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 14

DW: Sting of the Zygons

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welcome the 13th adventure of the New Adventure Book Series ‘Sting of the Zygons’ with the tenth Doctor and Martha Jones. The enemies in this book is obviously the Zygons. I got as part of the Monster Collection. The TARDIS lands on the 16th September 1909. They stay at least for three days. For Martha it is some point after Daleks in Manhattan/Evolution of the Daleks.

Zygons

I never was a big fan of these particular monsters. This book doesn’t change it. The thought that they can take any form might be a little unsettling. They are planner and strategic what makes them more dangerous than a lot of other enemies of the Doctor. In ‘Sting of the Zygons’ how ever we see a little different side of the Zygons than before. We learn how desperation looks on them.

Zygons and the hunters

The monster of the Zygons the Skarasen goes lose and kill a lot of humans and a second one is found dead. The Doctor and Martha arrive shortly after these events. They found also a dead Zygon. Maybe an alien hunter is out their hunting the Zygons down. But what ever it is the Doctor has to find out.

The little Ian

Like always the Doctor and Martha make a lot of friends really fast and get thrown out be as much people too. I loved the most Martha’s little friend Ian. Martha has to fight in this time to be taken seriously and all man want to put her on the side lines. But we all know Martha and she never just sits on the sideline. Ian is a young boy who don’t care for this world views. He likes Martha and the get on really well and fast.
Ian is putting himself in danger all the time. I am not even sure that he gets the danger he is in most of the time. But he trusts Martha is always there to help her out. It is really sweet how this two always save each other.

Reading or not

The book is not bad but it is not good either. I don’t like the story very much and the monster are not my thing. The characters except for Ian are not so sympatric. There are a few fun scenes but it is just my book.

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April 13

DW: The Time Meddler – Rewatch

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welcome to the last episode of the 2nd season of Doctor Who ‘The Time Meddler’. It is the first adventure without Barbara and Ian, but we also get a new companion Steven. Steven is not one of favorites but it is possible that this is because I don’t have many adventure with him. The episode takes place in 1066.
The is the last season with the first Doctor that is almost complete. In this season only the adventure ‘The Crusade’ is missing. On season one it is just ‘Marco Polo’.
From the third season I only have 3 adventure. So after this adventure we have just 4 more adventures on DVD.

The Vikings are coming

Mostly the story is about the Doctor trying to find out who the Monk is and what he is up to. He has a lot of stuff that doesn’t belong in this time. So how does he has it and where does he come from. Also in a few days or few weeks the vikings arrive with their fleet. It is a typical adventure. Vicki and Steven are searching for the Doctor and the Doctor got captured, flies and got captured again.

Time travel

Vicki also tries to explain to Steven what the TARDIS is. Steven has a few difficulties with believing in time travel. Also the dynamic of the group is different now. Vicki has more experience with time travel but Steven is still more experience in life. Since Vicki and Steven are together the Doctor is alone. Sometimes it looks a little special when the Doctor matters dates and information about the time.

The first other Time Lord

This story brings us the first other time lord we will meet. The Monk is one of my favorite enemies of the Doctor. Sadly he never had such a big part as the Master and the only other appearance in the TV-serie is in one of the lost episodes ‘The Daleks Master Plan’. Thank good the novels and Audio Dramas didn’t forget about him. He is quiet fun.

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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 7

DW: Fugitive

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welcome to the IDW DW Vol 1 chapter ‘Fugitive’ with the tenth Doctor. He travels alone that means it is in his life between ‘Planet of the death‘ and ‘Waters of Mars‘. It is also following directly the end of ‘Silver Scream‘. Ahistory place the story around the year 2545.

Old enemies

The theme of the story is one that we have so often in tenth Doctor era. The power of the Time Lord, the consequences of his intervention. We meet old enemies of the Doctor. Krillitans, Draconions, Sotarans, Ogrons and Judoon. That is not enough the Shadow proclamation is bringing the Doctor before the court for his interventions. He is found guilty but someone is out to kill him before he lands in prison.

New friends

The Doctor finds himself on the run with a few races he never thought of fighting together. We see again that the Doctor has as any other person his prejudices. I love this story because the Doctor has to look at the consequence his intervention had on the people. Races that are warriors wanting peace. He finds unlikely friends. It is fun to watch these four race work together and learning at least the other – you can never be sure that the Doctor learnt his lesson.

Through all the adventures

These story drops names and stories everywhere. I smiled when the tenth Doctor talks about Charley Pollard but that was not the only thing that we have hints of. Do you know the feeling when you watch the first seasons of the New Doctor Who and the hint at every turn on the Classic Series? That is exactly what they do here. You have hints at stories like ‘Battlefield‘, ‘Paper Cuts‘ or the hint of the War Doctor. It is so much fun to search of all the hints of old or new stories of the Doctor.

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April 6

DW: The Chase – rewatch

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welcome to ‘The Chase’ the last adventure of Doctor Who season two with Ian and Barbara. Plays at a lot of place and times. In 2170 the Daleks create the first time maschine and used it follow the Doctor through time and space. The alien Mila we meet in ‘Patient Zero‘ claims that she got on board the TARDIS in this adventure.

Everyday life

What I love about the early Doctor Who is that you see so much of the life in the TARDIS. We see Ian read books, Barbara making dresses, Vicki being bored. It so much have just to see them have a normal life. When the found a planet with a lot of sand and two suns. Barbara and the Doctor just decided to lay in the sun when Vicki and Ian are of exploring. This is what I love so much. Yes there are adventures but there is also just the normal life going on.

Doctor against the Daleks

The story is practical is about the Doctor and his companions running from the Daleks and the Daleks chasing after them. The land in times like 1872 on the Mary Celeste, 1966 on the Empire State Building and 1996 festival of Ghana.
Festival of Ghana is actually the fun part. It was a theme park and one attraction was the Haunted House. But they don’t know that they are at the theme park. They all got really frightened.

Show Down

The showdown is in the year 3565 on the planet Mechanus. The Doctor and his companions are choosing this as a place to finally fight against the Daleks. It also featured Steven as a new companion.
Sadly this means that we have to say goodbye to Ian and Barbara. I loved them so much and the story is good and fun. A good goodbye to my little family.

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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 31

DW: Body Snatched

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welcome to the IDW DW Vol. 2 #10-11 ‘Body Snatched with the 11th Doctor, Amy and Rory. It takes place around 4211. It is a really short story. It has 2 chapters a 24 sides. The story remembers me of Walking dead or Residant Evil… stuff that goes in that direction.

The Ponds and the Doctor

I have a lot of problems with this story. But it is not just the story. It is also the problems that I had most times with these three. The Doctor is always ignore Rory or says something to make him feel small. On the other hand he is all over Amy. Amy can do everything. I really hate the Williams/Pond thing. So the relationship between the Doctor and the two of them is like it was in the series.. annoying.
The other thing is Rory. I love Rory and this would have been a really great opportunity for Rory to shine but instead all he does is doing what he always does – love Amy. It is amazing who much he loves her and it is great that they show it here – even when in the end they make fun of him. But he is so much more. He is more than Amy.

Living Broccoli

The next thing is the story itself. The humans grow bodies with enough intelligent to work but not enough to rebel. They just live for 50 years than the brain dies but the body lives on. Of course someone is there to use this for something different. But what I don’t like about the story. That nobody says anything against this. The humans grow themself slaves with a conscious. But it is not even addressed how wrong this is. No instead the Doctor runs around and calls them broccoli and Vegetables. Hey let’s grow some slaves it is okay to do this because we grow them… yeah… definitely don’t like this part of the story.

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