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Overview

Released

Monday, April 29, 2002

Written by

Nicholas Briggs

Cover Art by

Clayton Hickman

Directed by

Nicholas Briggs

Runtime

124 minutes

Time Travel

Unclear

Story Arc (Potential Spoilers!)

Web of Time

Inventory (Potential Spoilers!)

Sonic Screwdriver

Location (Potential Spoilers!)

Cimmeria IV

Synopsis

The Doctor and Charley travel to the remote Cimmerian System to unravel the mystery of its sun. But darkness has already embraced the scientific base on Cimmeria IV in more ways than one.

In a fight for survival, the Doctor must use all his wits against a deadly artificial life-form and an ancient race whose return to the Cimmerian System threatens suffering and death on an apocalyptic scale.

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A story which felt really intriguing, and had me hooked for the first part, and into the second, but felt it rapidly felt steam. By the end, I was very underwhelmed, and left feeling a bit uncaring about this story by the end. Which is a shame, after such a solid start.


joeymapes21

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i dont know, the ending to this one just felt a bit. eh? i guess? i mean its a decent enough audio but the ending is just odd and i couldnt really follow it


megaminxwin

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Perfectly okay story, not super memorable. Nice Charley moments, especially her being pissed that Doctor is going to nobly offer himself up as a sacrifice out of guilt, which would leave her in 1)outer space 2)in the future 3)with people she's just met. The Doctor's mistake with lighting up the artificial suns ends up not being a mistake in the end, which felt like cop out, plotwise. And the Cimmerians were pretty chill about it anyways; the Doctor is like 'I'm ready for punishment :(' and they are 'oh, no, it's okay man, we all make mistakes :)'. Overall, the beginning of the story was great and scary (big fan of the Cimmerian's little whisper-y voices), but it got boring the longer it went on. ROSM was nice! The others were meh.


mndy

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I really love this one, admittedly it’s been a while since I listen to that one, but I remember it quite well. I adore the atmosphere presented here, and I am surprised how graphic it became (just the Parts with their Eyes does give me a bit of an unease, when I first listen to it).
I think this Story gets a bit weaker around the end, perhaps the first two are just SO good, compared to those, the other two feel a little less, I suppose? Yet another one that uses the Audio Medium so well, some may say it even embrace it. The Performances are all well done, and I like how claustrophobic it all felt. India was probably the standout here. Overall excellent.


RandomJoke

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The only way to listen to this is during a black out otherwise the effect isn’t as strong I fear


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CHARLEY: Your eyes.

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CHARLEY: You've lost your eyes.