The Companion Chronicles: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
|||
(333 intermediate revisions by 68 users not shown) | |||
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{real world}} | |||
{{ImageLink|The Companion Chronicles audio story}} | |||
{{Infobox Audio Series | |||
|image = Cc101 frostfire big.jpg | |||
|release count = 88 | |||
|story count = 100 | |||
|release year = 2007 | |||
|release year2 = present | |||
|first story = Frostfire (audio story) | |||
|exec prod = Nicholas Briggs | |||
|exec prod2 = Jason Haigh-Ellery | |||
|producer = Sharon Gosling | |||
|producer2 = Mark J Thompson | |||
|producer3 = David Richardson | |||
|producer4 = Ian Atkins (writer){{!}}Ian Atkins | |||
|producer5 = Dominic G Martin | |||
|script ed = Alan Barnes | |||
|script ed2 = Jacqueline Rayner | |||
|script ed3 = Justin Richards | |||
|script ed4 = John Dorney | |||
|music = [[Lawrence Oakley]], [[David Darlington]], [[Nigel Fairs]], [[Richard Fox]], [[Lauren Yason]], [[Jamie Robertson]], [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]], [[Toby Hrycek-Robinson]], [[Daniel Brett]], [[Alistair Lock]], [[Andrew Edwards]], [[Simon Robinson]], [[Jim Hamilton]], [[Benji Clifford]], [[Robert Harvey]], [[David Roocroft]], [[Steve Foxon]] | |||
|sound = Lawrence Oakley, [[Robert Dunlop]], David Darlington, Nigel Fairs, Richard Fox, Lauren Yason, [[Rob Thrush]], Howard Carter, Toby Hrycek-Robinson, Daniel Brett, Alistair Lock, [[Thea Cochrane]], Andrew Edwards, Simon Robinson, [[Neil Gardner]], Jim Hamilton, [[James Callaghan (composer)|James Callaghan]], Robert Harvey, [[Russell McGee]], David Roocroft, Steve Foxon | |||
|cover = [[Simon Holub]], [[Alex Mallinson]], [[Lee Johnson]], [[Iain Robertson]], [[Anthony Lamb]], Marcus at Amazing15, [[Mark Plastow]], [[Grant Kempster]], [[Damien May]], [[Tom Webster]], [[Lee Binding]], [[Oliver Chenery]] | |||
|first release = [[February (releases)|February]] [[2007 (releases)|2007]] | |||
|end release = [[26 April (releases)|26 April]] [[2022 (releases)|2022]] | |||
|publisher = [[Big Finish Productions]] | |||
|trailer = Doctor Who - The Companion Chronicles - The Second Doctor Volume 2 | |||
|soundcloudtrailer = https://soundcloud.com/big-finish/doctor-who-the-companion-chronicles-the-beginning-trailer | |||
|soundcloudtrailer2 = https://soundcloud.com/big-finish/doctor-who-the-companion-chronicles-the-prisoner-of-peladon | |||
}}{{title dab away}} | |||
'''''The Companion Chronicles''''' was a [[Big Finish Productions]] audio series that ran for eighty monthly releases across eight series between [[2007 (releases)|2007]] and [[2014 (releases)|2014]], before relaunching with yearly box set releases thereafter. | |||
The general, but not invariable, ambition of the series was to tell stories using the [[companion]]s of the first four Doctors. The typical release in the range used just two actors, a musical score, some [[foley]] work and [[sound design]] — meaning that the end result sat somewhere between an audio book and a full-cast drama. | |||
=== | == Overview == | ||
=== Concept === | |||
Originally, the concept was to produce talking books featuring the companions of the first four incarnations of the Doctor who were unavailable to take part in [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|the main range]]. While the range has remained primarily focused on companions who appeared earlier than [[Season 19 (Doctor Who 1963)|Season 19]], most releases in the range have not been true "talking books". In fact, all but one release — ''[[The Stealers from Saiph (audio story)|The Stealers from Saiph]]'' — use the convention of at least two characters in conversation with each other. Most have a [[sound design]] worthy of any title in the main range. On rare occasions, the range has moved away from its titular concern and featured characters who are more commonly considered "prominent guest stars" or "allies", such as [[Peladon of Peladon|King Peladon]] and [[Henry Gordon Jago]]. | |||
=== Format and structure === | |||
In general, ''Companion Chronicles'' have a fairly standard format. They are usually two, approximately 25 minute long episodes divided by a single [[cliffhanger]], barring special double length releases released regularly each season from the fourth onwards. The part of the story that has to do with the Doctor is almost always told in flashback, as a recollection of a past adventure. Thus, the central character of the piece (i.e., the companion) is often depicted in two time periods. That is, there is typically an "older" version of the companion who recounts the adventure with the Doctor, and the "younger" version of the character, who is as he or she appeared on television. | |||
''[[ | The actor not portraying a companion is used in a variety of ways to allow stories in the range to have markedly different structures. Some common narrative uses for the second actor are: | ||
* to voice a character trying to get the companion to recollect his or her past, as in ''[[Ringpullworld (audio story)|Ringpullworld]]'' | |||
* to voice a friend of the companion, as in ''[[The Transit of Venus (audio story)|The Transit of Venus]]'' | |||
* to voice the principal adversary, as with ''[[Fear of the Daleks (audio story)|Fear of the Daleks]]'' | |||
== | Sometimes, the interrogator is ''revealed'' to be the principal adversary, as in ''[[Mother Russia (audio story)|Mother Russia]]'' or ''[[Frostfire (audio story)|Frostfire]]''; sometimes the listener knows the interrogator is the adversary right from the start, as with ''[[The Catalyst (audio story)|The Catalyst]]''. In any case, the relationship between ex-companion and interrogator is usually a pretty obvious "framing device", which takes up a clear minority of the runtime of the release. However, in a few rare cases, as with the ''[[Home Truths (audio story)|Home Truths]]'' trilogy, the interrogator is a co-star equal with the featured character and is given a a proper story with the "present day" companion woven into the companion's recollections of [[the Doctor's TARDIS]]. | ||
| | [[File:Dwm companion chronicles.jpg|thumb|Preview art for the first series by [[Ben Willsher]] ([[DWM 381]])]] | ||
! | The 2011 release ''[[Tales from the Vault (audio story)|Tales from the Vault]]'' was a departure from the "enhanced audiobook" format, being effectively a straight audio drama (albeit still one with a limited cast) that incorporated interviews with various companions. | ||
=== Continuity === | |||
A few of the plays tie in to others in the Big Finish Doctor Who range. ''[[The Darkening Eye (audio story)|The Darkening Eye]]'' is a prequel to ''[[The Death Collectors (audio story)|The Death Collectors]]''; ''[[Night's Black Agents (audio story)|Night's Black Agents]]'' explicitly occurs between ''[[City of Spires (audio story)|City of Spires]]'' and ''[[The Wreck of the Titan (audio story)|The Wreck of the Titan]]''; the [[Leela]] trilogy which begins with ''[[The Catalyst (audio story)|The Catalyst]]'' relies to some degree on the listener's knowledge of the [[Gallifrey (audio series)|Gallifrey audio series]]; and ''[[The Prisoner's Dilemma (audio story)|The Prisoner's Dilemma]]'' occupies a complicated narrative space, tying together the [[Virgin New Adventures]] with Big Finish's ''Key 2 Time'' series. | |||
