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Doctor Who: The Companion Chronicles 12.2/The Second Doctor 2.2


The second Doctor, Jamie and Victoria attend a garden party but things are not what they seem. More to the point who is Leela and why doesn’t she recognise the Doctor?


With Frazer having played the second Docto rin the Early adventures, to does have a sense of a full cast audio, its just Victoria that’s not so well served here. I’ve said before that I don’t read much about the audios before I listen, if its a range I enjoy and it has good ratings and its on sale I’ll grab it. So when Mrs De Winter turns up and I could just about tell it was Louise Jamesons voice - my interest was piqued. With Leela herself entering the story, I knew this was going to be something special.


The Doctor needs clarity on a recent adventure and so hooks Jamie up to a recorder so he can fill in the details, as he know that a future self will need it. Its a good way of adding the narration. With bones form an eaten meal left by the food machine Jamies gets the blame and decides to stay on board the TARDIS while the Doctor and Victoria go outside and eventually meet Mrs De winter and the garden party. 


Leela has been sent back by the fourth Doctor and its a TARDIS she doesn’t recognise. Usually when companions meet up they’re almost instant friends so here they both see each other as enemy, so its quite a refreshing take. They do fight and it hard to know who to root for.


The story progress to a much more standard outing. The interesting part is that the second Doctor notices Leela’s time ring and know that one day he’ll be going back home, and its a worrying thing for him.

A good audio an worth a listen

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