Doctor Who half birthday means a new release from Big Finish Productions

Doctor Who – Short Trips: Regeneration Impossible will release early to celebrate the half birthday of BBC’s Doctor Who. Doctor Who Magazine’s Emily Cook has put together a multi-Doctor fan project called #DoctorsAssemble. To keep with the excitement, Big Finish Productions is releasing their version of a multi-Doctor special. Jacob Dudman voices both the Eleventh and the Twelfth Doctors in this new adventure.

A unique pairing of Doctors, one at the end of his regenerative cycle, the other at the very start of his. Jacob Dudman narrates this exciting clash of personalities, performing as both the melancholic but manic Eleventh and the irascible and spiky Twelfth Doctors in a brand new audio adventure that is out now. Get ready to hear them bounce off each other in a way they never have before.

What is in store for this new adventure?

The Doctor is in his TARDIS atop a cloud above Victorian London. He’s retired, no longer interfering in the affairs of others. There’s nothing that could make him help anyone else. Except, perhaps, the lure of another Time Lord…

The Doctor is locked in a mortuary in Victorian London, dying. He can’t escape and doesn’t know how to keep himself alive. Just when he thinks it can’t get any worse, he finds himself locked in with the one person he hates most in the entire universe. Himself.

How does the crew feel?

Actor Jacob Dudman said:

“I love multi-Doctor stories. Particularly, I love the meeting of two characters whose own mortality bleeds into one another. With the Eleventh Doctor believing he truly is the last incarnation, discovering he has a future self creates a fascinating dynamic. The story itself is chockablock full of moments that’ll make fans go ‘squee!’, with some immense sound design and truly awesome music. This was possibly my favouriteBig Finish story I’ve performed to date. I enjoyed voicing all the characters and the new challenge of voicing the Twelfth Doctor, which I can only improve on for future releases to come.”

Writer/producer Alfie Shaw explained:

“When I was taking over the Short Trips range, one of the reoccurring things that I kept seeing was people saying, ‘I’m simply not interested in audiobooks, I only listen to audio drama.’ So, I thought we’d give them one! Jake’s amazing abilities enabled this to happen, and what better way to kick off an experimental format for the range than with a multi-Doctor story. There’s a lovely parallel between the Eleventh Doctor in The Snowmen (which is this story is set a bit before) and the Twelfth Doctor’s tenure at St Luke’s University. Both have chosen to stop travelling –well, mostly! (We’ve seen that he will nip out if the need arises!) However, they’ve stopped for very different reasons. The Eleventh Doctor out of grief and shame, the Twelfth out of duty to guard Missy. I used that as a starting point for the story, and built it up from there. t’s a trans-temporal mystery, loaded with Easter eggs for fans of the Eleventh and Twelfth Doctors. I hope you like it!”

Doctor Who – Short Trips: Regeneration Impossible is now available to download exclusively from the Big Finish website.

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