The Nyssa Challenge

Hello everyone! 🙂

Welcome to ‘The Nyssa Challenge’!

I’ve been writing reviews on my Amazon.co.uk. profile on many ‘Doctor Who’ stories including TV stories, audios and books. My favourite stories are with the Fifth Doctor and Nyssa, which I’ve enjoyed watching and listening to.

I’ve done a ‘marathon’ challenge where I posted weekly reviews on the ‘Doctor Who’ stories featuring Nyssa in chronological order.

Nyssa (played by lovely Sarah Sutton) is my favourite ‘Doctor Who’ companion. Because Sarah has done plenty of Big Finish audios with Nyssa from the series and continues to do more, I like to share what goes on in her overall character journey from beginning to end.

Please feel free to take part in the discussions on each story featuring Nyssa and to comment on my reviews. I’d greatly value feedback on my reviews for these stories, so long as it’s positive and not too critical.

Here is a complete list on all of the Nyssa stories in chronological order and the weeks and starting dates for the reviews on these stories from February 2016 to July 2017.

Click on the images on the left of each story to access the review(s).

N.B. This list, as Nyssa would say in ‘The Haunting of Thomas Brewster’, is like time that is ‘subject to change’.

Enjoy!

Please click here to see ‘The Works of Sarah Sutton’.

Tim. 🙂

There are currently 5 phases of Nyssa’s life in ‘Doctor Who’ from start to finish

  1. Seasons 18-19a
  2. Season 19b
  3. Season 20a
  4. Nyssa after ‘Terminus’
  5. Season 20b

1. Seasons 18-19a

Week 1

the keeper of traken‘The Keeper of Traken’ (TV)

The Fourth Doctor and Adric visit Traken and meet Nyssa and her father Tremas. They soon have to fight against the Melkur.
Week 2

‘Logopolis’ (TV)

Tegan stumbles into the TARDIS, Nyssa is rescued, the Master returns, and the Fourth Doctor meets his end…
Week 3

castrovalva‘Castrovalva’ (TV)

The Fifth Doctor is born, but the regeneration is failing. Nyssa and Tegan help to save him whilst Adric is a prisoner.
Week 4

‘Psychodrome’ (Audio)

As the Fifth Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan and Adric get to know each other, they visit a space station that processes their thoughts and fears.
Week 5

bfpdwlwcd08_cold_fusion_cd_dps1_cover_large‘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.

‘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’.

‘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.
Week 6

‘Four to Doomsday’ (TV)

The Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan and Adric end up on an Urkbankan spaceship on its way to Earth.
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.
Week 8

‘The Visitation’ (TV)

The TARDIS lands in 1600s England. The Doctor and friends meet Richard Mace and fight the Terileptils.
‘The Dark River’ (TS)

Adric and Nyssa try to take the TARDIS to the Squire’s house in 1666, but end up on the Mississippi River.

‘Prisoners of London’ (Audio)

The Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan and Adric arrive in London in the year 1982, but not everything is at it seems.
Week 9

dwdotd05_smokeandmirrors_1417_cover_large‘Smoke and Mirrors’ (DOTD) (Audio)

The Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan and Adric meet Harry Houdini.

Short Trips Companions‘Hearts of Stone’ (ST)

Adric feels like an outsider amongst the TARDIS crew and wants to be a statue.
Week 10

Divided_Loyalties‘Divided Loyalties’ (Book)

The Celestial Toymaker returns to menace the Fifth Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan and Adric.

dwmr221_thestarmen_1417_cover_large‘The Star Men’ (Audio)

The Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan and Adric face the evil Star Men in outer space.

dwmr222_thecontingencyclub_1417_cover_large‘The Contingency Club’ (Audio)

The Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan and Adric visit a gentleman’s club in Victorian London.

dwmr223_zaltys_1417_cover_large‘Zaltys’ (Audio)

The Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan and Adric face vampires on the planet Zaltys.

‘God of War’ (Audio)

Nyssa, the Fifth Doctor, Tegan and Adric have a battle with the Ice Warriors.

kingdom of lies‘Kingdom of Lies’ (Audio)

Can the Fifth Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan and Adric save the kingdom of Cardenas?

ghost walk‘Ghost Walk’ (Audio)

A ghost tour and an ancient evil force returns.

‘Serpent in the Silver Mask’ (Audio)

A murder mystery takes place on the space station Argentia.

‘The Merfolk Murders’ (Audio)

The Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan and Adric help to solve some murders at the Merfolk university society in 1940.

