The Companion Chronicles

The final adventure in Big Finish‘s The Second Doctor Volume 01 from their Doctor Who – The Companion Chronicles range sees the Doctor, Jamie, and Zoe, arriving on an asteroid at The Edge. As a scientific hub of experimentation, The Edge quickly attracts the Doctor and Zoe’s attention and they’re […]

10.04 The Edge

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The third of four adventures in The Second Doctor Volume 01 from the Big Finish range of The Companion Chronicles is The Integral.  This story, written by David Bartlett and directed by Lisa Bowerman, opens with a scientist doing experiments on an apparently violent madman. In the TARDIS, Jamie and […]

10.03 The Integral

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The second of four adventures in The Second Doctor Volume 01 from the Big Finish range of The Companion Chronicles is The Story of Extinction.  This story, written by Ian Atkins and directed by Lisa Bowerman, sees the TARDIS crew arrive on an apparently long-dead planet. The 2nd Doctor, together […]

10.02 The Story of Extinction

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We travel right back to the Sixties with The Second Doctor Volume 01 from the Big Finish range of The Companion Chronicles.  This volume consists of four adventures, approximately one-hour long each, with behind-the-scenes chats.  Each story is, as expected, from the 2nd Doctor’s era of Doctor Who and are […]

10.01 The Mouthless Dead

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The fifth adventure in series seven of Big Finish‘s Companion Chronicles range does what it says on the tin and it sees the Return of the Rocket Men.  This time they’re encountered by Steven (Peter Purves) with the first Doctor and Dodo.  The villain of the Rocket Men is this […]

CC7.05 Return of the Rocket Men

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The second adventure in the sixth series of Big Finish‘s range of Doctor Who Companion Chronicles is performed by William Russell.  The Rocket Men is very much a “first era” adventure, from a time before the series knew what was to come with Time Lords, Gallifrey, and all the other […]

CC6.02 The Rocket Men

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Previously … Helicon Prime … The third story in Big Finish‘s second series of Companion Chronicles is the third to feature one of the Doctor’s male companions, in this case the Brigadier (Nicholas Courtney).  The number of male companions on the TV show are in a minority compared to female […]

CC2.03 Old Soldiers

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Previously … Mother Russia … I previously listened to Helicon Prime a couple of years ago but I’ve taken the opportunity to revisit it as I go through Big Finish‘s range of Companion Chronicles. Helicon Prime is a luxury resort situated in part of the galaxy that effectively prevents people […]

CC2.02 Helicon Prime (revisited)

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Previously … The Beautiful People … The second series of Big Finish‘s range of The Companion Chronicles begins with Mother Russia.  A break from the first series that focussed on four of the female companions, this is the first to feature a male companion – in this case, Steven Taylor.  […]

CC2.01 Mother Russia

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Previously … The Blue Tooth … The Beautiful People is the fourth in the Big Finish‘s Companion Chronicles range, first released in 2007.  As with previous offerings in this range, this is an enhanced audiobook read by a single voice (in this case, Lalla Ward) with support from a second […]

CC1.04 The Beautiful People

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Previously … Fear of the Daleks … If there’s a traditional “monster” on TV that the 3rd Doctor missed battling, it was the Cybermen.  Sure his era created the Sontarans, and he had a few battles with the Daleks, and he encountered everything from Sea Devils to Silurians and Ice […]

CC1.03 The Blue Tooth

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Fear of the Daleks
Previously … Frostfire … The second of Big Finish‘s Companion Chronicles range is Fear of the Daleks, a 2nd Doctor story narrated by Zoe (Wendy Padbury).  Like the first offering, the story is told from the point of view of modern/older Zoe.  In this instance, she’s bothered by memories of […]

CC1.02 Fear of the Daleks

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