Listened to this just now. Not a bad story, certainly not the best, and I think that the companion combination is starting to get a little stale now. I’m hoping that the 8th doctor will move on in the coming stories.
Category: Books and Audiobooks
I really love audiobooks. A good story is the best thing.
Doctor Who: Something Inside
Not the most wonderful of stories for the 8th Doctor. This one was ok, not the best, but ok. I get the feeling that it would have worked better if it was on TV.
Doctor Who: The Trail of the White Worm
I finally got to listen to the rest of this story, which is really good. Great to have the Master back again in a 4th Doctor story, and Unit and the Brigadier mentioned as well. It doesn’t get much better than that, and it’s great to hear Geoffrey Beevers as the Master, especially as he played the Master in the Keeper of Traken (one of my favourite stories).
Also, it’s a 2 part story! Excellent. Except that I have to wait for the second part to be delivered.
Cyberman: Part 1 – Scorpius
Another spin off Doctor Who story from Big Finish. I bought a handful of these to try them out, and this one is really quite good. Much darker than most Doctor Who stories though, quite contemplative as well.
I’m enjoying it. I may well follow this one up.
Doctor Who: The Trail of the White Worm
I only just realised that I hadn’t actually listened to this 4th Doctor story as yet. It’s been sitting on a shelf, un-listened to since it arrived. So I’m putting that right immediately.
Big Finish: Gallifrey
I mentioned that I was going to try out some of the spin off series from Big Finish. I’ve listened to the first episode of this, and it isn’t bad. Lalla Ward and Louise Jameson don’t do a bad job of carrying this story very well.
Quite enjoyable really. I’ll seriously consider getting the next one, in a while anyway.
Trying out some new things from Big Finish
I can’t help but enjoy listening to Big Finish’s releases. I’ve been listening to and enjoying the 8th Doctor releases, and more recently I’ve been listening to the 4th Doctor stories too. So I thought it would be interesting to have a try at listening to some of the other series that they publish.
So I decided to buy the first episode of a number of the spin off series. Here’s what I bought:
- Gallifrey
- Cyberman
- I, Davros
- Dalek Empire
I’m going to give them a go and see if any of them are worth going further with.
8th Doctor: Time Works
Having resumed my listening to the 8th Doctor stories I’ve now nearly finished this one, ‘Time Works’. It’s an interesting story, quite intriguing in many ways although I’m starting to suspect that the outcome of the story is going to be a little more mundane than I’d hoped. Anyway, it’s been a good journey with this story, and that’s what’s it’s about really I suppose.
The Master Returns!
Awesome! The latest Tom Baker audio story has arrived, and with it, the Master returns! How amazing is that? I’m looking forward to listening to this one, maybe at the weekend.
4th Doctor: The Valley of Death
This is part of the Lost Stories and stars Tom Baker and Louise Jameson. It’s another good old fashioned Doctor Who story, and in some ways it reminds me Indiana Jones films, and that film Congo with Laura Linney.
Anyway. It was a great all round story, well worth the listen.
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