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Doctor Who - The Companion Chronicles

2 primary works

Book 1

Cover of The Second Doctor
Four brand new stories of the Companion Chronicles format, following one of the Doctor's closest friends and their perspective on an adventure. Here, Jamie McCrimmon (Frazer Hines) is in the spotlight. 1. The Mouthless Dead by John Pritchard. The TARDIS arrives in 1920s England, the Doctor, Jamie, Ben and Polly finding themselves in a wintry dusk beside a railway line. The station nearby appears deserted, but there are figures watching from the shadows, all of them waiting for a dead man's train. 2. The Story of Extinction by Ian Atkins. Civilisations rise and fall - and few planets have seen this happen more often than Amyrndaa. The Doctor, Jamie and Victoria join a survey team to find out why on the planet where everything is suited to creating life, nothing lives for long. 3. The Integral by David Bartlett. When tempers fray in the TARDIS, the Doctor struggles to help Jamie and Zoe resolve their differences. Arriving at Aspen Base proves a welcome distraction; but the isolated facility is under siege. Can Jamie's belief in right and wrong withstand the perspective changing power of the Integral? 4. The Edge by Rob Nisbet.The Edge is the galaxy's scientific hub of experimentation, theoretical breakthroughs and invention - just the sort of place to interest the Doctor and Zoe.
However, a secret lies hidden in The Edge laboratories. Jamie instinctively knows that something is wrong, and it doesn't take long for him to be proved right. All of the second Doctor's eras are recreated in this set, from the early days of Jamie, Ben and Polly, to the end of his time with Jamie and Zoe. Frazer Hines revisits his role as Jamie, a companion of the Second Doctor (played on television by Patrick Troughton) back in 1966-69, one of the most popular TARDIS travellers. CAST: Frazer Hines (Jamie McCrimmon/The Doctor/Narrator), Anneke Wills (Polly/Narrator), Elliot Chapman (Ben Jackson), Deborah Watling (Victoria Waterfield), Wendy Padbury (Zoe Herriot), Robert Whitelock (Provost Curtis), Lisa Bowerman (Selsey).

Book 2

Cover of The Companion Chronicles
Four new stories from across the First Doctor's era; 1. Fields of Terror by John Pritchard. The TARDIS has brought the Doctor back to Revolutionary France, a place that's always fascinated him. But this time he, along with Steven and Vicki, are drawn into a devastated land, caught between the soldiers who are burning all before them and a monstrous shape that follows in their wake. 2. Across the Darkened City by David Bartlett. On the planet Shade, The Chaons, an invading race of strange, amorphous creatures that ravenously absorb energy, have reduced the city there to a desolate ruin. Separated from the Doctor and Vicki, Steven has to join forces with an unexpected ally to find his way back to the TARDIS. Ahead, lies a nightmare journey through the dark - a test of endurance and trust. 3. The Bonfires of the Vanities by Una McCormack. When the Doctor, Polly, and Ben arrive in Lewes in the late 1950s, they're just in time to celebrate Guy Fawkes' Night. But there's no fun on the streets tonight - the town is in the grip of fear. There are imps on the loose in Lewes, the Bonfire Boys are on the march, and nobody is safe from the fire. 4. The Plague of Dreams by Guy Adams. "Pray welcome, one and all, to this, a fantasy in two acts, presented, most humbly, for your pleasure. We bring you drama and magic, angels and demons, a tale of mysterious plague... of nightmares made flesh... of a war fought both in this world and those immeasurably distant. A war, in fact, fought through the mists of time itself. It will make you gasp! It will make you weep! It may even make some of you wake-up..."
CAST: Maureen O'Brien (Vicki), Robert Hands (Lagrange), Peter Purves (Steven Taylor), Anneke Wills (Polly), Elliot Chapman (Ben Jackson / The Player), Helen Goldwyn (The Chaons) and Nicholas Briggs as the Daleks.