DOCTOR WHO ON BIG FINISH SHOWCASE FEMALE HEORES AND VILLAINS FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY

The latest full-cast audio box set in Big Finish Productions’ ongoing special Doctor Who series, showcasing strong female heroes and villains is released today, on International Women’s Day.

Louise Jameson stars as Leela in A Ghost of Alchemy (also written by Jameson), alongside Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor and Holly Jackson Walters as the pioneering scientist, Marie Curie.

In the second adventure, Michelle Gomez returns as Missy – the all-powerful female incarnation of the Master – acting opposite Caitlin Blackwood as young Amelia Pond (who first played the role in 2010’s Doctor Who TV story, The Eleventh Hour). The Worlds of Doctor Who – The Eighth of March: Strange Chemistry is now available to own as a collector’s edition 3-disc CD box set (+ download for just £19.99) or as a digital download only (for just £16.99), exclusively from www.bigfinish.com.

Scattered through time and space, many women have crossed paths with the Doctor – friends, foes, and figures from history – and there can be a strange chemistry when they meet…

Impulsive warrior encounters celebrated scientist, as Leela and the Doctor run into Marie Curie in 1920s America. And in a quiet English village, one of the Doctor’s oldest enemies seeks out one of his most devoted companions to find an escape – and the results are explosive!