Stories Audio Drama Big Finish Main Range Main Range Episode 187 Masquerade 1 image Overview Characters How to Listen Reviews 1 Statistics Quotes Overview Released Wednesday, June 18, 2014 Written by Stephen Cole Runtime 110 minutes Time Travel Past Tropes (Potential Spoilers!) Space Station Location (Potential Spoilers!) SORDIDE Delta, Earth, France Synopsis France, the year 1770: by special invitation, the famous "Doctor", friend of Voltaire, arrives at the lonely estate of the lovely Marquise de Rimdelle – once a hostess to the highest of high society, now isolated by the strange, pernicious mist that lingers round the countryside. But there's more in that fog than mere vapour, confesses the Marquise's strange niece to the Doctor's ward, Nyssa. She senses some uncanny machine circling the fringes of the estate, in the space between the shadows. Watching. Always watching. She's given it a name: "the Steamroller Man". Meanwhile, the man in the cellar talks to the Doctor; a dead man, trapped behind the cellar walls. The Steamroller Man is coming, he says; coming to smash the place down. It seems the Doctor has been drawn into a very dangerous liaison... Listen Listened Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Characters Fifth Doctor Nyssa Maschera Hannah Bartholemew Show All Characters (4) How to listen to Masquerade: Big Finish Audio Masquerade 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 14 July 2024 · 190 words Review by thedefinitearticle63 Spoilers This review contains spoilers! This is part of a series of reviews of Doctor Who in chronological timeline order. Previous Story: Tomb Ship A definite improvement over the last two but still nothing remarkable. The beginning to this was very interesting and I enjoy the mystery that comes from stories set in simulated or fictional realities. It does get boring fairly quickly and I'm not really sure what the "Steamroller Man" is supposed to be, it's just silly in a way that distracts from the story in my opinion. The new companion, so forgettable I've already forgot her name was unsurprisingly fairly forgettable for most of this, although she did get a fascinating ending that almost made me care about her. Still, this story would not have been very different without her. It really is saying something when a character can seem bland and uninteresting next to Nyssa of all people. Not bad like the last two but still fairly boring, this whole little trilogy can be skipped without any great loss. Next Story: Alien Heart Like Liked 0 Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating34 members 2.53 / 5 GoodReads AVG. Rating79 votes 3.15 / 5 The Time Scales AVG. Rating57 votes 3.05 / 5 Member Statistics Listened 63 Favourited 1 Reviewed 1 Saved 1 Skipped 0 Owned 3 Quotes Add Quote Submit a Quote
