Escape from Reality (audio anthology)

 was a full cast audio anthology released on December 2022 by Big Finish Productions. It was the eighth release in The War Master audio series and featured Derek Jacobi as the War Master.

Publisher's summary
Pursued by a squadron of Dalek assault ships, the Master's only hope is to abandon the space-time vortex and flee into an altogether different reality: a realm of fiction.

Confronted with creatures of myth and figures from folklore, the Master sees an opportunity to scavenge a universe of impossible artefacts and use them against his enemies.

But first, he must face off against a host of legendary monsters, literary heroes and embody fiction’s greatest consulting detective: Sherlock Holmes.

8.1 The Wrath of Medusa by Rochana Patel

Crashing into a universe of fiction, the Master finds himself lost in a world of Greek mythology… with a Dalek assault squad close behind.

8.2 The Shadow Master by Lizzie Hopley

As the Master plunders inconceivable artefacts from an impossible universe, he encounters a figure that may prove his greatest threat: his own Shadow.

8.3 The Adventure of the Deceased Doctor by Alfie Shaw

When Dr John Watson is informed of his own murder, only the world’s greatest consulting detective can assist. He just happens to come from a different world.

8.4 The Master of Dorian Gray by David Llewellyn

Seeking the power of immortality, the Master works himself into the life of Dorian Gray. But can he change how the story ends?

Featured cast

 * Derek Jacobi