Neverland · Main Range • Episode 33

The Web of Time is stretched to breaking. History is leaking like a sieve. In the Citadel of Gallifrey, the Time Lords fear the end of everything that is, everything that was... everything that will be.

The Doctor holds the Time Lords' only hope — but exactly what lengths will the Celestial Intervention Agency go to in their efforts to retrieve something important from within his TARDIS? What has caused the Imperiatrix Romanadvoratrelundar to declare war on the rest of creation? And can an old nursery rhyme about a monster called Zagreus really be coming true?

The answers can only be found outside the bounds of the universe itself, in a place that history forgot. In the wastegrounds of eternity. In the Neverland.

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wow. wow. wow. wow. WOW.

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Review last edited on 9-02-25

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This one is superb and sets the stage greatly for Zagreus. I love how much we lend into atmosphere in this early run of 8, be it this one, stuff such as Embrace the Darkness and so on. Really dig it.
With this one we get a very bombastic, yet abstract Story, which is such an odd combo, that works here greatly. The Timelords are used in such a great way, honestly might be my second favorite after the Way they got portrayed in the War Games.
Lalla returned to her Role of Romana, and she is as great as ever. As many already mentioned, that Cliffhanger is just excellent in every regard.
I love the weird Imagery, I love the Character work done here, and overall it’s just exceptional and like others already pointed out McGann & Ward gave such good Chemistry together in this play. Shame we didn’t get more Stories with that pairing.

Really, if anything, this is one of those Stories that I point to when making the point that McGann’s first run as 8 on Audio was such a good Direction to go to, especially in the Audio Format. I doubt this could have worked as well as it did if we had Visuals (especially since forming your own Visuals is such a lovely core part with BF, at least for me)

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Review last edited on 18-01-25

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At a high level I loved all of the plot points in Neverland. It tied up the 8th doctor and Charley plot nicely and leaves you wanting more. At a more detailed level there was too much technobabble (both genuine and in jest). I didn’t feel it was all that elegantly written.

Definitely a must listen though, based on the integral stuff that happens.

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Review last edited on 8-01-25

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20.07.2022

f**k that trope. The one where the villains have a perfectly reasonable motivation to act, but also turns out they're f**ked up evil and eat babies, so f**k em. Zagreus lives among the dead. Fucking hell.

An alternative f**ked up world of Neverland is a great but underexplored idea. Rassilon is meh, fine there. I find their inconsistent characterization throughout the years troublesome. Here he's just a wise mentor, whatever.

It's got some cool moments of Doctor and Charlie sticking for each other and they deliberately avoid the obvious route to take, which I respect. Nevertheless, I found this piece to be more troubling than captivating. 2/5

One day Romana will get a decent Big Finish story.

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Review last edited on 27-09-24

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