The Blue Tooth (audio story)

The Blue Tooth was the third story in the first series of The Companion Chronicles. It was notable for being the one of the few stories to pit the Third Doctor against the Cybermen. Until the publication of The Piper in 2015, this was the only Third Doctor story to use the Cybermen as its main antagonists.

	Third Doctor
	Liz
	The Brig, Yates, Benton
	Cybermen, Cybermats
	England and Cambridge, the 1970s
	Big Finish Productions
	Nigel Fairs
	Mark J Thompson
	Lawrence Oakley
	Lawrence Oakley and Robert Dunlop
	Simon Holub
	1.3
	January 2007
	4 episodes on 1 CD
	BFPDWCC03
	ISBN 978-1-84435-265-4
The Companion Chronicles
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Publisher's summary

"I suppose that was one of the Doctor's most endearing qualities: the ability to make the bizarre and the terrifying seem utterly normal."

When Liz Shaw's friend Jean goes missing, the Doctor and U.N.I.T. are drawn to the scene to investigate. Soon Liz discovers a potential alien invasion that will have far-reaching affects on her life... and the Doctor is unexpectedly re-united with an old enemy...

Plot

to be added

Cast

• Liz Shaw - Caroline John
• The Cybermen - Nicholas Briggs

References

UNIT

• The electricity board threatens to cut off the power at UNIT HQ because the Doctor is using large amounts of power for his experiment on the TARDIS.

Individuals

• Liz was at the University of Cambridge in the 1960s alongside Jean Baisemore. She hated Jean at first sight, but the pair gradually became friends and Jean opened Liz's eyes to life outside university.
• Liz says she is in her mid-twenties whilst working at UNIT.
• Liz doesn't like dentists.

Notes

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• This story was recorded at The Moat Studios.
• This marks the first appearances of Liz Shaw, Sergeant Benton and Captain Mike Yates in an audio drama.
• To date, this is the only appearance of the Cybermen in the Companion Chronicles.
• Aside from a brief appearance in AUDIO: Zagreus, this is the first Big Finish audio drama to feature the Third Doctor.
• Liz refers to Mike Yates as "Captain Yates", which is at odds with his rank as given in PROSE: The Scales of Injustice.
• This story takes place after TV: Inferno.

Continuity

• Liz says she lived with her mother whilst studying for her undergraduate degree. (AUDIO: The Last Post)

External links

• Official The Blue Tooth page at bigfinish.com
• The Blue Tooth at the Doctor Who Reference Guide