All the plays add to the their main characters' televised continuities. Some detail an adventure that adds little to their lives; for instance, ''[[Mother Russia (audio story)|Mother Russia]]'' gives [[Steven Taylor|Steven]] an adventure in [[Napoleonic Wars|Napoleonic]] [[Russia]] between the main narrative of ''[[The Gunfighters (TV story)|The Gunfighters]]'' and its conclusory scenes, which lead into ''[[The Savages (TV story)|The Savages]]''. Even the interchange with his interrogator is set within the main story. Thus, Steven gains merely another adventure that fits neatly in his established, televised timeline. | |||
By contrast, other plays expand greatly on the known fates of their principal character/s. For instance, the trilogy of stories featuring [[Sara Kingdom]], the main narratives of which take place between episodes of ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]'', reveals that she had other adventures with Steven and the Doctor besides the quest for [[taranium]] which was the central plot of her televised adventure. More significantly, the trilogy also gives Sara, or at least her [[consciousness]], a thousand-year-lifespan, a way to have met a different incarnation of the Doctor and thus a second chance to travel in the TARDIS. | |||
Most plays settle somewhere between these two extremes. Thanks in part to the typical interrogative "framing device", most of the plays reveal something about the lives of the Doctor's companions after leaving him. In [[Frostfire|the very first Companion Chronicle]], for instance, [[Vicki Pallister|Vicki]] is shown to have remained with [[Troilus]] and to have had a large family. Equally, the series shows that [[Susan Foreman]] stayed with [[David Campbell]], [[Jo Grant|Jo Jones]] continued her globe-trotting life with Dr. [[Clifford Jones]] and [[Victoria Waterfield|Victoria]] settled down to raise a family. | |||
== Stories == | |||
=== Series 1 === | |||
{{Main|Series 1 (CC)}} | |||
{| {{prettytable}} | |||
!# || Title || Author || Performer || Doctor || Featuring || Released | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1 | |1.1 | ||
|[[Frostfire]] | |''[[Frostfire (audio story)|Frostfire]]'' | ||
|[[Marc Platt]] | |[[Marc Platt]] | ||
|[[First Doctor]] | |[[Maureen O'Brien]] | ||
| | |[[First Doctor|1st]] | ||
| | |[[Vicki Pallister|Vicki]], [[Steven Taylor|Steven]] | ||
|rowspan=4|[[February (releases)|February]] [[2007 (releases)|2007]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|2 | |1.2 | ||
|[[Fear of the Daleks]] | |''[[Fear of the Daleks (audio story)|Fear of the Daleks]]'' | ||
|[[Patrick Chapman]] | |[[Patrick Chapman]] | ||
|[[Second Doctor]] | |[[Wendy Padbury]] | ||
| | |[[Second Doctor|2nd]] | ||
|[[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]], [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]], [[Dalek]]s | |||
|- | |- | ||
|3 | |1.3 | ||
|[[The Blue Tooth]] | |''[[The Blue Tooth (audio story)|The Blue Tooth]]'' | ||
|[[Nigel Fairs]] | |[[Nigel Fairs]] | ||
|[[Third Doctor]] | |[[Caroline John]] | ||
| | |[[Third Doctor|3rd]] | ||
|[[Liz Shaw|Liz]], [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brig]], [[Mike Yates|Yates]], [[John Benton|Benton]], [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|4 | |1.4 | ||
|[[The Beautiful People]] | |''[[The Beautiful People (audio story)|The Beautiful People]]'' | ||
|[[Jonathan Morris]] | |[[Jonathan Morris]] | ||
|[[Fourth Doctor]] | |[[Lalla Ward]] | ||
| | |[[Fourth Doctor|4th]] | ||
| | |[[Romana II]], [[K9 Mark II|K9]] | ||
|} | |||
=== Series 2 === | |||
{{Main|Series 2 (CC)}} | |||
{| {{prettytable}} | |||
!# || Title || Author || Performer || Doctor || Featuring || Released | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |2.1 | ||
|[[Mother Russia]] | |''[[Mother Russia (audio story)|Mother Russia]]'' | ||
|[[Marc Platt]] | |[[Marc Platt]] | ||
|[[First Doctor]] | |[[Peter Purves]] | ||
| | |[[First Doctor|1st]] | ||
|October 2007 | |[[Steven Taylor|Steven]], [[Dodo Chaplet|Dodo]] | ||
|[[October (releases)|October]] [[2007 (releases)|2007]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |2.2 | ||
|[[Helicon Prime]] | |''[[Helicon Prime (audio story)|Helicon Prime]]'' | ||
|[[Jake Elliott]] | |[[Jake Elliott]] | ||
|[[Second Doctor]] | |[[Frazer Hines]] | ||
| | |[[Second Doctor|2nd]] | ||
|[[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]] | |||
|November 2007 | |[[November (releases)|November]] 2007 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |2.3 | ||
|[[Old Soldiers]] | |''[[Old Soldiers (CC audio story)|Old Soldiers]]'' | ||
|[[James Swallow]] | |[[James Swallow]] | ||
|[[Third Doctor]] | |[[Nicholas Courtney]] | ||
| | |[[Third Doctor|3rd]] | ||
|[[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|The Brig]] | |||
|[[7 December (releases)|7 December]] 2007 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |2.4 | ||
|[[The Catalyst]] | |''[[The Catalyst (audio story)|The Catalyst]]'' | ||
|[[Nigel Fairs]] | |[[Nigel Fairs]] | ||
|[[Fourth Doctor]] | |[[Louise Jameson]] | ||
| | |[[Fourth Doctor|4th]] | ||
|[[Leela]] | |||
|January [[2008]] | |[[January (releases)|January]] [[2008 (releases)|2008]] | ||
|} | |||
=== Series 3 === | |||
{{Main|Series 3 (CC)}} | |||
{| {{prettytable}} | |||
!# || Title || Author || Performer || Doctor || Featuring || Released | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |3.1 | ||
|[[Here There Be Monsters]] | |''[[Here There Be Monsters (audio story)|Here There Be Monsters]]'' | ||
|[[Andy Lane]] | |[[Andy Lane]] | ||
|[[First Doctor]] | |[[Carole Ann Ford]] | ||
| | |[[First Doctor|1st]] | ||
|July 2008 | |[[Susan Foreman|Susan]], [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]], [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]] | ||
|[[July (releases)|July]] [[2008 (releases)|2008]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |3.2 | ||
|[[The Great Space Elevator]] | |''[[The Great Space Elevator (audio story)|The Great Space Elevator]]'' | ||
|[[Jonathan Morris]] | |[[Jonathan Morris]] | ||
|[[Second Doctor]] | |[[Deborah Watling]] | ||
| | |[[Second Doctor|2nd]] | ||
| | |[[Victoria Waterfield|Victoria]], [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]] | ||
|[[August (releases)|August]] 2008 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |3.3 | ||
|[[The Doll of Death]] | |''[[The Doll of Death (audio story)|The Doll of Death]]'' | ||
|[[Marc Platt]] | |[[Marc Platt]] | ||
|[[Third Doctor]] | |[[Katy Manning]] | ||
| | |[[Third Doctor|3rd]] | ||
|[[Jo Grant|Jo]], [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brig]], [[Mike Yates|Yates]], [[John Benton|Benton]] | |||
|September 2008 | |[[September (releases)|September]] 2008 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |3.4 | ||
|[[Empathy Games (audio story)|Empathy Games]] | |''[[Empathy Games (audio story)|Empathy Games]]'' | ||
|[[Nigel Fairs]] | |[[Nigel Fairs]] | ||
|[[Fourth Doctor ]] | |[[Louise Jameson]] | ||
