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Companion Piece was the second story in the audio anthology Ravenous 3, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by John Dorney and featured Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor, Nicola Walker as Liv Chenka, Hattie Morahan as Helen Sinclair.

Publisher's summary[]

When the evil Time Lord known as the Nine comes across a rare and valuable item floating in the space-time vortex, his acquisitive nature means he can't resist the urge to complete the set.

Soon a wicked scheme is underway. Only the Doctor's friends – past, present and future – will be able to stop him.

But without the Doctor around will even the combined skills of Liv, Helen, River Song, Bliss and Charley be enough to save the day?

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  • The Nine constantly moving Charley between corridors eight and six is a reference to her having traveled with the Sixth and Eighth Doctors.
  • River's remark that the penguin companion was perfectly valid was a metafictional nod to the fact that Frobisher was a comic companion who has made appearances in a novel and a couple of audios that are not directly related to other companions' experiences.
  • Leela, Jo and Charley last appeared together retrospectively in The Light at the End, although in Light only Leela and Charley met and this time around none of them were aware of each other.
  • Despite not interacting in this story, Leela and River Song shared an adventure in The Eighth of March, a box set which celebrated International Women's Day.
  • This episode marks the first appearance of Bliss outside of the Time War.
  • Ajjaz Awad makes her debut as Katarina in this story, when she "talks" to the Nine after he tries to read her mind due to the artron energy she absorbed in the TARDIS left her mind partially active even after death.
  • This is a Doctor-lite story.
  • Margaret had not appeared in any other stories prior to this and the story never states which Doctor she traveled with. It was later confirmed in The Fourth Doctor Adventures that she was a companion of the Fourth Doctor.

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