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Doom Coalition #2
Doctor Who: Doom Coalition 2
2.1 Beachhead by Nicholas Briggs
The residents of Stegmoor Bay have more to deal with than the elements when a flash flood uncovers the remains of a Voord scout ship.
2.2 Scenes from Her Life by John Dorney
Following a clue into the time vortex, the Doctor investigates a desolate city only to discover a horrifying plot to create a monster.
2.3 The Gift by Marc Platt
San Francisco, 1906, and a desperate race to prevent the destruction of more than just the city.
2.4 The Sonomancer by Matt Fitton
River Song tries to stop a mining company from exploiting the Syran people only to discover the miners have uncovered much more than they bargained for.
The residents of Stegmoor Bay have more to deal with than the elements when a flash flood uncovers the remains of a Voord scout ship.
2.2 Scenes from Her Life by John Dorney
Following a clue into the time vortex, the Doctor investigates a desolate city only to discover a horrifying plot to create a monster.
2.3 The Gift by Marc Platt
San Francisco, 1906, and a desperate race to prevent the destruction of more than just the city.
2.4 The Sonomancer by Matt Fitton
River Song tries to stop a mining company from exploiting the Syran people only to discover the miners have uncovered much more than they bargained for.
5 pages, Audio CD
First published March 1, 2016
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Nicholas Briggs
375 books133 followersNicholas Briggs is a British actor and writer, predominantly associated with the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who and its various spin-offs. Some of Briggs' earliest Doctor Who-related work was as host of The Myth Makers, a series of made-for-video documentaries produced in the 1980s and 1990s by Reeltime Pictures in which Briggs interviews many of the actors and writers involved in the series. When Reeltime expanded into producing original dramas, Briggs wrote some stories and acted in others, beginning with War Time, the first unofficial Doctor Who spin-off, and Myth Runner, a parody of Blade Runner showcasing bloopers from the Myth Makers series built around a loose storyline featuring Briggs as a down on his luck private detective in the near future.
He wrote and appeared in several made-for-video dramas by BBV, including the third of the Stranger stories, In Memory Alone opposite former Doctor Who stars Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant. He also wrote and appeared in a non-Stranger BBV production called The Airzone Solution (1993) and directed a documentary film, Stranger than Fiction (1994).
Briggs has directed many of the Big Finish Productions audio plays, and has provided Dalek, Cybermen, and other alien voices in several of those as well. He has also written and directed the Dalek Empire and Cyberman audio plays for Big Finish. In 2006, Briggs took over from Gary Russell as executive producer of the Big Finish Doctor Who audio range.
Briggs co-wrote a Doctor Who book called The Dalek Survival Guide.
Since Doctor Who returned to television in 2005, Briggs has provided the voices for several monsters, most notably the Daleks and the Cybermen. Briggs also voiced the Nestene Consciousness in the 2005 episode "Rose", and recorded a voice for the Jagrafess in the 2005 episode "The Long Game"; however, this was not used in the final episode because it was too similar to the voice of the Nestene Consciousness. He also provided the voices for the Judoon in both the 2007 and 2008 series. On 9 July 2009, Briggs made his first appearance in the Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood in the serial Children of Earth, playing Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary Rick Yates.
He wrote and appeared in several made-for-video dramas by BBV, including the third of the Stranger stories, In Memory Alone opposite former Doctor Who stars Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant. He also wrote and appeared in a non-Stranger BBV production called The Airzone Solution (1993) and directed a documentary film, Stranger than Fiction (1994).
Briggs has directed many of the Big Finish Productions audio plays, and has provided Dalek, Cybermen, and other alien voices in several of those as well. He has also written and directed the Dalek Empire and Cyberman audio plays for Big Finish. In 2006, Briggs took over from Gary Russell as executive producer of the Big Finish Doctor Who audio range.
Briggs co-wrote a Doctor Who book called The Dalek Survival Guide.
Since Doctor Who returned to television in 2005, Briggs has provided the voices for several monsters, most notably the Daleks and the Cybermen. Briggs also voiced the Nestene Consciousness in the 2005 episode "Rose", and recorded a voice for the Jagrafess in the 2005 episode "The Long Game"; however, this was not used in the final episode because it was too similar to the voice of the Nestene Consciousness. He also provided the voices for the Judoon in both the 2007 and 2008 series. On 9 July 2009, Briggs made his first appearance in the Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood in the serial Children of Earth, playing Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary Rick Yates.
