London, 1965 (audio story)

London, 1965 was the third story in the Beyond the Doctor series released by BBC Audio. It was written by Paul Magrs and read by Jamie Glover.

	Ian, Barbara
	Angela Leamann, Tobias Harmer
	London, June-December 1965
	BBC Worldwide
	Paul Magrs
	David Roocroft
	Jamie Glover
	1
	6 January 2022
	1 CD
	ISBN 9781529134506
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Publisher's summary

It's Spring 1965, and at last two time travellers have returned home after many adventures with the Doctor. Yet the world has moved on in their absence, and settling back in proves harder than expected.

For Barbara, salvation appears in the form of kindly Angela Leamann, who offers Miss Wright a roof over her head in return for a series of 'psychical sessions'.

Ian, meanwhile, discovers a hidden talent and joins London's growing literary science fiction scene. He sees no harm in drawing upon his experiences with the Doctor - even when his ideas are picked up by a bigshot in television.

Unsuspectingly, the ex-schoolteachers are being drawn into an invisible web...

Plot

to be added

Characters

• Ian Chesterton
• Barbara Wright
• Angela Leamann
• Tobias Harmer
• The Animus

Worldbuilding

• Ian and Barbara drink at Fitzroy Tavern.

Notes

• The title references a line of dialogue from The Chase which became a popular meme during the 2018 Doctor Who marathon on Twitch.

Continuity

• Ian and Barbara have returned to London in 1965, (TV: The Chase) 19 months after they originally left. (PROSE: The Time Travellers)
• Ian recalls staying at the Roman villa with Barbara, the Doctor and Vicki. (TV: The Romans)
• Ian draws comparisons between his landlady Mrs Todd and the old mother he met in the Cave of Skulls. (TV: An Unearthly Child)
• Barbara is drawn particularly to Aztec exhibits in the British Museum. Ian supposes this is because of how big of an impact her ordeal in Tenochtitlan had on her. (TV: The Aztecs)
• Leamann discovers that Barbara went to Venus (PROSE: Venusian Lullaby) and Byzantium. (PROSE: Byzantium!)
• Ian recounts fictionalised versions of his time travels to a media executive, almost causing a fictional account of his time with the Doctor to become publicly broadcast. (PROSE: The Day of the Doctor)

External links

• Official London, 1965 page at Penguin Books