OK. This is the second time I have heard this. The first was all those years ago when it first came out. I liked it back then. And now…

It’s very good, but far from being a favourite.

The mystery is intriguing, with the setup and ‘goings-on’ being interesting and well done. But it goes on for far too long. I think cutting out half-an-hour would serve it some good.

For the last half-hour the story picks up pace, with a lot of interesting scenes and developments. Sadly, it doesn’t relieve the slight boredom I feel from the first three-quarters.

The performances are excellent, with special note to Lennox Greaves as Shaughnessy/Edward Grove.

Overall it’s a solid story, with a great ending, but sadly it gets a bit repetitive in the middle.

The War Games is an excellent serial. The plot never stops, and when it does slow down, it still has enough moment to propel the overall story forward. There is enough variety is locations to make it feel like an Epic. Just as I was getting a bit bored with the WW1 setting, they moved on to another location. This continued throughout the entire story. The War Games more than makes up for some of the VERY weak serials that exist in the Second Doctor era.

The cast is excellent, with some superb guest performances. Special note to David Savile as Carstairs, and Philip Madoc as The War Lord.

This is an excellent send-off for Patrick Troughton, and the rest of the regular TARDIS team.

The Ship of a Billion Years is a great addition to the Faction Paradox cannon. Continuing on from Coming to Dust, this serial delves further into the world of the Osirian, and the machinations of Sutekh. While the story is interesting, it does feel a bit stretched out. But even with this minor complaint, the serial did keep me engaged throughout.

The splitting of the narrative between 2 locations added enough variation that I wasn't bored. Both were interesting, in their own way, with one dealing with the main plot of the serial, and the other with the overall plot of the series. It's a basic setup, that is common in TV, but it worked well here too.

Again, the voice acting is great, with some familiar Magic Bullet voice appearing. The sound design was great as well, with some interesting sound effects used in places.

Overall, I am looking forward to seeing where the series goes.

Coming to Dust is an excellent beginning to the new Faction Paradox series, this time from Magic Bullet Productions. This series does continue on from the last, but only really in a minor way. Right from the beginning I was drawn into the story, and I can't wait to see how it all plays out.

The world building added some new additions to my understanding of the FP world, but it didn't overwhelm me with technobabble, or weird concepts. It felt like it fit in with what had already been presented in the BBV series.

The voice acting was excellent, but with some notes. The actors do a great job, with special note of Gabriel Woolf's turn as Sutekh. His voice is like silk to my ears. The regulars from the previous run have been recast, and as such their voice will take me a bit to get used to. Justine going from a northerner to a southerner will take some getting used to. Also, the characterisation of Eliza seems off compared to her previous outing.

Overall, a great start, even if I have some adjusting to do.

I rather enjoyed A Labyrinth of Histories, but not as much as the previous release, Movers. While the recent additions to the cast were still fun and interesting, they seemed to fall into the background in this serial. The plot was a bit paint-by-numbers, but still enjoyable.

The voice cast was, again, very good.

This was the last release of Faction Paradox on BBV, but sadly the series doesn't really have an ending. Hopefully the overall plot that was being built up this season is picked up over in the Magic Bullet releases.

Movers is an interesting story in the overall Faction Paradox universe. This serial, a continuation from previous stories, introduces some new elements that I found fascinating. These new elements opened up the world in interesting ways, but didn't overwhelm me. Some of the new characters were fascinating, almost to the point that they stole the show. There is a character that I would love to know more about.

Lawrence Miles penned a great script to keep the overall story moving forward, but also gave us a story-of-the-week that kept me entertained.

The voice acting was excellent, with the new additions to the cast giving some excellent performances, and the sound design was great.

In the Year of the Cat is another solid entry into the Faction Paradox audio adventures. The plot has some interesting world building that added to my enjoyment of the current tale, and the overarching FP saga. While, overall, the plot is slower, it kept me engaged throughout.

The voice acting, and sound design, is excellent in this release.

Sabbath Dei is an interesting, if not a little confusing, continuation of the Faction Paradox story. The plot has enough intrigue going on that it held my interest. I genuinely can't wait to find out what happens next.

The world building is great, with new aspects of this world opened up and ready to explore.

The voice cast does an excellent job, with their delivery of some of the fun dialogue being a standout aspect.

The Shadow Play is an interesting continuation of the Faction Paradox story that started in The Eleven Day Empire. The story was OK, but that is to be expected to what is essentially the second part of a two-parter.

There wasn't anything bad about this serial, but it did feel a little thin. There were some interesting developments, but it was very much designed to tie up the previous release and set us up for future stories.

The voice acting is good, with some appropriate over-the-top acting to liven up the story.

The Eleven Day Empire is my first foray into Faction Paradox. The story is interesting, and kept my attention for the whole piece. They established just enough of the world so I wasn't completely lost, but left enough of it unexplained so that I am interested in learning more.

The characters seem interesting, with mystery as to true motives etc. The voice acting was solid, with not a bad actor in the bunch.

I'm excited about continuing my first foray into Faction Paradox. The world they have presented so far reminds me of the paranormal Victorian era tales that I have read.

