Stories Audio Book The Companion Chronicles Project: Nirvana 1 image Overview Characters How to Listen Reviews 2 Statistics Related Stories Quotes Overview Released Wednesday, September 19, 2012 Written by Mark Wright, Cavan Scott Cover Art by Mark Plastow Publisher Big Finish Productions Narrated by Sylvester McCoy, Amy Pemberton, Ken Bentley, Maggie O'Neill Directed by Ken Bentley Runtime 54 minutes Time Travel Future Story Arc (Potential Spoilers!) The Forge Trilogy Location (Potential Spoilers!) Romania, Earth Synopsis The place is Eastern Europe. The year is 2015. The TARDIS lands in mid-air, and Captain Lysandra Aristedes is dropped into a daring mission in her own past. There are enemies and creatures out there in the night, and the Doctor is waiting at the rendezvous point. Because this is all part of his bigger picture. And Aristedes is going to learn something about herself... 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 Seventh Doctor Sally Morgan Lysandra Aristedes The Forge Derleth Show All Characters (5) How to listen to Project: Nirvana: Big Finish Audio The Companion Chronicles: Project Nirvana Reviews Add Review Edit Review Sort: Default 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 16 January 2025 · 241 words Review by KnuppMello Spoilers 2 This review contains spoilers! Original (Brazilian Portuguese) Translation (English) Project: Nirvana vem com uma proposta narrativa um pouco fora da curva do que estamos costumados a ver na linha The Companion Chronicles – Aqui são 4 vozes em destaque, o que dá para considerar uma quase Main Range, pois geralmente temos a narração de apenas um dos personagens e breves participações de secundários. A finalidade dessa curta viagem de 50 minutos é fornecer um aprofundamento, insights importantes nas duas novas companions do 7° Doctor nos ajudando a concretizarmos Sally e Lysandra como personagens definitivas. Lysandra em especial possui um ótimo desenvolvimento, um dos momentos mais interessantes do áudio é o seu encontro com sua versão mais jovem onde é feita uma reflexão muito bonita do quanto sua personalidade mudou desde então, as últimas linhas de fala do áudio são incrivelmente lindas. O plot em si é bem satisfatório, ele possui duas divisões distinta – Na primeira temos um enredo de ação militar, uma infiltração aérea em um trem em movimento de alta tecnologia cruzando a Romênia tripulado por soldados que estão carregando uma carga misteriosa. Já na segunda parte temos um elemento criativo e bem desenvolvido cujo nome pode chamar atenção dos aficionados em Lovecraft. Em resumo Project: Nirvana é um áudio bem satisfatório que serve com uma ótima ponte ligando “House Of Blue Fire” e “Black And White”, ele acrescenta mais coisas a mitologia da “The Forge” aparentemente enriquence o arco da “Black TARDIS” e caracterizando ainda mais as duas novas companions. Project: Nirvana comes with a narrative proposal a bit outside the curve of what we are used to seeing in The Companion Chronicles line - Here there are 4 prominent voices, which could be considered a near Main Range, since usually we have the narration of just one of the characters and brief participations of secondary ones. The purpose of this short 50-minute journey is to provide a deepening, important insights into the two new companions of the 7th Doctor, helping us to solidify Sally and Lysandra as definitive characters. Lysandra, in particular, has great development, one of the most interesting moments of the audio is her encounter with her younger self where a very beautiful reflection is made on how much her personality has changed since then, the last lines of dialogue in the audio are incredibly beautiful. The plot itself is quite satisfactory, it has two distinct divisions - In the first part, we have a military action storyline, an airborne infiltration on a high-tech train moving across Romania manned by soldiers who are carrying a mysterious cargo. In the second part, there’s a creative and well-developed element whose name might grab the attention of Lovecraft aficionados. In summary, Project: Nirvana is a very satisfactory audio that serves as a great bridge linking “House Of Blue Fire” and “Black And White”, it adds more to the mythology of “The Forge” apparently enriching the arc of the “Black TARDIS” and further characterizing the two new companions. (Translation generated by AI, so mistakes are possible). KnuppMello View profile Like Liked 2 13 March 2025 · 226 words Review by thedefinitearticle63 Spoilers 1 This review contains spoilers! This is part of a series of reviews of Doctor Who in chronological timeline order. Previous Story: House of Blue Fire What's this? An actually good Project story? One that doesn't make me roll my eyes with writing that sounds as though it's been written by a 14 year old? One that actually has something meaningful to say beyond "how many people can we violently kill in a story for no good reason"? I'm impressed. It's no masterpiece, but it's properly enjoyable. Sally and Lysandra are actually quite interesting as characters, unlike their other stories would have led me to believe. The companion chronicle format gives us some great insight into them as characters, which I really appreciate. And it's just a fun adventure in general, feels like an action movie (in a good way, as opposed to a Briggs way). I don't really like the Doctor in this but that's mainly because I just don't like this manipulative and frankly mean Doctor. The so-called "elder God" also wasn't particularly impressive. They really just let anyone be an elder God nowadays? I mean when compared to Gods like the Toymaker and Fenric, Derleth doesn't really hit the same. Still I enjoyed it, great development for the companion team and good vibes. Certainly wasn't expecting the Projects to end on a high note. Next Story: Protect and Survive thedefinitearticle63 View profile Like Liked 1 Open in new window Statistics AVG. 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