April 17

The Omega Factor: Let us play

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welcome the 2nd adventure of the 3rd season of The Omega Factor ‘Let us Play’. We all know the little games on the Smartphone or on Facebook like Candy Crush and stuff like this. But what happens if one of those games shows you what you fear the most?

A demon on my phone

Anne and Adam are visiting an old professor that needs help. A lot of students have such ‘supernatural’ events. They are exhausted or missing. All of these students are working in a club that create games about their deepest fears. Of course there is something going on. Adam is going with one of the students to find out more about it.

Never go to the cellar

Morag really doesn’t have an easy job with Adam. She always tries to warn him and he always runs into danger. I really like the developement of Adam. He was really afraid of what he can do. But he always wanted to help, to save people. In the last season he put himself in a prison cell with a killer (TOF: The Changeling) and tried to get close to him. But he start to be afraid of this evil in the world. Maybe because know he really sees the evil. He understands now that he not just brings himself into danger (TOF: Awakening) but also the people he cares about.

Join the game

I really like the story. Okay I believe there is no story I didn’t like. But the 3rd season is really, really good. Adams journey is just one of the great storylines. Morag as role in every episode and I really like the bond they created between her and Adam. Also this story shows hits that there are more than just one group against them. That maybe Edward and Omega are not necessary the same thing.

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April 11

DW: A Thousand Tiny Wings

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welcome to the 130th Big Finish Main Range Adventure ‘A Thousand Tiny Wings’ with the 7th Doctor. He is on his own. The story takes place in Kenia 1952. 5 women are hiding in an old farmhouse from the Mau Mau Uprising. One of this women is someone the Doctor knows from a past adventure with Ace. In ‘Colditz’ he had met Doctor Klein and here she is again in the life of the Doctor.

Doctor Klein

I haven’t listen to ‘Colditz’ yet. She comes from an alternative timeline and worked for the Nazis. From her view the Doctor destroyed the right timeline and wants to change it back. She has quite interesting view of the world. The Dynamic between the Doctor and Klein is great. She is not one of the people who look up to the Doctor or believe that he is a good man. No she sees him as manipulating and arrogant. She not that wrong. That is actually why I love the 7th Doctor. He is really good in manipulating people.
She is really intelligent and she cares about people. There are two world views crashing and it totally is the reason the story works so well.

Injured alien

The five women find an injured alien and bring him into the farmhouse. It is great who these women work with each other and are so different in her ways of seeing the world and the way the deal with it. Denise is one of my favorite. She saves the alien and gives him a name. She believes that just because everyone is acting crazy you still act like an english person. So one moment she holds a reveal in the face of the Doctor and the next she is inviting him for tea.

The mysterious death

Next to the Mau Mau uprising and the alien the Doctor and the five women have to deal with mysterious death. The victim is covered with tiny little stretch. It is amazing who all the part of the story work so well together. The characters work so well together with all there quarrel and different views. Also it is interesting to see the change in the people. I am really excited to listen to the other stories with the Doctor and Klein.

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April 10

The Omega Factor: Under Glass

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welcome to the first adventure of the third Box-Set ‘Under Glass’. I had listened to the first 15 minutes on the Big Finish Podcast when they promoted the Box Set. I listened to it and thought it sounds very interesting. That is when started asking people if they know it and if it is good. I remember like yesterday how Cool-Stuffandthings told me that it is great and that I should listen to the first episode which is for free on Big Finish and I did. So the start of this story is the start of my big love for this series. Cool-Stuffandthings was right. Thanks for that.

What is trapped will never stay trapped

But let’s talk about this episode. It is about a picture that brings apparently the owner luck and maybe kills the owner at some point. Morag is trying to tell Adam that something is not right. But like always she talks in riddles. We all know that Adam is not good with riddles. The story is really interesting. It is inspired by ‘The Bottle Imp’. There are a lot of stories out there about this theme and that is ‘The Omega Factor’ take on it.

All kinds of ways to get hurt

We start this Box Set with Adam finally set in his life. He knows who the work with Anne works and he got a girl friend. His power doesn’t freak him out anymore. It is like normality for him. It is lovely to see Adam and Anne working together. The scene where Adam is telling Anne about his girlfriend is so sweet and it is a little like getting ready to introduce your girlfriend to his mother.

Superhero

Adams girlfriend Claire has a really interesting journey and character developement. She is a strong woman but has this view of Adam. She sees him a little as superhero and she see that he has problems but she doesn’t realize what it means. When she got all that luck she changed and the way she looks at Adam changes too. It is great and interesting story Claire lives through.

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April 4

DW: Mission of the Viyrans

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welcome to the 102b Big Finish Main Range Adventure ‘Mission of the Viyrans’. It is the second story on the ‘Mind’s Eye’. This story is about Peri and the Viyrans. The fifths Doctor has a small role. Ahistory places the story around 2684 on the planet Grallista Social. It is a really short story but it still offers a lot. In the context with the other stories.

