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When the evil Time Lord known as the Nine comes across a rare and valuable item floating in the space-time vortex, his acquisitive nature means he can't resist the urge to complete the set.

Soon a wicked scheme is underway. Only the Doctor's friends – past, present and future – will be able to stop him.

But without the Doctor around will even the combined skills of Liv, Helen, River Song, Bliss and Charley be enough to save the day?

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]

Cover Art - Tom Webster
Script Editor & Director - Ken Bentley
Executive Producer - Jason Haigh-Ellery and Nicholas Briggs
Music - Jamie Robertson
Producer - David Richardson
Sound Design - Benji Clifford
Writer - John Dorney

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor told River Song about the Nine, "as in the One and the Two, etc".
The Nine steals Romana from a time when she is President of Gallifrey, Jamie from a point some time after he travelled with the Doctor, and Adric from a point mid-way through his travels with the Doctor.
When the Nine says he's bringing Charley some company, she asks if it is C'rizz, but the Nine states that he intends to leave that maniac alone for a while.
The Nine expresses distaste for River identifying a penguin as a companion, with River arguing that the penguin was perfectly valid from a certain perspective.
The Nine steals River Song's vortex manipulator.
Before the Time War disrupted history, Bliss studied robotics and computer science rather than temporal mechanics.
When the Nine tells Charley he wants the complete set of the Doctor's companions, he says "Gotta Catch 'Em All", a reference to the slogan for the Pokémon series.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Nine constantly moving Charley between corridors eight and six is a reference to her having traveled with the Sixth and Eighth Doctors.
River's remark that the penguin companion was perfectly valid was a metafictional nod to the fact that Frobisher was a comic companion who has made appearances in a novel and a couple of audios that are not directly related to other companions' experiences.
Leela, Jo and Charley last appeared together retrospectively in The Light at the End, although in Light only Leela and Charley met and this time around none of them were aware of each other.
Despite not interacting in this story, Leela and River Song shared an adventure in The Eighth of March, a box set which celebrated International Women's Day.
This episode marks the first appearance of Bliss outside of the Time War.
Ajjaz Awad makes her debut as Katarina in this story, when she "talks" to the Nine after he tries to read her mind due to the artron energy she absorbed in the TARDIS left her mind partially active even after death.
This is a Doctor-lite story.
Margaret had not appeared in any other stories prior to this and the story never states which Doctor she traveled with. It was later confirmed in The Fourth Doctor Adventures that she was a companion of the Fourth Doctor.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Nine asks Romana how she escaped from E-Space. (TV: Warriors' Gate)
River recalls that the Doctor met Bliss during a "complex temporal event" (AUDIO: The Starship of Theseus)
River retrieves Katarina's dead body, as the Doctor didn't get a chance to do so. (TV: The Daleks' Master Plan) Katarina mentions visiting the Elysian Fields in the Afterlife. (PROSE: Katarina in the Underworld)
The Nine mockingly comments on 'the ghost of Lucie Miller' (AUDIO: To the Death ^[+]Loading...["To the Death (audio story)"])
Jamie claims having only met the Doctor once and that he barely knew him. (TV: The Highlanders) The Nine then asserts that this isn't 100% accurate. (TV: The War Games)
Bliss comes from a timeline before the Last Great Time War, where she is a computer science student. (AUDIO: State of Bliss)
Adam Mitchell also kidnapped and imprisoned several of the Doctor's companions, also while manipulated by a Time Lord antagonist of the Doctor’s. (COMIC: Prisoners of Time)
River says she's covered all of the basis for a escape team by choosing a "lockpicker, a time traveller expert, a mathematician, some warriors...".

