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Doctor Who: Short Trips Audio #15
Doctor Who: Halloween: Sea Smoke and Other Stories
Dare you step into the shadows? Terror awaits across time and space. Silent assassins, primordial evils and horrors that defy imagination – the Doctor’s universe has never been more terrifying.
1. Sea Smoke by Jonathan Sims - A First Doctor and Dodo adventure - The First Doctor and Dodo arrive on the Scottish isle of Ulfsay during the height of the 19th-century boom in kelp burning. They quickly realise something is wrong as the smoke from the latest batch of 'kelp' begins to cause horrific transformations on the island.
2. Party Favours by Georgia Cook - A Kate Stewart and Osgood adventure - All Bev wants to do is host her yearly Halloween party and heal her fractured relationship with her girlfriend, Annika. Unfortunately, her reclusive upstairs neighbours have been invited to the festivities, and all they want to do is feast.
3. Bramble King by Noga Flaishon - An Eighth Doctor and Audacity adventure - The Doctor and Audacity encounter a strange vision which leads them to Walpurgis-9, a cargo ship drifting powerless through space. In their attempt to assist the ship's crew, they become entangled in their secrets and encounter the malevolent entity known as 'The Bramble King'.
4. Merlin's Trap by Hannah Kennedy - A Twelfth Doctor adventure
When Lainey leads an expedition into the ancient Merlin’s Cave System, the group is warned by Merlin's ghostly voice to explore no further. As Lainey and her team push deeper into the mysterious cave, they encounter things far beyond their comprehension, including Merlin himself.
1. Sea Smoke by Jonathan Sims - A First Doctor and Dodo adventure - The First Doctor and Dodo arrive on the Scottish isle of Ulfsay during the height of the 19th-century boom in kelp burning. They quickly realise something is wrong as the smoke from the latest batch of 'kelp' begins to cause horrific transformations on the island.
2. Party Favours by Georgia Cook - A Kate Stewart and Osgood adventure - All Bev wants to do is host her yearly Halloween party and heal her fractured relationship with her girlfriend, Annika. Unfortunately, her reclusive upstairs neighbours have been invited to the festivities, and all they want to do is feast.
3. Bramble King by Noga Flaishon - An Eighth Doctor and Audacity adventure - The Doctor and Audacity encounter a strange vision which leads them to Walpurgis-9, a cargo ship drifting powerless through space. In their attempt to assist the ship's crew, they become entangled in their secrets and encounter the malevolent entity known as 'The Bramble King'.
4. Merlin's Trap by Hannah Kennedy - A Twelfth Doctor adventure
When Lainey leads an expedition into the ancient Merlin’s Cave System, the group is warned by Merlin's ghostly voice to explore no further. As Lainey and her team push deeper into the mysterious cave, they encounter things far beyond their comprehension, including Merlin himself.
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27 books1,178 followersJonathan Sims is a writer, performer and games designer whose work primarily focuses on the macabre, the grotesque, and the gentle touch of creeping dread. He is the mind and the voice behind acclaimed horror podcast The Magnus Archives, as well as story-game design duo MacGuffin & Co., and some of your favourite nightmares. He lives in Walthamstow with the two best cats and an overwhelming backlog of books that he really should get round to.
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November 2, 2025
1. Sea Smoke - It’s probably just me, but this doesn’t “feel” like The (First) Doctor and Dodo. The story itself is fine and appropriately enough creepy for a “Halloween” narrative. Fun, but it didn’t really work for me. (3/5)
2. Party Favours - UNIT’s Kate and Osgood are investigating weird stuff in an old building, and they're doing it during a Halloween Party hosted by the Weeping Angels. Don’t blink! Some of this feels a bit like Danny the Street. 🤔 (4/5)
3. Bramble King - This was good. I enjoyed this one. The (Eighth) Doctor and Audacity dive into a strange situation that only gets weirder the deeper the dig. Fun stuff. (4/5)
4. Merlin's Trap - A group of friends (for the most part) go on an expedition to explore a deep area of Merlin’s Cave in Cornwall. Despite The (Twelfth) Doctor’s repeated warnings. Spooky-do’s ensue. (3/5)
Overall, these are fine, but I didn’t find them particularly “Halloween” themed, but then the holiday might be a bit different in the UK than in the US. What they are is horror themed, and that’s certainly fine for Halloween, but the two are not interchangeable. There’s also four bonus tracks included with interviews with cast and crew.
