Week 1 |
‘The Keeper of Traken’ (TV)
The Doctor and Adric visit and meet Nyssa and her father Tremas on Traken. They fight against the Melkur who is the Master.
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Week 2 |
‘Logopolis’ (TV)
Tegan stumbles into the TARDIS; Nyssa is rescued; the Master returns ; Traken is destroyed and the Fourth Doctor meets his end…
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Week 3 |
‘Castrovalva’ (TV)
The Fifth Doctor is born, but the regeneration is failing. Nyssa and Tegan help to save him whilst Adric is a prisoner of the Master.
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Week 4 |
‘Psychodrome’ (Audio)
As the Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan and Adric get to know each other, they visit a space station that processes their thoughts and fears.
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Week 5 |
‘Cold Fusion’ (Book/Audio)
The Fifth Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan and Adric visit a cold, icy world and meet the Seventh Doctor, Chris and Roz there.
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‘Prisoners of Time’ (Comic)
The Fifth Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan and Adric face the Sontarans on an alien world in Chapter 5 of ‘Prisoners of Time’.
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‘The Ingenious Gentleman Adric of Alzarius’ (ST/Audio)
Adric becomes squire of Sir Keeyoht of la Koura to go on a quest and stop the Doctor.
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Week 6 |
‘Four To Doomsday’ (TV)
The Doctor tries to get Tegan back home, but they end up on the Urkbankan spaceship on its way to Earth and meet Monarch.
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Week 7 |
‘Kinda’ (TV)
Whilst Nyssa has to sleep inside the TARDIS, the Doctor, Tegan and Adric explore Deva-Loka. The Mara gets inside Tegan’s head.
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Week 8 |
‘The Visitation’ (TV)
The TARDIS lands in 1600s England with the Black Death. The Doctor and friends meet Richard Mace and fight the Terileptils.
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‘The Dark River’ (TS)
This story takes place during ‘The Visitation’. Adric and Nyssa try to take the TARDIS to the Squire’s house in 1666 but end up in the Mississippi River.
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Week 9 |
‘Smoke and Mirrors’ (DOTD) (Audio)
The Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan and Adric meet Harry Houdini.
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‘Hearts of Stone’ (ST)
Adric feels like an outsider amongst the TARDIS crew and wants to be a statue.
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Week 10 |
‘Divided Loyalties’ (Book)
The Celestial Toymaker returns to menace the Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan and Adric, as their friendships and loyalties are put to the test.
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‘The Star Men’ (Audio)
The Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan and Adric face the evil Star Men in outer space.
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‘The Contingency Club’ (Audio)
The Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan and Adric visit a gentleman’s club in Victorian London.
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‘Zaltys’ (Audio)
The Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan and Adric face vampires on the planet Zaltys.
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‘God of War’ (Audio)
Nyssa, the Fifth Doctor, Tegan and Adric have a battle with the Ice Warriors.
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‘The Auton Infinity’ (Audio)
A battle with Autons.
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‘Kingdom of Lies’ (Audio)
The kingdom of Cardenas is divided on the planet Cicero Prime. |
‘Ghost Walk’ (Audio)
A ghost tour and an ancient evil force returns.
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‘Serpent in the Silver Mask’ (Audio)
A murder mystery takes place on the space station Argentia.
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‘Danger Down Below’ (Annual)
Nyssa makes a cameo in this story as the Doctor and Tegan meet Threll on Aronassus 49.
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‘The God Machine’ (Annual)
The Doctor rescues Nyssa and Tegan from Vi’Al on an unnamed planet.
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‘The Armageddon Chrysalis’ (Annual)
The Doctor faces Voorvolika inside the TARDIS.
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‘On The Planet Isopterus’ (Annual Comic)
The Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan and Adric face giant termites on the planet Isopterus.
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‘The Haven’ (Annual)
The Doctor, Nyssa and Tegan confront Carnak at the Haven on Planet 435.
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‘The Penalty’ (Annual/Audio)
The Doctor has a nightmare in the TARDIS.
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‘Night Flight to Nowhere’ (Annual)
The Doctor, Nyssa and Tegan face an early version of the Master at Heathrow Airport.
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Week 11 |
‘Black Orchid’ (TV)
The TARDIS team visit 1920s Earth and meet Ann Talbot, Nyssa’s double. A cricket match; a fancy dress ball and a murder take place.
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Week 12 |
‘The Darkening Eye’ (Audio)
Nyssa meets the Dar Traders and deals with a deadly assassin.
