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The Quintessence

Doctor:

Third Doctor

Companion(s):

Main enemy:

Cybermen

Main setting:

Always manor, Nethara Reach, 42nd century
Mondas

Key crew

Music:

Nicholas Briggs

Sound:

Benji Clifford

Cover by:

Sean Longmore

Release details

Number of parts:

Release number:

Release date:

10 October 2024

Format:

3 CDs
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Production code:

BFPDWDR0306

ISBN:

ISBN 978-1-80240-169-1 (physical)
ISBN 978-1-80240-170-7 (digital)

*The Third Doctor Adventures*
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The Quntessence was the story comprising the fourteenth release in The Third Doctor Adventures, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Lauren Mooney and Stewart Pringle and featured Tim Treloar as the Third Doctor and Katy Manning as Jo Jones.

Publisher's summary[]

The Doctor and Jo Jones arrive at 'Always', a Victorian manor house perched impossibly on the distant storm-world of Nethara Reach.

Greeted by the peculiar Pepperdines, a couple frantic with worry about their ailing daughter, they discover terrible secrets hiding within the panelled walls and gruesome oil paintings.

Secrets that will bring the Doctor face to face with one of his most ancient and implacable enemies, and put his relationship with Jo to the ultimate test.

Plot[]

Part one[]

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Part two[]

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Part three[]

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Part four[]

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Part five[]

to be added

Part six[]

to be added

Cast[]

The Doctor - Tim Treloar
Jo Jones - Katy Manning
Emmeline Pepperdine / The Cyber-Planner - Felicity Cant
Lucy Pepperdine - Emily Joyce
Arthur Pepperdine - Chris Larkin
Drexel - Gary Turner
The Cybermen - Nicholas Briggs

Crew[]

to be added

Worldbuilding[]

to be added

Notes[]

This story was recorded at The Soundhouse on 18, 19 and 22 April 2024.

Continuity[]

to be added

External links[]

Official The Quintessence page at bigfinish.com

v • e The Third Doctor Adventures

Volume 1	Prisoners of the Lake • The Havoc of Empires

Volume 2	The Transcendence of Ephros • The Hidden Realm

Volume 3	The Conquest of Far • Storm of the Horofax

Volume 4	The Rise of the New Humans • The Tyrants of Logic

Volume 5	Primord • The Scream of Ghosts

Volume 6	Poison of the Daleks • Operation: Hellfire

Volume 7	The Unzal Incursion • The Gulf

Volume 8	Conspiracy in Space • The Devil's Hoofprints

Volume 9	The Annihilators

Volume 10	Kaleidoscope

The Return of Jo Jones	Supernature • The Conservitors • The Iron Shore

Volume 12	Intelligence for War

Volume 13	Revolution in Space

Volume 14	The Quintessence

Cyberman stories

For the purposes of this list, a "Cyberman story" is one in which one living, authentic Cyberman plays a part within the confines of the story, outside of flashbacks to previous stories and cliffhangers that lead into the following story. For this reason, stories such as Dalek are absent due to only featuring deceased Cybermen on display. Stories like Carnival of Monsters, A Good Man Goes to War and The Vanquishers are also not included due to the Cybermen's appearance being of little consequence to the plot of the story.

Television

The Tenth Planet • The Moonbase • The Tomb of the Cybermen • The Wheel in Space • The Invasion • Revenge of the Cybermen • Earthshock • The Five Doctors • Attack of the Cybermen • Silver Nemesis • Rise of the Cybermen / The Age of Steel • Army of Ghosts / Doomsday • Cyberwoman • The Next Doctor • The Pandorica Opens • Closing Time • Nightmare in Silver • The Time of the Doctor • Dark Water / Death in Heaven • World Enough and Time / The Doctor Falls • The Haunting of Villa Diodati • Ascension of the Cybermen / The Timeless Children • Flux: Once, Upon Time - Bel's Story • The Power of the Doctor

Webcast

TARDIS Cam No.1 - The Moonscape • Real Time • Tardisode 6 • Tardisode 13 • Monster File: Cybermen

Audio

Sword of Orion • Spare Parts • Real Time • The Harvest • Silver Lining • Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Crystal of Cantus • The Reaping • The Gathering • The Blue Tooth • Human Resources • The Girl Who Never Was • The Ultimate Adventure • Kingdom of Silver • Legend of the Cybermen • The Silver Turk • Last of the Cybermen • Return to Telos • The Isos Network • The Tyrants of Logic • Code Silver / Master of Worlds • Hour of the Cybermen • Conversion • Return of the Cybermen • The Gates of Hell • Scourge of the Cybermen • Altered Status • Monsters in Metropolis • Secrets of Telos • Way of the Burryman / The Forth Generation • Bad Day in Tinseltown • Willkommen • Wulf • Übermensch • Auf Wiedersehen • The Great Cyber-War • Sins of the Flesh • The Trials of a Time Lord • The Quintessence

Cyberman

Scorpius • Fear • Conversion • Telos • Outsiders • Terror • Machines • Extinction

Prose

Birth of a Renegade • Heliotrope Bouquet • Iceberg • Killing Ground • Illegal Alien • Scientific Adviser • Vrs • Going Off the Rails • Made of Steel • Plague of the Cybermen • Status Update • The Piper • The Mondas Touch • Dr. First • The Patchwork Pierrot • Consultation Exercise • Alit in Underland • Ghost in the Machine • A Girl Called Doubt • The Self-Made Man

Comics

The Coming of the Cybermen • Flower Power • Cyber-Mole • The Cyber Empire • Eskimo Joe • Masquerade • The Time Museum • Test Flight • Junk-Yard Demon • Throwback: The Soul of a Cyberman • Deathworld • Black Legacy • Revelation! • Genesis! • The World Shapers • The Totally Stonking, Surprisingly Educational And Utterly Mindboggling Comic Relief Comic • The Good Soldier • Dreadnought • The Flood • The Power of the Cybermen / Drones of Doom / Enemy Mine / Time of the Cybermen • Assimilation² • Doctor Who and the Last Stand • The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who • Conversion • Untitled • Cyber Crisis • Supremacy of the Cybermen • The Bidding War • The Lost Dimension • High Noon in Hollywood • Everyone Must Go!

The Cybermen	The Dead Heart • The Flesh Unbound • The Black Sky • The Hungry Sea • The Dark Flame • The Future Perfect • The Ugly Underneath • The Prodigal Returns

Supremacy of the Cybermen prologues	The First Doctor • The Second Doctor • The Third Doctor • The Fourth Doctor • The Fifth Doctor • The Sixth Doctor • The Seventh Doctor • The Eighth Doctor • The War Doctor

Video
games

Destiny of the Doctors • Airships • Cyber Assault • Ghostwatch • Eye of the TARDIS • Return to Earth • The Mazes of Time • Blood of the Cybermen • Dalek Supremacy • The Eternity Clock • The Doctor and the Dalek • Lost in Time • Hidden Mysteries

Complete list of appearances