A new series of adventures featuring the Fugitive Doctor spanning across multiple media is coming in 2026.

BBC Studios, in collaboration with BBC Audio, Big Finish Productions, Doctor Who Magazine, East Side Games, Penguin Random House and Titan Comics announce the upcoming launch of Circuit Breaker, a mixed-media Doctor Who story.

Spanning audio dramas, comics, mobile games, novels, and digital storytelling, Circuit Breaker offers an interconnected narrative that will unfold across multiple formats, inviting fans to experience the mystery from multiple angles. The overarching narrative is crafted by best-selling author Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson.

Strange alien artifacts are appearing inside UNIT’s Black Archive. Each object is unmistakably linked to a different regeneration of the Doctor, but they’ve been tampered with. A corrupted energy signature of unknown origin pulses through them, and their sudden arrival has torn tiny ruptures across time and space.

UNIT is out of options. To repair the damage and restore the timeline, the objects must be returned to the exact moments they were taken from. If not, the Doctor’s adventures – and the universe itself – could unravel.

To solve the mystery, UNIT calls upon a little-known incarnation of the Time Lord: the Fugitive Doctor, played by Jo Martin, who returns in a central role. But how does UNIT know about her? And is she the Doctor they expect?

“I’m thrilled to tell more stories about the Fugitive Doctor and cannot wait for fans to unlock all the twists and turns across the Circuit Breaker story,” Jo Martin commented. “This character has always meant so much to me, and it is a joy to continue building her legacy and dive back into the Whoniverse.”

Circuit Breaker, starring Jo Martin as the Fugitive Doctor, will debut in 2026.