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Doctor Who: Doom's "Dying Hours" Bring McGann's Eighth Doctor & More

Set for September, Big Finish's four-part audio drama Doctor Who - Doom's Day: Dying Hours finds the assassin encountering the Eighth Doctor (Paul McGann), Charley (India Fisher), Jackie Tyler (Camille Coduri), the Silence, and more.

Doom's (Sooz Kempner) deadly day rolls on as the greatest assassin in the universe looks to avoid a one-0n-one with the Grim Reaper. But will even the Doctor, a vortex manipulator, and 24 hours be enough to save Doom from paying the ultimate price? In the next chapter of the Doctor Who 60th-anniversary  multimedia event "Doom's Day," Kempner makes her Big Finish Productions debut in four full-cast audio adventures – otherwise known as Doctor Who – Doom's Day: Dying Hours. "It's exciting to be part of something that's one element of an even bigger adventure. Big Finish's contribution is just one part of telling the Doom's Day story," shared producer & director John Ainsworth, offering more details on what listeners can expect. "Each of our four stories has something from somewhere in the 'Doctor Who' universe. The first one very much takes elements and characters from the television story, 'The Daleks' Master Plan.' The second one features Jackie Tyler [Camille Coduri] – which is brilliant fun – and the third one has the Silence in it. The Eighth Doctor [Paul McGann] and Charley [India Fisher] feature in the fourth story, and it's a great script for them." Here's a look at what you need to know:

As Doom's final hours come into sharp focus, she'll need to do whatever's necessary to complete her missions, find the Doctor, and escape what increasingly seems like the inevitable.

But how best to find the person who can save Doom's life? Will the Doctor's friends be her salvation? Or perhaps the Doctor's enemies will be the route to survival?

Doom is about to travel across thousands of years of time, and light years of space in search of her last, best hope. But even if she finds the Doctor, will a person who is all about saving lives help a person whose only job is to take them?

Doom's day is almost over. Time is running out. This could be the end.

"Dawn of an Everlasting Peace" by Jacqueline Rayner: Venus, 3975. The day of the non-aggression pact. The perfect ironic location for an assassination! But Doom's mission is about to become much more complicated thanks to an explosive plot to undermine the treaty itself.

"A Date with Destiny" by Robert Valentine: A romantic dinner turns life-threatening for an unsuspecting human in 2007. But this time, Doom has competition. And if she loses, then her last chance to find the Doctor could be snatched away. Cue an action-packed chase through the streets of London. But has Doom met her match?

"The Howling Wolves of Xan-Phear" by Simon Clark: A warring world of wolves. Doom's target turns out to be the puppeteer of the warring Xan: a Silent. But what if she's already completed her mission? How will she know? What if this wasn't even her mission in the first place? No time to waste. The countdown is on.

"The Crowd" by Lizzie Hopley: "Follow the crowd," that's what they say, right? In this case, however, devastation, murder, and destruction follow this particular Crowd – Doom's next target. But amongst them – an unfamiliar face with a familiar name. Could this be Doom's salvation?

Set to release in September 2023, Doctor Who – Doom's Day: Dying Hours is now available to pre-order as a four-disc collector's edition CD (+ download for just £29.99) or digital download only (for just £22.99). For more information & details and to order your copy, head on over to www.bigfinish.com.

Doctor Who: Doom's Day Hour-by-Hour Rundown/Preview

Here's a look back at the original trailer for the multimedia event, followed by an hour-by-hour breakdown of how the event will play out across your senses:

Hours 0200-0500 16-page comic from writer Jacqueline Rayner and artist Russ Leach in "Doctor Who Magazine" #592 (June 22, 2023):

0200 "Target Selected": Doom's last day in the Universe kicks off at a maximum security prison … where she runs into someone who may just know the whereabouts of the Doctor.

0300 "The Plastic Population": Plastic and loads of it! Doom encounters Autons and the Doctor… although not the one she's after.

0400 "High Noon in Hollywood": Doom's next mission is sent in by the target's father. A family feud? Or is there something more sinister going on at an abandoned film studio?

