Stories Audio Drama Classic Series Special Releases Classic Series - Special Releases The Light at the End 1 image Overview Characters How to Listen Reviews 4 Statistics Quotes Overview Released Wednesday, October 23, 2013 Written by Nicholas Briggs Runtime 117 minutes Story Type Anniversary Special, Multi-Doctor, Special Time Travel Past Location (Potential Spoilers!) Hampshire, Totton, Earth, England Synopsis November 23rd 1963 proves to be a significant day in the lives of all eight Doctors… It's the day that Bob Dovie's life is ripped apart… It's also a day that sets in motion a catastrophic chain of events that forces the first eight incarnations of the Doctor to fight for their very existence. As a mysterious, insidious chaos unfolds within the TARDIS, the barriers of time break apart. From suburban England through war-torn alien landscapes and into a deadly, artificial dimension, all these Doctors and their companions must struggle against the power of an unfathomable, alien technology. From the very beginning, it is clear that the Master is somehow involved. By the end, for the Doctors, there may only be darkness... 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 Fourth Doctor Tom Baker Fifth Doctor Peter Davison Sixth Doctor Colin Baker Seventh Doctor Sylvester McCoy Eighth Doctor Paul McGann Leela Louise Jameson The Decayed Master Geoffrey Beevers Nyssa Sarah Sutton Peri Brown Nicola Bryant Ace Sophie Aldred Charlotte Pollard India Fisher Straxus Show All Characters (12) How to listen to The Light at the End: Vinyl The Light at the End (Limited Vinyl Edition) Big Finish Audio The Light at the End (Limited Edition) Big Finish Audio The Light at the End 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 4 reviews 8 February 2025 · 145 words Review by dema1020 1 This wasn't half bad by any measure. It's a fun an refreshing take on a Doctor crossover, but one much more straightforward an in line with The Three Doctors and The Five Doctors compared to the much more experimental and strange Zagreus. It's delightful hearing all these Doctors and Companions interacting together. It does feel like everyone in the story gets their moment in the sun. Where The Light at the End is weaker is in the meat of the story. There isn't a lot to the Master's plan and the ending felt pretty empty. It wasn't that satisfying or felt like the narrative was properly tied up in a way I would have liked. This is especially true given the long run time of this special audio adventure. I feel like more could have been done to give this story a little more weight. dema1020 View profile Like Liked 1 16 January 2025 · 317 words Review by KnuppMello Spoilers 2 This review contains spoilers! Que coisa mais linda esse especial de 50 anos hein meus amigos 🥺🙂 - Se prepare para altas doses nostálgicas em uma só história que reuni os 8 primeiros Doutores de forma magnífica, prepare também o seu sorriso e sua emoção para cada referência, frase de efeito, cada momento para cada minuto. Por mais que pareça um pouco meio aglomerada sua apresentação inicial, sua premissa é incrivelmente inteligente mantendo a diversão sempre presente com uma fluidez incrível, os fãs services são tão eficazes (no bom sentido) que é difícil encontrarem defeitos aqui. É impressionante todo o cuidado do escritor em separar e juntar todas as peças fragmentadas e distribuídas tendo cada um dos Doutores recebendo seu próprio bloco para no fim se reunirem de forma épica. Eu fiquei muito feliz em ver os 3 primeiros Doutores sendo representados, por mais que obviamente estejam com menos foco, isso é claro porque os atores que os interpretavam estão mortos e a intenção da Big Finish era dar mais linhas falas e maior atenção para os atores ainda vivos, o que é algo muito compreensível. O 1° e o 2° foram os que mais me agradaram, já o 3°...foi ok, sei lá o Tim Treloar não me traz firmeza em sua imitação. Além dos Doutores, temos as companions... eu já disse a vocês que eu amo a Nyssa?? A Charley também?? disse?? - E o encontro da Peri com a Ace, muito engraçado a Ace descrevendo aparência de cada Doutor, zuou o traje do 6° Doutor "parece o Lee Mead (Joseph)" kkkk. Em resumo, até o momento de longe essa é a melhor história multi Doutores pra mim, ainda acho que o meu favorito seja o clássico "The Three Doctors" mas o título de MELHOR fica com "The Light At The End". KnuppMello View profile Like Liked 2 14 January 2025 · 23 words Review by eldritchlamb 3 while there could have been more in this story, i really did love this. different doctors interacting with each other is always fun! eldritchlamb View profile Like Liked 3 8 January 2025 · 71 words Review by 15thDoctor Spoilers 1 This review contains spoilers! Once you get over the initial thrill of hearing all your favourite voices in one place, there is not very much to The Light at the End. I love the idea of a multi-Doctor stories, the more the merrier. But I did hope that over the 2 hour running time they would find space for some more plot! The ending is great though, with various Doctors bothering this one poor families’ sleep. 15thDoctor View profile Like Liked 1 Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating142 members 3.81 / 5 GoodReads AVG. Rating470 votes 4.25 / 5 The Time Scales AVG. 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