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The Companion Chronicles 


6.7 The Anachronauts


Set in the Daleks Masterplan story this features The First Doctor, Steven and Sara. With Peter Purves and Jean Marsh as the cast.


A collision in the vortex strands the Tardis crew on an island somewhere on a planet. The other ship is an experimental time vessel, the two crews will have to work together to survive. So how to Steven and Sara end up in Berlin accused of being spies?


Its a nice beginning - the crash, waking up, stranded, the other ships crew. The fact that the other ship is also a time machine and the distrust between the two sets of people. There’s plenty to keep you interested, when they find the Tardis’s food dispenser in the middle of nowhere you do wonder whats happened to the Tardis and how they’re going to get out of it. The situation gets as both Steven and Sara get hurt and it does feel that this might be the end for them.


When I came back to listen to part 3 I felt I had missed something. Suddenly its Germany, Steven’s been shot and he and Sara are on the run. There are a couple of references to the last episode so you know that it is the same story, but you know thats there’s something not quite finished from before. The Doctor is missing from this episode (a nice hark back to the early series) and things get a little beak for Steven and Sara, held prisoner escaping only to be caught again. 


At 38 minutes, part four is long and for me its gets a bit draggy. You know that something isn't right about the circumstance our heroes are in and you’re wating for the pay off and whats happening feels that it getting in the way the plot.


Its very much a story of to two halves. It is something that deserves a second listen to fully appreciate it. I found I was more interested in the first half and wanted that to continue. The second half set in Germany with its second world war/nazi vibes felt a bit been there done that.


There is some character development for Steven and Sara - I’ve seemed to have heard a few of their adventures lately - An Ordinary Life being one of them, again where Steven an Sara get closer.


An interesting audio 


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