Rose Tyler (Billie Piper) has already seen the end of the world and the year 100,000, and her latest trip into the future of planet Earth takes her and the Doctor (Christopher Eccleston) to the 47th century, a time when humans live in contentment and peace. 

In High High Wycombe, floating above Britain, there is no work to be done and no bills to be paid, and the residents lead a life of leisure. But the time travellers soon discover that there are dark secrets behind the veil of paradise. 

When they visit Elsa (Felicity Cant) and her dads Marty (Charlie Condou) and Oz (Lawrence Boothman), they find that the teenage girl is plagued by a strange darkness – and is the only person in this city able to dream… 

Doctor Who – The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Cloud Eight, written by Lauren Mooney and Stewart Pringle, is now available to purchase for just £9.99 (download to own) or £11.99 (download to own + collector’s edition CD), exclusively here. Please note: the collector’s edition CD is strictly limited to 1,500 copies and will not be re-pressed. 

The Doctor and Rose travel to the 47th century, Earth’s ‘Second Dark Age’, but when they arrive in the floating box city of High High Wycombe, it’s more like a paradise. The residents live an existence of endless leisure, and at night sleep a blissful, dreamless sleep.  

But cracks soon begin to show on its perfect, polished surface, and something terrible is brewing in the mind of teenage Elsa – something ancient and hungry – something that sounds like a nightmare. 

The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Cloud Eight also guest stars Louise Faulkner as the High High Wycombe resident Chihiro. 

Producer Matt Fitton said: “After sticking very closely to the Powell Estate for the first few stories, we wanted to widen the TARDIS net and have the Doctor and Rose head off a little way away. 

“Stewart Pringle and Lauren Mooney have written some great Ninth Doctor stories in the past, and I really enjoy all their writing. They can make things that are disturbing and very characterful and very human and very emotional as well. All of those ingredients fit well with the era of the Ninth Doctor and Rose! 

“So in Cloud Eight, we pay a visit to High High Wycombe, which is apparently a kind of a utopian paradise where people don’t need to work anymore. People have endless leisure time and everything seems to be going swimmingly. But as ever in Doctor Who, there is beneath the surface a price being paid for all of this…” 

This is an adventure that gets the Doctor particularly riled up, as lead actor Christopher Eccleston commented: “I took this story as a warning to myself, really. The anger that the Doctor feels, I thought, was really exciting and prescient. He’s able to both celebrate and berate humanity, but within, when he berates it, he’s going, ‘Please do not allow yourself to be controlled. Do not give yourselves up to being mechanised.’” 

Praise for the previous Ninth Doctor Adventures release, Dare You: 

“As ever, the core cast is terrific, with Piper continuing to be the standout. ★★★★.”
SFX 

“You will really believe that the streets of Southwark have cracked open to reveal the pits of Hell.”
Doctor Who Magazine 

“Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper give powerful performances.”
Who Review 

“A wonderfully engaging tale.”
Liverpool Sound and Vision 

Cloud Eight is the fourth twelve new audio adventures for the Ninth Doctor and Rose. A complete series multibuy bundle of all twelve releases is also available to pre-order at the specially discounted price of £102 (download to own), exclusively from the Big Finish website. 

Additional three-release multibuy bundles are available from just £27 (download to own) and £33 (download to own + collector’s edition CD). 

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. 

Please note that Big Finish is currently operating a digital-first release schedule. The mail-out of collector’s edition CDs may be delayed due to factors beyond our control, but all purchases of this release unlock a digital copy that can be immediately downloaded or played on the Big Finish app from the release date.