| | |[[Fourth Doctor|4th]] | ||
|[[Leela]] | |||
|October 2008 | |[[October (releases)|October]] 2008 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |3.5 | ||
|[[Home Truths]] | |''[[Home Truths (audio story)|Home Truths]]'' | ||
|[[Simon Guerrier]] | |[[Simon Guerrier]] | ||
|[[ | |[[Jean Marsh]] | ||
| | |1st | ||
|November 2008 | |[[Sara Kingdom|Sara]], [[Steven Taylor|Steven]], [[Robert (Home Truths)|Robert]] | ||
|[[November (releases)|November]] 2008 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |3.6 | ||
|[[The Darkening Eye]] | |''[[The Darkening Eye (audio story)|The Darkening Eye]]'' | ||
|[[Stewart Sheargold]] | |[[Stewart Sheargold]] | ||
|[[Fifth Doctor]] | |[[Sarah Sutton]] | ||
| | |[[Fifth Doctor|5th]] | ||
|December 2008 | |[[Nyssa]], [[Adric]], [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]], [[Dar Trader]]s | ||
|[[December (releases)|December]] 2008 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |3.7 | ||
|[[The Transit of Venus]] | |''[[The Transit of Venus (audio story)|The Transit of Venus]]'' | ||
|[[Jacqueline Rayner]] | |[[Jacqueline Rayner]] | ||
|[[ | |[[William Russell]] | ||
| | |1st | ||
| | |Ian, Barbara, Susan | ||
|[[January (releases)|January]] [[2009 (releases)|2009]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |3.8 | ||
|[[The Prisoner's Dilemma]] | |''[[The Prisoner's Dilemma (audio story)|The Prisoner's Dilemma]]'' | ||
|[[ | |Simon Guerrier | ||
|[[Seventh Doctor]] | |[[Sophie Aldred]], [[Laura Doddington]] | ||
| | |[[Seventh Doctor|7th]] | ||
| | |[[Ace]], [[Zara (The Judgement of Isskar)|Zara]] | ||
|[[February (releases)|February]] 2009 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |3.9 | ||
|[[Resistance]] | |''[[Resistance (audio story)|Resistance]]'' | ||
|[[Steve Lyons]] | |[[Steve Lyons]] | ||
|[[ | |[[Anneke Wills]] | ||
| | |2nd | ||
|[[Polly Wright|Polly]], [[Ben Jackson|Ben]], Jamie | |||
|[[March (releases)|March]] 2009 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |3.10 | ||
|[[The Magician's Oath]] | |''[[The Magician's Oath (audio story)|The Magician's Oath]]'' | ||
|[[Scott Handcock]] | |[[Scott Handcock]] | ||
|[[ | |[[Richard Franklin]] | ||
| | |3rd | ||
|Yates, Jo, the Brig, Benton | |||
|[[April (releases)|April]] 2009 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |3.11 | ||
|[[The | |''[[The Mahogany Murderers (audio story)|The Mahogany Murderers]]'' | ||
| | |Andy Lane | ||
|[[ | |[[Christopher Benjamin]], [[Trevor Baxter]] | ||
| | |None | ||
|[[Henry Gordon Jago|Jago]] & [[George Litefoot|Litefoot]], [[Heinrich Tulp|Dr Tulp]] | |||
|[[May (releases)|May]] 2009 | |||
| | |||
| | |||
|[[ | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |3.12 | ||
|[[The Stealers from Saiph]] | |''[[The Stealers from Saiph (audio story)|The Stealers from Saiph]]'' | ||
|[[Nigel Robinson]] | |[[Nigel Robinson]] | ||
|[[ | |[[Mary Tamm]] | ||
| | |4th | ||
|[[Romana I]] | |||
|June 2009 | |[[June (releases)|June]] 2009 | ||
|} | |||
=== Series 4 === | |||
{{Main|Series 4 (CC)}} | |||
{| {{prettytable}} | |||
!# || Title || Author || Performer || Doctor || Featuring || Released | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |4.1 | ||
|[[The Drowned World]] | |''[[The Drowned World (audio story)|The Drowned World]]'' | ||
|[[Simon Guerrier]] | |[[Simon Guerrier]] | ||
|[[First Doctor]] | |[[Jean Marsh]] | ||
| | |[[First Doctor|1st]] | ||
|July 2009 | |[[Sara Kingdom|Sara]], [[Steven Taylor|Steven]], [[Robert (Home Truths)|Robert]] | ||
|[[July (releases)|July]] [[2009 (releases)|2009]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |4.2 | ||
|[[The Glorious Revolution]] | |''[[The Glorious Revolution (audio story)|The Glorious Revolution]]'' | ||
|[[Jonathan Morris]] | |[[Jonathan Morris]] | ||
|[[Second Doctor]] | |[[Frazer Hines]] | ||
| | |[[Second Doctor|2nd]] | ||
|[[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]], [[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]] | |||
|[[August (releases)|August]] 2009 | |||
|August 2009 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |4.3 | ||
|[[The | |''[[The Prisoner of Peladon (audio story)|The Prisoner of Peladon]]'' | ||
|[[Cavan Scott]] & [[Mark Wright]] | |||
|[[ | |[[David Troughton]] | ||
|[[Third Doctor]] | |[[Third Doctor|3rd]] | ||
| | |[[Peladon of Peladon|King Peladon]], [[Alpha Centauri]], [[Ice Warrior]]s | ||
|[[September (releases)|September]] 2009 | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |4.4 | ||
|[[The | |''[[The Pyralis Effect (audio story)|The Pyralis Effect]]'' | ||
|[[George Mann]] | |[[George Mann]] | ||
|[[Fourth Doctor]] | |[[Lalla Ward]] | ||
| | |[[Fourth Doctor|4th]] | ||
|[[Romana II]] | |||
|October 2009 | |[[October (releases)|October]] 2009 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |4.5 | ||
|[[Ringpullworld]] | |''[[Ringpullworld (audio story)|Ringpullworld]]'' | ||
|[[Paul Magrs]] | |[[Paul Magrs]] | ||
|[[Fifth Doctor]] | |[[Mark Strickson]] | ||
| | |[[Fifth Doctor|5th]] | ||
|[[Vislor Turlough|Turlough]], [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]], [[Huxley (Ringpullworld)|Huxley]] | |||
|[[12 November (releases)|12 November]] 2009 | |||
|November 2009 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |4.6 | ||
|[[Bernice Summerfield and the Criminal Code | |''[[Bernice Summerfield and the Criminal Code (audio story)|Bernice Summerfield and the Criminal Code]]'' | ||
|[[Eddie Robson]] | |[[Eddie Robson]] | ||
|[[Seventh Doctor]] | |[[Lisa Bowerman]] | ||
| | |[[Seventh Doctor|7th]] | ||
|[[Bernice Summerfield|Bernice]] | |||
|January [[2010]] | |[[31 January (releases)|31 January]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |4.7 | ||
|[[The Suffering]] | |''[[The Suffering (audio story)|The Suffering]]'' | ||
|[[Jacqueline Rayner]] | |[[Jacqueline Rayner]] | ||
|[[First Doctor]] | |[[Peter Purves]] & [[Maureen O'Brien]] | ||
| | |1st | ||
|[[Vicki Pallister|Vicki]], Steven | |||
|[[February (releases)|February]] 2010 | |||
|February | |- | ||
|4.8 | |||
|''[[The Emperor of Eternity (audio story)|The Emperor of Eternity]]'' | |||
|[[Nigel Robinson]] | |||
|[[Deborah Watling]] & Frazer Hines | |||
|2nd | |||
|Jamie, [[Victoria Waterfield|Victoria]] | |||
|[[March (releases)|March]] 2010 | |||
|- | |||
|4.9 | |||
|''[[Shadow of the Past (audio story)|Shadow of the Past]]'' | |||
|Simon Guerrier | |||
|[[Caroline John]] | |||
|3rd | |||
|[[Liz Shaw|Liz]], [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brig]], [[Mike Yates|Yates]], [[Mim|the Mim]] | |||
|[[30 April (releases)|30 April]] 2010 | |||
|- | |||
|4.10 | |||
|''[[The Time Vampire (audio story)|The Time Vampire]]'' | |||
|[[Nigel Fairs]] | |||
|[[Louise Jameson]] & [[John Leeson]] | |||
|4th | |||
|[[Leela]], [[K9 Mark I|K9]] | |||
|[[31 May (releases)|31 May]] 2010 | |||
|- | |||
|4.11 | |||
|''[[Night's Black Agents (audio story)|Night's Black Agents]]'' | |||
|[[Marty Ross]] | |||
|Frazer Hines | |||
|[[Sixth Doctor|6th]] | |||
|[[Jamie McCrimmon (Land of Fiction)|"Jamie"]] | |||
|May 2010 | |||
|- | |||
|4.12 | |||
|''[[Solitaire (audio story)|Solitaire]]'' | |||
|[[John Dorney]] | |||
|[[India Fisher]] | |||
