For our next elimination game, I wanted to do something featuring one of the companions I think had a lot of potential, Nyssa! I used the wiki to gather a list of every location featured in her serials. I also included the time period the story takes place in and the story each location is referring to.
Usual rules apply.
Add 1 to your favourite
Subtract 2 from your least.
Bold your choices
Look out for cross-posting
20 hours between posts (once a mod sets that up for me).
Note that you can use whatever criteria you’d like for voting. Which sets and scenes did you find most interesting? What had most potential? What offered the most to Nyssa? What about the TARDIS crew in general? There’s lots of ways to vote, so I didn’t distinguish between any of these destinations. So I’m aware there are places Nyssa didn’t interact with much or at all, like Deva Loca, but because people can interpret the game freely, I’m including it anyways.
Years are Common Era unless otherwise stated. I relied on the Wiki to make this along with just watching the show so I apologize if there are any inaccuracies.
[5] Traken, 1981 (The Keeper of Traken)
[5] Logopolis (Logopolis)
[5] London & The Pharos Project, 1981 (Logopolis)
[5] Castrovalva & Event One (Castrovalva)
[5] Monarch’s Ship, 1981 (Four to Doomsday)
[5] Deva Loca, circa 3984 (Kinda)
[5] London, August-September 1666 (The Visitation)
[5] Cranleigh, 11 June 1925 (Black Orchid)
[5] Earth, 2526 (Earthshock)
[5] Briggs’ freighter, 2526 & 65 Million BCE (Earthshock)
[5] Heathrow Airport, January 1982 (Time-Flight)
[5] Earth, 140,000,000 BCE (Time-Flight)
[5] Gallifrey (Arc of Infinity)
[5] Manussa (Snakedance)
[5] Mawdryn’s ship, 1983 (Mawdryn Undead)
[5] Brendon Public School, 1977 and 1983 (Mawdryn Undead)
[5] Terminus, circa 3480 (Terminus)
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[5] Traken, 1981 (The Keeper of Traken)
[5] Logopolis (Logopolis)
[5] London & The Pharos Project, 1981 (Logopolis)
[5] Castrovalva & Event One (Castrovalva)
[5] Monarch’s Ship, 1981 (Four to Doomsday)
[6] Deva Loca, circa 3984 (Kinda)
[5] London, August-September 1666 (The Visitation)
[5] Cranleigh, 11 June 1925 (Black Orchid)
[5] Earth, 2526 (Earthshock)
[5] Briggs’ freighter, 2526 & 65 Million BCE (Earthshock)
[5] Heathrow Airport, January 1982 (Time-Flight)
[3] Earth, 140,000,000 BCE (Time-Flight)
[5] Gallifrey (Arc of Infinity)
[5] Manussa (Snakedance)
[5] Mawdryn’s ship, 1983 (Mawdryn Undead)
[5] Brendon Public School, 1977 and 1983 (Mawdryn Undead)
[5] Terminus, circa 3480 (Terminus)
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[5] Traken, 1981 (The Keeper of Traken)
[5] Logopolis (Logopolis)
[5] London & The Pharos Project, 1981 (Logopolis)
[5] Castrovalva & Event One (Castrovalva)
[5] Monarch’s Ship, 1981 (Four to Doomsday)
[4] Deva Loca, circa 3984 (Kinda)
[5] London, August-September 1666 (The Visitation)
[5] Cranleigh, 11 June 1925 (Black Orchid)
[5] Earth, 2526 (Earthshock)
[5] Briggs’ freighter, 2526 & 65 Million BCE (Earthshock)
[5] Heathrow Airport, January 1982 (Time-Flight)
[4] Earth, 140,000,000 BCE (Time-Flight)
[5] Gallifrey (Arc of Infinity)
[5] Manussa (Snakedance)
[5] Mawdryn’s ship, 1983 (Mawdryn Undead)
[5] Brendon Public School, 1977 and 1983 (Mawdryn Undead)
[5] Terminus, circa 3480 (Terminus)
#sorrynotsorry @SweetAIBelle for reversing your votes - I will die on the hill that Time-Flight is a great story - and who doesn’t like an obvous studio-bound exterior set and Nyssa never sees Deva Loka so I’m downvoting that one.
