Solitaire (audio story)

Solitaire was the thirty-second release in the Companion Chronicles audio range. It was the twelfth story of season 4. It was written by John Dorney and featured Charley Pollard.

Publisher's summary
"What if there were a game you didn't know you were playing? Where you didn't know the aim and you hadn't seen the rules?"

Charlotte Pollard arrives in a toyshop, but she doesn’t know where she is — or even who she is. The mysterious owner wants to play games. He’s the Celestial Toymaker, and he has already defeated the Doctor, whose essence is hidden inside a ventriloquist’s doll.

The Doctor is gone. The TARDIS is lost. But the game is only just beginning...

Plot
to be added

Cast

 * Charley Pollard - India Fisher
 * The Celestial Toymaker - David Bailie

Story notes

 * According to the Big Finish Podcast, the puppet Eighth Doctor on the cover was created by Alex Mallinson.


 * To date, this is the only Companion Chronicle to feature the Eighth Doctor.
 * Along with AUDIO: The Time Museum and AUDIO: The Jigsaw War, this is one of only three Companion Chronicles not to feature any narration. All three are full cast audio dramas with only two speaking parts.
 * This is the first Companion Chronicle to star a companion created by Big Finish Productions.
 * This audio drama was recorded on 15 January 2010.

Continuity

 * The First Doctor previously visited the Celestial Toyroom in the company of Steven Taylor and Dodo Chaplet. (TV: The Celestial Toymaker) In the interim, the Doctor encountered the Celestial Toymaker in Blackpool in 1986 during his sixth incarnation (AUDIO: The Nightmare Fair) and in Switzerland in 1926 during his seventh incarnation (AUDIO: The Magic Mousetrap).
 * The Toymaker refers to Orson Welles (AUDIO: Invaders from Mars), Edith Thompson (AUDIO: The Chimes of Midnight), the Nimon (AUDIO: Seasons of Fear) and the Solarians (AUDIO: Embrace the Darkness).
 * The Eleventh Doctor's companion Amy Pond was later turned into a doll in a similar manner to the Eighth Doctor. (TV: Night Terrors)