Stories Audio Drama Classic Series Special Releases Classic Series - Special Releases Episode: 1 2 3 4 Empire of the Racnoss 1 image Overview Characters How to Listen Reviews 1 Statistics Quotes Overview Released Thursday, July 27, 2017 Written by Scott Handcock Runtime 65 minutes Tropes (Potential Spoilers!) Distress Signal, Dawn of Time, War Location (Potential Spoilers!) Iota 7, Racnoss homeworld Synopsis When a distress call rips the TARDIS from the Vortex, dragging it back through time, it arrives in the midst of a conflict between Gallifrey and an ancient foe. The Doctor, as ever, wants to help, but in returning a wounded combatant home, he becomes further and further entangled in a web of deceit and recrimination. A web spun by an eight-legged Empress and her minions… The Empire of the Racnoss is at war, and wherever he stands, the Doctor is on the wrong side. Listen Listened Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Characters Fifth Doctor Alayna Empress of the Racnoss Racnoss Show All Characters (4) How to listen to Empire of the Racnoss: Big Finish Audio Classic Doctors New Monsters 2 Reviews Add Review Edit Review Sort: Newest First Oldest First Most Likes Highest Rating Lowest Rating Username (A-Z) Username (Z-A) Spoilers First Spoilers Last 1 review 20 July 2024 · 253 words Review by thedefinitearticle63 Spoilers 1 This review contains spoilers! This is part of a series of reviews of Doctor Who in chronological timeline order. Previous Story: Fallen Angels 5 is really getting to play out all of 10's best moments huh? First a story in the vein of Blink and now one very much like The Runaway Bride, only without the humour and banter between the Doctor and Donna. Still, that doesn't detract from this story too much and it does a lot of other things that I appreciate. We get to delve into the conflict between the Time Lords and the Racnoss, something mentioned only in passing in their debut story. If I understood the ending correctly I believe the Racnoss is now another species that the Doctor was responsible for the creation of, it's funny how he makes his own worst enemies. Adjoa Andoh gives an electrifying performance as the Empress of the Racnoss. I can see how it would put people off as it's very over-the-top and a little grating. It's very accurate to the original story though which I appreciate. Peter Davison gets some great monologues aswell, some that I really should have noted down. Overall, this is a great story, especially if you want to partly understand why the Doctor treated the Racnoss as he did in The Runaway Bride, it's got some great moral dilemmas and generally an all-round interesting idea to explore. Next Story: Aimed at the Body Like Liked 1 Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating60 members 2.85 / 5 GoodReads AVG. Rating17 votes 2.82 / 5 The Time Scales AVG. Rating69 votes 3.05 / 5 Member Statistics Listened 109 Favourited 1 Reviewed 1 Saved 1 Skipped 0 Owned 5 Quotes Add Quote Submit a Quote