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Free Doctor Who Book Extract: All You Need to Know About Companions of The Daleks’ Master Plan
Loved watching The Nightmare Begins and Devil’s Planet, the newly-discovered episodes of the largely-missing 1965 serial, The Daleks’ Master Plan? You might be wondering what happens to the Doctor’s companions, Steven Taylor and Katarina – not to mention the companion-that-never-was, Sara Kingdom. The Doctor Who Companion has you covered: as an Easter treat, here’s a concise extract from Companions: More Than Sixty Years of Doctor Who Assistants, available from Candy Jar Books, telling you what happens to the time travellers, both on TV an in the ‘Expanded Universe’ of books, comics, and audio adventures. It’s taken from the 700-page book written by Andy Frankham-Allen and me, so this gives you a free taster of the book’s format and style. To open and read this extract, just click here. Or you can copy the following URL into your address bar: http://thedoctorwhocompanion.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Companions-Extract-The-Daleks-Masrer-Plan.pdf Here’s the blurb for Companions: More Than Sixty Years of Doctor Who Assistants: Doctor Who was never really about the Doctor. This is the story of the Time Lord’s companions – friends through all time and space. Discover the journeys of every one of the Doctor’s assistants, from Susan, Ian Chesterton, and Barbara Wright, to Fifteenth Doctor companion, Ruby Sunday; including their adventures off-screen, in novels, comics, and audio. Companions: Sixty Years of Doctor Who Assistants is an in-depth account of each companion, examining their arcs, significance in the TV series, and how they traversed different times, places, and mediums. Relive their travels on television. Learn what companions did after they left the TARDIS. And meet the Doctor’s wider network of friends, from Evelyn Smythe to Liv Chenka, Professor Bernice Summerfield to his grandchildren, John and Gillian. See the universe anew through their eyes. So don’t forget, if you want to learn more about Steven Taylor, Katarina, and Sara Kingdom, just click here! Like this: Like Loading...