2. Party Favours - UNIT’s Kate and Osgood are investigating weird stuff in an old building, and they're doing it during a Halloween Party hosted by the Weeping Angels. Don’t blink! Some of this feels a bit like Danny the Street. 🤔 (4/5)
3. Bramble King - This was good. I enjoyed this one. The (Eighth) Doctor and Audacity dive into a strange situation that only gets weirder the deeper the dig. Fun stuff. (4/5)
4. Merlin's Trap - A group of friends (for the most part) go on an expedition to explore a deep area of Merlin’s Cave in Cornwall. Despite The (Twelfth) Doctor’s repeated warnings. Spooky-do’s ensue. (3/5)
Overall, these are fine, but I didn’t find them particularly “Halloween” themed, but then the holiday might be a bit different in the UK than in the US. What they are is horror themed, and that’s certainly fine for Halloween, but the two are not interchangeable. There’s also four bonus tracks included with interviews with cast and crew.
October 31, 2025
Accidentally deleted my review for this set, proper pissed off. So, I'm going to write my review again.
Sea Smoke:
The First Doctor and Dodo arrive on the Scottish isle of Ulfsay during the height of the 19th-century boom in kelp burning. They quickly realise something is wrong as the smoke from the latest batch of ‘kelp’ begins to cause horrific transformations on the island.
A very atmospheric and spooky 1st Doctor and Dodo historical that delves into how religion has the potential to be distorted and weaponized to harm not only its followers but those around them. 9/10
Party Favour:
All Bev wants to do is host her yearly Halloween party and heal her fractured relationship with her girlfriend, Annika. Unfortunately, her reclusive upstairs neighbours have been invited to the festivities, and all they want to do is feast.
Georgia Cook has surpassed all expectations. This is a very frightening and heartbreaking story that plays around with time-travel in a very grim and brutal way. The surprise reveal in this one actually shook me. 10/10
The Bramble King:
The Doctor and Audacity encounter a strange vision which leads them to Walpurgis-9, a cargo ship drifting powerless through space. In their attempt to assist the ship’s crew, they become entangled in their secrets and encounter the malevolent entity known as ‘The Bramble King’.
My least favorite of the set, but it's still a solid and really fun adventure with some really trippy scenes that get quite creepy in places. 8/10
Merlin's Trap:
When Lainey leads an expedition into the ancient Merlin’s Cave System, the group is warned by Merlin's ghostly voice to explore no further. As Lainey and her team push deeper into the mysterious cave, they encounter things far beyond their comprehension, including Merlin himself.
Hannah Kennedy's debut Big Finish script is a story that starts off relatively light and atmospheric before slowly turning into a truly horrifying and heart shattering adventure that will leave you shaken by the time it's over. Jon Culshaw's 12th Doctor impression is uncanny, can't wait to hear more from him. 10/10
Overall: 37/40.
Sea Smoke:
The First Doctor and Dodo arrive on the Scottish isle of Ulfsay during the height of the 19th-century boom in kelp burning. They quickly realise something is wrong as the smoke from the latest batch of ‘kelp’ begins to cause horrific transformations on the island.
A very atmospheric and spooky 1st Doctor and Dodo historical that delves into how religion has the potential to be distorted and weaponized to harm not only its followers but those around them. 9/10
Party Favour:
All Bev wants to do is host her yearly Halloween party and heal her fractured relationship with her girlfriend, Annika. Unfortunately, her reclusive upstairs neighbours have been invited to the festivities, and all they want to do is feast.
Georgia Cook has surpassed all expectations. This is a very frightening and heartbreaking story that plays around with time-travel in a very grim and brutal way. The surprise reveal in this one actually shook me. 10/10
The Bramble King:
The Doctor and Audacity encounter a strange vision which leads them to Walpurgis-9, a cargo ship drifting powerless through space. In their attempt to assist the ship’s crew, they become entangled in their secrets and encounter the malevolent entity known as ‘The Bramble King’.
My least favorite of the set, but it's still a solid and really fun adventure with some really trippy scenes that get quite creepy in places. 8/10
Merlin's Trap:
When Lainey leads an expedition into the ancient Merlin’s Cave System, the group is warned by Merlin's ghostly voice to explore no further. As Lainey and her team push deeper into the mysterious cave, they encounter things far beyond their comprehension, including Merlin himself.
