Category: Books and Audiobooks

Well, this category is about books. Not just reading, but often for me, listening, as I do love audiobooks a lot. Although you can probably tell that by now.

4th Doctor: The King of Sontar

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I was really looking forward to this audiobook arriving, so when it became available I downloaded it straight away and listened to it. Initially I was a little disappointed I have to say, I think that in the first half the story meandered a bit, but after that it got straight to it and headed strongly in the direction of being a solid Sontaran story.

Overall it was a good start to the new 4th Doctor season. Good to have Leela back again, and to get a twist on the Sontaran story. I’m looking forward to what’s next.

And that was Fractures

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I listened to this story the other day and was really impressed. It was just like one of the old episodes. So I think I might have to get subscribed up to the rest of the series now.

The 6th Doctor

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I’d never been a big fan of the 6th Doctor.  To be honest, by the time Colin Baker had taken over the role I wasn’t really watching anymore. Even so, the 6th Doctor never got a great reception. So when I had the opportunity to grab a 6th Doctor audio story from big finish as part of their Christmas sale, I thought, why not.

Anyway, I’ve just finished listening to “The First Sontaran”, and it’s great stuff. It far exceeded my expectations and made me want to listen more of the 6th Doctor stories. Also, this was one of the ‘Lost Stories’. I’ve got the 4th Doctor box set of these, but none of the others at all, apart from this one now of course.

So it doesn’t look like I’ll be running out of Doctor Who stories any time soon.

Doctor Who: The Companion Chronicles – Tales from The Vault

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I bought this as the story had Mary Tamm in it. I hadn’t realised that she only had a really very small part in this, which was a bit of a disappointment really. However, as a story it was really very good and actually great to hear so many of the companions from the past again.

I’ve got another couple of companion stories to listen to, which I bought simply because they were Mary Tamm stories. I’m hoping she’ll be in them a little more than in this one though.

Doctor Who: Hornets’ Nest – the Dead Shoes

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The second story in this first series from Paul introduces the third of the trio who are to be so significant throughout these stories. I won’t say who, as it might spoil it if you ever do listen to these stories, and they’re well worth it too in my book.

The second story is a nice time traveling jaunt with some lovely typically english characters and the Doctor being his usual self. It moves on the story arc just the right amount without giving away too much and delivers on its own story just as well. It also sets up a few things very nicely for later on, much later on in fact.

So of course I’d recommend it without a second thought. It’s a great story (as part of the arc) and it’s available on iTunes. Click below.

Doctor Who: Hornet’s Nest – the Stuff of Nightmares

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I can remember finding out about this story and buying it on iTunes and then listening to it on a train home one winters evening and being struck by just how much fun it was to listen to. Whilst on the one hand it was a very traditional fourth Doctor story, it was also different in the way it was told and how it was constructed. A nicely congruent departure for number 4. Added to that was the excellent script, which I’m sure was added to by Mr Baker, it was, and still is a joy to listen to.

My favourite line from that particular story is “Glumly I had a terrible pot of tea and a damp Garibaldi“, which speaks volumes about the story and the writing.

Even though I know the story very well I can still safely say that it’s one of my favourites out of all of the stories in the whole series. Perhaps because it’s the beginning, perhaps because it’s lovely to hear old and new characters come back into a story. I don’t know, and perhaps it’s better like that.

Doctor Who, Paul Magrs, and some wonderful stories

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Having just finished listening to all three story arcs by Paul Magrs I thought I might write a little something about each of these lovely stories. So expect some waffling on about Doctor Who over the next few days. Not that you wouldn’t expect waffling on about Doctor Who if you’re a regular reader of this blog.