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Doctor Who The Companion Chronciles 


1.3 The Blue Tooth


Having a few days spare Liz decides to visit an old friend, however she missing, and she’s not the only one.


Having just watched Jon Pertwee’s first series with Liz Shaw this came at quite a nice point. And as it performed by Caroline John its the icing on the cake.


This audio is compromise of four 15 minutes episodes, which seems a little unusual, but it was a welcome difference.  It does have the feeling of a four parter, but truncated. As such it moves along quite briskly, you have to pay attention as in only a coupe of sentence’s the situation changed and you’re lost. Indeed I had to go back a few times to relisten.


This is one of those stories that is somewhat spoilt by the cover, as in a Cyberman appears on it. The audio itself doesn't bring them in or at least name them until part 3ish, so the mystery isn’t there. 


But it is quite an eventful story, the disapearences, the oddities with the strange blue metal, and the worm type creatures. Liz herself isn’t exempt for the horror as she investigates a dentist only to wake up to find she had an unwanted filling!


Caroline doesn’t quite get the mannerisms of the Doctor, Brig etc, but its enjoyable none the less. 

There are some nice mentions of both Benton and Yates. And its a chance for the Third Doctor to meet the Cybermen, and its not quite the usual set up. Though, as with the Daleks, it is a we will survive mentality.


Not Bad

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