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Review of The House That Hoxx Built by OliverGreene

2 July 2025

It took me almost a full week to listen to The House That Hoxx Built from Classic Doctors New Monsters 3, but never let it be said that I’m a quitter lol. This was utterly, utterly boring. They’re going for a haunted house vibe but it is so painfully obvious that that isn’t what’s happening, and the sole joke here (Hoxx mixing up his Earth metaphors) becomes stale quite quickly. The pacing is what really made this a slog though, very short scenes where not much happens followed by a mysterious music sting, repeat that 150 times. I did think Dan Starkey did a good job, he usually does, I enjoy this version of 3 and Sarah Jane, and I like the sentient sheep lady (the timeline of the destroyed earth and sentient sheep made me go “hey, is somebody trying to tie in the sheep war mentioned in It Takes You Away with the possible destroyed earth in Orphan 55? Appreciate that, Tim Foley!”). Tim Foley is pretty dependable, even the scripts of his that I haven’t liked as much have some cool ideas. I think this one is going for an amusing romp but unfortunately I was bored to tears. 2/5


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