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 | Far less niggles than that stupid series |
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| What: | Kamelion Tales (BBC classic series DVDs/Blu-rays) |
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| By: | Matthew David Rabjohns, Bridgend, United Kingdom |
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| Date: | Thursday 1 July 2010 |
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| Rating: |   9 |
What you get is yes, quite the worst disguise yet for the Master. But for the King's Demons this actually appears to be the only problem. The rest of the story is good in every way. There is nothing wrong with the story itself, and the location and sets are very impressive indeed. And Gerald Flood just happens to make a very decent first appearance as Kamelion: and he looks very impressive, but due to its shortcomings only appears twice in the whole series. Which is quite sad. Far better and more understandable a story than that woeful rubbish that was The Pandorica Opens and the even more stupid The Big Bang.
Planet of Fire is one of my favourite Peter storys. It has the quite breathtaking location for a start. It has a strong first appearance from Nic Bryant. And it hs a good storyline for the miniature Master. Quite a flipping good idea. Good to see Mark get a meaty last story as well. He was an interesting character, never fully realised to his full potential. Cant say much about cut down movie extras, I hate cut down versions! But I dont mind exteneded versions! but 66 mins of quite frankly incomprehensible edits makes you wonder what the stories about in this form. And the effects are actually quite questionably fake looking. But the original is quite first class and one of the best Who stories ever, let alone one of the best Peter Davison stories. these two stories come recommended. Not that new series finale though. It just isnt Doctor Who whatsoever.
| What: | The Sirens of Time (Big Finish: The Monthly Adventures) |
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| By: | Andrew Shaw, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom |
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| Date: | Sunday 27 June 2010 |
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| Rating: | 8 |
This was the 1st Big Finish Dr Who story I picked up I saw it for sale cheap and thought I like Dr Who audios Ill give it a try and Im glad I did I really enjoyed and and for buying that I am now collecting and enjoying other titles.
| What: | Red Dawn (Big Finish: The Monthly Adventures) |
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| By: | Andrew Shaw, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom |
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| Date: | Sunday 27 June 2010 |
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| Rating: | 10 |
A really good story it kept me glued to the Hi Fi while listening return of the Ice Warriors was great and it didnt do them any injustices..
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| TheDoctor and The Master at it again! |
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| What: | Doctor Who (BBC classic series videos) |
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| By: | jack, portland, oregon, 97209, United States |
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| Date: | Sunday 20 June 2010 |
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| Rating: | 10 |
This movie while obviously made for TV, touched upon some of the aspects of being a Time Lord, that most fans forget about.
While its true that Time Lords are Immortal in a sense because they can use the regeneration technology to side step death and regenerate a while new body while keeping most of their knowledge and memories from their past live because their consciousness is transferred into a new body. But even Time Lords aren't truly immortal, they can still die just like the typical human beings that he is so interested in. This movie delves heavily into this concept and the death of a timelord or perhaps two. If you're a fan of the Doctor, then movie is a
Legend is a fantastic finish to this trilogy, drawing on a top 10 all time classic doctor who story. This gives Legend so much to play with. As in Titan at times this is taken too far or goes on too long. One opportunity lost was to create the same sounds and feeling as the original. Despite this there are outstanding moments, sad ones and ended the only way it could.
Titan builds on the previous story arc with great success. Surprises and twists carry the story along at a good pace. There are many dramatic, hollywood size moments in Titan, whilst some work well, others feel over powering on audio, with the cast required to describe too much to the listener. But Titan is a great story and a real roller coaster, the ending is excellent and leaves you with questions and wanting more.
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| Very Intricate, Clever Story! |
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| What: | Apollo 23 (BBC New Series Adventures novels) |
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| By: | Tom Moloney, n/a, Ireland |
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| Date: | Monday 14 June 2010 |
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| Rating: | 7 |
The opening of The doctor and Amy turning up at the shopping centre is very well done and does not drag on for very long, Amy on the run from the crew of the ship and trying to unscramble what the unconscious woman has to say: Brilliant!!! A really good novel, although could have done with more Geronimo's (like the tv series as matt smith has only really said two or three times)
| What: | Patient Zero (Big Finish: The Monthly Adventures) |
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| By: | Matthew David Rabjohns, Bridgend, United Kingdom |
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| Date: | Friday 11 June 2010 |
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| Rating: | 10 |
that these latest bf audio stories seem to be better than ever.
these stories hold my interest longer than any of the new tv series stories. they are better written and far more twisty and involving.
colin baker leads a brilliant cast in a rather scary adventure. theres a subplot that is brilliantly realised. it is all directed and presented so brilliantly. nick briggs cetainly knows how to write brilliant stories. and ha ha, the viyrans arent destroyed by those stupid tin pot devils the daleks! ha ha! weakling idiots. and the closing scenes especially are thoroughly brilliant and thrilling, leading well into the following story in these last trio of stories for the brilliant Charley.