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

Official Companion Piece page at bigfinish.com

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+|main character  = [[Liv Chenka|Liv]], [[Helen Sinclair|Helen]], [[River Song|River]], [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley]], [[Bliss]]
-|featuring       = [[Bliss (The Starship of Theseus)|Bliss]], [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley]], [[Eighth Doctor]], [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]], [[Jo Grant|Jo]], [[Leela]], [[Margaret]], [[Romana II]], [[Adric]], [[Katarina]]
+|featuring       = Jamie McCrimmon
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+|featuring2      = Jo Grant
+|featuring3      = Leela
+|featuring4      = Margaret Hopwood
+|featuring5      = Romana II
+|featuring6      = Adric
+|featuring7      = Katarina
+|featuring8      = Eighth Doctor
 |enemy           = [[The Nine]]
 |setting         = [[The Nine's prison]]
-|writer          = [[John Dorney]]
+|writer          = John Dorney
 |director        = [[Ken Bentley]]
 |music           = [[Jamie Robertson]]
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 |cover           = [[Tom Webster]]
 |publisher       = Big Finish Productions
-|release date    = [[9 April (releases)|9 April]] [[2019 (releases)|2019]]
+|release date    = 9 April 2019
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+|producer = [[David Richardson]]
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+}}{{audio stub}}{{You may|Companion Piece (novel)|n1=the Seventh Doctor novel}}
 '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the second story in the audio anthology ''[[Ravenous 3]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[John Dorney]] and featured [[Paul McGann]] as the [[Eighth Doctor]], [[Nicola Walker]] as [[Liv Chenka]], [[Hattie Morahan]] as [[Helen Sinclair]].
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 Soon a wicked scheme is underway. Only [[the Doctor]]'s [[companion|friends]] – past, present and future – will be able to stop him.
-But without the Doctor around will even the combined skills of [[Liv Chenka|Liv]], [[Helen Sinclair|Helen]], [[River Song]], [[Bliss (The Starship of Theseus)|Bliss]] and [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley]] be enough to save the day?
+But without the Doctor around will even the combined skills of [[Liv Chenka|Liv]], [[Helen Sinclair|Helen]], [[River Song]], [[Bliss]] and [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley]] be enough to save the day?
 == Plot ==
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 * [[River Song]] - [[Alex Kingston]]
 * [[Charlotte Pollard]] - [[India Fisher]]
-* [[Bliss (The Starship of Theseus)|Bliss]] - [[Rakhee Thakrar]]
+* [[Bliss]] - [[Rakhee Thakrar]]
 * [[The Nine]] - [[John Heffernan]]
 * [[Jamie McCrimmon]] - [[Frazer Hines]]
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 * [[Katarina]] - [[Ajjaz Awad]]
-== References ==
+== Crew ==
-* [[The Doctor]] told [[River Song]] about [[The Nine-Day Queen (short story)|the Nine]], "as in [[the One (Time Lord)|the One]] and [[the Two]], etc".
+* Cover Art - [[Tom Webster]]
+* Script Editor & Director - [[Ken Bentley]]
+* Executive Producer - [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]] and [[Nicholas Briggs]]
+* Music - [[Jamie Robertson]]
+* Producer - [[David Richardson]]
+* Sound Design - [[Benji Clifford]]
+* Writer - [[John Dorney]]
+== Worldbuilding ==
+* [[The Doctor]] told [[River Song]] about [[the Nine]], "as in [[the One (Time Lord)|the One]] and [[the Two]], etc".
 * The Nine steals Romana from a time when she is [[Lord President|President of Gallifrey]], Jamie from a point some time after he travelled with the Doctor, and Adric from a point mid-way through his travels with the Doctor.
 * When the Nine says he's bringing [[Charley Pollard|Charley]] some company, she asks if it is [[C'rizz]], but the Nine states that he intends to leave that maniac alone for a while.
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 * The Nine steals [[River Song's vortex manipulator]].
 * Before the Time War disrupted history, Bliss studied [[robotics]] and [[computer science]] rather than [[temporal mechanics]].
-* When the Nine tells Charley he wants the complete set of the Doctor's companions, he says "Gotta Catch Em' All", a reference to the slogan for the ''[[Pokémon]]'' series.
+* When the Nine tells Charley he wants the complete set of the Doctor's companions, he says "[[Gotta Catch 'Em All]]", a reference to the slogan for the ''[[Pokémon]]'' series.
 == Notes ==
