Hunters of Earth (audio story)

 was the first release of the Destiny of the Doctor audio series, produced by Big Finish Productions for AudioGO.

Publisher's summary
Shoreditch, London, 1963. The Beatles have beaten John Smith and the Common Men to No. 1 and satellites are being launched in outer space. Back down on Earth, strange goings-on are occurring: the normally placid teenagers of Coal Hill are running riot and a master thief is stealing highly specialised equipment.

Schoolgirl Susan Foreman just wants an easy life for herself and her grandfather, the mysterious Doctor. She wants to be liked and accepted by Cedric and all the other pupils at Coal Hill School. But there’s trouble in the streets and bombsites around Totter’s Lane.

The teenagers are becoming dangerous… Their mission: to hunt down anyone different, or alien… Susan’s quiet life is about to spiral out of control. Having inadvertently started drawing attention to herself, she finds herself drawn into a desperate situation. Suddenly, the chase is on and she and her grandfather are now the hunted.

Cast

 * Susan Foreman - Carole Ann Ford
 * Cedric - Tam Williams

Characters

 * The Doctor
 * Susan Foreman
 * Cedric

Continuity

 * Before the Doctor and Susan settled down in Shoreditch in 1963, they took a brief trip to St Albans on 17 December 1997 to ensure that the United Kingdom would remain safe during and after the 1960s. Unbeknownst to either of them, the Fourth Doctor and his companions Romana and K9 were in the vicinity on the same day. (PROSE: The Little Things)
 * The TARDIS is located in I.M. Foreman's junkyard at 76 Totter's Lane. (TV: An Unearthly Child)
 * Cedric jokes that sometimes it seems that Susan can read people's minds. (TV: The Sensorites)
 * Susan and Cedric both refer to John Smith and the Common Men. (TV: An Unearthly Child)
 * The Doctor tries to purchase components from Magpie Electricals. (TV: The Idiot's Lantern)
 * Susan reacts angrily when Cedric jokingly suggests that she and her grandfather are on the run from someone. (TV: An Unearthly Child, The War Games)
 * Colonel Rook is aware that Susan has greater knowledge of science than is normal for a 15-year-old girl. (TV: An Unearthly Child)
 * The story is said to take place in October 1963, four months after Susan and the Doctor arrived on Earth. An Unearthly Child is said to take place five months after their arrival (per dialogue by Susan), placing this story a month before the fateful encounter with Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright.
 * Susan and the Doctor are depicted as being "stranded" on Earth in 1963 due to a fault with the TARDIS that the Doctor is attempting to fix by procuring supplies, both legally and illegally. As the ship is able to leave Earth a month later, the Doctor would appear to be close to finishing the work.