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Released

Monday, June 18, 2001

Written by

Mike Tucker

Runtime

104 minutes

Time Travel

Future

Tropes (Potential Spoilers!)

Master of Disguise, Reverse the polarity

Inventory (Potential Spoilers!)

Tissue Compression Eliminator

Location (Potential Spoilers!)

Duchamp 331

Synopsis

On nineteenth-century Earth, artist Edvard Munch hears an infinite scream pass through nature. Centuries later, his painting of that Scream hangs in a gallery on the barren dust world Duchamp 331.

Why is there a colony of artists on a planet that is little more than a glorified garage? What is the event that the passengers of the huge, opulent pleasure cruiser 'Gallery' are hoping to see? And what is hidden in the crates that litter the cargo hold?

The Doctor's diary indicates that the painting is about to be destroyed in "mysterious circumstances", and when he and Ace arrive on Duchamp 331, those circumstances are well underway.

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Eis aqui uma história muito promissora que na grande parte do tempo apresenta uma excelente narrativa unida a uma ótima atmosfera com conceitos bem interessantes e assustadores, como por exemplo quando nos deparamos com um cadáver cujo sangue foi substituído por poeira. No entanto, embora a qualidade geral e o nível de interesse do ouvinte permaneça razoavelmente consistente, quando o áudio chega ao seu ponto ápice (chega no momento do é agora é que vamos vê), ele acaba se tornando um pouco desanimador finalizando a problemática de uma forma meio tímida - "Damian" de um vilão muito interessante se torna um personagem um pouco ridículo e um pouco Cringe, além dele temos um velho conhecido vilão do Doutor (não vou soltar spoiler) que sofre desse mesmo diagnóstico não correspondendo as expectativas criadas quando chegado o ponto ápice, o pior é que ele nos proporciona os melhores momentos de Dust Breeding. Ah...e Caroline John está no elenco (não como Liz Shaw), infelizmente nem parece, seu papel não é nada notável.
Em suma, é uma história bem comum que infelizmente decepciona um pouco com sua conclusão, mas não chega a ser ruim, está longe de ser algo descartável.
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E esse lance de que o Doutor usa a viagem no tempo para roubar pinturas famosas de museus que sofreram incêndios?? Wtf!


This was a good story with an interesting cast, though I can't say much without spoilers


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Hmmm I must admit I have sometimes a hard time to remember a lot of some Big Finish play, but if I recall correctly I did really enjoy this one and it’s overall on the better side of the early Big Finish Plays. It’s lovely hearing Caroline (who played Liz) in this Audio, even through she plays somebody else and as always 7 and Ace just work! The Setting is delightful and hearing Beevers reprising his Role as the Master is wonderful, not his best Work on Audio and certainly not the best from the first 50 but as his first time on BF Audios he does a pretty good job and is a lot more comfortable in this medium than McCoy was in his first Outing.

That’s all positive, but I must admit I barely can recall much of the Story itself, which is not a good sign already, I really need to relisten to it to give it a fair and proper judgment since it seems like only the few positives stuck with me.


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I feel like the first appearance of the Master is given a lot of weight in Dust Breeding, and there's a side of it I quite enjoyed when this famous villain goes up against the Doctor in a psychic duel here, but outside of the big climactic moment, the rest of the audio left me strangely uninterested.  While initially intriguing with the use of the real-life missing Scream painting, when we get to the Warp Core stuff, it quickly descended into what felt like a standard and pretty boring sci-fi affair.  If it weren't for the Master's presence, this would be a totally forgettable and kind of worthless Doctor Who story.  The Master does add something.  The Seventh Doctor gets to interact with him in a way he didn't quite get to in Survival.  Otherwise I didn't have that great of a time overall.


12.06.2022

Exactly as fun as it sounds. One of the main villains is dust. A chore to listen through. 1/5


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