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Daphne Ashbrook and Yee Jee Tso, who played the Doctor’s companions Grace and Chang Lee in the TV Movie, are returning to Doctor Who to play new characters in an upcoming story. The forthcoming sixth season of The Companion Chronicles premieres with Tales from the Vault by Jonathan Morris, in which two UNIT soldiers (Daphne and Yee Jee) uncover a cache of alien artifacts.
“This is our most ambitious Companion Chronicle yet,” says producer David Richardson. “Not only do we have Daphne and Yee Jee – two of the nicest people I’ve ever met – back in the fold, but the guest cast comprises Peter Purves as Steven Taylor, Wendy Padbury as Zoe Heriot, Katy Manning as Jo Grant and Mary Tamm as Romana. It’s a brilliant, hugely inventive script from Jonny, which is packed with surprises…”
Tales from the Vault is out in July, and is followed in August by The Rocket Men by John Dorney, which stars William Russell as Ian Chesterton.
“John Dorney wrote the recent two-hander Solitaire, which was one of the most popular Chronicles we’ve released. The Rocket Men is similarly experimental – I’d describe it as a sort of Buck Rogers adventure packed with thrills and a huge emotional wallop. I think the script is wonderful.”
September sees the release of The Memory Cheats by Simon Guerrier, starring Wendy Padbury as Zoe and her daughter Charlie Hayes as Jen.
“It’s a continuation of the recent story Echoes of Grey,” says the producer. “Long after she left the Doctor, Zoe has been targeted by a huge corporation which believes it has evidence that she has travelled through Space and Time – but, of course, she has no memory of it herself. This story follows Zoe’s attempt to disprove something that is actually true…”
Katy Manning returns in October with The Many Deaths of Jo Grant by Mark Wright and Cavan Scott.
“This one delivers exactly what it says in the title – with many twists and turns on the way. And, of course, it gives Katy the chance to showcase her incredible voice talents with a huge array of characters.”
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