Here Today (audio story)

	Rani
	Clyde, Gita, Samira, Phoenix
	Ealing, 2023
	Big Finish Productions
	Joseph Lidster
	Helen Goldwyn
	Emily Cook
	Sam Watts
	Naomi Clarke
	1.1
	Beyond Bannerman Road
	20 April 2023
	1 X 1 hour
	BFPDWRANI01
	ISBN 978-1-83868-993-3 (physical) ISBN 978-1-83868-994-0 (digital)
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Here Today was the first audio story in the anthology Beyond Bannermen Road. It was written by Joseph Lidster and featured Anjli Mohindra as Rani Chandra, Daniel Anthony as Clyde Langer and Mina Anwar as Gita Chandra and introduced Raghad Chaar as Samira Rustami and Tiegan Byrne as Phoenix Laight.

Publisher's summary

Years after her adventures with Sarah Jane Smith and friends, Rani Chandra is a successful journalist — she’s brought down a government, and her podcast is making waves. And she's about to be surprised by a visit from her best friend, Clyde Langer — who has an announcement of his own.

But tonight Clyde isn’t the only visitor to Ealing....In the skies above, a flying saucer approaches - and only one person on Earth can stop it destroying London!

Plot

to be added

Cast

• Rani Chandra - Anjli Mohindra
• Clyde Langer - Daniel Anthony
• Gita Chandra - Mina Anwar
• Samira Rustami - Raghad Chaar
• Phoenix Laight - Tiegan Byrne
• Private Matthew Reeves / David - Angus Dunican
• Patricia Miller / Captain Caroline Byrne - Yvonne D’Alpra

References

• Rani and Clyde visit Park Vale Comprehensive School.
• Reeves works for UNIT with Luke Smith.
• Rani and Clyde recall artron energy.
• Clyde has inherited Sarah Jane’s scanner watch.
• Rani uses the sonic lipstick.
• Rani and Clyde speculate whether the Doctor’s old friends were also immune to the time loop, suggesting Jo Jones, Dorothy McShane, Tegan Jovanka and Dorothea Chaplet.
• Rani mentions Maria, Sky, Brendan and Natalie as people who Sarah Jane influenced.

Notes

to be added

Continuity

• Sarah Jane has passed away. (WC: Farewell, Sarah Jane)
• Samira and Phoenix have both heard about the Blathereen and evil clowns from Clyde and Rani. (TV: The Gift, The Day of the Clown)
• Rani and Clyde haven’t spoken much since the funeral. (WC: Farewell, Sarah Jane)
• Private Reeves mentions Rani and Clyde having defeated the Nightmare Man. (TV: The Nightmare Man)
• Samira recalls Rani told her about when they thought the Doctor was dead and went to a mountain. (TV: Death of the Doctor)
• Rani brought down the government, (WC: Farewell, Sarah Jane) exposing the Prime Minister being made of plastic. (PROSE: Revenge of the Nestene)
• Mr Smith was closed down as per Sarah Jane’s wishes. (WC: Farewell, Sarah Jane)
• Clyde and Rani mention the glimpses of the future she got from Eve. (TV: The Mad Woman in the Attic)
• Rani mentions she met Lady Jane Grey. (TV: Lost in Time)

External links

• Official Here Today page at bigfinish.com