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How to follow the complete ‘Circuit Breaker’ story

The Fugitive Doctor’s adventure has come to its thrilling conclusion – and here is everything you need to complete the circuit…

With the recent release of Full Circuit, the final chapter of the Circuit Breaker saga, the complete adventure is now available for Doctor Who fans to enjoy. Taking place across audio, novels, comic books and more, Circuit Breaker follows the Fugitive Doctor as she teams up with UNIT on a mission to return a series of strange artefacts from the Black Archive to their original points across time and space. Encountering Daleks, Sontarans, Cybermen and even more familiar foes along the way, this earlier incarnation of the Doctor will discover much of what lies ahead in the Time Lord’s future – if she is able to survive until then.

With the full Circuit Breaker saga now complete, read on to discover how you can experience the full story…


#1: Calling the Doctor

Short story | UNIT HQ

Circuit Breaker - Calling the Doctor

A series of mysterious artefacts are appearing in the Black Archive, each surrounded by a strange energy signature. As Osgood and her assistant Andrew investigate their origin, their need for a Time Lord's help forces them to contact an incarnation of the Doctor they know very little about...

Read Calling the Doctor at UNIT HQ.


#2: Adversary of the Daleks

Comic | Titan Comics

Circuit Breaker - Adversary of the Daleks

The Doctor is tasked to return a Dalek Gun Stick from the Black Archive. She arrives in Thessaloniki in ancient Greece where she discovers that even the gods fear strange visitors from across the universe. The Fugitive Doctor meets her ultimate foes... the Daleks!

Get Adversary of the Daleks from Titan Comics.


#3: The Honourable Society

Comic | Doctor Who Magazine

Circuit Breaker - The Honourable Society

The Doctor, accompanied by UNIT archivist Andrew Turner, is on a mission to return corrupted Sontaran artefacts. The mission takes them to Calabria, Italy in 1894, where they soon cross paths with a secret society with a taste for extortion and human sacrifice...

Read The Honourable Society at UNIT HQ.


#4: The Deadliest Weapon

Audio Book | BBC Audio

Circuit Breaker - The Deadliest Weapon

Masquerading as a resident in a luxurious space hotel, the Doctor is in fact on a dangerous mission to eliminate Kashan Akravar, a rogue weapons dealer who’s attempting to auction blueprints for the deadliest weapon ever invented.

The Division - that shadowy Time Lord organisation - have briefed the Doctor to prevent the blueprints’ sale at all costs. But they’re not the only ones who realise the weapon’s potential. When the hotel is attacked by Cybermen, intent on seizing the blueprints, the Doctor must use every ounce of her courage and ingenuity to hold them off.

Working with husband and wife Kel and Jinni, the Doctor finds puzzles and obstacles in her way. Whose disembodied voice is calling out to her? What is its connection with UNIT’s Black Archive? And can anything prevent a cruel stroke of fate that will have unimaginable consequences for them all…?

Get The Deadliest Weapon on CD, vinyl or digital download from BBC Audio.


#5: Dawn of the Daleks

Comic | Titan Comics

Adversary of the Daleks

Returning a Gallifreyan Time Ring, the Doctor travels to the war-ravaged world of Skaro - where she is soon faced with the fate of the Dalek's Kaled forebears!

Get Dawn of the Daleks from Titan Comics.


#6: Castling

Game Event | Doctor Who: Lost in Time

The Doctor breaks into the Shadow Proclamation to discover the Judoon in a skirmish against the Sontarans.

Play Doctor Who: Lost in Time from East Side Games.


#7: Don’t Blink!

Short story | UNIT HQ

Circuit Breaker - Don't Blink!

A Weeping Angel has been unleashed inside the Black Archive! While Osgood calls in an expert to deal with the mysterious Carrionite Crystal Ball, the Doctor finds herself facing a damaged TARDIS, an unexpected friend from the future, and a lonely assassin who will stop at nothing to reach her.

Read Don’t Blink! at UNIT HQ.


#8: The Doctor and the Three Witches

Short Story | Puffin Books

Circuit Breaker - Three Witches

The Doctor is trapped in the land of the Carrionites. Science is a fairy tale and she needs the help of a future friend to escape.

This story is included in the 2026 paperback edition of Doctor Who: Time Lord Fairy Tales – get your copy here.


#9: Momento Mori

Game Event | Doctor Who: Lost in Time

When the memory dampeners of the Black Archive malfunction, the Doctor, Andrew and Osgood can barely remember the mission they started.

Play Doctor Who: Lost in Time from East Side Games.


#10: The Black Archive Files

Blu-ray

The Black Archive Files

A compendium of stories exploring the Circuit Breaker arc. Osgood has pulled together top-secret accounts from UNIT’s records of the Doctor’s adventures to help the Fugitive Doctor complete the mission.

This Blu-ray includes 10 beloved stories from Doctor Who and also includes: An interview with the Fugitive Doctor, Jo Martin, and bonus booklet - both exclusive to this Blu-ray release.

Amazon | HMV | Rarewaves


#11: The Kaleidoscope

Novel | Penguin Books

Circuit Breaker - The Kaleidoscope

The Doctor takes a trip into her past to uncover memories that have been lost to her for decades. As she sets the coordinates to Jamaica, her past starts to unravel.

Get The Kaleidoscope, written by Jo Martin, in hardback or ebook from BBC Books.


#12: Full Circuit

Audio Drama | Big Finish Productions

Circuit Breaker - Full Circuit

The Doctor, Osgood and Andrew are joined by Kate Lethbridge-Stewart. A final mysterious object is manifesting, this one at the pinnacle of UNIT Tower itself.

A Time Bomb! Which threatens a dark future for all of the Doctor's incarnations.

Only this Doctor can save herself - and her other selves - from this intricately woven scheme.

Get Full Circuit on CD or digital download from Big Finish Productions.


#13: Short Circuits

Audio Drama | Big Finish Productions

Circuit Breaker - Short Circuits

Wherever the Doctor has gone, and whatever challenges have lain ahead of her, she has always made new friends and enemies along the way. And as the final pieces of a complex scheme fall into place, this has never been truer.

But all of those friends and enemies have stories have their own...

Two Circuit Breaker audio short stories including: Battleships by Alex Hewitt and Get Rich or Die Trying by Alex Hewitt, from a story by Natasha Siegel.

Get Short Circuit on digital download from Big Finish Productions.

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