The Company of Friends (audio anthology)

Benny's Story
by Lance Parkin

Deep in the mines of Epsilon Minima, Professor Bernice Summerfield is up to her neck in it - as usual. The Countess Venhella has hired her to recover a lost Time Lord artefact: A TARDIS key, it turns out. Guess whose?

Fitz's Story
by Stephen Cole

On the planet Entusso, the Doctor and Fitz Kreiner investigate Alien Defence Incorporated - your one-stop shop for protection against extraterrestrial invasion! But which is the greatest menace: the hideous Vermin Queens or ADI itself?

Izzy's Story
by Alan Barnes

TARDIS travel opens one's eyes to a universe of possibilities, reckons the Doctor. For geek girl Izzy, it's also a fantastic way to track down ultra-rare back copies of 'Aggrotron!', the most dangerous comic in history...

Mary's Story
by Jonathan Morris

Switzerland, 1816: at the Villa Diodati, Lord Byron's house guests tell each other tales to curdle the blood and quicken the beatings of the heart. With a monster on the loose outside, young Mary Shelley isn't short of inspiration.

Cast
Benny's Story
 * The Doctor - Paul McGann
 * Bernice Summerfield - Lisa Bowerman
 * Klarner - Richard Earl
 * Venhella - Su Douglas

Fitz's Story
 * The Doctor - Paul McGann
 * Fitz Kreiner - Matt di Angelo
 * Commander Hellan Femor - Fenella Woolgar
 * Michael Rond - Paul Thornley
 * Gem Weston - Su Douglas

Izzy's Story
 * The Doctor - Paul McGann
 * Izzy Sinclair - Jemima Rooper
 * Courtmaster Cruel - Anthony Glennon
 * Foreman - Robert Forknall
 * Juror - Katrina Cooke
 * Captain Cannibal - Ian Hallard
 * Grakk - Teddy Kempner
 * Clerkie - Teddy Kempner
 * The Camp Robot - Teddy Kempner
 * Grubb - Steve Hansell
 * The Man - Steve Hansell
 * Suits - Robert Forknall and Ian Hallard

Mary's Story
 * The Doctor - Paul McGann
 * Mary Shelley - Julie Cox
 * Percy Shelley - Anthony Glennon
 * Lord Byron - Robert Forknall
 * John Polidori - Ian Hallard
 * Claire Clairmont - Katrina Cooke

Continuity

 * During Mary's story a future version of the Eighth Doctor names some of his previous companions all from different ranges of stories such as Compassion (books), Lucie (audios) and Destrii (comics), in one of the rare occasions when the different continuities are acknowledged together.

Timeline

 * Benny's Story occurs after: NA: The Dying Days
 * Benny's Story occurs before: ST: Thinking Warrior


 * Fitz's Story occurs after: EDA: The City of the Dead
 * Fitz's Story occurs before: EDA: Grimm Reality


 * Izzy's Story occurs after: DWM:The Autonomy Bug
 * Izzy's Story occurs before: DWM: Ophidius


 * Mary's Story occurs after: EDA: The Gallifrey Chronicles (present Doctor) ST: The End (future Doctor)
 * Mary's Story occurs before: BFA: Terror Firma flashback (present Doctor) ST: Museum Peace (future Doctor)