The Perpetual Bond (audio story)

The Perpetual Bond was the fortieth release in the Companion Chronicles audio range. It was the eighth story of season 5. It was written by Simon Guerrier and featured Steven Taylor.

Publisher's summary
When the TARDIS materialises in a familiar junkyard in the 1960s, the Doctor and Steven are soon embroiled in a mystery in the City of London. Who are the mysterious, bowler-hatted businessmen with their deadly umbrellas? What secret is young Oliver Harper desperately trying to conceal?

Contracts have been signed. A deal is in place. The Doctor discovers that perhaps not even he can stop a terrible business...

The Perpetual Bond (1)
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Fair Trade (2)
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Cast

 * Steven Taylor - Peter Purves
 * Oliver Harper - Tom Allen

Story notes

 * This is the first Big Finish audio drama to introduce a new companion for any incarnation of the Doctor prior to the Fifth Doctor.
 * This audio drama was recorded on 27 May 2010.

Continuity

 * Steven recalls the recent deaths of Katarina, Bret Vyon and Sara Kingdom (TV: The Daleks' Master Plan) and the departure of Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright (TV: The Chase).
 * The Doctor returns to I.M. Foreman's junkyard at 76 Totter's Lane for the first time since departing 1963 in the company of Ian, Barbara and his granddaughter Susan Foreman. (TV: An Unearthly Child) He would later do so again in 1963 during his both his fourth and seventh incarnations (PROSE: Those Left Behind, TV: Remembrance of the Daleks) and in 1985 during his sixth incarnation (TV: Attack of the Cybermen). By 2021, Totter's Lane is a commercially zoned area of Shoreditch which is mostly made up of office blocks. A car park has been built on the former location of the junkyard. (AUDIO: The Harvest)
 * Steven refers to his previous visit to London in 1912. (AUDIO: The Suffering) He would later visit the city once again in March 1965. (TV: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve, PROSE: Salvation)
 * The Doctor and Steven previously visited 1966 in the company of Sara Kingdom when the TARDIS materialised in East Berlin during that year. (AUDIO: The Anachronauts)