|[[Eighth Doctor|8th]] | |||
|[[Charlotte Pollard|Charley]], [[Celestial Toymaker]] | |||
|[[June (releases)|June]] 2010 | |||
|} | |||
=== Series 5 === | |||
{{Main|Series 5 (CC)}} | |||
{| {{prettytable}} | |||
!# || Title || Author || Performer || Doctor || Featuring || Released | |||
|- | |||
|5.1 | |||
|''[[The Guardian of the Solar System (audio story)|The Guardian of the Solar System]]'' | |||
|[[Simon Guerrier]] | |||
|[[Jean Marsh]] | |||
|[[First Doctor|1st]] | |||
|[[Sara Kingdom|Sara]], [[Steven Taylor|Steven]], [[Bret Vyon|Bret]], [[Mavic Chen]], [[Robert (Home Truths)|Robert]] | |||
|[[July (releases)|July]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]] | |||
|- | |||
|5.2 | |||
|''[[Echoes of Grey (audio story)|Echoes of Grey]]'' | |||
|[[John Dorney]] | |||
|[[Wendy Padbury]] | |||
|[[Second Doctor|2nd]] | |||
|[[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]], [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]], [[The Company (Echoes of Grey)|The Company]] | |||
|[[August (releases)|August]] 2010 | |||
|- | |||
|5.3 | |||
|''[[Find and Replace (audio story)|Find and Replace]]'' | |||
|[[Paul Magrs]] | |||
|[[Katy Manning]] | |||
|[[Third Doctor|3rd]] | |||
|[[Jo Grant|Jo]], [[Iris Wildthyme]], [[Huxley (Ringpullworld)|Huxley]], [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brig]], [[John Benton|Benton]] | |||
|[[30 September (releases)|30 September]] 2010 | |||
|- | |||
|5.4 | |||
|''[[The Invasion of E-Space (audio story)|The Invasion of E-Space]]'' | |||
|[[Andrew Smith (writer)|Andrew Smith]] | |||
|[[Lalla Ward]] | |||
|[[Fourth Doctor|4th]] | |||
|[[Romana II]], [[Adric]] | |||
|[[31 October (releases)|31 October]] 2010 | |||
|- | |||
|5.5 | |||
|''[[A Town Called Fortune (audio story)|A Town Called Fortune]]'' | |||
|[[Paul Sutton]] | |||
|[[Maggie Stables]] | |||
|[[Sixth Doctor|6th]] | |||
|[[Evelyn Smythe|Evelyn]] | |||
|[[November (releases)|November]] 2010 | |||
|- | |||
|5.6 | |||
|''[[Quinnis (audio story)|Quinnis]]'' | |||
|[[Marc Platt]] | |||
|[[Carole Ann Ford]] | |||
|1st | |||
|[[Susan Foreman|Susan]] | |||
|[[23 December (releases)|23 December]] 2010 | |||
|- | |||
|5.7 | |||
|''[[Peri and the Piscon Paradox (audio story)|Peri and the Piscon Paradox]]'' | |||
|[[Nev Fountain]] | |||
|[[Nicola Bryant]], [[Colin Baker]] | |||
|[[Fifth Doctor|5th]], 6th | |||
|[[Peri Brown|Peri]] | |||
|[[January (releases)|January]] [[2011 (releases)|2011]] | |||
|- | |||
|5.8 | |||
|''[[The Perpetual Bond (audio story)|The Perpetual Bond]]'' | |||
|Simon Guerrier | |||
|Peter Purves, [[Tom Allen]] | |||
|1st | |||
|Steven, [[Oliver Harper|Oliver]] | |||
|[[February (releases)|February]] 2011 | |||
|- | |||
|5.9 | |||
|''[[The Forbidden Time (audio story)|The Forbidden Time]]'' | |||
|[[Andy Lane|David Lock]] | |||
|[[Anneke Wills]], [[Frazer Hines]] | |||
|2nd | |||
|[[Polly Wright|Polly]], [[Ben Jackson|Ben]], Jamie | |||
|[[March (releases)|March]] 2011 | |||
|- | |||
|5.10 | |||
|''[[The Sentinels of the New Dawn (audio story)|The Sentinels of the New Dawn]]'' | |||
|[[Paul Finch]] | |||
|[[Caroline John]] | |||
|3rd | |||
|[[Liz Shaw|Liz]] | |||
|[[April (releases)|April]] 2011 | |||
|- | |||
|5.11 | |||
|''[[Ferril's Folly (audio story)|Ferril's Folly]]'' | |||
|[[Peter Anghelides]] | |||
|[[Mary Tamm]] | |||
|4th | |||
|[[Romana I]] | |||
|[[May (releases)|May]] 2011 | |||
|- | |||
|5.12 | |||
|''[[The Cold Equations (audio story)|The Cold Equations]]'' | |||
|Simon Guerrier | |||
|Peter Purves, Tom Allen | |||
|1st | |||
|Steven, Oliver | |||
|[[June (releases)|June]] 2011 | |||
|} | |||
=== Series 6 === | |||
{{Main|Series 6 (CC)}} | |||
{| {{prettytable}} | |||
!# || Title || Author || Performer || Doctor || Featuring || Released | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |6.1 | ||
| | |''[[Tales from the Vault (audio story)|Tales from the Vault]]'' | ||
|[[Jonathan Morris]] | |[[Jonathan Morris]] | ||
|[[ | |[[Daphne Ashbrook]], [[Yee Jee Tso]], [[Peter Purves]], [[Wendy Padbury]], [[Katy Manning]], [[Mary Tamm]] | ||
| | |[[First Doctor|1st]], [[Second Doctor|2nd]], [[Third Doctor|3rd]], [[Fourth Doctor|4th]] | ||
|[[Ruth Matheson|Matheson]], [[Charlie Sato|Sato]], [[Steven Taylor|Steven]], [[Dodo Chaplet|Dodo]], [[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]], [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]], [[Jo Grant|Jo]], [[Romana I]] | |||
|[[July (releases)|July]] [[2011 (releases)|2011]] | |||
| | |- | ||
|6.2 | |||
|''[[The Rocket Men (audio story)|The Rocket Men]]'' | |||
|[[John Dorney]] | |||
|[[William Russell]] | |||
|1st | |||
|[[Ian Chesterton|Ian]], [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]], [[Vicki Pallister|Vicki]], [[Rocket Men]] | |||
|[[10 August (releases)|10 August]] 2011 | |||
|- | |||
|6.3 | |||
|''[[The Memory Cheats (audio story)|The Memory Cheats]]'' | |||
|[[Simon Guerrier]] | |||
|Wendy Padbury | |||
|2nd | |||
|Zoe, Jamie, [[The Company (Echoes of Grey)|The Company]] | |||
|[[September (releases)|September]] 2011 | |||
|- | |||
|6.4 | |||
|''[[The Many Deaths of Jo Grant (audio story)|The Many Deaths of Jo Grant]]'' | |||
|[[Cavan Scott]] & [[Mark Wright]] | |||
|Katy Manning | |||
|3rd | |||
|Jo | |||
|[[October (releases)|October]] 2011 | |||
|- | |||
|6.5 | |||
|''[[The First Wave (audio story)|The First Wave]]'' | |||
|Simon Guerrier | |||
|Peter Purves & [[Tom Allen]] | |||
|1st | |||
|Steven, [[Oliver Harper|Oliver]], [[Vardan]]s | |||
|[[8 November (releases)|8 November]] 2011 | |||
|- | |||
|6.6 | |||
|''[[Beyond the Ultimate Adventure (audio story)|Beyond the Ultimate Adventure]]'' | |||
|[[Terrance Dicks]] | |||
|[[Colin Baker]], [[Claire Huckle]], [[Noel Sullivan]] | |||
|[[Sixth Doctor|6th]] | |||
|[[Crystal (The Ultimate Adventure)|Crystal]], [[Jason (The Ultimate Adventure)|Jason]] | |||
|[[December (releases)|December]] 2011 | |||
|- | |||
|6.7 | |||
|''[[The Anachronauts (audio story)|The Anachronauts]]'' | |||
|Simon Guerrier | |||
|[[Jean Marsh]] & Peter Purves | |||
|1st | |||
|Steven, [[Sara Kingdom|Sara]] | |||
|[[January (releases)|January]] [[2012 (releases)|2012]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |6.8 | ||
|[[The | |''[[The Selachian Gambit (audio story)|The Selachian Gambit]]'' | ||
|[[Steve Lyons]] | |[[Steve Lyons]] | ||
|[[ | |[[Frazer Hines]] & [[Anneke Wills]] | ||
| | |2nd | ||
|Jamie, [[Polly Wright|Polly]], [[Ben Jackson|Ben]], [[Selachian]]s | |||
|[[February (releases)|February]] 2012 | |||
| | |- | ||
|6.9 | |||
|''[[Binary (audio story)|Binary]]'' | |||
|Eddie Robson | |||
|[[Caroline John]] | |||
|3rd | |||
|[[Liz Shaw|Liz]] | |||
|[[March (releases)|March]] 2012 | |||
|- | |||
|6.10 | |||
|''[[The Wanderer (audio story)|The Wanderer]]'' | |||
|Richard Dinnick | |||
|William Russell | |||
|1st | |||
|Ian, [[Susan Foreman|Susan]], Barbara | |||
|[[18 April (releases)|18 April]] 2012 | |||
|- | |||
|6.11 | |||
|''[[The Jigsaw War (audio story)|The Jigsaw War]]'' | |||
|Eddie Robson | |||
|Frazer Hines | |||
|2nd | |||
|Jamie, Zoe | |||
|[[May (releases)|May]] 2012 | |||
|- | |||
|6.12 | |||
|''[[The Rings of Ikiria (audio story)|The Rings of Ikiria]]'' | |||
|Richard Dinnick | |||
