Stories Audio Book The Early Adventures The Outliers 1 image Overview Characters How to Listen Reviews 3 Statistics Quotes Overview Released Thursday, October 12, 2017 Written by Simon Guerrier Cover Art by Tom Webster Publisher Big Finish Productions Narrated by Anneke Wills, Frazer Hines, Elliot Chapman, Alistair Petrie Directed by Lisa Bowerman Runtime 149 minutes Time Travel Future Tropes (Potential Spoilers!) Mining Location (Potential Spoilers!) Space Synopsis The TARDIS takes the Doctor, Ben, Polly and Jamie to a flooded underground town on an alien world. The streets are empty. The houses are bare. Not a trace of life. The miners working here are vanishing. And it isn’t long before the time-travellers are suspected of being responsible for the disappearances. But even the authorities haven’t fully realised the scale of the problem. There’s something else on this world. Something dragging people away. And it won’t stop until it’s taken them all. Listen Listened Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Edit date completed Custom Date Release Date Archive (no date) Save Characters Second Doctor Polly Wright Ben Jackson Jamie McCrimmon Richard Tipple Show All Characters (5) How to listen to The Outliers: Big Finish Audio The Outliers Reviews Add Review Edit Review Sort: Default Date (Newest First) Date (Oldest First) Likes (High-Low) Likes (Low-High) Rating (High-Low) Rating (Low-High) Word count (High-Low) Word count (Low-High) Username (A-Z) Username (Z-A) Spoilers First Spoilers Last 3 reviews 11 June 2025 · 164 words Review by kevinwho Spoilers This review contains spoilers! I enjoyed this story, don't get me wrong, but it does have one plot point that is so absurd I have to comment. According to records, 20 people have gone missing over the course of a decade. But that's an error because the column isn't summing properly. Actually, people have been disappearing at a rate of one every two hours for a decade now. That's over 175,000 people. Seriously, there are people in charge complicit in hiding the real number, but they have no idea the number is so big. Are we supposed to believe so many people have gone missing and nobody has raised concerns about how many of their friends and loved ones have gone? 175K workers have vanished and the people making the work rotas haven't noticed so many people not showing up? While it's a cute idea, it relies entirely on treating people strictly as numbers and ignoring the fact that other people would notice the disappearances and act on their concerns. kevinwho View profile Like Liked 0 29 May 2024 · 32 words Review by Rock_Angel 1 Interesting this is the first story I think I’ve done a 180 on and don’t really like anymore feel it’s a tiny bit slow as a two parter it would have been perfect Rock_Angel View profile Like Liked 1 11 December 2024 · 45 words Review by Azurillkirby The problem I have with Simon Guerrier's work is that it often gets a bit too deep and abstract, and it loses me really quickly. I really struggle to follow. I enjoyed the first 3 parts, but the 4th was WAY too abstract for me. B. Azurillkirby View profile Like Liked 0 Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating50 members 3.58 / 5 Member Statistics Listened 92 Favourited 5 Reviewed 3 Saved 4 Skipped 0 Quotes Add Quote Submit a Quote