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===Audio===
{{See also|List of Doctor Who audio releases{{!}}List of ''Doctor Who'' audio releases|List of Doctor Who audiobooks{{!}}List of ''Doctor Who'' audiobooks|List of Doctor Who audio plays by Big Finish{{!}}List of ''Doctor Who'' audio plays by Big Finish}}

The earliest ''Doctor Who''–related audio release was a 21-minute narrated abridgement of the First Doctor television story ''[[The Chase (Doctor Who)|The Chase]]'' released in 1966.  Ten years later, the first original Doctor Who audio was released on [[LP record]]; ''[[Doctor Who and the Pescatons]]'' featuring the Fourth Doctor.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Doctor Who – Doctor Who & The Pescatons/Doctor Who Sound Affects ''[sic]'' |url=http://recordstoreday.co.uk/exclusive-releases/rsd-2017/doctor-who/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180807095122/https://recordstoreday.co.uk/exclusive-releases/rsd-2017/doctor-who/ |archive-date=7 August 2018 |access-date=6 March 2021 |website=[[Record Store Day]]}}</ref> The first commercially available audiobook was an abridged reading of the Fourth Doctor story ''[[State of Decay (Doctor Who)|State of Decay]]'' in 1981. In 1988, during a hiatus in the television show, ''[[Slipback]]'', the first radio drama, was transmitted.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Genesis of the Daleks & Slipback |url=http://www.timelash.com/tardis/display.asp?1 |access-date=6 March 2021 |publisher=Timelash – The TARDIS Library}}</ref>

Since 1999, [[Big Finish Productions]] has released several different series of Doctor Who audios on CD.  The earliest of these featured the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Doctors, with Paul McGann's Eighth Doctor joining the line in 2001. Tom Baker's Fourth Doctor began appearing for Big Finish in 2012.<ref name="WildernessY">{{Cite web |last=O'Brien |first=Steve |date=23 November 2023 |title=Doctor Who's wilderness years: How fans kept the flame alive after it was cancelled in 1989 |url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/doctor-whos-wilderness-years-cancelled-1989-092337657.html |access-date=13 May 2024 |website=[[Yahoo! Entertainment]]}}</ref>  Along with the main range, adventures of the First, Second and Third Doctors have been produced in both limited cast and full cast formats, as well as audiobooks. The 2013 series ''[[Destiny of the Doctor]]'', produced as part of the series' 50th-anniversary celebrations, marked the first time Big Finish created stories (in this case audiobooks) featuring the Doctors from the revived show.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} Along with this, in May 2016, the Tenth Doctor, David Tennant, appeared alongside Catherine Tate in a collection of three audio adventures,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor Adventures - Coming May 16th 2016! - News - Big Finish |url=https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/doctor-who-the-tenth-doctor-adventures-coming-may-16th-2016 |access-date=24 January 2024 |website=bigfinish.com}}</ref> before receiving his own range.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Doctor Who - The Tenth Doctor Adventures - Ranges |url=https://www.bigfinish.com/ranges/v/doctor-who---the-tenth-doctor-adventures |access-date=14 May 2024 |website=[[Big Finish Productions]]}}</ref><ref name="WildernessY" /> In August 2020, Big Finish announced a new series of audios beginning release in May 2021, featuring [[Christopher Eccleston]] reprising his role as the [[Ninth Doctor]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Christopher Eccleston returns to Doctor Who – News – Big Finish |url=https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/christopher-eccleston-returns-to-doctor-who |access-date=6 March 2021 |website=[[Big Finish Productions]]}}</ref><ref name="WildernessY" />

The main range, ''[[Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures]]'', holds the ''[[Guinness World Record]]'' for the longest-running science fiction audio play series.<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 April 2021 |title=Longest running science fiction audio play series |url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/652735-longest-running-science-fiction-audio-play-series |access-date=17 May 2021 |website=Guinness World Records}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-monthly-adventures-guinness-world-records-newsupdate/ |title=Doctor Who monthly audio range from Big Finish lands Guinness World Records title |last=Cremona |first=Patrick |work=[[Radio Times]] |date=26 April 2021 |accessdate=23 May 2024 }}</ref> In 2020 Big Finish revealed that ''The Monthly Adventures'' would come to an end in favor of individual box sets.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Doctor Who Relaunch Plans Revealed by Big Finish |url=https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/doctor-who-big-finish-relaunch-2022/ |access-date=30 January 2024 |website=TV Shows|date=29 May 2021 }}</ref>

In 2022, [[BBC Sounds]] began airing ''Doctor Who: Redacted'', a podcast written by [[Juno Dawson]] and starring [[Charlie Craggs]] and [[Jodie Whittaker]]. The podcast focuses on a trio of friends who host a paranormal conspiracy podcast, "The Blue Box Files", and end up getting involved in much more than they expected.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hogan |first=Micahel |date=29 April 2022 |title='Very gay, very trans': the incredible Doctor Who spin-off that's breathing new life into the franchise |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/apr/29/doctor-who-redacted-transgender-podcast |access-date=20 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Fullerton |first=Huw |date=8 April 2022 |title=Jodie Whittaker to star in new Doctor Who audio drama spin-off |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/jodie-whittaker-doctor-who-redacted-audio-drama-newsupdate/ |access-date=20 May 2022 |website=RadioTimes}}</ref> The podcast was later renewed for a second series.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Weiss |first=Josh |date=8 April 2022 |title=Brilliant! Jodie Whittaker back for more Time Lord hijinks in podcast spinoff 'Doctor Who: Redacted' |url=https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/jodie-whittaker-doctor-who-redacted-podcast |access-date=14 May 2024 |website=[[SyFy]] |language=en-US}}</ref>