The Friendly Invasion (audio story)

It’s 1943 and the village of Westbourne has been invaded...not by the enemy, but by the allies. The American troops are ‘over here’ and enjoying themselves mightily.

Except there’s someone else visiting the village. And not just the new barmaid, Margaret. Or her unusual friends, Leela and the Doctor. Something with a sinister agenda all its own.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

Part one[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Part two[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor - Tom Baker
Leela - Louise Jameson
Margaret - Nerys Hughes
Sergeant Ray Hunter - Chase Brown
Edie Carter - Evie Killip
Private Joe Powell - Jackson Milner
Stan Trubshaw / Private Massey / Edie's Dad / Old Reg - Barnaby Edwards

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Cover Art - Sean Longmore
Director - Nicholas Briggs
Executive Producer - Jason Haigh-Ellery and Nicholas Briggs
Music - Joe Kraemer
Producer - David Richardson
Script Editor - John Dorney
Sound Design - Toby Hrycek-Robinson
Writer - Chris Chapman

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Dainty Company was inspired by the real-life Easy Company, known to popular culture as the Band of Brothers. During a visit to a pub in Oldbourne. writer Chris Chapman saw the framed minutes of a meeting held there by Easy Company shortly before their departure to France. Chapman used this as the basis for the story's setting and sought to explore how the American soldiers spent their last days in Britain before the invasion. (BFX: The Friendly Invasion) In the story itself, one of the soldiers does make a quick reference to E Company.
Despite the synopsis claiming the story takes place in 1943, the dialogue explicitly dates the story to 4 June 1944, just ahead of the D-Day landings. The one reference to 1943 in the story is as the year of Dainty Company's formation.
Scorched Earth, released as part of the Main Range in 2020, was also a wartime story written by Chapman. It was set between 4 and 6 July 1944, exactly one month after The Friendly Invasion takes place.