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{{Short description|2002 Doctor Who audio drama}}
{{for|the 1966 film|Chimes at Midnight}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Notability|date=November 2022}}
{{Infobox audio drama
|title=The Chimes of Midnight
|publisher=[[Big Finish Productions]]
|series=[[Doctor Who]]
|number=29
|featuring=[[Eighth Doctor]]<br />[[Charley Pollard]]
|cover= Chimes of Midnight.jpg
|writer=[[Robert Shearman]]
|director=[[Barnaby Edwards]]
|producer=[[Gary Russell]]<br />[[Jason Haigh-Ellery]]
|executive_producer=[[Jacqueline Rayner]]
|production_code=8G
|length=116 mins
|date=25 February 2002
|preceding="[[Invaders from Mars (audio drama)|Invaders from Mars]]"
|following="[[Seasons of Fear]]"
}}
'''''The Chimes of Midnight''''' is the twenty-ninth [[List of Doctor Who audio plays by Big Finish|audio drama]] of the British [[science fiction]] audio series ''[[Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures]]'' from [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Robert Shearman]] and directed by [[Barnaby Edwards]].

Initially released as a CD on 25 February 2002, this story was later broadcast on digital radio station [[BBC 7]] in four weekly parts, starting on 17 December 2005, and has been rebroadcast on the same channel beginning on 17 December 2006, and again on 26 and 27 September 2007.

==Plot==
{{Hook|date=January 2024}}
An [[Edwardian]] home, Christmas 1906. Or is it? The Doctor and Charley are caught in a mysterious house outside of time and when the grandfather clock strikes, someone will get murdered. Can the Doctor unmask the murderer? Or is something far more sinister at work?

==Cast==
*The [[Doctor (Doctor Who)|Doctor]] — [[Paul McGann]]
*[[Charley Pollard]] — [[India Fisher]]
*Edith — Louise Rolfe
*Shaughnessy — Lennox Greaves
*Mrs Baddeley — Sue Wallace
*Frederick — Robert Curbishley
*Mary — Juliet Warner

==In print==
A [[novelisation]] written by Shearman will be published 9 October 2025 in Hardcover and ebook formats.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/469652/doctor-who-the-chimes-of-midnight-by-shearman-robert/9781785949593|title=Doctor Who: The Chimes of Midnight|first=Robert|last=Shearman|via=www.penguin.co.uk}}</ref>

==Notes==
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* In the [[Whoniverse]] timeline, this story takes place between ''[[Invaders from Mars (Doctor Who audio)|Invaders from Mars]]'' and ''[[Living Legend (Doctor Who audio)|Living Legend]]''.
* This is [[Charley Pollard|Charley]]'s last chronological Doctor Who story to be broadcast on [[BBC Radio 7]], although [[India Fisher]] continues to play her on a vast number of [[List of Doctor Who audio plays by Big Finish|Big Finish commercial releases]]. The next chronological Doctor Who radio play to be broadcast by the BBC was ''[[Blood of the Daleks]]'' featuring the Eighth Doctor and new companion [[Lucie Miller]] (played by [[Sheridan Smith]]).
* The names of the characters Shaughnessy and Mrs Baddeley are derived from [[Alfred Shaughnessy]] and [[Angela Baddeley]], the script editor and the actress who played [[List of Upstairs, Downstairs characters#Mrs. Kate Bridges|Mrs Bridges]] in the famed British 70s drama series ''[[Upstairs, Downstairs (1971 TV series)|Upstairs, Downstairs]]'' which took place in an Edwardian townhouse. Other ''Upstairs, Downstairs'' influences includes Edith's similarity with the dimwitted scullery maid [[List of Upstairs, Downstairs characters#Ruby Finch|Ruby Finch]].

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080501180542/http://www.bigfinish.com/29-Doctor-Who-The-Chimes-of-Midnight Big Finish Productions - ''The Chimes of Midnight'']

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