The Perpetual Bond (audio story)

The Perpetual Bond
Doctor:	First Doctor
Companion(s):	Steven, Oliver
Main enemy:	Fulgurites
Main setting:	London, 1966
Key crew
Writer:	Simon Guerrier
Director:	Lisa Bowerman
Music:	Richard Fox & Lauren Yason
Sound:	Richard Fox & Lauren Yason
Cover by:	Simon Holub
Release details
Release number:	5.08
Release date:	February 2011
Format:	1 disc
Production code:	BFPDWCC40
ISBN:	ISBN 978-1-84435-506-8
The Companion Chronicles
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The Perpetual Bond was the fortieth release in the Companion Chronicles audio range. It was the eighth story of season 5. It was written by Simon Guerrier and featured Steven Taylor.

Publisher's summary

When the TARDIS materialises in a familiar junkyard in the 1960s, the Doctor and Steven are soon embroiled in a mystery in the City of London. Who are the mysterious, bowler-hatted businessmen with their deadly umbrellas? What secret is young Oliver Harper desperately trying to conceal?

Contracts have been signed. A deal is in place. The Doctor discovers that perhaps not even he can stop a terrible business...

Plot

The Perpetual Bond (1)

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Fair Trade (2)

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Cast

• Steven Taylor - Peter Purves
• Oliver Harper - Tom Allen

References

• The Doctor tells Steven that certain parts of London are still in the process of being rebuilt after "some terrible war."

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Story notes

• This audio drama was recorded on 27 May 2010.

Continuity

• Steven recalls the recent deaths of Katarina, Bret Vyon and Sara Kingdom (TV: The Daleks' Master Plan) and the departure of Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright (TV: The Chase).
• The Doctor returns to I.M. Foreman's junkyard at 76 Totter's Lane for the first time since departing 1963 in the company of Ian, Barbara and his granddaughter Susan Foreman. (TV: An Unearthly Child) He would later do so again in 1963 during his both his fourth and seventh incarnations (PROSE: Those Left Behind, TV: Remembrance of the Daleks) and in 1985 during his sixth incarnation (TV: Attack of the Cybermen). By 2021, Totter's Lane is a commercially zoned area of Shoreditch which is mostly made up of office blocks. A car park has been built on the former location of the junkyard. (AUDIO: The Harvest)
• Steven refers to his previous visit to London in 1912. (AUDIO: The Suffering) He also visited the city in February 1814 (AUDIO: The Suffering) and in March 1965. (TV: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve, PROSE: Salvation)
• The Doctor and Steven previously visited 1966 in the company of Sara Kingdom when the TARDIS materialised in East Berlin during that year. (AUDIO: The Anachronauts)

External links

• Official The Perpetual Bond page at bigfinish.com
• The Perpetual Bond at the Doctor Who Reference Guide