The Vanishing Point

The adventure continues... Well the slog, dudgery, whole lot of nothing.

Its the second time of listening to this release, the first time I thought it was just me not getting into it, but after 4 episodes at this point I'm almost giving up.

So there's a place called the vanishing point, and with our heroes reunited - Jamie, the Doctor and Zoe thats where they go. The missions that the Doctor has been sent on since the Final Beginning, seems to have been somewhat random and against the laws of time, so who exactly has been orchestrating the events and why?

As you can tell I've not been a fan of this set, and I have tried. As mentioned, this is the second chance I've given it and its not improved. It feels like it has the right ingredients, - Micheal Troughton doing a pretty good 2nd Doctor, Jamie and Zoe both back. Raven an interesting foil, intrigue in what and why the missions the Doctor has been sent on are achieving, the vanishing point a strange place. But as with the previous 4 episodes its painfully slow at telling an engaging story.

I did like the cliffhanger and look forward to the next set , but I wish Big finish would re edited this and create a more excitng audio.

Honestly my favorite episode of the set, and that’s just because things started to take a lot greater shape. After Kippers I wasn’t sure where this arc was leading at all, but it’s very clear with the way this episode ends. Ideally the next box set will be a three parter wrapping things up and featuring a showdown between the Doctor and the big bad.

I really adore how they use Jamie and Zoe here. This is maybe the first time I’ve seen them reflect on their travels with the Doctor critically, and it’s a new angle I would not have expected to see. It really gives the adventure a lot more emotional stakes that I felt were missing previously.

the cliffhanger… YAWN!!! i am sick of them refusing to move this era into a different direction like stop with the returning monsters im begging. thought it was gonna be gallifrey. were the creatures the mouri from flux? who brought zoe back? why are the timelords involved with the daleks?