The average rating for this is just criminal, the vibes in this are SO perfect. Jenny is great here, really coming into her own almost instantly as a character. She's not a character I've been hugely invested in before, but here I really liked her. Garundel I've only heard from The Last Day, but I did enjoy him there and in this story he's great. SO funny and such a character honestly. Dame Siân Phillips being in this was a surprise for me, as soon as I heard her voice I couldn't believe that I didn't know she was in this. Her character really intrigued me in this story. In terms of opening episodes for ranges go, this was camp, fun and really set up multiple mysteries which I am quite invested in already. Noah was so sweet, I can't wait to learn more about him in particular. Great start to the range!

Thworping through time and space, one adventure at a time!

“STOLEN GOODS – JENNY TAKES FLIGHT IN A FUN BUT FLIMSY STARTER”

Stolen Goods by Matt Fitton kicks off the Jenny: The Doctor’s Daughter audio range with a charmingly chaotic debut outing. Georgia Tennant reprises her role as Jenny, and it’s a delight to hear her finally take centre stage after such a brief TV introduction back in 2008. This is very much an origin-style tale for the character—less an epic odyssey and more a light-hearted space caper as Jenny learns, often the hard way, how the universe actually works.

Jenny crashes a stolen spaceship, finds herself in trouble with interstellar authorities over minor laws she didn’t even know existed, and quickly discovers that not knowing the rules doesn’t stop the consequences from landing hard. It's an amusing and grounded way to frame a Time Lord-adjacent character’s introduction to the wider universe—not with grandeur and destiny, but with a hefty repair bill and insurance fraud.

GEORGIA TENNANT – THE STAR AT THE CENTRE

The absolute highlight of Stolen Goods is Georgia Tennant. Her performance as Jenny is full of spark, balancing youthful exuberance with a hint of the Doctor’s fast-talking cleverness. Jenny here is not yet the seasoned adventurer—she’s still green, still learning—but she’s clearly her father’s daughter. There’s a playful cockiness to her, but also moments of calculated cunning that remind us this apple hasn’t fallen far from the TARDIS.

One particularly satisfying moment sees Jenny pretend to be more clueless than she really is, lulling the scam artists into a false sense of superiority before revealing she’s seen through the con. That mix of naivety and sly intelligence makes her immediately likeable.

THE CON JOB: FUNNY, THEN FAMILIAR

Much of the first half plays like a sci-fi sitcom: Jenny has to deal with a trio of hopelessly incompetent con artists, led by the returning Big Finish character Garundel (played with oily relish by Stuart Milligan). He’s a charmingly annoying rogue whose schtick—snarky patter, wheedling self-interest—can be entertaining in small doses, though he does threaten to overstay his welcome here. The dynamic between him and Jenny is fun, especially when she refuses to be belittled or called “blondie.”

The humour works well early on, but once the setup is over and the gang starts bouncing from escape attempt to con job to confrontation, the narrative energy starts to sag. A cyborg bounty hunter turns up to raise the stakes, but the final third is a lot of noise with not much purpose. The story loses its sense of momentum and drifts into being just a functional bridge to later episodes.

NOAH – A COMPANION IN CRYOSLEEP

During her escape, Jenny meets Noah, a frozen alien who becomes her reluctant shipmate. Voiced by Sean Biggerstaff (yes, Oliver Wood from Harry Potter), Noah is introduced with the clear intention of being a long-term companion—but he doesn’t get much to do here beyond defrosting. His character isn’t especially memorable in this outing, though there’s enough mystery around him to justify keeping an eye on his development in future episodes.

SETUP OVER STORY

As an opening chapter, Stolen Goods does exactly what it sets out to: it introduces Jenny as a vibrant, capable lead, establishes a ragtag supporting cast, and seeds future plot threads. But it never fully convinces as a standalone story. The central narrative is thin, especially in the second half, and there’s a definite sense that the story is marking time before bigger things happen later in the series. It’s a fun ride, but one that coasts more on charm than depth.

📝THE BOTTOM LINE: 5/10

Stolen Goods is a breezy, humorous introduction to the Jenny range, powered by Georgia Tennant’s brilliant performance and a welcome return from con artist Garundel. It’s more setup than story, and the plot fizzles out in its final act, but it still delivers enough fun, energy, and potential to justify following this Doctor’s daughter on the rest of her adventures.

I can honestly say this is by far the worst thing I've ever heard from Big Finish, a company who's quality is usually very high. There is terrible direction and writing throughout, the actors are decent but they are not given anything to work with. There is not a single relatable character; Jenny is written as a generic goodie with plenty of pep and zero personality. Even the theme tune is terrible.

Matt Fitton wrote the brilliant Technophobia which kicked off Tennant's run at BF, so I know he can come up with something more intriguing than this. Then again he had some ready made characters to run with there, here he had the task of establishing who Jenny is outside of the context of her birth episode. Having heard the first hour of the Jenny box set I am left none the wiser.

Jenny: The Doctor's Daughter: Stolen Goods

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This was a damn good opening to this series

I adore Jenny,  always have and it's interesting to hear her

9/10

I like Jenny immediately. She reminds me most of the 13th Doctor with her snark and positive outlook despite the circumstances.

The theme song is recognizable as Doctor Who but more feminine and sprightly almost to the point of chaos. Just like Jenny.

We get confirmation that Jenny is, in fact, genetically recognizable as a Time Lady. You'd think that'd be obvious but there used to be fan theories that she was something different or only half.

Jenny is however, a little too smart for someone who was literally born yesterday. I know she was programmed with a knowledge set up on birth but c'mon. There's no way she'd just instinctually know how to build a vortex manipulator from scratch.

The bad guys in this are the space equivalent of sketchy car salesman, who will upsell you for repairs you do not need. They kind of reminds me of Star Wars side characters. One is basically a space orc.

Noah is cute. Special cinnamon roll, too good for this world, too pure.