January 7

DW: The Last Day at Work

Hey Guys,
welcome to the new Short Story ‘The Last Day at Work‘. Big Finish released them for free. This story won at the ‘The Paul Spragg Memorial Short Trip Opportunity’. It features the second Doctor and Jamie after Victoria left the TARDIS and before they met Zoe.

What is going on

I always find it hard to say something about the short trips. The Story is easy enough. It is about Bernard Whittnam. He is a police men and this day the story takes place is his last at work. The Doctor and Jamie met him at a pub where he is celebrating is retiring. That is the story. Obvisouly there is more behind it, but I can’t tell anything more without ruining it.
So this what is going on. A nice evening in the pub.

Atmosphere

What I love about the short trips is the atmosphere they are creating in this short time. All the Short Trips I heart were amazing like Rise and Fall or Landbound. This story is not as amazing as the other I know, which are just four with this one. But it still creates a good atmosphere and it is a good story. It is easy to listen to and Nick Briggs does a great job by reading it.

So go and get it. It is quit entertaining and good idea. I would have thought that it turns out like this. Which is the second thing I love about the Short Stories and that they always have a surprising ending. It is not boring in any way. Just a little nice story about a man who meets the Doctor and Jamie and the consequences. Because meeting the Doctor always has consequences. But we all still love him.

If you want to get it, than just go to Big Finish or follow this link:
The Last Day at Work

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January 2

DW: Medicinal Purposes

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welcome to the 60th Big Finish Main Range Adventure – Medicinal Purposes with the sixth Doctor and Evelyn. This time they land in Edinburgh in the year 1828. It is a history story about the body snatchers William Burke and William Hare. But it is not a simple history story they bring someone else in that has great potential for a great enemy.

The mystery about Burke

When the Doctor realized were he is he wants to meet Burke and Hare. They stole bodies and killed people but the Doctor that works with the bodies is responsible for saving many lives with this work. The Doctor things that out of a bad thing can come something good. The mystery starts when nobody seems to know the name Burke which seems wrong since he will get blamed for the murders in a few days. Of course the Doctor starts to investigate.

With a little help from friends

The Doctor and Evelyn involve a young lady Mary and Jamie Wilson or Daft Jamie (spoken by David Tennant by the way). Evelyn and Mary are visiting Doctor Knox. He is an arrogant asshole. But he is also quiet more than he seems or quiet less. I like the characters in this play and the way Evelyn is dealing with it. How she deals with knowing that Jamie will die in the end, dealing with the Doctors strange way of seeing things. But most I love that we see how good she understands the Doctor.
Many people traveled with the Doctor but I think only really few people really understood him. Evelyn is definitely one of them. I love the developement of their relationship. She was at a point where she thought about leaving the Doctor because she could deal with his way of cooping and here in this story. She understands his way of cooping and even when she doesn’t agree with him she accepts it.

Listen to it or not

Definitely go and listen to it. First of all it is a story with Evelyn and she is amazing. Than this story shows so much of the developement of their relationship. The story is good and present us with a very promising new enemy of the Doctor. Also it is a historical story and you all know love those.

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December 26

DW: The Harvest

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welcome to the 58th adventure of the Big Finish Main Range – The Harvest. It featured the seventh Doctor and Ace. We also met for the first time Hex Scofield the new companion of the Doctor. This story takes place in London 2021 October the 12th, which also Hex birthday. What is also kind of important is that this story is the last part of a trilogy. The other parts are The Reaping with the sixth Doctor and Peri and The Gathering with the fifths Doctor and Tegan.

The triology

I really loved the other two stories. They were about cybermen and what life means. They were great and now we have the last part of the story. This story can definitely stand alone. You just see it as the final part when you really listen to the other two. It has nothing directly to do with Cathy – or not with the Cathy from the other two parts. When you haven’t listen to the stories this story is even more surprising because you didn’t know from the start that this about cybermen. But it also doesn’t disturb the story.

Never have seen through real eyes

Like I said in the beginning we met Thomas Hector Scofield in this story. It is his birthday and it is a real bad day for him. He works in the hospital as a nurse. When a good friend of him get wheeled in the A&E and dies. On his birthday party on this evening he meets Ace – who is undercover working in the hospital – and got attacked by a really fast man.
From that point Hex is lost. He is involved and he just can’t walk away. So I think he is perfect for these two.
The other part of the story is a man waking up from surgery. This man is feeling and seeing for the first time and he seem really happy about it.

