The Companion Chronicles is a series currently produced by Big Finish Productions. The plays are mainly tales recounted by one of the Doctor's companions with another actor featured in a supporting role.
Originally, the concept was to produce talking books featuring the companions of the doctors who are unavailable to take part in the main audio range (due either to death or refusal). However, the range is now expanding featuring characters who are not strictly companions and companions of doctors who are featured in the main range.
Some plays tie in to other plays in the Big Finish Doctor Who range. The Darkening Eye is a prequel to The Death Collectors, and in The Prisoner's Dilemma, Ace meets Zara, Amy's sister and a fellow tracer.
The plays also reveal what has happened to the some of the companions since they left the Doctor. For example, it is revealed that Vicki remained with Troilus and had a large family, but she never felt like she fitted in. Leela survived the Last Great Time War, but lost the anti-aging protection that the Time Lords gave her. Susan stayed with David Campbell, and Victoria settled down and raised a family.
Audio Dramas
# |
Title |
Author |
Doctor |
Featuring |
Released
|
1 |
Frostfire |
Marc Platt |
1st |
Vicki, Steven Taylor |
January 2007
|
2 |
Fear of the Daleks |
Patrick Chapman |
2nd |
Zoe Heriot, Jamie McCrimmon, The Daleks |
January 2007
|
3 |
The Blue Tooth |
Nigel Fairs |
3rd |
Liz Shaw, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, Cybermen |
January 2007
|
4 |
The Beautiful People |
Eddie Robson |
4th |
Romana II, K-9 Mark II |
January 2007
|
5 |
Mother Russia |
Marc Platt |
1st |
Steven Taylor, Dodo Chaplet |
October 2007
|
6 |
Helicon Prime |
Jake Elliott |
2nd |
Jamie McCrimmon |
November 2007
|
7 |
Old Soldiers |
James Swallow |
3rd |
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, Liz Shaw |
December 2007
|
8 |
The Catalyst |
Nigel Fairs |
4th |
Leela |
January 2008
|
9 |
Here There Be Monsters |
Andy Lane |
1st |
Susan Foreman, Ian and Barbara |
July 2008
|
10 |
The Great Space Elevator |
Jonathan Morris |
2nd |
Victoria Waterfield, Jamie McCrimmon |
August 2008
|
11 |
The Doll of Death |
Marc Platt |
3rd |
Jo Grant |
September 2008
|
12 |
Empathy Games |
Nigel Fairs |
4th |
Leela |
October 2008
|
13 |
Home Truths |
Simon Guerrier |
1st |
Sara Kingdom, Steven Taylor |
November 2008
|
14 |
The Darkening Eye |
Stewart Sheargold |
5th |
Nyssa |
December 2008
|
15 |
Transit of Venus |
Jacqueline Rayner |
1st |
Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright |
January 2009
|
16 |
The Prisoner's Dilemma |
Stewart Sheargold |
7th |
Ace |
Febuary 2009
|
17 |
Resistance |
Steve Lyons |
2nd |
Polly |
March 2009
|
18 |
The Magician's Oath |
Scott Handcock |
3rd |
Mike Yates |
April 2009
|
19 |
Ferril's Folly |
Peter Anghelides |
4th |
TBC |
May 2009
|
20 |
The Mahogany Murderers |
Andy Lane |
4th |
Henry Gordon Jago & George Litefoot |
June 2009
|