Tag: Big Finish

Doctor Who: The Annihilators

Doctor Who: The Annihilators

by Nicholas Briggs (Big Finish, 2022)

CD cover: “Doctor Who: The Annihilators” by Nicholas Briggs (Big Finish, 2022)

Excellent voice performances by the actors recast to play classic Doctor Who characters. Conceptually, the story is fun and era-appropriate (albeit not much more than a rehash of Galaxy 4). The execution, however, is unnecessarily choppy, disavowing any hint of longer scenes.

Stolen Goods

Jenny: The Doctor’s Daughter – Stolen Goods

by Matt Fitton (Big Finish, 2018)

Fitton_Stolen Goods

A light, slightly pantomimish story that (thankfully) entails a measure of misdirection. All told, a decent introduction to the Doctor’s daughter in audio form (although it’s hard not to do Big Finish an injustice and retrofit Georgia Tennant as channelling Jodie Whittaker).

 

 

Doctor Who: The Light at the End

Doctor Who: The Light at the End

by Nicholas Briggs (Big Finish, 2013)

Briggs_Light at the End

A 50th anniversary celebration featuring Doctors Four through Eight. The story is remarkably coherent and remains so despite incorporating a plethora of characters and cameos. The Doctors themselves take centre stage and all feel important. Definitely one of Big Finish’s better efforts.

 

 

Doctor Who: The Dark Husband

Doctor Who: The Dark Husband

by David Quantick (Big Finish, 2008)

Quantick_Dark Husband

Whereas humour in Doctor Who has always worked best in moderation, Quantick can’t seem to help himself: the jokes never relent, meaning that the Doctor, Ace and Hex are constantly, frivolously undercutting the drama. Thus a potentially intriguing SF tale is stillborn.

 

Doctor Who: The Sandman

Doctor Who: The Sandman

by Simon A. Forward (Big Finish, 2002)

Forward_The Sandman

A nice SF concept, which affords plenty of scope for the Sixth Doctor’s almost bipolar swings between compassion and firewalled ‘otherness’. Colin Baker once again shows that he could have been great if given something to work with by JNT and company.

 

Derelict Space Sheep