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[5] Traken, 1981 (The Keeper of Traken)
[5] Logopolis (Logopolis)
[5] London & The Pharos Project, 1981 (Logopolis)
[5] Castrovalva & Event One (Castrovalva)
[5] Monarch’s Ship, 1981 (Four to Doomsday)
[4] Deva Loca, circa 3984 (Kinda)
[5] London, August-September 1666 (The Visitation)
[6] Cranleigh, 11 June 1925 (Black Orchid)
[5] Earth, 2526 (Earthshock)
[5] Briggs’ freighter, 2526 & 65 Million BCE (Earthshock)
[5] Heathrow Airport, January 1982 (Time-Flight)
[2] Earth, 140,000,000 BCE (Time-Flight)
[5] Gallifrey (Arc of Infinity)
[5] Manussa (Snakedance)
[5] Mawdryn’s ship, 1983 (Mawdryn Undead)
[5] Brendon Public School, 1977 and 1983 (Mawdryn Undead)
[5] Terminus, circa 3480 (Terminus)
Can a mod enable slow mode when they get a chance?
I like Heathrow Airport in Time-Flight but once we go into the ancient past it is disappointment city for me.
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[5] Traken, 1981 (The Keeper of Traken)
[5] Logopolis (Logopolis)
[5] London & The Pharos Project, 1981 (Logopolis)
[5] Castrovalva & Event One (Castrovalva)
[5] Monarch’s Ship, 1981 (Four to Doomsday)
[4] Deva Loca, circa 3984 (Kinda)
[5] London, August-September 1666 (The Visitation)
[6] Cranleigh, 11 June 1925 (Black Orchid)
[5] Earth, 2526 (Earthshock)
[5] Briggs’ freighter, 2526 & 65 Million BCE (Earthshock)
[5] Heathrow Airport, January 1982 (Time-Flight)
[6] Gallifrey (Arc of Infinity)
[5] Manussa (Snakedance)
[5] Mawdryn’s ship, 1983 (Mawdryn Undead)
[5] Brendon Public School, 1977 and 1983 (Mawdryn Undead)
[5] Terminus, circa 3480 (Terminus)
[0] Earth, 140,000,000 BCE (Time-Flight)
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[6] Traken, 1981 (The Keeper of Traken)
[5] Logopolis (Logopolis)
[5] London & The Pharos Project, 1981 (Logopolis)
[5] Castrovalva & Event One (Castrovalva)
[5] Monarch’s Ship, 1981 (Four to Doomsday)
[4] Deva Loca, circa 3984 (Kinda)
[5] London, August-September 1666 (The Visitation)
[6] Cranleigh, 11 June 1925 (Black Orchid)
[5] Earth, 2526 (Earthshock)
[5] Briggs’ freighter, 2526 & 65 Million BCE (Earthshock)
[5] Heathrow Airport, January 1982 (Time-Flight)
[6] Gallifrey (Arc of Infinity)
[5] Manussa (Snakedance)
[5] Mawdryn’s ship, 1983 (Mawdryn Undead)
[5] Brendon Public School, 1977 and 1983 (Mawdryn Undead)
[3] Terminus, circa 3480 (Terminus)
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[7] Traken, 1981 (The Keeper of Traken)
[5] Logopolis (Logopolis)
[5] London & The Pharos Project, 1981 (Logopolis)
[5] Castrovalva & Event One (Castrovalva)
[5] Monarch’s Ship, 1981 (Four to Doomsday)
[4] Deva Loca, circa 3984 (Kinda)
[5] London, August-September 1666 (The Visitation)
[6] Cranleigh, 11 June 1925 (Black Orchid)
[5] Earth, 2526 (Earthshock)
[5] Briggs’ freighter, 2526 & 65 Million BCE (Earthshock)
[5] Heathrow Airport, January 1982 (Time-Flight)
[6] Gallifrey (Arc of Infinity)
[5] Manussa (Snakedance)
[5] Mawdryn’s ship, 1983 (Mawdryn Undead)
[5] Brendon Public School, 1977 and 1983 (Mawdryn Undead)
[1] Terminus, circa 3480 (Terminus)
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[7] Traken, 1981 (The Keeper of Traken)
[5] Logopolis (Logopolis)
[3] London & The Pharos Project, 1981 (Logopolis)
[5] Castrovalva & Event One (Castrovalva)
[5] Monarch’s Ship, 1981 (Four to Doomsday)
[4] Deva Loca, circa 3984 (Kinda)
[5] London, August-September 1666 (The Visitation)
[6] Cranleigh, 11 June 1925 (Black Orchid)
[5] Earth, 2526 (Earthshock)
[5] Briggs’ freighter, 2526 & 65 Million BCE (Earthshock)
[5] Heathrow Airport, January 1982 (Time-Flight)
[6] Gallifrey (Arc of Infinity)
[6] Manussa (Snakedance)
[5] Mawdryn’s ship, 1983 (Mawdryn Undead)
[5] Brendon Public School, 1977 and 1983 (Mawdryn Undead)
[1] Terminus, circa 3480 (Terminus)
Also, did Nyssa not go to Amsterdam in Arc of Infinity? I can’t remember if she was part of the chase through the streets or not.
