Whispers of Terror

For an audio story, this does something rare: it uses sound to its advantage as part of the plot. This story revolves around a sound wave alien, so sometimes you're unsure if the voice you've just heard is the person you thought it was, and it leads to some wonderfully chilling and eerily unnerving moments, helped enormously by the actor playing the sound wave. This story could not be told on television; trying to do it in a visual medium would be a pale echo of what you get here.

Unfortunately, the identity of the sound creature is so obviously signposted from Part One that it makes the reveal at the cliffhanger to Part Two utterly ineffective.

Aside from that, however, I really can't find anything to dislike about this story. Colin Baker gives us the Sixth Doctor as he should have been, and Peri in this one is a little laid back but perfect nonetheless. The sparing use of background noise and incidental music is a pretty brave move, but it enhances the atmosphere so much as every voice and noise you hear ultimately draws your attention.

No way they used Audacity to torture a sound wave creativity 10+

Seriously, maybe this is a very common thing in stories and I haven’t consoomd enough media to see how repetitive this idea is, but a living sound? A LIVING SOUND WAVE THAT CAN HIDE IN AND IMITATE SOUNDS!!??? That’s cool as shit.

The isolated setting is executed very well. You do truly feel like you’re stuck with the creature. Same thing whenever it latches onto someone and starts doing the spooky sound stuff.

The political subplot gives the story even more depth beyond just the great monster of the week, and is also a fun mystery in itself that connects nicely to the main sound creature shenanigans.

Lots of smart twists in the story as well. There’s just so much fun stuff they did with the sound creature. I mean it can imitate any voice and sound and hide in any voice and sound there’s just so much you can do with that aaaaaaaa i love the concept so much. They utilized it so well.
Now what if it could escape through the speaker you are listening through? Bring back this idea and have the creature attack Big Finish listeners that sounds like a good idea.

Great first story for ol’ sixie at the main range. Probably has the best introduction of all Doctors here.

A solid outing from the Sixth Doctor in his first solo outing. The plot is a fairly simple who-done-it and find-the-monster, with plenty of classic Six and Peri banter. The plot can drag a little, but overall it is solid and well executed. The voice acting is top-notch with a great sound design. Not a perfect release but solid anyway.