I listened to Primord the other night, going back and catching up with some 3DAs I’d never heard, and having just seen the great Inferno again recently I was in the mood. This was Jon Culshaw’s first go as The Brig and Daisy Ashford’s first as Liz Shaw, they’re both fabulous from the jump! I love Liz Shaw very much and am a bit protective of her, so I was a little worried with the way the story was heading, but it’s John Dorney, of course he had something else in mind, and this all lands very cleanly. The sound design is great, the story has some very nice extrapolations of the ooze and the Primords. I’ve just listened to the Beyond War Games box, so it was weird switching over here and hearing Michael Troughton playing something other than the Second Doctor, because he really does sound like his dad even when he isn’t trying to. His character is nicely unhinged though. This was a really good one, storywise it does feel exactly like a missing S8 episode, and Jo has a great arc within it. Loved this! 4.25/5

Great to discover a Liz Shaw story from Big Finish. Liz is one of my favourite companions and I'd wished she'd had a longer tenure in the TV series. Having her voiced by Caroline John's daughter here, together with Tim Treloar's Doctor and Jon Culshaw's brilliant Brigadier made the whole production feel like an undiscovered original. Very enjoyable.

Giving Liz a boyfriend is like giving Kate a boyfriend it just can’t happen

An incredible adventure with some amazing tension about stopping a potential zombie apocalypse. This story also has a pretty remarkable use of several Chekhov's Guns throughout the story.

A+.