History Main / AudioAdaptation

** An outfit called [=BBV=] produced audio plays and series of varying officialness during the Eighties and Nineties: one starring Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant as [[strike: the Sixth Doctor and Peri Brown]] "The Stranger" and "Miss Brown"; one starring Lalla Ward and John Leeson as [[strike: Romana II and K-9]] as "The Mistress" and "K-9"; and one starring Sylvester [=McCoy=] and Sophie Aldred as [[strike: the Seventh Doctor and Ace]] "The Professor" and "Ace". The first two were official, but the last wasn't--and the BBC stepped in to force some more filing-off of serial numbers.

* The ''PuttPutt'' series had a [[TieInNovel book]] titled ''Putt-Putt's Night Before Christmas'', which came with an audio cassette.
* The ''FreddiFish'' series had a [[TieInNovel book]] titled ''Sing Along with Freddi Fish and her Friends'', which came with an audio cassette.

* The PuttPutt series had a [[TieInNovel book]] titled ''Putt-Putt's Night Before Christmas'', which came with an audio cassette.

* ''DoctorWho'' has a ''lot'' of these.

** AnneOfGreenGables

* ''DoctorWho'' has a ''lot'' of these, of various degrees of officialness.
** The {{BBC}} have produced a few radio adaptations of serials such as "Genesis of the Daleks".

** An outfit called [=BBV=] produced audio plays and series of varying officialness during the Eighties and Nineties: one starring Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant as [strike: the Sixth Doctor and Peri Brown] "The Stranger" and "Miss Brown"; one starring Lalla Ward and John Leeson as [strike: Romana II and K-9] as "The Mistress" and "K-9"; and one starring Sylvester [=McCoy=] and Sophie Aldred as [strike: the Seventh Doctor and Ace] "The Professor" and "Ace". The first two were official, but the last wasn't--and the BBC stepped in to force some more filing-off of serial numbers.

** ''TheLordOfTheRings'', with full cast and sound effects

* ''DoctorWho'' has a lot of audio plays released in cassette, CD, and MP3 form featuring additional adventures of the Doctor; whether they count or not is up to the individual fan. In the case of Colin Baker's 6th Doctor, these have usually proven to be much better than most of the stories and characterisation he got stuck with in the tv show.
** The {{BBC}} also produced a radio adaptation of "Genesis of the Daleks", though it was made by adding linking narration to the audio track from the television version.

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** As have the following comic book arcs: Tales of the Jedi Knights of the Old Republic, TOTJ Freedon Nadd Rebellion, TOTJ Dark Lords of the Sith, Dark Empire I, II and Empire's End, Crimson Empire, and the three Dark Forces graphic novels. Oddly enough, they never finished them by releasing the two more Tales of the Jedi arcs featuring Ulic Qel-Droma as well as making Crimson Empire II.

** Various adaptation of ''KamenRider'', [[WhatAreRecords in tapes]].

This is ''especially'' common in Japan. Since they're pretty cheap to produce (you just need the actors, some sound effects, and mixing equipment to make them), a popular work, be it {{manga}}, {{anime}}, a {{video game}} or what have you will often get several "Drama CDs" and whatnot as spinoffs, pseudo-sequels, prequels and interquels to fill in the world and characters. Since the going rate for the actors isn't ''too'' high (and don't require many takes, etc) and for better franchises the actors can ''like'' doing them, they aren't too expensive to produce and thus can be sold fairly cheap at retail, meaning you can produce a fair number of them and still make a good profit.

And, of course, their all-audio nature makes exporting them ''[[NoExportForYou a goddamned nightmare]]''. Drama CDs are, unquestionably, the #1 source of AllThereInTheManual problems for exported Japanese products, because the form is very uncommon in America, there's no real place to sell them, the actors ''have'' to charge more if they're union which drives costs up, etc etc... so as a result, these basically ''never'' leave Japan, which can end up being hugely problematic for fans overseas as they end up missing part of the story (and it's a problem for any producers who care about exporting, since they know it's all but impossible for overseas fans to get that part of the story).

* All three original ''StarWars'' movies had radio play adaptations broadcast by NPR: ''[[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Star_Wars_(radio) Star Wars]]'' in 1981, ''[[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/The_Empire_Strikes_Back_(radio) The Empire Strikes Back]]'' in 1983, and ''[[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Return_of_the_Jedi_(radio) Return of the Jedi]]'' in 1996.

** Many of EdgarAllanPoe's stories.

* DMFA has an "unofficial" Radio Play [[http://dmfa.it-he.org/ here]] that has currently produced three episodes covering the story arcs "Warrior for Hire," "Recipe for Disasters," and Part I of "The Return of Dark Pegasus," with Part II in the works as of October 2010.
* [[SlightlyDamned Slightly Damned]] has a RadioDrama adaptation [[http://www.sdamned.com/extras/radio-play/ here]] that currently consists of two episodes covering the first 63 pages, with episode three (set to be pages 64-93) well under way as of October 2010.

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** The {{Discworld}} novels ''Guards! Guards!'' and ''The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents'', adapted for radio, with full cast and sound effects

* [[DMFA DMFA]] has an "unofficial" Radio Play [[http://dmfa.it-he.org/ here]] that has currently produced three episodes covering the story arcs "Warrior for Hire," "Recipe for Disasters," and Part I of "The Return of Dark Pegasus," with Part II in the works as of October 2010.

* [[DMFA]] has an "unofficial" Radio Play [[http://dmfa.it-he.org/ here]] that has currently produced three episodes covering the story arcs "Warrior for Hire," "Recipe for Disasters," and Part I of "The Return of Dark Pegasus," with Part II in the works as of October 2010.

* [[SlightlyDamned Slightly Damned]] has a RadioDrama adaptation [[http://www.sdamned.com/extras/radio-play/ here]], currently covering the first 63 pages of the comic, with new episodes produced every few months.

* ''{{Ever17}}'' has two Drama [=CDs=], ''After You've Gone'' and ''2035''.

** Many SherlockHolmes stories, with full cast and sound effects

* ''{{Superman}}'' had been adapted to radio form many times in the past. The first one gave birth to the popular "It's a bird! It's a plane!" opening, and was responsible for creating kryptonite as well, when the actor needed some vacation time. It was also responsible for killing the KKK.