The Barbarians and the Samurai (audio story)

 was the second and final story in the audio anthology The First Doctor Adventures: Volume Two. It was written by Andrew Smith and featured David Bradley as the First Doctor, Claudia Grant as Susan Foreman, Jamie Glover as Ian Chesterton and Jemma Powell as Barbara Wright.

Publisher's summary
In 19th century Japan, Westerners are forbidden. So when the TARDIS arrives near Lord Mamoru's castle, the daimyo's Samurai are soon on their trail.

Uncovering secrets at court and treachery in the ranks, the Doctor and his friends are drawn into intrigue. And, as a battle begins, they are caught in the middle.

The Forbidden Land (1)
Following their previous adventure, the TARDIS team lands in what it could be Earth again. As they rush towards a nearby stream, the TARDIS is found by some samurai, which see the foreign writing on the TARDIS door and conclude there are strangers around. As the travellers relax by the river, they suddenly see the samurai arrive, and hide. By listening to their conversation, and seeing her armour, Barbara concludes they landed in Japan towards the beginning of the 19th century: in this time, Japan is still under a policy of seclusion from the outside world, and foreigners are banned from it under penalty of death.

They try to get back to the TARDIS, only to be found by the samurai looking for them. The Doctor and Barbara are immediately captured by a group of them led by a mysterious warrior in a red armor (which everyone only knows as "the Red Samurai"), while Ian and Susan, while cornered, are saved by a local peasant, carrying a samurai sword. Susan wants to go and help, but Ian and the other man, Okada Shumei, insists they go and hide. Later, Shumei (a disgraced samurai, former servant of the local daimyo, Takagi Mamoru) goes about and discovers the Doctor and Barbara are alive and have been brought to the daimyo. He promises to help save them, even though he is aware that there is any chance Mamoru will kill them.

From some questions she asks the guards, Barbara gets confirmed that they arrived in the 1820s, a time where Japan is still isolated. Mamoru has the two "barbarians" been brought in front of him, but to the surprise of both, he welcomes them with open arms. It soon becomes apparent he was expecting some foreigners, friends of his "Red Samurai", with whom he has a deal of some sort. The Doctor tries to play along in order to gain time to get back to the TARDIS, but his ruse is quickly exposed by the Red Samurai - actually Casper Knox, a former British army officer. Enraged by the deception, Mamoru unsheathes his sword and moves to kill the Doctor and Barbara on the spot.

Barbarians Among Us (2)
to be added

Power Play (3)
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Fall of the Samurai (4)
to be added

Cast

 * The Doctor - David Bradley
 * Susan Foreman - Claudia Grant
 * Ian Chesterton - Jamie Glover
 * Barbara Wright - Jemma Powell
 * Okada Shumei - Dan Li
 * Casper Knox - Andrew Wincott
 * Takagi Mamoru - Sadao Ueda
 * Keiko - Susan Hingley
 * Toda Eiji / Yoshita Hiroshi - Jozef Aoki
 * Captain Hamilton - Christopher Naylor

Continuity

 * The Doctor says that they have recently left Paris, (TV: The Reign of Terror) and that they have also visited London, (TV: An Unearthly Child) China (TV: Marco Polo) and Mexico. (TV: The Aztecs)
 * The Doctor would visit Japan again in his future, numerous times. (PROSE: The Room With No Doors, COMIC: Ravens, The Road to Hell, The Golden Ones)
 * The Doctor mentioned that he was present at the Siege of Mafeking. (TV: The Daleks' Master Plan)