‘Dream Team’ (Audio)

The Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan and Adric tackle the Dream Crabs at Concordium.

‘Dark Contract’ (Audio)

The Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan and Adric deal with the Dark Contract.

‘Danger Down Below’ (Annual)

Nyssa makes a cameo in this story as the Doctor and Tegan meet Threll on Aronassus 49.

‘The God Machine’ (Annual)

The Doctor rescues Nyssa and Tegan from Vi’Al on an unnamed planet.

‘The Armageddon Chrysalis’ (Annual)

The Doctor faces Voorvolika inside the TARDIS.

‘On The Planet Isopterus’ (Annual Comic)

The Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan and Adric face giant termites on the planet Isopterus.

‘The Haven’ (Annual)

The Doctor, Nyssa and Tegan confront Carnak at the Haven on Planet 435.

‘The Penalty’ (Annual/Audio)

The Doctor has a nightmare in the TARDIS.

‘Night Flight to Nowhere’ (Annual)

The Doctor, Nyssa and Tegan face an early version of the Master at Heathrow Airport.
Week 11

Black Orchid DVD UK cover‘Black Orchid’ (TV)

The TARDIS team visit 1920s Earth and meet Ann Talbot, Nyssa’s double.
Week 12

306-thedarkeningeye_cover_large‘The Darkening Eye’ (Audio)

Nyssa meets the Dar Traders and deals with a deadly assassin.

‘The Constant Doctor’ (SS)

The Fifth Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan and Adric visit the planet Lemaria where they see the Twelfth Doctor perform on stage.
Week 13

‘Iterations of I’ (Audio)

The Fifth Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan and Adric visit a house on an island in 1981 as a ghost mystery with mathematics occurs.

‘The Toy’ (ST/Audio)

Nyssa is summoned by a crimson crystal.
Week 14

‘Earthshock’ (TV)

The TARDIS team visit 26th century Earth and face the return of the Cybermen.
Week 15

Bbcdvd-timeflight‘Time-Flight’ (TV)

Following the death of Adric, the Doctor, Nyssa and Tegan help to save a Concorde plane.

2. Season 19b

Week 16

Empire of Death‘Empire of Death’ (Book)

The Doctor and Nyssa travel alone and visit Earth in the 1800s. They meet Queen Victoria and deal with the afterlife in another dimension.

‘The Parliament of Rats’ (ST)

Nyssa and the Doctor visit an ocean planet called Lethe.

‘The Eternity Contract’ (ST)

The Doctor and Nyssa end up in a large haunted house called Carnon Manor.
Week 17

the land of the dead‘The Land of the Dead’ (Audio)

The Doctor and Nyssa visit Alaska in the 1990s.
Week 18

dwmr010_winterfortheadept_1417_cover_large‘Winter For The Adept’ (Audio)

The Doctor and Nyssa visit a 1960s girls’ school in the Swiss Alps.
Week 19

‘The Mutant Phase’ (Audio)

Nyssa meets the Daleks for the first time.
Week 20

dwmr026_primeval_1417_cover_large‘Primeval’ (Audio)

Nyssa is dying and the Doctor takes her to Traken to save her.
Week 21

dwmr034_spareparts_1417_cover_large‘Spare Parts’ (Audio)

The Doctor and Nyssa visit Mondas where the Cybermen are born.
Week 22

dwmr044_creaturesofbeauty_1417_cover_large‘Creatures of Beauty’ (Audio)

An ecological disaster on Veln causes a matter of perspective.
Week 23

dwmr066_thegame_1417_cover_large‘The Game’ (Audio)

On the planet Cray, an brutal sports game called Naxy takes place.
Week 24

‘Circular Time’ (Audio)

1. ‘Spring’ – The Doctor and Nyssa visit a bird-like alien planet
2. ‘Summer’ – The Doctor and Nyssa meet Sir Issac Newton
3. ‘Autumn’ – Nyssa falls in love.
Week 25

dwmr093_renaissanceofthedaleks_1417_cover_large‘Renaissance of the Daleks’ (Audio)

Nyssa meets the Daleks for a second time.
Week 26

dwsub005_returntothewebplanet_1417_cover_large‘Return To The Web Planet’ (Audio)

The TARDIS returns to the planet Vortis with Menopetra and Zarbi.
Week 27

dwmr107_thehauntingofthomasbrewster_1417_cover_large‘The Haunting of Thomas Brewster’ (Audio)