India has been a fantastic companion. She is so fun and light as a companion, her ride has been a thrilling one. Sorry if thats all i can say about this play for now but ive just read the news page on bf site itself and and am highly excited for it sounds as if the great Tom Baker may soon be involved in the series, please let this not be just a rumour...
anyway, back to the story. sorry if i ramble. im just glad at this piece of news. i think the only thing i can add is this story has a monumental feel to it, what with the setting being a place where every virus ever known is stored within the walls...quite a frightening premise...well, i think you get the gist...get this excellent story!
| What: | Scaredy Cat (Big Finish: The Monthly Adventures) |
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| By: | David Layton, Los Angeles, United States |
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| Date: | Thursday 10 June 2010 |
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| Rating: | 4 |
"Scaredy Cat" had possibilities, yes it did. However, it gets bogged down in the Gaia hypothesis for its "science" and gets further bogged down by an obvious, stock bad guy. It was just lazy writing more than anything else.
| What: | Exotron (Big Finish: The Monthly Adventures) |
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| By: | David Layton, Los Angeles, United States |
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| Date: | Wednesday 9 June 2010 |
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| Rating: | 7 |
"Exotron" is the kind of story that could not have been done in the "classic" days of Doctor Who. In that respect, the Big Finish people have used the audio format well. The story itself is interesting enough, involving desperate colonizers and a secret science project going horribly wrong. This is definitely a Davison-Doctor story, using his willingness to sacrifice himself for the sake of others. What drags it down a little for me is the overly-sentimental ending that drags out the denouement far too long with pointless dialogue serving no purpose other than for the actors to emote, really, really emote. The one-part additional story is cute little puff-piece. It has some nice humor and does not at all feel constrained by a twenty-minute duration.
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| Not a good start to a mini series |
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Why oh why are all the characters in this drama so stupid? Everyone acts on emotion, no one stops to think. Another problem is that too much of what happens is magic, in the sense that it "just happens" without rational explanation. How is it that Amy can get a piece of the key when Zara tries to steal Amy's? It just happens. How is it that Zara is 500 steps ahead of the Doctor? It just happens. The story jumps in time without exploring its most interesting element - the gift-based economy of the Martians. Finally, the Doctor is surprising disinterested when Zinc kills a Martian just because. I was surprised at how loose and ill-conceived the script is given Guerrier's novels.
brian minchin is a genuis, the who story line was phenominal. i really got into the story. welll written.
this story is about a mammoth in the new york history musuem. the fbi are ready to shoot it down but the doctor has other plans. come on a white mamoth? might aswell be something else?
Firstly, this book is DEFINATELY not for kids. There is not much swearing but this is about the most violent book out of all 15, and I have all 15. People are constantly getting their insides "removed" should we say. It is strangely fasinating in a horrible way, I was hooked and finished within four days. Gwen is split up from Ianto and Jack for most of the novel. She is with Rhys trying to get to several different places through the strets at night, and goes mad at one point. I won't tell you what Ianto ends up doing but it's pretty amusing. There are thousands of deaths an Mark does a great job at describing the things going on, you can really picture it all. Parts are really shocking, others are just mad, I thik this would make a wonderful episode on TV. It isn't too adventarous, and it's kept easy to follow. There isplenty of guns aswell, more than any other book for sure. The plot is nice and original too, for once its not all about orld domination. I won't tell the plot because it's only revealed at the end, it's a very shoking end at that. Overall it's wonderful, only reason it's not 10 is because I don't really believe in utter perfection.
| What: | Only Human (BBC New Series Adventures novels) |
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| By: | Tommy, England |
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| Date: | Tuesday 1 June 2010 |
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| Rating: | 6 |
I was a bit dissapointed that Cap'n Jack was hardly in it atall, he's only real appearence is in that diary thing of his experiences with Das. I also found it really hard to picture where they were, past, planet or future. It was also impossible to understand the monsters and picture them, and what is it with that grey door? But I liked it when Rose got married just so she could save the neanderthals, kinda funny. But it was also good in that it suprised us. Untill halfway, we didn't know chantal was a bad girl. An ok read, very complicated though and hard to follow. Ultimatlly, not TV worthy.
It was an action packed and fairly entertaining read. However, I don't think Justin really understood Jack very well because he was completely unlike himself. It was like he was secretly in love with that immobile girl (forgot her name). If you watch Torchwood you'll know that first, he's gay and second, he isn't that emotional. But the general plot was good and I loved the monsters, they were scary, and plenty of action, a real Doctor Who story.
I loved the characteristics of the Doctor especially. He is just like the one out of the TV series. It was also a bit of a laugh, I loved the humour where the Doctor does not understand Keisha's grief and keeps running tests on her. Only bad point is that too much of it is set in "secret London" and there isn't much location variety, other than that, it's great!
