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| By: | David Layton, Los Angeles, United States |
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| Date: | Sunday 29 June 2025 |
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| Rating: |   7 |
Ravenous 1 picks up where Doom Coalition left off. Helen has disappeared along with The Eleven, so The Doctor and Liv are trying to find them. The four parts are divided 2 x 2. The first two parts are diversions, really, that have nothing to do with the second two parts. Their Finest Hour sees The Doctor come to the aid of Winston Churchill again, who is up against a mysterious alien force shooting down some of Britain's planes in 1940 near the beginning of the Battle of Britain. It's rather standard stuff along the lines of Doctor Who circa 2005-2010. How to Make a Killing in Time Travel is a farce that again has nothing to do with the story arc of this box set. It is amusing, but not brilliant. The last two parts are really one story divided into two parts, both designed to explain what happened to Helen and The Eleven and to set the stage for the appearance of "The Ravenous" in the next box set. Oh boy, another time eating or soul eating or emotion eating monster race from the "dark times." Run out of ideas, have we? In the last two parts, Helen and The Eleven are now in a rehabilitation center for the criminally insane, but the Governor is really trying to use the facility to come up with a mind control process that will end criminality. He has as his partner The Kandyman, who concocts sweet treats to "calm" the criminals. It turns out, though, that The Eleven has other plans, and that Helen might just have, hidden somewhere in her brain, the spirit of The Sonomancer ready to pop out. Mark Bonnar is, of course, superb as The Eleven. It is just that the Big Finish writers do not seem to know exactly what to do with this character. Thus, he comes across as The Master on steroids and psychedelics at the same time. Since the purpose of this box set is to set up the rest, it really does not hold up well on its own.
