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The Companion Chronicles 


Series 1 episode 2 Fear Of The Daleks 


Its a pity this wasn’t the first episode in this series as if it was I might have stuck with them. 


Zoe has memories that she can’t have, she never travelled with the Doctor and certainly never met the Daleks. She recounts a memory she has where she, The Doctor and Jamie arrive on an asteroid, where peace talks are taking place. Unfortunately not everyone wants them to succeed.


This audio features Wendy Padbury as Zoe and Nicholas Briggs as the Daleks. 


I found this quite engaging, I mentioned in my review off Frostfire that I heard the first few minutes and gave up on the entire series for 15 years! The narrated style wasn’t enjoyable, but its grown on me. 


The plot involves The Doctors thought scanner, Daleks crystals, and Zoe being used as a weapon.  With her body in one place but a copy of her projected, she is forced to carry out the bidding of Atrika or suffer pain. I think this is the most interesting part - wether she is actually going to kill or not, and how she’s going to get out of it.


Its in part two where the Daleks arrive but they aren’t the main focus of the story. Jamie doesn’t have a lot to do being more on the sidelines.


There is a nice reference to the Doctor showing Zoe what happened in Evil Of The Daleks as the story was repeated after she joined the Tardis team.


I was very surprised to see some low rating for this audio, after the tedium of Frostfire this really does pick up the ball.


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