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Tempus View profile Like Liked 0 15 January 2025 · 479 words Review by KnuppMello Spoilers 1 This review contains spoilers! Original (Brazilian Portuguese) Translation (English) Começo destacando o tamanho da coragem de Nev Fountain em escrever o roteiro tão ousado que por sorte é muito bem recebido e avaliado pelos os fãs da série. Se você é um daqueles que gosta das coisas certas em seu lugar de estabelecer um cânone definitivo, talvez The Kingmaker irá perder alguns pontos com você – O escritor brinca e abusa com a ferramenta de viagem no tempo usando um tom cômico extremo que muitas das vezes parece estar zombando de seu próprio ouvinte, você vai se pegar soltando a frase “Eu não acredito que ele fez isso” algumas vezes. Sua premissa inicial em brincar com obras fictícias é levada até o fim do enredo - Na TARDIS uma espécie de Robô assassino de uma editora de livros responsável por catalogar obras fictícias obriga o Time Lord terminar a sua série de Livros chamadas “Doctor Who Discovers” iniciada a escrita por sua encarnação anterior o 4° Doctor. O livro que precisa completar é o “Doctor Who Discovers: Historical Mysterys” (em português Mistérios Históricos) com isso ele tem a ideia de investigar e descobrir o curioso caso de quem matou os Príncipes na Torre Eduardo V e Ricardo de Shrewsbury em 1483. Para conhecimento ambos eram filhos do Rei da Inglaterra Eduardo IV e Isabel Woodville. Os dois foram declarados ilegítimos por um ato parlamentar. Seu tio, Ricardo III trancou-os na Torre de Londres. O destino dos príncipes permanece até hoje como um mistério, e presume-se que tenham morrido de fome ou que tenham sido assassinados na torre. Enquanto o Doctor saí para investigar o caso, Peri e Erimem perdem alguns minutos na TARDIS procurando roupas adequadas para época – Sem perceber um misterioso personagem mudando as configurações da máquina do tempo, as duas companions acabam voltando dois anos no passado. No futuro o Doctor desconfia que alguém que conhece seu próprio passado soube dos eventos futuros e os contou para Ricardo III, assim a pergunta que percorre até a terceira parte de seu enredo é “Quem será esse personagem misterioso?”. Diferente de muitos sinceramente não achei The Kingmaker uma obra prima absoluta, basta pesquisar as avaliações voltadas a ela e verá uma enxurrada de 10/10 – Sua história perde poucos pontos positivos para mim quando em um determinado ponto de seu enredo sua narrativa e suas transições se tornam um pouco confusas e arrastadas para acompanhar a trama, além disso não me senti nada confortável com aquela piada com a Erimem – Todos que apalpam sua bunda rapidamente tem seu braço quebrado pela própria companion, não entendi se isso é uma piada britânica ou sei lá o que, só achei meio desnecessário essa sexualização. Em resumo, não me entenda errado The Kingmaker é uma crítica irreverente a história, publicações, teatro e de sua própria série Doctor Who, esse é mais um dos áudios imperdíveis da BIG FINISH que você deve ouvir. I start by highlighting the size of Nev Fountain's courage to write such a bold script which luckily is very well received and rated by the fans of the series. If you are one of those who likes things right in their place to establish a definitive canon, then The Kingmaker might lose some points with you - the writer plays and abuses the time travel tool using an extremely comical tone that often seems to be mocking his own listener, you will find yourself saying "I can't believe he did that" a few times. Its initial premise of playing with fictional works is carried through to the end of the plot - in the TARDIS, a kind of assassin robot from a book publisher responsible for cataloging fictional works forces the Time Lord to finish his series of books called "Doctor Who Discovers" started by his previous incarnation, the 4th Doctor. The book he needs to complete is "Doctor Who Discovers: Historical Mysteries". With that, he has the idea to investigate and discover the curious case of who killed the Princes in the Tower, Edward V and Richard of Shrewsbury in 1483. For your knowledge, both were sons of the King of England, Edward IV, and Elizabeth Woodville. The two were declared illegitimate by an act of parliament. Their uncle, Richard III, locked them in the Tower of London. The fate of the princes remains a mystery to this day, and it is presumed that they either died of starvation or were murdered in the tower. While the Doctor goes out to investigate the case, Peri and Erimem lose a few minutes in the TARDIS looking for appropriate clothes for the era - Without realizing a mysterious character changing the settings of the time machine, the two companions end up going back two years in the past. In the future, the Doctor suspects that someone who knows his own past learned of future events and told them to Richard III, thus the question that runs through the third part of its plot is "Who will this mysterious character be?" Unlike many, I honestly did not find The Kingmaker an absolute masterpiece, just search the reviews associated with it and you will see a flood of 10/10 - Its story loses a few positive points for me when at a certain point in its plot its narrative and transitions become a bit confusing and sluggish to follow the story, furthermore, I didn't feel comfortable with that joke with Erimem - Everyone who touches her bottom quickly has their arm broken by the companion herself, I didn't understand if that is a British joke or what, I just found it somewhat unnecessary sexualization. In summary, don't get me wrong, The Kingmaker is an irreverent critique of history, publications, theatre, and its own series Doctor Who, this is yet another of the unmissable BIG FINISH audios that you should listen to. (Translation generated by AI, so mistakes are possible). KnuppMello View profile Like Liked 1 23 August 2024 · 321 words Review by thedefinitearticle63 Spoilers This review contains spoilers! This is part of a series of reviews of Doctor Who in chronological timeline order. Previous Story: The Council of Nicaea I take back what I said about the last story, this one is the best historical in this run and maybe the best historical I've heard in general. This story really contrasts with the serious and dramatic Council of Nicaea by being one of the silliest, most whimsichal and meta stories out there. It's so ridiculous that I don't even know where to start with this review. William Shakespeare gets the Doctor durnk to time travel a hundred years into the past to make sure Richard III kills his nephews so that nobody accuses the Tudors of doing it instead, only for Richard and William to swap places. It's wild and funny and every twist and cliffhanger leaves you reeling. By far my favourite character here is Richard III. He's used to explore a really interesting idea about the implications of time-travel, that being time-travellers going back to visit (in)famous historical figures and spoiling the events of their lives. It's interesting to see how jaded Richard is when people constantly appear to talk to him about how evil he is and how he's going to kill his nephews, before he even has any. Stephen Beckett performs this perfectly, he plays everything straight which really elevates the comedy throughout the story. It's a very unique take on a historical figure, one that knows of his own existence as a historical figure. Honestly, there's no real way to get across just how good this story is without typing out the script word-by-word because it is just that good. There's so many fun details and all of them pay off in such clever and satisfying ways. This might be one of my favourite stories for a while and another phenomenal story for the Doctor, Peri, and Erimem. Next Story: The Helliax Rift thedefinitearticle63 View profile Like Liked 0 17 August 2024 · 80 words Review by Bongo50 This story is utterly hilarious. The jokes mesh perfectly with my sense of humour to create an incradibly enjoyable experience. Richard is brilliantly written and acted. Stephen Beckett's dry delivery is really funny and works perfectly. The plot itself is also increadibly solid. It's an interesting narrative with some fun timey-wimey-ness. There are lots of interesting questions throughout the story which are tied up increadibly neatly in a very satisfying ending. All in all, I cannot recommend this story enough. Bongo50 View profile Like Liked 0