Stories Audio Drama Big Finish Main Range Nekromanteia 1 image Overview Characters How to Listen Reviews 11 Statistics Quotes 3 Overview Released Thursday, February 20, 2003 Written by Austen Atkinson Publisher Big Finish Productions Runtime 105 minutes Time Travel Future Tropes (Potential Spoilers!) Cult, Occult, Spaceship, Time Loop Inventory (Potential Spoilers!) TARDIS key Location (Potential Spoilers!) The Garazone System, Talderun Synopsis In the depths of space a little known district harbours a terrible secret. Long known as a place of death, it claims thousands more lives as a great corporate space-fleet goes to war. As the fleet screams out in fear and pain, an irresistible voice calls out to three travellers and a macabre mind sets a deadly trap. The Doctor, Peri and Erimem face the terrors of Talderun and the wrath of a corporate empire as they struggle to understand the hideous secret of the domain of the dead — a district known in legend as Nekromanteia. Listen Listened Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Edit date completed Custom Date Release Date Archive (no date) Save Characters Fifth Doctor Peri Brown Harlon Marr Erimem Thesanius First Appearance Antranak Show All Characters (7) How to listen to Nekromanteia: Listen on Apple Music Listen on Spotify Big Finish Audio Nekromanteia Reviews Add Review Edit Review Sort: Date (Newest First) Date (Oldest First) Likes (High-Low) Likes (Low-High) Rating (High-Low) Rating (Low-High) Word count (High-Low) Word count (Low-High) Username (A-Z) Username (Z-A) Spoilers First Spoilers Last 11 reviews 25 April 2025 · 30 words Review by Jamie This was terrible, I did expect worse somehow due to its reputation though. That said, it is still really terrible. Utterly boring, gore for the sake of gore, just unpleasant. Jamie View profile Like Liked 0 21 April 2025 · 43 words Review by megaminxwin Spoilers This review contains spoilers! this story is mostly considered terrible for its hyper-violence, and while that certainly does exist, i dont think it should be considered awful for that. however it is also kinda incomprehensible and i have noooo clue what happened, so its still terrible anyway megaminxwin View profile Like Liked 0 18 March 2025 · 29 words Review by KieranCooper I only seem to remember key points of the story, I tried multiple times to listen to this interesting and messed up story, but I couldn't concentrate at all. KieranCooper View profile Like Liked 0 26 February 2025 · 385 words Review by ThetaSigmaEarChef Spoilers 1 This review contains spoilers! Heavy spoilers, heavy disappointment. 1.5/5. Okay so, you know going in that you're not going to like this one. It's famously terrible. I'm sure that the reputation influenced my thoughts, but here they are anyway. Right from the get-go, the stuff about the evil Company? Nice. Always a fan of evil, nameless Companies being in Who stories. But, the, ahem, problematic aspects of this story started early too - the cannibalistic necromancer witches certainly had me raising an eyebrow. Then, Peri, naked and drugged... the women felt like they had little to no personality, and then... there it was. The Scene everyone warned me about. It was very clear why Davison requested that this writer never be re-hired. Unlike with Colditz, where nazi-Tennant threatened Ace in a very disgusting way, this really did not serve a purpose to the story at all. It was out of place and entirely gratuitious - this scene should never have made it to production, and honestly made me feel sick. The story felt quite fragmented from scene to scene; not easy to follow at all. I still don't understand the plot - for context, every Big Finish audio I have listened to in the last year, maybe year and a half, I have written the plot summary for if it didn't already have one on Tardis.wiki/wiki. But this one was so unfollowable that I could not write a summary. I did not understand what was happening half the time - although I now understand it a little better, thanks to the excellent plot summary at doctorwho.guide. It could have been worse - at least 5, Peri, and Erimem weren't always totally out of character, and there was a plot that was sometimes, very occasionally, possible to follow. Plus there were some cool ideas (such as the time loop), even if they weren't utilised particularly well. But yeah, still pretty bad. I couldn't follow what was happening with Shara, or what the relic was, or who in the company was doing what, or how the doctor came back to life. Giving it 1.5/5. The music was nice. "You shall be the one to bring the Other" I got so excited for a second there 😭 do not be fooled, they're not talking about The Other. I know, I was disappointed too. ThetaSigmaEarChef View profile Like Liked 1 15 January 2025 · 414 words Review by KnuppMello Spoilers 1 This review contains spoilers! Original (Brazilian Portuguese) Translation (English) ⚠️ AVISO! NÃO RECOMENDO A LEITURA DA REVIEW PARA PESSOAS SENSIVEIS! ⚠️ . . Em primeiro lugar ao ouvir essa abominação em formato de áudio eu me questiono dolorosamente indignado, quem autorizou esse script?? quem leu esse script e disse “Uau isso é ótimo, vamos produzi-lo” QUEM?? 