The Haunting of Thomas Brewster (audio story)

 introduces John Pickard as Thomas Brewster and begins a series of stories featuring Brewster.

Publisher's summary
A new adventure in time and space for the Fifth Doctor and his companion Nyssa.

''Thomas Brewster is haunted by the ghost of his drowned mother. But she is not the only apparition to disturb his dreams. Every few years, he is visited by a mysterious blue box...''

Helped by his new assistant, the young Scottish scientist Robert McIntosh, the Fifth Doctor struggles to unravel the twisted knot of temporal implausibilities, which bind the TARDIS to Thomas Brewster. Meanwhile, lost in the stews of Victorian London, Nyssa must face a host of spectral creatures, gathering in the fog.

Plot
to be added

Cast

 * The Doctor - Peter Davison
 * Nyssa - Sarah Sutton
 * Mother - Leslie Ash
 * Robert McIntosh - Christian Coulson
 * Thomas Brewster - John Pickard
 * Creek - Barry McCarthy
 * Pickens - Sid Mitchell
 * Shanks - Trevor Cooper

London locations

 * The Doctor lives in a house at 107 Baker Street in Victorian London from November 1866 to November 1867.

Individuals

 * Over the course of the year which he spent living in Victorian London, the Doctor becomes a well known and well respected figure in scientific circles, in spite of his apparent youth. He grew a beard to make himself appear older than his physical appearances suggested. For her part, Nyssa found his new facial hair laughable.
 * Brewster's first memory is of his mother's funeral in 1851.

Continuity

 * Nyssa mentions the death of her parents. (DW: The Keeper of Traken)
 * The Daleks, Edward Waterfield and Theodore Maxtible similarly used mirrors and lenses for the purposes of time travel in 1866. (DW: The Evil of the Daleks)
 * The Doctor mentions that the destiny of Earth is "ash and clinker." (DW: The Mutants)

Timeline

 * The Haunting of Thomas Brewster occurs after ST: Curiosity
 * The Haunting of Thomas Brewster occurs before BFA: The Boy That Time Forgot