Starring Carole Ann Ford as Susan, Doctor Who - The Companion Chronicles: The Beginning looks at the Doctor and Susan's flight from Gallifrey, told by the man who last visited the pre-series era in Quinnis, Marc Platt.

It also stars Terry Molloy, best known to series aficionados as Davros on TV and audio, and to radio fans as Mike Tucker on Radio 4's legendary soap opera The Archers. He plays Quadrigger Stoyn, a man who is caught up in the action when the Doctor and Susan when they make their escape - and it won't be the last you hear of him in this anniversary year...

When the First Doctor and his grand-daughter Susan escape through the cloisters of Gallifrey to an old Type 40 Time Travel capsule, little do they realize the adventures that lie ahead… And little do they know, as the TARDIS dematerializes and they leave their home world behind, there is someone else aboard the ship. He is Quadrigger Stoyn, and he is very unhappy…

The Beginning can be pre-ordered now, or is available as part of a subscription.