The Eighth of March is back! Three new audio adventures bring together a team of powerful women from the Who-niverse, in a new box set due to be released on International Women’s Day.
The previous box set saw the likes of Sophie Aldred (Ace), Lisa Bowerman (Bernice Summerfield), Louise Jameson (Leela), Alex Kingston (River Song), Neve McIntosh (Madame Vastra), Ingrid Oliver (Petronella Osgood), Jemma Redgrave (Kate Stewart), Catrin Stewart (Jenny Flint), Rosemary Ashe (Vassa) and Julie Atherton (Hodge) reprising their Doctor Who in an all female-led and action-packed crossover.
The Eighth of March: Protectors of Time comprises three separate stories, featuring the Doctor’s daughter, Jenny (Georgia Tennant), the mischievous socialite and cat-burglar, Lady Christina de Souza (Michelle Ryan), and Time Lady and custodian of K-9, Romana (Lalla Ward).
Also along for the ride are Rani Chandra (Anjli Mohindra), tenacious protégé of Sarah Jane Smith, investigating strange climate changes with the Third Doctor’s companion, Jo Jones (Katy Manning), and diligent UNIT mastermind, Jac (Jaye Griffiths).
Scattered through time and space, many women have crossed paths with the Doctor. Some were fellow TARDIS travellers, some were allies defending the Earth, and one was the Doctor’s daughter...
Crossing the bounds of E-Space, from a mysterious space-station to a London bus, and from the Amazon to the Moon, this 8th of March, three very different adventures unfold.
The three standalone stories in this exclusive box set are:
Stolen Futures by Lizbeth Myles
Romana and K-9 have stayed in E-Space to help an ancient and noble people, freed from their shackles.
But first they must heal divisions in the ranks, and those who see a very different future for the Tharil race...
Prism by Abigail Burdess
Lady Christina de Souza is crashing an exclusive party in search of a priceless diamond. Out in deep space, time travellers Jenny and Noah collide with a strange diamond-shaped vessel.
What is Prism? And what does it want with the Earth?
Turn of the Tides by Nina Millns
In the footsteps of Sarah Jane Smith, Rani Chandra is investigating strange weather phenomena, calling on an old friend for help –Jo Jones!
But UNIT is also on the case, led by science officer Jac. Soon all three women will be on a mission to the Moon...
Speaking about the second instalment of the 8th March franchise, Producer Emma Haigh said:
“I’m so pleased to be bringing back our exclusive Eighth of March series for 2022. The three stories see some brilliant new partnerships working together for the first time and our stellar female actors, writers and directors take us on unique adventures whilst tackling some of the big issues of today.”
On a personal note, I am looking forward to this particular box set as many of the characters I am more familiar with this era of Who. Not only does this series see the notorious Lady Christina meeting the Doctor’s Daughter, but this will be the first time a character from the Sarah Jane Adventures has officially appeared in the Big Finish audio universe.
With Anjli Mohindra‘s reprisal of Rani in this set - could this be an introduction to more of Sarah Jane’s protégés having audio dramas of their own, with the original cast reprising older versions of their characters? We’ll have to wait and see…
The Eighth of March: Protectors of Time is now available to pre-order on collector’s edition CD (for just £19.99) or digital download (for just £16.99), exclusively on their site. Big Finish listeners can also save money by pre-ordering the bundle containing both volumes of The Eighth of March series, for just £45 (for the collector’s edition CD + download) or £40 (for the digital download only).
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