The Beautiful People (audio story)

The Beautiful People was the fourth and final story of the first series of The Companion Chronicles, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Jonathan Morris, narrated by Lalla Ward and featured the Fourth Doctor, Romana II and K9 Mark II.

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Part One: Too Good to Be True
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Part Two: The Complete Makeover
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Part Three: Slim Chances and Narrow Escapes
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Part Four: Live and Let Diet
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Cast

 * Romana II - Lalla Ward
 * Karna - Marcia Ashton

Worldbuilding

 * Sibella Bing mentions acupuncture.

Continuity

 * Romana uses the same technique to stop her hearts as she did on Skaro. (TV: Destiny of the Daleks)
 * Romana mentions the TARDIS' food machine, when the Doctor is talking about doughnuts. (TV: The Daleks)
 * The Doctor claims to hate celery, in contrast to his next incarnation. (TV: Castrovalva, The Caves of Androzani)
 * At the spa, Romana saw some humans, (TV: An Unearthly Child et al.) some Morestrans (TV: Planet of Evil) and a couple of Shelternax, some Pakhars, (PROSE: Legacy et al.) and some Lurmans, (TV: Carnival of Monsters) as well as a couple of leopard-like species she couldn't identify.