The ambitious story kicks off this summer. <\/p>
Georgia Tennant and Michelle Gomez are among the Doctor Who<\/a> stars returning for the 60th anniversary audio adventure from Big Finish, titled Once and Future.<\/p>\n The eight-part story was announced late last year<\/a>, with the exciting news that\u00a0original TV leads Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy, Paul McGann, Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant would be back as their respective Doctors.<\/p>\n The story finds the Doctor injured and receiving treatment at a Time Lord field hospital, where he \u201cflits haphazardly\u201d through his past incarnations, leading him to go on a journey to understand what caused this process of \u201cdegeneration\u201d.<\/p>\n At this weekend\u2019s Gallifrey One convention, several major guest stars were announced, starting with Stephen Noonan, Michael Troughton and Tim Treloar as the First, Second and Third Doctors \u2013 ensuring this event will cover the entirety of Doctor Who\u2019s historic run.<\/p> But that\u2019s nowhere near all. as it was also confirmed that several fan favourites would be returning, including Michelle Gomez as the ever-scheming Missy, Georgia Tennant as the Doctor\u2019s daughter Jenny, and Camille Coduri as Jackie Tyler.<\/p>\n Additionally, Nicola Walker will reprise her long-running role of Liv Chenka, while Sadie Miller will voice beloved companion Sarah Jane Smith, who was played in live-action by her late mother Elisabeth Sladen.<\/p>\n The Once and Future cast also includes Michelle Ryan as Lady Christina, Neve McIntosh as Madame Vastra, Catrin Stewart as Jenny Flint, Dan Starkey as Strax, Christopher Naylor as Harry Sullivan, Ken Bones as the General and Beth Chalmers as Veklin.<\/p>\n Excitingly, Big Finish adds that there are \u201cmany more\u201d guest stars yet to be announced.<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n Doctor Who: Once and Future is set to be be released monthly, with the first seven parts arriving between May and October 2023, and the climactic end \u2013 titled Coda: The Final Act \u2013 landing in November 2024.<\/p>\n The adventure is available to pre-order now exclusively from Big Finish<\/a>.<\/p>\n Script editor Matt Fitton said: \u201cIt was a massive honour to be asked by producer David Richardson to help coordinate this mammoth undertaking.<\/p>\n \u201cFor me, it was a chance to work again with many of Big Finish\u2019s barnstorming writers, all of whom I\u2019d had great fun working with before. It\u2019s always a joy to send that email inviting someone onto an exciting project like this, and then seeing the number of exclamation marks in the response!<\/p>