Tag: Romana

Doctor Who: The Kairos Ring

Doctor Who: The Kairos Ring

by Stephen Gallagher; read by Steven Pacey (BBC Audio, 2021)

Audiobook cover: “Doctor Who: The Kairos Ring” by Stephen Gallagher; read by Steven Pacey (BBC Audio, 2021)

A novelette that would have benefited from a longer treatment. Gallagher is an accomplished writer peddling a nifty idea, but Romana has too little involvement (especially for a Doctor-less story) and the threat, having been built up, is vanquished rather too easily.

Doctor Who: The Paradox Planet

Doctor Who: The Paradox Planet

by Jonathan Morris (Big Finish, 2016)

Morris_Paradox Planet

Disappointingly, this story is not self-contained but rather one of a separately issued brace. The titular paradox, though inventive, is thus hard to gauge. Character-wise, Romana seems overly supercilious and the Doctor a bit too faux-affable (yet without the underlying moral authority).