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March 8, 2016
This is the first of the Paul McGann box sets that hasn't blown me away. It really felt like it belonged in Big Finish's main range rather than a box set. The stories weren't bad. Just a bit ordinary. The other problem I had was the actresses who play Liv and Helen have very similar sounding voices so I often had trouble telling who was speaking.
Nick Briggs' first story was quite remarkable for Doctor Who in that nearly all the characters (including the aliens) were women. But it was rather a small story about a village getting flooded and a potential alien threat. There was a nice use of backstory but I think it would have been better developed into two hours.
The 2nd story felt like a 70s adventure, a TARDIS stretching out into the Vortex with people on board who were quite mad. It was an interesting idea and the characters, particularly the telepathic women, were interesting, but it took awhile to explain what was going on, and what was a flashback and was a bit confusing as a result.
The third story I forgot almost as soon as I listened to it. The next day when trying to describe the plot I couldn't remember at all what had happened! Not even that it was in America. I am not much of a fan of stories set in America. Particularly with fake American accents. There were nice hints about Paul regenerating there. But overall there wasn't much to recommend it.
Matt's story at the end was by far my favourite. I liked the woman time lord linking up with the Eleven. I LOVED River's interactions with Helen. I LOVED Liv with her big robot digging machine sacrificing herself to save the Doctor. It was definitely back to the level I expect from these audios.
I still need to listen to the interviews and I'm hoping after doing that I'll listen to the stories again and appreciate them a bit more (though possibly not the 3rd story).
Nick Briggs' first story was quite remarkable for Doctor Who in that nearly all the characters (including the aliens) were women. But it was rather a small story about a village getting flooded and a potential alien threat. There was a nice use of backstory but I think it would have been better developed into two hours.
The 2nd story felt like a 70s adventure, a TARDIS stretching out into the Vortex with people on board who were quite mad. It was an interesting idea and the characters, particularly the telepathic women, were interesting, but it took awhile to explain what was going on, and what was a flashback and was a bit confusing as a result.
The third story I forgot almost as soon as I listened to it. The next day when trying to describe the plot I couldn't remember at all what had happened! Not even that it was in America. I am not much of a fan of stories set in America. Particularly with fake American accents. There were nice hints about Paul regenerating there. But overall there wasn't much to recommend it.
Matt's story at the end was by far my favourite. I liked the woman time lord linking up with the Eleven. I LOVED River's interactions with Helen. I LOVED Liv with her big robot digging machine sacrificing herself to save the Doctor. It was definitely back to the level I expect from these audios.
I still need to listen to the interviews and I'm hoping after doing that I'll listen to the stories again and appreciate them a bit more (though possibly not the 3rd story).
April 22, 2020
42 WORD REVIEWS:
Beachhead by Nicholas Briggs
★★★☆☆
A simple enough little story but well-handled, the audio drama remaining coherent even while cutting amongst four female characters (plus Paul McGann’s Doctor). As a continuity note, the Voord do seem rather more sprightly than they were in The Keys of Marinus!
Scenes from her Life by John Dorney
★★★★☆
An audio drama but a TV idea, the sort to make one wonder at what Paul McGann’s Doctor could have been (or could still be if brought back in, say, a multi-Doctor special). A nice mix of Classic and New Series styles.
The Gift by Mark Platt
★★☆☆☆
Following the format of the first Doom Coalition series, Mark Platt presents listeners with the classic third episode let-down. The plot doesn’t so much tread water as flounder horribly, the production degenerating into a loud, disorderly shambles as it heralds episode four.
The Sonomancer by Matt Fitton
★★☆☆☆
Fitton manages some strong characterisation—Liv Chenka takes charge; Helen Sinclair bonds with River Song—but although Alex Kingston is quite the drawcard, the lack of interaction between her and Paul McGann is disappointing, as is the plot degeneration into runaround dénouement.
Beachhead by Nicholas Briggs
★★★☆☆
A simple enough little story but well-handled, the audio drama remaining coherent even while cutting amongst four female characters (plus Paul McGann’s Doctor). As a continuity note, the Voord do seem rather more sprightly than they were in The Keys of Marinus!
Scenes from her Life by John Dorney
★★★★☆
An audio drama but a TV idea, the sort to make one wonder at what Paul McGann’s Doctor could have been (or could still be if brought back in, say, a multi-Doctor special). A nice mix of Classic and New Series styles.
The Gift by Mark Platt
★★☆☆☆
Following the format of the first Doom Coalition series, Mark Platt presents listeners with the classic third episode let-down. The plot doesn’t so much tread water as flounder horribly, the production degenerating into a loud, disorderly shambles as it heralds episode four.