|[[Richard Franklin]] | |||
|3rd | |||
|[[Mike Yates|Yates]], [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brig]], [[John Benton|Benton]] | |||
|[[June (releases)|June]] 2012 | |||
|} | |||
=== Series 7 === | |||
{{Main|Series 7 (CC)}} | |||
{| {{prettytable}} | |||
!# || Title || Author || Performer || Doctor || Featuring || Released | |||
|- | |||
|7.1 | |||
|''[[The Time Museum (audio story)|The Time Museum]]'' | |||
|[[James Goss]] | |||
|[[William Russell]] | |||
|[[First Doctor|1st]] | |||
|[[Ian Chesterton|Ian]] | |||
|[[23 July (releases)|23 July]] [[2012 (releases)|2012]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |7.2 | ||
|[[ | |''[[The Uncertainty Principle (audio story)|The Uncertainty Principle]]'' | ||
|[[Simon Guerrier]] | |[[Simon Guerrier]] | ||
|[[Third Doctor]] | |[[Wendy Padbury]] | ||
| | |[[Second Doctor|2nd]] | ||
|[[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]], [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]], [[The Company (Echoes of Grey)|The Company]] | |||
| | |[[August (releases)|August]] 2012 | ||
|- | |||
|7.3 | |||
|''[[Project Nirvana (audio story)|Project: Nirvana]]'' | |||
|[[Cavan Scott]], [[Mark Wright]] | |||
|[[Maggie O'Neill]], [[Amy Pemberton]], [[Sylvester McCoy]] | |||
|[[Seventh Doctor|7th]] | |||
|[[Lysandra Aristedes|Lysandra]], [[Sally Morgan|Sally]], [[Elder God]] | |||
|[[19 September (releases)|19 September]] 2012 | |||
|- | |||
|7.4 | |||
|''[[The Last Post (audio story)|The Last Post]]'' | |||
|James Goss | |||
|[[Caroline John]], [[Rowena Cooper]] | |||
|[[Third Doctor|3rd]] | |||
|[[Liz Shaw|Liz]], [[Emily Shaw|Emily]], [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brig]] | |||
|[[25 October (releases)|25 October]] 2012 | |||
|- | |||
|7.5 | |||
|''[[Return of the Rocket Men (audio story)|Return of the Rocket Men]]'' | |||
|[[Matt Fitton]] | |||
|[[Peter Purves]] | |||
|1st | |||
|[[Steven Taylor|Steven]], [[Dodo Chaplet|Dodo]], [[Rocket Men]] | |||
|[[10 November (releases)|10 November]] 2012 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |7.6 | ||
|[[The | |''[[The Child (audio story)|The Child]]'' | ||
|[[Nigel Fairs]] | |[[Nigel Fairs]] | ||
|[[Fourth Doctor]] | |[[Louise Jameson]] | ||
|[[Fourth Doctor|4th]] | |||
|[[Leela]] | |||
|[[20 December (releases)|20 December]] 2012 | |||
|- | |||
|7.7 | |||
|''[[The Flames of Cadiz (audio story)|The Flames of Cadiz]]'' | |||
|[[Marc Platt]] | |||
|William Russell, [[Carole Ann Ford]] | |||
|1st | |||
|Ian, [[Susan Foreman|Susan]], [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]] | |||
|[[9 January (releases)|9 January]] [[2013 (releases)|2013]] | |||
|- | |||
|7.8 | |||
|''[[House of Cards (audio story)|House of Cards]]'' | |||
|[[Steve Lyons]] | |||
|[[Anneke Wills]], Frazer Hines | |||
|2nd | |||
|[[Polly Wright|Polly]], Jamie, [[Ben Jackson|Ben]], [[Sidewinder Syndicate]] | |||
|[[6 February (releases)|6 February]] 2013 | |||
|- | |||
|7.9 | |||
|''[[The Scorchies (audio story)|The Scorchies]]'' | |||
|James Goss | |||
|[[Katy Manning]] | |||
|3rd | |||
|[[Jo Grant|Jo]], the Brig, [[Scorchie]]s | |||
|[[7 March (releases)|7 March]] 2013 | |||
|- | |||
|7.10 | |||
|''[[The Library of Alexandria (audio story)|The Library of Alexandria]]'' | |||
|Simon Guerrier | |||
|William Russell | |||
|1st | |||
|Ian, Barbara, Susan, [[Mim|The Mim]] | |||
|[[10 April (releases)|10 April]] 2013 | |||
|- | |||
|7.11 | |||
|''[[The Apocalypse Mirror (audio story)|The Apocalypse Mirror]]'' | |||
|[[Eddie Robson]] | |||
|Frazer Hines, [[Wendy Padbury]] | |||
|2nd | |||
|Jamie, Zoe | |||
|[[8 May (releases)|8 May]] 2013 | |||
|- | |||
|7.12 | |||
|''[[Council of War (audio story)|Council of War]]'' | |||
|[[Simon Barnard]], [[Paul Morris]] | |||
|[[John Levene]] | |||
|3rd | |||
|[[John Benton|Benton]], the Brig | |||
|[[11 June (releases)|11 June]] 2013 | |||
|} | |||
=== Series 8 === | |||
{{Main|Series 8 (CC)}} | |||
{| {{prettytable}} | |||
!# || Title || Author || Performer || Doctor || Featuring || Released | |||
|- | |||
|8.1 | |||
|''[[Mastermind (audio story)|Mastermind]]'' | |||
|[[Jonathan Morris]] | |||
|[[Geoffrey Beevers]], [[Daphne Ashbrook]], [[Yee Jee Tso]] | |||
| | | | ||
|[[The Master]], [[Ruth Matheson|Matheson]], [[Charlie Sato|Sato]] | |||
|[[10 July (releases)|10 July]] [[2013 (releases)|2013]] | |||
| | |- | ||
|8.2 | |||
|''[[The Alchemists (audio story)|The Alchemists]]'' | |||
|[[Ian Potter]] | |||
|[[Carole Ann Ford]] | |||
|rowspan=2|[[First Doctor|1st]] | |||
|[[Susan Foreman|Susan]] | |||
|[[August (releases)|August]] 2013 | |||
|- | |||
|8.3 | |||
|''[[Upstairs (audio story)|Upstairs]]'' | |||
|[[Mat Coward]] | |||
|[[Maureen O'Brien]], [[Peter Purves]] | |||
|[[Vicki Pallister|Vicki]], [[Steven Taylor|Steven]] | |||
|[[12 September (releases)|12 September]] 2013 | |||
|- | |||
|8.4 | |||
|''[[Ghost in the Machine (audio story)|Ghost in the Machine]]'' | |||
|Jonathan Morris | |||
|[[Katy Manning]] | |||
|[[Third Doctor|3rd]] | |||
|[[Jo Grant|Jo]] | |||
|[[11 October (releases)|11 October]] 2013 | |||
|- | |||
|8.5 | |||
|''[[The Beginning (audio story)|The Beginning]]'' | |||
|[[Marc Platt]] | |||
|Carole Ann Ford | |||
|1st | |||
|Susan, [[Stoyn]] | |||
|[[15 November (releases)|15 November]] 2013 | |||
|- | |||
|8.6 | |||
|''[[The Dying Light (audio story)|The Dying Light]]'' | |||
|[[Nick Wallace]] | |||
|[[Frazer Hines]], [[Wendy Padbury]] | |||
|[[Second Doctor|2nd]] | |||
|[[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]], [[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]], Stoyn | |||
|[[19 December (releases)|19 December]] 2013 | |||
|- | |||
|8.7 | |||
|''[[Luna Romana (audio story)|Luna Romana]]'' | |||
|[[Matt Fitton]] | |||
|[[Lalla Ward]], [[Juliet Landau]] | |||
|[[Fourth Doctor|4th]] | |||
|[[Romana I]], [[Romana II]], [[Romana III]], Stoyn | |||
|[[17 January (releases)|17 January]] [[2014 (releases)|2014]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |8.8 | ||
|[[ | |''[[The Sleeping City (audio story)|The Sleeping City]]'' | ||
|[[ | |Ian Potter | ||
|[[ | |[[William Russell]] | ||
| | |rowspan=3|1st | ||
|rowspan=2|[[Ian Chesterton|Ian]], [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]], Vicki | |||
|[[13 February (releases)|13 February]] 2014 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |8.9 | ||
|[[ | |''[[Starborn (audio story)|Starborn]]'' | ||
|[[ | |[[Jacqueline Rayner]] | ||
| | |Maureen O'Brien | ||
| | |[[13 March (releases)|13 March]] 2014 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |8.10 | ||
|[[The | |''[[The War To End All Wars (audio story)|The War To End All Wars]]'' | ||
|[[Simon Guerrier]] | |[[Simon Guerrier]] | ||
|[[ | |Peter Purves | ||
| | |Steven, [[Dodo Chaplet|Dodo]], [[Sida]] | ||
|[[9 April (releases)|9 April]] 2014 | |||
|- | |||
| | |8.11 | ||
|''[[The Elixir of Doom (audio story)|The Elixir of Doom]]'' | |||
|[[Paul Magrs]] | |||
|Katy Manning | |||
|[[Eighth Doctor|8th]] | |||
|Jo, [[Iris Wildthyme]] | |||
|[[16 May (releases)|16 May]] 2014 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |8.12 | ||
|[[ | |''[[Second Chances (audio story)|Second Chances]]'' | ||
