The Doll of Death (audio story)

The Doll of Death was the third story of the third series of The Companion Chronicles, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Marc Platt, narrated by Katy Manning and featured the Third Doctor, Jo Grant, Brigadier Lethbridge Stewart and UNIT.

Publisher's summary
A new adventure with the Third Doctor as told by his companion, Jo Grant.

"Retrocausation! Events before their cause. Time in reverse."

While investigating a temporal anomaly in Central London, the Doctor and Jo Grant meet Professor Harold Saunders, a man who possesses an unstable alien artefact, and who is seemingly haunted by the ghosts of dolls.

Who is the mysterious Mrs Killebrew? Why is a pack of hounds hunting them in reverse? And can Jo pick up any bargains while backwards shopping on Oxford Street?

Plot
to be added

Cast

 * Jo Grant - Katy Manning
 * Mrs Killebrew - Jane Goddard

Continuity

 * Jo refers to being hypnotised by . (TV: Terror of the Autons)
 * After their encounter with Mrs Killebrew, the Doctor and Jo were sent to Zayin Eight in the far future by the Time Lords. (AUDIO: The Mists of Time)
 * Polly Wright would later read about this incident on Jo's blog. (AUDIO: The Three Companions)
 * Jo is 18 during this story. Taking her birthdate from then unpublished The Other Woman by Philip Lawrence, that would place this story in 1979. (AUDIO: The Other Woman) Although if we take that this story takes place in 1971, when Season 8 was broadcast, her birthdate would be 1952/1953, closer matching the 1951 birthdate given in the 2004 story, /Carpenter/Butterfly/Baronet, by Gareth Wigmore (PROSE: Carpenter/Butterfly/Baronet)