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‘The Constant Doctor’ (SS)
The Fifth Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan and Adric visit the planet Lemaria where they see the Twelfth Doctor perform on stage.
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Week 13 |
‘Iterations of I’ (Audio)
The Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan and Adric visit a house on an island in 1981 as a ghost mystery with mathematics occurs.
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‘The Toy’ (ST/Audio)
Nyssa gets called by a crimson crystal.
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Week 14 |
‘Earthshock’ (TV)
The TARDIS team visit 26th century Earth and face the return of the Cybermen. This story features the departure/death of Adric.
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Week 15 |
‘Time-Flight’ (TV)
Following the death of Adric, the Doctor, Nyssa and Tegan help to save a Concorde plane. This story features the departure of Tegan.
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Hello Tim.
I just thought I’d pop by to say that Nyssa being your favourite ‘Doctor Who’ companion made me want to appreciate her as much as you do. Once I have watched Seasons 19 and 20, as well as listened to any BF audios set during those seasons, I will be able to.
At the moment, the only two Nyssa BF stories I have heard are ‘The Mutant Phase’ and ‘The Peterloo Massacre’ and the only Nyssa tv stories I have seen are ‘The Keeper of Traken’, ‘Logopolis’ and ‘Castrovalva’. I will eventually watch/listen to more of her stories. One story I am interested in listening to is ‘Moonflesh’ since it is set in Suffolk which is where I grew up. The character of Hannah Bartholomew sounds interesting as well, so I will see how she interacts with the Doctor and Nyssa. Plus, Hannah is the name of Sarah Sutton’s daughter.
Take care. WF92.
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Hi WF92.
Thanks for dropping a line. I hope you’ll enjoy more of the Nyssa stories whether they’d be TV, audio, book, comic, etc. I’m looking forward to doing another set of ‘Nyssa Challenge’ reviews this coming December. I’m spoilt for choice with updating old reviews and adding new ones including on some of the upcoming Big Finish audios with Sarah Sutton/Nyssa. It’ll be something to enjoy venturing into and reviewing no doubt.
Many thanks,
Tim. 🙂
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Evening Tim.
I actually popped by here to get something else off my chest. It’s in regards to the older Nyssa arc. I am looking forward to listening to the entire arc in order from ‘Cobwebs’ to ‘The Entropy Plague’, preferably after I’ve seen ‘Enlightment’. The only story from the arc that will avoid will be ‘The Monkey House’. The reason for that is, I stumbled across your review of it which I regret doing. I regret it because it doesn’t sound like a story I would enjoy, especially from how your review has described it. It sounds more like a bad fanfiction and that it was made just to torture the Doctor and his companions especially since your review never said how long they’d been there for or if they even escape. I am hoping you can clarify me on both those points.
I was initially hesitant to make a comment on this and I even posted about this on the Divergent Universe but I deleted it. The Doctor and his companions just seem like guest stars and are there without explanation. It’s for those reasons and the fact that it doesn’t really add anything to the older Nyssa arc that I don’t consider it to be canon and plus, it’s not freely available so I can’t listen to it anyway. I hope to hear your thoughts on this.
WF92.
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Hi WF92,
It’s been a while since I reviewed ‘The Monkey House’ and I haven’t heard the story in a long time. I’m sure the Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan and Turlough escaped from being imprisoned. I can’t recall how long they’ve been there though. I’m not sure why the writer Nic Ford didn’t have the TARDIS characters feature prominently in the story as the focus is more on the alien girl who doesn’t even have a name. It is an official Big Finish Short Trip audio, but even then you would have to subscribe to Big Finish and include ‘The Two Masters’ in your subscription to get it, which I’m not expecting you to do. It’s a fun tale but it’s not necessarily a vital one to hear in the older Nyssa story arc. I decided to check it out for completion’s sake.
I feel a lot of the 1983 annual stories featuring Nyssa are like that especially when she and Tegan are sidelined compared to the Doctor. Short stories can vary depending on the writer who writes them as he or she might wish to focus on the main characters or focus on the supporting characters. Sometimes it’s balanced, sometimes it’s unbalanced. I was going to respond to your post on the DU forum with a link to my review before you deleted it, but it’s nothing to worry about and I can post it anyway on ‘The Monkey House’ thread.
Thanks for your comments. Hope you enjoyed my thoughts on this.
Tim. 🙂
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