History Radio / ThirdDoctorRadioDramas

In 1993 and 1996, two BBC radio serials were produced for ''Series/DoctorWho'', starring the Third Doctor, TheBrigadier and Sarah Jane Smith, and set in Season 11, the Third Doctor's final season. Joining team TARDIS in both stories is a new character named Jeremy Fitzoliver, Sarah Jane's ditzy coworker, who would go on to have a few more appearances in the [[Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse Expanded Universe]]. They were notable as the first "proper" ''Doctor Who'' stories produced by the BBC since the show had gone off air in December 1989.

In 1993 and 1996, two BBC radio serials were produced for ''Series/DoctorWho'', starring the Third Doctor, TheBrigadier and Sarah Jane Smith. Joining team TARDIS in both stories is a new character named Jeremy Fitzoliver, Sarah Jane's ditzy coworker. They were notable as the first "proper" ''Doctor Who'' stories produced by the BBC since the show had gone off air in December 1989.

* The first serial, "Radio/TheParadiseOfDeath", sees UNIT investigating a theme park which seems to have actual alien monsters on display. The plot eventually takes the gang to an alien world where a single source of food and energy has plunged its population into apathy. BreadAndCircuses and virtual reality (and combinations of the two) have replaced all entertainment, and the Doctor has some very nasty suspicions as to where the fertiliser for the universal food source comes from. Team TARDIS joins up with LaResistance to liberate the planet and overthrow the MegaCorp The episode takes place after "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS11E1TheTimeWarrior The Time Warrior]]".

* The second story, "The Ghosts Of N-Space", takes the Doctor and his companions to Italy, where a mad monk has been causing trouble for centuries. TheBrigadier's Italian uncle (well, cousin -- well, something a few times removed) helps the gang fight demons of a scientific purgatory equivalent while the Doctor and Sarah dash through different time periods. It takes place after [[Recap/DoctorWhoS11E3DeathToTheDaleks "Death To The Daleks"]].

The first serial, "Radio/TheParadiseOfDeath", sees UNIT investigating a theme park which seems to have actual alien monsters on display. The plot eventually takes the gang to an alien world where a single source of food and energy has plunged its population into apathy. BreadAndCircuses and virtual reality (and combinations of the two) have replaced all entertainment, and the Doctor has some very nasty suspicions as to where the fertiliser for the universal food source comes from. Team TARDIS joins up with LaResistance to liberate the planet and overthrow the MegaCorp The episode takes place after [[Recap/DoctorWhoS11E1TheTimeWarrior "The Time Warrior"]].

The second story, "The Ghosts Of N-Space", takes the Doctor and his companions to Italy, where a mad monk has been causing trouble for centuries. TheBrigadier's Italian uncle (well, cousin -- well, something a few times removed) helps the gang fight demons of a scientific purgatory equivalent while the Doctor and Sarah dash through different time periods. It takes place after [[Recap/DoctorWhoS11E3DeathToTheDaleks "Death To The Daleks"]].

The first serial, "Radio/TheParadiseOfDeath", sees UNIT investigating a theme park which seems to have actual alien monsters on display. The plot eventually takes the gang to an alien world where a single source of food and energy has plunged its population into apathy. BreadAndCircuses and VirtualReality (and combinations of the two) have replaced all entertainment, and the Doctor has some very nasty suspicions as to where the fertiliser for the universal food source comes from. Team TARDIS joins up with LaResistance to liberate the planet and overthrow the MegaCorp The episode takes place after [[Recap/DoctorWhoS11E1TheTimeWarrior "The Time Warrior"]].

* BreadAndCircuses: The VirtualReality allows the citizens of Holborough to experience the fights from the warriors' perspective. Dissidents are forced to fight for their friends' entertainment.

* PaintingTheMedium: Since only one person at a time can go into the VirtualReality machines, the characters have to describe to each other what they're seeing. This includes the entire final battle of "The Paradise Of Death", in which the Doctor is forced to be a gladiator in the BreadAndCircuses and Sarah Jane has to listen to the villain describing his experience of it through the VirtualReality's PsychicLink.

* AvoidTheDreadedGRating: While posing as a page boy, Sarah Jane briefly gets mistaken for the Doctor's catamite. She's not amused.

Both stories were novelised by their author (the latter was released as part of the [[Literature/DoctorWhoMissingAdventures Missing Adventures]] range as Target Books was defunct by this point, and was also released over a year before the story was broadcast). A third serial was planned, but cancelled due to Creator/JonPertwee's ActorExistenceFailure. However, a short story (recorded in 1974) with the title "Glorious Goodwood" does exist, which is ten minutes long -- and was kept hidden in the BBC archives until 2005.

* SkinnyDipping: The Doctor fondly recalls [[HoYay going skinny dipping with his old teacher back on Gallifrey]].

In 1993 and 1994, two BBC radio serials were produced for ''Series/DoctorWho'', starring the Third Doctor, TheBrigadier and Sarah Jane Smith. Joining team TARDIS in both stories is a new character named Jeremy Fitzoliver, Sarah Jane's ditzy coworker. They were notable as the first "proper" ''Doctor Who'' stories produced by the BBC since the show had gone off air in December 1989.

In 1993 and 1994, two BBC radio serials were produced for ''Series/DoctorWho'', starring the Third Doctor, TheBrigadier and Sarah Jane Smith. Joining team TARDIS in both stories is a new character named Jeremy Fitzoliver, Sarah Jane's ditzy coworker.

Both stories were novelised by their author. A third episode was planned, but cancelled due to Creator/JonPertwee's ActorExistenceFailure. However, a short story (recorded in 1974) with the title "Glorious Goodwood" does exist, which is ten minutes long -- and was kept hidden in the BBC archives until 2005.

* [[spoiler: HumanResources]]: The fertiliser in "The Paradise Of Death" is [[spoiler: people]].

In 1993 and 1994, two BBC radio plays were produced for ''Series/DoctorWho'', starring the Third Doctor, TheBrigadier and Sarah Jane Smith. Joining team TARDIS in both stories is a new character named Jeremy Fitzoliver, Sarah Jane's ditzy coworker.

The first episode, "Radio/TheParadiseOfDeath", sees UNIT investigating a theme park which seems to have actual alien monsters on display. The plot eventually takes the gang to an alien world where a single source of food and energy has plunged its population into apathy. BreadAndCircuses and VirtualReality (and combinations of the two) have replaced all entertainment, and the Doctor has some very nasty suspicions as to where the fertiliser for the universal food source comes from. Team TARDIS joins up with LaResistance to liberate the planet and overthrow the MegaCorp The episode takes place after [[Recap/DoctorWhoS11E1TheTimeWarrior "The Time Warrior"]].

Both episodes were novelised by their author. A third episode was planned, but cancelled due to Creator/JonPertwee's ActorExistenceFailure. However, a short story (recorded in 1974) with the title "Glorious Goodwood" does exist, which is ten minutes long -- and was kept hidden in the BBC archives until 2005.