A mere nine years after listening to and enjoying The Crimes of Thomas Brewster I thought it overdue a review. It’s what I call a jigsaw puzzle story – it brings together many threads from across the Big Finish Doctor Who main range and even starts one of its own. It’s also one of those…
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Trap Street – a new series for Big Finish?
Now, I know the Big Finish licence only extends up until Time of the Doctor but consider how wonderful a setting the Trap Street would make from Face the Raven? The concept is strong, the location already vivid (eg see the production artwork left); what’s not to like?
The one with the East London Docks! (Dalek Invasion of Earth reviewed)
Terry Nation’s Dalek Invasion of Earth is probably (in fact almost certainly) my favourite First Doctor tale. Although old enough I don’t in fact remember any First Doctor stories being broadcast and have actually not seen many since so maybe this is a dubious accolade though I suspect I may be right and although this (historically) can not…
The one with the casual racism (Talons of Weng Chiang reviewed)
A provocative title maybe but I do have to say that when watching The Talons of Weng Chiang recently the thing that I most would change (along with the few dodgy effects) would be the many references to ‘The Chinese” in a way that really comes across as not-desirable though probably true to the time…
Red Rocket Rising 