Meeting the Viyrans

This is actually the first adventure with the Viyrans. We get here the most information about the Viyrans. We get a bit of their history and what they do. I really like the idea of the Viyrans. They are a good enemy without really being an enemy. They want to help but have a really single-minded way to see the world. I really like to find out more about them.

This story gets concluded with the ‘Patient Zero‘. ‘Mission of the Viyrans’ is playing after the accident in ‘Patient Zero‘. I liked the story before. It is a short story and it focused on one Companion. The idea and the solution is great. But when you put it into context with the other stories. This little story get’s even better and more important.

I kinda like it that this story plays after ‘Patient Zero‘ and ‘The Bride of Peladon’ even when both are released later. So you have to revisited the stories and put them in the right order. You have to think when it happened, how every thing slides into the right place. The stories aren’t told in a line but a bit Timey-Wimey stuff.

So yeah go and listen to this story. It is a short great story. You don’t need any knowledge about the stories before with Peri. Erimem get’s mentioned but it is not important to know her or her story to understand what is going on in this story.

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April 3

The Omega Factor: Awakening

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welcome to the final story of The Omega Factor ‘The Awakening’. This story is where every Episode of this series come together and paint as the bigger picture and what is behind everything. Morag as obviously a big role again and her connection to Adam.
It is not only getting serious but it also starts to get personal.

The most important thing

Adams family has an accident. But are in a critical condition and Adam is on his way to them. This brings Adam in a really bad position. It also makes it really interessting for us to see how he deals witht the situation when so much is at stack. Bringing Morag into the play what make things hard for him. Because he has such a kind heart but with his daugther in danger he has really limited choices.

The mystery of Edward Milton

Anne is trying to figure out what happend in the last few month. She realized that something is wrong and puts the puzzle together. Not knowing that she used a false piece. The best about this is actually that Doyle has a bigger role. I really grow to love Doyle. So I really love to see him get some action. He is a none believer but even he can’t deny it. But I like the way he tries to deal with all this.

Everything starts fitting together

This story brings everything together. We have the story about Edward Milton, we have Morag and maybe we even get evidence that Tom was right and that there was a group active – The Omega. I really like it. It brings so much together and let so much open for the next season. I can’t wait to listen to the rest and see what they do with all the pieces that they put into place.

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March 28

DW: The Blue Forgotten Planet

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welcome to the 126th Big Finish Main Range Adventure ‘The Blue Forgotten Planet’ with Charley, Charley/Mila and the sixth Doctor. It ends the story of ‘Patient Zero‘. The story takes place on earth. There is no time given or any indication which year it is. Ahistory placed it in 2009. It has to take place before the mankind’s space age. With a few other pieces of the story there are just to times where it works without conflicts with other series. This would be 1930 or 2009.

The Virus

It is actually a little creepy that I finally find the time to listen to this story I bought like 2 years ago when the world goes crazy over the Corona-Virus. The scariest thing about this whole thing is the fear of losing our job or existence as a business. This story shows us a story about a virus. A world with a madness and somehow I feel like I live right now in a world of madness. It is another madness but still to close to home.
But that is something Doctor Who always could do really good.

Charley against Charley/Mila

Charley and Mila finally meeting each other and there is a lot of confrontation between them and between the Doctor and them. It is time for the truth and it is not easy to tell the truth when all you did was trying to hide it. Charley couldn’t let go of the Doctor and she had to lie to hold on to him. Mila needed to become Charley so she could travel with the Doctor. So what is truth? This is actually really great. India Fischer does a great job with the discussion between the both of the Charleys.

Goodbye…

This is an end of an era. I loved Charley, I got annoyed by her. She has a great chemistry with the sixth Doctor. Big Finish made me cry again. I cried for Mila, for Charley, for the Doctor… this story is really great. It hints to so much more and is also an end for a lot of things. I love it. Charley is great and this is a great end for her. I am sad that the sixth Doctor and Charley don’t have more adventures together. But I am also excited to were the Doctor is of to now.

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March 27

The Omega Factor: Let the Angel tell thee

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welcome to the second Box Set of ‘The Omega Factor’ ‘Let the Angel tell thee’. In this story you don’t really of a case. Anne is working with Edward Milton. After the kills in ‘Somnum Sempiternum‘ Edward Milton is the one that profited from it.
Adam is haunted by bees or wasps in his apartment. He moves to Anne and is plagued by nightmares and Morag who tries to tell him something.
Also Anne is getting lucky with man. She goes out with Edward Miltons uncle.

The normal week of Department 7

There is a lot going on in this story without a case. All the stories of course have something to do with each other. It is sweet to see Anne in with a man. She is kinda sweet and a bit shy. But what I love the most about it is the way she talks about Adam. The way Adam is jealous and protective. In the end it is all about the relationship between these two.

Morag is back

This sweet girl who get used by everyone. She is trying to warn Adam of what is coming. But it would be too easy when she just tell him. She speaks in riddles and he has no idea what she means. I hope that this girl at some point get her peace.
This is my favorite story of this Box Set. It is just like a normal week in Department 7 but in the end it is obviously more and plays into the big story. Also the story shows how deeply Anne and Adam care for each other.

