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:	Andy Hardwick and Gareth Jenkins
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

• 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.
• This is the first encounter between the Sixth Doctor and Charley.
• As of January 2009, it has yet to be explained how the paradox of Charley meeting the Sixth Doctor will be resolved. Since she begins traveling with the Sixth Doctor at the end of this story, it would be logical to assume that the Eighth Doctor would know her when he first met her on the R101. However, the Eighth Doctor never appears to have known her prior to their first meeting onboard the airship. For her part, Charley has been careful to conceal her full identity from the Sixth Doctor. Indeed, one of the central themes of the the Sixth Doctor/Charley adventures is the tension between her desire to avoid telling the Doctor too much and his need to fully trust her.
• Paul McGann's son, Jake, again appears in a supporting role in this adventure.

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