The Mists of Time
Doctor:	Third Doctor
Companion(s):	Jo Grant
Main enemy:	Tomis
Main setting:	Zayin Eight, the far future
Key crew
Publisher:	Big Finish Productions
Writer:	Jonathan Morris
Director:	Lisa Bowerman
Music:	David Darlington
Sound:	David Darlington
Read by:	Katy Manning
Cover by:	Alex Mallinson
Release details
Release date:	19 August 2009 (DWM download) 31 August 2011 (The Specials box)
Format:	MP3 digital download One episode on one CD
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The Mists of Time was an audio drama in Big Finish Productions' The Companion Chronicles series. It was initially a digital download exclusively offered to readers of Doctor Who Magazine Issue 411, but was later released as part of the Companion Chronicles: The Specials box set.

Publisher's summary Edit

Many years ago, when she was travelling with the Doctor, Jo Grant visited Zayin Eight. Now, suddenly and inexplicably, she is back on that ravaged planet, and reunited with a human called Newton Calder. What happened to the missing members of Calder’s team? What is the secret of the vast ruined city? The answers will lie in the dark and distant past of the Time Lords themselves…

Cast Edit

• Jo Grant - Katy Manning
• Newton Calder - Andrew Whipp

References Edit

• Newton Calder has been on Zayin Eight for 296 days by the time of Jo's arrival.
• The Zayin system is located in the Argo Navis Cluster, 80 years from Earth.
• Calder, Anyetta, Alein and Tomis are affiliated with the Space Archaeology Group (SAG). They are exploring the remnants of an ancient civilisation which were detected by a passing probe.
• Jo's grandfather, who smoked a pipe, always used to spoil her when she was a child. He often bought her ice cream behind her parents' backs, observing, "What's the harm? Life's too short." He died in 1958 when his granddaughter was seven years old.
• After Jo wishes that they were present, apparitions of Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart and Sgt. Benton come to her aid.

Notes Edit

• The DWM download was considered a promotion for the Big Finish line, so the file began with an introduction by Nicholas Briggs giving a brief history of the company's audio releases.
• Part One of this story ends with a literal cliffhanger.
• This audio drama was recorded on 18 and 30 December 2008.

Continuity Edit

• Jo refers to her encounter with Mrs Killebrew. (AUDIO: The Doll of Death)
• Jo recalls meeting freedom fighters from the 22nd century, who were at first mistaken for ghosts, at Auderley House. (TV: Day of the Daleks)
• The Doctor tells Jo that "sleep is for tortoises." (TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang)
• Jo suggests using the ghost machine to summon the spirit of Richard III of England to discover the fate of the Princes in the Tower (AUDIO: The Kingmaker) or to learn who had really assassinated U.S. President John F. Kennedy on 22 November 1963 (PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy; TV: Rose).

Releases Edit

• The Mists of Time was available to readers of Doctor Who Magazine who went to the Big Finish website and entered a code to be found within the magazine. The digital download offer was only available from 19 August to 14 October 2009.
• Big Finish subsequently reissued the story as part of The Companion Chronicles: The Specials, which was released in August 2011.

External links Edit

• Official The Mists of Time - The Companion Chronicles Specials page at bigfinish.com
• Detailed synopsis of The Mists of Time at the Doctor Who Reference Guide