✅(8.65) = VERY GOOD!

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

The One Doctor is Big Finish going full farce and constantly surprising the listener with comical takes (beginning with the Monopoly gag!). The real fun starts once Sixie and Mel arrive on the planet Generios to save the day, only to notice that it’s already been saved by the Doctor and his companion—or someone claiming to be them.

Chrisoffer Biggins is simply perfect as the impostor Doctor, whose fraudulent ways are very un-Doctorish but whose gentlemanly ways make him very likable. His companion is hilarious, and the two of them remind me of the two frauds in Carnival of Monsters.

Colin Baker and Bonnie Langford are in top form. They are constantly funny, but they don’t make fools of themselves. The central quartet is amazing.

So this adventure relies on the mystery of the One Doctor (and his psychic screwdriver and STARDIS) and the constant, small, but ridiculous turns that maintain a jolly, light-hearted, and fun tone. Then there's a real alien threat as well, which needs to be solved.

While Part 2 is a little bit more of messing around, turning the story into a silly fetching mission, Part 3 surprises with a different opening tune followed by the Doctors joining a The Weakest Link-style eternal game show (yup, BF did it before RTD!), while Mel tries to assemble a seemingly impossible-to-assemble piece of furniture. This entire Part 3 is one of the funniest single episodes in BF history.