Kate, Osgood and UNIT vs a single Dalek, what could go wrong? This feels a lot like Matt Fitton took Dalek and Resolution (despite that episode not airing until 13 months after this was released) and mashed them together with South American revolutionaries. Kate, Osgood, Captain Carter and Colonel Shindi head into the jungles of a fictional South American country to purchase an unknown crashed alien from a revolutionary leader. What follows is another example of how dangerous a lone Dalek can be (a la Dalek) with a Dalek that can rebuild itself and evolve (a la Resolution). This was a really fun action movie of a story in the same as the original Predator. Sure, the accents are a bit dodgey, but I had so much fun with it. It also lays down some threads for the boxset arc in the form of mentions of the mysterious Auctioneers. 10/10.

Before Tom Baker was enticed into working for Big Finish, he starred as the Fourth Doctor in a series of BBC audio dramas centered Nest Cottage and written by Paul Magrs. For companions, he was set up with an interesting pair: former UNIT Captain Mike Yates, and his Nest Cottage housekeeper Mrs. Wibbsey. I'll never understand why they chose Mike Yates for these stories, but anyway. The Nest Cottage series is made up of three five-part arcs: Hornets' Nest, Demon Quest, and Serpent Crest. Stuff of Nightmares is the first part of Hornets' Nest and is primarily the Fourth Doctor telling Mike Yates the story thus far about alien hornets who desire to take over the Earth, in this story using taxidermied animals. It's fine. At this point, Tom still sounds like the Doctor from TV (compared to his most recent Big Finish releases) and is a decent narrator. The story is somewhat enjoyable, but it's nothing outstanding or spectacular. I'll keep going on the Nest Cottage series but I'm sure there will be plenty of other stuff that I listen to in between.

A little short story set between Invasion of Time and the Gallifrey series (I am of course, stating this in hindsight as the Gallifrey audio series didn't exist at the time this story was written). It focuses on K9 on Gallifrey and a brief meeting with the Seventh Doctor. It's a sweet little story and though the focus is K9, it features Leela during the happy times and is just wonderful.

This was really good! A game of four-dimensional chess between "The Mandarin" and "The Entity" does not disappoint. It's heavily suggested that these two characters are the Toymaker and Fenric respectively. The stakes between the two are high, and the end result, a stalemate, is brilliant. A fun, well-written little piece that's quite short, but amazing in its implications for the two characters.

At some point long after the Sixth Doctor was forced to abandon Peri on Thoros Beta, he comes to Krontep twenty years into her reign as queen to apologize. The Doctor in this story isn't specified, though based on the description and time of writing it might be an older Seven close to his regeneration in the TV Movie. The story itself is rather sad and haunting (and has since been contradicted by later stories). But it is well-written and a quick read. If you're interested in a take on Peri's fate after her departure, I think this is worth the read.

What did I just read? I get that Gareth Roberts is known for his more humorous stories, but this was just ridiculous. It's a little short story that sees the Ergon (the wierd alien chicken monster from Arc of Infinity) arrive on Earth on a scouting mission for Omega. It walks into what seems to be a KFC where a young Ace just happens to work. Ace thinks it's a guy in a suit and gives him an order of fries which he takes back to Omega who complains that they're unsalted. Author aside, this just wasn't very good and was just kinda dumb. Oh well, at least it only took a couple minutes to read.

An interesting little one-shot comic about a particularly cruel Sontaran and his quest for the ultimate weapon. It's not groundbreaking or outstanding, but it's not bad either. I rather liked the Doctor's narration to the story. The conclusion, of the Sontaran tricked into his own death, was rather clever. In the end, a nice little story that expands the universe just a little bit further.

Nothing really of substance here. Very basic in its recap of the episode and even that's just kinda meh. yes, Rosa Parks is famous and her actions were a key event, but to say that she alone kickstarted the civil rights movement isn't quite accurate as it was in reality more a tapestry of people and events.

This isn't as bad as a lot of the later Polystyle comics get. It's not anything outstanding, but for the average grade-schooler (first through fifth grader) I could see this being a lot of fun. It's got decent artwork, the Doctor looks like his TV counterpart, the aliens are decent designs, and the plot is serviceable if a bit on the simple side. It moves along at a good pace and the action is fun. Plot-wise, it's a simple story of one alien species enslaving another and the Doctor and his grandkids getting involved and putting an end to villains' plans. Yes, the girl companion Gillian gets a bit sidelined, and the boy companion is a little trigger-happy, but it's a fun little pulp adventure comic for younger kids. It's the materpieces of storytelling that DWM would achieve, but it's serviceable and isn't boring.