Stories Audio Drama Deadly Strangers Episode: 1 2 3 Women’s Day Off 1 image Overview Characters How to Listen Reviews 10 Statistics Quotes Overview Released Tuesday, December 10, 2024 Written by Lisa McMullin Directed by Ken Bentley Runtime 45 minutes Time Travel Past Tropes (Potential Spoilers!) Political commentary Location (Potential Spoilers!) Iceland Synopsis Iceland, 1975. Charley and Audacity are thrilled to discover that the women have gone on strike. All of them. With potentially disastrous consequences for a girl called Kyla - and everyone she comes into contact with. 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 Eighth Doctor Paul McGann Charlotte Pollard India Fisher Audacity Montague Jaye Griffiths Show All Characters (3) How to listen to Women’s Day Off: Big Finish Audio The Eighth Doctor Adventures: Deadly Strangers 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 10 reviews 24 April 2025 · 131 words Review by RandomJoke Spoilers This review contains spoilers! Probably a bit controversial, but I really didn’t like this one. I hate to judge a Story on the based of What could have been and I certainly won’t do it with this one, but I can’t hide some Disappointment here. The Historic Setting is used fairly well at the beginning but feels so unimportant later down the line in the Story. What we get instead is a Story that can remind you of ‘Carrie’, which is a solid Idea, sadly its Execution just annoys me. It feels super repetitive, with the Doctor running around trying to calm this Girl for most of the Runtime. And while I REALLY liked the ending, as well as the Banter between Audacity & Charley, this one just leaves a lot to desired for me. RandomJoke View profile Like Liked 0 24 April 2025 · 44 words Review by Azurillkirby I really like the 8/Charley/Audacity team. More than any other team, it just kinda feels like a group of friends all hanging out. Here they all are, going to a feminist rally in Iceland, having a bunch of fun. :D A. Maybe A+. Azurillkirby View profile Like Liked 0 20 January 2025 · 103 words Review by Jamie Spoilers 1 This review contains spoilers! i love lisa mcmullin but this was not my cup of tea. the setting/title of the story made me think we'd be in for a historical but alas it's literally barely at the forefront of the story. the doctor chases around a schoolgirl for what feels like an eternity and there's plot threads set up that go nowhere like the alien being from the planet the doctor wanted to go to? like the coincidence was just that? and the beginning of the story had some awfully jarring flashforward scenes with the girl and her teacher that really took me out of it. Jamie View profile Like Liked 1 15 January 2025 · 171 words Review by Saturn Spoilers This review contains spoilers! Definitely the weakest story with Audacity so far. While there is a lot to be said for this being an important story, it all feels a bit disjointed. The title, 'Women's Day Off' plays very little into the overall story, with it mainly focussing on a young girl and her teacher who happens to be a woman so she's on strike. Then there's the random part with the alien who's trying to get home, which honestly felt like it could have been cut. I feel this episode would have felt better if it had instead been a prequel of sorts to the Sarah Jane Adventures story Mark of the Beserker, as the item that causes the young girl to gain powers is remarkably similar to the pendant from that episode in its abilities. I did appreciate Audacity and Charley showing their solidarity with the women, although Audacity feels a little half-baked in this episode, as you'd think she'd have more to do in an episode all about women being treated equally. Saturn View profile Like Liked 0 10 January 2025 · 164 words Review by Callandor Spoilers 1 This review contains spoilers! Day On Prerequisites: None needed. Women's Day Off is pretty half-baked. I fully agree with some other reviewers here in that the two separate plot lines feel entirely disconnected and unrelated to each other in the slightest. There's definitely an interesting historical story to be written following the women's march in Iceland, but this story doesn't even attempt that. Instead, despite being the literal title, the titular "Day Off" is barely set dressing. This is doubly disappointing considering that this is a rare Tardis team with just the Doctor and two women; there's definitely character work to be done here! McMullen chooses to focus instead on some random alien's spaceship troubles, which seemingly only exists to give the companions something to do in the plot. Plus, it's frankly silly that this is only 45 minutes. This could've been a great story if one story thread was focused on, and it had a full hour to develop its themes. Instead, this is a profoundly mediocre audio. 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