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.

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

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.

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.

Jenny Colgan the grip you have on me with your Ten and Donna stories is unimaginable.

Gully is incredibly hard to understand sometimes due to the effects but he's still a really fun villain and I enjoyed him.

I adore how Jenny writes these two and how dynamic and slightly chaotic the story is, and all in all it's a very fun adventure.

I think a common mistake people make when writing the Doctor is making him super cool and competent, but Jenny understands that he's actually a bit of a dork and a loser and it adds so much charm and nuance to his character. I think about Ten putting the backgammon board in a time lock because he was upset Donna was beating him at least once a month it's so so funny.