A spooky, timey-wimey ghost story takes place in Dickensian London.
Week 28

dwmr110_theboythattimeforgot_1417_cover_large‘The Boy That Time Forgot’ (Audio)

The Doctor and Nyssa get zapped back in time where scorpions rule.
Week 29

dwmr113_timereef_1417_cover_large‘Time Reef’ & ‘A Perfect World’ (Audio)

‘Time Reef’
The TARDIS visits a time reef outside space and time.

dwmr113_timereef_1417_cover_large‘A Perfect World’
Thomas Brewster leaves the Fifth Doctor and Nyssa.
Week 30

dwmr127_castleoffear_1417_cover_large‘Castle of Fear’ (Audio)

The Doctor and Nyssa visit Stockbridge in the Middle Ages.
Week 31

dwmr128_theeternalsummer_1417_cover_large‘The Eternal Summer’ (Audio)

Time goes wrong in present-day Stockbridge.
Week 32

dwmr129_plagueofthedaleks_1417_cover_large‘Plague of the Daleks’ (Audio)

Stockbridge comes to its end, as the Daleks attack.
Week 33

dwmr142_thedemonsofredlodge_1417_cover_large‘The Demons of Red Lodge and Other Stories’ (Audio)

1. ‘The Demons of Red Lodge’ – A creepy village story
2. ‘The Entropy Composition’ – A music composition story
3. ‘Doing Time’ – A prison planet story 
4. ‘Special Features’ – A DVD commentary story.
dwst01_shorttripsvol1_1417_cover_large‘The Deep’ (ST/Audio)

Nyssa tries to repair the chameleon circuit and it goes wrong.
Week 34

1001 Nights‘1001 Nights’ (Audio)

Nyssa tells stories to an angry Sultan to save the Doctor.

‘Tip of the Tongue’ (Puffin/Audio)

The Doctor and Nyssa visit Maine 1945 with two schoolchildren.
Week 35

‘1963: Fanfare For The Common Men’ (Audio)

In the 1960s, the Common Men take over and replace the Beatles.
short trips transmissions‘Tweaker’ (ST/Audio)

A music record collector gets a visit from the Doctor and Nyssa .
Week 36

the light at the end‘The Light At The End’ (Audio)

Eight Doctors with their companions have to deal with the Master.
Week 37

moonflesh‘Moonflesh’ (Audio)

The Doctor and Nyssa visit Whitlock’s house in Suffolk, 1911.
Week 38

tomb ship‘Tomb Ship’ (Audio)

The Doctor and Nyssa visit a tomb ship in outer space.
Week 39

masquerade‘Masquerade’ (Audio)

The Doctor and Nyssa visit France in 1770. But all is not as it seems.
‘Alien Heart’/’Dalek Soul’ (Audio)

‘Alien Heart’
The Doctor and Nyssa visit the planet Traxana and face spider-like creatures.

‘Dalek Soul’
Is Nyssa really working for the Daleks on the planet Mojox?

‘The Second Oldest Question’ (ST/Audio)

A chicken is put on trial in the medieval English village of Snittlegarth.

‘Downward Spiral’ (ST/Audio)

The Doctor and Nyssa visit Siobhan Matthews’ ship where it spirals towards something in the dark.

3. Season 20a

Week 40

‘Arc of Infinity’ (TV)

The Doctor and Nyssa visit Gallifrey before going to Amsterdam to defeat Omega. Tegan re-joins the TARDIS.
 Week 41

waters of amsterdam‘The Waters of Amsterdam’ (Audio)

The Doctor; Nyssa and Tegan enjoy Amsterdam until alien water creatures attack the city.
 Week 42

dwls0301_theelite_1417_cover_large‘The Elite’ (Audio)

The Doctor; Nyssa and Tegan visit the planet Florana.
Week 43

dwls0302_hexagora_1417_cover_large‘Hexagora’ (Audio)

The planet Luparis looks like Tudor London.
Week 44

dwls303_thechildrenofseth_1417_cover_large‘The Children of Seth’ (Audio)

Nyssa gets sent to hell on Level 14 and it’ ‘death to Seth’.
Week 45

dw_fear_of_the_dark_300‘Fear of the Dark’ (Book)

The Doctor, Nyssa and Tegan visit a moon of the planet Akoshemon that has a dark history and they face the ‘Dark’ itself.

