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Review of The Time of the Daleks by Shayleen

28 March 2025

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The Time of the Daleks is one of the most boring Doctor Who stories I have ever experienced. It has some interesting ideas, Daleks quoting Shakespeare is an experience and this is Paul McGanns first audio adventure with them, but the story is unfortunately extreme uninteresting and not very good. Richards is normally a good writer but this is one of his few misses.


 


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Review of Everyone Must Go! by Shayleen

28 March 2025

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Everyone Must Go is one of the stronger Titan comics, featuring interesting art, a good script, and an interesting new villain who will hopefully return. Fifteen and Ruby are characterised well and each get some good moments, the story slots very nicely into series 1 and the cybermen are used well. A great start to Fifteens comics!


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Review of Death Will Not Part Us by Shayleen

19 March 2025

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An incredibly solid time war story, told in an interesting and dynamic manner. Listening to it a second time I grasped it and enjoyed it more and think it is one of Big Finish's better uses of the time war, something non-linear and creative in execution but also telling a touching, emotional story, a lovely combination that benefits from it's prose rather than audio drama approach.


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Review of Option Lock by Shayleen

19 March 2025

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One of the stronger entries in the first few Eighth Doctor Adventures, Option Lock is a fun, breezy read. A mix of political thriller, secret society and ancient alien spaceship, I found myself finishing this one quicker than some of the previous entries and the plot and twists unfolding nicely, with satisfying explanations for everything. The Eighth Doctor is characterised well and Sam is fine. The other characters are fun and written well enough. I was initially slightly bored by some of the shift into the political thriller elements but I enjoyed it by the end, the action scenes are well written and it's a nice change of pace for a Who novel. Richards has some lovely prose and I enjoy some of the techniques he uses in this novel, making an engaging read and a solid Who adventure.


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Review of The Eye of Torment by Shayleen

17 March 2025

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A strong beginning to Twelves DWM era, he is characterised perfectly in his series 8 mold, that harsher, darker Doctor,  but still the hero. Eight and Clara are separated for basically the whole story but get a great closing scene. The art work is wonderful, capturing our Tardis Team and the Umbra look great, contrasting greatly with the environment. They are defeated in an interesting enough way, and all the side characters are memorable, Rudy Zoom makes a characterful antagonist.


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Review of Passion by Shayleen

17 March 2025

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Passion concludes the set in an unremarkable way. A rarer 2.5 stars from me, because it was just perfectly average? It went by quick, explained stuff, and there was some nice moments from Roberts, but I honestly can't remember much about it a few hours after listening, but it concludes a decent set at least.


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Review of Doctor Who and the Time War by Shayleen

16 March 2025

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A glimpse of a story that never was, this has Davies usual, poetic descriptions of the time war that are always lovely to hear, and is a lovely little treat given us an alternative Eighth Doctor regeneration.


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Review of The Doctors by Shayleen

15 March 2025

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A decent and fun summation of the Doctors incarnations, Dan Starkey on fine form as usual. Not much to say given that it's 5 minutes summarising the Doctors, but it's fun.


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Review of Decoy by Shayleen

15 March 2025

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Decoy is a decent War Doctor story, written by George Mann who also wrote Engines of War. Not a lot to say but we have the Doctor being suitably trickish and being, well, the Doctor! Some nice rivalry between him and Rassalon too, a fun 20 page story.


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Review of The Rhino of Twenty-Three Strand Street by Shayleen

15 March 2025

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A delightful little story, while the Doctor is not in it for much when she does appear her role is impactful and meaningful. Patricia, who is our protagonist, is seemingly neurodivergent and I can definitely relate to her, and think that bit of representation is beautiful to have.


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