Listen to it or not

Yes, listen to it. It is an amazing trilogy. I love Hex from the first moment. He is fun and totally over his head. After he met the Doctor is like ‘Oh my god’ all the time. But he never backs out. He is with the Doctor and Ace from the start till the end. He is panicking but also he is getting things done. What I really love about is that the Doctor and Ace accept him from the start. It is not like C’rizz where neither the Doctor nor Charley are really letting him become part of the group.

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December 19

DW: The Twilight Kingdom

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welcome to the 55th adventure of the Big Finish Main Range – The Twilight Kingdom. It featured the eighth Doctor, Charley and C’rizz. Like the adventures before this is set in the Divergent Universe. It is one of the better stories of this storyline.

What is going on

Like in the stories before the Doctor and his companions stumble through this different zones searching for the TARDIS. It seems that this time they find each other in a kind of war. The soldiers that takes them in are waiting to go to the front line of this war. But the place is different. It changes people. Without a really struggle the people of this base make a soldier kill this officer.

Let’s stay here

Of course the others C’rizz and Charley are also effected. Charley even more than C’rizz – at least at the start. It is about control and Charleys hurt feelings. The story brings up again the pain in Charley. For me it is a little bit annoying. This constantly wishing to be back at the beginning before Zagerus. Before they told each other that they love each other before the Doctor rejected her later.
It also makes it hard for C’rizz to really find his place in this group. Our characters are all put in a situation were they have to accept change. But all three of them kinda fight against it.

Listing or not

For me this is one of the better stories of this storyline. It is emotional and has a good story. So yeah go and listen to it. I love C’rizz and his interaction with the others of the group. The way they all try to deal with the new situations. It kinda shows us more about the characters and their maybe hiding feelings.

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December 8

DW: The Natural History of Fear

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welcome to the next adventures of Charley, C’rizz and the eighth Doctor in the 54th adventure of Big Finishs Main Range – The Natural History of Fear. The story takes place in the Divergent Universe. I really like C’rizz and the new dynamic he brings in between Charley and the Doctor. Like many stories in the Divergent Universe you are totally confused at the start of the story.

Is this still Doctor Who?

Yes of course it is. One thing that Big Finish always does amazingly is creating Doctor Who new. The story start with the three of them doing something they are not so sure about anymore. Following by a replay of the scene between the Doctor and Charley in the story ‘Zagerus‘. Than there is a cut and the voice of Charley is talking about a TV show. It isn’t Charley…or is it? If she is does she remember? C’rizz and the Doctor also speak characters that doesn’t seem to be the usual persons. I was utterly confused but you just have to let go of all this and just listen to it really carefully because it gets more confusing.

A new world

The world that is created here is a very cold and lonely world. Questions are forbidden and it seems like people can be overwritten. There are really strength rules. It remembers me a little bit about Psych Pass. But this story seems to want mainly just to confuse you and that does it brilliantly. We don’t know what happened to the Doctor and his friends, what is the meaning behind the story and how does this world is built. So many questions you are not allowed to ask.

Listen to it or not

The story is part of the Divergence universe. A small part to the big picture they are trying paint here. I was just confused the most of the time and the spark just didn’t sprung over. I still would listen to it because of the bigger picture of this whole storyline. But in the end I didn’t like the story very much.

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October 24

DW: Zagreus

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welcome the 50th adventure of the Big Finish Main Range – Zagreus. This story is set directly after the adventure Neverland, which means this adventure is with Charley and the eighth Doctor. It is an adventure to celebrate the 40th birthday of Doctor Who. It is 4 hours long and so lot longer than the other stories. Another special part is that all the companions that worked for Big Finish are playing in the story but most have a different part than we know.

Special Guest

It is lovely to have Romana II in the story again. After Neverland she thought the Doctor and Charley are dead. But she finds out that she was wrong. Leela brings her a message from Rassalon and they start to travel to the Dark Tower. It is the first time Leela and Romana meet and the start of great friendship. But I am really annoyed how they adresse Leela in the story – Savege. Even when I never was a great fan of Leela and the fourth Doctor but she is a great Companion. She is intellegent and lovely.

