I literally just finished listening and already I forgot what this audio was about. It's just completely unmemorable.

I don't like Five much at the best of times, and while I like his characterisation best in the last few episodes, which do have Peri in them, none of that has translated to this story. Peri has never been one of my favourite companions, and the Ice Warriors are a reoccurring antagonist I find fairly dull. All this led to me having very low expectations, which were only slightly superseded by this story actually being mostly serviceable. While it's not very interesting and doesn't do anything new, it wasn't a complete snoozefest. Still, it's not a story I'm likely to revisit, just because there's nothing there.

A story I went into with high expectations for some reason. I love the Ice Warriors and Iove 5, so this was a big story to hopefully enjoy, yet I didn't get as much out of it as I hoped to. A story that should have been 3 or 2 parts. Pace made it feel like it was stretched over a little but not an offensive listen.

Just like many Ice Warrior stories, it's perfectly serviceable, but like the Ice Warriors themselves, clunks along - moving from one beat to another, with little originality, and little flair. I think a big standout of Ice Warriors is the solid design, which of course can't be used here. However, this expands nicely on some of the Home world Mars lore, which helps it a little.

But using similar tropes and plot beats, with little new to stand out, it's little more than ok.

red yawn more like.

I think there are some really nice moments thrown in and some ideas, but really there is not much to do. Never been too big on the Ice Warriors, cool concept and look but beside that? Most stories dont do much with them, the only Ice Warriors Stories I really like is like the Curse of Peladon (Seeds of Death is enjoyable but I have to give it a rewatch if i like it as much as Curse (doubt it) and Empress of Mars is pretty fine too I guess).

I will say the same with most of the very early plays, it’s at best pretty unremarkable, at worst a bit dull. I do think it’s a fun story and an improvement over some other early ones, but it’s clear that BF still needed to experiment and see what works and what doesn’t. I will also say the sound design is a bit better too, so that’s a win! Overall solid, I think I am more favorable for it since it’s quite short, which honestly helps this one quite a lot.
Pretty big on the cliffhanger of the first episode, too!