The Ninth Doctor’s friend zone

The fantastic full-cast audio adventures of the Ninth Doctor (Christopher Eccleston) and Rose Tyler (Billie Piper) continue today, in a brand-new adventure in which the TARDIS lands on Earth – or does it?

False Friends by Timothy X Atack guest stars Máiréad Tyers (known for TV series Extraordinary and The Walsh Sisters) and Joe Pitts (Apple TV’s The New Look) as Minnie and Gary, two citizens of what seems to be London, who both start to believe their home isn’t quite real. The tube lines have the wrong names, their jobs make no sense, and why is that skyscraper bendy?

Help arrives in the form of the Doctor and Rose. But as the four investigate this false Earth, they discover that the true power behind it is one very familiar to the Doctor… 

Doctor Who – The Ninth Doctor Adventures: False Friends is now available to purchase for just £9.99 (download to own) or £11.99 (download to own + collector’s edition CD), exclusively from www.bigfinish.com. Please note: the collector’s edition CD is strictly limited to 1,500 copies and will not be re-pressed.

Minnie and Gary are trapped on a planet of robots, a fake Earth, and they’re the only humans – hoping no-one spots their humanity. So they summon the one person they know will answer their call for help.

But can the Doctor and Rose save Gary and Minnie from this false Earth – and who has built this very bad copy of human civilisation in the first place?

False Friends also features Glen McCready as Peter Ampersand Hashtag, Gary’s ‘motivational speaker’ boss, and Nicole Davis as Alice JNKL50.

Lead actor Christopher Eccleston said: “It’s a tremendously fun episode and the Doctor’s very engaged by the puzzle that he and Rose are confronted with and have to work out together. We see how quickly Rose learns and we understand that the Doctor made a very good choice – it wasn’t just sentiment when he asked her to come with him and travel the universe!

“Máiréad and Joe made me feel very old – two young actors coming in and just playing it brilliantly. Two really lovely roles, very cleverly written, and they are a pleasure to work with.”

Guest star Máiréad Tyers added: “Doctor Who is such an iconic British TV show and coming into this world, I’m reminded of how impactful it was at the time and how big a show it was and is.

“I thought this was a really interesting story. It’s not immediately obvious to you what the story is or what this world is that they’re living in, you find out little details as it goes on. And I love the way that Minnie and Gary meet and how their different character traits enable them to meet one another.”

False Friends is the eighth of twelve new audio adventures for the Ninth Doctor and Rose. A complete series multibuy bundle of all twelve releases is available to pre-order at the specially discounted price of just £102 (digital download to own).

Additional three-release multibuy bundles are available from just £27 (download to own) and £33 (download to own + collector’s edition CD).

⁠All the above prices (including pre-order and multibuy bundle discounts) are fixed for a limited time only and guaranteed no later than 31 December 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.