Wasn't really feeling this one, which is weird because I love 9th and Liv Chenka and the Lumiat. I guess it just felt messy.

While the four leads of this story have absolutely nothing to do with each other, they're all compelling and interesting characters, and so I was intrigued to see them interact. The story seems positively averse to doing so. Nine, The Unbound Doctor, The Lumiat and Liv don't get much of a chance to bounce off of each other, and their lack of actual interaction is perplexing. They're mostly running away from things, and none of them get any chance to say what they think of events. Speaking of events, the plot is barebones and involves the characters solving riddles and prophecies to open doors in the tomb of the Time Lord Immemorial. It's like a sequence in a video game where you have to open all four doors to complete a level. Once again, I'm just genuinely perplexed as to how this turned out this way. All four of these characters are deep and interesting. They could have done literally anything else here and I'd probably have given it an 8/10. What is happening.

I just don't get it.  For a cast this interesting and for a combination of characters this fun, I really expected to enjoy myself a lot more than I did.

The biggest issue is definitely that we have the fun of the Ninth Doctor, the Lumiat, the main Unbound Doctor, and Liv all in one story, yet they spend a lot of time split up with each other.  There isn't a lot of fun interactions here besides a couple of fun moments between Nine and the Lumiat.

Additionally, the whole idea of the Time Lord Immemorial sounded very fun as a concept, but completely underdeveloped and not fully explored as an idea this big should be.  I'm a sucker for legends and myths in Time Lord culture, so I would very easily enjoy a story like this if it did ANYTHING with the concept.

It doesn't help that this is one of those audios that really highlights how none of these characters can even remember these stories because they mess with continuity so badly.  I feel like the better chapters of Once and Future skirt around that while Time Lord Immemorial accidentally just highlights how pointless this anniversary special feels at times.  There's some fun scenes here and there but overall it just doesn't come together as a satisfying narrative.

This is the first Christopher Eccleston audio I have listened to, and I prefer his Doctor here. On TV, I felt he was too serious, which made sense narratively given that he had just survived the Time War, but it didn't make his Doctor much fun. Here, however, there's more of a lightness to his incarnation, as he is not burdened by the Time War. Christopher Eccleston is also a lot of fun alongside David Warner's incarnation, with the pair developing a great rapport.

The story itself is an exciting listen,  concerning the multiverse falling apart due to the sands of time running out, and a God known as the Time Lord Immemorial. It feels like a curious mix of a 2005 story and a classic series adventure, with the Time Lord Immemorial feeling similar to other Time Lord Gods such as Omega.

The alternate universe Doctor interactions are incredibly wasted potential, but I can’t be too mad considering the Thoschei content we got.

I thought it fun. Nine realizing Lumiat was the Master was a great moment. I love the silly time lord legend. Actually it was mostly Nine and Lumiat doing anything that I loved. I can’t come up with more well constructed reasons, sorry.

Also, interesting that the degeneration changes the person so much to that certain incarnation. It’s not just the body changing, but as we see with the Lumiat, the entire personality and way of thinking as well (which made for that really great ending where she was holding herself back from becoming the Master again). Curious if that is gonna be expanded upon.