October 25

Doctor Who: The Memory Bank and other Stories

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welcome to the 217th adventure of Big Finish Main Range ‘The Memory Bank and other Stories’ with the fifth Doctor and Turlough. This story has 4 parts with differnet little stories. They have nothing incomen except the Doctor and Turlough.

The memory Bank

It is a little story about how important memories are. Turlough and the Doctor lands in the Memory Bank where people had secured their memories. When you got forgotten in this world you die that is why they have this Memory Bank and Turlough with his great luck becomes the new archivator.
This stories is really sad and we got a few memories of Turlough. We all know that he doesn’t like his past life, his memories. Not everything is a good memory.

The Last fairy tale

The Doctor and Turlough stumple over a little town that is waiting for a storyteller. Turlough things the discribtion looks like the Doctor and brings them in danger. This story is more fun. The Doctor Turlough snipping at each other and mysterious storyteller makes a light funny story.

Repeat Offender

The Doctor got a call for help and arrives in a flat with an anconces woman. When both of them try to find out what is going on. The wife of the woman comes home and calls the police. Before the Doctor can do anything he finds himself in trail.
The story is a little crime story. How got killed and by who. Or was there even a murder? I really like this story.

The Becoming

This is my favorite story of ‘The Memory Bank and other stories’. Turlough and the Doctor meeting a woman on her pass to become what she is ment to be. It is a kind of ritual and these two just making things complicated.
I like this story the must because I love stories where we see that Turlough cares so much for people. Most times he has this wall and seems to only care about himself… we all know that is not true. But this one of the stories where he doesn’t hide that he cares but still doesn’t to get involved.

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October 19

DW: The Magic Mousetrap

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welcome to the 120th Big Finish Main Range Adventure ‘The Magic Mousetrap’ with the seventh Doctor, Ace and Hex. The story takes place in 1926 in switzerland in the Hulbrook sanatorium. It seems like the Doctor has amnesia and he is on his own. Ace and Hex find themself in a very different position than most times.

Who pulls the strings

The Magic Mousetrap is one of these episode were you don’t what is actually going. We have a few people playing games to stay alive and we have the Doctor don’t remember anything. Than we have two rich people in the attic giving ‘orders’.
Actually I had a really hard time to realize that this woman voice is Ace. Hex voice was easier to recongnize.

This a story where it is really hard to write something without spoilering everything. It is quite a mess. It seems like only Ace and Hex kno whats going on. I definitly didn’t what was going on. Because there is so much happening and nothing logic to me.

In the end

They explain everything in the end and it makes sense. There is a lot in this story and it is fun to listen to the story to unravel. But for me it is a little to crazy. I like story but it is also a story I totally forget and will never be one of my favorites. But it still fun to listen to this little mystery. To listen to Ace and Hex which kinda like to play with the Doctor. Normally it is the other way around and it changes a little of the dynamic between them.

Side story

The 120th adventure comes also with a little side story – The three Companions. It is a little like the Companion Chronicles. This one are a letter conversation between Polly and Brigadier about the Doctor. I really like it and I really want to hear the other 11 parts of this story.

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October 7

The Omega Factor: Somnum Sempiternum

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welcome to the first adventure ‘Somnum Sempiternum’ from the second box set. I love this series so so much. The first Box Set was amazing and even when I liked the first box set a little bit more than the second – the stories are still great. But let’s talk about this adventure.

Adam and Anne are back

These two are a great team. In this story their relationship is a little … tricky. Anne is busy rebuilding Department 7 and negotiate with Mr Doyle about every penny. Adam feels neglect by her. He wants to work on his abilities and she doesn’t have time for him.
That changes when Mr Doyle himself asked for their help with a suicide case.
What I like is that Mr Doyle get’s more scenes and is role is getting bigger. He is not a really nice person but he is loyal.

The new intern

So the case is easy. The victim sees a girl all around work that is watching him and that’s creeps him out. But nobody else sees this girl and one night she kills him or makes him kill himself. Since nobody was in the room it is handled as a suicide. But Mr Doyle get the security tape where the secretary walks right through that special girl.

Great start

The story is good. Adam and Anne working together is always fun. He is the one that gives the clues and built a connection to this girl. It is great to see Adam learning more about his abilities and start using them. But this story does a lot other stuff. It give us a lot of scenes that hint at the big storyline through all the series and how all the stories are contacted.
I really like the story and the hints.

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October 5

DW: The Raincloud Man

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welcome to the 116th Big Finish Main Range Adventure ‘The Raincloud Man’ with Charley and the sixth Doctor. We also have a special guest and that would be DI Menzies. The story takes place after ‘The Condemned’ in 2008. It seems to be december because all the people are doing their Christmas shopping. So obviously we find ourself in Manchester again and the second part of the story takes place in Rio de Janeiro.

Switch places

DI Menzies built herself a amazing new reputation and also a network of informants. It is really lovely to see how she dealt with everything. This time when they met it is not the Doctor that is believed to be a murderer but Charley. One of Menzies informants – Kelsa -knew of her special situation with the Doctor and than when Menzies left them alone he ends up dead. Kelsa is an interesting character and I loved him the whole 5 minutes he is part of the story. I really would love to met him again sometime in his past.

Time Travelers

The Doctor is following a coin from the future to find the time traveler behind it. Of course it leads to something much bigger than this mystery time traveler. We got a dubious casino and different aliens who are all searching for someone. For who are they searching and are they all searching the same person? We follow mostly three different storylines of the story. Obviously the one from the Doctor and the one of Charley but also got DI Menzies and her story.

The new companion?

What I love about ‘The Raincloud Man’ is that we got a lot of DI Menzies action. She trusts the Doctor but doesn’t believe everything he tells her. She is searching for her own answer and I am sure that she would make a great companion material. Maybe someday we will see this. The three different storylines – it’s not the perfect word for it – make the story so good an interessting.

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