Solitaire (audio story)

Synopsis
“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...

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.
 * This audio drama was recorded on 15 January 2010.

Continuity

 * The Eleventh Doctor's companion Amy Pond was later turned into a doll in a similar manner to the Eighth Doctor. (DW: Night Terrors)

Timeline

 * Solitaire occurs after BFA: Embrace the Darkness
 * Solitaire occurs before ST: The Heroine, the Hero and the Megalomaniac