Doctor Who – The Companion Chronicles
The Companion Chronicles is an ongoing series of stories detailing adventures usually featuring the Doctor, as told by various former companions of his, with only one further voice actor taking part in the narration. It began in 2007 as a mini-series of four stories about adventures of the first four Doctors (none of whom appear in regular Big Finish audio plays, as William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton and Jon Pertwee died before they began and Tom Baker had declined to participate at that time ), but its popularity ensured that it returned for a second mini-series, and then in July 2008 releases became monthly. The monthly series of Companion Chronicles ended in June 2014 but the range will continue with box set releases,[1] these releases focusing on adventures concerning the First and Second Doctors as narrated by their surviving companions.
Episodes
Series 1 (2007)
No. | Title | Told by | Directed by | Written by | Doctor | Featuring | Released |
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1 | "Frostfire" | Vicki | Mark J Thompson | Marc Platt | First | Steven Taylor | February 2007 |
2 | "Fear of the Daleks" | Zoe Heriot | Mark J Thompson | Patrick Chapman | Second | Jamie McCrimmon, Daleks | February 2007 |
3 | "The Blue Tooth" | Liz Shaw | Mark J Thompson | Nigel Fairs | Third | The Brigadier, Benton, Mike Yates, Cybermen | February 2007 |
4 | "The Beautiful People" | Romana II | Mark J Thompson | Jonathan Morris | Fourth | K9 | February 2007 |
Series 2 (2007–08)
No. | Title | Told by | Directed by | Written by | Doctor | Featuring | Released |
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1 | "Mother Russia" | Steven Taylor | Nigel Fairs | Marc Platt | First | Dodo Chaplet | October 2007 |
2 | "Helicon Prime" | Jamie McCrimmon | Nigel Fairs | Jake Elliot | Second | None | November 2007 |
3 | "Old Soldiers" | The Brigadier | Nigel Fairs | James Swallow | Third | None | December 2007 |
4 | "The Catalyst" | Leela | Nigel Fairs | Nigel Fairs | Fourth | None | January 2008 |
Series 3 (2008–09)
No. | Title | Told by | Directed by | Written by | Doctor | Featuring | Released |
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1 | "Here There Be Monsters" | Susan Foreman | Lisa Bowerman | Andy Lane | First | Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright | July 2008 |
2 | "The Great Space Elevator" | Victoria Waterfield | Nigel Fairs | Jonathan Morris | Second | Jamie McCrimmon | August 2008 |
3 | "The Doll of Death" | Jo Grant | Lisa Bowerman | Marc Platt | Third | The Brigadier, Benton, Mike Yates | September 2008 |
4 | "Empathy Games" | Leela | Nigel Fairs | Nigel Fairs | Fourth | None | October 2008 |
5 | "Home Truths" | Sara Kingdom | Lisa Bowerman | Simon Guerrier | First | Steven Taylor | November 2008 |
6 | "The Darkening Eye" | Nyssa | Ken Bentley | Stewart Sheargold | Fifth | Tegan, Adric, Dar Traders | December 2008 |
7 | "The Transit of Venus" | Ian Chesterton | Nigel Fairs | Jacqueline Rayner | First | Susan Foreman, Barbara Wright | January 2009 |
8 | "The Prisoner's Dilemma" | Ace | Lisa Bowerman | Simon Guerrier | Seventh | None | February 2009 |
9 | "Resistance" | Polly | Lisa Bowerman | Steve Lyons | Second | Ben, Jamie McCrimmon | March 2009 |
10 | "The Magician's Oath" | Mike Yates | Nigel Fairs | Scott Handcock | Third | Jo Grant, The Brigadier, Benton | April 2009 |
11 | "The Mahogany Murderers" | Jago, Litefoot | Lisa Bowerman | Andy Lane | None | Dr. Tulp | May 2009 |
12 | "Stealers from Saiph" | Romana I | Lisa Bowerman | Nigel Robinson | Fourth | None | June 2009 |
Series 4 (2009–10)
No. | Title | Told by | Directed by | Written by | Doctor | Featuring | Released |