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March 20

DW: Paper Cuts

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welcome to the 125th Big Finish Main Range Adventure ‘Paper Cuts’ with the sixth Doctor and Charley/Mila. The story takes place in 2090. The Doctor says it is 60 years after he visited Draconia but the Mother Queen means it is just 50 years. It is not said which incarnation had visited 50/60 years before. The book ‘Doctor Who and the Space War’ says it was the second one, but the booklet shows the first Doctor.
The story starts where the last story ‘The Patient Zero‘ stopped sadly the action of this story doesn’t have such big impact on the story that I hoped.

Summoned to the fuernal

Charley/Mila finds a summoning of the great emperor of Draconia. The Doctor followed this summoning and finds out that the emperor is dead. This emperor seems to had made a few difficult decision that doesn’t go well with the a few people like the priest or his son. But more important is that there is ritual that has to take place so the son can become the new emperor. For this ritual are four people summoned the Doctor, the son of the emperor, the soldier and Gomori.

Paper warriors

What would a funeral and ritual to become a new emperor without killing paper Sazous? It is hard to say more about the story without spoiling everything. But the more interesting storylines all start later. What is the meaning of the ritual and the after life. It is about revolution, about change and about playing chess. About planing at least two move ahead.

Listen or not

The story is really good. I really like it. The relationship between the Doctor and the dead emperor is interesting and I loved to see more of this. Like I sad before the Mila story doesn’t have a big inpact. Most of the story is like a normal Charley Doctor story. I hoped that Mila would have a bigger role instead of just being Charley. But maybe all that comes in the next episode.

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March 20

The Omega Factor: The Changeling

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welcome to the second story of ‘The Omega Factor‘ Box 2 ‘The Changeling’. I really like this story. Adam is undercover in prison to investigate a few death. Anna is searching for information on the outside. In this story there is not much Anna and Adam interaction.

Mysterious Death

A prison guard dies in prison. They have filmed and nobody killed him or came near him. The prisoners are all in the cells. Still the kind of death is suffocate. The prisoner they investigate killed his best friend in the same way. Also he was the prisoner that talked to the guard when it happened.
Adam feels something odd when he sees and hears this video. So he decide to go undercover to find out what is going on with him.

The outside world

Anna is trying the same thing on the other side. She is obviously worried about Adam. She is searching information about Reaver – the prisoner in question. So she tries to talk to the psychiatrist of Reaver and the mother of the best friend.

The changeling

I really love the story. It turns out different from I thought. The back story of Reaver is really interesting. I love how Anna is leading the investigation and Adam is amazing how he tries to understand what is going on with Reaver. He has a lot of compassion and a trust in his feelings. Also it is interesting to see how this story plays into the big story. Banks is in all the stories even when it is just in the background.

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March 13

DW: Patient Zero

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welcome to the 124th Big Finish Main Range Adventures ‘Patient Zero’ with the sixth Doctor and Charley. Patient Zero is hard to place in time. In this story they talk about traveling ‘so far into the past’ but the story ‘To the Death’, which is shaped with some of the consequences of this story, claims it takes place in the future. So Ahistory put it around 7190.
This story is also concluding a story that started with ‘Urgent Call‘ (Bonus Story of ‘I.D.’) and plays also a part in stories like ‘Urban Myths‘ (Bonus Story of’Exotron’), ‘The Vanity Box‘ (Second Story of the Wishing Beast) and ‘Mission of the Viyrans‘.

The Amethyst Viral Containment Station

The Doctor finally demands answers from Charley but before she can give them she fades in and out of existence. She caught a virus, which itself seems to be a problem, because the TARDIS seems to protect them from this stuff. The Doctor tries find to out how to save Charley. The search leads him to the Amethyst Viral Containment Station. This station works for the Viyrans. But we also meet the Daleks again.

Daleks and time

In this story the Daleks ask for things and don’t shoot first. They traveled in time and seem to be aware that time is a very delicate thing and are not shooting without thinking it through. That is actually something new about the Daleks. The Dalek search for a Patient Zero and they are not willing to give up. It is what I really like in this story is that the Daleks are acting with content and the Doctor using the Daleks. ‘Know your enemy.’ It leads to a very great end and I love it.

Blind Passenger

We also have a blind passenger on board of the TARDIS or maybe she is just a imagination of Charley. The girl is a little fangirl of the Doctor and claims to be his companion and that she is a long time with him when he still had gray hair. This leads to a very interesting story. That will be influence the next stories very much and I am really excited to find out where it leads to.

Listing or not

Definitely listen to it. The sixth Doctor and Charley has such a great and easy chemistry. They had fallen in place so easy that even the Doctor himself finds it weird. He can’t let her die and he doesn’ t understand why it is so much more important to him than everything else. He has to deal with her and his feelings, with the Daleks and Fratalin and nobody helping him.

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