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Transference
Sam Ross is a psychotherapist - she spends her days helping people, but she can barely help herself. She’s still grieving over the recent death of her sister, her mother Barbara offers little support and she’s professionally challenged.
One of her clients is Keith, a man whose life story changes with every session. And Keith has a secret - one that will rock Sam’s world to the core and place her in the most terrible danger.
Directed Ken Bentley
David Richardson
Executive Jason Haigh-Ellery and Nicholas Briggs
One of her clients is Keith, a man whose life story changes with every session. And Keith has a secret - one that will rock Sam’s world to the core and place her in the most terrible danger.
Directed Ken Bentley
David Richardson
Executive Jason Haigh-Ellery and Nicholas Briggs
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First published August 1, 2019
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Jane Slavin
44 books10 followersJane Slavin is an actress. She lives in London. Writing on the Water is her first novel.
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March 11, 2020
In the last couple years Big Finish started releasing a bunch of original dramas, which makes sense. If your entire company is based off making licensed media I would think you would get a bit nervous occasionally and want to branch out.
Transference is about a psychotherapist named Sam who is not currently excelling at her job due to the fact that her sister died a few days earlier. One of her clients claims to have murdered his father which she should report except that she doesn't really believe him. Then a bunch of thriller type stuff happens.
Plot-wise Transference is a pretty typical thriller that I always expected to twist off into sci-fi, but never really does (depending on how you define sci-fi I guess). What elevates the whole production is the tinge of grief that ties the whole thing together. Tonally it actually reminded me a lot of the indie adventure game Kathy Rain, a comparison that is sure to be helpful for nobody at all. Big Finish wise it's most comparable to Cyberman and Dalek Empire minus all the Doctor Who stuff. It's probably also comparable to a whole bunch of BBC thrillers; maybe pretend I compared it to one of those.
It's not perfect, some of the dialogue feels a bit corny or repetitive, and the 5th and 6th episodes feel a bit like stalling, but Alex Kingston is really good as Sam and brings an energy to the whole thing that makes it very listenable. It's Big Finish so excellent production values are expected, but this felt like they were pulling out all the stops. This is easily one of the most accessible productions Big Finish has ever made, which might not be saying much considering their main output. It's Big Finish deciding to do a crowd pleasing thriller and doing a pretty good job at it.
Transference is about a psychotherapist named Sam who is not currently excelling at her job due to the fact that her sister died a few days earlier. One of her clients claims to have murdered his father which she should report except that she doesn't really believe him. Then a bunch of thriller type stuff happens.
Plot-wise Transference is a pretty typical thriller that I always expected to twist off into sci-fi, but never really does (depending on how you define sci-fi I guess). What elevates the whole production is the tinge of grief that ties the whole thing together. Tonally it actually reminded me a lot of the indie adventure game Kathy Rain, a comparison that is sure to be helpful for nobody at all. Big Finish wise it's most comparable to Cyberman and Dalek Empire minus all the Doctor Who stuff. It's probably also comparable to a whole bunch of BBC thrillers; maybe pretend I compared it to one of those.
It's not perfect, some of the dialogue feels a bit corny or repetitive, and the 5th and 6th episodes feel a bit like stalling, but Alex Kingston is really good as Sam and brings an energy to the whole thing that makes it very listenable. It's Big Finish so excellent production values are expected, but this felt like they were pulling out all the stops. This is easily one of the most accessible productions Big Finish has ever made, which might not be saying much considering their main output. It's Big Finish deciding to do a crowd pleasing thriller and doing a pretty good job at it.
March 17, 2023
This is a classic thriller. But it’s absolutely brilliant! Big Finish was firing on all cylinders with this one. Excellent performances. Perfect musical score and sound scape. Wonderful editing. Big Finish should have won dozens and dozens of awards for this one.
May 26, 2025
I loved this so much! The whole cast was exemplary, especially Alex Kingston!
January 5, 2020
Absolutely brilliant, full of twists and turns.
September 19, 2022
I'm not usually into thrillers, but this one impressed me. Alex Kingston's voice acting is superb and more than made up for the saggy middle section.
September 25, 2022
She did it!!!
November 20, 2022
Took me a while to get into it, but I'm glad I persisted. Great story and interesting characters 👍
April 27, 2023
Absolutely brilliant, kept you on your toes just riveting. The characters wow and the plot wow
March 12, 2024
I’m actually surprised that I got through this within a day. There was some dialogue here and there that kept me guessing.
March 22, 2024
This was a great listen! It was full of turns and twists, right up til the end! A great performance by a great cast! Alex Kingston is so wonderful always
July 31, 2020
This was magnificent!
All of it, but the ending it was woow! Still on my bed not knowing how to live after this.😮
When I got it I expected to enjoy it. But I didn't expect to enjoy as much as I did.
The story left me trying to discover what was going on, who deserved to be trusted or not, and when I stopped it to do other things, all I could do was think what was going to happen next.
Alex Kingston is superb and you can feel everything just in her voice. But, seriously, all the performances was amazing and impressive.
And the ending! Woow, that ending! It's not that we never saw it before, but when you get all the story and all the performances, the end is brilliant.
I just want to keep listening it again and again.
I really hope Big Finish do more of these originals!
All of it, but the ending it was woow! Still on my bed not knowing how to live after this.😮
When I got it I expected to enjoy it. But I didn't expect to enjoy as much as I did.
The story left me trying to discover what was going on, who deserved to be trusted or not, and when I stopped it to do other things, all I could do was think what was going to happen next.
Alex Kingston is superb and you can feel everything just in her voice. But, seriously, all the performances was amazing and impressive.
And the ending! Woow, that ending! It's not that we never saw it before, but when you get all the story and all the performances, the end is brilliant.
I just want to keep listening it again and again.
I really hope Big Finish do more of these originals!
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