Yikes! We've missed out on a lot of action between the end of Survival of the Fittest and the beginning of The Architects of History.
Architects is a crazy, wicked time paradox story that takes the Nazis where they've never been before - we now have a Galactic Reich with a department of temporal affairs, headed up by Auberst Elizabeth Kline! I'm not a fan of alternate universe Nazi stories, or any Nazi stories, but trust me - this is a good story. It's 2044, and some version of the Doctor is Kline's prisoner on a Moonbase. There's a whole potential multi-story arc in here which has not been taken advantage of (tut-tut, Big Finish), and at this point, Kline has reshaped Earth's history and near future into quite an amazing state. But suddenly and inexplicably, an attack begins that they should've seen coming, but didn't.
Yes, the aliens are ruthless walking armored sharks. Somehow, that didn't bother me here. Maybe it's partly because they weren't nearly as campy as they could've been, and maybe it's partly because their vocal effects are pretty good.
The causality here is so twisted that I had to listen to part one again after the end of the story, and after doing so, it still really doesn't make sense. And yet, again... this didn't stop Architects from being one heck of a good story for me. Added to this is the somewhat surprising secret of Rachel's, which I won't mention here, and the hidden but apparently implied role the Time Lords have played behind the scenes, as a setup to clean up what's been going on, which is revealed, apparently, in the resolution. There's so much in here that it makes for a dense, real thinker of a story, which I found quite satisfying.
I'd say The Architects of History is on par with the best stories of the new TV series. But what a missed opportunity for Big Finish - they could've gotten so much more mileage out of this story arc before closing it off.
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| Excellent, apart from one thing.... |
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| What: | Enemy of the Daleks (Big Finish: The Monthly Adventures) |
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| By: | Matthew David Rabjohns, Bridgend, United Kingdom |
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| Date: | Monday 31 May 2010 |
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| Rating: | 9 |
The only thing wrong with this story:
Okay, the daleks at last have an adversary that is as powerful as they are, no bad things there...only, what about the mechanoids? I thought they were good enough dalek killers themselves too? Maybe im just being a bit dim, but just listen to the Juggernauts and youll see what I mean. But that is the only quibble about this otherwise excellent dalek story. I really like the Xabier, or however you spell them. They have a great voice, one of the best for a new big finish monster. I hope this is not the last we see of these foes.
Sylvester McCoy impresses again, showing why he is such a brilliant doctor, along with that oh so brilliant duo Ace and Hex. This is raw and claustrophobic and climactic all along the way. Looks at the "do i have the right" scene in a different light, just like the other reviewers have stated. A good job big finish produce these dalek stories. I was on the point of not liking the daleks at all really once, but then i discovered Big Finish and i like the daleks a whole lot more now. They bring in writers who actually utilise them so well!
This is well worth a buy. And yes, the electric guitar score is somewhat suited to this fast paced Robert Holmes feel tale. David Bishop has done a memorable tale. Some very fine performances and really good characters. That is why most of Sylv's big finish outtings are the best!
Beth Stokes, sad she had to go at the end. Nice totally human character. One of my fav one off big finish characters so far. Thanks for killing her off David!!!!! not!
good book but could of been a4 size instead of a3.
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| The thrill of the chase.... |
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| What: | The Space Museum / The Chase (BBC classic series DVDs/Blu-rays) |
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| By: | Matthew David Rabjohns, Bridgend, United Kingdom |
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| Date: | Monday 31 May 2010 |
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| Rating: | 9 |
It is true that the first episode of The Space Museum is better than the other three put together, but Im still liking this tale more than Pyramids of Mars and Robots Of Death. My favourite scene is when the Doc puts all those images on that flippin telly, hilarious comedic moment!!! The first part is highly atmospheric, and is somewhat let down a little bit by the follow on, but not as much as the aforementioned Tom Baker boring tales.
But the Chase is brilliant. It boasts great comedy, the "Oooh Archie!" scene is in my book the funniest doctor who moment ever i think. The mire beasts aint that bad a design at all either, just apart from when they flop everywhere, but i suppose real octopi do that all the time. And i love it when that silly daleks runs itself off the sailing ship into the water, rummin brilliant laughs.
The mechanoids and daleks sequence is extremely well done for the time. very chaotic and brilliantly directed, and i do wish Richard Martin would stop having such a go at this story in the documentary, he doesnt even accept his own talent, the humble bloke. And the sets are all pretty well done all in all, i love the haunted house especially.
Ian and Barabra's leaving scene is done very well indeed. A nice and fitting end to two brilliant companions time in the series. its sad Jacqueline is no longer with us, would have been nice to have had her in a companion chronicle.
All in all, some very good Doctor Who indeed!!!