The Brig is back

Or is he. The Brig has a really big role in this story. But he is not really the Brig. The TARDIS – or a part of the TARDIS – takes the shape of the Brig to help Charley to find out what is going and how they can help the Doctor. They live through certain parts of history that have something to do with the Divergence.

Am I Zagreus

The Doctor is going crazy. The Anti-Time in his body forms the personality of the Zagreus. Zagreus and the Doctor are fighting for the upper hand and try to find out what is going on in the TARDIS. The story is quite confusing and you slowy unwrapping what is going on in this story. I think there is a lot going on in this story. It is about what the differents between love and friendship. It is about the pain about having the feeling to be left alone.

Listing or not

Zagreus is a good story that explains everything that was unclear about the overcasting story. The end set us up for new adventure in another Universe. It is lovely to hear all the familar voices and who they play with it. I like the theme friendship and what it means to the Doctor and the TARDIS. Because most part of the story are about these two. In the last part I am annoyed by Charley. I hate it when you can do something but you start judging others doing the same. But yeah go and listen to it.

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October 15

Doctor Who: S11x01 – The Woman Who Fell To Earth

Hey Guys,
finally the new season of Doctor Who started. This time everything is new – new Companions, new Writer and new Doctor.
People who follow me might know that I wasn’t that happy with the Doctor being a woman. For many reason and one big reason was Missy. She was an amazing actor but not the Master and I hated that they call her Missy and not Master. That are just a few points.
But I love Jodie as the Doctor. She makes a great job and definitely feels from the start like the Doctor. Soo… how was the first episode?

Team? Fam?

The new characters are great. This time around we have three companions and I am really happy about it. I missed the crowdy TARDIS. They companions know each other. We have Ryan. He is a young man and really not happy with is life and job. He and Yasmin were going to school together. Yasim is working at the police and wants to help people. The last one is Graham the second husband of Ryans Gran.
Ryan and Graham doesn’t seem to have the best relationship.

The Hunt is starting

Okay. The story itself is not so great. Ryan touch symbols that appear in the air and then the alien comes to earth for the hunt. The story isn’t very original. I found it even a little bit boring.
But the chemistry between the characters made definitely up for the plot. The Doctor needs to arrive in is own body. We need to get to know the characters and that is what the episode is doing really good. You got a good feeling who the doctor is now and who the characters are.

Unpopular opinion – spoilers

I know that many people had a problem with a certain death in the end. She was a great character. You just had to love her. Her death was totally unnecessary for the story.
But I am really ‘happy’ about it. The first episode should give us a feeling for what is coming this season.
This death in the first episode made it very clear how different this season of Doctor Who will be. The Doctor tries his best and to save everyone but you can’t. People are going to die. You can’t save everyone not even when you are the Doctor. Every decision you made has consequences and there is no big red button to undo stuff, there are no second tries, there is no coming back from the death.
It is just life. It is hard and unfair and like really life death is really unnecessary but it still happens.

High Expectations

Even when the story itself wasn’t a masterpiece. Everything around it was amazing. An amazing Doctor who stops seeing himself as the savior. She is just a traveler. A crowdy TARDIS with really interesting characters and finally real life again.
And the best thing is for now it doesn’t seems like there is an overall storyline. Love to be back to single adventures that doesn’t mean we need to save the earth.
So yeah. I have totally wrong with my fears about a female Doctor. Jodie is definitely a great thirteen Doctor.

See ya at the next episode.

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October 10

DW: Davros

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welcome to the first apperance of Davros in the audio plays. It is the 48th adventure of the Big Finish Main Range with the sixth Doctor. He is traveling with Peri but she is for this adventure on the other side of the galaxy. Ahistory places it around 4600 after the Revelation of the Daleks.

A new man

The main story is really easy explained. Humans are idiots. Okay, let’s get a little bit in details. The CEO of of TransAllied, Inc. and his wife that is a historican that believes in the good of Davros are searching for Davros corpse and bringing him back to life. They want him to work for them. This would be so fun. Davros working for a human that wants money. You can say a lot about Davros but something as trival as more money was never anything he wanted.
So for us it is really fast clear that Davros is having different plans.