The Sonomancer by Matt Fitton
★★☆☆☆
Fitton manages some strong characterisation—Liv Chenka takes charge; Helen Sinclair bonds with River Song—but although Alex Kingston is quite the drawcard, the lack of interaction between her and Paul McGann is disappointing, as is the plot degeneration into runaround dénouement.
May 1, 2025
So, overall, not my favorite Eighth Doctor box set. The story stumbled out of the gate and, although it improved in the second half, it never quite recovered its momentum.
Beachhead, by Nicholas Briggs (3 stars): This story, I think, would have been better if it had been fleshed out into a two-parter. It had some really interesting ideas, but things took too long to really take off, and when it finally did, they only had time to rush to the finish line. The Doctor, Liv, and Helen all land in an English village, ostensibly to take a holiday to recover from their previous encounters with The Eleven, that the Doctor actually visited once before during his Third incarnation while working with UNIT. Insert a timely or ill-timed crisis, and here we go.
Like I said, there were some really interesting ideas here. In particular, the character Philippa Gregson brings up an interesting point - just how ordinary people are impacted by alien activity and the harm UNIT's cover stories can do. Her husband was told he imagined the whole thing about an alien spaceship injuring him (even the Third Doctor seemed to have dismissed him), and he was left to suffer lifelong headaches on his own, as well as being thought delusional. Something tells me that Mr. Gregson probably wasn't unique in having this happen to him. I'd have loved to have explored that more. Instead, Philippa was allowed to have a moment to blow up, to even pull a shotgun on the Doctor and have a good shout at him, but in the end, that was about it. Again, I think this story might have been better as a two-hour adventure, where things could have gotten fleshed out further, to really explore the character's sufferings.
Helen seems to have finally into the traditional Companion role, the one who has to do their best to smooth over the feathers that the Doctor ruffles on account of his supreme lack of emotional awareness once he sinks his teeth into a mystery. Liv kind of gets a promotion, in that she gets to act at least somewhat independently of the Doctor, going out to examine findings and just generally do stuff.
Scenes From Her Life, by John Dorney (2.5 stars): This is a rare miss from John Dorney. I tend to really enjoy his stories. This one, though, kind of suffers from the same problems as the first - it takes forever to get into the meat of the story, and by the time that it does, there's only enough time left to hurry to pack in everything that needs to be said/done. This one does have a twist, in that we find out that the mad inhabitants of the TARDIS are actually the victims in the whole story, but by the time I found that out, it was far too late for me to sympathize for them as they'd already been irritating me for forty minutes.
Helen hits another Companion milestone - getting manipulated into helping the villain. Of course, that didn't bother me too much. As the Doctor says at the end (and in a later installment), Helen acted out of compassion, and that is not something to scold. It isn't her fault that the target for her compassion was so unworthy of it.
The Gift, by Marc Platt (4 stars): This is where, finally, the overall story begins to get interesting for me. Coming off the last adventure, the damaged TARDIS dumps the Doctor, Liv, and Helen out in 1906 San Francisco, on the eve of the big earthquake at that time, and immediately, the impact of the previous story's villain's machinations there begin to impact the Doctor, leaving Liv and Helen to try and keep him in check while also investigating the mysterious goings on.
The Gift is one I liked for many reasons - a) listening to British actors try and pull off an American accent is always ten kinds of fun and everyone did such a great job; b) the Doctor being utterly outclassed and just barely scraping in a win; and c) everything happening against the backdrop of an utterly devastating event. About the only thing I could have asked for more of on that last point is more sound effects to portray the disaster happening in the background.
The Sonomancer, by Matt Fitton (5 stars): This story is what saved this box set for me, tbh. I was a bit meh about the concept of River Song popping up, but I loved that they handled it in much the same way as when they brought Eight into the first Diary of River Song box set - River and the Doctor do not actually meet. Instead, we're given a story where River works at saving the day with Helen (and Helen finally begins to become interesting), teams up with Liv to give the Eleven a good ass-kicking, and is just generally cool (somewhere, the Eleventh Doctor seethes with envy). In some ways, her presence almost overshadows the story, and even the Doctor himself, but I didn't actually mind because the story was so damn engrossing.
So, in the overall picture, I liked about half of the story, specifically the second half. Still, I was left kind of disappointed by the set overall. Never a good thing when you're bored out of your mind in the first two hours of a story.
Beachhead, by Nicholas Briggs (3 stars): This story, I think, would have been better if it had been fleshed out into a two-parter. It had some really interesting ideas, but things took too long to really take off, and when it finally did, they only had time to rush to the finish line. The Doctor, Liv, and Helen all land in an English village, ostensibly to take a holiday to recover from their previous encounters with The Eleven, that the Doctor actually visited once before during his Third incarnation while working with UNIT. Insert a timely or ill-timed crisis, and here we go.
