An Adventure in Space and Time led to him being cast as the First Doctor himself in the 2017 "Doctor Who" episodes "The Doctor Falls" and "Twice Upon a Time" and in a series of audio adventures for Big Finish Productions. In 1966, William Hartnell (David Bradley) is in his dressing room at the BBC. He insults a stagehand who calls him to the set, where the delay caused by his absence is noticed. Hartnell enters in costume, ready to film his last moments as the First Doctor and stands in front of the TARDIS console. Three years earlier, BBC executive Sydney Newman (Brian Cox) is
The War Doctor (audio drama series) The War Doctor (audio drama series) The War Doctor, announced in October 2015, is a Big Finish Productions audio play series based on the TV show "Doctor Who". It sees the return of Sir John Hurt as the War Doctor, a role he previously portrayed in the TV story "The Name of the Doctor" as well as more prominently in the 50th Anniversary special "The Day of the Doctor". The series consists of four box sets, each made up of three hour-long episodes, the first released in December 2015, the remaining three volumes followed across 2016 and into 2017. The