Hannah Kennedy's debut Big Finish script is a story that starts off relatively light and atmospheric before slowly turning into a truly horrifying and heart shattering adventure that will leave you shaken by the time it's over. Jon Culshaw's 12th Doctor impression is uncanny, can't wait to hear more from him. 10/10
Overall: 37/40.
November 4, 2025
I thought this was a great boxset of horror/Halloween stories. I'm not a horror fan in general, so I was a little nervous to listen, but the blurbs made them sound fantastic.
Personally, I think the second story, with Kate and Osgood at the Halloween party was the best of all of them. It was, to me, both the creepiest and the most Halloween-ish, and it was also quite heartbreaking.
I did also like the 8th Doctor and the 12th Doctor's stories. Personally I liked the Merlin story and the quiet terror it brings, it was quite evocative and I kept feeling a little claustrophobic while listening. Personally I wish that the Doctor had been involved more, because I love the 12th Doctor, but the story as a whole did work. I did like the 8th Doctor's story, but I don't think it was as emotive as the others.
I didn't personally like the first story with the First Doctor and Dodo, but that might be more to do with the fact that I'm not a fan of the dynamic with the Doctor and Dodo because the story could be quite atmospheric at times.
Personally, I think the second story, with Kate and Osgood at the Halloween party was the best of all of them. It was, to me, both the creepiest and the most Halloween-ish, and it was also quite heartbreaking.
I did also like the 8th Doctor and the 12th Doctor's stories. Personally I liked the Merlin story and the quiet terror it brings, it was quite evocative and I kept feeling a little claustrophobic while listening. Personally I wish that the Doctor had been involved more, because I love the 12th Doctor, but the story as a whole did work. I did like the 8th Doctor's story, but I don't think it was as emotive as the others.
I didn't personally like the first story with the First Doctor and Dodo, but that might be more to do with the fact that I'm not a fan of the dynamic with the Doctor and Dodo because the story could be quite atmospheric at times.
December 17, 2025
Sea Smoke: This is the first story in Big Finish’s new Halloween set
It sees the First Doctor (Stephen Noonan) and Dodo (Lauren Cornelius) arrive in a small village in the 19th Century, where they find the locals are being taken over by an extraterrestrial force.
Sea Smoke is a good story, if nothing groundbreaking. The pace could be a little faster, but the monster is creepy enough for a Halloween themed release, and there’s some unsettling visuals created through the description of the ground feeling like skin because of the monster’s influence.
Dodo is much better here than on TV. She has more of a personality, adopting a more feisty outlook in comparison to her TV counterpart, who felt somewhat generic.
Party Favours: When the Halloween box set was announced, I expected this to be the weakest story. However, I actually enjoyed Party Favours a great deal more than the opener, Sea Smoke.
Party Favours sees the young woman, Bev (Liv Andruiser), and her girlfriend, Annika (Saffron Coomber), hold a halloween party in her home, where they invite their suspiciously reclusive neighbours. Kate Stewart (Jemma Redgrave) and Osgood (Ingrid Oliver) attend whilst secretly investigating some strange temporal readings for UNIT. It contains all of the classic trappings of a haunted house story, with pipes making unusual sounds, and scratching noises on the walls, creating an effectively unnerving atmosphere before the reveal comes.
Speaking of the reveal, I really did not expect the neighbours to be Weeping Angels. It's an excellent twist, especially as they are the one Doctor Who monster that suits the Halloween setting more than any other. There's some cool ideas too, like the drawings of Angels on the walls becoming Angels themselves, harking back to the idea from The Time Of Angels/Flesh And Stone of images of Angels becoming Angels.
Party Favours is possibly one of the darkest Doctor Who narratives out there. In this story, the Weeping Angels don't just send their victims back in time, but they trap them in the basement of the house, where they slowly starve to death because Bev and Annika assume their attempts to get their attention is just the house making odd noises. Then it concludes with the Angels manipulating Bev and Annika into inviting people to a party every Halloween, to feed them to the Weeping Angels. I'm shocked by how disturbing this story gets, as it's quite messed up, even for a species like the Weeping Angels who have been known to snap people's necks before.
I've never listened to any of the UNIT audios, but Osgood and Kate work well here. They are good substitutes for the Doctor when the Doctor is not around, able to deliver the technobabble whilst the other characters panic about the events that transpire. It does make UNIT seem somewhat useless, though, when they are unable to save Bev and Annika from the Weeping Angels.
