India Fisher’s Charley Pollard has been one of the central pillars of the expanded Big Finish Doctor Who universe since her first appearance nearly 20 years ago in Storm Warning. Fisher returns to the Short Trips range with this new tale set during her time with the 6th Doctor:

The script allows India Fisher to play a more mature Charley who sees things that her younger self might not have done

Click here to read our full review of the story, and if you’re interested in Ms Pollard’s solo adventures, check out our review here and here

Writer Grace Knight said: “For me, the most striking thing about Charley’s relationship with the Sixth Doctor is that it’s so bittersweet. After all, her Doctor is the Eighth, and they had years of adventures and fun and loved each other very much, and then as far as she knew, he died. And just as she was grieving for him, up popped his former self – not quite the person she loved, but a whole lot better than nothing.

“In the adventures Charley and the Sixth Doctor have together all of this is kept very much in the subtext. And that makes sense. Charley is all id. She lives completely in the present and isn’t one for soul searching, really. But I wanted to know what would happen if she were forced to stop and reflect. This is Doctor Who though so, of course, there are monsters and mysteries, and running around, and a transparent space station shaped like a double helix. But at its heart, this is a story about Charley and the best friend she lost.”

Producer Alfie Shaw added: “Charley has a very interesting relationship with the Doctor, travelling with two very different incarnations in the wrong chronological order. Grace has picked up the themes and challenges inherent in that set-up, and run with it to create a heartbreaking tale that touches on lots of elements from Charley’s travels across time and space. It’s a beautiful story, read perfectly by the wonderful India Fisher.”

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