Metafiction is a quick piece of backstory for Kaston Iago. Similar to The Prisoner, it is a meta piece about the character of Iago, or his similarity to another character played by Paul Darrow.

Really it's just a bit of fun, not really connected to the Kaldor City story.

Storm Mine is an interesting story that, unfortunately, doesn't hit well as an ending to the Kaldor City story. While Kaldor City has had it's weird and philosophical moments, Storm Mine comes off as gobbledegook trying to sound smart. While there are scenes here that hold my attention, overall it falls flat to me.

The voice acting is excellent, and the sounds design is well done.

The Prisoner is part of a biography of Paul Darrow, but I will only be talking about this story.

The Prisoner is an interesting piece. It comes across as a meta story about the nature of Iago's place in the larger Kaldor City narrative. It almost explicitly states that this is fiction, and Iago is the audience surrogate, helping to move the plot forward.

While I don't think the premise hits in the way they hoped it would, it is interesting, and is worth a listen. It isn't necessary as part of Kaldor City, but it is an interesting side piece.

Checkmate is a great continuation of the Kaldor City story. While there is a lot of talking in rooms in this release, it does tie up a lot of threads in the series so far. There were enough twists and turns in the story to keep me interested, and the dialogue was as snappy as it has always been.

In a vacuum Taren Capel isn't anything special, but as part of the entire Kaldor City series it really starts to tie together the threads that have been running through the entire series. I really enjoyed this release, and can see Kaldor City as something that I will re-listen to when I have finished the entire series.

As usual the voice acting is top-notch, as well as the overall sound design.

Hidden Persuaders is a great little story that adds another layer to Kaldor City. With enough twists and turns to keep you entertained, this serial is a return to form for the series as a whole, and it moves the overall plot forward.

The acting is still top-notch. The sound design is another aspect that deserves some praise.

Death's Head is a solid entry in the Kaldor City series, but sadly it doesn't quite live up to its predecessor. The story is interesting enough, and starts well, but after that it seems like it's mostly in a 'holding pattern' until the end.

The acting is great, with Paul Darrow giving his usual, deep voiced, performance.

Occam's Razor is an excellent little story. The plot keeps moving at a great rate, with enough variety in locations to really give you a sense of the world.

The dialogue is snappy, with some really great back-and-forth. The acting is excellent with Paul Darrow, and his unbelievable voice, giving a brilliant performance.

Eye of the Storm is a boring and confusing serial in The Stranger series. While the characters are interesting, the story just doesn't do anything for me. It very much feels like everything of substance happens in the last 10 minutes.

There isn't anything to hate about this release, it just doesn't have anything worth listening to again in it.

The Last Mission is a rather plodding serial. While there are some interesting concepts, twists and turns, there just wasn't anything that I could grab onto to really pull me into the world.

While not being familiar with the previous The Stranger home video releases, this release didn't really have any onboarding to the series as a whole, thus it left me a bit lost.

The voice acting was great but, like previous BBV releases, the sound mixing was all over the place.

Overall, the release was a mixed bag. Not bad enough to dismiss, but not good enough to really enjoy.

While the plot to Vital Signs is fairly simple, it did keep me engaged the whole way through. The cast of characters, and their interplay, is what really held this serial together.

The acting is top-notch, with Nicolas Briggs giving another great Doctor-esq performance.

Like the previous The Wanderer release, the real downside to this serial is that sounds mixing is all over the place. I had trouble hearing some of the performances due to such quiet mixing, while other actors in the same scene were too loud. The music sometimes drowned out the vocals too.

I really loved Cyber-Hunt. The story wasn't anything special, but after a run of mediocre BBV releases, this one really stands out. This serial could easily have been a full on Doctor Who release. Nicolas Briggs penned something that easily could have had the Eighth Doctor vs the Cybermen.

Briggs also brought a solid Doctor-esq performance to the table that felt very familiar. The acting across the board was solid.

The only real downside was some of the audio mixing was a bit off. Another pass was needed to balance the levels. Other than that I was impressed with this release.

Race Memory is an OK story. This is a simple tale that has its ups and downs. The idea presented is interesting, but sadly it is handled in a fairly simple way that means it doesn't live up to its potential. There are some moments where I couldn't follow exactly where people were in relation to others, but that may have been a fault from my end. The acting is solid, with Sarah Sutton redeeming herself compared to her acting in some Big Finish releases.

I Scream is an excellent story. The world is established quickly, and with enough detail, to really help set the foundation for the story. The world itself is interesting, and it feels like a fully realised planet that could exist in 80's Who. The heavy lifting of this story is done by Lisa Bowerman. Having a real pro in the story makes a world of difference. This might be my favourite release from BBV. Then again, I am a big fanny of Benny/Lisa.

An interesting idea that meanders a little. The setting is good, with a cast of characters that really flesh out the world. The acting is solid with some good sound design.

It seems to be a common trope with BBV releases that they tend to stretch an idea to the limit. Sadly, it means that some potentially good releases get knocked down a peg or two in my ratings.