Stories Audio Drama The War Master The War Master Episode: 1 2 3 4 The Sky Man 1 image Overview Characters How to Listen Reviews 2 Statistics Quotes Overview Released Thursday, December 14, 2017 Written by James Goss Runtime 69 minutes Synopsis When his new companion decides to save a planet, the Master indulges this most futile of requests. Materialising on a primitive, agrarian world, both the strangers quickly find their place in it… until fallout from the War invades their happy paradise. Listen Listened Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Characters Cole Jarnish The War Master Elidh Show All Characters (3) How to listen to The Sky Man: Big Finish Audio The War Master: Only the Good 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 2 reviews 11 September 2024 · 5 words Review by DavidBrennet 2 OH MY GOD????? Like Liked 2 18 May 2024 · 292 words Review by JustAsPlanned Spoilers 3 This review contains spoilers! I vividly remember my experience of listening to Sky Man. I was on a four hour coach trip and was listening to all of Only The Good. As I stopped off at a bus station between trips, I remember being sat in the cafe as the most harrowing big finish audio I've listened to thus far (May 2024) played out. I have no words for this. It is just brilliantly awful. The story does such a good job of making you love these bumpkin, salt of the earth farmers, and you maybe even believe that Cole is gonna be able to settle down with Elidh and have a happy life there. And then, it rips it all away. The descent of the planet into becoming The Retribution is so chilling. The fact that a simple need to help people produced a race as destructive as the Daleks or Cybermen is so viscerally upsetting - Elidh gradually becoming barely unrecognisable from the sweet girl we meet her as hits especially hard. But the fact that the Master deliberately engineered this scenario to fuel his plan in the Heavenly Paradigm are what truly get me. All those comparisons to Wine throughout the story show how utterly callous he is. An entire planet of people who meant no harm to him are fuel for a mad plan to rewrite all of reality to his liking. In hindsight, all that grandfatherly attention he shows Cole is so, so damn evil. He knows what he's doing, and that's what makes it so upsetting. The Sky Man singlehandedly elevates Only The Good into being S+ to me. Viscoid and Good Master are solid stories in their own right but. Wow. Holy shit. It's gonna be hard to top this. Like Liked 3 Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating113 members 4.55 / 5 The Time Scales AVG. Rating124 votes 4.60 / 5 Member Statistics Listened 181 Favourited 39 Reviewed 2 Saved 2 Skipped 0 Owned 6 Quotes Add Quote Submit a Quote