The Ninth Doctor #7

'Ravagers: Cataclysm' (2021) from The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Series 1.

Continuing my confusion from Sphere of Freedom, and the wiki plot synopsis struggling to make me follow the narrative all the better, it's difficult to summarise my feelings on this part of the story. Audrey is somewhat interesting as a character, but the collapse of time and the universe à la The Big Bang amongst other Eleven-era stories is just too much for me a lot of the time, especially in audio format where I don't have visual cues to follow the events. I did enjoy Nine and Nova's relationship developing more here, the prison scene in particular. Aside from that I maintain the feelings I outlined in my previous review in regard to part two here.

Not nearly as exciting as episode 1 but I can appreciate the twists and turns that Briggs is taking us on. Eccleston continues to be wonderful, and I like the revelations that puts certain characters in a different light.

Ravagers is more of a three-part story than three individual stories. Reminds me of Charlotte Pollard Volume 2, which I also liked. But yeah, I'm still really liking Ravagers! Nova is a fun character.

A.

16.09.2021

Better. I get the stakes now, I sort of get the characters more. The audio format requires more adjusting than I expected, it's difficult to follow some of the plots, particularly the time switcharoos. But it's quite entertaining, 3/5.