This is one of the most harrowing experiences I’ve had listening to a DW story I swear this boxset was made by a masochist because the depths it goes to are so low I think it rivals CoE so far, I feel so bad for Martine as she’s driven to the brink by the swenyo (not sure how to spell it) as you’ve gotten to know her throughout the past two episodes and especially her relationship with “Mr Orman” it makes the impact of this story hit so much more like a knife that just keeps on twisting.

Although as harrowing as it is I’d be remiss not to mention how trippy and weird the story gets with Martine getting stuck in a vending machine with a Mr Orman lookalike trying to eat her or how she sees her mother in the form of a giant talking tree that grows Ood fruit that tries to kill her, it’s all delightfully deranged in a sort of black comedy way which The War Master series so far is really good at.

I can’t wait to listen to the finale of this boxset which to be honest I wasn’t feeling the first parts at first but retrospectively I’m seeing now what it was building up towards and I’m grateful we got something like this.

This story went places I had no idea Doctor Who could even venture, I am not too experienced with the EU apart from Scratchman which I still need to finish and the previous 8/Charley stories (minus Minuet In Hell) so I am going into most of these blind and what seemed to be a mere spooky house story turned into something more and more twisted with a delightfully dark plot and great sound design, The Chimes Of Midnight lived up to the hype.