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Released

Thursday, May 13, 2021

Written by

Nicholas Briggs

Runtime

60 minutes

Time Travel

Past

Location (Potential Spoilers!)

Earth, England, London

Synopsis

Nova is dislocated in time while the Time Eddies are out of control. Meanwhile, the Doctor is about to face the end of the universe. Or is that just the Battle of Waterloo?

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Eita...Há muita coisa acontecendo em Cataclysm, fica até um pouco difícil escrever sobre rsrs - Eu realmente não sei qual é o enredo central dessa segunda parte, parece que o Nicholas Briggs tinha um monte de elementos e ideias e foi inserindo tudo ao mesmo tempo - Começamos com a "Nova" naquela floresta com os robôs estranhos, depois dá um salto para a Batalha de Waterloo, depois saltamos para um momento de angústia onde o Doutor cruza sua própria linha do tempo, depois a história centraliza no background da Audrey que já vinha sendo trabalhado no meio das outras tramas. É tudo inserido em um curto período não dando tempo o suficiente para absorver bem qualquer um desses blocos, no fim eles não se expandem levando a nada.
A falta de caracterização da "Nova" me preocupa um pouco, sinceramente ela está mais para uma personagem secundária do que um Companion de fato. Não tivemos um verdadeiro desenvolvimento da personagem e nem mesmo se quer algum tipo de envolvimento emocional com o Doutor, apenas sabemos que ela é uma pessoa cansada de sua vida monótona.
No geral, achei um áudio regular com uma estrutura e comportamento bem esquisito dando até mesmo uma impressão de um certo descuido vindo de sua escrita.


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.

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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.


an improvement upon the generic and unfocused mess of “sphere of freedom”, but still fails to remain interesting for most of its runtime. everything to do with the centurions in the last story felt like an unimportant detour, and the fact that it gets continued in this one - for one short sequence - both makes it seem more important but also more frustrating since it has nothing to do with anything else happening

 

i go back and forth on liking nova or not, but for the most part i think she fulfills her purpose and has occasional moments of likability. audrey has potential to be a decent antagonist, and the elaboration on her character in this story proves that further, but she still has ways to go before i feel that she actually fully works

 

in short, better than the last story but still just not good. i hope “food fight” can at least wrap things up decently


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