‘Secrets of Telos’ (Audio)

Nyssa, the Fifth Doctor and Tegan have a battle with the Cybermen from the planet Telos.
Week 46
‘The Sands of Time’ (Book)

Nyssa gets kidnapped in London 1896 and the Doctor and Tegan have to rescue her.
Week 47
zeta major‘Zeta Major’ (Book)

The Fifth Doctor returns to the planet Morestra with Nyssa and Tegan.
dwst04_shorttripsvol4_1417_cover_large‘The Lions of Trafalgar’ (ST/Audio)

Lions come to life in 1800s London.
dwst0505_thekingofthedead_1417_image_large‘The King of the Dead’ (ST/Audio)

A mystery occurs at a 1980s London theatre.
Week 48

bfpdwcd209_aquitaine-1_cover_large‘Aquitaine’ (Audio)

The Doctor; Nyssa and Tegan visit the spaceship Aquitaine.
Week 49

dwmr210_thepeterloomassacre_1417_cover_large‘The Peterloo Massacre’ (Audio)

The Doctor; Nyssa and Tegan witness ‘The Peterloo Massacre’ in Manchester on the 16th of August 1819.

‘The Mistpuddle Murders’ (ST/Audio)

The Doctor; Nyssa and Tegan solve a whodunit murder mystery at Mistpuddle village.

‘Tartarus’ (Audio)

The Doctor, Tegan and Nyssa travel back in time to meet Cicero. They’re joined by new companion Marc.

‘Interstitital’/’Feast of Fear’ (Audio)

‘Interstital’
The Doctor and his friends discover a research facility conducting dangerous temporal experiments.

‘Feast of Fear’
A carnival at the height of the Irish famine causes trouble for the Doctor and Nyssa turns evil.

‘Warzone’/’Conversion’ (Audio)

‘Warzone’
The Doctor and his friends end up in the middle of a race track and run for their lives at Warzone. 

‘Conversion’
The Doctor confronts his guilt again as he faces the Cybermen again.

‘Thin Time’/’Madquake’ (Audio)

‘Madquake’
Nyssa, Tegan and Marc deal with Slitheen before they reunite with the Fifth Doctor.

‘The Lost Resort’ (Audio)

The Doctor reunites with Nyssa, Tegan and Marc, but his plans to travel home to Gallifrey get cast aside when the TARDIS materialises on the Soresia.

‘The Perils of Nellie Bly’ (Audio)

The TARDIS crew meet journalist Nellie Bly on the final leg of her voyage to travel the world in less than eighty days.

‘Nightmare of the Daleks’ (Audio)

The crew of a drilling rig on planet XB93 suffers nightmares caused by Daleks.
Week 50

‘Snakedance’ (TV)

The Mara returns to haunt Tegan again as the TARDIS takes them to Manussa.
Week 51

‘Goth Opera’ (Book/Audio)

A vampire baby attacks Nyssa and turns her into a vampire.

‘Blood Invocation’ (YB/Comic)

The Fifth Doctor, Nyssa and Tegan face vampires again on Gallifrey.

‘Friendly Fire’ (Audio)

The Doctor, Nyssa and Tegan attempt to visit an old friend of the Doctor’s on the planet Komoko.

‘The Edge of the War’ (Audio)

In France 1936, Nyssa is a young artist, Tegan is the owner of an inn and the Doctor is a detective from Paris.

‘Pursuit of the Nightjar’ (Audio)

The Doctor, Nyssa and Tegan get to witness the pursuit of the Nightjar aboard the spaceship Nemesis.

‘Resistor’ (Audio)

The TARDIS ends up in Warsaw in 1982 instead of Yugoslavia for the Doctor, Nyssa and Tegan.
Week 52

Mawdryn%20Undead%20DVD%20Cover‘Mawdryn Undead’ (TV)

The Doctor, Nyssa and Tegan meet schoolboy Turlough and reunite with the Brigadier.

gardens of the dead‘Gardens of the Dead’ (ST/Audio)

The Doctor, Nyssa and Tegan get used to Turlough.

‘The Many Lives of Doctor Who’ (Comic)

Nyssa with the Fifth Doctor, Tegan and Turlough appear in ‘Ophiuchus’, the fifth story of ‘The Many Lives of Doctor Who’.
Week 53

Terminus%20DVD%20Cover‘Terminus’ (TV)

Nyssa gets infected with Lazar’s disease aboard a space hospital at the centre of the universe.

