Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures
audio dramas based on Doctor Who
Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures, formerly subtitled as the Main Range, is a full-cast audio drama series based on the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who. Produced by Big Finish Productions between 1999 and 2021, each audio drama stars one or more of the original actors who played the Doctor in the programme's classic series.
Doctor Who revolves around the adventures of an alien called the Doctor, whose people are called the Time Lords. He uses a spaceship called the TARDIS, which can travel in time as well as space. While travelling, the Doctor works to save lives and liberate oppressed peoples by combating foes. The Doctor often travels with companions. The programme has a concept of regeneration, in which, when a Time Lord is fatally injured, their cells regenerate and they are reincarnated into a different body with a different personality, but the same memories.
The Classic Series of Doctor Who, which these stories are based on, originally ran from 1963 to 1989 with a TV movie in 1996. In 1999, Big Finish obtained a non-exclusive licence to produce official Doctor Who audio plays.
Big Finish Productions began producing audio dramas featuring the Fifth Doctor, Sixth Doctor, and Seventh Doctors, under the "Main Range" banner, starting with the multi-Doctor story The Sirens of Time in July 1999.
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