The Beautiful People (audio story)

The Beautiful People was the fourth release in The Companion Chronicles.

	Fourth Doctor
	Romana II, K9
	Dame Karna, Burndroids
	Vita Novus, the 32nd century
	Big Finish Productions
	Jonathan Morris
	Mark J Thompson
	Lawrence Oakley
	Lawrence Oakley and Robert Dunlop
	Simon Holub
	1.4
	January 2007
	4 episodes on 1 CD
	BFPDWCC04
	ISBN 978-1-84435-266-1
The Companion Chronicles
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Plot

Part One: Too Good to Be True

to be added

Part Two: The Complete Makeover

to be added

Part Three: Slim Chances and Narrow Escapes

to be added

Part Four: Live and Let Diet

to be added

Cast

• Romana II - Lalla Ward
• Karna - Marcia Ashton

References

• Sibella Bing mentions acupuncture.

Notes

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• This story was recorded at The Moat Studios.
• Jon Culshaw's brief cameo appearance as the character in The Kingmaker notwithstanding, this is the first Big Finish audio drama to feature the Fourth Doctor.
• The Doctor and K9 are absent from parts two and three.
• Along with The Pyralis Effect, this is one of only two appearances of K9 Mark II in The Companion Chronicles.
• There are multiple sly references to "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series by Douglas Adams. ("tired TV executives", the Doctor buys Romana a towel, etc)
• This story takes place after Nightmare of Eden.

Continuity

• Romana uses the same technique to stop her hearts as she did on Skaro. (TV: Destiny of the Daleks)
• Romana mentions the TARDIS' food machine, when the Doctor is talking about doughnuts. (TV: The Daleks)
• The Doctor claims to hate celery, in contrast to his next incarnation. (TV: Castrovalva, The Caves of Androzani)
• At the spa, Romana saw some humans (TV: An Unearthly Child et al), some Morestrans (TV: Planet of Evil) and a couple of Shelternax, some Pakhars, (PROSE: Legacy et al) and some Lurmans, (TV: Carnival of Monsters) as well as a couple of leopard-like species she couldn't identify.

External links

• Official The Beautiful People page at bigfinish.com
• The Beautiful People at the Doctor Who Reference Guide