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[7] Traken, 1981 (The Keeper of Traken)
[5] Logopolis (Logopolis)
[3] London & The Pharos Project, 1981 (Logopolis)
[6] Castrovalva & Event One (Castrovalva)
[3] Monarch’s Ship, 1981 (Four to Doomsday)
[4] Deva Loca, circa 3984 (Kinda)
[5] London, August-September 1666 (The Visitation)
[6] Cranleigh, 11 June 1925 (Black Orchid)
[5] Earth, 2526 (Earthshock)
[5] Briggs’ freighter, 2526 & 65 Million BCE (Earthshock)
[5] Heathrow Airport, January 1982 (Time-Flight)
[6] Gallifrey (Arc of Infinity)
[6] Manussa (Snakedance)
[5] Mawdryn’s ship, 1983 (Mawdryn Undead)
[5] Brendon Public School, 1977 and 1983 (Mawdryn Undead)
[1] Terminus, circa 3480 (Terminus)
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[7] Traken, 1981 (The Keeper of Traken)
[5] Logopolis (Logopolis)
[3] London & The Pharos Project, 1981 (Logopolis)
[6] Castrovalva & Event One (Castrovalva)
[3] Monarch’s Ship, 1981 (Four to Doomsday)
[4] Deva Loca, circa 3984 (Kinda)
[5] London, August-September 1666 (The Visitation)
[6] Cranleigh, 11 June 1925 (Black Orchid)
[5] Earth, 2526 (Earthshock)
[5] Briggs’ freighter, 2526 & 65 Million BCE (Earthshock)
[5] Heathrow Airport, January 1982 (Time-Flight)
[6] Gallifrey (Arc of Infinity)
[7] Manussa (Snakedance)
[5] Mawdryn’s ship, 1983 (Mawdryn Undead)
[5] Brendon Public School, 1977 and 1983 (Mawdryn Undead)
[-1] Terminus, circa 3480 (Terminus) Well Terminus was so dull I had to turn it off one part in and skip straight to Enlightenment, so I guess it can go.
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[7] Traken, 1981 (The Keeper of Traken)
[5] Logopolis (Logopolis)
[3] London & The Pharos Project, 1981 (Logopolis)
[6] Castrovalva & Event One (Castrovalva)
[1] Monarch’s Ship, 1981 (Four to Doomsday) 
[4] Deva Loca, circa 3984 (Kinda)
[5] London, August-September 1666 (The Visitation)
[6] Cranleigh, 11 June 1925 (Black Orchid)
[5] Earth, 2526 (Earthshock)
[6] Briggs’ freighter, 2526 & 65 Million BCE (Earthshock) 
[5] Heathrow Airport, January 1982 (Time-Flight)
[6] Gallifrey (Arc of Infinity)
[7] Manussa (Snakedance)
[5] Mawdryn’s ship, 1983 (Mawdryn Undead)
[5] Brendon Public School, 1977 and 1983 (Mawdryn Undead)
Nyssa is a grumpy sod, but I still enjoy her.
