In 1985, Doctor Who went on hiatus following the broadcast of Season 22, and though the series eventually returned in late 1986 with The Trial of a Time Lord, many planned stories had never made it to production. 

This changed in 2009, when Big Finish Productions began the audio drama range Doctor Who – The Lost Stories with a series of adaptations of never-filmed Sixth Doctor stories, including ideas that had been pitched for Season 22 and ones that had been planned for Season 23 before the hiatus. 

Together, these eight stories formed a brand-new season of ‘missing’ adventures for the Sixth Doctor (Colin Baker) and his companion Peri (Nicola Bryant). Now, for the first time, the adventures are available in a single collected package. 

Doctor Who – The Lost Stories: The Collected Sixth Doctor 1 is now available to purchase exclusively from the Big Finish website, as a digital download to own, for just £44.99. 

The stories in this collection include: 

The Nightmare Fair by Graham Williams

The TARDIS has been drawn to Blackpool in the year 1985, where the Doctor intends to investigate a dangerous space/time vortex... while enjoying some local attractions along the way. But an old enemy is watching from his base deep within the amusement park, a timeless being who craves revenge. 

The Celestial Toymaker has returned. The game is on. And, should he lose, the Doctor will pay the ultimate forfeit...

Mission to Magnus by Philip Martin 

The Doctor and Peri face enemies at every turn on the planet Magnus. There's the Time Lord bully Anzor, who made the Doctor's life hell during his time at the Academy. There's also Rana Zandusia, the matriarchal ruler of the planet, who seeks to prise the secret of time travel from these alien visitors. 

Also on Magnus is the slug-like Sil, still bitter from his defeat on the planet Varos and seeking to make his fortune from the most potentially destructive ends. And, deep within the planet, there is something else. Another old enemy of the Doctor’s. And the future is looking decidedly colder... 

Leviathan by Brian Finch and Paul Finch

No one lives to old age in the village. When their Time is come, they are taken and never seen again. That is The Way. And, should anyone try to break with the established order of things, then the fury of Herne the Hunter is unleashed... 

When the TARDIS materializes near a castle in this medieval society, the Doctor and Peri befriend Gurth, a terrified youth who is attempting to flee his fate. And Herne is closing in... 

Why does the local baron impose the culling? What is the secret of Zeron? And who are the Sentinels of the New Dawn? The answers lie within a cave...

The Hollows of Time by Christopher H Bidmead 

The Doctor and Peri have been on holiday, visiting old friend Reverend Foxwell in the sleepy English village of Hollowdean. But why are their memories so hazy? 

Piecing together events they recall a mysterious chauffeur, who is not what he seems, and Foxwell's experiments that could alter the nature of reality. Huge sand creatures have been sighted on the dunes, and many of the locals are devoted to a leader known as ‘Professor Stream’. 

But who is Stream? And what lies within the Hollows of Time? 

The Doctor will discover that not every question has a definitive answer... 

Paradise 5 by PJ Hammond and Andy Lane

The Doctor and Peri visit the planet Targos Delta to check in on old friend Professor Albrecht Thompson, only to discover that he has vanished. He was last sighted taking a shuttle to the holiday resort of Paradise 5, then never seen again. 

The Doctor's curiosity is piqued. They must investigate, but they must do so stealthily... Peri will go undercover on Paradise 5, while the Doctor hides in the shadows. Because paradise holds a terrible secret beneath the white marble and golden trimmings. The mute Cherubs have a story to tell. And the Elohim are coming. 

Beware. 

Point of Entry by Barbara Clegg and Marc Platt

The 16th Century. Playwright Kit Marlowe is attempting to write Doctor Faustus when a darkness descends on his life, in the cadaverous form of a Spaniard called Velez. The monstrosity is in search of a stone blade that was brought from South America... 

After a near-disastrous collision with an asteroid in space, the TARDIS makes an emergency landing in Elizabethan England. 

These two events are connected. The Omnim are ready. And the point of entry approaches... 

The Song of Megaptera by Pat Mills

Deep space in the distant future, and Captain Greeg and his crew are hunting mile-long Space Whales on a vast harvesting ship. By pure accident, they also capture the TARDIS. 

The Doctor and Peri must use all their wits to survive. But what is the creature running loose in the ship's bowels? And can the Doctor save Megaptera before its song is extinguished forever? 

The Macros by Ingrid Pitt and Tony Rudlin

The TARDIS materialises on the USS Eldridge, after the Philadelphia Experiment has gone disastrously wrong. Most of the crew are dead, the ship is disintegrating, and the Doctor soon realizes that the problem comes from another dimension... 

As they attempt to find a way to get the ship home, the Doctor and Peri visit the distant planet Capron and meet its tyrannical ruler Osloo. But the search for a possible solution only creates increasingly dire problems. Osloo’s horizons have been widened - and Space and Time are hers for the taking... 

On recording these stories in 2009, lead actor Colin Baker said: “The journey has been fantastic. There’s always been that question of what would it have been? Back then, we were deprived from doing some stories we did know about, and some stories we didn’t know about for various reasons. They all give a flavour of how the Doctor and Peri might have been in that great missing year. And some of these stories are superior to the ones we did do on TV!” 

His co-star Nicola Bryant agreed: “There’s some very strong scripts, some of them have been wonderful surprises, and it’s been amazing to be able to bring them all to life.” 

Doctor Who – The Lost Stories: The Collected Sixth Doctor 1 is now available to purchase exclusively here, as a digital download to own, for just £44.99. 

All the above prices (including pre-order and multibuy bundle discounts) are fixed for a limited time only and guaranteed no later than 30 April 2026.