Now this was a great story. Compared to the chaos and jumping around of the middle stories of Doom Coalition 3, this story was structured expertly. We start with the Doctor and River in one story, and the Nine, Liv, and Helen in another. Halfway through, Liv splits off and meets Padrac, who we had last met in Doom Coalition 1 as the Doctor's ally. There is a lot of fun character misdirection as the Nine impersonates the Doctor, and the Doctor impersonates the Clocksmith which leads to a lot of fun, fluid alliances. At last, the overall plot, which had been rather obtuse up to this point, is unveiled in full. The Doom Coalition is a group led by Padrac including the Eleven, Caleera, and the Clocksmith to use the Crucible of Souls to destroy all life in the future to ensure Gallifrey is not destroyed. Padrac turning evil is a surprise, and I was surprised at how well the threads seemed to be pulled together. Meanwhile, the Nine is ignorant of being part of the coalition in the future, and wants to absorb all life in the universe into himself. This was a very well-done story making the whole series worth it, and I'm looking forward to the final set.

This is part of a series where you can follow me on my journey across time and space (more commonly known as Big Finish Productions)

You can find the original posts here: https://forum.tardis.guide/t/oh-no-big-finish-addiction/4799?u=the9thcyberlegion

My favourite villain is introduced in this story (John Heffernan’s Nine). The Crucible of Souls may be a very confusing place and plot point but when you listen a couple times you’ll get it a bit better.

This story is the finale to Doom Coalition 3 and features the Eighth Doctor (Paul McGann), River Song (Alex Kingston), Liv Chenka (Nicola Walker) and Helen Sinclair (Hattie Morahan) going up against Padrac (Robert Bathurst) and The Nine (John Heffernan). The Doctor is also in disguise as the deceased member of the Doom Coalition, the Clocksmith, and The Nine is pretending to be the Doctor for the whole of this adventure

All in all, Doom Coalition is one of the best boxsets I’ve listened to and it’s up there with Missy Series One and Ravenous 3.

The Crucible Of Souls - (9/10)

Doom Coalition 3: The Crucible of Souls

(8, Liv, Helen and River)

I adored this episode

It was bouncy fun, lively

10/10