Like I said, there were some really interesting ideas here. In particular, the character Philippa Gregson brings up an interesting point - just how ordinary people are impacted by alien activity and the harm UNIT's cover stories can do. Her husband was told he imagined the whole thing about an alien spaceship injuring him (even the Third Doctor seemed to have dismissed him), and he was left to suffer lifelong headaches on his own, as well as being thought delusional. Something tells me that Mr. Gregson probably wasn't unique in having this happen to him. I'd have loved to have explored that more. Instead, Philippa was allowed to have a moment to blow up, to even pull a shotgun on the Doctor and have a good shout at him, but in the end, that was about it. Again, I think this story might have been better as a two-hour adventure, where things could have gotten fleshed out further, to really explore the character's sufferings.
Helen seems to have finally into the traditional Companion role, the one who has to do their best to smooth over the feathers that the Doctor ruffles on account of his supreme lack of emotional awareness once he sinks his teeth into a mystery. Liv kind of gets a promotion, in that she gets to act at least somewhat independently of the Doctor, going out to examine findings and just generally do stuff.
Scenes From Her Life, by John Dorney (2.5 stars): This is a rare miss from John Dorney. I tend to really enjoy his stories. This one, though, kind of suffers from the same problems as the first - it takes forever to get into the meat of the story, and by the time that it does, there's only enough time left to hurry to pack in everything that needs to be said/done. This one does have a twist, in that we find out that the mad inhabitants of the TARDIS are actually the victims in the whole story, but by the time I found that out, it was far too late for me to sympathize for them as they'd already been irritating me for forty minutes.
Helen hits another Companion milestone - getting manipulated into helping the villain. Of course, that didn't bother me too much. As the Doctor says at the end (and in a later installment), Helen acted out of compassion, and that is not something to scold. It isn't her fault that the target for her compassion was so unworthy of it.
The Gift, by Marc Platt (4 stars): This is where, finally, the overall story begins to get interesting for me. Coming off the last adventure, the damaged TARDIS dumps the Doctor, Liv, and Helen out in 1906 San Francisco, on the eve of the big earthquake at that time, and immediately, the impact of the previous story's villain's machinations there begin to impact the Doctor, leaving Liv and Helen to try and keep him in check while also investigating the mysterious goings on.
The Gift is one I liked for many reasons - a) listening to British actors try and pull off an American accent is always ten kinds of fun and everyone did such a great job; b) the Doctor being utterly outclassed and just barely scraping in a win; and c) everything happening against the backdrop of an utterly devastating event. About the only thing I could have asked for more of on that last point is more sound effects to portray the disaster happening in the background.
The Sonomancer, by Matt Fitton (5 stars): This story is what saved this box set for me, tbh. I was a bit meh about the concept of River Song popping up, but I loved that they handled it in much the same way as when they brought Eight into the first Diary of River Song box set - River and the Doctor do not actually meet. Instead, we're given a story where River works at saving the day with Helen (and Helen finally begins to become interesting), teams up with Liv to give the Eleven a good ass-kicking, and is just generally cool (somewhere, the Eleventh Doctor seethes with envy). In some ways, her presence almost overshadows the story, and even the Doctor himself, but I didn't actually mind because the story was so damn engrossing.
So, in the overall picture, I liked about half of the story, specifically the second half. Still, I was left kind of disappointed by the set overall. Never a good thing when you're bored out of your mind in the first two hours of a story.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
February 7, 2017
Fave stories: Beachhead and Scenes from Her Life.
Consider this a very strong 3. I thought of giving it a very weak 4 as well buuut...it just didn't cut it for me as 4=great-worthy, esp. the 2nd half of the series, so that's where we're at.
Might have had something to do with the fact that I listened to the 4 stories in the space of a little over a month - but I guess just the fact that it's taken me this long to get through a series w/ the 8th Doctor (luv him) might reflect on the lack of my eagerness on listening to these stories.
Mind you, they definitely weren't bad (the forst 2 stories have some very strong elements), the whole just comes off a bit underwhelming after the Dark Eyes series, the Diary of River Song, and even DC 1.
Even though when thinking back to it I can't say that the Doctor didn't get to do a lot, the impression he left on me after this series is somewhat subdued. Ditto Liv. Helen's well-meaning blunder was a great element though. I wonder if the next 2 series capitalise on it any further.
I'm definitely still looking forward to listening to what will come next!