He found me a story

Willis a journalist that is trying to stop the CEO of TransAllied and calls the Doctor for help. That is actually why the Doctor is there to find out that they brought Davros back. He starts working at TransAllied and works together with Willis and Kim – another worker at TransAllied.
Both characters Willis and Kim are really great. I like them and I followed their story with great interessted.

The Past always follows you

Since Daleks are my favorite monster. Davros is part of it. I find that he is a very interessting character. He is obvisouly bad and crazy. But he wanted to save his people. He was scientist and searched for knowledge. A characters that is so obessed with strenght and driven by fear to be normal or not the best. Full of fear that he could be weak. We see more of this character also a few stuff about his past that is hunting him.

Listing or not

It is Davros and the sixth Doctor. So yeah go and listen to it. It is great and the characters are great too. There are scene that are just so amazing – like Davros and the Doctor ‘forced’ to work together. Now I am thinking again about listing to the story I, Davros.

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October 3

DW: Omega

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welcome to the return of Omega in the 47th adventure of Big Finish Main Range. Omega plays in The Sector of Forgotten Souls with no date given. Ahistory places the story into the vulgar end of time – I didn’t find anything about it on the other sites so I am not sure what a time this describes but it seems to have is origin in the story The One Doctor.

Doctor on his own

In this adventure the fifths Doctor is on his own on a holiday history ship. It is on his way through the story of the time lord Omega. So obviously this is the story about Omega. We find out the really story behind this man. He wants to go back in his own universe where he tried to escape from.
It is an interesting story about a man who didn’t wanted to be known. He wanted to give all time to the Time Lords. He became the bad guy in his own tragic story.

What is going on

Most of the time you just think what is going on. Who kills who in this story? What are the real plans? Or does he just want to go home? The first part I personally don’t find so interesting but the characters grown on me. Daland for example on of the actors of the cruise is really growing on me and the old ladies are going on my nerves. It really gets better.

Listing or not

Omega like I said before is at first not mine. But the story about Omega is really interesting. How time works? How time changed the way we see history. The second part of the story is amazing and I love it. I also fall in love with this idiot Daland and he really is an idiot. So go and listen to the story of a foolish and a very powerful time lord who did a terrible thing and the heroic time lord how discovers what he did.

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September 26

DW: Project: Lazarus

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welcome the second part of the Project-Trilogy(Project: Twilight, Project: Destiny). In the 45th adventure of Big Finish Main Range Project: Lazarus Evelyn and the sixth Doctor are going to save Cassi. The first to episode are about this three and the second two episodes are with the sixth Doctor and the seventh Doctor.

According to Professor Harket’s journal the story takes places on the 18th July 2004. It is a little different to say. Because it plays a few years after Project: Twilight which is set 2001. Later Nimrod says it would be five years… what would make 2006.
The second part of the story takes place three years later this would mean 2007.

The Forge is back

The Doctor and Evelyn are going back to heal Cassi from her vampire existence. So she can go back to see her son. Her son is actually Thomas Hector Scofield. The seventh Doctor meets him and travels with him and Ace under the name Hex.
Of course it is not so easy. The Forge already had their claws in Cassi. Also the Forge wants to experiment with the Doctor and his regeneration.

The Doctor working for the Forge

In the second part of Project: Lazarus the seventh Doctor arrives at the Forge and meets the sixth Doctor. Apparently he works for the Forge. You don’t know why or what happened to Evelyn. Even the seventh Doctor doesn’t know what is going on. So he tries to find out and save everyone.

Underlining sadness

This story has again this underlining sadness in it. It is no wonder that Evelyn is so tired. She goes through a lot in this last adventure with the Doctor. Like the last adventures there is a certain darkness to their stories. It breaks my heart.
The second part is harder to describe. The Doctor is on is own and the sadness is not from the beginning in it. But it starts crawling back and in the end the Doctor seems tired like Evelyn was.

Listing or not

Project: Lazarus is not what I excepted. I hoped for a different story for Cassi. So I am a little disappointed in the story. It is not a bad story but I don’t get warm with it. Cassi is such a great character and it is sad that her story only goes over the first two episode and the last are just about the Doctor. So I don’t know. Listen to it or not… it is part of the trilogy and so I need to her it.

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