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The Excelis Saga, also known as The Excelis Trilogy, was a miniseries of four audio dramas produced by Big Finish Productions, released from 11 February to 1 July 2002.

The Saga featured the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Doctors and Bernice Summerfield, and chronicled the events surrounding Grayvorn and the Relic in the city of Excelis on the planet Artaris. The main saga comprises of Excelis Dawns, Excelis Rising and Excelis Decays, while The Plague Herds of Excelis acted as an epilogue, tying up 'loose ends' from the main trilogy.

Each of the four audio dramas occurred in a different time period. None of the Doctors were accompanied by companions. However, Iris Wildthyme (portrayed by Katy Manning) did feature in the first and last audio dramas.

David Darlington's score for the saga was released on CD as Music from the Excelis Audio Adventures in December 2002.

Cast

Featuring

Stories

#	Title	Author	Featuring	Released
1	Excelis Dawns	Paul Magrs	Fifth Doctor, Iris Wildthyme, Grayvorn, Mother Superior	11 February 2002
2	Excelis Rising	David A. McIntee	Sixth Doctor, Maupassant, Mother Superior	18 April 2002
3	Excelis Decays	Craig Hinton	Seventh Doctor, Vaughan Sutton, Mother Superior	1 July 2002
4	The Plague Herds of Excelis	Stephen Cole	Bernice Summerfield, Iris Wildthyme, Mother Superior	1 July 2002

Notes

On 24 February 2023 Big Finish announced they had re-released the entire Excelis Saga, exclusively as a digital download called Excelis Collected.^[1]

Production

#	Title	Recorded on	Recorded at
1	Excelis Dawns	21 November 2001	The Moat Studios, London
2	Excelis Rising	14 November 2001
3	Excelis Decays	18 March 2002
4	The Plague Herds of Excelis	16 November 2001

Cover gallery

Footnotes

↑ https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/return-to-the-city-of-excelis

External links

Official Excelis page at bigfinish.com

Classic Series - Special Releases

Excelis Saga

Excelis Dawns • Excelis Rising • Excelis Decays • The Plague Herds of Excelis

Bonus Releases

Shada • The Four Doctors • The Five Companions

DWM Free Gifts

The Veiled Leopard

Classic Doctors,
New Monsters

Volume One	Fallen Angels • Judoon in Chains • Harvest of the Sycorax • The Sontaran Ordeal

Volume Two	Night of the Vashta Nerada • Empire of the Racnoss • The Carrionite Curse • Day of the Vashta Nerada

The Stuff of Nightmares	The House That Hoxx Built • The Tivolian Who Knew Too Much • Together in Eclectic Dreams • If I Should Die Before I Wake

Broken Memories	Invasion of the Body Stealers • The Queen of Clocks • The Silent Priest • The Silent City

Faithful Friends	The Krillitane Feint • The Dying Breed • The Krillitane Relic • Five Hundred Ways to Leave Your Lover

Other releases

Single releases	The Light at the End

The Comic Strip Adaptations: Volume One	Doctor Who and the Iron Legion • Doctor Who and the Star Beast

The Legacy of Time	Prequel to The Legacy of Time • Lies in Ruins • The Split Infinitive • The Sacrifice of Jo Grant • Relative Time • The Avenues of Possibility • Collision Course

Peladon	The Ordeal of Peladon • The Poison of Peladon • The Death of Peladon • The Truth of Peladon

Sontarans vs Rutans	The Battle of Giant's Causeway • The Children of the Future • Born to Die • In Name Only

Big Finish Doctor Who series and spin-offs

Classic Series

Original

Main Range (Bonus Releases • Subscriber Short Trips • Short Trips Rarities) • The Companion Chronicles • The Early Adventures • The Lost Stories • Short Trips

Classic
Adventures

First Doctor • Second Doctor • Third Doctor • Fourth Doctor • Fifth Doctor • Sixth Doctor • Seventh Doctor

Bonuses	Interludes

Continuing
Adventures

Eighth Doctor (Further Adventures)
Dark Eyes • Doom Coalition • Ravenous • Stranded

The Stageplays • Novel Adaptations • Philip Hinchcliffe Presents • The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield • The Comic Strip Adaptations • Doctor Who Unbound

Special
Releases

Excelis Saga • Bonus Releases • The Light at the End • The Legacy of Time

New Series

Series that have never starred the Doctor are excluded from this list.

Time War	Gallifrey (Time War • War Room) • Eighth Doctor: Time War • War Doctor (War Doctor Begins)

"New Series" Adventures	First Doctor • Ninth Doctor • Tenth Doctor

Destiny of the Doctor • Classic Doctors, New Monsters • The Doctor Chronicles • The Diary of River Song • The Lives of Captain Jack • The War Master

The Worlds
of Doctor Who

Dalek Empire • Sarah Jane Smith • Gallifrey • UNIT • Cyberman • I, Davros • Jago & Litefoot • Counter-Measures (The New Counter-Measures) • The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield • UNIT: The New Series • The Diary of River Song • The Lives of Captain Jack • The War Master • Rose Tyler • Class: The Audio Adventures • Missy • The Paternoster Gang • The Robots • Brave New World • Zygon Century • Call Me Master • Planet Krynoid

Special
Releases

Ranges	The Churchill Years • Tales from New Earth • Jenny: The Doctor's Daughter • Lady Christina • Donna Noble: Kidnapped! • Susan's War • Master! • The Lone Centurion • The Year of Martha Jones • The Eighth of March • Rani Takes on the World

Anthologies	The Worlds of Doctor Who • Masterful

These anthologies were released to celebrate anniversaries.

These stories feature Doctor Who characters, but do not primarily star the Doctor.

Torchwood

Monthly Range • Torchwood One • The Story Continues • Torchwood Soho

Special Releases	The Sins of Captain John

The Worlds
of Big Finish

Bernice Summerfield (The Story So Far) • Iris Wildthyme • Vienna • Graceless • Charlotte Pollard

Special Releases	The Worlds of Big Finish

Other	New Worlds

These DWU characters have never been owned by the BBC.