{"id":3153,"date":"2021-08-16T18:00:49","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T16:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1315560"},"modified":"2021-08-16T18:37:20","modified_gmt":"2021-08-16T16:37:20","slug":"christopher-eccleston-takes-on-the-cybermen-in-first-look-at-his-next-doctor-who-outing","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/christopher-eccleston-takes-on-the-cybermen-in-first-look-at-his-next-doctor-who-outing\/","title":{"rendered":"Christopher Eccleston takes on the Cybermen in first-look at his next Doctor Who outing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lost Warriors will right a wrong from the Ninth Doctor’s television stint. <\/p>

By Morgan Jeffery\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 16 August 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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The Ninth Doctor will finally face off against the dreaded Cybermen in Big Finish\u2019s next batch of stories starring Christopher Eccleston.<\/p>\n

Though Eccleston\u2019s version of the Time Lord never encountered the iconic foes during his time on the TV series, that box will finally be ticked by November 2021\u2019s Doctor Who<\/a> \u2013 The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Lost Warriors.<\/p>\n

According to audio drama producers Big Finish: \u201cThe next box set of full cast audio adventures for Christopher Eccleston\u2019s Ninth Doctor invites listeners to follow the TARDIS to a 1930s country mansion, the Scottish Highlands and an iconic movie set \u2013 where he runs into one very familiar face\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

The spectacular cover art for Lost Warriors all but confirms that this \u201cvery familiar face\u201d is a Cyberman.<\/p>\n

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Doctor Who: Lost Warriors from Big Finish<\/span><\/figcaption> Big Finish<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

This latest boxset \u2013 following May release Ravagers<\/a> and August\u2019s Respond to All Calls \u2013 is comprised of three stories:\u00a0The Hunting Season by James Kettle, The Curse of Lady Macbeth by Lizzie Hopley, and Monsters In Metropolis by John Dorney.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just magical to me, to be playing a hero again,\u201d said Eccleston. \u201cThere\u2019s a great positivity and optimism to the Doctor, and what Doctor Who can do with these audios by reaching out to those young hearts and minds, to those young imaginations \u2013 it\u2019s beautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Director Barnaby Edwards added: \u201cThese three stories see the Ninth Doctor, himself a lone veteran of a great war, encountering three other \u2018lost warriors\u2019. Each adventure works as an entirely separate entity with great plots, fun characters and surprising villains, but together they present a fascinating dialogue on how conflict can change a person. And that\u2019s especially true of the Doctor himself.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love all three scripts. They\u2019re so varied and so perfect for the Ninth Doctor. All are period pieces, which is an area where Chris\u2019s very modern Doctor works so brilliantly, and all have a background of conflict, be it the aftershock of the First World War, the genesis of the Second World War or the innumerable battles in 11th-century Scotland. And, hey, where else could you find the Doctor encountering not only Macbeth and Lady Macbeth but also Fritz Lang?\u201d<\/p>

Joining Eccleston in these new adventures will be Unforgotten actor Alex Jennings and EastEnders star Don Gil\u00e9t. Annette Badland \u2013 who previously appeared opposite Eccleston on TV as Margaret Blaine \/ Blon Fel-Fotch Pasameer-Day Slitheen \u2013 will also take on the new role of cook Mrs Goose in The Hunting Season, while Neve McIntosh \u2013 who played Madame Vastra on television \u2013 will play brave ruler Guach in The Curse of Lady Macbeth.<\/p>\n

Monsters in Metropolis will also, of course, feature Nicholas Briggs as the voice of the Cybermen.<\/p>\n

Doctor Who \u2013 The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Lost Warriors is now available for pre-order exclusively at the Big Finish<\/a> website, from just \u00a319.99.<\/p>\n

Doctor Who will return to BBC One later in the year. Visit our Sci-fi<\/a> hub for more news and features, or find something to watch with our TV Guide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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