Stories Audio Drama Big Finish Main Range Nocturne 1 image Back to Story 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 2 reviews 1 March 2025 · 147 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: Muse of Fire This has all the makings of something good, and then it isn't. I enjoy having the Doctor meet characters he already has an established history with, but having them be so dull and uninteresting really makes me question why the Doctor keeps coming back. I did quite like the idea of treating some made up future time as if it was a proper period of history in the same way the Victorian period or the Renaissance are. The idea of a music monster is a good one for audio but I don't think they did as much as they could have with it. There's some nice emotional beats but all in all I think this story was a bit of a miss. Next Story: The Dark Husband thedefinitearticle63 View profile Like Liked 0 16 January 2025 · 232 words Review by KnuppMello Spoilers 1 This review contains spoilers! Original (Brazilian Portuguese) Translation (English) Fiquei surpreso ao ver muitos fãs desqualificando esse áudio. Realmente, o enredo de “Nocturne” não possui pontos ou motivos que levam considera-lo uma obra prima da BIG FINISH. Além disso, ele vem com uma temática repetitiva na Time Line dos áudios do 7° Doctor, onde mais uma vez temos uma história antiguerra tendo envolvimento do Time Lord obviamente junto aos seus companions Ace e Hex. Mesmo sendo bem básica, ao meu ver a escrita “Dan Abnett” não apresentou pontos baixos e questionáveis que levassem a uma desqualificação de sua obra, o escritor faz o simples (feijão com arroz rsrs) entregando apenas um BOM áudio rotineiro da linha Main Range. Confesso que de início me espantei e subestimei um pouco o conceito central que envolve uma “melodia assassina”, mais à frente vemos que na pratica acabou funcionando muito bem inserido a uma ótima trama investigativa contando com ótimos personagens - De quebra, temos uma reflexão muito bonita sobre a natureza da arte e da música, o escritor enfatiza como ela pode sobreviver e até mesmo prosperar em meio a cenários desastrosos (como por exemplo, em uma guerra). . LILIAN: "Meu querido de uma forma ou outra, tudo ao nosso redor é arte. Os edifícios, o céu, a sonoridade emitida pela música, um pincel molhando na tinta e depois a tela." I was surprised to see many fans disqualifying this audio. Really, the plot of "Nocturne" lacks points or reasons that lead one to consider it a masterpiece from BIG FINISH. Additionally, it comes with a repetitive theme in the Timeline of the 7th Doctor's audios, where once again we have an anti-war story involving the Time Lord obviously along with his companions Ace and Hex. Even though it is very basic, in my view, Dan Abnett's writing did not present low and questionable points that would lead to a disqualification of his work, the writer does the simple (bread and butter haha) delivering just a GOOD routine audio from the Main Range line. I confess that initially, I was shocked and underestimated the central concept involving a "murderous melody", but further on we see that in practice it ended up working very well inserted into a great investigative plot with great characters - Additionally, we have a beautiful reflection on the nature of art and music, the writer emphasizes how it can survive and even thrive amid disastrous scenarios (such as, for example, in a war). LILIAN: "My dear in one way or another, everything around us is art. The buildings, the sky, the sound emitted by the music, a brush soaking in the ink and then the canvas." (Translation generated by AI, so mistakes are possible). KnuppMello View profile Like Liked 1