Stories Audio Drama Big Finish Main Range Main Range Episode: 225a 225b Cortex Fire 1 image Overview Characters How to Listen Reviews 2 Statistics Quotes Overview Released Tuesday, May 16, 2017 Written by Ian Potter Publisher Big Finish Productions Runtime 75 minutes Time Travel Future Location (Potential Spoilers!) Festin Synopsis The Doctor brings Flip to the futuristic city of Festin, the best vantage point to witness a unique astronomical light show. In a city governed by the all-powerful network known as the Cortex, they’re soon identified as outsiders – nihilists, perhaps, responsible for a wave of terror that's been sweeping the city... But the truth is different. The people of Festin are burning up. Spontaneously combusting. And no-one knows why... 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 Flip Jackson The Urge Show All Characters (3) How to listen to Cortex Fire: Big Finish Audio Vortex Ice / Cortex Fire 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 2 reviews 4 March 2025 · 133 words Review by Seagullslost Its a reasonable story, The Doctor and Flip go to a planet to view the lights from the death of a star, as usual things don’t go to plan. The natives seem to spontaneously combust and the aircar road system just doesn’t seem right, so whats going on? There are some nice ideas here, and moments such as Flip breaking the Doctor out of prison. One thing this story does is 'the Doctor being in the right place at the right time' is justified, quite often the Doctor turns up coincidently as events come to fruition, but here, he went there to view the explosion and it comes into play. As with the first first half of this release, though its nice enough, its just not that engaging, it was ok. Seagullslost View profile Like Liked 0 3 January 2025 · 82 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: Vortex Ice Another weirdly incomprehensible story, only this time it's boring aswell. It really suffers from being a two-parter (though I'm not sure I'd want it to have been any longer) and everything feels rushed. There's some mysterious villain called the "urge" which sounds cool but doesn't really amount to anything. Can't say I care for this story at all. Next Story: Antidote to Oblivion thedefinitearticle63 View profile Like Liked 0 Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating41 members 2.77 / 5 The Time Scales AVG. Rating42 votes 3.05 / 5 Member Statistics Listened 80 Favourited 1 Reviewed 2 Saved 2 Skipped 1 Quotes Add Quote Submit a Quote
