Doctor Who: The Companion Chronicles

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The Companion Chronicles is a sci-fi audio series produced by Big Finish, 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 appeared 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 [ citation needed ]), but its popularity ensured that it returned for a second mini-series, and then in July 2008 releases became monthly.[ citation needed ] The monthly series of Companion Chronicles ended in June 2014 but the range has continued with box set releases, [1] these releases focusing on adventures concerning the First and Second Doctors as narrated by their surviving companions.

Contents

Episodes

The character in brackets in the "Featuring" column is who the story is told by.

Series 1 (2007)

No.TitleDirected byWritten byFeaturingReleased
1"Frostfire"Mark J Thompson Marc Platt First Doctor, Steven Taylor (Vicki)February 2007 (2007-02)
2"Fear of the Daleks" Patrick Chapman Second Doctor, Jamie McCrimmon, Daleks (Zoe Heriot)
3"The Blue Tooth" Nigel Fairs Third Doctor, The Brigadier, Benton, Mike Yates, Cybermen (Liz Shaw)
4"The Beautiful People" Jonathan Morris Fourth Doctor, K9 (Romana II)

Series 2 (2007–08)

No.TitleDirected byWritten byFeaturingReleased
1"Mother Russia" Nigel Fairs Marc PlattFirst Doctor, Dodo Chaplet (Steven Taylor)October 2007 (2007-10)
2"Helicon Prime"Jake ElliotSecond Doctor (Jamie McCrimmon)November 2007 (2007-11)
3"Old Soldiers" James Swallow Third Doctor (The Brigadier)December 2007 (2007-12)
4"The Catalyst"Nigel FairsFourth Doctor (Leela)January 2008 (2008-01)

Series 3 (2008–09)

No.TitleDirected byWritten byFeaturingReleased
1"Here There Be Monsters" Lisa Bowerman Andy Lane First Doctor, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright (Susan Foreman)July 2008 (2008-07)
2"The Great Space Elevator"Nigel FairsJonathan MorrisSecond Doctor, Jamie McCrimmon (Victoria Waterfield)August 2008 (2008-08)
3"The Doll of Death"Lisa BowermanMarc PlattThird Doctor, The Brigadier, Benton, Mike Yates (Jo Grant)September 2008 (2008-09)
4"Empathy Games"Nigel FairsNigel FairsFourth Doctor (Leela)October 2008 (2008-10)
5"Home Truths"Lisa Bowerman Simon Guerrier First Doctor, Steven Taylor (Sara Kingdom)November 2008 (2008-11)
6"The Darkening Eye" Ken Bentley Stewart Sheargold Fifth Doctor, Tegan, Adric, Dar Traders (Nyssa)December 2008 (2008-12)
7"The Transit of Venus"Nigel Fairs Jacqueline Rayner First Doctor, Susan Foreman, Barbara Wright (Ian Chesterton)January 2009 (2009-01)
8"The Prisoner's Dilemma"Lisa BowermanSimon Guerrier Seventh Doctor (Ace)February 2009 (2009-02)
9"Resistance"Lisa Bowerman Steve Lyons Second Doctor, Ben, Jamie McCrimmon (Polly)March 2009 (2009-03)
10"The Magician's Oath"Nigel Fairs Scott Handcock Third Doctor, Jo Grant, The Brigadier, Benton (Mike Yates)April 2009 (2009-04)
11"The Mahogany Murderers"Lisa BowermanAndy LaneDr. Tulp (Jago, Litefoot)May 2009 (2009-05)
12"Stealers from Saiph"Lisa Bowerman Nigel Robinson Fourth Doctor (Romana I)June 2009 (2009-06)

Series 4 (2009–10)

