5. Doctor Who: Classic Doctors New Monsters 5: Faithful Friends

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Doctor Who - Classic Series - Special Releases

Available January 2025

Written by John Dorney Tim Foley

Starring Tom Baker Sylvester McCoy

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Four new adventures featuring classic Doctors encountering monsters from the new series of Doctor Who!

5.1 The Krillitane Feint by John Dorney
The TARDIS brings the Doctor, Jamie and Zoe to a planet where a secure research base is conducting disturbing experiments. A group of captive Krillitane are test subjects for a military power, keen to understand the species' unique abilities. But who are the real monsters here?

5.2 The Dying Breed by Tim Foley
When the Doctor, Leela and K9 land on the Lupari homeworld tracking a temporal anomaly, they find a kingdom in disarray.

The Great Lord Garzan's son has been attacked, and strange beasts roam the frozen landscape. Whilst Leela spars with the new heir, the Doctor and K9 must work out how all these strange events are connected.

Little do they know that their discoveries will shake the Lupari to their core...

5.3 The Krillitane Relic by John Dorney
The TARDIS brings the Doctor and Ray to a space station cryogenic facility, where interplanetary VIPs are stored pending medical cures.

There is a familiar face here too - someone the Doctor remembers, but who does not remember him...

5.4 Five Hundred Ways to Leave Your Lover by Tim Foley
Chris is on a date. But it isn't working out. Perhaps he'll end it over dinner. Or on a cruise. Or in a lunar spa. But who are these figures in red? And why are they so invested in his relationship?

All of reality might be at stake, and the Monks will pursue Chris wherever he goes - but as long as he manages to break up with his boyfriend, the Doctor, everything might be saved...

**Please note: the collector’s edition CD box set is strictly limited to 1,250 copies and will not be repressed**

Recorded on: 19 April, 6 June and 18 September 2023

Recorded at: The Soundhouse

Writer John Dorney said "The Krillitane are a really fascinating monster, with their unique ability to steal traits from other species, but that also means they’re really challenging to bring back, because by definition they have to be doing something new every time. They can’t even look like they did in School Reunion!

"So, my approach to writing these was to watch the TV episode, read the books... and then studiously avoid them, look for new angles. You’ve got a traditional Troughton base-under-siege with a monster on the loose, and the Seventh Doctor meeting an old friend – while with another old friend – but what the Krillitane are up to this time, you’ll have to wait and see…"

Writer Tim Foley said: "My two stories in this box set couldn’t be more different. It was so fun writing for the Lupari. We get to visit their homeland and meet them at a much earlier point of their development. It’s a medieval epic, with a fun role for K9 and new lore that got the approval of Chris Chibnall.

"The Monks are such a mysterious race, so of course the best way to explore them further is in a screwball comedy. This is a gay romcom with the Eighth Doctor, and I can’t wait to hear what people make of it. You’re all invited to the wedding."