Stories Audio Drama Big Finish Main Range 151-200 The Defectors 1 image Overview Characters How to Listen Reviews 1 Statistics Related Stories Quotes Overview Released Wednesday, April 15, 2015 Written by Nicholas Briggs Publisher Big Finish Productions Directed by Nicholas Briggs Runtime 117 minutes Time Travel Present Location (Potential Spoilers!) Delphin Isle, Earth Synopsis Jo Grant is shocked to find most of her colleagues are missing. Then she discovers that the Doctor has inexplicably changed. But there's little time to worry about it all, as she and her misplaced Time Lord friend are whisked to the mysterious Delphin Isle on a matter of national security. There, they encounter a disturbingly odd form of local hospitality and learn of a highly classified incident that took place during the Cold War. Why exactly have they been brought here? And what is the truth concerning the bodies in the harbour and the vast project being undertaken under a cloak of secrecy? 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 Sylvester McCoy Jo Grant Katy Manning Mike Yates Richard Franklin Cornelius Wingford The Forge Europans Third Doctor Spoiler!Click to reveal 👀 The Brigadier Nicholas Courtney Show All Characters (9) How to listen to The Defectors: Big Finish Audio The Defectors 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 1 review 16 January 2025 · 243 words Review by KnuppMello Spoilers 1 This review contains spoilers! Original (Brazilian Portuguese) Translation (English) Seguindo a cronologia, essa é a primeira Main Range depois do 7° Doctor deixar a Ace no Período Cretáceo 🦕🦖😂 Sinceramente "The Defectors" vale mais pela maravilhosa química e dinâmica entre a Jo Grant e o 7° Doutor do que sua história em si. O áudio tem até um início bem promissor, sua primeira parte apresenta uma ideia bem interessante de inserir o McCoy em um arco á la "Era Pertwee" com aquele típico e conhecido tom investigativo rodeado de militares (até a abertura do 7° foi substituída pelo do 3° Doutor), temos cenas bem engraçadas do Doctor e da Jo em um em pub experimentando várias comidas e bebidas que possuem um gosto bem ruim (a reação deles é bem engraçada kkkk), finalizando com um cliffhangar que chama muita atenção onde vemos vários habitantes da Ilha Delphin aparentemente mortos flutuando no lago. Daqui para frente seu Plot se torna beeem águinha com açúcar, nada de tão envolvente, surpreendente ou empolgante, até os cliffhangers são bem sem graça bem meeeh. Enfim, não tenho muito o que dizer sobre essa história, eu acho que a dupla McCoy e Katy merecia um plot melhor, ainda mais pelo belo desempenho apresentando. Não me entenda errado, "The Defectors" não é uma história ruim ou terrível...Não, não é...Mesmo sendo bem regular ainda está longe de ser um áudio dispensável. Following the chronology, this is the first Main Range after the 7th Doctor leaves Ace in the Cretaceous Period 🦕🦖😂 Honestly, "The Defectors" is worth more for the wonderful chemistry and dynamics between Jo Grant and the 7th Doctor than its story itself. The audio has quite a promising start, its first part presents a very interesting idea of inserting McCoy into an arc à la "Pertwee Era" with that typical and well-known investigative tone surrounded by military (even the opening of the 7th was replaced by that of the 3rd Doctor), we have some very funny scenes of the Doctor and Jo in a pub trying various foods and drinks which taste quite bad (their reaction is very funny haha), ending with a cliffhanger that draws a lot of attention where we see several inhabitants of Delphin Island apparently dead floating in the lake. From here onwards, its plot becomes veeery bland, nothing so engaging, surprising or exciting, even the cliffhangers are quite dull. Anyway, I don't have much to say about this story, I think the McCoy and Katy duo deserved a better plot, especially considering the beautiful performance presented. Don't get me wrong, "The Defectors" is not a bad or terrible story... No, it isn't... Even though it's quite regular, it's still far from being a disposable audio. (Translation generated by AI, so mistakes are possible). KnuppMello View profile Like Liked 1 Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating55 members 3.13 / 5 GoodReads AVG. Rating108 votes 3.54 / 5 The Time Scales AVG. 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