Big Finish Productions have announced the first details of the forthcoming Companion Chronicles set, The Second Doctor Volume 1.
Containing four brand new adventures, recording has now completed on the first story from the set - The Mouthless Dead by John Prichard.
The synopsis reads:
“The TARDIS arrives in 1920s England, in a wintry dusk beside a railway line. The station nearby appears deserted, but there are figures watching from the shadows, all of them waiting for a dead man’s train…”
Producer Ian Atkins says that Polly will find herself at the centre of spooky events:
“I’d enjoyed hearing Anneke, Frazer and Elliot bringing that early Second Doctor era to life in Doctor Who – The Early Adventures, and so we decided to start this set rather unusually for a Companion Chronicle with three actors and tell a more televisual story as a one-off. The whole set is very much a celebration of Frazer Hines’ Jamie, who underpins that whole era and I wanted to have all the companions in the set so that you can see him at different points in his life in the TARDIS. In The Mouthless Dead, he and Ben (Elliot Chapman, reprising the late Michael Craze’s role) begin to realise their similarities and resolve their differences, while of course Polly (Anneke Wills) finds herself in the heart of spooky events.”
And adds that the tale is “beautifully atmospheric”:
“It’s a beautifully atmospheric piece, and although it’ll be coming out in the summer, I guarantee people will revisit this one when the nights are drawing in. Lisa Bowerman’s done a brilliant, exhaustive job in the director’s chair to bring it to life, and for the first of our looks at Jamie’s times with the Doctor, it’s beautifully authentic. I’m looking forward to getting back into studio after Christmas to record the rest. Watch this space!”
The Second Doctor Volume 1, a new four-disc release featuring four tales from readers associated with the Second Doctor era, and a second actor, can be pre-ordered now from BigFinish.com.
