Fever Island

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