The Circuit will be complete
The crisis has begun. Mysterious objects have been pulled through time, accompanied by a dangerous energy signature, and Osgood has locked down UNIT’s Black Archive. With time running out, perhaps literally, she’s called for help – from the Fugitive Doctor.
The BBC Studios mixed-media adventure Doctor Who – Circuit Breaker is underway, bringing together a range of longstanding Doctor Who partners including Titan Comics, Doctor Who Magazine, BBC Audiobooks, East Side Games, Puffin, Penguin Random House and Big Finish.
Big Finish’s contributions comprise the two-hour series finale, Circuit Breaker: Full Circuit (a full-cast audio drama) and two Short Trips-style audiobook stories released together as Short Circuits. Both are due to be released in September.
Doctor Who – Circuit Breaker: Full Circuit is now available to pre-order for just £13.99 (download to own) or £21.99 (download to own + collector’s edition CD), exclusively from the Big Finish website. And, Doctor Who – Circuit Breaker: Short Circuits is now available to pre-order as a download to own for £11.99.
Plus, a multi-buy bundle of both releases is available for £23 (download to own) or £31 (download to own + Full Circuit collector's edition CD).
Here’s the synopsis for Full Circuit, the epic finale of Circuit Breaker, scripted by Robert Valentine:
The Doctor, Osgood and Andrew are joined by Kate Lethbridge Stewart. A final mysterious object is manifesting, this one at the pinnacle of UNIT Tower itself.
A Time Bomb! Which threatens a dark future for all of the Doctor’s incarnations.
Only this Doctor can save herself – and her other selves – from this intricately woven scheme.
The cast of Full Circuit includes Jo Martin as the Fugitive Doctor, Ingrid Oliver as Osgood, Jemma Redgrave as Kate Lethbridge-Stewart, Omari Douglas as Andrew, and Dan Starkey, plus further names to be announced.
And, the two 30-minute adventures in Short Circuits are:
Battleships by Alex Hewitt
Meet the Conductor. This cadaverous specimen is a peerless tactical genius. But life is hard for a man who stands out from his fellows, and this formidable mastermind must outwit certain rivals before setting his sights on his true enemy.
Get Rich or Die Trying by Alex Hewitt, from a story by Natasha Siegel
Meet Andrew – a young man with a good job and a mysterious benefactor. Following a coded message to the Jurassic Coast, where a team of palaeontologists are digging up a dinosaur skeleton, Andrew encounters a stranger who gives him a so-called time-travel device. Before he knows what’s happened, Andrew is plunged back through history, all the way to the Jurassic Period itself. Why has he been sent here?
Who is his anonymous benefactor? And is he the victim of a sinister experiment? Only time will tell...
Both of the stories are read by Dan Starkey, the actor noted for numerous appearances in the Whoniverse on TV and audio.
Robert Valentine, writer of Full Circuit, said: “I was thrilled to write the climactic episode of the Circuit Breaker saga, and it was quite the responsibility. The Doctor, Osgood and Andrew have been on this perilous journey together, and it all pays off at UNIT Tower, where Kate Lethbridge-Stewart is facing a massive threat to the safety of the planet, and only they can stop it.
“It was also huge fun pairing the Fugitive Doctor with Osgood and Kate, because Jo Martin’s Doctor is an irreverent, no-nonsense incarnation with no sentimental baggage about her UNIT allies, so her Doctor can say things to them that no other version of the Doctor could. And that was a blast to write!”
Valentine also script edited Short Circuits, about which he said: “What I love about the two Short Circuits stories is the sidelights they cast on the two main Circuit Breaker characters brand-new to Doctor Who – the formidable villain known as the Conductor, and Osgood’s gifted assistant, Andrew Turner – and the extra depths they give them.”
The full release schedule for Circuit Breaker is as follows:
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25 June: Calling the Doctor - UNIT website written by Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson
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8 July: Adversary of the Daleks – Titan Comics, written by Dulce M. Montoya and Dan Watters, with stunning art from Roberta Ingranata and Sami Kivelä
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23 July: The Honourable Society – Doctor Who Magazine issue 632, written by Jason Quinn and illustrated by Anthony Williams
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30 July: The Deadliest Weapon – BBC Audiobooks Audio Original written by Steve Lyons, narrated by Jo Martin with David Banks as the Cyber-Leader
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4 August: Dawn of the Daleks – Titan Comics, written by Dulce M. Montoya and Dan Watters, with stunning art from Roberta Ingranata and Sami Kivelä
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6 August: Castling – East Side Games written by Mario Mentasti
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17 August: Don’t Blink! – UNIT website written by Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson
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20 August: The Doctor and the Three Witches – Puffin book written by Janelle McCurdy
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27 August: Moment Mori – East Side Games written by Mario Mentasti
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31 August: The Black Archive Files – Circuit Breaker DVD release
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3 September: The Kaleidoscope – Penguin Random House book written by Jo Martin
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22 September: Full Circuit – Big Finish full-cast audio drama written by Robert Valentine
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24 September: Short Circuits – Big Finish audiobooks
Both of Big Finish’s Circuit Breaker titles can now be pre-ordered in a multi-buy bundle for £23 (download to own) or £31 (download to own + Full Circuit collector's edition CD).
Find out more about Circuit Breaker at the Official Doctor Who website.
All the above prices (including pre-order and multibuy bundle discounts) are fixed for a limited time only and guaranteed no later than 31 October 2026.
Please note that Big Finish is currently operating a digital-first release schedule. The mail-out of collector’s edition CDs may be delayed due to factors beyond our control, 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.
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