The Anachronauts (audio story)

The Anachronauts was the fifty-first release in the Companion Chronicles audio range. It was the seventh story of season 6. It was written by Simon Guerrier and featured Steven Taylor and Sara Kingdom.

Publisher's summary
An experimental timeship smashes into the TARDIS, and the crews of both ships wake up on a desert island. Has the TARDIS been destroyed? And why doesn't the Doctor want to escape?

Steven Taylor and Sara find themselves on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall in 1966. Their only way back to the TARDIS is to betray the Doctor.

The Island (1)
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The Door (2)
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The Wall (3)
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The Betrayer (4)
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Cast

 * Sara Kingdom - Jean Marsh
 * Steven Taylor - Peter Purves

Uncredited cast

 * First Doctor - Peter Purves
 * Natalie Lang - Jean Marsh
 * "Time Sprite" - Peter Purves (all BFX: The Anachronauts)

Continuity

 * Steven mentions that he and the Doctor stole the taranium core from the Daleks in 4000 and that the Daleks are allied with Mavic Chen, the Guardian of the Solar System. (TV: The Daleks' Master Plan)
 * The Doctor, Steven and Sara celebrate Christmas together in the TARDIS' control room by sharing some champagne after visiting Liverpool on 25 December 1965. (TV: The Daleks' Master Plan)
 * Steven and Sara find the TARDIS' food machine on the desert island. (TV: The Daleks, The Edge of Destruction,The Space Museum)
 * Steven tells Natalie Lang that Earth was fighting a war at the time that he met the Doctor on Mechanus. (TV: The Chase)
 * Sara refers to the death of her brother Bret Vyon, for which she was responsible. (TV: The Daleks' Master Plan)
 * The Doctor is terrified by the idea of a time war. (TV: The End of the World, et al)
 * The Doctor tells Steven, Sara and the crew of the Hank Morgan IV about his encounter with Kublai Khan in Cathay in 1289. Although the Doctor insisted that it was a serious story, they found it very amusing. (TV: Marco Polo)
 * Steven spent a great deal of time in solitary confinement while being held prisoner by the Mechonoids on Mechanus. (TV: The Chase)
 * Steven refers to the Doctor telling him that they could not change history on his trip in the TARDIS. (TV: The Time Meddler)
 * Sara refers to her visit to Mira. (TV: The Daleks' Master Plan)
 * Shortly after Sara's death on Kembel in 4000, the Doctor and Steven would visit the real 1966, specifically Shoreditch, London. (TV: The Daleks' Master Plan, AUDIO: The Perpetual Bond)