The Tenth Doctor, along with Brian the Ood, are in the Dark Times battling the Kotturuh, But the Doctor has a question that needs an answer.

Jacob Dudman reads this tale - I’ve been listening to his Eleventh Doctor Big Finish audios and he’s great. His Tenth is good too, - getting his mannerisms. There are also sound effects with helps bring the story to life.

They visit Magnox, a planet of information, so much so even their currency are infos - little bits of information. There the Doctor hope he’ll get an answer, but its the the big guys he’ll need to see - the Minds of Magnox.

Brian on the other hand is at a bit of a loss, so he goes and finds work - he’s an assassin after all. We do learn am bit more about Brian’s past in this - having started with the audios, he kind of appeared with no backstory, so its nice to have it filled in somewhat.

Its a bit of an odd one this, since it happens during the novel All Flesh Is Grass, it doen’t really add much to the overall story. In fact it was something like halfway through, before the Kotturuh were mentioned and became involved in the narrative. I did wonder whether Big Finish would do a series with the Tenth Doctor and Brian in the Dark Times.

Its a nice enough story though, not that complicated, and it does bring in other things - mentions of Islos towards the end- its the Archive of Islos that the Daleks attack in the Daleks! Webcast. There also a nice Coda at the end, which maybe is a little unnecessary but most welcome.

Its enjoyable, but not essential.