The Girl Who Never Was (audio story)

The Girl Who Never Was
Doctor:	[[doctor::Eighth Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Charley Pollard (Departs)
Main enemy:	Byron Cybermen
Main setting:	Singapore, Earth 1931 Earth, 1942 Earth, 500,002
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::Big Finish]]
Writer:	Alan Barnes
Director:	Barnaby Edwards
Producer:	ERS
Release details
Release number:	103
Release date:	December 2007
Format:	4 episodes on 2 CDs
Production code:	8Q/E
ISBN:	ISBN 978-1-84435-287-6

Publisher's Summary

'Dot dot dot, dash dash dash, dot dot dot. Someone's listening. Somewhere.'

A ghost ship. A girl with no memory, adrift in time. An old enemy. This could be Charlotte Pollard's finest hour - or her last.

Set course for Singapore, 1931. Journey's end.

Cast & Characters

• The Doctor - Paul McGann
• Charley Pollard - India Fisher
• Byron - Danny Webb
• Miss Pollard - Anna Massey
• Madeleine Fairweather - Amanda Root
• Curly - David Yip
• Borthwick - Robert Duncan
• Receptionist - Natelie Mendoza
• Colville - Tim Sutton
• Young Man - Jake McGann
• Soldier - Nicholas Briggs

References

• There is a Cyber-planner present.
• Charley mentions the Garazone system.
• There are several Cybermen present.
• The Doctor has had a room at the Singapore Hilton since 1926.
• Both the Doctor and Charley mention the Web of Time.
• Charley mentions going to Venice with the Doctor and also meeting Orson Welles.
• Charley mentions C'rizz.
• The ship they're on is transferred through time to Earth after the solar flares.

Notes

• This is the final Eighth Doctor audio drama to feature Charley Pollard.
• There is an epilogue at the end of the second disc (part four) with Charley on a desert island, a TARDIS turns up, from the theme music at the end it is the Sixth Doctor.
• Jake McGann is Paul McGann's son.

Continuity

• Charley first met the Doctor in Storm Warning.
• They tried to get to the right Singapore in Seasons of Fear.
• They went to Venice in The Stones of Venice.
• Met Orson Wells in Invaders from Mars.
• Encountered the Cybermen in Sword of Orion.

Timeline

Timeline - for the Doctor

• The Girl Who Never Was occurs after: Absolution
• The Girl Who Never Was occurs before: Blood of the Daleks

Timeline - for Charley Pollard

• The Girl Who Never Was occurs after: Absolution
• The Girl Who Never Was occurs before: The Condemned

External Links

• Big Finish The Girl Who Never Was page