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Out of all the BBC Audiobook stories from 2008-2017, Dead Media is probably the most Big Finish level story, not only an hour long but is presented as David Tennant narrating the story in character as a message warning the listeners of the dangers that lie in the recording. It was a shock hearing the sound quality at first, something about Tennant's voice sounded a bit off and I've not listened to the other audiobooks to determine if that's by the story's intentional design or if that's just the standard quality of the series. Regardless, Dead Air is a fun and atmospheric tale of the Doctor hunting (or perhaps being hunted) a creature composed of sound on a radio station in the middle of the sea. It throws in some chilling twists that help make the villain so unsettling and helps add to the listening experience of what the Doctor is warning us about. It's a excellent final Tenth Doctor audiobook and final performance from David Tennant before finally bowing out to Matt Smith


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"If you're listening to this, then one of us is going to die *voice warbling downwards*." Chilling, the story absolutely oozes with nihilistic, somber atmosphere. The first time I listened to this, when I was around 15 or 16, I mentally headcannoned it as one of the very, very last stories ten has before The End of Time. It's so grim, so without hope, and so quiet. I feel like the Doctor being unable to do much at all to change anything, to be unable to save anyone, really pushes him towards his destiny.

 


COFFINSLIME

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