The Twelfth Doctor comes to audio! Jacob Dudman (The A List, Medici, The Stranger) lends his talent for mimicry to four new audio adventures. These stories are based on the role that was originally on television, played by Peter Capaldi. The Twelfth Doctor is reunited with Osgood and Danny Pink, employing the amazing talents of actor and impressionist, Jacob Dudman, alongside Ingrid Oliver and Samuel Anderson respectively.
The Twelfth Doctor Chronicles
There will be four exciting, new adventures in this audio set.
“Charge of the Night Brigade” is written by David Llewellyn. In the rat-infested camps of the Crimea, Mary Seacole offers a vital service to the beleaguered troops. She is serving up rice pudding and treating the wounded at her “British Hotel.” Mary’s no-nonsense attitude is tested by the Doctor’s arrival. Together, they must deal with a strange infection that is not of Earth.
“War Wounds” is by Mark Wright. When Danny Pink finds the TARDIS door open in a Coal Hill storeroom, he can’t help but wonder about Clara’s double life and the truth about the Doctor. He gets much more than he bargained for! Stuck amid an alien war, can Danny and the Doctor stop arguing long enough to make it out alive?
“Distant Voices” by Lizbeth Myles brings Cameron, who is haunted by strange voices. As she gets on with her job conducting tours around Rochester Castle, she hopes that they’ll just go away. Fortunately for Cameron, the Doctor has joined the tour. He hears the voices too, and he knows what they mean. Time itself is starting to fracture…
“Field Trip” is brought to us by Una McCormack. Osgood gets an offer she can’t resist when the Doctor drops in. She gets her first flight in the TARDIS! The Doctor is calling on Osgood’s expertise to stop an invasion, but what begins as a fact-finding mission quickly becomes something for more dangerous. Osgood’s intergalactic field trip is about to get very hands-on!
What the cast and crew said
On casting Jacob Dudman to play the Twelfth Doctor, producer Alfie Shaw, said,
“I’m aware that I sound like a broken record whenever I’m asked about Jake, but he is simply phenomenal. We are so fortunate to be working with someone who is not only a superb impressionist but also a really talented actor and just an all-round wonderful man. This box set highlights Jake’s versatility –not only is he playing both the Doctor and the narrator, he’s also about three or four other characters per story! Listening to him in the studio, all I can do is marvel.”
On tackling the role made famous on television by Peter Capaldi, actor Jacob Dudman added,
“There are parts of the Twelfth Doctor’s voice that are an enigma to me, so at first I was only brave enough to try and capture the essence of him. The years weigh on the voice: you can’t capture the experience he’s had in his life, not having been in a rock and roll band 40 years ago. He’s such an interesting character to play.
I spent some time in Glasgow last year, and I think that’s helped me to find the voice. When I think of a generic Scottish accent, I tend to think of an Edinburgh one, which I’d say generally is more posh, more similar to an English accent.”
Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor Chronicles is available now from the Big Finish website as a collector’s edition CD box set or digital download.
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