-* The Nine constantly moving Charley between corridors eight and six is a reference to her having travelled with the [[Sixth Doctor|Sixth]] and [[Eighth Doctor]]s.
+* The Nine constantly moving Charley between corridors eight and six is a reference to her having traveled with the [[Sixth Doctor|Sixth]] and [[Eighth Doctor]]s.
-* River's remark that the [[Frobisher|penguin companion]] was perfectly valid was a metafctional nod to the fact that Frobisher was a comic companion who has made appearances in a novel and a couple of audios that are not directly related to other companions' experiences.
+* River's remark that the [[Frobisher|penguin companion]] was perfectly valid was a metafictional nod to the fact that Frobisher was a comic companion who has made appearances in a novel and a couple of audios that are not directly related to other companions' experiences.
 * Leela, Jo and Charley last appeared together retrospectively in ''[[The Light at the End (audio story)|The Light at the End]]'', although in ''Light'' only Leela and Charley met and this time around none of them were aware of each other.
 * Despite not interacting in this story, [[Leela]] and [[River Song]] shared an adventure in ''[[The Eighth of March (audio anthology)|The Eighth of March]]'', a box set which celebrated International Women's Day.
-* This episode marks the first appearance of [[Bliss (The Starship of Theseus)|Bliss]] outside of the [[Time War]].
+* This episode marks the first appearance of [[Bliss]] outside of the [[Time War]].
 * [[Ajjaz Awad]] makes her debut as [[Katarina]] in this story, when she "talks" to the Nine after he tries to read her mind due to the artron energy she absorbed in the TARDIS left her mind partially active even after death.
 * This is a [[Doctor-lite]] story.
-* Margaret had not appeared in any other stories prior to this and the story never states which Doctor she travelled with. However, the corridor she is in would suggest the Fourth Doctor. It was not until the release of ''[[The Ravencliff Witch (audio story)|The Ravencliff Witch]]'' that it was confirmed she was a Fourth Doctor companion.
+* Margaret had not appeared in any other stories prior to this and the story never states which Doctor she traveled with. It was later confirmed in ''[[The Fourth Doctor Adventures]]'' that she was a companion of the [[Fourth Doctor]].
 == Continuity ==
 * The Nine asks Romana how she escaped from [[E-Space]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Warriors' Gate (TV story)|Warriors' Gate]]'')
 * River recalls that the Doctor met Bliss during a "[[Last Great Time War|complex temporal event]]" ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Starship of Theseus (audio story)|The Starship of Theseus]]'')
-* River retrieves [[Katarina]]'s dead body, as the Doctor didn't get a chance to do so. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]''). Katarina mentions visiting the [[Elysian Fields]] in the [[Afterlife]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Katarina in the Underworld (short story)|Katarina in the Underworld]]'')
+* River retrieves [[Katarina]]'s dead body, as the Doctor didn't get a chance to do so. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]'') Katarina mentions visiting the [[Elysian Fields]] in the [[Afterlife]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Katarina in the Underworld (short story)|Katarina in the Underworld]]'')
+* The Nine mockingly comments on 'the ghost of [[Lucie Miller]]' ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|To the Death (audio story)}})
 * Jamie claims having only met the Doctor once and that he barely knew him. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Highlanders (TV story)|The Highlanders]]'') The Nine then asserts that this isn't 100% accurate. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'')
 * Bliss comes from a timeline before the [[Last Great Time War]], where she is a [[computer science]] student. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[State of Bliss (audio story)|State of Bliss]]'')
 * [[Adam Mitchell]] also kidnapped and imprisoned several of the Doctor's companions, also while manipulated by a Time Lord antagonist of the Doctor’s. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Prisoners of Time]]'')
+* River says she's covered all of the basis for a escape team by choosing a "[[Jo Grant|lockpicker]], a [[Romana II|time traveller expert]], a [[Adric|mathematician]], [[Leela|some]] [[Jamie McCrimmon|warriors]]...".
 == External links ==
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