Earth and Beyond (Doctor Who)

This article is about the Doctor Who Audio adventures. For the massively multiplayer online role-playing game, see Earth & Beyond.

Earth and Beyond is a Doctor Who audio production produced by the BBC featuring the Eighth Doctor and Sam Jones. The release contains three adventures that are read by Paul McGann. It was released onto cassette in 1999, as a sequel to the BBC Short Trips cassette of 1998. As with all Doctor Who spin-off media, its relationship to the televised serials is open to interpretation.

Bounty

Bounty
Cast
Doctor Paul McGann (Eighth Doctor)
Production
Writer	Peter Anghelides
Length	1 episode, 36 min

Synopsis

Sam Jones's first trip in the TARDIS is to the Seychelles, where she encounters alien bounty hunters. Can the Doctor stop them making Earth their battleground?

Contiuity

• This follows the novel The Eight Doctors
• At the end of the story, The Doctor leaves Sam at a rally. He picks her up in Vampire Science

Dead Time

For other uses, see Dead Time (disambiguation).

Dead Time
Cast
Doctor Paul McGann (Eighth Doctor)
Production
Writer	Andrew Miller
Length	1 episode, 38 min

Synopsis

The TARDIS lands on a freezing world of utter darkness. Who are the strange creatures that want the Doctor dead? And what consequences will their actions have for the universe?

Continuity

• Comments by Sam suggest that this follows Genocide

In print

• This was released as part of the More Short Trips series

The People's Temple

The People's Temple
Cast
Doctor Paul McGann (Eighth Doctor)
Production
Writer	Paul Leonard
Length	1 episode, 90 min

Synopsis

The Doctor and Sam arrive at Stonehenge during its construction. They soon discover that its origins are steeped in human suffering. But could Sam's attempts to make things better for the slave workers trying to complete the stone circle lead to a war?

In print

• This was released as part of the Short Trips series

External links

• Earth and Beyond at Doctor Who reference Guide