Consider this a very strong 3. I thought of giving it a very weak 4 as well buuut...it just didn't cut it for me as 4=great-worthy, esp. the 2nd half of the series, so that's where we're at.
Might have had something to do with the fact that I listened to the 4 stories in the space of a little over a month - but I guess just the fact that it's taken me this long to get through a series w/ the 8th Doctor (luv him) might reflect on the lack of my eagerness on listening to these stories.
Mind you, they definitely weren't bad (the forst 2 stories have some very strong elements), the whole just comes off a bit underwhelming after the Dark Eyes series, the Diary of River Song, and even DC 1.
Even though when thinking back to it I can't say that the Doctor didn't get to do a lot, the impression he left on me after this series is somewhat subdued. Ditto Liv. Helen's well-meaning blunder was a great element though. I wonder if the next 2 series capitalise on it any further.
I'm definitely still looking forward to listening to what will come next!
July 21, 2019
The second set of four episodes in this 16-episode series heads off on something of a tangent. This time around, the focus moves away from the Big Bad (or at least, the character who appeared to be the Big Bad in the first instalment) and on to another villain who is, perhaps, less interesting, if seemingly rather more deadly.
• Beachhead – The Doctor and companions arrive in present-day Somerset in what proves to be an entirely standalone story that’s only tangentially connected to the rest of the arc. What we get here is a fairly standard alien invasion story, although connections to the Doctor’s past do make it a little more interesting. As is clear from the cover, the villains here are the Voord, making their second appearance in a Big Finish release. That previous story expanded considerably on their culture and society, making them more interesting than they had been in their original TV outing, but here they’re just back to being generic baddies. There’s some nice background with the guest characters, but nothing to raise this rather rushed-feeling story above the mundane. 3 stars.
• Scenes from Her Life – A complex story, set on a decaying structure deep in the Vortex. This turns out to have a rather deeper connection to the story arc, since it includes a series of flashbacks from the point of view of a character who appeared in the first episode of Doom Coalition 1 which both explain her background, and how the situation in this episode came to be. It’s a somewhat surreal story, and initially quite confusing, although it does make more sense as it progresses and what’s really going on is uncovered by the Doctor and his companions. Liv comes across well here, but it’s more an exploration of the weird setting and a missing piece slotting into the larger arc than it is about the regular characters. 4 stars.
• The Gift – The TARDIS arrives in San Francisco on the eve of the great earthquake of 1906 and is immediately assaulted by a psychic force that makes him act strangely. This puts some of the focus back on the companions, at least for the earlier parts of the story. In the latter parts, there’s some sense of the devastation of the earthquake and the resulting fires, although the threat from the villain tends to overshadow it. Admittedly, the villain’s plan is intimately connected with the quake (although, for what it’s worth, that’s a ‘fixed point in time’ and not something they’ve directly created) but, even so, it does take something away from the scale of the real tragedy. Perhaps that would have been a little too dark for what’s essentially an adventure story, though. 3 stars.
• The Sonomancer – The story climaxes on an alien planet beset by evil mining corporations and a partially dormant volcano. The Eleven does turn up in this episode, even if he’s rather playing second fiddle, but there’s no real further exploration of his complex character, and he’s mainly just a crazy guy. The other villains are somewhat better, if not stunningly original, and the story is too strong on action that’s difficult to follow on audio, so that at times I wasn’t clear what was happening when I was obviously supposed to be. The main selling point of the episode, though, is probably that it has River Song in it, playing as large a role as the Doctor, but doomed never to meet him since their first encounter is still in his future. The result is a flawed, but still reasonably satisfying, conclusion to this section of the series, leaving things open for the next instalment without rushing headlong into it. 4 stars.
So, 3.5 stars on average, which is rather lower than the first instalment, but at least rounds up to a 4.
• Beachhead – The Doctor and companions arrive in present-day Somerset in what proves to be an entirely standalone story that’s only tangentially connected to the rest of the arc. What we get here is a fairly standard alien invasion story, although connections to the Doctor’s past do make it a little more interesting. As is clear from the cover, the villains here are the Voord, making their second appearance in a Big Finish release. That previous story expanded considerably on their culture and society, making them more interesting than they had been in their original TV outing, but here they’re just back to being generic baddies. There’s some nice background with the guest characters, but nothing to raise this rather rushed-feeling story above the mundane. 3 stars.
• Scenes from Her Life – A complex story, set on a decaying structure deep in the Vortex. This turns out to have a rather deeper connection to the story arc, since it includes a series of flashbacks from the point of view of a character who appeared in the first episode of Doom Coalition 1 which both explain her background, and how the situation in this episode came to be. It’s a somewhat surreal story, and initially quite confusing, although it does make more sense as it progresses and what’s really going on is uncovered by the Doctor and his companions. Liv comes across well here, but it’s more an exploration of the weird setting and a missing piece slotting into the larger arc than it is about the regular characters. 4 stars.
