River Song (Alex Kingston) teams up with the Third Doctor (Tim Treloar), Brigadier Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart (Jon Culshaw) and Dr Liz Shaw (Daisy Ashford) for four fascinating new full-cast audio tales reflecting UNIT’s investigations during the Pertwee era, released today.   

The Diary of River Song: New Recruit is now available at the discounted price of £24.99 as a collector’s edition four-disc CD box set or £19.99 as a download, exclusively HERE. 

UNIT – the secret organisation established to deal with the odd and unexplained on Earth and beyond.  

The redoubtable Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart leads the troops, and for scientific guidance relies on two brilliant advisors: Cambridge genius Dr Elizabeth Shaw, and UNIT’s newest recruit – that mysterious traveller in time and space known as… River Song. 

Producer David Richardson adds: “The Diary of River Song: New Recruit is all about contrasts… the outrageous, flirty and naughty River paired with the sensible, pragmatic Liz – what a team they make. The juxtaposition of a lead character from noughties Doctor Who settling down in the 70s: modernity and vintage side by side. And that wonderful duo of the Third Doctor and the Brigadier, both men of action in different ways, finding a very colourful character in their midst. And one, this time, who is a step ahead of the Doctor.  

 “To be honest, when the recording ended I really didn’t want it to be over – we had four blissful days with these actors doing wonderful things. It was so tempting to keep River in exile in the 70s for a while more but she has so many times and places to be getting on with visiting.” 

The Diary of River Song: New Recruit is now available at the discounted price of £24.99 as a collector’s edition four-disc CD box set or £19.99 as a download, exclusively HERE. . 

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.