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1 | "The Drowned World" | Sara Kingdom | Lisa Bowerman | Simon Guerrier | First | Steven Taylor | July 2009 |
2 | "The Glorious Revolution" | Jamie McCrimmon | Nigel Fairs | Jonathan Morris | Second | Zoe Heriot | August 2009 |
3 | "The Prisoner of Peladon" | King Peladon | Nicola Bryant | Mark Wright, Cavan Scott | Third | Ice Warriors, Alpha Centauri | September 2009 |
4 | "The Pyralis Effect" | Romana II | Lisa Bowerman | George Mann | Fourth | None | October 2009 |
5 | "Ringpullworld" | Turlough | Neil Roberts | Paul Magrs | Fifth | Tegan, Huxley | November 2009 |
6 | "Bernice Summerfield and the Criminal Code" | Benny | John Ainsworth | Eddie Robson | Seventh | None | January 2010 |
7 | "The Suffering" | Steven Taylor, Vicki | Lisa Bowerman | Jacqueline Rayner | First | None | February 2010 |
8 | "The Emperor of Eternity" | Jamie McCrimmon, Victoria Waterfield | Lisa Bowerman | Nigel Robinson | Second | None | March 2010 |
9 | "Shadow of the Past" | Liz Shaw | Lisa Bowerman | Simon Guerrier | Third | The Brigadier | April 2010 |
10 | "The Time Vampire" | Leela, K9 | Nigel Fairs | Nigel Fairs | Fourth | None | May 2010 |
11 | "Night's Black Agents" | Jamie McCrimmon | Lisa Bowerman | Marty Ross | Sixth | None | May 2010 |
12 | "Solitaire" | Charley Pollard | Nicholas Briggs | John Dorney | Eighth | Celestial Toymaker | June 2010 |
Series 5 (2010–11)
No. | Title | Told by | Directed by | Written by | Doctor | Featuring | Released |
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1 | "The Guardian of the Solar System" | Sara Kingdom | Lisa Bowerman | Simon Guerrier | First | Steven Taylor, Mavic Chen | July 2010 |
2 | "Echoes of Grey" | Zoe Heriot | Lisa Bowerman | John Dorney | Second | Jamie McCrimmon | August 2010 |
3 | "Find and Replace" | Jo Grant, Iris Wildthyme | Lisa Bowerman | Paul Magrs | Third | Benton | September 2010 |
4 | "The Invasion of E-Space" | Romana II | Lisa Bowerman | Andrew Smith | Fourth | Adric | October 2010 |
5 | "A Town Called Fortune" | Evelyn Smythe | Lisa Bowerman | Paul Sutton | Sixth | None | November 2010 |
6 | "Quinnis" | Susan Foreman | Lisa Bowerman | Marc Platt | First | None | December 2010 |
7 | "Peri and the Piscon Paradox" | Peri Brown, Sixth Doctor | John Ainsworth | Nev Fountain | Fifth, Sixth | None | January 2011 |
8 | "The Perpetual Bond" | Steven Taylor, Oliver Harper | Lisa Bowerman | Simon Guerrier | First | None | February 2011 |
9 | "The Forbidden Time" | Polly, Jamie McCrimmon | Lisa Bowerman | David Lock | Second | Ben | March 2011 |
10 | "The Sentinels of the New Dawn" | Liz Shaw | Lisa Bowerman | Paul Finch | Third | None | April 2011 |
11 | "Ferril's Folly" | Romana I | Lisa Bowerman | Peter Anghelides | Fourth | None | May 2011 |
12 | "The Cold Equations" | Steven Taylor, Oliver Harper | Lisa Bowerman | Simon Guerrier | First | None | June 2011 |
Specials (2011)
No. | Title | Told by | Directed by | Written by | Doctor | Featuring | Released |
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1 | "The Three Companions" | Polly, The Brigadier, Brewster | Lisa Bowerman | Marc Platt | Second, Third | Ben, Jamie McCrimmon | August 2011 |
2 | "The Mists of Time" | Jo Grant | Lisa Bowerman | Jonathan Morris | Third | None | August 2011 |
3 | "Freakshow" | Turlough | Lisa Bowerman | Mark Morris | Fifth | Tegan | August 2011 |
Series 6 (2011–12)
No. | Title | Told by | Directed by | Written by | Doctor | Featuring | Released |
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1 | "Tales from the Vault" | Jo Grant, Romana I, Zoe Heriot, Steven Taylor | Lisa Bowerman | Jonathan Morris | First, Second, Third, Fourth | Jamie McCrimmon, Dodo Chaplet | July 2011 |
