s Electric Time Canoe • Dance of the Voodoo Valkyries • Iris in Dead Man's Gulch • Her and Allan • Running with Caesars • Amser Gwyllt • The Bronze Door • Flash Rogers Conquers the Universe! • The Web of Terror • The Many Lives of Zorro • Fantômville • The Devil Wears Panda

Lady Stardust	Modern Love • Hang onto Yourself • Slip Away • Low/Profile • Up the Hill Backwards • Cracked Actor

Iris: Fifteen	The Ninnies on Putney Common • Gimme Shelter • Time to Exist • Party Fears Two • God Engine Rhapsody • Project: Wildthyme • Our Tune • The Wildthyme Effect • Ouroboros • In Passing • Iris at the V&A • The Golden Hendecahedron • Samsāra • Iris and the Caliphate • Mix Her Own Adventure • Scream in Blue • Dog Days of Summer

Iris Wildthyme of Mars	Wandering Stars • Lieut. Gullivar Jones: His Bad Weekend • Iris: Chess-Mistress of Mars • Death on the Euphrates • And a Dog to Walk • Talking with Spores • Doomed • The Last Martian • Lilac Mars • City of Dust • The Calamari-Men of Mare Cimmerium • Green Mars Blues

The Perennial Miss Wildthyme	Death of the Author • Right vs Left vs Wrong • Wildthyme and the Wolf • Dolores Smith and the Birthday Bear • The Girl Who Went up in Smoke • Onesies • The Opera of Samhain • A Grove Invisible • Michael Drake • The Midnight Empire • Self Possessed • Closure

A Clockwork Iris	Flasket Brinner and the Clockwork Heart • The Woman Who Sold the Moon • The Story Sorters • Being • Iris and the Dame • Petite Fours, Petite Mort • Panda and the Airship • Rattus Erectus • Tik, Tak. Snick, Snack • Timepeace • Parsley Sage, Rosemary and Wildthyme • Another Clockwork Iris

Wild Thymes on the 22	The Heart Pendulums • Rain and Regency • Iris Wildthyme & the Bush Offensive • Drowned in Moonlight • The Most Faithful Panda in the World • Hillbilly Heavens • The Haberdasher's Tale • The Exploding Somewhat Inevitable • The Brightest Stars in the Demimonde • Starstation to Starstation • The Magrs Conundrum! • Untitled No. 22

Locked In Space	Superunknown • Whatever Happened to Maybe Jane? • The Crazy Old Coot in the Cupboard • I Scrubbed the Crabs That Killed Sheffield • The Uncommon Route

Obverse Sextet	The Mystic Menagerie of Iris Wildthyme

The New Adventures of Iris Wildthyme	Iris Wildthyme and the Polythene Terror • Mother, Maiden, Crone

Others

Doctor Who Magazine

Bafflement and Devotion

Salt Publishing

Twelve Stories

In the Sixties

Arcbeatle Press

Down the Middle

Flickering Flame • The Aftermath

Independently published

Christmassy Tales

A Tingle of Happiness

BBC Books

Origin Stories

Velvet Hugs

BBC Radio 3

The Verb

Iris Wildthyme Speaks...!

v • e Graceless

Key 2 Time trilogy	The Judgement of Isskar • The Destroyer of Delights • The Chaos Pool

The Companion Chronicles	The Prisoner's Dilemma

Series 1	The Sphere • The Fog • The End

Series 2	The Line • The Flood • The Dark

Series 3	The Edge • The Battle • Consequences

The Worlds of Big Finish	The Archive

Series 4	The Bomb • The Room • The Ward • The Dance

Wicked Sisters	The Garden of Storms • The Moonrakers • The People Made of Smoke

v • e

Big Finish Doctor Who series and spin-offs

Classic Series

Main Range (Bonus Releases • Subscriber Short Trips • Short Trips Rarities) • Doctor Who Unbound • The Companion Chronicles • Short Trips • The Early Adventures • Philip Hinchcliffe Presents • The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield • The Audio Novels

Classic
Adventures

First Doctor • Second Doctor • Third Doctor • Fourth Doctor • Fifth Doctor • Sixth Doctor • Seventh Doctor

Bonuses	Interludes

Continuing
Adventures

Eighth Doctor • Dark Eyes • Doom Coalition • Ravenous • Stranded

Adaptations

The Stageplays • The Lost Stories • Novel Adaptations

Special
Releases

Excelis Saga • Bonus Releases • Classic Doctors, New Monsters • The Comic Strip Adaptations • The Light at the End • The Legacy of Time • Peladon • Sontarans vs Rutans

New Series

Series that have never starred the Doctor are excluded from this list.

Time War	Gallifrey (Time War • War Room) • Eighth Doctor: Time War • War Doctor

"New Series" Adventures	First Doctor • Ninth Doctor • Tenth Doctor

Destiny of the Doctor • The Doctor Chronicles • The Diary of River Song • The Lives of Captain Jack • The War Master • Time Lord Victorious • Once and Future • The Fugitive Doctor

The Worlds
of Doctor Who

Dalek Empire • Sarah Jane Smith • Gallifrey • UNIT • Cyberman • I, Davros • Jago & Litefoot • Counter-Measures (The New Counter-Measures) • The New Adventures
of Bernice Summerfield • UNIT: The New Series • The Diary of River Song • The Lives of Captain Jack • The War Master • Rose Tyler • Class: The Audio Adventures • Missy • The Paternoster Gang • The Robots • Susan's War • Brave New World • Doom's Day • Dark Gallifrey • The Death and Life of River Song • Zygon Century • Call Me Master

Special
Releases

Ranges	The Churchill Years • Tales from New Earth • Jenny: The Doctor's Daughter • Lady Christina • Donna Noble: Kidnapped! • Master! • The Lone Centurion • The Year of Martha Jones • The Eighth of March • Rani Takes on the World

Anthologies	The Worlds of Doctor Who • Masterful

These anthologies were released to celebrate anniversaries.

These stories feature Doctor Who characters, but do not primarily star the Doctor.

Torchwood

Monthly Range • Torchwood One • The Story Continues • Torchwood Soho

Special Releases	The Sins of Captain John

The Worlds
of Big Finish

Bernice Summerfield • Iris Wildthyme • Vienna • Graceless • Charlotte Pollard

Special Releases	The Worlds of Big Finish

Other	New Worlds

These DWU characters have never been owned by the BBC.

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