Early Adventures Series 3 to be Second Doctor again?

I imagine the article refers to the Companion Chronicles.

But doesn't that go against the whole point of the Companion Chronicles? It's supposed to be all from the perspective of the companion. I suppose they could be doing something more like what Torchwood has been doing, having it narrated from one character's point of view yet having a full cast for the rest of the roles, but then that seems to defeat the purpose of having two separate ranges.

I suspect the confusion is VERY intentional from the phrasing of the article ("More of", "Full-Cast" suggests to be me we're NOT just getting the Companion Chronicles and Short Trips tales and that in general we're getting plenty of Second Doctor material). Looks like we're getting an Early Adventures box set of some sort.

I suspect the detail about Victoria is refering to her story in the Companion Chronicles box set and Big Finish are just trying to further murky the waters.

That's how I read it.

Or Victoria, who they said is intended for the second story.

I just got this response from them to my question on the Facebook thread:

"The First Doctor and his companions will feature in The Early Adventures Series 3."

Soooooo, that's intriguing. Can't wait to see whose guess turns out to be closest.

Early Doctors, New Monsters box set, maybe?

In all honestly I think you're right, I think this is a sign that the Companion Chronicles are going to be done more in the style of the Torchwood stories, with the companion telling the story from their own perspective, yet still interacting with a full cast.

The uncertainty, debate and speculation come in because traditionally the Companion Chronicles aren't full cast. The format has usually had only two actors, the companion and one guest actor for the companion to play off of directly, while the companion usually fills in the voices for the rest of the cast. So making the Companion Chronicles full cast is a rather large change in direction.