As revealed in Doctor Who Magazine issue 564, two anniversary box sets released in April and September 2022 respectively, Doctor Who: The Fifth Doctor Adventures – Forty will celebrate four decades since the Fifth Doctor made his first regular appearance in Doctor Who.  

The dynamic dramas are plucked from various points in the Fifth Doctor’s timeline, as  he adventures alongside beloved companions Tegan (Janet Fielding), Turlough (Mark Strickson), Nyssa (Sarah Sutton), Adric (Matthew Waterhouse) and Kamelion (Jon Culshaw) across the episodes.  

Doctor Who: The Fifth Doctor Adventures – Forty Volume 1 and Doctor Who: The Fifth Doctor Adventures – Forty Volume 2 are now available to pre-order as a collector’s edition CD at £19.99 or on download at £16.99, exclusively HERE!

Expect to hear fearsome adversaries, the Cybermen, Ice Warriors and Autons in the trio of TARDIS tales across the two volumes. 

Volume 1

Secrets of Telos by Matt Fitton 

God of War by Sarah Grochala 

Volume 2 

The Auton Infinity by Tim Foley 

The details above supersede the news report in Doctor Who Magazine issue 564; extra content TBC will also be added to volume 2.

Opening story, Secrets of Telos, is a direct sequel to the Doctor Who television episode Tomb of the Cybermen (1967). 

Producer David Richardson said: “It’s always fascinated me that Tomb of the Cybermen isn’t a story that definitively ends. There’s a loose strand of story left floating at the end of episode four – and that strand of story launches us straight into Forty, a lavish celebration of forty years of the Fifth Doctor. What strange force is pulling the Doctor forwards through his incarnation? The mystery will be solved but along the way enjoy spending time with Tegan, Nyssa, Adric, Turlough and Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart. As birthday parties go, this is going to be a spectacular one!” 

Doctor Who: The Fifth Doctor Adventures – Forty Volume 1 and Doctor Who: The Fifth Doctor Adventures – Forty Volume 2 are now available to pre-order as a collector’s edition CD at £19.99 or on download at £16.99, exclusively HERE!

Big Finish listeners can save money by ordering both volumes of Forty together in a bundle for £38 on CD or £33 on download!

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.