With the end of the Companion Chronicles coming I’m producing a two-part guide in the style of The R3 Main Range 1-50 Collectors Guide. As ever this is intended as a reference and you might wish to bookmark this page if you are still building up your collection.
This covers the first four series; the second part (Series 5 - 8) will appear later.
The details
These are my opinions which are similar to many people’s though for all the ones I’ve left blank I am sure that there are many people who love them. You’ll see that (for me) the series took a while to get going with the better stories in later series.
My definitions are:
- Classic - must have, great stories
- Essential - you need this to follow a story arc, or for some other reason
- Good - the best stories
- Interesting - this has one or more features that make it worth listening to
Companion Chronicles Series 1 - 4
| Release | Title | Guide | Notes |
| 1.01 | Frostfire | ||
| 1.02 | Fear of the Daleks | ||
| 1.03 | Blue Tooth | Good | Liz Shaw’s story is the best of the bunch by far |
| 1.04 | Beautiful People | ||
| 2.01 | Mother Russia | ||
| 2.02 | Helicon Prime | Good | Jamie and a great impression of the Doctor |
| 2.03 | Old Soldiers | Good | The Brigadier - enough said |
| 2.04 | Catalyst | Essential | A decent story and the start of Leela’s ‘arc’ |
| 3.01 | Here there be Monsters | Interesting | Susan narrates an intriguing story |
| 3.02 | Great Space Elevator | ||
| 3.03 | Doll of Death | ||
| 3.04 | Empathy Games | Good | Leela fights for her life on Synchronis |
| 3.05 | Home Truths | Classic | The first of the Sara Kingdom trilogy |
| 3.06 | Darkening Eye | ||
| 3.07 | Transit of Venus | Good | Ian Chesterton in an historical masterpiece |
| 3.08 | Prisoner’s Dilemma | Interesting | This links to the Key2Time trilogy |
| 3.09 | Resistance | ||
| 3.10 | Magician’s Oath | ||
| 3.11 | Mahogany Murders | Classic | Welcome Jago & Litefoot! |
| 3.12 | Stealers from Saiph | ||
| 4.01 | Drowned World | Classic | More of the Sara Kingdom trilogy |
| 4.02 | Glorious Revolution | ||
| 4.03 | Prisoner of Peladon | Good | A great return to Peladon |
| 4.04 | Pyralis Effect | ||
| 4.05 | Ringpullworld | Good | Turlough in a strange but glorious story |
| 4.06 | Bernice Summerfield and the Criminal Code | Good | Even the title is great |
| 4.07 | Suffering | Good | Another great historical |
| 4.08 | Emperor of Eternity | ||
| 4.09 | Shadow of the Past | Good | Liz Shaw and a UNIT Vault! |
| 4.10 | Time Vampire | ||
| 4.11 | Night’s Black Agents | ||
| 4.12 | Solitaire | Good | Charley, a puppet and the Toymaker |
Just how good was series 4?
Feel free to let me know where you disagree!