2 | "The Rocket Men" | Ian Chesterton | Lisa Bowerman | John Dorney | First | Barbara Wright, Vicki | August 2011 |
3 | "The Memory Cheats" | Zoe Heriot | Lisa Bowerman | Simon Guerrier | Second | Jamie McCrimmon | September 2011 |
4 | "The Many Deaths of Jo Grant" | Jo Grant | Lisa Bowerman | Mark Wright, Cavan Scott | Third | The Brigadier | October 2011 |
5 | "The First Wave" | Steven Taylor, Oliver Harper | Lisa Bowerman | Simon Guerrier | First | Vardans | November 2011 |
6 | "Beyond the Ultimate Adventure" | Crystal, Jason, Sixth Doctor | Jason Haigh-Ellery | Terrance Dicks | Sixth | Rutans, Raston Warrior | December 2011 |
7 | "The Anachronauts" | Steven Taylor, Sara Kingdom | Ken Bentley | Simon Guerrier | First | None | January 2012 |
8 | "The Selachian Gambit" | Polly, Jamie McCrimmon | Lisa Bowerman | Steve Lyons | Second | Ben | February 2012 |
9 | "Binary" | Liz Shaw | Lisa Bowerman | Eddie Robson | Third | None | March 2012 |
10 | "The Wanderer" | Ian Chesterton | Lisa Bowerman | Richard Dinnick | First | Susan Foreman, Barbara Wright | April 2012 |
11 | "The Jigsaw War" | Jamie McCrimmon | Lisa Bowerman | Eddie Robson | Second | None | May 2012 |
12 | "The Rings of Ikiria" | Mike Yates | Ken Bentley | Richard Dinnick | Third | The Brigadier, Benton | June 2012 |
Special (2012)
No. | Title | Told by | Directed by | Written by | Doctor | Featuring | Released |
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1 | "The Revenants" | Ian | Lisa Bowerman | Ian Potter | First | Barbara | May 2012 |
Series 7 (2012–13)
No. | Title | Told by | Directed by | Written by | Doctor | Featuring | Released |
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1 | "The Time Museum" | Ian | Lisa Bowerman | James Goss | First | Barbara | July 2012 |
2 | "The Uncertainty Principle" | Zoe Heriot | Lisa Bowerman | Simon Guerrier | Second | Jamie McCrimmon | August 2012 |
3 | "Project: Nirvana" | Seventh Doctor, Aristedes, Sally | Ken Bentley | Mark Wright, Cavan Scott | Seventh | None | September 2012 |
4 | "The Last Post" | Liz Shaw | Lisa Bowerman | James Goss | Third | The Brigadier | October 2012 |
5 | "Return of the Rocket Men" | Steven | Lisa Bowerman | Matt Fitton | First | Dodo | November 2012 |
6 | "The Child" | Leela | Nigel Fairs | Nigel Fairs | Fourth | None | December 2012 |
7 | "The Flames of Cadiz" | Ian, Susan | Lisa Bowerman | Marc Platt | First | Barbara | January 2013 |
8 | "House of Cards" | Jamie, Polly | Lisa Bowerman | Steve Lyons | Second | Ben | February 2013 |
9 | "The Scorchies" | Jo | Ken Bentley | James Goss | Third | None | March 2013 |
10 | "The Library of Alexandria" | Ian | Lisa Bowerman | Simon Guerrier | First | Barbara, Susan | April 2013 |
11 | "The Apocalypse Mirror" | Jamie, Zoe | Lisa Bowerman | Eddie Robson | Second | None | May 2013 |
12 | "Council of War" | John Benton | Lisa Bowerman | Simon Barnard and Paul Morris | Third | The Brigadier | June 2013 |
Series 8 (2013–14)
No. | Title | Told by | Directed by | Written by | Doctor | Featuring | Released |
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1 | "Mastermind" | The Master | Ken Bentley | Jonathan Morris | None | None | July 2013 |
2 | "The Alchemists" | Susan | Lisa Bowerman | Ian Potter | First | None | August 2013 |
3 | "Upstairs" | Vicki, Steven | Lisa Bowerman | Mat Coward | First | None | September 2013 |
4 | "Ghost in the Machine" | Jo Grant | Louise Jameson | Jonathan Morris | Third | None | October 2013 |
5 | "The Beginning" | Susan Foreman | Lisa Bowerman | Marc Platt | First | Quadrigger Stoyn | November 2013 |
6 | "The Dying Light" | Jamie McCrimmon, Zoe Heriot | Lisa Bowerman | Nick Wallace | Second | Quadrigger Stoyn | December 2013 |
