Category Archives: Eighth Doctor

Terror Firma

Posted on December 21, 2021 by DrAcrossthePond

The last season of Paul McGann’s main range of Doctor Who stories had him, C’Rizz and Charley escape the divergent universe.  They find themselves in a dark corridor before walking out into… Daleks!  Terror Firma seems to be one of … Continue reading →

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The Next Life

Posted on October 19, 2021 by DrAcrossthePond

There was a big change at my job the week I started to listen to this in July of 2021.  On the Monday in question, my “right hand” or “partner in crime”, as they say, was starting in another department; … Continue reading →

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Caerdroia

Posted on October 12, 2021 by DrAcrossthePond

I’d be lying if I said I liked the name of this episode, but it’s not one of those weirdly spelled alien names as you might expect, but rather it’s a Welsh word for, essentially, a maze.  That might not … Continue reading →

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The Last

Posted on October 5, 2021 by DrAcrossthePond

Not for nothing, but you have to give Big Finish massive kudos for some of their stories.  The advantage of being in a different universe means they have the freedom of playing with the logic of the land.  Add to … Continue reading →

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Faith Stealer

Posted on September 28, 2021 by DrAcrossthePond

Some Doctor Who stories are good, if a bit mundane.  I mean, it’s not an out-of-this-world story that has the Doctor’s friends under mental control of some alien influence that tries to kill them.  Been there, done that.  What is … Continue reading →

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The Twilight Kingdom

Posted on August 17, 2021 by DrAcrossthePond

If you are unfamiliar with Big Finish, you’re doing yourself a disservice.  Big Finish has a motto: “we love stories”.  It’s simple but extremely evident.  When you love something, you take care of it.  Two stories back, with The Creed … Continue reading →

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The Natural History of Fear

Posted on August 10, 2021 by DrAcrossthePond

If you remember last week, I was complaining about Charley and the weakness of The Creed of the Kromon in general.  You’ll be pleased to know that I was singing a different tune when The Natural History of Fear finished.  … Continue reading →

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The Creed of the Kromon

Posted on August 3, 2021 by DrAcrossthePond

If I’m being honest, I am upset.  I think what I liked about the original range of Doctor Who releases from Big Finish is that if you disliked a Doctor/companion combo, you only had one story to sit through before … Continue reading →

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Scherzo

Posted on July 27, 2021 by DrAcrossthePond

Returning to Big Finish after a bit of a gap has been a mixed bag and I’m desperately torn on my feelings about Scherzo.  Having left our universe at the end of Zagreus, Charley and the Doctor are in a … Continue reading →

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Zagreus

Posted on March 19, 2020 by DrAcrossthePond

I have been working my way through the first 50 Big Finish releases debating if I wanted to go immediately onward or if I should pause here and try some other Big Finish products.  I struggle because this episode is … Continue reading →

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The Target Storybook

Posted on February 2, 2020 by DrAcrossthePond

When I was a kid, nothing was more exciting than getting a new Doctor Who book from the TARGET book range.  I utterly adored them.  Then, one day, I finished the collection and there were none left to collect.  When … Continue reading →

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Neverland

Posted on November 5, 2019 by DrAcrossthePond

“I… am become…” Wait just a damned minute.  “I am become”?  You mean, “I have become”?  Robert Oppenheimer made this quote popular with his feeling about the nuclear bomb: “I am become death, the destroyer of worlds” but he was … Continue reading →

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The Time of the Daleks

Posted on October 29, 2019 by DrAcrossthePond

Last week you may recall me writing about Embrace the Darkness, wherein I mentioned starting a 3 hour drive to Maryland.  For the ride back, I listened to The Time of the Daleks.  Oh boy, we start off with Rassilon quoting Shakespeare, because… … Continue reading →

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Embrace the Darkness

Posted on October 22, 2019 by DrAcrossthePond

Embrace the Darkness had something going for it for me.  I was starting a long drive to Maryland at 5am when I started listening to this one.  There was no light at all, and wouldn’t be for about an hour … Continue reading →

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Seasons of Fear

Posted on October 15, 2019 by DrAcrossthePond

I knew it was going to be a hard task to come up with something nearly as good as Big Finish’s last story, but I go in with high hopes, having zero memory of what’s to come.  Seasons of Fear … Continue reading →

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The Chimes of Midnight

Posted on October 8, 2019 by DrAcrossthePond

I had been well ahead of myself with my writing until I came to this story.  After listening to it, I did not write my normal review because I was stumped. The Chimes of Midnight is the first story I had a … Continue reading →

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Invaders from Mars

Posted on October 1, 2019 by DrAcrossthePond

We’ll take Manhattan!  And Staten Island too!!   Well this was a surprise.  I don’t know how I’d forgotten that my old hometown, an island something like 13 miles by 5 miles in size, should be referenced in a Doctor Who story.  … Continue reading →

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Minuet in Hell

Posted on July 30, 2019 by DrAcrossthePond

With a title like Minuet In Hell, I could see we were planning on treading some darker waters.  Coming off last week’s Lovecraft Special, that might sound like a tough task, but considering how lackluster that story was, maybe it’s … Continue reading →

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The Stones of Venice

Posted on July 23, 2019 by DrAcrossthePond

Let me get this right:  cultists? A subspecies of water dwellers complete with webbed toes and fingers?  Mysterious resurrections?  Gold coffins? Otherworldly paintings?   A Sinking City?  “Ia!  Ia!  Cthulhu Fhtagn?”  Ok, maybe that last one isn’t mentioned, but from the … Continue reading →

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Sword of Orion

Posted on July 16, 2019 by DrAcrossthePond

This idea of not looking at the covers is paying off really well.  Since the stories don’t even announce the titles, I go in blindly and see (ha, pun) what turns up.  This story starts out with setting the scene.  … Continue reading →

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