Companions Old and New Get the Spotlight
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Linnea Dodson
Nea has been a fan of Doctor Who since before the era of VCRs and personal computers. Now she's thrilled that there's an all-new show and all-new ways for fandom to keep up to date and spread. By Linnea Dodson
Published on 10/28/2007
Old and new companions of Doctor Who are getting a chance in the spotlight.
A Very Whovian Christmas for Children in Need
Old and new companions of Doctor Who are getting
a chance in the spotlight.
On the
television, the BBC has announced the full lineup for the Children in Need
special on November 16. In addition to
the previously reported Peter Davison-David Tennant "special episode of
'Doctor Who'," Kylie Minogue (this year's guest companion Astrid from the
Doctor Who Christmas special) and John Barrowman (Captain Jack, Doctor
Who/Torchwood) will be singing.
On audio, Big Finish has done so well with their previous "Companion Chronicles" that they have started a new series, with the first disk, "Mother Russia," having just been released. The Companion Chronicles are Big Finish's way of covering the years for which they cannot get the original Doctors by having the surviving companion actors describing new adventures from their character's points of view. Season Two will feature stories told by Stephen Tyler (Peter Purves), Jamie McCrimmon (Frazer Hines), Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (Nicholas Courtney), and Leela (Louise Jameson).
On audio, Big Finish has done so well with their previous "Companion Chronicles" that they have started a new series, with the first disk, "Mother Russia," having just been released. The Companion Chronicles are Big Finish's way of covering the years for which they cannot get the original Doctors by having the surviving companion actors describing new adventures from their character's points of view. Season Two will feature stories told by Stephen Tyler (Peter Purves), Jamie McCrimmon (Frazer Hines), Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (Nicholas Courtney), and Leela (Louise Jameson).