Stories Audio Drama Big Finish Main Range Storm Warning 1 image Overview Characters How to Listen Reviews 19 Statistics Related Stories Quotes 1 Overview Released Monday, January 22, 2001 Written by Alan Barnes Cover Art by Clayton Hickman Publisher Big Finish Productions Directed by Gary Russell Runtime 116 minutes Story Type New Companion Introduction Time Travel Past Tropes (Potential Spoilers!) Lost the TARDIS Story Arc (Potential Spoilers!) Web of Time Location (Potential Spoilers!) Earth, France Synopsis October, 1930. His Majesty's Airship, the R101, sets off on her maiden voyage to the farthest-flung reaches of the British Empire, carrying the brightest lights of the Imperial fleet. Carrying the hopes and dreams of a breathless nation. Not to mention a ruthless spy with a top-secret mission, a mysterious passenger who appears nowhere on the crew list, a would-be adventuress destined for the Singapore Hilton... and a Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey. There's a storm coming. There's something unspeakable — something with wings, crawling across the stern. Thousands of feet high in the blackening sky, the crew of the R101 brace themselves. When the storm breaks, their lives won't be all that's at stake... The future of the galaxy will be hanging by a thread. 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 Eighth Doctor Paul McGann Charlotte Pollard India Fisher First Appearance Peter Rathbone Show All Characters (3) How to listen to Storm Warning: Listen on Apple Music Listen on Spotify Big Finish Audio Storm Warning 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 19 reviews 24 May 2025 · 136 words Review by Kazekun Paul McGann's first audio drama as the Doctor, and his return to the role after his on-screen presence in the 1996 tv movie. The Doctor finds himself boarding the R101, a passenger blimp destined to go down on its maiden voyage. But while around he stumbles onto a much bigger plot that involves the alien race known as the Triskele. He also meets his soon to be companion, Charlotte "Charley" Pollard. I really dug this! I've listened to some McGann stuff in the past and I find him to be an excellent Doctor onscreen as well. The story is tight, I like the villains, and the chemistry between the Doctor and Charley is immediately apparent. McGann really was robbed of being the zaddy Doctor that Tennant ended up becoming. But it was great, can't wait for more! 👍🏻 Kazekun View profile Like Liked 0 20 May 2025 · 16 words Review by Gyv5v5v The Monthly Adventures : Storm Warning (McGann Series 1) (8 and Charley) I don't really need notes for this 10/10 Gyv5v5v View profile Like Liked 0 18 May 2025 · 367 words Review by DoctorWhoFan1963 Spoilers This review contains spoilers! 'You feel that pounding in your heart, that tightness in the pit of your stomach, the blood rushing to your head? Do you know what that is? That's adventure. The thrill and the fear and the joy of stepping into the unknown. That's why we're all here, and that's why we're alive!' Where it all began! This story is a lot of fun. It's not perfect, not at all, but it's fun. And compared to more recent Doctor debuts like Ravagers, this really is the start of a new era with promise of more to come. Something I noticed, compared to more recent Eight releases, is how the Doctor's characterisation is actually very similar to the TV movie. When he does the 'How!' greeting to Charley he seems a little weird but also giddy like the infamous 'These shoes! They fit perfectly!' scene. He also name drops throughout just like in the TV Movie. Likewise he is in awe of the way the the decks of the Triskele ship move around the people exclaiming 'Brilliant, just brilliant! I love it!' with youthful awe, something that seems refreshing in contrast to his later Time War and Stranded characterisations. I also realised that both Charley and Molly O'Sullivan are introduced in the same way - through a scene where they are writing aloud. Charley's character is also well formed by the end of this story. I liked how it used the real-life triskelion motif and gave it a sci-fi meaning. However, I do agree episode 3 was the weakest and a little dull. I can't say I care much for the Triskele. I also don't understand how the Lawgiver could tell that the Doctor wasn't human but Engineer Prime couldn't? Finally it is notable that the Doctor did try to order an evacuation on the airship. It wasn't just Charley he tried to save, he tried to save everyone 'parachutes all round' but nobody listened to him. If they had done, though, the web of time would probably be torn to shreds! Overall, thoroughly enjoyable. Setting up what's to come, with contagious fun and excitement from McGann and Fisher. 7/10 DoctorWhoFan1963 View profile Like Liked 0 16 May 2025 · 114 words Review by Leromica Really great introduction to the 8th Doctor’s adventures. A fun slice of historical Sci-fi with an alien race that provides some interesting commentary on free will and the things that drive us, although these aren't explored with too much depth. What we get instead is a bombastic adventure with grounded stakes and an engaging and well performed larger than life cast of characters. McGann is enthusiastic and satisfyingly deceitful whilst giving enough indication of his moral compass – strong but unsure in himself, pragmatic but easily waylaid. India Fisher's new companion, Charley Pollard, is a great ball of energy and bounces well off McGann's Doctor. A thoroughly enjoyable second pilot for the Eighth Doctor. Leromica View profile Like Liked 0 4 April 2025 · 112 words Review by Allowableman2 2 This is just a fairly standard, run-of-the-mill story. Paul McGann mainly does a good job; India Fisher does a great job as Charley; the setting's interesting, the Web of Time arc gets fully going. This story is an interesting concept with a promising plot but is not executed quite as well as it could have been. Some of the dialogue feels really clunky especially when it's just the Doctor is alone and some of the voices are just overly cartoonish. The sound effects are also particularly bad especially the bullet effects. This along with slower pacing full of expository dialogue you have a story that is good but falls short of greatness Allowableman2 View profile Like Liked 2 Show All Reviews (19) Open in new window Statistics AVG. 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That tightness in the pit of your stomach? The blood rushing to your head, do you know what that is? That's adventure. The thrill and the fear, and the joy of stepping into the unknown. That's why we're all here, and that's why we're alive! — Storm Warning