The Girl Who Never Was

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The Girl Who Never Was
Big Finish Productions audio drama
Series	Doctor Who
Release no.	103
Featuring	Eighth Doctor Charley Pollard
Written by	Alan Barnes
Directed by	Barnaby Edwards
Executive producer(s)	Nicholas Briggs Jason Haigh-Ellery
Production code	8YE
Length	120 mins
Release date	December 2007

The Girl Who Never Was is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It takes place in Singapore in 1942 & 2008.

Plot[]

After the loss of C'rizz, Charley demands to be taken home. Instead, she and the Doctor end up split between 1942 and 2008, on board a mysterious lost battleship near Singapore.

Cast[]

• The Doctor — Paul McGann
• Charlotte "Charley" Pollard — India Fisher
• Byron — Danny Webb
• Miss Pollard — Anna Massey
• Madeleine Fairweather — Amanda Root
• Curly — David Yip
• Borthwick — Robert Duncan
• Receptionist — Natalie Mendoza
• Young Man — Jake McGann
• Soldier — Nicholas Briggs

Continuity[]

• This audio drama marks the departure of Charley from the Eighth Doctor, but leads directly into The Condemned, where she begins travelling with the Sixth Doctor.

Notes[]

• Jake McGann is the son of Paul McGann. He previously appeared in Immortal Beloved. He also returns in An Earthly Child and Relative Dimensions, where he plays Alex Campbell, Susan's son and the Doctor's great grandson.
• The final episode ends with the Sixth Doctor's season 23 version of the theme music, foreshadowing the Sixth Doctor's picking up of Charley as noted above.

External links[]

• 'Big Finish Productions - The Girl Who Never Was