The Child (audio story)

The Child was the sixth story of the seventh series in The Companion Chronicles audio range. It was produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Nigel Fairs and featured Leela.

Publisher's summary
"Tell me another story, Leela. Not the one about the walking doll or the creepy mechanical men. A new one. I want to hear a new one..."

Leela is dead but her soul lives on. She has been reborn as a young girl, Emily, whose "imaginary friend" tells her amazing tales about a great Wizard and the warrior who accompanies him on his adventures through time and space.

Emily prepares to tell her parents the story of a cold, grey world whose people are ruled over by a Glass Angel. The Wizard is her prisoner and only the warrior girl and her three peculiar friends can save him...

Part one
to be added

Part two
to be added

Cast

 * Leela - Louise Jameson
 * Emily - Anna Hawkes

Worldbuilding

 * The Map of Life is the largest work of art in the universe. It spans an entire continent.



Continuity

 * Leela recalls the face of Xoanon carved into Mount Kremnon on her planet. (TV: The Face of Evil)
 * The Doctor refers to the helmic regulator. (TV: The Ark in Space)
 * Leela refers to the Tesh. (TV: The Face of Evil)
 * Emily refers to Leela's stories about the "walking doll" (TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang) and the "creepy mechanical men". (TV: The Robots of Death)