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Here’s an elimination game for me 
[7] Traken, 1981 (The Keeper of Traken)
[5] Logopolis (Logopolis)
[3] London & The Pharos Project, 1981 (Logopolis)
[6] Castrovalva & Event One (Castrovalva)
[1] Monarch’s Ship, 1981 (Four to Doomsday)
[4] Deva Loca, circa 3984 (Kinda)
[5] London, August-September 1666 (The Visitation)
[4] Cranleigh, 11 June 1925 (Black Orchid)
[5] Earth, 2526 (Earthshock)
[6] Briggs’ freighter, 2526 & 65 Million BCE (Earthshock)
[5] Heathrow Airport, January 1982 (Time-Flight)
[6] Gallifrey (Arc of Infinity)
[8] Manussa (Snakedance)
[5] Mawdryn’s ship, 1983 (Mawdryn Undead)
[5] Brendon Public School, 1977 and 1983 (Mawdryn Undead)
Although Nyssa is my favourite companion, most of my favourites of her stories and from Big Finish. That being said, I still love a lot of Five’s era on TV! Manussa in particular is such a well-detailed world.
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[7] Traken, 1981 (The Keeper of Traken)
[5] Logopolis (Logopolis)
[3] London & The Pharos Project, 1981 (Logopolis)
[6] Castrovalva & Event One (Castrovalva)
[4] Deva Loca, circa 3984 (Kinda)
[6] London, August-September 1666 (The Visitation)
[4] Cranleigh, 11 June 1925 (Black Orchid)
[5] Earth, 2526 (Earthshock)
[6] Briggs’ freighter, 2526 & 65 Million BCE (Earthshock)
[5] Heathrow Airport, January 1982 (Time-Flight)
[6] Gallifrey (Arc of Infinity)
[8] Manussa (Snakedance)
[5] Mawdryn’s ship, 1983 (Mawdryn Undead)
[5] Brendon Public School, 1977 and 1983 (Mawdryn Undead)
[-1] Monarch’s Ship, 1981 (Four to Doomsday)
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[7] Traken, 1981 (The Keeper of Traken)
[5] Logopolis (Logopolis)
[1] London & The Pharos Project, 1981 (Logopolis)
[6] Castrovalva & Event One (Castrovalva)
[4] Deva Loca, circa 3984 (Kinda)
[6] London, August-September 1666 (The Visitation)
[4] Cranleigh, 11 June 1925 (Black Orchid)
[5] Earth, 2526 (Earthshock)
[6] Briggs’ freighter, 2526 & 65 Million BCE (Earthshock)
[6] Heathrow Airport, January 1982 (Time-Flight)
[6] Gallifrey (Arc of Infinity)
[8] Manussa (Snakedance)
[5] Mawdryn’s ship, 1983 (Mawdryn Undead)
[5] Brendon Public School, 1977 and 1983 (Mawdryn Undead)
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[7] Traken, 1981 (The Keeper of Traken)
[3] Logopolis (Logopolis)
[1] London & The Pharos Project, 1981 (Logopolis)
[6] Castrovalva & Event One (Castrovalva)
[4] Deva Loca, circa 3984 (Kinda)
[6] London, August-September 1666 (The Visitation)
[4] Cranleigh, 11 June 1925 (Black Orchid)
[5] Earth, 2526 (Earthshock)
[6] Briggs’ freighter, 2526 & 65 Million BCE (Earthshock)
[6] Heathrow Airport, January 1982 (Time-Flight)
[7] Gallifrey (Arc of Infinity)
[8] Manussa (Snakedance)
[5] Mawdryn’s ship, 1983 (Mawdryn Undead)
[5] Brendon Public School, 1977 and 1983 (Mawdryn Undead)
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[8] Traken, 1981 (The Keeper of Traken)
[3] Logopolis (Logopolis)
[1] London & The Pharos Project, 1981 (Logopolis)
[6] Castrovalva & Event One (Castrovalva)
[4] Deva Loca, circa 3984 (Kinda)
[6] London, August-September 1666 (The Visitation)
[4] Cranleigh, 11 June 1925 (Black Orchid)
[3] Earth, 2526 (Earthshock)
