The Girl Who Never Was ( audio story ) Publisher ' s summary . " Dot dot dot , dash dash dash , dot dot dot . Someone ' s listening . Somewhere . " A ghost ship . A girl with no memory , adrift in time . An old enemy . This could be Charlotte Pollard ' s finest hour — or her last . Set course for Singapore , 1931 . Journey ' s end . Plot . Part 1 . Still grieving the death of C ' rizz , the Doctor unhappily sets the controls to take Charley back to her own place and time . The TARDIS lands and the Doctor makes one more plea to Charley to reconsider her decision to leave , but she refuses to be dissuaded . She asks for confirmation that they are back where she requested , which the Doctor obliges . He reminds her that the " R101 " would have been completely destroyed by this time , but she still doesn ' t listen and ignores the Doctor ' s further pleads to be rational . The Doctor opens the doors after Charley ensures him that she isn ' t planning on going back home . The Doctor reveals that he had instead directed the TARDIS to Singapore , 1930 , where Charley was headed when she met him ; they ' ve arrived on New Years Day , 1931 . Charley is elated about this , and requests that the Doctor leave once she ' s turned her back so they can leave on good terms . As Charley is counting , the Doctor takes note that the skyline is incorrect and the technology around them isn ' t from the 1930s . The fireworks in the sky reveal that they had instead arrived in 2008 . Charley accuses the Doctor of bringing them here deliberately , so as to minimise the risk of her presence damaging the Web of Time . She refuses to listen to his defence and storms off angrily after the Doctor had gone back inside to TARDIS to confirm that something was wrong . In the control room , the Doctor checks the reading on the controls and the scanner . Charley finds her way to a hotel where she writes a note for the Doctor to find and leaves it with the receptionist . After leaving her name with the receptionist , another guest who had been on the phone and overheard the discussion , follows her out . The Doctor comes out of the TARDIS to discover Charley gone and goes in search of her . Charley is approached by the customer from the reception and introduces himself as Byron . He suggests that she come away with him on his boat , to which she heartily accepts , and Byron hails a taxi . The Doctor finally catches up with Charley they are driving away and trying to convince Charley that he found what drove the TARDIS off course and that it still exists out at sea , having originated in 1942 , but she still refuses to listen to him . Byron , on the other hand , shows a remarkable degree of interest , to Charley ' s irritation . Suddenly , Byron pulls a gun on the pair and orders the Doctor come with them . Before the car can leave , a detective pulls it over and calls Byron out for a number of explosives placed under the car . The Doctor convinces the detective that he is a fugitive from Interpol and that Charley is a police officer sent to bring him in , with Byron being her informant . When everyone is clear of the car , the Doctor detonates the explosives with his sonic screwdriver and Byron flees , while the Doctor and Charley make for the TARDIS . In the control room , the Doctor tries to establish the mystery surrounding who Byron is and how he knew about the temporal hump that drew the TARDIS there . Charley finally gives in and agrees to accompany the Doctor for ' one last lap of glory ' , before the Doctor sets course for the location of the hump . Elsewhere , a woman receives a call from Byron , who tells about the Doctor and Charley and their interest in the Karimata Strait , and that a car has been sent to collect her . The TARDIS lands aboard a wrecked boat and Charley notes the ball room . She notes that the boat is empty , and the Doctor notes that there hasn ' t been for 66 years ; the TARDIS wouldn ' t go to 1942 because of the temporal hump . He identifies the boat as the S . S . Batavia . The pair of them make their way through the boat and the Doctor theories that the boat was sank in 1942 while Singapore was at siege , and that it was the last ship out of the harbour . Charley burns her hand on a rail on what she assumes to be acid , but the Doctor concludes it ' s temporal corrosion , a condition found in the time vortex . Charley surmises that the boat has been in the vortex , when they notice that the corrosion is eating it ' s way over their footsteps , heading back towards the TARDIS . The Doctor and Charley race back through the boat , trying to get to the TARDIS before the corrosion kills it . Charley trips and falls on the floor , the wood having been rotted by the temporal corrosion . When the Doctor returns to bring her to her feet , the floor gives way beneath him and he falls into the water . He sends Charley back to the TARDIS to get some cable from the console . The corrosion is already already affecting the outer shell and the Doctor warns her that the HADS may soon activate , but Charley doesn ' t her him . Before she can bring the cable outside , the TARDIS closes the doors and takes off without the Doctor . In a ship ' s cabin , the crew is discussing the lack of light , when Byron comes in and berates their ill - enthusiasm . One of the crew members starts playing something on the piano , and the rest of crew join in with the singing . Suddenly , Charley wanders into the cabin , and asks if the year in 1942 . Byron finds her presence quite amusing , while Charley finds his startling . Back in 2008 , Byron nears the sunken boat and calls back to the woman at the back in celebration of it ' s discovery . The woman spots the Doctor on the bottom deck and Byron has the helicopter head down to collect . In 1942 , Byron takes Charley to another cabin , and is confused that she knows who he is already . Charley makes an effort to convince him that she ' s armed , but Byron sees through her ruse almost instantly and then threatens her . He releases her when she spots fighter planes approaching . In 2008 , Byron has his men point their arms at the Doctor while Byron helps the woman , his mother , off the helicopter . To the Doctor ' s shock , the woman identifies herself as Charlotte Pollard . . . Part 2 . " To be added " Part 3 . " To be added " Part 4 . " To be added "