Christopher Eccleston Among 7 Doctors Returning For New 'Doctor Who' Big Finish Series Celebrating The Show's 60th Anniversary

TV & Film

Nov 26

Over two years since Christopher Eccleston’s return to Doctor Who through Ninth Doctor audio dramas, and a year and a half into the releases, it’s been confirmed that he will be part of the eight-part audio story Once and Future, which will be the facet’s contribution to the show’s 60th anniversary celebrations.

He is part of a cast announced that includes all living classic predecessors: Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy, and Paul McGann, the fourth through eighth Doctors as well as direct successor David Tennant. “Dozens more” guest stars are poised to be revealed. Once and Future will be released in seven hour-long parts between May and October 2023, with a coda set for November 2024. Set during the Time War, a mortal injury has the Doctor not regenerate, but the reverse, scrambling through past incarnations, he must figure out why and how before it’s too late, finding old foes and friends along the way.

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Eccleston’s problems with the BBC during his revival-opening stint as the Ninth Doctor caused him to leave after one series. He would have nothing to do with the franchise until his participation with Big Finish, known as The Ninth Doctor Adventures was announced in August 2020. The two seasons of the audio series have had their releases laid out in four volumes each every three months from May to February 2021-22 and 2022-23. His decade-plus non-involvement in the franchise necessitated the creation of the War Doctor (played by John Hurt) for 2013’s 50th-anniversary special episode “The Day of the Doctor”. He alluded to his involvement in Once and Future over the summer, mentioning working with the late David Warner for it.

On the TV side, his announced co-stars for the story all appeared in the BBC centenary special “The Power of the Doctor”, including Tennant, who will be playing the Fourteenth Doctor for three 60th anniversary specials in November, before Ncuti Gatwa takes over as Fifteen.

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