|[[John Dorney]] | |[[John Dorney]] | ||
|[[Second Doctor]] | |Wendy Padbury | ||
| | |2nd | ||
|Zoe, Jamie, [[The Company (Echoes of Grey)|The Company]] | |||
|[[17 June (releases)|17 June]] 2014 | |||
| | |} | ||
=== ''The First Doctor: Volume One'' === | |||
{{Main|The First Doctor: Volume One}} | |||
{| {{prettytable}} | |||
!# || Title || Author || Performer || Doctor || Featuring || Released | |||
|- | |||
|9.1 | |||
|''[[The Sleeping Blood (audio story)|The Sleeping Blood]]'' | |||
|[[Martin Day]] | |||
|[[Carole Ann Ford]] | |||
|rowspan=4|[[First Doctor|1st]] | |||
|[[Susan Foreman|Susan]] | |||
|rowspan=4|[[3 June (releases)|3 June]] [[2015 (releases)|2015]] | |||
|- | |||
|9.2 | |||
|''[[The Unwinding World (audio story)|The Unwinding World]]'' | |||
|[[Ian Potter]] | |||
|[[Maureen O'Brien]] | |||
|[[Vicki Pallister|Vicki]], [[Ian Chesterson|Ian]], [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]] | |||
|- | |||
|9.3 | |||
|''[[The Founding Fathers (audio story)|The Founding Fathers]]'' | |||
|rowspan=2|[[Simon Guerrier]] | |||
|rowspan=2|[[Peter Purves]] | |||
|[[Steven Taylor|Steven]], [[Vicki Pallister|Vicki]], [[First Doctor (mind copy)|1st Doctor's mind copy]], [[Sida]] | |||
|- | |||
|9.4 | |||
|''[[The Locked Room (audio story)|The Locked Room]]'' | |||
|Steven, 1st Doctor's mind copy, Sida, [[Vardan]] | |||
|} | |||
=== ''The Second Doctor: Volume One'' === | |||
{{Main|The Second Doctor: Volume One}} | |||
{| {{prettytable}} | |||
!# || Title || Author || Performer || Doctor || Featuring || Released | |||
|- | |||
|10.1 | |||
|''[[The Mouthless Dead (audio story)|The Mouthless Dead]]'' | |||
|[[John Pritchard]] | |||
|[[Frazer Hines]], [[Anneke Wills]], [[Elliot Chapman]] | |||
|rowspan=4|[[Second Doctor|2nd]] | |||
|[[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]], [[Polly Wright|Polly]], [[Ben Jackson|Ben]] | |||
|rowspan=4|[[23 June (releases)|23 June]] [[2016 (releases)|2016]] | |||
|- | |||
|10.2 | |||
|''[[The Story of Extinction (audio story)|The Story of Extinction]]'' | |||
|[[Ian Atkins (writer)|Ian Atkins]] | |||
|Frazer Hines, [[Deborah Watling]] | |||
|Jamie, [[Victoria Waterfield|Victoria]] | |||
|- | |||
|10.3 | |||
|''[[The Integral (audio story)|The Integral]]'' | |||
|[[David Bartlett]] | |||
|Frazer Hines, [[Wendy Padbury]] | |||
|rowspan=2|Jamie, [[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]] | |||
|- | |||
|10.4 | |||
|''[[The Edge (CC audio story)|The Edge]]'' | |||
|[[Rob Nisbet]] | |||
|Frazer Hines | |||
|} | |||
=== ''The First Doctor: Volume Two'' === | |||
{{Main|The First Doctor: Volume Two}} | |||
{| {{prettytable}} | |||
!# || Title || Author || Performer || Doctor || Featuring || Released | |||
|- | |||
|11.1 | |||
|''[[Fields of Terror (audio story)|Fields of Terror]]'' | |||
|[[John Pritchard]] | |||
|[[Maureen O'Brien]] | |||
|rowspan=4|[[First Doctor|1st]] | |||
|[[Steven Taylor|Steven]], [[Vicki Pallister|Vicki]] | |||
|rowspan=4|[[15 June (releases)|15 June]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]] | |||
|- | |||
|11.2 | |||
|''[[Across the Darkened City (audio story)|Across the Darkened City]]'' | |||
|[[David Bartlett]] | |||
|[[Peter Purves]] | |||
|Steven, Vicki, [[Dalek]]s | |||
|- | |||
|11.3 | |||
|''[[The Bonfires of the Vanities (audio story)|The Bonfires of the Vanities]]'' | |||
|[[Una McCormack]] | |||
|rowspan=2|[[Anneke Wills]], [[Elliot Chapman]] | |||
|rowspan=2|[[Polly Wright|Polly]], [[Ben Jackson|Ben]] | |||
|- | |||
|11.4 | |||
|''[[The Plague of Dreams (audio story)|The Plague of Dreams]]'' | |||
|[[Guy Adams]] | |||
|} | |||
=== ''The Second Doctor: Volume Two'' === | |||
{{Main|The Second Doctor: Volume Two}} | |||
{| {{prettytable}} | |||
!# || Title || Author || Performer || Doctor || Featuring || Released | |||
|- | |||
|12.1 | |||
|''[[The Curator's Egg (audio story)|The Curator's Egg]]'' | |||
|[[Julian Richards]] | |||
|[[Anneke Wills]] | |||
|rowspan=4|[[Second Doctor|2nd]] | |||
|[[Polly Wright|Polly]], [[Ben Jackson|Ben]] | |||
|rowspan=4|[[20 June (releases)|20 June]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]] | |||
|- | |||
|12.2 | |||
|''[[Dumb Waiter (audio story)|Dumb Waiter]]'' | |||
|[[Rob Nisbet]] | |||
|[[Frazer Hines]], [[Louise Jameson]] | |||
|[[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]], [[Victoria Waterfield|Victoria]], [[Leela]] | |||
|- | |||
|12.3 | |||
|''[[The Iron Maid (audio story)|The Iron Maid]]'' | |||
|[[John Pritchard]] | |||
|rowspan=2|[[Wendy Padbury]] | |||
|Jamie, [[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]] | |||
|- | |||
|12.4 | |||
|''[[The Tactics of Defeat (audio story)|The Tactics of Defeat]]'' | |||
|[[Tony Jones]] | |||
|Jamie, Zoe, [[Ruth Matheson|Ruth]] | |||
|} | |||
=== ''The First Doctor: Volume Three'' === | |||
{{Main|The First Doctor: Volume Three}} | |||
{| {{prettytable}} | |||
! # || Title || Author || Performer || Doctor || Featuring || Released | |||
|- | |||
|13.1 | |||
|''[[E is for... (audio story)|E is for...]] '' | |||
|[[Julian Richards]] | |||
|[[Carole Ann Ford]] | |||
|rowspan=4|[[First Doctor|1st]] | |||
|[[Susan Foreman|Susan]], [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]], [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]] | |||
|rowspan=4|[[18 September (releases)|18 September]] [[2019 (releases)|2019]] | |||
|- | |||
|13.2 | |||
|''[[Daybreak (audio story)|Daybreak]]'' | |||
|[[John Pritchard]] | |||
|[[Maureen O'Brien]] | |||
|Ian, Barbara, [[Vicki Pallister|Vicki]] | |||
|- | |||
|13.3 | |||
|''[[The Vardan Invasion of Mirth (audio story)|The Vardan Invasion of Mirth]]'' | |||
|[[Paul Morris]], [[Ian Atkins (writer)|Ian Atkins]] | |||
|[[Peter Purves]] | |||
|[[Steven Taylor|Steven]], [[Vardan]]s | |||
|- | |||
|13.4 | |||
|''[[The Crumbling Magician (audio story)|The Crumbling Magician]]'' | |||
|[[Guy Adams]] | |||
|[[Anneke Wills]] | |||
|[[Ben Jackson|Ben]], [[Polly Wright|Polly]] | |||
|} | |||
=== ''The Second Doctor: Volume Three'' === | |||
{{Main|The Second Doctor: Volume Three}} | |||
{| {{prettytable}} | |||
!# ||Title || Author || Performer || Doctor || Featuring || Released | |||
|- | |||
|14.1 | |||
|''[[The Death of the Daleks (audio story)|The Death of the Daleks]]'' | |||
|[[George Mann]] | |||
|rowspan=2|[[Frazer Hines]] | |||
|rowspan=4|[[Second Doctor|2nd]] | |||
|[[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]], [[Dalek]]s | |||
|rowspan=4|[[26 April (releases)|26 April]] [[2022 (releases)|2022]] | |||
|- | |||
|14.2 | |||
|''[[The Phantom Piper (audio story)|The Phantom Piper]]'' | |||
|[[Martin Day]] | |||
|Jamie | |||
|- | |||
|14.3 | |||
|''[[The Prints of Denmark (audio story)|The Prints of Denmark]]'' | |||
|[[Paul Morris]] | |||
|[[Wendy Padbury]], [[Rufus Hound]] | |||
|Jamie, [[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]], [[The Monk]] | |||
|- | |||
|14.4 | |||
|''[[The Deepest Tragedian (audio story)|The Deepest Tragedian]]'' | |||
|[[Penelope Faith]] | |||
|Wendy Padbury | |||
|Jamie, Zoe | |||
|} | |||
=== Special releases === | |||
{| {{prettytable}} | |||
