Stories Audio Drama Big Finish Main Range 151-200 Revenge of the Swarm 1 image Overview Characters How to Listen Reviews 2 Statistics Related Stories Quotes Overview Released Friday, August 15, 2014 Written by Jonathan Morris Publisher Big Finish Productions Runtime 117 minutes Time Travel Future Location (Potential Spoilers!) Pelisipodron, Hypernet, Bi-Al Foundation, Titan Base Synopsis The Doctor thought he had defeated the microscopic Nucleus of the Swarm in his fourth incarnation. He was wrong. It survived within the TARDIS, and now it has brought it back to Titan Base, back to the point of its own creation. It has a plan that spans centuries, a plan which will result in the Nucleus becoming more powerful – and larger – than ever before. To defeat it, the Doctor, Ace, and Hex must confront the Nucleus within its new domain — the computer-world of the Hypernet, the information network crucial to the survival of the human empire. But if the Doctor is to save the day, he has to risk everything and everyone he holds dear... 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 Ace The Nucleus of The Swarm Hex Show All Characters (4) How to listen to Revenge of the Swarm: Big Finish Audio Revenge of the Swarm 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 17 March 2025 · 245 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: Afterlife Now I quite like The Invisible Enemy. It's no masterpiece, but it's really good fun. It has a lot of charm; I liked seeing K9 trundle about to absurdly epic music, or the main enemy being taken way more seriously than their design deserved. All that is only charming because it was a low-budget BBC production from the 70s. This is a modern story and it should be written to modern standards. Unfortunately, it's a really dull, trad Doctor Who story. I didn't look at the writer going into it, but I could tell it was Jonathan Morris just purely based on the fact that it was a lazy sequel to random Classic Doctor Who story. It also screamed "40 year old man writes about the internet". I'm not really getting the point behind bringing back Hex, only for him to essentially be a completely different person. I'm sure it'll come to some sort of satisfying resolution but it definitely takes me out of the story a little. It's also the fact that he doesn't get much of a role either, he's possessed for essentially the entire story, a telltale sign the writer has no idea what to do with the character. Overall, it's not great but I hardly expected anything all that remarkable from a lazy sequel to The Invisible Enemy anyway. Next Story: Mask of Tragedy thedefinitearticle63 View profile Like Liked 0 16 January 2025 · 248 words Review by KnuppMello 1 Original (Brazilian Portuguese) Translation (English) É evidente que Revenge Of The Swarm bebe muito na fonte de The Invisible Enemy, basta observar a capa do áudio – Não é à toa que essa é a maior critica feita em cima dessa aventura, de fato parece que tudo aqui é uma reciclagem de conceitos e acontecimentos do arco do 4° Doutor porém (ao meu ver) bem alterados. A primeira metade não é tão instigante e cativante assim, vemos o mesmo que acontece na história do Tom Baker, personagens sendo infectados pelo vírus (toda aquela coisa de “Contact Was Be Made!”) o Doutor e Ace tendo que correr contra o tempo para evitar planos maléficos sempre tomando os devidos cuidados para não serem infectados. Como continuidade essa história peca em não explorar o Hex, pode chegar a ser algo muito frustrante para o ouvinte tendo em vista do que aconteceu no áudio anterior - Basicamente ele é infectado tornando um aliado da ameaça, assim se prendendo ao papel de “capanga do vilão” (podemos dizer assim kkkk). Eu gostei da parte 3, proporciona cenas bem divertidas e um conceito bem legal envolvendo vídeo games - O Doutor e a Ace na motona em alta velocidade...foi bem divertido ksksks. Em resumo não a muito o que dizer de Revenge Of The Swarm, acho que o escritor poderia trazer uma história mais diferencia que fugisse um pouco de acontecimentos semelhantes ao de The Invisible Enemy...E claro, um pouco mais do Hex. Click here to translate KnuppMello View profile Like Liked 1 Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating58 members 2.82 / 5 GoodReads AVG. Rating95 votes 3.24 / 5 The Time Scales AVG. Rating64 votes 3.05 / 5 Member Statistics Listened 116 Favourited 0 Reviewed 2 Saved 6 Skipped 0 Related Stories Classic Who S15 • Serial 2 · (4 episodes) The Invisible Enemy Rating: 2.93 Story Skipped Television Reviews(6) More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: Doctor Who Season 15 Set of Stories: Doctor Who (1963-1996) Set of Stories: Fourth Doctor Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved Quotes Add Quote Submit a Quote