Stories Audio Drama Big Finish Main Range Main Range Episode 192 The Widow’s Assassin 1 image Overview Characters How to Listen Reviews 1 Statistics Quotes Overview Released Friday, October 31, 2014 Written by Nev Fountain Runtime 142 minutes Time Travel Future Location (Potential Spoilers!) Krontep, Hurn Synopsis Once, long ago, in a land of monsters and corridors, a fair maiden was captured, and placed in a deep sleep. She was used to being captured, and she had a hero who rescued her on just such occasions. But this time the hero never came. And the fair maiden slept on. Eventually, a King rescued the maiden, and made her his bride, which many wise old women might tell you is just another way of capturing fair maidens. And still the fair maiden slept on. Then, the hero had another stab at rescuing the maiden from her prison, but he was too late. And, more importantly, he had forgotten the rules of fairy tales. He didn't slay the dragon. 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 Sixth Doctor Peri Brown Mandrake the Lizard King Show All Characters (3) How to listen to The Widow’s Assassin: Big Finish Audio The Widow’s Assassin 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 1 review 5 January 2025 · 238 words Review by thedefinitearticle63 Spoilers 2 This review contains spoilers! This is part of a series of reviews of Doctor Who in chronological timeline order. Previous Story: Scavenger Another banger from Nev Fountain. I really like his style of writing, it almost feels Douglas Adams-y. This story is where they finally decided to go back to Mindwarp and fix all the issues with that story. It's even fixed Peri's weird decision to marry King Yrcanos by revealing that it wasn't her all along and Crozier's mind-transfer experiment succeeded. I love this story's approach to the Doctor's character. I'm normally not a fan of when they add needless backstory to the Doctor but the idea that the Doctor had an imaginary enemy instead of an imaginary friend is just so in line with his character. Using this as a metaphor for his loneliness was the cherry on top of a beautifully written piece of lore. It's great to hear the Doctor finally reunite with Peri, having them swap minds and play out each other's characters is something you could only do with a pair with as much chemistry as Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant. I really love how the scenes in Peri's mind where she meets with the Doctor's "subconscious" address the harsher elements of Sixie's TV characterisation. Absolutely brilliant, there's so much in this story to talk about and I genuinely think everyone who enjoys the 6/Peri TARDIS team should seek it out. Next Story: Masters of Earth thedefinitearticle63 View profile Like Liked 2 Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating64 members 3.95 / 5 GoodReads AVG. Rating117 votes 3.87 / 5 The Time Scales AVG. Rating120 votes 4.30 / 5 Member Statistics Listened 111 Favourited 15 Reviewed 1 Saved 3 Skipped 1 Owned 9 Quotes Add Quote Submit a Quote