No.TitleDirected byWritten byFeaturingReleased
1"The Drowned World"Lisa BowermanSimon GuerrierFirst Doctor, Steven Taylor (Sara Kingdom)July 2009 (2009-07)
2"The Glorious Revolution"Nigel FairsJonathan MorrisSecond Doctor, Zoe Heriot (Jamie McCrimmon)August 2009 (2009-08)
3"The Prisoner of Peladon" Nicola Bryant Mark Wright, Cavan ScottThird Doctor, Ice Warriors, Alpha Centauri (King Peladon)September 2009 (2009-09)
4"The Pyralis Effect"Lisa Bowerman George Mann Fourth Doctor (Romana II)October 2009 (2009-10)
5"Ringpullworld"Neil Roberts Paul Magrs Fifth Doctor, Tegan, Huxley (Turlough)November 2009 (2009-11)
6"Bernice Summerfield and the Criminal Code"John Ainsworth Eddie Robson Seventh Doctor (Benny)January 2010 (2010-01)
7"The Suffering"Lisa BowermanJacqueline RaynerFirst Doctor (Steven Taylor, Vicki)February 2010 (2010-02)
8"The Emperor of Eternity"Lisa BowermanNigel RobinsonSecond Doctor (Jamie McCrimmon, Victoria Waterfield)March 2010 (2010-03)
9"Shadow of the Past"Lisa BowermanSimon GuerrierThird Doctor, The Brigadier (Liz Shaw)April 2010 (2010-04)
10"The Time Vampire"Nigel FairsNigel FairsFourth Doctor (Leela, K9)May 2010 (2010-05)
11"Night's Black Agents"Lisa Bowerman Marty Ross Sixth Doctor (Jamie McCrimmon)May 2010 (2010-05)
12"Solitaire" Nicholas Briggs John Dorney Eighth Doctor, Celestial Toymaker (Charley Pollard)June 2010 (2010-06)

Series 5 (2010–11)

No.TitleDirected byWritten byFeaturingReleased
1"The Guardian of the Solar System"Lisa BowermanSimon GuerrierFirst Doctor, Steven Taylor, Mavic Chen (Sara Kingdom)July 2010 (2010-07)
2"Echoes of Grey"Lisa BowermanJohn DorneySecond Doctor, Jamie McCrimmon (Zoe Heriot)August 2010 (2010-08)
3"Find and Replace"Lisa BowermanPaul MagrsThird Doctor, Benton (Jo Grant, Iris Wildthyme)September 2010 (2010-09)
4"The Invasion of E-Space"Lisa Bowerman Andrew Smith Fourth Doctor, Adric (Romana II)October 2010 (2010-10)
5"A Town Called Fortune"Lisa BowermanPaul SuttonSixth Doctor (Evelyn Smythe)November 2010 (2010-11)
6"Quinnis"Lisa BowermanMarc PlattFirst Doctor (Susan Foreman)December 2010 (2010-12)
7"Peri and the Piscon Paradox"John Ainsworth Nev Fountain Fifth Doctor (Sixth Doctor, Peri Brown)January 2011 (2011-01)
8"The Perpetual Bond"Lisa BowermanSimon GuerrierFirst Doctor (Steven Taylor, Oliver Harper)February 2011 (2011-02)
9"The Forbidden Time"Lisa BowermanDavid LockSecond Doctor, Ben (Polly, Jamie McCrimmon)March 2011 (2011-03)
10"The Sentinels of the New Dawn"Lisa Bowerman Paul Finch Third Doctor (Liz Shaw)April 2011 (2011-04)
11"Ferril's Folly"Lisa BowermanPeter AnghelidesFourth Doctor (Romana I)May 2011 (2011-05)
12"The Cold Equations"Lisa BowermanSimon GuerrierFirst Doctor (Steven Taylor, Oliver Harper)June 2011 (2011-06)

Specials (2011)

No.TitleDirected byWritten byFeaturingReleased
1"The Three Companions"Lisa Bowerman Marc Platt Second Doctor, Third Doctor, Ben, Jamie McCrimmon (Polly, The Brigadier, Brewster)August 2011 (2011-08)
2"The Mists of Time"Jonathan MorrisThird Doctor (Jo Grant)
3"Freakshow"Mark MorrisFifth Doctor, Tegan (Turlough)

Series 6 (2011–12)