7 | "Luna Romana" | Romana II, Romana III | Lisa Bowerman | Matt Fitton | Fourth | Romana I, Quadrigger Stoyn | January 2014 |
8 | "The Sleeping City" | Ian Chesterton | Lisa Bowerman | Ian Potter | First | Barbara, Vicki | February 2014 |
9 | "Starborn" | Vicki | Lisa Bowerman | Jacqueline Rayner | First | Barbara, Ian | March 2014 |
10 | "The War to End All Wars" | Steven Taylor | Lisa Bowerman | Simon Guerrier | First | Dodo Chaplet | April 2014 |
11 | "The Elixir of Doom" | Jo Grant, Iris Wildthyme | Lisa Bowerman | Paul Magrs | Third | The Eighth Doctor | May 2014 |
12 | "Second Chances" | Zoe Heriot | Lisa Bowerman | John Dorney | Second | Jamie McCrimmon | June 2014 |
Series 9: The First Doctor Volume 1 (2015)
No. | Title | Told by | Directed by | Written by | Doctor | Featuring | Released |
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1 | "The Sleeping Blood" | Susan Foreman | Lisa Bowerman | Martin Day | First | None | June 2015 |
2 | "The Unwinding World" | Vicki | Lisa Bowerman | Ian Potter | First | Ian, Barbara | June 2015 |
3 | "The Founding Fathers" | Steven Taylor | Lisa Bowerman | Simon Guerrier | First | Vicki | June 2015 |
4 | "The Locked Room" | Steven Taylor | Lisa Bowerman | Simon Guerrier | First | Vicki | June 2015 |
Series 10: The Second Doctor Volume 1 (2016)
No. | Title | Told by | Directed by | Written by | Doctor | Featuring | Released |
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1 | "The Mouthless Dead" | Ben, Polly, Jamie | Lisa Bowerman | John Pritchard | Second | None | June 2016 |
2 | "The Story of Extinction" | Jamie, Victoria | Lisa Bowerman | Ian Atkins | Second | None | June 2016 |
3 | "The Integral" | Jamie, Zoe | Lisa Bowerman | David Bartlett | Second | None | June 2016 |
4 | "The Edge" | Jamie | Lisa Bowerman | Rob Nisbet | Second | Zoe | June 2016 |
Series 11: The First Doctor Volume 2 (2017)
No. | Title | Told by | Directed by | Written by | Doctor | Featuring | Released |
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1 | "Fields of Terror" | Vicki | Lisa Bowerman | John Pritchard | First | Steven | June 2017 |
2 | "Across the Darkened City" | Steven | Lisa Bowerman | David Bartlett | First | Vicki, Daleks | June 2017 |
3 | "Bonfires of the Vanities" | Polly, Ben | Lisa Bowerman | Una McCormack | First | None | June 2017 |
4 | "The Plague of Dreams" | Polly, Ben | Lisa Bowerman | Guy Adams | First | None | June 2017 |
Series 12: The Second Doctor Volume 2 (2018)
No. | Title | Told by | Directed by | Written by | Doctor | Featuring | Released |
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1 | "The Curator's Egg" | Polly, Ben | Lisa Bowerman | Julian Richards | Second | Jamie | June 2018 |
2 | "Dumb Waiter" | Jamie, Leela | Lisa Bowerman | Rob Nisbet | Second | Victoria | June 2018 |
3 | "The Iron Maid" | Jamie, Zoe | Lisa Bowerman | John Pritchard | Second | None | June 2018 |
4 | "The Tactics of Defeat" | Jamie, Zoe | Helen Goldwyn | Tony Jones | Second | None | June 2018 |
Series 13: The First Doctor Volume 3 (2019)
No. | Title | Told by | Directed by | Written by | Doctor | Featuring | Released |
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1 | "E is for..." | Susan | Lisa Bowerman | Julian Richards | First | Ian, Barbara | September 2019 |
2 | "Daybreak" | Vicki | Lisa Bowerman | John Prichard | First | None | September 2019 |
3 | "The Vardan Invasion of Mirth" | Steven | Lisa Bowerman | Paul Morris and Ian Atkins | First | TBA | September 2019 |
4 | "The Crumbling Magician" | Polly | Lisa Bowerman | Guy Adams | First | TBA | September 2019 |
References
- "9.0. The First Doctor Volume 01 – Doctor Who – The Companion Chronicles – Big Finish". bigfinish.com.
- "14. The Second Doctor Volume 03". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 1 September 2018.