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Released

Monday, May 16, 2016

Written by

Jenny T Colgan

Runtime

60 minutes

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Calibris

Synopsis

Calibris. The spaceport planet where anything goes. Where anyone who doesn't want to be found can be lost, and where everything has its price. Where betentacled gangster Gully holds sway at the smugglers' tavern, Vagabond's Reach.

The alien Vacintians are trying to impose some order on the chaos. Soon the Doctor and Donna discover why. An illegal weapon is loose on the streets. A weapon that destroys lives... Slowly and agonisingly.

The Time Reaver.

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Tennant and Tate continue to be on top form - their chemistry even off screen sparkles, and its evident in the characters too. Another story which would fit perfectly into Series 4, and this was a very well plotted and paced story. I managed to really feel invested in every side character, and felt I was alongside them within this. The story, plot, and villain were well considered, and delivered perfectly. A really enjoyable, fun, story!


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Time Reaver - 7.5/10

the second instalment of The Tenth Doctor Adventures delivers such an interesting run around on a superbly realised alien planet


I really loved this story, there was quite a lot of moving parts and they all worked wonderfully together. My particular highlight was the villain, he was easily detestable. He provided quite a sense of menace and terror throughout the story. (I've seen a few people complain about the voice changing effects on him but personally I had no trouble with them).

The plot itself suffices for the run time with some great stand out moments littered throughout. The actual titular item itself has a vital role to the story and is well built up to be a huge deal by the Doctor which makes the ending all the more satisfying.

The setting is wonderful and the idea of a whole planet space port isn't new but its done masterfully here I think, the Doctors enthusiasm for the place is also a lot of fun to listen to.

Overall Time Reaver gets a 7.5/10 because I genuinely really enjoyed this story start to finish because of how good the world building is I think. Also the continuity at the end pleased me even if it is just a few lines of dialogue.


doctorwho_reviews76

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Weakest out of the three in terms of the other Tenth Doctor Adventures, neat setting but Gully, Cora and the concept of the Time Reaver felt underdeveloped


InterstellarCas

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The setting and concept behind the villain are superb. And most importantly perhaps Tennent and Tate are on fine form. The young naïve protagonist who joins them however does start to grate over time. Her foolishness not being particularly believable. Like much of my lesser enjoyed Doctor Who it eventually devolves into a run around. But still - it’s a nice flavour.


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Oh, boy. I did not like Gully. Something about the way they did that alien's voice really put me off and made getting through this particular audio a bit of a chore. I can't say I would recommend it in light of that. I had hopes this could be fun, taking the Doctor and Donna to a truly alien setting, letting the advantages of audio really let my imagination just sort of running away with the setting. But the actual plot of Time Reaver I found to be pretty boring overall. The Time Reaver as a weapon and an idea kind of felt gimmicky to me, even if it was, at least in theory, a horrifying device. It felt a bit underplayed, maybe because we hear about people talking about it more than experience it ourselves as listeners.  Some cool ideas but a very messy execution overall.


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DOCTOR: Eternity. I hear you calling... But you will not have me yet.

— Tenth Doctor, Time Reaver