No.TitleDirected byWritten byFeaturingReleased
1"Tales from the Vault"Lisa BowermanJonathan MorrisFirst Doctor, Second Doctor, Third Doctor, Fourth Doctor, Jamie McCrimmon, Dodo Chaplet (Jo Grant, Romana I, Zoe Heriot, Steven Taylor)July 2011 (2011-07)
2"The Rocket Men"Lisa BowermanJohn DorneyFirst Doctor, Barbara Wright, Vicki (Ian Chesterton)August 2011 (2011-08)
3"The Memory Cheats"Lisa BowermanSimon GuerrierSecond Doctor, Jamie McCrimmon (Zoe Heriot)September 2011 (2011-09)
4"The Many Deaths of Jo Grant"Lisa BowermanMark Wright, Cavan ScottThird Doctor, The Brigadier (Jo Grant)October 2011 (2011-10)
5"The First Wave"Lisa BowermanSimon GuerrierFirst Doctor, Vardans (Steven Taylor, Oliver Harper)November 2011 (2011-11)
6"Beyond the Ultimate Adventure" Jason Haigh-Ellery Terrance Dicks Sixth Doctor, Rutans, Raston Warrior (Crystal, Jason, Sixth Doctor)December 2011 (2011-12)
7"The Anachronauts"Ken BentleySimon GuerrierFirst Doctor (Steven Taylor, Sara Kingdom)January 2012 (2012-01)
8"The Selachian Gambit"Lisa BowermanSteve LyonsSecond Doctor, Ben (Polly, Jamie McCrimmon)February 2012 (2012-02)
9"Binary"Lisa BowermanEddie RobsonThird Doctor (Liz Shaw)March 2012 (2012-03)
10"The Wanderer"Lisa Bowerman Richard Dinnick First Doctor, Susan Foreman, Barbara Wright (Ian Chesterton)April 2012 (2012-04)
11"The Jigsaw War"Lisa BowermanEddie RobsonSecond Doctor (Jamie McCrimmon)May 2012 (2012-05)
12"The Rings of Ikiria"Ken BentleyRichard DinnickThird Doctor, The Brigadier, Benton (Mike Yates)June 2012 (2012-06)

Special (2012)

No.TitleDirected byWritten byFeaturingReleased
1"The Revenants"Lisa Bowerman Ian Potter First Doctor, Barbara (Ian)May 2012 (2012-05)

Series 7 (2012–13)

No.TitleDirected byWritten byFeaturingReleased
1"The Time Museum"Lisa Bowerman James Goss First Doctor, Barbara (Ian)July 2012 (2012-07)
2"The Uncertainty Principle"Lisa BowermanSimon GuerrierSecond Doctor, Jamie McCrimmon (Zoe Heriot)August 2012 (2012-08)
3"Project: Nirvana"Ken BentleyMark Wright, Cavan Scott(Seventh Doctor, Lysandra Aristedes, Sally)September 2012 (2012-09)
4"The Last Post"Lisa BowermanJames GossThird Doctor, The Brigadier (Liz Shaw)October 2012 (2012-10)
5"Return of the Rocket Men"Lisa BowermanMatt FittonFirst Doctor, Dodo (Steven)November 2012 (2012-11)
6"The Child"Nigel FairsNigel FairsFourth Doctor (Leela)December 2012 (2012-12)
7"The Flames of Cadiz"Lisa BowermanMarc PlattFirst Doctor, Barbara (Ian, Susan)January 2013 (2013-01)
8"House of Cards"Lisa BowermanSteve LyonsSecond Doctor, Ben (Jamie, Polly)February 2013 (2013-02)
9"The Scorchies"Ken BentleyJames GossThird Doctor (Jo)March 2013 (2013-03)
10"The Library of Alexandria"Lisa BowermanSimon GuerrierFirst Doctor, Barbara, Susan (Ian)April 2013 (2013-04)
11"The Apocalypse Mirror"Lisa BowermanEddie RobsonSecond Doctor (Jamie, Zoe)May 2013 (2013-05)
12"Council of War"Lisa BowermanSimon Barnard and Paul MorrisThird Doctor, The Brigadier (John Benton)June 2013 (2013-06)

Series 8 (2013–14)

No.TitleDirected byWritten byFeaturingReleased
1"Mastermind"Ken Bentley Jonathan Morris – (The Master)July 2013 (2013-07)
2"The Alchemists"Lisa Bowerman Ian Potter First Doctor (Susan)August 2013 (2013-08)
3"Upstairs"Lisa BowermanMat CowardFirst Doctor (Vicki, Steven)September 2013 (2013-09)
4"Ghost in the Machine" Louise Jameson Jonathan Morris Third Doctor (Jo Grant)October 2013 (2013-10)
5"The Beginning"Lisa Bowerman Marc Platt First Doctor, Quadrigger Stoyn (Susan Foreman)November 2013 (2013-11)
6"The Dying Light"Lisa BowermanNick WallaceSecond Doctor, Quadrigger Stoyn (Jamie McCrimmon, Zoe Heriot)December 2013 (2013-12)
7"Luna Romana"Lisa BowermanMatt FittonFourth Doctor, Romana I, Quadrigger Stoyn (Romana II, Romana III)January 2014 (2014-01)
8"The Sleeping City"Lisa BowermanIan PotterFirst Doctor, Barbara, Vicki (Ian Chesterton)February 2014 (2014-02)
9"Starborn"Lisa BowermanJacqueline RaynerFirst Doctor, Barbara, Ian (Vicki)March 2014 (2014-03)
10"The War to End All Wars"Lisa BowermanSimon GuerrierFirst Doctor, Dodo Chaplet (Steven Taylor)April 2014 (2014-04)
11"The Elixir of Doom"Lisa BowermanPaul MagrsThird Doctor, The Eighth Doctor (Jo Grant, Iris Wildthyme)May 2014 (2014-05)
12"Second Chances"Lisa BowermanJohn DorneySecond Doctor, Jamie McCrimmon (Zoe Heriot)June 2014 (2014-06)

