I checked out Quinnis as I started getting into more of Susan's arc with the Eighth Doctor. The importance of this to that story is very minimal at best, as Quinnis almost completely stands on its own, although listeners will note a very direct reference in the introduction to An Earthly Child. This story fills in the details of a random line Susan has in The Edge of Destruction from the classic TV series, and Quinnis sets up the events that would lead to the pilot episode of Doctor Who, An Unearthly Child. The TARDIS' chameleon circuit even works here, which I found very fun as a detail.

All that is pretty cool. Even more interesting is the idea of the setting, the world of Quinnis in the Fourth Universe. This is a pretty cool setting that should lead to imaginative content. Unfortunately, the Fourth Universe doesn't really feel all that different from an alien world in our universe. I really wish the actual plot was more creative, because the production itself is rock solid. The special effects and music do a great job at establishing mood. Quinnis is a jungle world and I feel like production did a good job with that. Susan is great, Carole Ann Ford bringing a retroactive life to her character that gets to be more dynamic and active than she ever was in the show. Carole also does a pretty good impression of the First Doctor. It's also neat because Ford's daughter is performing with her here, and they work well together, even if Tara-Louise Kaye's character left a lot to be desired.

It's an interesting audio in that the weakest element is by far the writing but everything else is good enough it is at least worth listening to once. I was most entertained by the bonus interview where Ford and her daughter just got to talk about this stuff and their perspective on the story and Doctor Who as a whole, more than the actual story of Quinnis, which is an unfortunate sign if there ever was one.