Doctor Who: The Last Adventure, Part 2: The Red House
by Alan Barnes (Big Finish, 2015)
Not much of a standalone. The Doctor is uncharacteristically dismissive of the pseudo-werewolves, based purely on pro-human prejudice and the writer’s need to muddy the waters. Charley and the Valeyard act in ways that are explicable only within a bigger picture (presumably).
Doctor Who: The Girl Who Never Was
by Alan Barnes (Big Finish, 2007)
The plot is unnecessarily convoluted in places; so too is there cause for consternation in the lineage of Byron(s), the like-named but ostensibly distinct Australian ne’er-do-well(s). Still, there is something refreshing in a Doctor Who story scripted beyond the audience’s immediate needs.
Doctor Who: Last of the Cybermen
by Alan Barnes (Big Finish, 2015)
A little too fan-indulgent in places and the humour doesn’t always work. Still, Barnes at least tries something interesting with plot and character, sending the Sixth Doctor back (rather than bringing an old Doctor forward) to pay homage to the Troughton era.