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Released

Thursday, September 26, 2002

Written by

Joseph Lidster

Cover Art by

Clayton Hickman

Directed by

Jason Haigh-Ellery

Runtime

107 minutes

Time Travel

Future

Tropes (Potential Spoilers!)

Religion

Location (Potential Spoilers!)

Ibiza, Spain, San Antonio, Es Vedrà, Earth

Synopsis

Ibiza, 1997, and thousands of young people are acting like mindless zombies.

Which is to be expected. Ibiza, the island of dance music, sex, drugs and alcohol, is the ultimate hedonistic paradise.

God has sent help from on high to save the sinners of Ibiza. He has sent His angels to save their souls.

Which would be simple enough if these souls didn't include an alien time-traveller working in a bar, a woman who disappeared in 1987, a young man carrying a photograph of a girl he's never met and an Irish girl who doesn't even know who she is anymore.

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I loved the way they used the radio broadcasts throughout this story, and as a way to experiment with a unique theme tune which suited the episode perfectly! The dialogue switching between conversations but leading into one another too, worked SO well for me. I'm pretty shocked that I didn't get Ace's brother spoiled, however I've sadly looked up and seen this is his only appearance, I find this unbelievable as it was a great development and I'd have loved to have even seen him join this duo for a while. Some great stuff for Ace, following on from Colditz. I love how the stories are leading into one another and there's development here. Its what I'm missing in the current BF era, with the likes of 8 no longer having an ongoing arc. I want development, rather than aimless storylines.


Jamie

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ibiza does kinda sound like hell. remind me never to go there


megaminxwin

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This review contains spoilers!

This is part of a series of reviews of Doctor Who in chronological timeline order.

Previous Story: Colditz


Not sure I liked this one. There were some really good bits, particularly between Ace and her brother but most of it was just offputting and a bit too "wow we can say drugs and sex now!!" which I don't tend to care for in my Doctor Who. The soundtrack was great though and I loved the remixed version of the Doctor Who theme.

I don't really have much else to say about this story, it's not bad by any means, just not my cup of tea. If I was anyone else I'd probably give this a higher rating.


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Eu fico me perguntando como alguém pode aprovar um roteiro, uma história, um conceito tão ridículo como o de The Rapture?? - O Doutor e a Ace em uma balada onde a música de dois djs que são apelidados de anjos, persuadem as pessoas...?????😐
Sua primeira parte é horripilante! terrível! péssima! basicamente é a Ace dançado com uns jovens baladeros com direito a uma ambientação chata ao extremo, um TUM TIS TUM TIS dali e daqui, uns diálogos péssimos e muito vergonha alheia.
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Ace: "O que você está fazendo aqui?"
Personagem: "Você realmente quer saber?"
Ace: "Sim, diz ae"
Personagem: "Estou a procura de uma transa"
???????????? 😐😐
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A cada minuto as coisas vão ficando piores e mais piores e mais PIORES...A cena da Caitriona flertando com o Dj se resultando nos dois saindo voando por ae...Sim, literalmente brota a me#$@ de uma asa nas costas do maluco e os dois saem voando tendo uns diálogos que são claramente uma alusão à sexo.
Em resumo, esse até o momento vai sendo o PIOR áudio que já ouvi da BIG FINISH, é cheio de alusões a drogas e sexo com um conceito ruim e maluco, transições de "cenas" bem esquisitas e irritante, uma ambientação chata, vilões e personagens horríveis, tudo é péssimo...Apenas pule essa porcaria imediatamente!

I keep wondering how someone can approve a script, a story, a concept as ridiculous as that of The Rapture?? - The Doctor and Ace in a nightclub where the music from two DJs who are nicknamed angels persuade people...?????😐

The first part is horrifying! terrible! awful! it's basically Ace dancing with some young clubbers with a painfully boring setting, a TUM TIS TUM TIS from here and there, some terrible dialogues and a lot of second-hand embarrassment.

Ace: "What are you doing here?"

Character: "Do you really want to know?"

Ace: "Yes, say it"

Character: "I'm looking for a hook-up"

???????????? 😐😐

Every minute things keep getting worse and worse and WORSE... The scene of Caitriona flirting with the DJ resulting in the two flying off somewhere... Yes, literally a pair of wings sprout from the guy's back and the two fly off having dialogues that are clearly an allusion to sex.

In summary, so far this is the WORST audio I've ever heard from BIG FINISH, it's full of allusions to drugs and sex with a bad and crazy concept, transitions of "scenes" quite weird and annoying, a boring setting, horrible villains and characters, everything is terrible... Just skip this rubbish immediately!

(Translation generated by AI, so mistakes are possible).


KnuppMello

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This one is very much a Story I enjoy a lot while listening but after sitting on it, it feels very messy at best, ehhh at worst.
I like some stuff with Ace’s Character. I liked Liam, he worked surprisingly well, and it’s a shame he wasn’t used again. I liked the Setting and the Music is stellar…
…but it does handle some subject matters a bit poorly. While I can see the intention of it being overall messy, I don’t think it quite worked for me as much looking back. Especially disappointing since Lidster would write plenty of standout things, as his debut it offers some great Ideas executed decent to poorly.


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DOCTOR: Angels are never what they seem.

— Seventh Doctor, The Rapture