Doctor Who fans might have a long wait still to go until the show returns on TV (next up is the 2026 Christmas special, followed by… who knows?), but the Doctor’s adventures carry on across other media – quite a lot of them, in fact, in the upcoming “global multi-platform story” Circuit Breaker.
Focusing on the Fugitive Doctor – the previously ‘forgotten’ incarnation played by Jo Martin – this series will tell an epic story across comics, novels, audios, and more, in the same vein as previous multimedia projects Time Lord Victorious and Doom’s Day. The first instalment will be an online piece released on 25th June. The BBC’s official synopsis for the overarching story goes:
In the depths of UNIT’s most secure facility, the Black Archive, familiar objects have been pulled through time and space surrounded with a dangerous energy signature threatening to tear reality apart. With time running out, newly appointed Head of the Black Archive, Osgood (Ingrid Oliver) and her assistant Andrew (Omari Douglas) turn to the only person who can help… the Doctor (Jo Martin).
This is no ordinary crisis, and not the Time Lord they are familiar with. As the Doctor confronts her most infamous enemies such as the Daleks, Cybermen, Sontarans and a rogue Weeping Angel, she is forced to complete a mission with an insidious presence lurking in the shadows.
Secrets begin to surface, and trust between UNIT and the Doctor begins to erode as those who idolise her start to question if she really is the Time Lord they thought they knew…
The full list of Circuit Breaker releases is below:
- 25 June: Calling the Doctor – UNIT website written by Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson
- 8 July: Adversary of the Daleks – Titan Comics, written by Dulce M. Montoya and Dan Watters, with stunning art from Roberta Ingranata and Sami Kivelä
- 23 July: The Honourable Society – Doctor Who Magazine issue 632, written by Jason Quinn and illustrated by Anthony Williams
- 30 July: The Deadliest Weapon – BBC Audiobooks Audio Original written by Steve Lyons, narrated by Jo Martin with David Banks as the Cyber-Leader
- 4 August: Dawn of the Daleks –Titan Comics, written by Dulce M. Montoya and Dan Watters, with stunning art from Roberta Ingranata and Sami Kivelä
- 6 August: Castling – East Side Games written by Mario Mentasti
- 17 August: Don’t Blink! – UNIT website written by Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson
- 20 August: The Doctor and the Three Witches – Puffin book written by Janelle McCurdy
- 27 August: Moment Mori – East Side Games written by Mario Mentasti
- 31 August: The Black Archive Files – Circuit Breaker DVD release
- 3 September: The Kaleidoscope – BBC Books book written by Jo Martin
- 22 September: Full Circuit – Big Finish audio story written by Robert Valentine
- 24 September: Short Circuits – Big Finish audio story written by Robert Valentine
