The Doll of Death (audio story)
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The Doll of Death was the third story of the third series of The Companion Chronicles, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Marc Platt, narrated by Katy Manning (in-character as Jo Grant) and featured the Third Doctor, Jo Grant, Brigadier Lethbridge Stewart, Captain Yates, Sergeant Benton and UNIT.
Publisher's summary
A new adventure with the Third Doctor as told by his companion, Jo Grant.
"Retrocausation! Events before their cause. Time in reverse."
While investigating a temporal anomaly in Central London, the Doctor and Jo Grant meet Professor Harold Saunders, a man who possesses an unstable alien artefact, and who is seemingly haunted by the ghosts of dolls.
Who is the mysterious Mrs Killebrew? Why is a pack of hounds hunting them in reverse? And can Jo pick up any bargains while backwards shopping on Oxford Street?
Plot
to be added
Cast
Crew
- Cover Art - Simon Holub
- Director - Lisa Bowerman
- Executive Producers - Jason Haigh-Ellery and Nicholas Briggs
- Music and Sound Design - David Darlington
- Producer - David Richardson
- Script Editors - Alan Barnes and Jacqueline Rayner
- Writer - Marc Platt
Worldbuilding
- Jo is concerned about her husband Clifford Jones' blood pressure.
- Jo is staying in a London hotel as she is attending a climate conference.
- According to Jo, alien invasions always seemed to occur on Fridays.
- Mike Yates refers to Jo as "Jemima Bond, Licence to Spill."
- Jo was 18 years old when she began working for UNIT.
- In the National Museum, the Doctor indicates an Egyptian mummy to Jo, claiming that he knew the person in question in life.
- By the 2000s, UNIT HQ has become the embassy of an Eastern European country.
- The Doctor is now a British citizen.
- Benton has recently bought a new Allegro.
- Benton refers to the IRA.
- As a child, Jo had "an army of gonks and trolls" but even then found dolls creepy.
Notes
- This was the first time that Katy Manning had reprised her role as Jo Grant since her departure in TV: The Green Death [+]Loading...["The Green Death (TV story)"] in 1973.
- This audio drama was recorded on 23 May 2008 at the Moat Studios.
- This story is set between TV: The Dæmons [+]Loading...["The Dæmons (TV story)"] and Day of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Day of the Daleks (TV story)"].
- Jo is 18 during this story.
- Jo was 19 when she first met the Doctor in 1970, according to AUDIO: The Other Woman [+]Loading...["The Other Woman (audio story)"].
- Jo has been "on the UNIT books since 1971", according to PROSE: Genocide [+]Loading...["Genocide (novel)"].
- Jo joined UNIT in 1972, according to AUDIO: The Sacrifice of Jo Grant [+]Loading...["The Sacrifice of Jo Grant (audio story)"].
Continuity
- Jo refers to being hypnotised by the Master in TV: Terror of the Autons [+]Loading...["Terror of the Autons (TV story)"].
- After their encounter with Mrs Killebrew, the Doctor and Jo were sent to Zayin Eight in the far future by the Time Lords, as heard in the future Companion Chronicles story, AUDIO: The Mists of Time [+]Loading...["The Mists of Time (audio story)"].
- Polly Wright would later read about this incident on Jo's blog, as mentioned in AUDIO: The Three Companions [+]Loading...["The Three Companions (audio story)"].
External links
- Official The Doll of Death page at bigfinish.com
- The Doll of Death at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
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