Bramble King: This one is a bit of a slow burner to begin with, following the Eighth Doctor (Paul McGann) and Audacity (Jaye Griffiths) landing on a spaceship that's suffering a power outage. However, when the titular Bramble King appears and the crew start hallucinating, it gets really good. Turning brambles into a monster is ingenious, as it is the one thing that everybody hates. You will never find anyone who likes brambles. The twist concerning Otto's (Jamie Kenna) son and his connection to the Bramble King is a neat and unexpected reveal also.
Merlin's Trap: An atmospheric and engaging story, concerning a group of archeologist friends who investigate Merlin's Cave in Cornwall. There's some neat character work here, as the dynamics between the gang of friends is explored during their journey into the Cave.
It doesn't feel very Halloween-y, as the central monster that can distort time isn't particularly scary. It suits the one of the Capaldi era well, though, being another misunderstood monster along the lines of Eliza from Knock Knock and the fish from Thin Ice. I can easily buy that this is a story the production team could feasibly have produced for Series 9 or 10.
Jon Culshaw is excellent casting as the Twelfth Doctor. I still wish it was Peter Capaldi, and I hope we don't have to wait long for him to do Big Finish. What makes Jon Culshaw's performance work though is that he isn't just doing an impression of Peter Capaldi as the Doctor, he's bringing some real emotion and pathos to the role. The speech he gives about how the human characters disturbed the creature and it was just defending itself is beautifully acted; I still have no interest in a full set of audios without Peter Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor, but Jon Culshaw does an amazing job here.
It sees the First Doctor (Stephen Noonan) and Dodo (Lauren Cornelius) arrive in a small village in the 19th Century, where they find the locals are being taken over by an extraterrestrial force.
Sea Smoke is a good story, if nothing groundbreaking. The pace could be a little faster, but the monster is creepy enough for a Halloween themed release, and there’s some unsettling visuals created through the description of the ground feeling like skin because of the monster’s influence.
Dodo is much better here than on TV. She has more of a personality, adopting a more feisty outlook in comparison to her TV counterpart, who felt somewhat generic.
Party Favours: When the Halloween box set was announced, I expected this to be the weakest story. However, I actually enjoyed Party Favours a great deal more than the opener, Sea Smoke.
Party Favours sees the young woman, Bev (Liv Andruiser), and her girlfriend, Annika (Saffron Coomber), hold a halloween party in her home, where they invite their suspiciously reclusive neighbours. Kate Stewart (Jemma Redgrave) and Osgood (Ingrid Oliver) attend whilst secretly investigating some strange temporal readings for UNIT. It contains all of the classic trappings of a haunted house story, with pipes making unusual sounds, and scratching noises on the walls, creating an effectively unnerving atmosphere before the reveal comes.
Speaking of the reveal, I really did not expect the neighbours to be Weeping Angels. It's an excellent twist, especially as they are the one Doctor Who monster that suits the Halloween setting more than any other. There's some cool ideas too, like the drawings of Angels on the walls becoming Angels themselves, harking back to the idea from The Time Of Angels/Flesh And Stone of images of Angels becoming Angels.
Party Favours is possibly one of the darkest Doctor Who narratives out there. In this story, the Weeping Angels don't just send their victims back in time, but they trap them in the basement of the house, where they slowly starve to death because Bev and Annika assume their attempts to get their attention is just the house making odd noises. Then it concludes with the Angels manipulating Bev and Annika into inviting people to a party every Halloween, to feed them to the Weeping Angels. I'm shocked by how disturbing this story gets, as it's quite messed up, even for a species like the Weeping Angels who have been known to snap people's necks before.
I've never listened to any of the UNIT audios, but Osgood and Kate work well here. They are good substitutes for the Doctor when the Doctor is not around, able to deliver the technobabble whilst the other characters panic about the events that transpire. It does make UNIT seem somewhat useless, though, when they are unable to save Bev and Annika from the Weeping Angels.
Bramble King: This one is a bit of a slow burner to begin with, following the Eighth Doctor (Paul McGann) and Audacity (Jaye Griffiths) landing on a spaceship that's suffering a power outage. However, when the titular Bramble King appears and the crew start hallucinating, it gets really good. Turning brambles into a monster is ingenious, as it is the one thing that everybody hates. You will never find anyone who likes brambles. The twist concerning Otto's (Jamie Kenna) son and his connection to the Bramble King is a neat and unexpected reveal also.
