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2 January 2025
This review contains spoilers!
Something borrowed, something blue
Prerequisites: The previous audios in this set, as well as assorted other stories (outlined in my review for Nowhere, Never)
Borrow or Rob is a great ending to the boxset, and easily the best audio here. Everything comes to a head, and Foley's script manages to keep our heads above water as all the plot threads start to converge. I really liked the moment where I realized that Alex wasn't going to let the Doctor into the Tardis. It's a great moment, and I'm genuinely looking forward to see how this all gets resolved in the future. I only have two notable critiques. The first is that I wish it wasn't implied that Friend's apple had somehow caused Alex to behave this way; it would've been far more effective in my opinion if Alex genuinely was just fed up with the Doctor (but that would have required more groundwork, to be fair). The second is that I'm growing tired of the Eighth Doctor Time War range just continuing indefinitely. It's been over seven years now since the first Time War boxset, and given the new moniker of "Uncharted 1" on the Big Finish website, I doubt this range will conclude anytime soon. For heaven's sake, it's been two entire boxsets now with barely a hint of what even happened to Bliss, and I feel like it'll be years still before that's resolved. Still, this is a solid enough story, and a solid enough boxset, to satisfy me for now.
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