Series 9: The First Doctor Volume 1 (2015)

No.TitleDirected byWritten byFeaturingReleased
1"The Sleeping Blood"Lisa BowermanMartin DayFirst Doctor (Susan Foreman)June 2015 (2015-06)
2"The Unwinding World"Ian PotterFirst Doctor, Ian, Barbara (Vicki)
3"The Founding Fathers"Simon GuerrierFirst Doctor, Vicki (Steven Taylor)
4"The Locked Room"Simon GuerrierFirst Doctor, Vicki (Steven Taylor)

Series 10: The Second Doctor Volume 1 (2016)

No.TitleDirected byWritten byFeaturingReleased
1"The Mouthless Dead"Lisa BowermanJohn PritchardSecond Doctor (Ben, Polly, Jamie)June 2016 (2016-06)
2"The Story of Extinction"Ian AtkinsSecond Doctor (Jamie, Victoria)
3"The Integral"David BartlettSecond Doctor (Jamie, Zoe)
4"The Edge"Rob NisbetSecond Doctor, Zoe (Jamie)

Series 11: The First Doctor Volume 2 (2017)

No.TitleDirected byWritten byFeaturingReleased
1"Fields of Terror"Lisa BowermanJohn PritchardFirst Doctor, Steven (Vicki)June 2017 (2017-06)
2"Across the Darkened City"David BartlettFirst Doctor, Vicki, Daleks (Steven)
3"Bonfires of the Vanities"Una McCormackFirst Doctor (Polly, Ben)
4"The Plague of Dreams"Guy AdamsFirst Doctor (Polly, Ben)

Series 12: The Second Doctor Volume 2 (2018)

No.TitleDirected byWritten byFeaturingReleased
1"The Curator's Egg"Lisa BowermanJulian RichardsSecond Doctor, Jamie (Polly, Ben)June 2018 (2018-06)
2"Dumb Waiter"Lisa BowermanRob NisbetSecond Doctor, Victoria (Jamie, Leela)
3"The Iron Maid"Lisa BowermanJohn PritchardSecond Doctor (Jamie, Zoe)
4"The Tactics of Defeat"Helen GoldwynTony JonesSecond Doctor (Jamie, Zoe)

Series 13: The First Doctor Volume 3 (2019)

No.TitleDirected byWritten byFeaturingReleased
1"E is for..."Lisa BowermanJulian RichardsFirst Doctor, Ian, Barbara (Susan)September 2019 (2019-09)
2"Daybreak"John PrichardFirst Doctor (Vicki)
3"The Vardan Invasion of Mirth"Paul Morris and Ian AtkinsFirst Doctor (Steven)
4"The Crumbling Magician"Guy AdamsFirst Doctor (Polly)

Series 14: The Second Doctor Volume 3 (2022)

No.TitleDirected byWritten byFeaturingReleased
1"The Death of the Daleks" [2] Lisa BowermanGeorge MannSecond Doctor (Jamie, Zoe)April 2022 (2022-04)
2"The Phantom Piper" [2] Lisa BowermanMartin Day
3"The Prints of Denmark"Nigel FairsPaul Morris
4"The Deepest Tragedian"Nigel FairsPenelope Faith

Awards and nominations

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee(s) of the award, and the result of the nomination
Award ceremonyYearCategoryWork(s)ResultRef.
Scribe Awards2012Best Audio The Many Deaths of Jo Grant Nominated [3]
2013Project: NirvanaNominated
2017The Mouthless DeadNominated
2018Across the Darkened CityNominated
2020DaybreakNominated

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  3. "Previous Scribe Award Winners". 24 June 2013.