4. Nyssa after ‘Terminus’

Week 54

dwsub010_thefivecompanions_1417_cover_large‘The Five Companions’ (Audio)

Nyssa reunites with the Doctor with Ian, Steven, Sara and Polly.
Week 55

Asylum_(Doctor_Who)‘Asylum’ (Book)

Nyssa meets the Fourth Doctor again before he meets her. Both have an adventure on Earth in 1278.

‘A Heart on Both Sides’ (ST/Audio)

Nyssa meets the Eighth Doctor during the Time War.

‘Killing Time’ (WM) (Audio)

Nyssa meets the War Master in the third episode of ‘Killing Time’ called ‘The Orphan’.

‘The Stuntman’ (Audio)

Nyssa gets help from the Tenth Doctor and K-9 to escape a Time War criminal’s scheme.
Week 56

‘Circular Time: Winter’ (Audio)

Nyssa, now married and a mother, meets the Fifth Doctor again.

‘The Caves of Androzani’ (TV)

Nyssa speaks to the Doctor in a dream during ‘Circular Time: Winter’.

5. Season 20b

Week 57

20141119150532dwmr136_cobwebs_1417_cover_large‘Cobwebs’ (Audio)

Nyssa reunites with the Doctor, Tegan and Turlough after 50 years.
Week 58

dwmr137_thewhisperingforest_1417_cover_large‘The Whispering Forest’ (Audio)

The Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan and Turlough visit Purity Bay on Cherdor.
Week 59

dwmr138_thecradleofthesnake_1417_cover_large‘The Cradle of the Snake’ (Audio)

The Mara returns to haunt Tegan for a third time.
Week 60

20150714165159dwmr146_heroesofsontar_1417_cover_large‘Heroes of Sontar’ (Audio)

The Doctor and friends meet a platoon of ‘Dad’s Army’ Sontarans.
Week 61

dwmr147_kissofdeath_1417_cover_large‘Kiss of Death’ (Audio)

A former flame of Turlough’s returns.
Week 62

dwmr148_rattrap_1417_cover_large‘Rat Trap’ (Audio)

Underneath London in 1983, there’s a pack of giant rants.
Week 63

dwmr159_theemeraldtiger_1417_cover_large‘The Emerald Tiger’ (Audio)

The Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan and Turlough visit India in 1926.
Week 64

dwmr160_thejupiterconjunction_1417_cover_large‘The Jupiter Conjuction’ (Audio)

The TARDIS takes the Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan and Turlough to a comet.

‘The Monkey House’ (ST/Audio)

The Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan and Turlough get caught in a ‘monkey house’ at a zoo on an alien world.
Week 65

dwmr161_thebutcherofbrisbane_1417_cover_large‘The Butcher of Brisbane’ (Audio)

Nyssa and Turlough go undercover to expose Magnus Greel’s crimes.
Week 66

dwmr172_eldradmustdie_1417_cover_large‘Eldrad Must Die!’ (Audio)

The TARDIS lands on Earth in 2013 where Eldred must die!
Week 67

dwmr173_theladyofmercia_1417_cover_large‘The Lady of Mercia’ (Audio)

Tegan gets zapped back in time and becomes the Lady of Merica.
Week 68

dwmr174_prisonersoffate_1417_cover_large‘Prisoners of Fate’ (Audio)

Nyssa reunites with her son after missing 25 years of her life.
Week 69

dwmr195_mistfall_cover_large‘Mistfall’ (Audio)

The TARDIS slips back into E-Space and ends up on Alzarius.
Week 70

equillbrium_cover_large‘Equilibrium’ (Audio)

The TARDIS takes the Doctor and friends to the kingdom of Isenfel.
Week 71

dwmr197_entropyplague_cover_large‘The Entropy Plague’ (Audio)

At the end of this story, Nyssa gets trapped in E-Space.

‘The Passenger’ (Blu-ray)

Nyssa reunites with Tegan at a fairground… but is there more to this reunion?

‘Farewell, Sarah Jane’ (SJA) (Webcast)

Many of the Doctor’s companions including Nyssa and Tegan attend Sarah Jane’s funeral.
Bonus Week

‘Dimensions in Time’ (TV)

Nyssa appears in the 30th anniversary Children-in-Need special of ‘Doctor Who’ with the Fifth Doctor and Peri.
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4 thoughts on “The Nyssa Challenge”

  1. Williams Fan 92

    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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    Reply ↓
    1. Tim Bradley Post author

      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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      1. Williams Fan 92

        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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      2. Tim Bradley Post author

        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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