I decided to give “The First Doctor Adventures” series a discussion of its own rather than fold it into “Miscellaneous Big Finish Audios” because I’ll likely continue following this series. What makes “The First Doctor Adventures” interesting (to me,
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Given that Peter Capaldi's Doctor is about to give way to that of Jodie Whittaker, I thought it might be interesting and useful to go over the Doctor's regenerations over the years, at least as I understand them.
1)The Doctor (William Hartnell)
In the
Read more…For a long time, Big Finish had been prohibited by the BBC from doing any stories set during the Time War. I was pleased when that restriction was lifted, but disappointed when I found out I’d have to wait nearly two years before those stories would
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He was a prolific composer, composing for a wide variety of TV shows, but is probably best remembered for his work on Doctor Who. He composed for the following stories in the original series:
Planet of Giants; The Crusade; The Chase; The C
Read more…I’ve been watching the “Trial of a Time Lord” season of Doctor Who, listening to audio adventures of the Sixth Doctor, and trying to figure out how they all fit together in some semblance of chronological order. I’ve started with four basic assumptio
Read more…Jodie Whittaker has been announced as the next Doctor in Doctor Who, making her the first woman to play the role "in continuity". I've not actually seen her in anything, but I'm willing to give her a chance. Goodluck, Ms.Whittaker!
Got to watch this as it was broadcast, for once. Some thoughts:
Overall, an enjoyable episode. A few quick thoughts:
This was written by Rona Munro, who wrote "Survival", the last story of the old series. I know they've used a director from the old series - Graeme Harper - and several actors, but I'm reasonably certain that this is the first writer.
The story itsel
Read more…I enjoyed this episode. I always liked the Ice Warriors, and it's interesting to see a new side to them with the introduction of the Ice Queen. I also liked the contrast between the two empires, British and Martians. It'd be interesting to see what i
Read more…We get the wrap-up to the "Monks Trilogy", with Bill helping the Doctor escape from captivity. The Doctor's manipulation of Bill was somewhat reminiscent of the way the Seventh Doctor would sometimes manipulate Ace.
The Monks were defeated awfully ea
Read more…This starts out like a cross between Doctor Who and the Da Vinci Code. This business of an ancient text that contains some horrific secret has been the making of a thousand crappy novels, and I don't really like it much better, here. To my mind, we'r
Read more…In which our heroes discover the horrors of space capitalism. The show's always tended to use evil capitalists as heels, even going as far back as "Planet of Giants" in the Hartnell Era. This attempts felt a little heavy-handed.
It's also an interest
Read more…A nice haunted house story, here, atmospheric and creepy. Another episode that they couldn't have done well before CGI.
David Suchet was good as the Landlord, pathetic and sinister at the same time.
More clues as to who's in the Vault, but nothing de
Read more…Another interesting episode. the show has always done these kind of period pieces well. I couldn't help thinking how impossibly lame the creature would have looked if they had tried doing this episode during the 1970's. CGI has really helped this sh
Read more…Finally got to watch this over the weekend. It was an OK episode, if a bit reminiscent of previous stories. The Doctor himself remarks that he's run into more than a few "last surviving" groups of humans over the years.
I was especially reminded of
Read more…I quite liked this, I thought it was a good start to Capaldi's last season. The story itself was good, and I liked Pearl Mackie and Bill, I think she has potential. I gather Moffat intended this episode to be a "jumping-on" point for new viewers, a
Read more…For a while now, I’ve been posting reactions to big “meaty” arcs such as The Eighth Doctor Adventures, Dark Eyes, Doom Coalition and The Collected War Doctor. Some of the stories I plan to listen to in the near future, though, are either one-off adve
Read more…Ever since Doctor Who returned to television in 2005, the showrunners have continued to introduce interesting and unique alien races (or “monsters” in the parlance of the show’s fans). Quite often, though, species new to the audience will be introduc
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