Nicholas Courtney as Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart, the beloved Brigadier, such class. A delight to my ears. Tbh he is why I managed to enjoy this at all—a very dull story. The accents weren't great, a little distracting. The Doctor spends most of the time incapacitated which was frustrating, but I was hoping something interesting would happen with that, and Crane. But nope, it was building towards nothing. Just a distraction so the doctor could sit this one out for 3 parts.

Random. But, the last few bits that the Doctor and Alistair share are beautiful.

5/10

Oof one of the harder ones to articulate. Admittedly, that was my last from the first run of Charley/Eight Stories, and honestly it’s for the better. Some Stories are so well known by their reputation, and this is one of them. Is it as bad or one of the worst? No. But sadly not the Brig/Eight Outing I would have hoped for. I’d think the Ideas are stellar and fun to explore, but does it work in execution? Not really. I think some others have already mentioned it greatly, but the Accent is really super jarring. And overall I am a bit unsure I enjoy the Banter we get with the Brig and 8 but do I like the Story? I am not sure, perhaps I have to give it a re-listen.

I cant for the life of me understand why so many people hate this one, yes, its edgy, weird and a bit too long but i think again the setting and the meta reference with nicholas briggs "being the doctor" as a reference to the audio visual stories really make this story interesting and cool to listen to, Paul McGaan s acting is superb and his interactions with the Brigadier are sweet, i think Charley draws the short end of the stick because that plotline may be the thing why people dont vibe with the story, on the other hand i think the villains and supporting characters are also interesting, i dont really have a problem with bad accents lol, my favourite scene is obviously the ending and it makes a great setup for the next arc

29.05.2022

The most listenable out of the four, I'd say. The Doctor/Brigadier dynamic is captivating, if underdeveloped, with both unable to recognize each other. The Doctor on Doctor dialogue is spectacular... in theory, if they went all way with it. The rest is meh once again though.

It's stuff. Creative stuff. There are concepts that are reasonable for a story. Except they don't make the story. And the story isn't really bright. 2.5/5 I'd say. There wasn't anything too bad, it's just the good also not enough to sway it towards the better half of the scale.

26/8/24 - 28/8/24

wanted to like this. im just very bored 😭