February 28

DW: Terror Firma

Hey Guys,

welcome to the 72nd adventure of the Big Finish Main Range – Terror Firma. This is the first adventure of the eighth Doctor, Charley and C’rizz back in our universe. So that the Doctor really believe he is back he runs into the arms of his biggest enemies the Daleks, which has conquered the earth around 4703. It is a sequel to ‘Remembrance of the Daleks’.

It seems that there is another story ‘War of the Daleks’ that seems to be get ignored by this story. ‘War of the Daleks’ reckons the destruction of Skaro. Since Davros in this story wants revenge for the destruction of Skaro it seems to ignore the book. My source how ever things it is possible since Davros is like losing his mind, the Daleks may control him to believe Skaro is destroyed.

Home sweet Home

Who could welcome the Doctor back in his universe than the Daleks. I actually like this one. The three of them get captured by the Daleks, who has conquered the earth to take everything from the Doctor. What we got is the Doctor talking to Davros about change, about what defines who you are, Davros trying to use the Doctor to die. We got a Davros that doesn’t want to become a Dalek. This is quiet ironic and I love it.

Charlotte or Charley

What I love about the story is that even when Charley and C’rizz don’t have much scenes with each other. The relationship develops. They finally start to becoming friends, to getting closer. C’rizz gets separate from Charley and is more or less alone in a totally different universe. He always gets himself in the darkest situations. Also there is always something about him, what you can’t grasp. He has this dark side in him and sometimes we can see it.

Charley is also on is own but she as always more luck than C’rizz. She finds herself on a party and what a party this is.

Missed it

This story was fun. It has Daleks, the Doctor and his great companions. We got a dark side to C’rizz and so much more. It is fun and dark, it is also deep and sometimes you could just shake your head, but ultimately it is just great fun to listen to this story.

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February 21

DW: Live 34

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welcome to the 74th adventure of the Big Finish Main Range – Live 34. My sources put the story around 2400 since they say that earth was abaondend centuries ago. From the setting it fits with the setting of ‘The happiness Patrol‘. The seventh Doctor, Hex and Ace are on the colony 34.

Live on 34

The story is easy. On colony 34 the situation is restless. The premier wants to stay in power. But a group of people think that it is time to finally have the election they wait for 4 years. People are unsatisfied. There are a lot of problems when you listen to them and none problem at all when you believe the premier. It is not easy to see the truth or is it.

Something different

What Big Finish does here is one reason I love them so much. It is a good story. But this time it doesn’t get presented the way we used to. The whole story is told in news and media broadcast. Which means we don’t see what the Doctor and his friends are doing. Don’t know what they know and what they want. We only get what the normal population knows, statements and reports. Maybe we gets part of the truth or maybe it is just manipulated?

How free is the media really and who much can you depend on the information. It is so easy to put a situation in different light. When you know what Ace know, you maybe would say that she is right. But when you just here about bombs exploding it just pains another picture.

Totally in love

I really love the story. The Doctor appears in all four episodes but is role is not so big. Ace appears in the second episode and Hex in the third. I like the way they tell the story and the story itself. Thematic is great and it is the perfect way to show this thematic. They show us how easy it is to change the situation without changing the facts.

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February 14

DW: Thicker than Water

Hey Guys,
welcome to the 73rd adventure of the Big Finish Main Range – Thicker than Water. This adventure is with the 6th Doctor and Mel, which visited Evelyn Smythe. This story is a very interesting one. There are two different times the story takes place. The first one is around 2583 were Mel and the Doctor visit Evelyn. Than we Flashbacks of Evelyn’s departure which happens around 2581. It is a sequel to the story ‘Arrangement of Wars‘.

Evelyn’s new life

Evelyn left the Tardis and the Doctor to marry Rossiter. We met him in ‘Arrangement of Wars‘. At that point Evelyn choose to go with the Doctor and staying with Rossiter. When the Doctor and Mel visited her. She has a new life with a loving husband and step daughter, who hates her. The both stand on opposite sites on the matter who to handle the research of the technology the Killorans left behind. Also we remember that Evelyn had a heart condition that seems to get healed. Than the Doctor appears Evelyn and Mel kidnapped.

Never boring

There is a lot of going on. Mel and Evelyn make a great team. They are both people that do stuff themself. They don’t wait to get saved. But also we have these deep talks between them to understand who Evelyn feels about the Doctor and his way of dealing with things.
Than we have her step daughter who is searching for them. They actual paint a real sympathetic picture of her. I loved Evelyn form the first moment. But you understand her. It is not so much about Evelyn more what it means for her relationship between her and her father.
Than we have Rossiter and the Doctor trying to find who is behind everything and obviously there is a lot more going and nothing is a coincidence.

Always fun

This story is great. I love it to peace. It has Evelyn in it and got story with sympathetic characters. It is fun, it has action, it has background story. But it also is really sad. The Doctor stand so often in his way. This story has everything I need for a great story.
In the end the 7th Doctor as a cameo for this trip he sets Ace and Hex up to steal the Veiled Leopard which the fifth Doctor set Peri and Erimem up save it (The Veiled Leopard – the story is a special release for readers of Doctor Who Monthly).

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February 7

DW: Dreamtime

Hey Guys,
welcome to the 67 adventure of the Big Finish Main Range – Dreamtime. This story we follow the seventh Doctor, Ace and the new companion Hex (The Harvest) to a mysterious place. The Uluru that is flying in space. Placing the story seems again a little difficult. It diffintly play in the far future of the earth. My source is placing it around 9.000 and the other time line the Doctor encounters around 5950, which means it is around the Solar Flares and the Evacuation of Earth – or better of the many evacuations.

Throw him in the cold water

Hex is new on the team and new in the whole time travel thing. What makes the story for me very amusing. Ace is traveling for years with the Doctor and this version of Ace is older and wiser in away. But she has seeing anything. So Hex brings the wonder and excitement in to the adventures. Back to the story. Hex has to deal with the whole program. Like I said before they land on the Uluru flying through space without a notable protective shield and people who turned to stone… hold breath that is not all. There are also another spaceship landing.
In all that mass the Doctor got turned to stone and Ace hurt, which means Hex is for a short time at least on his own.

That whole mass

It is a lot that happens in this story. There are a lot of different perspectives. We not just have the Doctor, Ace and Hex we also have the other aliens. Of course everything is contacted and it makes sense in the end. Until then you have a lot going on. It has a little bit action and shooting in it but it is mostly about believes and the roots of the culture. It is about change and growth. But that you still should honor the roots and don’t forget them. The atmosphere of the whole is not dark but also not light cost. It is something in between.

Listing or not

Yes, go and listen to it. It is not a special, grandiose story but it is solid and it kinda works. I like Hex and his story and I like the way he changes the interaction of the group. He never looks out for what says. He is afraid and has no problem to tell that but he function anyway. He still throw his sarcasm around. It is fun to listen to the three of them.

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