🤦🏻😐 Antes de entrar nas polemicas repugnantes que dá o título a Nekromanteia de pior história de Doctor Who de todos os tempos, vamos rapidamente falar de seu enredo. Temos uma seita GENÉRICA de bruxas que reivindicam milhares de cadáveres que adoram e cultivam um deus chamado "Shara" que me proporcionaram cenas irritantes e chatíssimas - Jal Dor Kal é uma das piores personagem que já me deparei na BIG FINISH, foi extremante chato e doloroso ouvir sua voz histérica e maléfica. Os demais blocos envolvendo os personagens Harlon & Cochrane e Marr & Tallis foram incrivelmente entediantes e desinteressantes que por sinal, foram peças mal desenvolvidas de uma forma patética na trama. Ok, agora vamos falar do esgoto e existente nesse áudio. Em Nekromanteia temos decapitação (simplesmente a cabeça do Doctor e arrancada), desmembramento, matança de animais, sacrifício ritualístico e companion sendo baleada 😐😑 Achou pouco?? Calma que tem coisa pior - Na parte 2 Peri é capturada pelas bruxas, as tais deixam a companion NUA para espalharem uma espécie de oléo em todo seu corpo (com direito a sussurros e leve gemidos eróticos), uma cena repugnante que não há motivos de sua existência, exceto para o escritor se excitar e se divertir com os desejos perversos e nojentos 👎🏻👎🏻. Com isso, ainda nua o personagem Yal Rom encontra Peri e ajuda a companion que está com dificuldade de andar, assim nos deparamos com linhas de falas patéticas do tipo - PERI: “Ei, você está me carregando?? Eu estou completamente nua” YAL ROM responde: “Eu sei, por isso preciso manter a concentração para manter meus olhos em outro lugar” Tipo 🤦🏻 Tá...E se eu disser que tem como ficar pior, você acredita?? Infelizmente tem sim, pois Erimem é quase estuprada por Harlon, digo quase porque mais à frente na história a companion relata que não chegou acontecer o ato, mas foi espancada. Aqui vai uma curiosidade dos bastidores, Peter Davison pediu á BIG FINISH que nunca mais contratassem Austen Atkinson para escrever roteiros, caso contrário a empresa teria que encontra um outro ator para fazer o 5° Doctor em seus áudio dramas. Em resumo, Nekromenteia e Timewyrm: Genesys são as piores histórias que já me deparei em Doctor Who, ambas são desnecessariamente nojentas e doentias. ⚠️ WARNING! I DO NOT RECOMMEND READING THE REVIEW FOR SENSITIVE PEOPLE! ⚠️ In the first place, upon hearing this abomination in audio format, I painfully question myself indignantly, who authorized this script?? Who read this script and said "Wow this is great, let's produce it" WHO?? 🤦🏻😐 Before we get into the controversial repugnant issues that give the title to Nekromanteia for the worst Doctor Who story of all time, let's quickly talk about its plot. We have a GENERIC cult of witches who claim thousands of corpses that worship and cultivate a god named "Shara" which provided me with irritating and extremely boring scenes - Jal Dor Kal is one of the worst characters I have ever encountered in BIG FINISH, it was extremely annoying and painful to hear his hysterical and evil voice. The other blocks involving the characters Harlon & Cochrane and Marr & Tallis were incredibly tedious and uninteresting which by the way, were pathetically poorly developed pieces of the plot. Ok, now let's talk about the sewer and existence in this audio. In Nekromanteia we have decapitation (simply the Doctor's head is ripped off), dismemberment, animal slaughter, ritualistic sacrifice and companion being shot 😐😑 Did you think it's little?? Wait, there's something worse - In part 2 Peri is captured by the witches, who leave the companion NAKED to spread some kind of oil all over her body (with whispers and light erotic moans), a repugnant scene that has no reason for its existence, except for the writer to get excited and have fun with perverse and disgusting desires 👎🏻👎🏻. With that, still naked, the character Yal Rom finds Peri and helps the companion who is having difficulty walking, thus we come across pathetic lines like - PERI: “Hey, are you carrying me?? I am completely naked” YAL ROM responds: “I know, that's why I need to keep concentrated to keep my eyes elsewhere.” Like 🤦🏻 So...And if I tell you it can get worse, would you believe it?? Unfortunately yes, because Erimem is almost raped by Harlon, I say almost because later in the story the companion reports that the act did not happen, but she was beaten. Here is a curiosity from behind the scenes, Peter Davison asked BIG FINISH never again to hire Austen Atkinson to write scripts, otherwise the company would have to find another actor to play the 5th Doctor in their audio dramas. In summary, Nekromanteia and Timewyrm: Genesys are the worst stories I have ever encountered in Doctor Who, both are unnecessarily nasty and sickening. (Translation generated by AI, so mistakes are possible). KnuppMello View profile Like Liked 1 Show All Reviews (11) Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating154 members 1.23 / 5 GoodReads AVG. Rating264 votes 2.25 / 5 Member Statistics Listened 274 Favourited 0 Reviewed 11 Saved 5 Skipped 11 Quotes Add Quote Link to Quote Favourite ERIMEM: Antranak is a cat. They jump on things. It is what they do. PERI: Oh, and they cough up fur balls. DOCTOR: Yes, well, the console's a very delicate piece of equipment, you know. PERI: And that would be why you hit it every time it breaks — Nekromanteia Show All Quotes (3) Open in new window