The Randomoid Selectortron leverages its synergies and blue-sky thinks its way to...
Doctor Who: Live 34
Starring: Sylvester McCoy as the Doctor,Sophie Aldred as Ace, and Philip Olivier as Hex
Format: Two full-cast CDs (or download) of four half-CD episodes
Silly? Satirical at times, but less silly about it than several television Doctor Who stories.
Standalone? Yes.
Recommended? Yes for style, no for substance. The framing device of live news broadcasts on four different days is very well used, but the story has problems.
My reactions to this story contain spoilers for it and for the earlier Seventh Doctor audio The Fearmonger.
Wednesday, February 13, 2019
Monday, February 11, 2019
#64 Doctor Who: Davros
My Randomoid Selectortron shakes off some sand and transports me to...
Doctor Who: Davros
Starring: Colin Baker as the Doctor and Terry Molloy as Davros
Format: Two CD-length episodes.
Silly? Yes.
Standalone? Yes.
Recommended? If you are comfortable with the idea of a story that is briefly an office comedy starring the Doctor and Davros, highly recommended.
My reactions to this story contain spoilers for it.
Doctor Who: Davros
Starring: Colin Baker as the Doctor and Terry Molloy as Davros
Format: Two CD-length episodes.
Silly? Yes.
Standalone? Yes.
Recommended? If you are comfortable with the idea of a story that is briefly an office comedy starring the Doctor and Davros, highly recommended.
My reactions to this story contain spoilers for it.
Friday, February 8, 2019
#63 Fourth Doctor Adventures: The Sands of Life
My random butterfly flapping through the time stream continues, alighting next in...
Fourth Doctor Adventures: The Sands of Life
Starring: Tom Baker as the fourth Doctor, Mary Tamm as Romana, and John Leeson as K9.
Format: One full-cast CD (or download) of three episodes
Silly? Very slightly, but less than TV stories from Mary Tamm's season.
Standalone? This is the first half of a story continued in War Against the Laan.
Recommended? Not unless War Against the Laan turns out to be so good that a mediocre introduction is worth it.
My reactions to this story contain spoilers for it, and possibly mild spoilers for subsequent stories with the same villain.
Fourth Doctor Adventures: The Sands of Life
Starring: Tom Baker as the fourth Doctor, Mary Tamm as Romana, and John Leeson as K9.
Format: One full-cast CD (or download) of three episodes
Silly? Very slightly, but less than TV stories from Mary Tamm's season.
Standalone? This is the first half of a story continued in War Against the Laan.
Recommended? Not unless War Against the Laan turns out to be so good that a mediocre introduction is worth it.
My reactions to this story contain spoilers for it, and possibly mild spoilers for subsequent stories with the same villain.
#62 Doctor Who: Storm Warning
I pilot my Randomoid Selectortron away from the planet Legion for now, to...
Doctor Who: Storm Warning
Starring: Paul McGann as the Doctor and India Fisher as Charley Pollard
Format: Two full-cast CDs (or download) as four half-CD episodes.
Silly? Briefly and to its detriment near the start of the fourth episode, but generally no.
Standalone? Yes. This is the starting point for the Eighth Doctor with Big Finish and requires no prior Eighth Doctor awareness.
Recommended? Yes.
My reactions to this story contain spoilers for it, and possibly for later Eighth Doctor developments.
Doctor Who: Storm Warning
Starring: Paul McGann as the Doctor and India Fisher as Charley Pollard
Format: Two full-cast CDs (or download) as four half-CD episodes.
Silly? Briefly and to its detriment near the start of the fourth episode, but generally no.
Standalone? Yes. This is the starting point for the Eighth Doctor with Big Finish and requires no prior Eighth Doctor awareness.
Recommended? Yes.
My reactions to this story contain spoilers for it, and possibly for later Eighth Doctor developments.
Wednesday, February 6, 2019
#61 Bernice Summerfield: Legion: Vesuvius Falling
My Randomoid Selectortron once again veers away from the bleakness of the Dalek Empire, seeking perhaps more hospitable climes in the vicinity of...
Bernice Summerfield: Legion
My usual practice for boxsets of distinctly titled episodes applies here, meaning this specific post will be a reaction to the first disc only:
Bernice Summerfield: Legion: Vesuvius Falling
Starring: Lisa Bowerman as Bernice Summerfield, Ayesha Antoine as Ruth, and Thomas Grant as Peter Summerfield
Format: One full-cast CD or download (of 3) with no episode breaks.
Silly? Yes.
Standalone? Not really; prior awareness of Bernice's relationships with Peter and Braxiatel is important.
Recommended? If this is the weakest story of Legion, as I remember it being, then Legion's worth getting.
My reactions to this story contain spoilers for itself and for the status quo of Bernice Summerfield audios leading into it.
My usual practice for boxsets of distinctly titled episodes applies here, meaning this specific post will be a reaction to the first disc only:
Bernice Summerfield: Legion: Vesuvius Falling
Starring: Lisa Bowerman as Bernice Summerfield, Ayesha Antoine as Ruth, and Thomas Grant as Peter Summerfield
Format: One full-cast CD or download (of 3) with no episode breaks.
Silly? Yes.
Standalone? Not really; prior awareness of Bernice's relationships with Peter and Braxiatel is important.
Recommended? If this is the weakest story of Legion, as I remember it being, then Legion's worth getting.
My reactions to this story contain spoilers for itself and for the status quo of Bernice Summerfield audios leading into it.
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