Big Finish Productions audio play
The Next Life
Series	Doctor Who
Release number	64
Featuring	Eighth Doctor Charley Pollard C'rizz
Writer	Alan Barnes and Gary Russell
Director	Gary Russell
Producer(s)	Gary Russell Jason Haigh-Ellery
Executive producer(s)	Jacqueline Rayner
Production code	8V
Set between	Caerdroia and Terror Firma
Release date	December 2004

The Next Life is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It is the culmination of the "Divergent Universe" saga.

Plot

Washed up on a beach on a beautiful island, the Eighth Doctor is rescued by a strangely familiar woman named Perfection and begins a journey to discover the dark secret at the heart of his exile to the Divergent Universe — and the return of an old enemy that could hold the key to its end.

Cast

• The Doctor — Paul McGann
• Charley — India Fisher
• C'rizz — Conrad Westmaas
• Rassilon — Don Warrington
• The Kro'Ka — Stephen Perring
• Keep — Stephane Cornicard
• Perfection — Daphne Ashbrook
• Guidance — Paul Darrow
• L'Da — Jane Hills
• Lady Louisa Pollard — Anneke Wills
• Simon Murchford — Stephen Mansfield
• Mother of Jembere-Bud — Jane Goddard

Notes

• This audio play (recorded in 2004) marked the first time that Paul McGann and Daphne Ashbrook had worked together since the 1996 Doctor Who television movie. Ashbrook played Dr. Grace Holloway in that production.
• This is the final audio drama to feature Paul McGann as the current Doctor. The next Eighth Doctor audio drama, Terror Firma, was released in August 2005 by which time he had been succeeded in the role of the Doctor by not only Christopher Eccleston but also David Tennant.

External links

• Big Finish Productions - The Next Life
• The Next Life at the Doctor Who Reference Guide

Reviews

• The Next Life reviews at Outpost Gallifrey
• The Next Life reviews at The Doctor Who Ratings Guide

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