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| By: | Clive T Wright, St Lawrence, United Kingdom |
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| Date: | Thursday 1 November 2012 |
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| Rating: |   9 |
I love it when there is a real sense of mystery in any story. Separated from the Doctor, we are able to see Ace & Hex at their best, bickering together. Mixed together with a nice trap, with a few twists and turns sets us up for a great trilogy.
| By: | David Layton, Los Angeles, United States |
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| Date: | Monday 10 February 2020 |
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| Rating: | 7 |
This story begins a trilogy, but that does not become fully apparent until part four. For the first three parts, it is an intriguing exercise with Ace and Hex separated from the Doctor and the TARDIS, and apparently trapped in a virtual reality prison. Thus, we get a very small cast for most of it, and plenty of discussion among characters. It appears that the Big Finish people have decided to amp up the whiny side of Hex, which I find a bit annoying. Another thing bringing the rating down for me is that this all has something to do with the "elder gods." The problem here is that there is no way to make such beings meaningful as characters. In this one, it amounts to some deep-voice shouting in the way that small children imagine really powerful bad guys to sound. It seems silly rather than powerful and scary. The first three episodes, though, are very good and the story is well worth listening to for those.