[6] Briggs’ freighter, 2526 & 65 Million BCE (Earthshock)
[6] Heathrow Airport, January 1982 (Time-Flight)
[7] Gallifrey (Arc of Infinity)
[8] Manussa (Snakedance)
[5] Mawdryn’s ship, 1983 (Mawdryn Undead)
[5] Brendon Public School, 1977 and 1983 (Mawdryn Undead)
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[9] Traken, 1981 (The Keeper of Traken)
[3] Logopolis (Logopolis)
[1] London & The Pharos Project, 1981 (Logopolis)
[6] Castrovalva & Event One (Castrovalva)
[4] Deva Loca, circa 3984 (Kinda)
[6] London, August-September 1666 (The Visitation)
[4] Cranleigh, 11 June 1925 (Black Orchid)
[1] Earth, 2526 (Earthshock)
[6] Briggs’ freighter, 2526 & 65 Million BCE (Earthshock)
[6] Heathrow Airport, January 1982 (Time-Flight)
[7] Gallifrey (Arc of Infinity)
[8] Manussa (Snakedance)
[5] Mawdryn’s ship, 1983 (Mawdryn Undead)
[5] Brendon Public School, 1977 and 1983 (Mawdryn Undead)
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[9] Traken, 1981 (The Keeper of Traken)
[3] Logopolis (Logopolis)
[1] London & The Pharos Project, 1981 (Logopolis)
[6] Castrovalva & Event One (Castrovalva)
[4] Deva Loca, circa 3984 (Kinda)
[6] London, August-September 1666 (The Visitation)
[5] Cranleigh, 11 June 1925 (Black Orchid)
[1] Earth, 2526 (Earthshock)
[6] Briggs’ freighter, 2526 & 65 Million BCE (Earthshock)
[6] Heathrow Airport, January 1982 (Time-Flight)
[5] Amsterdam, January 1983 (Arc of Infinity)
[7] Gallifrey (Arc of Infinity)
[8] Manussa (Snakedance)
[3] Mawdryn’s ship, 1983 (Mawdryn Undead)
[5] Brendon Public School, 1977 and 1983 (Mawdryn Undead)
With thanks to @DarthGallifrey - I have added Amsterdam, which I missed earlier.
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[10] Traken, 1981 (The Keeper of Traken)
[3] Logopolis (Logopolis)
[1] London & The Pharos Project, 1981 (Logopolis)
[6] Castrovalva & Event One (Castrovalva)
[4] Deva Loca, circa 3984 (Kinda)
[6] London, August-September 1666 (The Visitation)
[5] Cranleigh, 11 June 1925 (Black Orchid)
[1] Earth, 2526 (Earthshock)
[4] Briggs’ freighter, 2526 & 65 Million BCE (Earthshock)
[6] Heathrow Airport, January 1982 (Time-Flight)
[5] Amsterdam, January 1983 (Arc of Infinity)
[7] Gallifrey (Arc of Infinity)
[8] Manussa (Snakedance)
[3] Mawdryn’s ship, 1983 (Mawdryn Undead)
[5] Brendon Public School, 1977 and 1983 (Mawdryn Undead)
It’s interesting how little Traken is touched on in the EU. We visit it in Primeval and one Short Trip from The Muses, and I think that’s it!
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[8] Traken, 1981 (The Keeper of Traken)
[3] Logopolis (Logopolis)
[1] London & The Pharos Project, 1981 (Logopolis)
[6] Castrovalva & Event One (Castrovalva)
[4] Deva Loca, circa 3984 (Kinda)
[6] London, August-September 1666 (The Visitation)
[5] Cranleigh, 11 June 1925 (Black Orchid)
[1] Earth, 2526 (Earthshock)
[4] Briggs’ freighter, 2526 & 65 Million BCE (Earthshock)
[6] Heathrow Airport, January 1982 (Time-Flight)
[5] Amsterdam, January 1983 (Arc of Infinity)
[7] Gallifrey (Arc of Infinity)
[9] Manussa (Snakedance)
[3] Mawdryn’s ship, 1983 (Mawdryn Undead)
[5] Brendon Public School, 1977 and 1983 (Mawdryn Undead)
Manussa moving up, but a hit for Traken from me!
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