Stories Audio Drama The Fourth Doctor Adventures The Fourth Doctor Adventures Episode 2 The Sands of Life 1 image Overview Characters How to Listen Reviews 1 Statistics Related Stories Quotes Overview Released Monday, February 11, 2013 Written by Nicholas Briggs Runtime 73 minutes Story Type Two-Parter Time Travel Future Location (Potential Spoilers!) Sahara Desert, Africa, Earth Synopsis Sheridan Moorkurk has just been elected president of Earth... but the harsh realities of who really runs the planet are just beginning to dawn on her. And what's more, she's starting to hear voices. Meanwhile, the Doctor and Romana encounter a mass of aliens heading to Earth... Aliens who have already made the mistake of upsetting the infamous Cuthbert, all-powerful CEO of The Conglomerate, by destroying one of his space platforms. Will the Doctor and Romana be able to avert inter-species war that will destroy all life on Earth? NOTE: The adventure continues in Doctor Who: War Against the Laan. Listen Listened Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Characters Fourth Doctor Tom Baker Cuthbert First Appearance Laan First Appearance Romana I Mary Tamm K9 Mark II John Leeson Show All Characters (5) How to listen to The Sands of Life: Big Finish Audio The Sands of Life Reviews Add Review Edit Review Sort: Newest First Oldest First Most Likes Highest Rating Lowest Rating Username (A-Z) Username (Z-A) Spoilers First Spoilers Last 1 review 25 May 2024 · 152 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 Stealers from Saiph This is actually a fairly decent Briggs story, it's not full of vague action sequences and frustratingly bland characters. The Laan are actually a really cool concept for a monster. The story itself is decent, I don't think the Doctor gets enough to do and in general some of the conflicts feel forced. In general I think this story is mainly setting up the next one, so I can only hope that will be better. Cuthbert, played by the late David Warner is an annoyingly evil character and he succeeds in being a hateable villain. I found it weird that it was 3 parts, it didn't really add anything to the story. Not great, not terrible. Next Story: War Against the Laan Like Liked 0 Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating44 members 3.15 / 5 GoodReads AVG. Rating169 votes 3.38 / 5 The Time Scales AVG. Rating125 votes 3.30 / 5 Member Statistics Listened 93 Favourited 1 Reviewed 1 Saved 0 Skipped 0 Owned 3 Related Stories The Fourth Doctor Adventures S2 • Episode 3 War Against the Laan Rating: 3.11 Story Skipped Audio Drama Reviews (1) More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: The Fourth Doctor Adventures Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved Quotes Add Quote Submit a Quote
