Stories Audio Drama Big Finish Main Range 101-150 Main Range Episode 120 The Magic Mousetrap 1 image Overview Characters How to Listen Reviews 2 Statistics Related Stories Quotes Overview Released April 2009 Written by Matthew Sweet Runtime 110 minutes Time Travel Past Location (Potential Spoilers!) Celestial Toyroom, Earth, Switzerland Synopsis Switzerland, 1926: the Doctor finds himself halfway up an Alpine mountainside, on his way to an exclusive sanatorium for the rich and famous run by the Viennese alienist Ludovic "Ludo" Comfort. In between bouts of electric shock therapy, Ludo's patients — including faded music hall turn Harry Randall, chess grandmaster Swapnil Khan and Lola Luna, darling of the Weimar cabaret scene — fill their time with endless rounds of Snap!, among other diversions. But the Doctor soon suspects that someone's playing an altogether more sinister game. Someone with a score to settle... 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 Ace The Toymaker Hex Show All Characters (4) How to listen to The Magic Mousetrap: Big Finish Audio The Magic Mousetrap 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 2 reviews 2 March 2025 · 161 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 Word Lord I hate Matthew Sweet's writing and this story is good despite it and not because of it. It's so pompous and arrogant and absurd in a not-at-all fun way. It's also frustratingly confusing, 7 having a grand masterplan isn't anything particularly new but the fact that he doesn't even know what it is doesn't help my understanding of things. I do quite like the idea of 7 luring the Toymaker in just to beat him though, it's a great contrast from their first (televised) meeting where the Doctor seemingly just stumbled upon him. The vibes are weird, the story is nonsensical and yet somehow it still manages to pull itself together and be decently entertaining Next Story: Enemy of the Daleks thedefinitearticle63 View profile Like Liked 0 15 January 2025 · 251 words Review by KnuppMello Spoilers 1 This review contains spoilers! Tenho total certeza que “The Magic Mousetrap” é umas melhores e mais alucinantes viagens que a BIG FINISH nos proporcionou – É um áudio incrivelmente desafiador para o ouvinte apresentando um enredo que exige o máximo de concentração ao mesmo tempo sendo lucido e interessante a cada minuto explicando muito bem certos acontecimentos inesperados de forma muito natural. Além disso, sua história é incrivelmente apoiada por ótimos efeitos sonoros e uma bela trilha sonora que entrega fielmente todo o tom macabro e tenso necessário para criar uma atmosfera perfeita que seu enredo exige. Eu gostei muito da forma como todos os mistérios foram construídos e conduzidos ao longo das duas primeiras partes, suas reviravoltas foram aplicadas em dosagens certas não dando aquela famosa certa estranheza no sentido da linhagem narrativa. Mas o título de “cereja do bolo” vai para o exato momento em que um vilão clássico é revelado (não vou soltar spoiler para não estragar sua experiencia) - É a partir desse ponto que áudio entra em seu ápice, apresentando uma parte 4 que beira a perfeição nos dando inúmeros exemplos do porquê esse vilão é tão Lendário e icônico no canon de Doctor Who. Em resumo, sem sombra de dúvidas "The Magic Mousetrap” está entre os melhores áudios do 7° Doctor, é uma história recheada de ótimos e perfeitos elementos: temos um excelente enredo, ótimos personagens interessantes, perfeitas atuações e etc etc...SUPER recomendo, é algo muito surrealista. KnuppMello View profile Like Liked 1 Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating109 members 3.85 / 5 GoodReads AVG. Rating165 votes 3.73 / 5 The Time Scales AVG. Rating201 votes 4.25 / 5 Member Statistics Listened 197 Favourited 16 Reviewed 2 Saved 4 Skipped 0 Owned 12 Related Stories Classic Who S3 • Serial 7 · (1/4 episodes intact) The Celestial Toymaker Rating: 2.85 Story Skipped Television Reviews(13) More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: Doctor Who Season 3 Set of Stories: Doctor Who (1963-1996) Set of Stories: First Doctor Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved Quotes Add Quote Submit a Quote