In addition to a small number of in-house BBC productions, a larger number of radio plays produced by Big Finish began to be broadcast on BBC Radio 7 from 2005, featuring the Eighth Doctor (again played by Paul McGann) with mainstay companions Charley Pollard and later Lucie Miller.
However, the series that began with Blood of the Daleks and concluded with Human Resources was specially commissioned by the BBC from Big Finish for broadcast prior to the CD release.
In May 2015, the first series of Fourth Doctor adventures from Big Finish Productions was broadcast featuring Tom Baker and Louise Jameson.
In 2012, BBC Radio 4 Extra began a series of Seventh Doctor dramas produced by Big Finish.
In 2016, BBC Radio 4 Extra began a series of Sixth Doctor dramas produced by Big Finish.