Stories Audio Drama Big Finish Main Range Episode: 115a 115b 115c 115d The Word Lord 1 image Overview Characters How to Listen Reviews 3 Statistics Quotes 4 Overview Released November 2008 Written by Steven Hall Publisher Big Finish Productions Runtime 30 minutes Story Type Anniversary Special Time Travel Future Tropes (Potential Spoilers!) Temporal grace Story Arc (Potential Spoilers!) Virus Strain Arc Location (Potential Spoilers!) Ranulph Fiennes Base, Earth Synopsis In a top secret military bunker deep beneath the Antarctic ice a mysterious death threatens peace negotiations and could spell disaster for the inhabitants of Earth. Can the Doctor cross the t's and dot the i's? Or will his efforts get lost in translation? 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 Seventh Doctor Ace Nobody No-One First Appearance Hex Show All Characters (4) How to listen to The Word Lord: Big Finish Audio Forty-Five 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 3 reviews 2 March 2025 · 85 words Review by thedefinitearticle63 Spoilers 3 This review contains spoilers! This is part of a series of reviews of Doctor Who in chronological timeline order. Previous Story: Casualties of War What a story! It finally explains why we've been seeing the "45" crop up everywhere throughout the last 3 stories. The Word Lord is a brilliant villain. He's my favourite kind of villain; all-powerful God bound by some silly rule that can defeat them. The way it all comes together is genuinely brilliant. This story easily makes this whole anthology worth it. Next Story: The Magic Mousetrap thedefinitearticle63 View profile Like Liked 3 16 January 2025 · 90 words Review by KnuppMello Spoilers 1 This review contains spoilers! Original (Brazilian Portuguese) Translation (English) The Word Lord possui uma distância enorme e bem significativa de qualidade comparada as 3 histórias anteriores - A trama do 4° áudio vai direto ao ponto aproveitando muito bem seus poucos 25 minutos de história entregando um ótimo andamento narrativo não dando tempo para ouvinte se distrair com outras coisas. Dessa vez o Doutor, Ace e Hex foram abordados dentro de uma base ultrassecreta na Antártica e são acusados de terem cometido um assassinato. Logo conhecemos o excelente e interessante vilão chamado “Nobody No-One” o malfeitor que está por trás disso tudo. The Word Lord possesses an enormous and quite significant quality distance compared to the previous 3 stories - the plot of the 4th audio goes straight to the point making good use of its brief 25 minutes of story, delivering a great narrative pace not giving the listener time to get distracted by other things. This time the Doctor, Ace, and Hex were approached inside an ultra-secret base in Antarctica and are accused of committing a murder. Soon, we meet the excellent and interesting villain known as "Nobody No-One", the wrongdoer behind it all. (Translation generated by AI, so mistakes are possible). KnuppMello View profile Like Liked 1 19 August 2024 · 96 words Review by whitestar1993 Honestly, I'm not sure what I just listened to. Thirty minutes was far too short for me to grasp what the Word Lord actually was. I think it was a great and unique concept, (from what I understood,) which I'd like to see again, but this story didn't quite cut it for me. Should've at least been 45 minutes or longer. (Pun intended) On the bright side, this was my first introduction to Seven, Ace, and Hex. Overall I really enjoyed their dynamics in this story and am excited to check out their classic episodes and audios. 2.5/5 whitestar1993 View profile Like Liked 0 Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating161 members 4.27 / 5 The Time Scales AVG. Rating191 votes 4.30 / 5 Member Statistics Listened 274 Favourited 42 Reviewed 3 Saved 10 Skipped 0 Quotes Add Quote Link to Quote Favourite HEX: It's always a murder or a war. Why do we never blunder in on like, you know, a really good party? — Hex, The Word Lord Show All Quotes (4) Open in new window