Doctor Who fans have gotten some exciting news. Christopher Ecclestone and Billie Piper have reunited to start work on their new Doctor Who project, which will see them reprise their roles as the Ninth Doctor and Rose Tyler, respectively.
At the Gallifrey One convention in Los Angeles, California, it was announced that Eccleston and Piper are voicing their Doctor Who characters for a 12-part audio drama series from Big Finish Productions. Also revealed was the name of the project, which is Doctor Who: The Ninth Doctor Adventures. The wait will just be until this summer, when the series launches in August 2025. It’s a reunion that comes two decades after Eccleston and Piper helped bring Doctor Who back into the mainstream for new generations of fans. A viral image of the two actors reunited can be seen below, per the official Doctor Who X account.
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“I am so happy to be back recording more adventures for the Ninth Doctor with Billie,” Eccleston said of his return as the Ninth Doctor in a statement. “I don’t think my Doctor exists without Rose. He’s a ‘one man, one companion’ kind of alien. We’ve explored him on his own at Big Finish, as a loner. But there’s a resilience and a bravery and a deep empathy to Billie as Rose, that’s why I do this. They complete each other.”
They complete each other.
Piper also said, “I can’t think of a better time for Rose to reunite with her first Doctor than now. Twenty years after she first ran into the TARDIS and towards adventure, here we are again, me and Chris, ready to have fun facing the universe – and the monsters – together.”
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“Twenty years after the Ninth Doctor and Rose burst onto our screens, Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper are back with that brilliant dynamic – the Doctor showing Rose the universe, and Rose showing him the best of humanity,” producer Matt Fitton continued. “Across twelve episodes, slotting neatly into that 2005 series, we have more Jackie Tyler, more Powell Estate, plus friends and enemies old and new through time and space. Our writers have done an amazing job recapturing the spirit of that very special season, and Chris and Billie have embraced these scripts with delight and gusto. They’re having a blast, back on that trip of a lifetime – and they sound fantastic!”
Doctor Who: The Ninth Doctor Adventures Is Available for Pre-Order
Doctor Who: The Ninth Doctor Adventures is available for pre-order ahead of its release in August 2025. It can be purchased via CD + download, or download only, exclusively from BigFinish.com.
Source: Big Finish Productions
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Doctor Who, the longest-running sci-fi series in the world, takes viewers on a whirlwind journey through time and space with the enigmatic Doctor, a centuries-old Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey. In their iconic blue box, the TARDIS, which can disguise itself as an ordinary police box, the Doctor travels with ever-changing companions facing off against alien threats, unraveling cosmic mysteries, and rewriting the laws of physics across the universe.
