🙏🏼59% = Fine! = Skippable!

Thworping through time and space, one adventure at a time!

WHERE DID ALL THOSE HEARTS GO?

Lost Hearts jumps straight into the story with no hint of time or setting, which can be somewhat jarring because the main characters already know the guest characters. The story gradually reveals that it centers around Helen's relatives.

The story is a slow, character-centred drama. Despite the well-rounded characters, the story lacks enough tension or danger to sustain the listener's interest. The latter half raises the stakes as Helen’s existence is endangered, and the focus is shifted onto the villain and their plan, and this is where the story finally turns more engaging, with a couple of twists to boot.

This one has a great cast, with Steve Brody and Tim Bentinck in particular standing out with their engaging performances. Brody gets through the story as an educated and eager ghost hunter before it is revealed that he is actually a famous author, M. R. James. Benticnk sounds outright like Nyder from Genesis of the Daleks and gives those villain vibes from the get-go.