Following Jacob Dudman’s retirement from playing the Doctor, Jon Culshaw is stepping into Peter Capaldi’s shoes as the new voice of the 12th Doctor for Big Finish.

This incarnation will return for a new adventure this Halloween, voiced for the first time by Culshaw, in a full-cast audio drama as part of the horror-themed anthology box set Halloween – Sea Smoke and Other Stories.

On being cast in the role, Culshaw said: “I remember Nicholas Briggs asking me, ‘Do you do a Peter Capaldi? How would you fancy being the Twelfth Doctor for us?’ And before I’d even thought about it, I grabbed it, and I thought, wow, delicious!

“What a blessed and treasured era of Doctor Who that really is. It has the best of everything. There are so many different facets to Capaldi’s Doctor. A great, moral character, a beautiful, supremely witty sense of impatience at times, but desperately, desperately caring.

“The Twelfth Doctor has such mystery and so many aspects of the earlier Doctors. The irascibility but lovability of the First. The wit and merriment of the Second and the Fourth. The warmth and charm of the Third and Tenth. Every little aspect is like a beautifully cut diamond and it catches the light in its own way.

“And to watch that era over and over to prepare for playing the Twelfth Doctor with Big Finish – you couldn’t wish for better homework than that!”

Doctor Who: Halloween – Sea Smoke and Other Stories is now available to pre-order for just £24.99 (download to own) or £30.99 (download to own + collector’s edition CD box set),

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