Merlin's Trap: An atmospheric and engaging story, concerning a group of archeologist friends who investigate Merlin's Cave in Cornwall. There's some neat character work here, as the dynamics between the gang of friends is explored during their journey into the Cave.
It doesn't feel very Halloween-y, as the central monster that can distort time isn't particularly scary. It suits the one of the Capaldi era well, though, being another misunderstood monster along the lines of Eliza from Knock Knock and the fish from Thin Ice. I can easily buy that this is a story the production team could feasibly have produced for Series 9 or 10.
Jon Culshaw is excellent casting as the Twelfth Doctor. I still wish it was Peter Capaldi, and I hope we don't have to wait long for him to do Big Finish. What makes Jon Culshaw's performance work though is that he isn't just doing an impression of Peter Capaldi as the Doctor, he's bringing some real emotion and pathos to the role. The speech he gives about how the human characters disturbed the creature and it was just defending itself is beautifully acted; I still have no interest in a full set of audios without Peter Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor, but Jon Culshaw does an amazing job here.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 29, 2025
A mixed bag of stories, which aren't helped by the fact that two of them are -- once again! -- centered on lesbian relationships for no real plot reasons. But Big Finish must have some requirement that all their releases feature some flavor of el-jibbity nonsense. I can't remember the last time there was a regular heterosexual couple featured in a BF release.*
Making the women in "Party Favours" and "Merlin's Trap" lesbian couples added exactly nothing to each story. The stories would have worked just as well -- or not -- if they'd been friends or sisters or whatever. But BF must make them lesbian lovers. And of course they're shouty and angry and don't even seem to like each other.
My continued aggravation at BF's lesbian-worship aside, "Sea Smoke" is a nice outing for One and Dodo. "Party Favours" seems to create new rules for how the antagonists operate, which made for some confusion. (Can they do that? Uh . . . I guess they can now.) Otherwise, it's probably the most "Halloweeny" of these Halloween episodes with some genuine horrific moments. "Bramble King" required me to back up halfway through and restart, because I wasn't following various plot points very well, but in the end I thought it was pretty okay.
"Merlin's Trap" is notable only for Jon Culshaw's first appearance as the Twelfth Doctor. And he's pretty good at it. Has the age in his voice that Dudman lacked. (Dudman wasn't bad at it, but was just . . . missing something.) I expect we'll be hearing more of Culshaw in the role. But otherwise, the episode itself was annoying, and I'm not even sure I understood was was going on. But the shouty, angry lesbians wore me out quickly so I really stopped paying close attention.
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*Maybe Liv and Tania count.
Making the women in "Party Favours" and "Merlin's Trap" lesbian couples added exactly nothing to each story. The stories would have worked just as well -- or not -- if they'd been friends or sisters or whatever. But BF must make them lesbian lovers. And of course they're shouty and angry and don't even seem to like each other.
My continued aggravation at BF's lesbian-worship aside, "Sea Smoke" is a nice outing for One and Dodo. "Party Favours" seems to create new rules for how the antagonists operate, which made for some confusion. (Can they do that? Uh . . . I guess they can now.) Otherwise, it's probably the most "Halloweeny" of these Halloween episodes with some genuine horrific moments. "Bramble King" required me to back up halfway through and restart, because I wasn't following various plot points very well, but in the end I thought it was pretty okay.
"Merlin's Trap" is notable only for Jon Culshaw's first appearance as the Twelfth Doctor. And he's pretty good at it. Has the age in his voice that Dudman lacked. (Dudman wasn't bad at it, but was just . . . missing something.) I expect we'll be hearing more of Culshaw in the role. But otherwise, the episode itself was annoying, and I'm not even sure I understood was was going on. But the shouty, angry lesbians wore me out quickly so I really stopped paying close attention.
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*Maybe Liv and Tania count.
November 14, 2025
I am very glad I got this- BF anthologies can be hit and miss, but if they hit, they hit hard.
In this release, we get 4 well written and performed stories.
2 of the stories are "Doctor / Unit lite" and center mostly on the side characters. As we have seen with "Blink", this can work extremely well, and this is also the case here.
It is also great that our heroes in these stories are on the back foot, and good endings are not guaranteed. In my opinion, this is utterly necessary for a good horror story.
How can you be truly scared and emotionally invested / shocked, when you know from the start that the Doctor will save the day?
