The Fourth Doctor Boxset

The Fourth Doctor Boxset is a collection of two audio dramas by Big Finish Productions based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The stories were written by Robert Banks Stewart and former Doctor Who producer Philip Hinchcliffe, who had previously worked together on two stories of the thirteenth season of the series, Terror of the Zygons and The Seeds of Doom.

The Fourth Doctor Boxset
Big Finish Productions audio drama
SeriesDoctor Who: The Lost Stories
FeaturingFourth Doctor
Leela
Written byThe Foe from the Future by
Robert Banks Stewart
(adapted by John Dorney)
The Valley of Death by
Philip Hinchcliffe
(adapted by Jonathan Morris)
Directed byKen Bentley John Ainsworth
Executive producer(s)Nicholas Briggs
Jason Haigh-Ellery
Release dateJanuary 2012

The Foe from the Future

by Robert Banks Stewart (adapted by John Dorney)

Plot

The TARDIS arrives in Devon, in the year 1977. But history is unravelling. At the centre of it is a seemingly haunted manor owned by a mysterious man named Jalnik.

Cast

The Valley of Death

by Philip Hinchcliffe (adapted by Jonathan Morris)

Plot

In 1870, Professor Cornelius Perkins mounted an expedition to the Amazon rainforest and was never heard from again. A century later, his great-grandson flies to South America looking for answers. Joining him is the Doctor, on a mission from UNIT, investigating rumours of a crashed UFO.

Cast
  • The Doctor – Tom Baker
  • Leela – Louise Jameson
  • Emissary Godrin / Dr Summersby / Announcer – Nigel Carrington
  • Overlord Saldor/Newsreader – Delia Lindsay
  • Valerie Carlton – Jane Slavin
  • Edward Perkins – Anthony Howell
  • Professor Cornelius Perkins – David Killick
  • General Hemmings / Valcon / Taxi Driver – Richard Bremmer

Notes
  • Some elements of The Foe from the Future influenced Robert Holmes' The Talons of Weng-Chiang.[1]
  • The Valley of Death also went by the titles The Lost Valley and Valley Of The Lost.
  • Robert Banks Stewart wrote the Fourth Doctor television stories Terror of the Zygons and The Seeds of Doom.
  • Philip Hinchcliffe was the producer for Doctor Who from 1974–1977. Later on, he also novelized several stories.
  • The Foe from the Future Episode One was available free with the January 2012 issue of Doctor Who Magazine, until March 31, 2012[2]
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References
  1. "Doctor Who Classic Episode Guide – The Talons of Weng Chiang – Index". BBC. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  2. "Big Finish". Retrieved 07/02/2012. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
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