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Released

Wednesday, February 13, 2019

Written by

Jonathan Barnes

Runtime

64 minutes

Time Travel

Past

Location (Potential Spoilers!)

Fever Island, Earth, Scotland

Synopsis

Jason Vane is England's suavest secret agent, and today he’s on his deadliest mission yet. Tracking down the evil Okulov... before he destroys the world.

The Doctor, Ann and K9 are, in contrast, finding their own mission a little hard to complete. A strange storm in the vortex has swept them back in time, back to Earth in 1978 and a strange place called 'Fever Island'.

A place where their worst nightmares are about to come true...

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"Генеральный план Синдиката", часть 6

Название и обложка заставили меня подумать, что меня ждёт очередная история о проклятой локации.
И отчасти я был прав. В большинстве же своём эта пьеса - такой едкий стёб над бондианой, что остаётся только аплодировать в перерывах между смехом. Местный Бонд - суперагент Джеймс Вэйн, получился очень смешным.
Да даже Тому тут дают ненадолго побыть злодеем! И знаете... я теперь на полном серьёзе хочу, чтобы Том сыграл, или хотя бы озвучивал полноценного злодея в ДК.
Вывод и финальные мысли у этой пьесы схожи со "Скрюченным человеком", и может даже немного упрощены, но они всё равно работают и оставляют за собой приятное послевкусие.
А теперь время для финала. Погнали.

P.S. Честно, я очень удивлён, что в эру Четвёртого или хотя бы Третьего не было серий, пародирующих фильмы про Джеймса Бонда. Эти две эры идеальны для этого!

"The Syndicate's Master Plan", part 6

The title and cover made me think that I was in for another story about a cursed location.
And to some extent, I was right. However, for the most part, this play is such a biting mockery of Bond movies that all one can do is applaud during the intervals between laughter. The local Bond - superagent James Wayne, turned out to be very funny.
Even Tom gets to play the villain briefly here! And you know... I seriously want Tom to play, or at least voice, a proper villain in DC.
The conclusion and final thoughts of this play are similar to "The Crooked Man", and perhaps even a bit simplified, but they still work and leave a pleasant aftertaste.
And now it's time for the finale. Let's go.

P.S. Honestly, I am very surprised that during either the Fourth or at least the Third era, there weren't series that parodied James Bond movies. These two eras would have been perfect for that!

(Translation generated by AI, so mistakes are possible).


Five_Hundredth_Drax

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Definitely better then I remember as i remember not really connecting with this one feeling like a random side step in the arc they where doing however I quite enjoyed it this time round maybe because I watched a bond film recently and it is of course a spoof of that


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This review contains spoilers!

This is part of a series of reviews of Doctor Who in chronological timeline order.

Previous Story: Time's Assassin

I was really disappointed by the last few stories, so when I heard this I was very much impressed. It's a light bond parody with a lot of funny moments and a solid story running through.

The Bond stand-in, Jason Vane is played brilliantly by Gethin Anthony and while he is clearly a parody he's still really entertaining to listen to and manages to be taken seriously quite well.

Tom Baker seems like he's having a good time playing a stereotypical Bond villain although I am a bit annoyed that they pitched his voice down, it just sounds silly. I understand why especially seeing as this is an audio drama and you need to be able to distinguish between the two characters but it takes me out of it because his voice sounds unnaturally low.

The character of Ann Kelso is sidelined a bit here which I'm noticing is a recurring issue, her characterisation is inconsistent and some stories could essentialy be a solo Doctor.

Next Story: The Perfect Prisoners - Part 1


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