Well, this is a proper Halloween Horror release, and, sorry if this is a spoiler, but no, here is no guarantee that things will end well and that the heroes will win.
So yes, this is a great release that works very well.
The settings and atmosphere are also great and even if some of the locations (space ship, cave) are not truly original, a new unique spin is given to them.
I will not say more to avoid spoilers, but if you are in the mood for great scary entertainment, you do not fear "defeat" for the good guys and would like to listen to some audio drama that is above the sadly too common BF "same old, same old", then this is for you and you can get into this without further thought.
However, I will comment on the use of Noonan as the first Doctor- I just cannot warm up to his performance. I am sorry, but I have now listened to several of his performances as the first Doctor, and it just does not work for me. I actually do prefer David Bradley, even if he sounds much less than Hartnell. But that is my personal preference.
In this release, we get 4 well written and performed stories.
2 of the stories are "Doctor / Unit lite" and center mostly on the side characters. As we have seen with "Blink", this can work extremely well, and this is also the case here.
It is also great that our heroes in these stories are on the back foot, and good endings are not guaranteed. In my opinion, this is utterly necessary for a good horror story.
How can you be truly scared and emotionally invested / shocked, when you know from the start that the Doctor will save the day?
Well, this is a proper Halloween Horror release, and, sorry if this is a spoiler, but no, here is no guarantee that things will end well and that the heroes will win.
So yes, this is a great release that works very well.
The settings and atmosphere are also great and even if some of the locations (space ship, cave) are not truly original, a new unique spin is given to them.
I will not say more to avoid spoilers, but if you are in the mood for great scary entertainment, you do not fear "defeat" for the good guys and would like to listen to some audio drama that is above the sadly too common BF "same old, same old", then this is for you and you can get into this without further thought.
However, I will comment on the use of Noonan as the first Doctor- I just cannot warm up to his performance. I am sorry, but I have now listened to several of his performances as the first Doctor, and it just does not work for me. I actually do prefer David Bradley, even if he sounds much less than Hartnell. But that is my personal preference.
December 19, 2025
1. Sea Smoke 1/5 not for me. The First Doctor didn't sound right at all and I couldn't finish this one. Skip.
2. Party Favours 3/5 fine. Pretty bleak if you like that sort of thing. Yay one of the Osgoods was here.
3. Bramble King 2/5 I actually don't remember this at all. I'm not invested in the Audacity arc at all.
4. Merlin's Trap 4/5 listened to this one on a flight and really liked it. Culshaw's 12 was impeccable if underused.
10/20 = 2.5/5 rounded down to a 2. This whole series felt like an advert for other serieseses. It's a glorified sampler and none of them hooked me. Shame the 12 set is digital only. Honestly not a very accessible set and really only for hardcore fans.
2. Party Favours 3/5 fine. Pretty bleak if you like that sort of thing. Yay one of the Osgoods was here.
3. Bramble King 2/5 I actually don't remember this at all. I'm not invested in the Audacity arc at all.
4. Merlin's Trap 4/5 listened to this one on a flight and really liked it. Culshaw's 12 was impeccable if underused.
10/20 = 2.5/5 rounded down to a 2. This whole series felt like an advert for other serieseses. It's a glorified sampler and none of them hooked me. Shame the 12 set is digital only. Honestly not a very accessible set and really only for hardcore fans.
November 10, 2025
Sea Smoke - a wonderfully eerie concept and a really nice guest cast; I think this is the highlight of the set.
Party Favours - definitely hits the scare factor but this is a very weak story, I couldn't find myself caring about the characters at all.
Bramble King - a decent enough tale but I wouldn't count as a Halloween piece.
Merlin's Trap - this is obviously a vehicle to debut Culshaw's Twelfth Doctor; this is done very well and there is a cracking mystery.
Party Favours - definitely hits the scare factor but this is a very weak story, I couldn't find myself caring about the characters at all.
Bramble King - a decent enough tale but I wouldn't count as a Halloween piece.
Merlin's Trap - this is obviously a vehicle to debut Culshaw's Twelfth Doctor; this is done very well and there is a cracking mystery.
November 1, 2025
Really enjoyed the vibes here. Surprisingly, my favorite may be the Kate and Osgood story. I will say I wish Jon Culshaw's Twelfth Doctor had more time than he had here. Still don't quite have an opinion on the choice.
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