I reviewed Jago & Litefoot series 9 for Kasterborous (see here) and thought I’d follow up with my more usual, in-depth take on the stories and the set as a whole. There are a couple of spoilers but I leave plenty of the plot unexplored, focussing on the greater narrative arc of the characters. This may…
Paul Cornell and Mike Maddox collaborated on Circular Time a set of four stories for the Fifth Doctor and Nyssa. The stories are themed around the four seasons with an ensemble cast picking up the other parts. I came to this with a sense that it was a popular release in the Big Finish forums. Were my…
Anther Lost Story under the microscope and this time its the Fifth Doctor adventure Children of Seth. This tale was originally written by Christopher Bailey (Kinda and Snakedance) and adapted by Marc Platt. The high-power cast includes David Warner, Adrian Lukis, Honor Blackman and John Banks. I have found some of the Lost Stories have left something to be desired - does this…
And so July 2013 brings us to the end of the second series of Fourth Doctor Adventures and the final outing for Mary Tamm’s Romana. This is also the fourth of the stories in which Tom Baker’s Doctor gets to spar with David Warner’s Cuthbert, vainglorious villain from the Conglomerate and his allies the Daleks! When…
The Fourth Doctor Adventures second series approaches the final furlong with Nick Briggs taking us back to Cuthbert and the Conglomerate with The Dalek Contract. The title evokes memory of the AudioVisuals story The Destructor Contract in which Cuthbert first appeared; beyond that this is actually the follow up to The Sands of Life (Cuthbert Annals I) and War Against the…
Series 7 Part 2 episode 3 of 8 (or whatever it should be numbered) or Cold War arrives with Mark Gatiss script giving us a claustrophobic, submarine drama and the return of the Ice Warriors (hurrah)! By the time this broadcasts there will be much finger-crossing from fans that we don’t get the same level of…
The Fourth Doctor Adventures continue the story started in The Sands of Life (reviewed here in The Cuthbert Annals I) with War Against the Laan again written by Nick Briggs. So far the quality of the 4DA has been very high and I was keen to know if the standard would continue. As a quick reminder, the…