• The Gift – The TARDIS arrives in San Francisco on the eve of the great earthquake of 1906 and is immediately assaulted by a psychic force that makes him act strangely. This puts some of the focus back on the companions, at least for the earlier parts of the story. In the latter parts, there’s some sense of the devastation of the earthquake and the resulting fires, although the threat from the villain tends to overshadow it. Admittedly, the villain’s plan is intimately connected with the quake (although, for what it’s worth, that’s a ‘fixed point in time’ and not something they’ve directly created) but, even so, it does take something away from the scale of the real tragedy. Perhaps that would have been a little too dark for what’s essentially an adventure story, though. 3 stars.
• The Sonomancer – The story climaxes on an alien planet beset by evil mining corporations and a partially dormant volcano. The Eleven does turn up in this episode, even if he’s rather playing second fiddle, but there’s no real further exploration of his complex character, and he’s mainly just a crazy guy. The other villains are somewhat better, if not stunningly original, and the story is too strong on action that’s difficult to follow on audio, so that at times I wasn’t clear what was happening when I was obviously supposed to be. The main selling point of the episode, though, is probably that it has River Song in it, playing as large a role as the Doctor, but doomed never to meet him since their first encounter is still in his future. The result is a flawed, but still reasonably satisfying, conclusion to this section of the series, leaving things open for the next instalment without rushing headlong into it. 4 stars.
So, 3.5 stars on average, which is rather lower than the first instalment, but at least rounds up to a 4.
May 6, 2019
I'm happy to say that Doom Coalition 2 was just as great and fun as Doom Coalition 1. And, in some cases, it even got better.
"The Beachhead" - Seems to be just a regular run-of-the-mill Doctor Who adventure, which is definitely not a bad thing. Sometimes you just need a fun, comfortable adventure. Though it is nice that it sets the stage for the next story...
"Scenes from Her Life" - At first, I thought this was going to be a rehash of Helen's work troubles and so we can see just how misogynist and pig-headed all men are in the universe, even Time Lords *insert tired eyeroll here* But then it turned out that Caleera is actually using her power to destroy other planets and simple uses the "Poor Pitiful Victim" act to get Helen to get the Doctor to let her go free.
I believe there is a line from a Key and Peele sketch that illustrates this particular episode perfectly: "I'm not persecuted. I'm just an asshole!" Caleera should put that on her business cards, honestly.
Top marks for subverting expectations and not going for the easy resolution. I very much enjoyed this story, mostly because I initially thought I was going to hate it. Those are always great.
"The Gift" - First off, having the Eighth Doctor visit a place where he is going to die some 93 years from now (time travel is weird sometimes) was a nice touch. Beyond that, this was also a wonderfully spooky story to build on the mythos of this series so far. There was just enough mystery to make it interesting, but also enough mystery being solved so the listener doesn't feel strung along with no answers.
Though I will mention it was jarring to hear the Eighth Doctor call someone else "Charley." I kept wondering if he'd drop a line in reference to Miss Charley Pollard at all. Alas, no dice. Not a deal-breaker, by any means. Just a missed opportunity.
"The Sonomancer" - The return of River Song! River played beautifully off all the characters here (even against the Eighth Doctor, in an indirect way of course). It's so great that Big Finish could get Alex Kingston to reprise her role and weave her into these stories - it sounds like she's having a blast with it. Also, it's good that her presence doesn't over-shadow the main story that's already been established. Caleera/The Sonomancer definitely comes into her own and it's going to be interesting to see how she and The Eleven work off each other in the rest of Doom Coalition.
Like I mentioned in my review of DC1, I am glad that this story was mapped out ahead of time. It really makes a difference in this whole series of box sets - you can tell that the writers have an end goal in mind, rather that just one big discombobulated mess thrown together at the eleventh hour. I'm thoroughly enjoying the twists and turns, as well as the new characters being created for this series. As nice as it is to see returning villains and monsters (and even expand on the lore from such), Big Finish can also invent some amazing original characters of their own - both good guys and bad guys. May they ever continue to do so.
"The Beachhead" - Seems to be just a regular run-of-the-mill Doctor Who adventure, which is definitely not a bad thing. Sometimes you just need a fun, comfortable adventure. Though it is nice that it sets the stage for the next story...
