The Next Life

The Next Life

Big Finish Productions audio drama
Series	'Doctor Who'
Release no.	64
Featuring	Eighth Doctor Charley Pollard C'rizz
Written by	Alan Barnes and Gary Russell
Directed by	Gary Russell
Produced by	Gary Russell Jason Haigh-Ellery
Executive producer(s)	Jacqueline Rayner
Production code	8V
Length	3 hrs 8 mins
Release date	December 2004

The Next Life is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It is the culmination of the "Divergent Universe" saga.

Plot

Washed up on a beach on a beautiful island, the Eighth Doctor is rescued by a strangely familiar woman named Perfection and begins a journey to discover the dark secret at the heart of his exile to the Divergent Universe — and the return of an old enemy that could hold the key to its end.

Cast

The Doctor — Paul McGann
Charley — India Fisher
C'rizz — Conrad Westmaas
Rassilon — Don Warrington
The Kro'Ka — Stephen Perring
Keep — Stephane Cornicard
Perfection — Daphne Ashbrook
Guidance — Paul Darrow
L'Da — Jane Hills
Lady Louisa Pollard — Anneke Wills
Simon Murchford — Stephen Mansfield
Mother of Jembere-Bud — Jane Goddard

Notes

This audio play (recorded in 2004) marked the first time that Paul McGann and Daphne Ashbrook had worked together since the 1996 Doctor Who television movie. Ashbrook played Dr. Grace Holloway in that production.
Although he has continued in the role, this is the final audio drama to feature Paul McGann as the incumbent Doctor. The next Eighth Doctor audio drama, Terror Firma, was released in August 2005 by which time he had been succeeded in the role of the Doctor on television by not only Christopher Eccleston but also David Tennant.
At 3 hours 8 minutes it is the second longest in the main range of Big Finish's Doctor Who audios, the longest being "Zagreus" at 3 hours 56 minutes.

External links

Reviews

The Next Life reviews at Outpost Gallifrey
The Next Life reviews at The Doctor Who Ratings Guide

Eighth Doctor audio dramas
Big Finish Main Range	Storm Warning Sword of Orion The Stones of Venice Minuet in Hell Invaders from Mars The Chimes of Midnight Seasons of Fear Embrace the Darkness The Time of the Daleks Neverland Zagreus Scherzo The Creed of the Kromon The Natural History of Fear The Twilight Kingdom Faith Stealer The Last Caerdroia The Next Life Terror Firma Scaredy Cat Other Lives Time Works Something Inside Memory Lane Absolution The Girl Who Never Was The Company of Friends The Silver Turk The Witch from the Well Army of Death
The Eighth Doctor Adventures	Blood of the Daleks Horror of Glam Rock Immortal Beloved Phobos No More Lies Human Resources Dead London Max Warp Brave New Town The Skull of Sobek Grand Theft Cosmos The Zygon Who Fell to Earth Sisters of the Flame / Vengeance of Morbius Orbis Hothouse The Beast of Orlok Wirrn Dawn The Scapegoat The Cannibalists The Eight Truths / Worldwide Web Death in Blackpool Situation Vacant Nevermore The Book of Kells Deimos / The Resurrection of Mars Relative Dimensions Prisoner of the Sun Lucie Miller / To the Death
Dark Eyes	Dark Eyes Dark Eyes 2 Dark Eyes 3 Dark Eyes 4
Doom Coalition	Doom Coalition Doom Coalition 2 Doom Coalition 3 Doom Coalition 4
Other	Living Legend Shada An Earthly Child Survival of the Fittest & Klein's Story The Four Doctors Solitaire Destiny of the Doctor: Enemy Aliens The Light at the End The Rulers of the Universe The Sontaran Ordeal Day of the Vashta Nerada The Eighth Doctor: The Time War

Works by Gary Russell

Novels

Doctor Who	Legacy (1994) Invasion of the Cat-People (1995) The Scales of Injustice (1996) Business Unusual (1997) Placebo Effect (1998) Divided Loyalties (1999) Instruments of Darkness (2001) Spiral Scratch (2005) Beautiful Chaos (2008) The Glamour Chase (2010) Big Bang Generation (2015)
Bernice Summerfield	Deadfall (1997) Adorable Illusion (2014)

Short fiction

Doctor Who	"Missing, Part One: Business as Usual" (1998) "64 Carlysle Street" (1998) "Countdown to TV Action" (2000) "A Boy’s Tale" (2003) "Repercussions..." (2004) "Echoes" (2006) "The Report" (2007) "Do You Dream in Colour" (2007)

Audio dramas

Doctor Who	Minuet in Hell (2001) Real Time (2002) He Jests at Scars... (2003) Zagreus (2003) The Next Life (2004)
The Sarah Jane Adventures	The White Wolf (2009)

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