To celebrate 57 years of Doctor Who, Big Finish is giving listeners the chance to get part one of a very special Companion Chronicles release, Polly’s Story, performed by Anneke Wills, Nicholas Courtney and John Pickard, completely free for one week only.

Doctor Who: The Companion Chronicles – The Specials is a collection of audio stories for the Doctor, as told through the eyes of his companions.  This feature-length episode will be available to download exclusively from the website’s Weekly Deals page at https://www.bigfinish.com/collections/v/weekly-deals/

The Three Companions by Marc Platt

Polly Wright has tracked down an old friend of the Doctor’s… Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, former Brigadier at UNIT. As they trade stories of their time travelling in the TARDIS, it soon becomes clear that their pasts are intertwined, and linked to a current crisis on the planet Earth. And there’s a third companion, watching them from a distance. A certain Thomas Brewster…

An epic story featuring the Doctor’s former companions Polly, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart and Thomas Brewster in a fight to save the Earth, The Three Companions was previously released in serialized form and is available to hear in a new compilation edit for the first time.

The Mists of Time by Jonathan Morris

Many years ago, when she was travelling with the Doctor, Jo Grant visited Zayin Eight. Now, suddenly and inexplicably, she is back on that ravaged planet, and reunited with a human called Newton Calder. What happened to the missing members of Calder’s team? What is the secret of the vast ruined city? The answers will lie in the dark and distant past of the Time Lords themselves…

Freakshow by Mark Morris

The TARDIS arrives in Arizona 1905, where travelling showman Thaddeus P Winklemeyer is offering the residents of Buzzard Creek the elixir of life. Winklemeyer also owns a unique carnival, which is full of caged alien creatures. And in Turlough he has found a brand new exhibit…

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For a limited time only, Big Finish listeners can also get 50% OFF the complete collection of Doctor Who: The Companion Chronicles – The Specials as a download, at the Weekly Deals page.  Plus, the complete series 1-8 of Doctor Who: The Companion Chronicles are now available for download at 50% OFF when bought together as a bundle.  All the above offers end at 23:59 (UK time) on 29 November 2020.

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