This is part of a series where you can follow me on my journey across time and space (more commonly known as Big Finish Productions)

You can find the original posts here: https://forum.tardis.guide/t/oh-no-big-finish-addiction/4799?u=the9thcyberlegion

Yippee! I love being confused! This one is pretty crazy. I’ve listened to it about five times and I still don’t get it. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I love the Eleven’s part and Sophie Aldred does a great job at playing an Ace who holds a grudge against 7 because of how he manipulated her.

This adventure is a wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey confuser (this is a very confusing one and it has a lot of weird time bits). It starts with a deal Ace (Sophie Aldred) has struck with the Eleven (Mark Bonnar) where she is heading into the jungle to find a portal to a mysterious universe dubbed ‘The Dark Universe’. One thing leads to another, and to another, and to another and the Eleven becomes the ruler of the universe, the Doctor becomes his court jester and Ace is stuck trying to stop the Eleven and his other incarnations who have been separated out of his mind into robotic bodies with Cardinal Ollistra (Carolyn Pickles) and Rasmus (Damian Lynch).

The ending to this story is a bit lackluster and I don’t understand most of it. I also don’t understand why they set up The Last Day Part 1 + 2 in January 2020 and then released The Last Day Part 1 + 2 four years later.

Dark Universe - (8/10)

Trickster archetype 7 is peak 7. Most everything about this really works for me, and I feel like this achieves the same result as an upper tier Russel finale. It contains hilariously high stakes as well as a plethora of character drama, but it also has a very underwhelming final ten minutes.

”Have you heard the one about the Dark Universe? It’s a tragedy.”