Stories Audio Drama Doom Coalition Episode: 1 2 3 4 The Gift 1 image Overview Characters How to Listen Reviews 3 Statistics Quotes 1 Overview Released Thursday, March 3, 2016 Written by Marc Platt Publisher Big Finish Productions Runtime 57 minutes Time Travel Past Tropes (Potential Spoilers!) TARDIS is damaged Location (Potential Spoilers!) Earth, San Francisco, USA Synopsis The TARDIS deposits its crew on Earth in San Francisco, 1906. There they find an actor-manager desperate to stage his definitive production of King Lear. But a real storm is headed their way when he becomes the possessor of a mysterious psychic 'Gift' which is hungry for power and intent on wreaking havoc and destruction. But exposure to so much psychic activity has the Doctor becoming increasingly erratic. Can he battle his demons and save the world? 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 Liv Chenka Caleera Helen Sinclair Show All Characters (4) How to listen to The Gift: Big Finish Audio Doom Coalition 2 Reviews Add Review Edit Review Sort: Default 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 3 reviews 5 July 2025 · 105 words Review by Guardax Spoilers This review contains spoilers! Took a bit to really get going, but had a very excellent finale. In this case I knew immediately what was up, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake is a very well-known event especially to people living in western states like myself. The American accents all seemed largely good, which is a big step up from the early days of Big Finish. Tying this into the Eighth Doctor being born into San Francisco was clever, and the idea of this horrible 'gift' that Caleera has created was good. The ending with the horror of the quake was really well-done. Next time: River Song meets the Eighth Doctor! Guardax View profile Like Liked 0 14 March 2025 · 34 words Review by Azurillkirby 1 I liked this one a lot! The characters were all pretty interesting, and they all played well into the premise. It's not a new or experimental premise, but the execution is really good. A. Azurillkirby View profile Like Liked 1 12 June 2025 · 10 words Review by Gyv5v5v Doom Coalition 2: The Gift (8, Liv and Helen) Pretty meh story 5/10 Gyv5v5v View profile Like Liked 0 Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating196 members 3.07 / 5 Member Statistics Listened 360 Favourited 9 Reviewed 3 Saved 6 Skipped 0 Quotes Add Quote Link to Quote Favourite DOCTOR: We’ll have the door open in a jiffy. LIV: Except we still don’t know what’s out there. HELEN: Please be careful! DOCTOR: Are you scaredy cats? HELEN: No LIV: Just sensible DOCTOR: Oh come on, we could sit here all day being sensible, we’d still be here next week, filling out risk assessment forms. And how boring would that be? — The Gift
