The Five Companions (audio story)

The Five Companions was Big Finish's subscriber-free release for 2011.

Publisher's summary
Inside a cluster of fused-together derelict spaceships, four of the Doctor's oldest friends - and one of his newest ones - are lost and confused. They don't know how they got there or what they're meant to be doing - but as the place is infested with Daleks, Sontarans and dinosaurs, their first priority is staying alive.

To their collective relief, the Doctor turns up and has a reasonable idea of what's going on. If the six of them work together, they can escape this place and get home. But, unexpectedly, others may be working together to ensure they all die here...

Cast

 * Fifth Doctor - Peter Davison
 * Ian Chesterton - William Russell
 * Steven Taylor - Peter Purves
 * Sara Kingdom - Jean Marsh
 * Polly Wright - Anneke Wills
 * Nyssa - Sarah Sutton
 * The Daleks - Nicholas Briggs
 * Sontarans - Dan Starkey

Continuity

 * This audio takes place during the events of DW: ''The Five Doctors". The Fifth Doctor is diverted to an alternative Death Zone after using the Master's teleport recall, and discovers that some of his other companions have ended up there as well.
 * This is the Doctor's first encounter with each of his companions since they left the TARDIS. With the exception of Nyssa, they don't know the Doctor to be a Time Lord nor are familiar with the concept of regeneration. Even Polly, who witnessed the Doctor's regeneration into his second incarnation remains uncertain of the process. (DW: The Tenth Planet)
 * The Doctor tells Ian that he had recently intended to visit him. This is a reference to the original plans for DW: Mawdryn Undead which had envisaged William Russell taking the part ultimately allocated to Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart.
 * Ian has gone out of retirement to take up teaching again and is married to Barbara Wright. Polly is married to Ben Jackson. This would appear to contradict ST: Mondas Passing, in which they are said to have both married other people, as well as CC: The Forbidden Time, in which Polly states that they saw each other only occasionally.

Timeline

 * The Five Companions occurs during: DW : The Five Doctors