Miles Richardson just carries the whole thing as Brax. His voice elevates any plot.

I feel if I had finished the Gallifrey series this would've made more sense to me and hit harder. Without that, it's just a fine little story with Sean Carlsen's great performance as Marvin.

I really enjoyed this one! The plot kept branching off into very unexpected directions, and it had some poignant things to say about aging and our different responsibilities in life. Great performances, and you're not going to be able to guess where it's going next.

The story flows awkwardly but is still a fine listen with the three leads on top form. The Doctor showing up during a woman's strike is a fun idea to get him a little more out of his comfort zone. Ended up with an extra half star from me because of the emotional ending, but ultimately not a necessary listen.

I so badly wanted to give this five stars as the well-realized mysterious setting and unnerving energy of the story are incredible. However, I unfortunately found it lacking in many surprises: by halfway through part two the story was obvious and there was a lot of wheel-spinning to get to the point where the villains show up at the end of part three. It takes a great TARDIS team and pushes them to their limits, but I wish it had more surprises.

A very alien adventure does nothing unique for Doctor Who, but it's executed very competently. A great meat and potatoes release for this wonderful all-star TARDIS team.

This is a fantastic story about the meaning of justice. Constance finally gets to see the end of the war, and we get the first wedge formed between her and Flip. Although the war is over for this town in France, how far should they go to pursue justice? Can we trust the downtrodden to deliver their own mob justice to the Nazis and their supposedly evil collaborators? It's a brave story to examine the morality of what to do with the defeated, and how long we should continue hating.

A beautiful, lyrical story with the burgeoning classic TARDIS team of the Eighth Doctor, Charlie, and Audacity. I can see why this one would be some people's favorite as it is a wonderful unique tale centered around what it means to love.

In modern Big Finish, you can tell when a story wasn't working if the individual parts of a multi-part story are consistently less than half an hour. We are thrown right into this story with little explanation, barely taking time to introduce the Doctor's new friend Calypso. HP Lovecraft is dragged through the dirt for his racism, but often his whiny voice is eye-roll inducing. I love this TARDIS team, but Flip is more grating than usual (she's wonderful in the preceding stories) mentioning her big cousin Darren, you'd have expected her to mature more by now. Ironically Randolph Carter is a pleasant presence in the story, and holds a lot of it together. Still, not all together a bad listen. I would've gone three stars but the Doctor's dressing down of Lovecraft at the end notches it another half star.

This book was a pleasant surprise. It is a quick easy read, but it is written from the perspective of an eighteen year old Frida Kahlo. The book felt authentic to early 20th century Mexico City and the Thirteenth Doctor was the correct choice to inspire a young Frida.