"Scenes from Her Life" - At first, I thought this was going to be a rehash of Helen's work troubles and so we can see just how misogynist and pig-headed all men are in the universe, even Time Lords *insert tired eyeroll here* But then it turned out that Caleera is actually using her power to destroy other planets and simple uses the "Poor Pitiful Victim" act to get Helen to get the Doctor to let her go free.
I believe there is a line from a Key and Peele sketch that illustrates this particular episode perfectly: "I'm not persecuted. I'm just an asshole!" Caleera should put that on her business cards, honestly.
Top marks for subverting expectations and not going for the easy resolution. I very much enjoyed this story, mostly because I initially thought I was going to hate it. Those are always great.
"The Gift" - First off, having the Eighth Doctor visit a place where he is going to die some 93 years from now (time travel is weird sometimes) was a nice touch. Beyond that, this was also a wonderfully spooky story to build on the mythos of this series so far. There was just enough mystery to make it interesting, but also enough mystery being solved so the listener doesn't feel strung along with no answers.
Though I will mention it was jarring to hear the Eighth Doctor call someone else "Charley." I kept wondering if he'd drop a line in reference to Miss Charley Pollard at all. Alas, no dice. Not a deal-breaker, by any means. Just a missed opportunity.
"The Sonomancer" - The return of River Song! River played beautifully off all the characters here (even against the Eighth Doctor, in an indirect way of course). It's so great that Big Finish could get Alex Kingston to reprise her role and weave her into these stories - it sounds like she's having a blast with it. Also, it's good that her presence doesn't over-shadow the main story that's already been established. Caleera/The Sonomancer definitely comes into her own and it's going to be interesting to see how she and The Eleven work off each other in the rest of Doom Coalition.
Like I mentioned in my review of DC1, I am glad that this story was mapped out ahead of time. It really makes a difference in this whole series of box sets - you can tell that the writers have an end goal in mind, rather that just one big discombobulated mess thrown together at the eleventh hour. I'm thoroughly enjoying the twists and turns, as well as the new characters being created for this series. As nice as it is to see returning villains and monsters (and even expand on the lore from such), Big Finish can also invent some amazing original characters of their own - both good guys and bad guys. May they ever continue to do so.
September 11, 2025
2.1 Beachhead by Nicholas Briggs
This was a fairly standard Doctor Who story, but I think it would have worked better as a two parter. It was really slow to get into the plot and by the time you’re really into it and you want more explanation and info and reasons, you’re at the ending, which I presume is setting up the overarching plot for this boxset.
What I wish this story had done more of was the examination of the aftereffects of the Doctor’s adventures and the effects of the UNIT cover ups. In this story, the Eighth Doctor revisits an area previously visited by the Third Doctor and UNIT, and one of the inhabitants of the area was brushed off by them afterwards and labelled as delusional when the Doctor and UNIT had missed something. I wish there had been more on this.
Rating - 2* / 5*
2.2 Scenes From Her Life by John Dorney
I really wasn’t a fan of how this story was written. Because it consisted of a lot of flashbacks, it was really difficult to tell when it was a flashback and when it was current time, so I spent a lot of the time listening to this in a state of confusion. When I finished it, I looked up the events of what happened, to finally explain this story, and it did sound really interesting, and a story that I would normally like, so I feel a little bit robbed by its execution.
Rating - 2* / 5*
2.3 The Gift by Marc Platt
Ughhhh this was so boring. If the highlight of an episode is the Doctor getting a haircut, you know the episode is boring, which is a shame because the plot itself sounds like it’ll be interesting - an unwanted gift going wild set to the backdrop of the 1906 earthquake.
Rating - 1* / 5*
2.4 The Sonomancer by Matt Fitton
This was better than the rest of the boxset, but it was by far not the greatest of Doctor Who Eighth Doctor stories. I did like how they used River Song, and how River and the Doctor didn't meet, I thought that was a pretty cool way to maintain the not knowing her before the 10th Doctor meeting (though I know it gets thrown out of the window in most River Song meets Classic Doctors), and specifically, I liked the interactions between River and Helen. I like how Helen was grown as a companion and fleshed out more. I did also like Liv, and while she doesn't get as much voice time, as is the way when there is more than one companion, she still felt present and important. While I haven't liked the plots so much, I have really liked the 8th Doctor and Liv and Helen as a traveling trio, and I am looking forward to seeing them more in the following boxsets.
Rating - 3* / 5*
Overall Rating - 2* / 5*
This was a fairly standard Doctor Who story, but I think it would have worked better as a two parter. It was really slow to get into the plot and by the time you’re really into it and you want more explanation and info and reasons, you’re at the ending, which I presume is setting up the overarching plot for this boxset.
