The Raincloud Man (audio story)

The Raincloud Man is the fifth story to feature the out of chronology pairing of the Sixth Doctor and Charley Pollard and the first reappearance of Patricia Menzies, played by Anna Hope.

Publisher's summary
Having just defeated the Krotons, the Sixth Doctor is treating Charley to a hearty English breakfast, when an intriguing mystery suddenly presents itself. And to solve it, they must plunge back into the criminal underbelly of Manchester, where an old friend is up to her neck in alien trouble.

But what seemed like a mere mystery ends up being a life or death struggle at the centre of an interplanetary war in which the stakes are so high, the Doctor or Charley must gamble and lose their identity. And throughout, the lone figure of the Raincloud Man may hold the key to success or failure.



Plot
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Cast

 * The Doctor - Colin Baker
 * Charley Pollard - India Fisher
 * D.I. Menzies - Anna Hope
 * Brooks - Michael Fenton-Stevens
 * Lish - Aiden J David
 * Carmen - Octavia Walters
 * Kelsa - Simon Sherlock
 * Tabbalac Leader - Jeremy James
 * The Bouncers - Steven Hansell
 * The Cyrox - Andrew Dickens

Continuity

 * The Doctor and Charley refer to their recent encounter with the Krotons. (BFA: ''Return of the Krotons)
 * Charley tells D.I. Menzies that she has met the Doctor out of order, given that she previously travelled with his eighth incarnation. (BFA: Storm Warning to BFA: The Girl Who Never Was) Menzies would have the same experience herself two years later. (BFA: The Crimes of Thomas Brewster)
 * The Doctor politely refuses D.I. Menzies' request to travel with him, citing the growing mystery surrounding Charley's true identity, though he states that one day he may return and take her up on the offer. It was later revealed in BFA: The Crimes of Thomas Brewster that the Doctor had met Menzies prior to the events of BFA: The Condemned in his personal timeline in 2010 while in the company of Evelyn Smythe. He would therefore have been aware from that encounter that Menzies did not or, from his perspective, would not become his companion in 2008. Consequently, granting her request on this occasion would have altered history and thereby damaged the Web of Time. To that end, it is possible that the Doctor's grounds for refusal, namely the mystery surrounding Charley, may have simply been an excuse to avoid revealing to Menzies that he had already met her future self.

For the Sixth Doctor and Charley

 * The Raincloud Man occurs after BFA: Return of the Krotons
 * The Raincloud Man occurs before BFA: Patient Zero

For Menzies

 * The Raincloud Man occurs after BFA: The Condemned
 * The Raincloud Man occurs before BFA: The Crimes of Thomas Brewster