This was the first release in the Destiny Of The Doctor arc, created in cooperation with [=AudioGo=] for the 50th anniversary.

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Susan and the First Doctor have been living at Totter's Lane for four months, and Susan is still finding it hard to fit in. She's slowly becoming friends with a classmate, Cedric, but the two are being watched by a rather ObviouslyEvil gentleman going by the name of Rook. While Susan introduces Cedric to the music of Music/BobDylan, the Doctor tries to get spare parts for his TARDIS at an electronics store and attracts quite a bit of unwanted attention. Also, Susan gets a message from a radio DJ that was allegedly sent by the Doctor, but One doesn't remember sending anything at all.

Susan's classmates start attacking her and Cedric for no reason in a fit of xenophobic rage, which turns out to be MindControl via hypersonic waves. Rook turns out to be Cedric's uncle, and Cedric was only befriending Susan because of her being a very obvious alien. The word "alien", of course, turns out to refer to UsefulNotes/ColdWar spies rather than outer space Time Lords, and the Doctor and Susan -- realising what the radio message meant -- save the day by blasting Bob Dylan at the enemy.

The Doctor has a feeling that more is going on...

!!Tropes
* BaitAndSwitch: For about half the story, Rook is made out to the audience to be an early incarnation of the Master, down to the sinister lurking, black clothing, trimmed goatee and even saying "oh, my dear Doctor, you have been naive". In the end, he's just a regular human school teacher, though his motives are still quite dangerous.
* CallBack:
** The Doctor and Susan disguising themselves as [[MeaningfulName IM Foreman]] and his granddaughter.
** Headmaster Rook finds Susan a mystery, of an "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E1AnUnearthlyChild unearthly]]" nature.
* CallForward:
** Cedric says it's almost as if [[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E7TheSensorites Susan can read minds]].
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E7TheIdiotsLantern Magpie Electrical gets a reference]].
** Susan gets cross when Cedric implies that she and the Doctor are [[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E7TheWarGames on the run from someone]].
* ETGaveUsWifi: Colonel Rook hopes to achieve this through the Doctor and Susan.
* FingerWag: The Doctor does it to Susan, when she asks why he doesn't buy priceless equipment.
* FishOutOfWater: Susan has ''no'' idea what's going on in Earth politics and is thrilled by the opportunity to catch the tube for the first time.
* FriendInTheBlackMarket: Bernie. Doubles as an HonestJohnsDealership.
* HammerAndSickleRemovedForYourProtection and NoSwastikas: A story about a World War II bomb in the Cold War somehow manages to avoid using the words "Nazi" "German", "Communist" ''or'' "Russian" at any point. Both groups are just "the Enemy".
* HatePlague: One induced by Hypersonics that emphasizes a person's "tribal instincts" making him or her hate all foreigners.
* HellBentForLeather: Several of the bikers in an angry mob are described this way.
* IcyBlueEyes: Headmaster Rook.
* ImprovisedWeapon: The mobs grab anything they can find, really.
* MacGyvering: The Doctor rigs up a device to interrupt the MindControl in a basement of an electronics store.
* MindControl
* TheMole: Cedric.
* NoseTapping: Bernie does this when making deals with the Doctor.
* ThePowerOfRock: Undoes the Hypersonics in the end.
* {{Prequel}}: Takes place before the very first episode of Doctor Who, and features only the Doctor and Susan before they met Ian Chesterson and Barbera Wright.
* ProperlyParanoid: The Doctor is paranoid that he's being followed. Turns out he's right.
* PsychicPowers: Susan's get her into trouble.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Rook, eventually.
* SequelHook: Who was the man on the radio? Was it the current Doctor? And Susan sees a glimpse of a horrible future [[TitleDrop destiny]] that the Doctor cannot escape.
* StableTimeLoop
* TheTapeKnewYouWouldSayThat: A mysterious message from a DJ being all ImMrFuturePopCultureReference from a chap calling himself THE Doctor.
* TheUnsmile: Headmaster Rook again.