! Title || Author || Performer || Doctor || Featuring || Released | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |''[[The Three Companions (audio story)|The Three Companions]]'' | ||
|[[ | |[[Marc Platt]] | ||
|[[ | |[[Anneke Wills]], [[Nicholas Courtney]], [[John Pickard]] | ||
|[[Third Doctor]] | |[[Second Doctor|2nd]], [[Third Doctor|3rd]] | ||
| | |[[Polly Wright|Polly]], [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brig]], [[Thomas Brewster|Brewster]], [[Ben Jackson|Ben]], [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]] | ||
|[[April (releases)|April]] [[2009 (releases)|2009]] - [[February (releases)|February]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]]<ref>Serialised over 12 chapters beginning with [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Magic Mousetrap]]'' in April 2009</ref> | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |''[[The Mists of Time (audio story)|The Mists of Time]]'' | ||
|[[Jonathan Morris]] | |||
|[[ | |[[Katy Manning]] | ||
|[[ | |3rd | ||
| | |[[Jo Grant|Jo]] | ||
|[[19 August (releases)|19 August]] [[2009 (releases)|2009]] | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |''[[Freakshow (audio story)|Freakshow]]'' | ||
|[[ | |[[Mark Morris]] | ||
|[[ | |[[Mark Strickson]] | ||
|[[ | |[[Fifth Doctor|5th]] | ||
| | |[[Vislor Turlough|Turlough]], [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]] | ||
|[[4 March (releases)|4 March]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]] | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |''[[The Revenants (audio story)|The Revenants]]'' | ||
| | |[[Ian Potter]] | ||
| | |[[William Russell]] | ||
|[[First Doctor]] | |[[First Doctor|1st]] | ||
| | |[[Ian Chesterton|Ian]], [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]] | ||
|[[31 May (releases)|31 May]] [[2012 (releases)|2012]] | |||
| | |||
|} | |} | ||
* ''[[The Three Companions]]'' was a | |||
== Notes == | |||
[[ | * ''[[The Three Companions (audio story)|The Three Companions]]'' was a twelve-part serialised story issued as a bonus with the regular monthly Big Finish Doctor Who releases, beginning with ''[[The Magic Mousetrap (audio story)|The Magic Mousetrap]]'' in April 2009 and concluded with ''[[Survival of the Fittest (audio story)|Survival of the Fittest]]'' in February 2010. An omnibus edit of the story is available in ''[[The Companion Chronicles: The Specials]]'' box set, released in August 2011. | ||
[[Category: | * Three stories were available for a limited time as free downloadable content for readers of ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'': ''[[The Mists of Time (audio story)|The Mists of Time]]'' in August 2009 via [[DWM 411]], ''[[Freakshow (audio story)|Freakshow]]'' in March 2010 via [[DWM 419]] and ''[[The Revenants (audio story)|The Revenants]]'' in May 2012 via [[DWM 448]]. ''The Mists of Time'' and ''Freakshow'' are also available in ''The Specials'' box set, while ''The Revenants'' was included in the Limited Collector's Edition of ''[[The Light at the End (audio story)|The Light at the End]]''. | ||
== Cover gallery == | |||
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true"> | |||
ccspecials-boxset-3d cover large.jpg|''[[The Companion Chronicles: The Specials]]'' | |||
Dwcc09 cover 1417sq cover large.jpg|''[[The First Doctor: Volume One]]'' | |||
Dwcc10 cover.jpg|''[[The Second Doctor: Volume One]]'' | |||
The First Doctor Volume Two (audio anthology).jpg|''[[The First Doctor: Volume Two]]'' | |||
The Second Doctor Volume Two (audio anthology).jpg|''[[The Second Doctor: Volume Two]]'' | |||
The First Doctor Volume Three.jpg|''[[The First Doctor: Volume Three]]'' | |||
The Second Doctor Volume Three.jpg|''[[The Second Doctor: Volume Three]]'' | |||
</gallery> | |||
== External links == | |||
{{bigfinish|ranges/v/doctor-who---companion-chronicles}} | |||
== Footnotes == | |||
{{reflist}} | |||
{{CC}} | |||
{{Big Finish}} | |||
{{TitleSort}} | |||
[[es:The Companion Chronicles]] | |||
[[fr:The Companion Chronicles]] | |||
[[Category:Companion Chronicles]] | |||
[[Category:Audio overviews]] |
Latest revision as of 05:54, 28 June 2024
The Companion Chronicles was a Big Finish Productions audio series that ran for eighty monthly releases across eight series between 2007 and 2014, before relaunching with yearly box set releases thereafter.
The general, but not invariable, ambition of the series was to tell stories using the companions of the first four Doctors. The typical release in the range used just two actors, a musical score, some foley work and sound design — meaning that the end result sat somewhere between an audio book and a full-cast drama.
Overview[[edit] | [edit source]]
Concept[[edit] | [edit source]]
Originally, the concept was to produce talking books featuring the companions of the first four incarnations of the Doctor who were unavailable to take part in the main range. While the range has remained primarily focused on companions who appeared earlier than Season 19, most releases in the range have not been true "talking books". In fact, all but one release — The Stealers from Saiph — use the convention of at least two characters in conversation with each other. Most have a sound design worthy of any title in the main range. On rare occasions, the range has moved away from its titular concern and featured characters who are more commonly considered "prominent guest stars" or "allies", such as King Peladon and Henry Gordon Jago.
Format and structure[[edit] | [edit source]]
In general, Companion Chronicles have a fairly standard format. They are usually two, approximately 25 minute long episodes divided by a single cliffhanger, barring special double length releases released regularly each season from the fourth onwards. The part of the story that has to do with the Doctor is almost always told in flashback, as a recollection of a past adventure. Thus, the central character of the piece (i.e., the companion) is often depicted in two time periods. That is, there is typically an "older" version of the companion who recounts the adventure with the Doctor, and the "younger" version of the character, who is as he or she appeared on television.
The actor not portraying a companion is used in a variety of ways to allow stories in the range to have markedly different structures. Some common narrative uses for the second actor are:
- to voice a character trying to get the companion to recollect his or her past, as in Ringpullworld
- to voice a friend of the companion, as in The Transit of Venus
- to voice the principal adversary, as with Fear of the Daleks
Sometimes, the interrogator is revealed to be the principal adversary, as in Mother Russia or Frostfire; sometimes the listener knows the interrogator is the adversary right from the start, as with The Catalyst. In any case, the relationship between ex-companion and interrogator is usually a pretty obvious "framing device", which takes up a clear minority of the runtime of the release. However, in a few rare cases, as with the Home Truths trilogy, the interrogator is a co-star equal with the featured character and is given a a proper story with the "present day" companion woven into the companion's recollections of the Doctor's TARDIS.