0500 "The Horn of a Dilemma": Are unicorns real? Doom is about to find out alongside a familiar friendly face.

Hours 0600-0700 "A Doctor in the House?" Part One (Titan Comics/Writer: Jody Houser/Artist: Roberta Ingranata/July 5, 2023):

Using her vortex manipulator, she'll do anything to find the tempestuous time traveller, including cavorting with the maleficent Missy. Every hour a new adventure, every hour closer to death…

0600 – Coincidence finds Doom at yet another ball. Only this time, she's looking for answers as well as her target. But a priceless and dangerous treasure poses her another complication in her final day.

0700 – Doom arrives back at Stormcage for a new mission which is interrupted by an uninvited guest.

Hours 0800-0900 "A Doctor in the House?" Part Two (Titan Comics/Writer: Jody Houser/Artist: Roberta Ingranata/July 5, 2023):

Using her vortex manipulator, she'll do anything to find the tempestuous time traveller, including cavorting with the maleficent Missy. Every hour a new adventure, every hour closer to death…

0800 – In her next mission, Doom finds herself at a futuristic fan convention. Who is her next target, and what could Missy possibly want with her?

0900 – A dead planet. The last of their kind. A tea party for three. Can Doom shake Missy off her tail and find the Doctor?

Hour 1000 "AI and the Doctor" (Doctor Who: Lost in Time/East Side Games/Mario A. Mentasti):

Doom relentlessly pursues her mission to locate the Doctor, but fate leads her to an extraordinary encounter on a besieged Space Station. In this mechanical haven, populated solely by robots, she unexpectedly crosses paths with the Doctor and K-9 amidst a chaotic onslaught launched by marauding pirates.

Hours 1100-1400 "Extraction Point" novel from MG Harris & Penguin Random House (August 10, 2023):

The finest time-traveling assassin in the cosmos is running scared. Doom's own death is coming for her in a matter of hours. And the only person in the universe who might just be able to save her is the Doctor – so long as it's the right Doctor.

But as Doom searches for aid, the hits keep coming in. Kill a crabby Kraal and his replica world! Assassinate a ghost on Satellite Five! Eliminate a living asteroid! Doom finds her talents – and patience – stretched to breaking point.

But these apparently random jobs are linked in a way Doom could never imagine. And when not one but TWO different Doctors get involved on the trail of an old enemy, the ensuing fireworks might just end the lives of billions. Can Doom solve the mystery before her allotted hours are up? It's not only a planet she must save from destruction, but herself…

Hour 1500 "Wrong Place at the Right Time" (Doctor Who: Lost in Time/East Side Games/Garner Haines):

Doom becomes the unwavering guardian of Martin Tyr, an unassuming civilian hailing from an extraterrestrial world. As his life hangs in the balance, she pledges to shield him from imminent danger until the inevitable moment when his destiny unfolds.

Hours 1600-1900 "Four From Doom's Day" (BBC Audio/Writer: Darren Jones/Narrators: Sooz Kempner, Silas Carson & Jaye Griffiths/August 24, 2023):

Hired assassin Doom is on a mission to save her own life before Death catches up with her. If she can find the Doctor they might be able to help her – but where in Space and Time are they? These four missions – "The Steel Cascade," "The Martian Dilemma," "An Ood Halloween," and "Dark Space" take Doom to a Mediterranean cruise ship in 1966, the planet Mars in the distant past, San Francisco in 1999, and finally a desolate planet in a dying solar system. Along the way, she meets former TARDIS travelers Ian and Barbara, the mighty Ice Warriors, and Brian the Ood. But when a mysterious stranger with silver hair and sunglasses turns up, will he be Doom's salvation?

Hours 2000-2300 "Dying Hours" (Big Finish Productions): SEE ABOVE

NOTE: Big Finish is currently operating a digital-first release schedule. The mailout of collector's edition CDs will be delayed, but all purchases of this release unlock a digital copy that can be immediately downloaded or played on the Big Finish app from the release date. All the above prices include the special pre-order discount and are subject to change after the general release.

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