The Age of Endurance (audio story)

 was the first story of the third season of The Early Adventures. It was written by Nick Wallace and featured the First Doctor and Ian Chesterton, both voiced by William Russell, Susan Foreman voiced by Carole Ann Ford, and, for the first time, Barbara Wright voiced by Jemma Powell.

Publisher's summary
The TARDIS materialises on board a still and eerie spaceship. When a squad of soldiers land, they realise they've found themselves in the middle of a war zone. With one of their crew trapped by the enemy, the Doctor and his friends find themselves locked in a desperate race for survival. Vast warships manoeuvre around each other as both sides try to out-think their opponents, flying into ever more dangerous areas of space.

The stakes could not be higher. But as ever in war, the lines between good and evil are hard to define. Will anyone survive to claim the moral high ground?

Ship of Death (1)
to be added

Hunters in the Breach (2)
to be added

A Fight for Survival (3)
to be added

The End of Endurance (4)
to be added

Cast

 * Susan/Narrator - Carole Ann Ford
 * Ian/The Doctor - William Russell
 * Barbara - Jemma Powell
 * Myla - Rachel Atkins
 * Toban - John Voce
 * Olivan - Gethin Anthony
 * Benya - Andy Secombe
 * Arran/Shift - Tom Bell

Continuity

 * The Doctor refers to his encounter with the Pied Piper in Hamelin in 1284. (COMIC: Challenge of the Piper)
 * Barbara refers to Spartacus. During his second incarnation, the Doctor and his companions Ben Jackson, Polly Wright and Jamie McCrimmon would later encounter Spartacus during his slave revolt in 71 B.C.. (PROSE: The Slave War)