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Review of The Trouble with Drax by Ryebean

16 June 2025

This review contains spoilers!

Part of me doesn't want to review this story because it'll reveal spoilers and ruin it for any potential listeners. So I really recommend you listen to this story without reading my review - I went into it knowing nothing and I was constantly surprised - Just go and listen! Not going to or already have? Then let's jump in.

The Doctor, Romana and K-9 are split up as they go on different styles of adventures in this Heist-like story. The Doctor's thrown into the action as he and Drax attempt to steal an enigmatic casket, whilst Romana and K-9 try to uncover what's going on behind the scenes of the deal with Drax and his buyers. Each plot sets up the main story in a convincing way - using the casket, the entire cast showing off their intellectual prowess as Time Lords, and more.

The relationship the Doctor has with Drax is a playful one. He doesn't bear a grudge when he gets scammed, it's just a bit of fun between two Gods (because the Time Lords are essentially gods). Each reveal that there's another Drax is so funny and clever as it's revealed, it always puts a grin on my face, and develops multi-Time Lord lore pretty well, with them being able to sense other Time Lords or previous incarnations not remembering their future.

Temporal Atlantis - an interesting and scary location, and the quest to retrieve it is almost like a pirate searching for treasure. There's quite a lot of Heist tropes used in terms of the setting, a most notable one is having a scum-filled bar that Drax hangs out at. It's all a lot of fun, and each new setting adds to that.

I liked the Heist-esque music in this story. There's never been anything like it for Big Finish, and it's always so bombastic and wacky.

I have no words about this story - Pure Graham Williams cheese. Witty dialogue, clever plot twists and fits so well into the Fourth Doctor era.


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