The 2011 release Tales from the Vault was a departure from the "enhanced audiobook" format, being effectively a straight audio drama (albeit still one with a limited cast) that incorporated interviews with various companions.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
A few of the plays tie in to others in the Big Finish Doctor Who range. The Darkening Eye is a prequel to The Death Collectors; Night's Black Agents explicitly occurs between City of Spires and The Wreck of the Titan; the Leela trilogy which begins with The Catalyst relies to some degree on the listener's knowledge of the Gallifrey audio series; and The Prisoner's Dilemma occupies a complicated narrative space, tying together the Virgin New Adventures with Big Finish's Key 2 Time series.
All the plays add to the their main characters' televised continuities. Some detail an adventure that adds little to their lives; for instance, Mother Russia gives Steven an adventure in Napoleonic Russia between the main narrative of The Gunfighters and its conclusory scenes, which lead into The Savages. Even the interchange with his interrogator is set within the main story. Thus, Steven gains merely another adventure that fits neatly in his established, televised timeline.
By contrast, other plays expand greatly on the known fates of their principal character/s. For instance, the trilogy of stories featuring Sara Kingdom, the main narratives of which take place between episodes of The Daleks' Master Plan, reveals that she had other adventures with Steven and the Doctor besides the quest for taranium which was the central plot of her televised adventure. More significantly, the trilogy also gives Sara, or at least her consciousness, a thousand-year-lifespan, a way to have met a different incarnation of the Doctor and thus a second chance to travel in the TARDIS.
Most plays settle somewhere between these two extremes. Thanks in part to the typical interrogative "framing device", most of the plays reveal something about the lives of the Doctor's companions after leaving him. In the very first Companion Chronicle, for instance, Vicki is shown to have remained with Troilus and to have had a large family. Equally, the series shows that Susan Foreman stayed with David Campbell, Jo Jones continued her globe-trotting life with Dr. Clifford Jones and Victoria settled down to raise a family.
Stories[[edit] | [edit source]]
Series 1[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Main article: Series 1 (CC)
# | Title | Author | Performer | Doctor | Featuring | Released |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1.1 | Frostfire | Marc Platt | Maureen O'Brien | 1st | Vicki, Steven | February 2007 |
1.2 | Fear of the Daleks | Patrick Chapman | Wendy Padbury | 2nd | Zoe, Jamie, Daleks | |
1.3 | The Blue Tooth | Nigel Fairs | Caroline John | 3rd | Liz, the Brig, Yates, Benton, Cybermen | |
1.4 | The Beautiful People | Jonathan Morris | Lalla Ward | 4th | Romana II, K9 |
Series 2[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Main article: Series 2 (CC)
# | Title | Author | Performer | Doctor | Featuring | Released |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2.1 | Mother Russia | Marc Platt | Peter Purves | 1st | Steven, Dodo | October 2007 |
2.2 | Helicon Prime | Jake Elliott | Frazer Hines | 2nd | Jamie | November 2007 |
2.3 | Old Soldiers | James Swallow | Nicholas Courtney | 3rd | The Brig | 7 December 2007 |
2.4 | The Catalyst | Nigel Fairs | Louise Jameson | 4th | Leela | January 2008 |
Series 3[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Main article: Series 3 (CC)
Series 4[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Main article: Series 4 (CC)
Series 5[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Main article: Series 5 (CC)
Series 6[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Main article: Series 6 (CC)
Series 7[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Main article: Series 7 (CC)
Series 8[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Main article: Series 8 (CC)
The First Doctor: Volume One[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Main article: The First Doctor: Volume One
# | Title | Author | Performer | Doctor | Featuring | Released |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
9.1 | The Sleeping Blood | Martin Day | Carole Ann Ford | 1st | Susan | 3 June 2015 |
9.2 | The Unwinding World | Ian Potter | Maureen O'Brien | Vicki, Ian, Barbara | ||
9.3 | The Founding Fathers | Simon Guerrier | Peter Purves | Steven, Vicki, 1st Doctor's mind copy, Sida | ||
9.4 | The Locked Room | Steven, 1st Doctor's mind copy, Sida, Vardan |
The Second Doctor: Volume One[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Main article: The Second Doctor: Volume One
# | Title | Author | Performer | Doctor | Featuring | Released |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
10.1 | The Mouthless Dead | John Pritchard | Frazer Hines, Anneke Wills, Elliot Chapman | 2nd | Jamie, Polly, Ben | 23 June 2016 |
10.2 | The Story of Extinction | Ian Atkins | Frazer Hines, Deborah Watling | Jamie, Victoria | ||
10.3 | The Integral | David Bartlett | Frazer Hines, Wendy Padbury | Jamie, Zoe | ||
10.4 | The Edge | Rob Nisbet | Frazer Hines |
The First Doctor: Volume Two[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Main article: The First Doctor: Volume Two
# | Title | Author | Performer | Doctor | Featuring | Released |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
11.1 | Fields of Terror | John Pritchard | Maureen O'Brien | 1st | Steven, Vicki | 15 June 2017 |
11.2 | Across the Darkened City | David Bartlett | Peter Purves | Steven, Vicki, Daleks | ||
11.3 | The Bonfires of the Vanities | Una McCormack | Anneke Wills, Elliot Chapman | Polly, Ben | ||
11.4 | The Plague of Dreams | Guy Adams |
The Second Doctor: Volume Two[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Main article: The Second Doctor: Volume Two
# | Title | Author | Performer | Doctor | Featuring | Released |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
12.1 | The Curator's Egg | Julian Richards | Anneke Wills | 2nd | Polly, Ben | 20 June 2018 |
12.2 | Dumb Waiter | Rob Nisbet | Frazer Hines, Louise Jameson | Jamie, Victoria, Leela | ||
12.3 | The Iron Maid | John Pritchard | Wendy Padbury | Jamie, Zoe | ||
12.4 | The Tactics of Defeat | Tony Jones | Jamie, Zoe, Ruth |
The First Doctor: Volume Three[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Main article: The First Doctor: Volume Three
# | Title | Author | Performer | Doctor | Featuring | Released |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
13.1 | E is for... | Julian Richards | Carole Ann Ford | 1st | Susan, Ian, Barbara | 18 September 2019 |
13.2 | Daybreak | John Pritchard | Maureen O'Brien | Ian, Barbara, Vicki | ||
13.3 | The Vardan Invasion of Mirth | Paul Morris, Ian Atkins | Peter Purves | Steven, Vardans | ||
13.4 | The Crumbling Magician | Guy Adams | Anneke Wills | Ben, Polly |
The Second Doctor: Volume Three[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Main article: The Second Doctor: Volume Three
# | Title | Author | Performer | Doctor | Featuring | Released |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
14.1 | The Death of the Daleks | George Mann | Frazer Hines | 2nd | Jamie, Daleks | 26 April 2022 |
14.2 | The Phantom Piper | Martin Day | Jamie | |||
14.3 | The Prints of Denmark | Paul Morris | Wendy Padbury, Rufus Hound | Jamie, Zoe, The Monk | ||
14.4 | The Deepest Tragedian | Penelope Faith | Wendy Padbury | Jamie, Zoe |
Special releases[[edit] | [edit source]]
Title | Author | Performer | Doctor | Featuring | Released |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
The Three Companions | Marc Platt | Anneke Wills, Nicholas Courtney, John Pickard | 2nd, 3rd | Polly, the Brig, Brewster, Ben, Jamie | April 2009 - February 2010[1] |
The Mists of Time | Jonathan Morris | Katy Manning | 3rd | Jo | 19 August 2009 |
Freakshow | Mark Morris | Mark Strickson | 5th | Turlough, Tegan | 4 March 2010 |
The Revenants | Ian Potter | William Russell | 1st | Ian, Barbara | 31 May 2012 |
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Three Companions was a twelve-part serialised story issued as a bonus with the regular monthly Big Finish Doctor Who releases, beginning with The Magic Mousetrap in April 2009 and concluded with Survival of the Fittest in February 2010. An omnibus edit of the story is available in The Companion Chronicles: The Specials box set, released in August 2011.
- Three stories were available for a limited time as free downloadable content for readers of Doctor Who Magazine: The Mists of Time in August 2009 via DWM 411, Freakshow in March 2010 via DWM 419 and The Revenants in May 2012 via DWM 448. The Mists of Time and Freakshow are also available in The Specials box set, while The Revenants was included in the Limited Collector's Edition of The Light at the End.
Cover gallery[[edit] | [edit source]]
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Official The Companion Chronicles page at bigfinish.com
Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- ↑ Serialised over 12 chapters beginning with AUDIO: The Magic Mousetrap in April 2009
|
|