The Child was the sixty-second release in the Companion Chronicles audio range. It was the sixth story of season 7. It was written by Nigel Fairs and featured Leela.
Publisher's summary
"Tell me another story, Leela. Not the one about the walking doll or the creepy mechanical men. A new one. I want to hear a new one..."
Leela is dead but her soul lives on. She has been reborn as a young girl, Emily, whose "imaginary friend" tells her amazing tales about a great Wizard and the warrior who accompanies him on his adventures through time and space.
Emily prepares to tell her parents the story of a cold, grey world whose people are ruled over by a Glass Angel. The Wizard is her prisoner and only the warrior girl and her three peculiar friends can save him...
Plot
Part one
to be added
Part two
to be added
Cast
References
- The Map of Life is the largest work of art in the universe. It spans an entire continent.
Textless cover art
Notes
- This is the first Companion Chronicle to feature Leela since The Time Vampire in May 2010.
Continuity
- Leela recalls the face of Xoanon carved into Mount Kremnon on her planet. (TV: The Face of Evil)
- The Doctor refers to the helmic regulator. (TV: The Ark in Space)
- Leela refers to the Tesh. (TV: The Face of Evil)
- Emily refers to Leela's stories about the "walking doll" (TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang) and the "creepy mechanical men". (TV: The Robots of Death)
External links
- Official The Child page at bigfinish.com
