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Overview

Released

Monday, May 21, 2001

Written by

Marc Platt

Cover Art by

Clayton Hickman

Directed by

Nicholas Pegg

Runtime

137 minutes

Time Travel

Future

Location (Potential Spoilers!)

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, The Amazon, South America, Earth

Synopsis

Germany, 1589: the townspeople of Cologne, Germany pronounce a sentence of death on a mass-murderer who has stalked the countryside in the guise of a ferocious wolf.

Russia, 1812: retreating from Napoléon's invading forces, a merchant's daughter is rescued from bandits by a handsome partisan with a ravenous appetite.

Brazil, 2080: The Doctor and Turlough arrive for the Rio de Janeiro carnival.

Is wealthy heiress Ileana de Santos all that she seems? What sinister ailment afflicts her invalid son, tended by the mysterious Doctor Hayashi? And who exactly is Rosa, engaged on a secret quest to fulfil the destiny of her extinct tribe?

Time is running out for Rosa, Ileana and the Doctor, as the fearsome shadow of an ancient werewolf moves ever closer...

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Unfortunately I couldn't bring myself to enjoy this one. The first part was excellent, and set up a great mystery and some nice worldbuilding but part 2 onwards I lost interest. Far too many characters in this, it just was really overwhelming on that front. On the topic of the characters, I didn't grow attached to any of them, not to mention I'm really not a big fan of Turlough at all either. There's some great ideas in here, but ultimately it just grated on me and I found most of the characters annoying to be honest. I'll say it till I'm blue in the face but with a 4 parter, it should never feel like the ending was rushed because there is so much runtime, but this felt rushed.


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Some well written characters, with some great performances, which aided enjoyment, but this was coupled with some forced tension. The ideas presented, and the tone, were set excellently - I really liked the concepts, and how they developed.
However, as it progresses, it loses steam and momentum, which ultimately makes it less enjoyable than it should have been.

joeymapes21

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Man, I loved this story, pure fun, thrilling, full of life and energy. Interesting concepts, in a brilliant location that had me totally engaged. There's not much else I can say except that was the most fun I've had with Big Finish audio.


KieranCooper

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This one dragged on a bit

Don’t care for Vislor and the side characters felt really forgettable when listening across multiple days


nerdontheinternet

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rawr~ uwu

i just wish it wasnt called "loups-garoux" because thats not what the actual french word should be. oof


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DOCTOR: You see, women... they're not exactly my area. Apart from Tegan, and Nyssa. But they were friends, I was responsible for them -- that wasn't the same.

TURLOUGH: Good friends.

DOCTOR: Then there was Sarah-Jane, of course, and Jo. And Romana, both of her. Zoe and Victoria, Dodo and Vicki, and.. Barbara.

TURLOUGH: And Susan?

DOCTOR: Ah, well of course, she was my granddaughter. Sometimes I feel very old.

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