Lost Property (audio story)

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Lost Property was the first story in the audio anthology Stranded 1, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Matt Fitton and featured Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor, Nicola Walker as Liv Chenka, Hattie Morahan as Helen Sinclair and Rebecca Root as Tania Bell, alongside Tom Baker as the Curator.

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Trying to find a way to resume his travels, the Doctor calls in some old favours.

As the residents get to know the new arrivals, something else finds its way into Baker Street, seeding suspicion.

Helen meets a man with a very familiar face – and a terrible warning.

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Helen parts from Aisha on her way to Baker Street and meets the Curator outside the TARDIS, which now stands as a makeshift library on Camden Road. She tells him that she knows the man who owns it and that he intends on fixing it up. Liv approaches Helen and the Curator, having made about £100 from selling things, and the Curator says goodbye, calling them by their names.

The Doctor is trading parts with Jim, whom he has turned to due to UNIT's defunding. Without the TARDIS, his memory is hazier, but he thinks back to when the TARDIS landed in London having escaped the Crucible of Souls. He, Liv and Helen went to 107 Baker Street, which they found had been partitioned into flats, and met Tania. Jim finds what seems to be a Chinese puzzle box which the Doctor takes, thinking that he could use it to create an interface through which he could jump start the TARDIS.

The Doctor returns to 107 Baker Street where tenants Tania, Ron and Aisha try to get his attention.

The Curator visits Jim and asks what the Doctor took, telling him that time would soon be other than it should. Whilst he believes that the puzzle box is innocuous, he decides to warn the Doctor, Liv and Helen in as subtle a way as he can.

Liv arrives at the house and is let in by Tania. Helen bumps into Ron and hands Aisha back Zakia's Oyster card. The two companions talk to the Doctor about their financial situation and Helen tells Liv that she needs to get a job. The Doctor goes to Midge's shop, where Ron is working part-time, but leaves after learning that Midge is out. He goes into the house's basement believing that there was a homeless person in there, but he finds it empty.

The Curator visits Midge's shop and asks Ron to tell him to go to the Under Gallery.

In a a café, Helen tells Liv that the agency has found tenants for the second floor when the Curator visits, getting a cup of tea and paying their tab. Ken and Robin move in and Robin tells Helen that he saw somebody on the stairs. Robin and Tony have both had things stolen.

A meter reader comes to the house and goes into the basement before running away screaming. Liv and Helen decide to speak to the tenants to investigate and are joined by Tania, who believes that something could be exacerbating the tensions between everyone in the house. Ron and Tony have information that they believe that Helen does not know, but decide not to share it so as not to cause trouble.

In the rain, the Curator meets Robin, who is planning on running away, and gives him money to buy a hot chocolate in the café. As Robin leaves, the Curator says to himself that all things change, but not always for the better.

The Doctor has stolen Robin's game console and is building an interface when he visits Midge, asking him what he had not been told about the puzzle box. Midge tells him that it is one half of the Pandora Bolt, given to him by a future Doctor, and that it should not have been brought within a mile of the other. Midge tells him that he has to drain the Pandora Bolt to stop it.

At the house, Ron and Tony argue with Aisha and Zakia before they unite to shout at Liv and the Doctor. The Doctor descends to the basement and sees a projection of his future self, still trapped on Earth, and links the two parts of the Pandora Bolt to short it out.

Tania calls somebody and tells them that no further action need be taken at the house, the "Level 2 activity" having been resolved. Liv and Helen tell the Doctor to stop keeping to himself, prompting him to return Robin's game console and talk more to the others in the house.

Helen follows the Curator to the Under Gallery to find out who he is, but he says only that he is not Professor River Song. He asks her to look after the Doctor before disappearing, leaving Helen to wonder what calamity is approaching this time.

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  • This story is notable for introducing the first transgender companion in the Doctor Who universe, Tania Bell.

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