Doctor Who – Audio Visuals – Early non-canonical Doctor Who stories – Big Finish ancestor company – REMASTERED – Bill Baggs, Gary Russell Free Audiobook

Written by Bill Baggs, Gary Russell
Read by Nicholas Briggs as the Doctor
Format: MP3
Dramatization

I am re-posting this from October, as I had long since stopped seeding this. These are the versions of the Audio Visuals edited by an unknown good Samaritan on YouTube who put in Doctor Who music, cleaned up the audio in general, and remastered the recordings to be much easier to listen to.

From the Wiki entry on Audio Visuals:

The Audio Visuals began with their pilot recording of The Space Wail in 1984. The following three seasons of stories were produced by Bill Baggs between 1985 and 1988. The fourth and final season was produced by Gary Russell from 1989 to 1991. There were plans for a fifth season which were later abandoned.

Many of the people working on the Audio Visuals went on to produce more professional, licensed Doctor Who audio dramas for companies like BBV and BIG Finish. Gary Russell became the executive producer of BIG Finish Productions, which he also wrote for along with numerous books. Nicholas Briggs is now executive producer of BIG Finish Productions, which he has also written, directed and acted for. He also worked for BBV. Both they (and others involved with Audio Visuals) went on to work for the BBC on the official Doctor Who franchise, with Briggs becoming the programme’s designated Dalek and Cyberman voice artiste, as well as appearing on screen in the Torchwood: Children of Earth miniseries. Russell became the script editor for the revived series in 2005.

Some of the Audio Visuals’ stories were later adapted for release by BIG Finish. These were, The Mutant Phase, Vilgreth (released as Last of the Titans), Minuet in Hell, Sword of Orion, and Cuddlesome.