Following the dramatic cliffhanger of the last episode, this one continues to escalate the stakes. The mystery of why stuff is disappearing and what disappears in this episode is intriguing and Cleo continues to be my favourite character here, feeling so very real and relatable with her trans experiences.

Fast times offers a solid and strong opening for The Fugitive Doctors audio adventures. Jo Martin gives a wonderful performance, I loved her Doctor from her first episode and she is just as good here, oozing strength and confidence, even with so much uncertainty and unknown about her past and herself, this incarnation feels like a powerful force. Martin is a delight to listen to. The Daleks appearance here is surprisingly well done, they know the Doctor, she doesn't know them. But she still eludes and beats them with style. It's not the most amazing story but it is a solid hour of fun that gives us time with this mysterious incarnation and sets up the status quo of her fleeing division, a pursuing antagonist in Cosmogan, Alice Krige giving a lovely performance, and while this is in a lot of ways just a Doctor Who story with Daleks, it feels interesting and like we are in an unknown era. Really excited to see where this series goes as there is so much potential in this incarnation.

I seem to be in the minority of readers that found The Highest Science a bit boring, but I did find it fairly unengaging until the last 80 or so pages. Definitely some interesting concepts going on, the Chelonians are a well fleshed out race, I enjoyed Benny at the start of the novel and when she was with the Doctor. But overall I found that I was just bored for most of the novel.

The last 80 pages were the highlight though. I greatly enjoyed Sheldukher as an antagonist and the exploration of the city at the end, also the grim nature of the story where pretty much everyone dies by the end, but there is still plenty of humour to be had as there often is in Roberts work.

I always struggle a bit with his work due to his transphobic views, however the somewhat genderless nature of the Chelonians makes me wonder how he holds such views, and it's not the first time I've encountered something gender non-conforming in his work that makes me wonder how he holds such views.

In the end this is a well written adventure, one that did not click with me but there is certainly come good stuff and interesting ideas here.

A strong second episode, we have some lovely follow up to Smith and Jones, a favourite of mine that I consider to be an extremely underrated episode. I am loving Cleo,  Craggs plays her so well and she has lovely scenes here and the iconic line "Babe, I turned myself into a woman from scratch".

the mystery continues to deepen and we have Rani in here, who also has some great dialogue.

The episode ends on a cliffhanger that I did not expect, I am eager to continue this series.

Pier Pressure is a somewhat meandering affair. Not a lot happens in the story and I found my mind wandering a bit in the middle two episodes, however I still enjoyed this release. Six and Evelyn have some lovely interactions together, they are always a delightful pairing. Certainly this is not one of their stronger stories but there is still joy to be found. Roy Hudd gives a strong performance as Max Miller and Doug Bradley too as antagonist Professor Talbot. The script could certainly have been refined to be more focused and eventful to improve its overall quality, but I found it a pleasant enough story to pass the time, which is sometimes what I want from a story, to just spend time with our beloved characters.

SOS is a strong, solid start to Redacted. A different vibe to your average Big Finish, it is none the less the same quality you get from them. Here we are set up with mystery and meet tye lovely cast of characters, and get some nice continuity to various stories.

As a trans person Cleo's story definitely relates to me and there's something so refreshing in how her and the friend groups talk with each other, it's very down to earth and the kind of talking I encounter in my daily life, making this such an enjoyable listen.

An improvement over other Doctor Who Choose Your Own Adventure books, Baxendale's prose is engaging and full of atmosphere, with solid characterisation for the Twelfth Doctor, however the way choices follow on from one another is unfortunately very disjointed. Sometimes characters come and go with it being unclear what happened to them. An enjoyable release overall.

Rating this 8/10, I found this to be a solid, strong Second Doctor story, a fairly dark one for this Tardis Team, for they are all put through some quite traumatic events in a story that deals vary directly with war and death, much more brutal than the average Who story, though having read a few of Lyons other novels, this is standard for him. And one that raises the question of whether the Doctor can change events, big or small.

A pitch perfect ghost story that the War Master regales us with. Genuinely creepy, and Jacobi is such a delight to listen to, he always is and elevates lesser stories, but this is such an stellar script for him to work with. Having the Master manipulate events by seeming an innocent, sweet old man is territority this series has well tread, but with the right execution, as this story is, it can still be used to excellent effect. All the other cast put in excellent performances too, Annette Badland giving a great performance as usual, and Maya Saroya playing the unfortunate protagonistic pawn in the Masters scheme. The ending maintains the threat of menace and makes this another stand out in an already quality range.

The Lost Stories is one of Big Finish's most interesting ranges. Audio adaptions of proposed story's that never made it to screen, after listening to some you can see why, whereas others are excellent and a glimpse of what could have been. Operation Werewolf is one of these strong entries. This is a true Second Doctor story, full of era appropriate tropes but combining with the well told and performed story to make a delightful listen. Michael Troughton thoroughly inhabits his father's role, capturing his mannerisms and vocal tone so very sell. Hines and Padbury are still wonderful as Jamie and Zoe, nearly 60 years on but still imbued with a youthful energy for these characters. Even at 6 episodes I did not find this story dragging, it flew by for me. This is simply a solid, wonderful piece of Second Doctor storytelling, it doesn't offer any surprise cameos or crossovers or do anything revelatory, but it delivers the Troughton era at it's best and I would thoroughly recommend it to anyone seeking a strong Second Doctor story or just a solid piece of Doctor Who in general.