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|series          =[[The Companion Chronicles]]

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|main character  =[[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|The Brig]], [[Polly Wright|Polly]], [[Thomas Brewster]]  

|featuring3      = Ben Jackson|Ben

|enemy            =[[Gerry Lenz]] / Garry Lendler, The [[Coffin-Loader]]s

|setting          ={{il|[[London]] and elsewhere in [[England]], [[2009]]|[[Cosmic Finance Central Five]]|[[London]], the [[1970s]]|An unnamed planet}}

|writer          =[[Marc Platt]]

|director        =[[Lisa Bowerman]]

|read by          ={{il|[[Anneke Wills]]|[[Nicholas Courtney]]|[[John Pickard]]}}

|music            =[[Richard Fox]] & [[Lauren Yason]]

|sound            =[[Richard Fox]] & [[Lauren Yason]]

|publisher        =Big Finish Productions

|release date    =[[April (releases)|April]] [[2009 (releases)|2009]] - [[February (releases)|February]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]]<br />[[August (releases)|August]] [[2011 (releases)|2011]]

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}}'''''The Three Companions''''' was a twelve-part mini-series. It was included on the main [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|''Doctor Who'' range]] as a bonus between [[April]] [[2009]] and [[February]] [[2010]]. Each episode was ten minutes long, making a two hour play in total. The entire story was collected in a compilation on ''[[The Companion Chronicles: The Specials]]'' CD box set.

[[Polly Wright]] has tracked down an old friend of the Doctor's... [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]], former Brigadier at [[Unified Intelligence Taskforce|UNIT]]. As they trade stories of their [[time travel]]ling in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]], it soon becomes clear that their pasts are intertwined, and linked to a current crisis on the planet [[Earth]]. And there's a third companion, watching them from a distance. A certain [[Thomas Brewster]]...

As the end of a world approaches, Polly, Ben and Jamie attempt to escape the [[Gathernaut]]. (Included on ''[[The Company of Friends]]'')

The Brigadier and the Third Doctor are fighting for survival on a model world that looks like Earth. Why are there facsimiles of Polly Wright here and who is the mysterious Garry Lendler? No one is more anxious to find out than Thomas Brewster...(Included on ''[[Blue Forgotten Planet]]'')

Cornered by the coffin loaders, the Doctor and the Brigadier make their last stand at World's End Junction. Meanwhile, the mysterious Thomas Brewster finally prepares to step out from the shadows... (Included on ''[[Castle of Fear]]'')

In a café, three strangers meet: Polly, the Brigadier and Thomas Brewster. They share one thing in common – they have all travelled in time and space with the Doctor. Now the Doctor isn't here, and the world is in terrible danger... (Included on ''[[The Eternal Summer]]'')

As Polly and the Brigadier become acquainted with Thomas Brewster, chaos erupts. UNIT troops are on the streets of London and the Hunter is on the prowl...(Included on ''[[Plague of the Daleks]]'')

With the coffin loader on the rampage in London, Polly, the Brigadier and Brewster meet an old acquaintance. Can he cure the planet's accelerated global warming? (Included on ''[[A Thousand Tiny Wings]]'')

As London floods, can Polly and Thomas Brewster save the Brigadier from the clutches of the Hunter? (Included on ''[[Survival of the Fittest]]'')

== References ==

* [[Jo Grant|Jo Jones]] mentioned in an Internet article that she worked with the [[Third Doctor]] and the Brigadier at [[Unified Intelligence Taskforce|UNIT]] during the [[1970s]]. She and her husband [[Clifford Jones]] are based in [[Brazil]] and keep in regular contact with the Brigadier.

* Florrie Cooper describes the Third Doctor as a "proper toff."

* Polly refers to the TARDIS' [[food machine]].

* Brewster mentions the croup.

* Due to the extreme flooding of London, the [[British government]] has relocated to [[Birmingham]].  

* Polly works in a government office.

* Polly regularly goes to the gym.

* This story contains [[Nicholas Courtney]]'s final performance as [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] before his death on [[22 February (people)|22 February]] [[2011 (people)|2011]].

* Brewster states that he misses "[[Nyssa|Her Royal Highness Princess Nyssa]]." ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Haunting of Thomas Brewster (audio story)|The Haunting of Thomas Brewster]]'')  

* Brewster tells Polly and the Brigadier that he first met the Doctor in [[1867]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Haunting of Thomas Brewster (audio story)|The Haunting of Thomas Brewster]]'')  

* Polly mentions the TARDIS' food machine. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'')

* The original release was a series of ten-minute episodes included on the back end of the [[Big Finish Productions]]' main monthly titles, starting with ''[[The Magic Mousetrap]]'' and ending with ''[[Survival of the Fittest]]''.

[[Category:Ben Jackson audio stories]]

[[Category:Thomas Brewster audio stories]]