8-02 The Alchemists More companion chronicles. I must be nearly there. This one is set before An Unearthly Child, though it has a clumsy, pointless framing device of Susan writing it all down in a letter to Barbara. It's fairly decent though, the Doctor and Susan get in trouble in Germany in 1932 because of some Roman gold coins they exchange for money. They meet some historical scientists from the time, get kidnapped and effect a daring escape. Decent enough, except I'm not clear why they kept trying to drug Susan before interrogating her. There doesn't seem to be any reason for it. Oh well. Decent enough.

As for Doom Coalition - I'm years off getting around to that. When's the next sale on?