Nah, I didn't know what was going on when I first heard of her either. She's a companion of Eight's after he and Charley and C'rizz have gone their (as yet undefined) separate ways. (If you don't know them either, Charley's a self-styled Edwardian adventuress - who gets rather irritating after her first two series - and C'rizz is an exoskeletal reptilian species whose mental health is becoming questionable *grins*) Basically, the Charley and C'rizz storyline was a little too involved for new listeners to just casually pick up an audio and know what was going on, so BF thought this would discourage them from hopping on board. So BF collaborated with BBC7 to make some new stories, set a little way in Eight's future, that (I think) are given away free with DWM and broadcast on BBC7. I like McGann as the Doctor (he was the best thing about the movie, really) and as an audio!Doctor he does quite well. He has over-exposition problems for the first series or so (but then that's true for most early BF Who) but that just means he gets to ramble on a bit more :o) A fair few of his stories I would call duds, though, so if you want to branch away from Fivey, I can give you informed recommendations :o)
Eight's books are weighted down by Sam. I'm thinking of asking my Who dealer to skip ahead to Fitz in the books he's lending me cos I haven't read any of him yet and I really want to. (Not all book people are bad though - I really like Benny Summerfield.) I also have no idea who Compassion is, but you cannot lump Hex in with book companions. No, no, no. I won't let you. Hex is fantastic. He's an audio companion of Seven's - a Liverpudlian nurse from 2021, says "oh my god" an awful lot at first but gets some better lines further on, and features in some of the best stories I've listened to recently.
As for other audio companions - you'll know about Erimem, but there's also Frobisher and Evelyn. Both with Six, Frobisher's a four foot penguin-shaped mesomorph (it's a shame he only has two audios, and one of them's a DWM special), and Evelyn's a history lecturer in her mid-fifties. She and Six have a wonderful dynamic. Again, I have recommendations if you want them :o)
Blimey, I've rambled on. Well, I'm quite opinionated when it comes to audios - they're a major part of fandom to me :o) *shuts up now*
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I like McGann as the Doctor (he was the best thing about the movie, really) and as an audio!Doctor he does quite well. He has over-exposition problems for the first series or so (but then that's true for most early BF Who) but that just means he gets to ramble on a bit more :o) A fair few of his stories I would call duds, though, so if you want to branch away from Fivey, I can give you informed recommendations :o)
Eight's books are weighted down by Sam. I'm thinking of asking my Who dealer to skip ahead to Fitz in the books he's lending me cos I haven't read any of him yet and I really want to. (Not all book people are bad though - I really like Benny Summerfield.) I also have no idea who Compassion is, but you cannot lump Hex in with book companions. No, no, no. I won't let you. Hex is fantastic. He's an audio companion of Seven's - a Liverpudlian nurse from 2021, says "oh my god" an awful lot at first but gets some better lines further on, and features in some of the best stories I've listened to recently.
As for other audio companions - you'll know about Erimem, but there's also Frobisher and Evelyn. Both with Six, Frobisher's a four foot penguin-shaped mesomorph (it's a shame he only has two audios, and one of them's a DWM special), and Evelyn's a history lecturer in her mid-fifties. She and Six have a wonderful dynamic. Again, I have recommendations if you want them :o)
Blimey, I've rambled on. Well, I'm quite opinionated when it comes to audios - they're a major part of fandom to me :o) *shuts up now*