Tag: Last Adventure

Doctor Who: The Brink of Death

Doctor Who: The Last Adventure, Part 4: The Brink of Death

by Nicholas Briggs (Big Finish, 2015)

Audio drama cover: “Doctor Who: The Last Adventure, Part 4: The Brink of Death” by Nicholas Briggs (Big Finish, 2015)

Colin Baker’s regeneration story. The Sixth Doctor is given the send-off he was denied in the 1980s. Indeed, he is compensated somewhat by being scripted a dual death—once knowing the underlying reasons, once not. Unsurprisingly, Baker puts in a character-defining performance.

Doctor Who: Stage Fright

Doctor Who: The Last Adventure, Part 3: Stage Fright

by Matt Fitton (Big Finish, 2015)

Audio drama cover: “Doctor Who: The Last Adventure, Part 3: Stage Fright” by Matt Fitton (Big Finish, 2015)

Fitton brings some intrigue to the Last Adventure. At the end of the day, however, the Valeyard’s evil scheme doesn’t make much sense. The Sixth Doctor’s modus operandi is once again to march up to the threat and demand its immediate cessation.

Doctor Who: The Red House

Doctor Who: The Last Adventure, Part 2: The Red House

by Alan Barnes (Big Finish, 2015)

Audio drama cover: “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).