Stories Audio Drama Big Finish Main Range 201-275 Absolute Power 1 image Overview Characters How to Listen Reviews 1 Statistics Quotes Overview Released Tuesday, December 13, 2016 Written by Jamie Anderson Publisher Big Finish Productions Runtime 150 minutes Time Travel Future Tropes (Potential Spoilers!) Authority Figure, False Gods, Mining, Mistaken Identity Location (Potential Spoilers!) Teymah Synopsis Two thousand years ago, all civilisation on the planet Teymah was wiped out in an AELE – an Anomalous Extinction Level Event. Now, the galactic entrepreneur Lyam Yce hopes, at last, to learn the reason why the ancient Teymahrians went extinct – by funding a huge archaeological dig. While the Doctor probes a strange sphere found by Yce's diggers, his companion, former Bletchley Park cryptographer Constance Clarke, agrees to help translate symbols written in the lost ancient language of the Teymahrians. And soon, they'll learn that ancient Teymah's secrets were best left buried deep beneath its shifting sands... Listen Listened Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Edit date completed Custom Date Release Date Archive (no date) Save Characters Sixth Doctor Constance Clarke Ninexie Lyum Yce Show All Characters (4) How to listen to Absolute Power: Big Finish Audio Absolute Power Reviews Add Review Edit Review Sort: Date (Newest First) Date (Oldest First) Likes (High-Low) Likes (Low-High) Rating (High-Low) Rating (Low-High) Word count (High-Low) Word count (Low-High) Username (A-Z) Username (Z-A) Spoilers First Spoilers Last 1 review 17 January 2025 · 158 words Review by thedefinitearticle63 Spoilers This review contains spoilers! This is part of a series of reviews of Doctor Who in chronological timeline order. Previous Story: Elevation Disappointingly dull. Big Finish (and Doctor Who in general) need to banned from making "creatures made of pure energy/electricity" and things like that because I don't think it's ever been done well. This is another example of a forgettable villain "from a higher/different dimension" and already the SECOND one Constance has faced. Constance was absolutely the best bit of this story, we got to hear a bit of her Bletchley background in action and delved more into her desire to go home. Companion exits always feel a bit abrupt but this one manages to be decently built up beforehand, although it does still suffer from the Earthshock-style out of place focus on her and the Doctor's relationship at the beginning. Overall, pretty dull story but I quite like the way it handles our TARDIS team. Next Story: Quicksilver thedefinitearticle63 View profile Like Liked 0 Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating43 members 2.77 / 5 GoodReads AVG. Rating58 votes 3.28 / 5 The Time Scales AVG. Rating47 votes 3.10 / 5 Member Statistics Listened 82 Favourited 0 Reviewed 1 Saved 4 Skipped 1 Quotes Add Quote Submit a Quote