The Second Doctor: Volume One was an audio anthology box set released in 2016 by Big Finish Productions. It was the tenth release of The Companion Chronicles audio series. It featured the Second Doctor, Ben Jackson, Polly Wright, Jamie McCrimmon, Victoria Waterfield and Zoe Heriot.
Publisher's summary
A new four-disc release featuring four tales from figures associated with the Second Doctor era, and a second actor.
10.1 The Mouthless Dead by John Pritchard
The TARDIS arrives in 1920s England, the Doctor, Jamie, Ben and Polly finding themselves in a wintry dusk beside a railway line. The station nearby appears deserted, but there are figures watching from the shadows, all of them waiting for a dead man's train...
10.2 The Story of Extinction by Ian Atkins
Civilisations rise and fall – and few planets have seen this happen more often than Amyrndaa. The Doctor, Jamie and Victoria join a survey team to find out why on the planet where everything is suited to creating life, nothing lives for long...
10.3 The Integral by David Bartlett
When tempers fray in the TARDIS, the Doctor struggles to help Jamie and Zoe resolve their differences. Arriving at Aspen Base proves a welcome distraction; but the isolated facility is under siege. Can Jamie's belief in right and wrong withstand the perspective changing power of the Integral?
10.4 The Edge by Rob Nisbet
The Edge is the galaxy's scientific hub of experimentation, theoretical breakthroughs and invention – just the sort of place to interest the Doctor and Zoe. However, a secret lies hidden in The Edge laboratories. Jamie instinctively knows that something is wrong, and it doesn't take long for him to be proved right...
Stories
| # | Title | Author | Director | Performer | Featuring | Released | Pr. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.1 | The Mouthless Dead | John Pritchard | Lisa Bowerman | Frazer Hines, Anneke Wills, Elliot Chapman | Jamie, Polly, Ben | June 2016 | BFPDWCC100 |
| 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 |
Notes
- This anthology was recorded on 27 October and 16 December 2015 and 7 January, 23 January, and 11 March 2016 at Audio Sorcery and The Moat Studios.
- Producer Ian Atkins considered including a Dalek story in the box set, but this was dropped as it could not be suitably integrated into the arc revolving around Jamie. The idea was later revived in The First Doctor: Volume Two, with Steven Taylor in the place of Jamie, in the storyline which became Across the Darkened City. (VOR 100)
- The trailer for this anthology, which is called "A Message from the Second Doctor" according to the chapters for The Edge on the Big Finish mobile app, is based on the promotion trailer for The Web of Fear, which originally aired at the end of The Enemy of the World episode six.
External links
- Official The Second Doctor: Volume One page at bigfinish.com