What I wish this story had done more of was the examination of the aftereffects of the Doctor’s adventures and the effects of the UNIT cover ups. In this story, the Eighth Doctor revisits an area previously visited by the Third Doctor and UNIT, and one of the inhabitants of the area was brushed off by them afterwards and labelled as delusional when the Doctor and UNIT had missed something. I wish there had been more on this.
Rating - 2* / 5*
2.2 Scenes From Her Life by John Dorney
I really wasn’t a fan of how this story was written. Because it consisted of a lot of flashbacks, it was really difficult to tell when it was a flashback and when it was current time, so I spent a lot of the time listening to this in a state of confusion. When I finished it, I looked up the events of what happened, to finally explain this story, and it did sound really interesting, and a story that I would normally like, so I feel a little bit robbed by its execution.
Rating - 2* / 5*
2.3 The Gift by Marc Platt
Ughhhh this was so boring. If the highlight of an episode is the Doctor getting a haircut, you know the episode is boring, which is a shame because the plot itself sounds like it’ll be interesting - an unwanted gift going wild set to the backdrop of the 1906 earthquake.
Rating - 1* / 5*
2.4 The Sonomancer by Matt Fitton
This was better than the rest of the boxset, but it was by far not the greatest of Doctor Who Eighth Doctor stories. I did like how they used River Song, and how River and the Doctor didn't meet, I thought that was a pretty cool way to maintain the not knowing her before the 10th Doctor meeting (though I know it gets thrown out of the window in most River Song meets Classic Doctors), and specifically, I liked the interactions between River and Helen. I like how Helen was grown as a companion and fleshed out more. I did also like Liv, and while she doesn't get as much voice time, as is the way when there is more than one companion, she still felt present and important. While I haven't liked the plots so much, I have really liked the 8th Doctor and Liv and Helen as a traveling trio, and I am looking forward to seeing them more in the following boxsets.
Rating - 3* / 5*
Overall Rating - 2* / 5*
May 24, 2020
Doctor Who: Doom Coalition 2 Review
This four part audio drama box set is the second instalment in the Doom Coalition series and stars Paul McGann as the Doctor.
1.Beachhead by Nicholas Briggs ⭐⭐⭐
In an attempt to relax after the dramatic events of the first box set, the Doctor takes companions Liv and Helen to village of Stegmoor, only to find that it has been hit by a flood that may be linked to the Voord.
Whilst a simple story on the surface, Beachhead is a strong start to the set taking it’s inspiration from the Boscastle floods and featuring the Voord, an alien race from the William Hartnell story “The Keys of Marinus”. It was also fun twist to see references to another era of the show’s history. I do wish however that the Voord’s backstory, as introduced in the audio Drama “Domain of the Voord” had been referenced in the episode to stop them from feeling like a generic warmongers.
2.Scenes from Her Life by John Dorney ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Following directly on from “Beachhead” the Doctor explores a deserted city trapped in space and time and finds more than he bargained for. A more complex tale than the first, about a series of strange experiments, offering a few twists and turns along the way. It was also nice to see Helen and Liv separated from the Doctor for a portion this story putting some of the focus on them. This is especially true for Helen, who’s put in a situation were her past experiences come in to play.
3.The Gift by Marc Platt ⭐⭐⭐⭐
The TARDIS land in San Francisco, 1906 where the Doctor becomes increasingly erratic after exposure to a high amount of physic energy. This works as a simple but effective set-up story for “The Sonomancer”, the finale of the set, with the Doctor trying to recuperate in the city where he previously regenerated. This with along with the threat of 1906 San Francisco earthquake, effectively adds a sense of foreboding to the story winch ultimately dovetails into the finale.
4.The Sonomancer by Matt Fitton ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Doctor travels to the planet Syra, a planet on the brink of destruction where he once again comes into conflict with the Eleven who has set in motion a destructive new plan with a new ally known as the Sonomancer.
One highlight of this story is the inclusion of River Song as voiced by Alex Kingston from the new seies. For the majority of this tale Helen is separated from the Doctor and Liv giving her the opportunity to act as a companion for River who is unable to meet Paul McGann’s incarnation of the Doctor as she is from his future. Keeping her separated from the Doctor is surprising effective as it show the River can deal with a crisis on her own merit evoking a similar feel to her own audio series, “The Diary of River Song”. It is also good to see Helen away form the rest of the trio again as paring her with River helps shine the spotlight on her given that she is a relativity new addition the team at this point.
This set was in my opinion a big step up from the previous set in the series, with an interesting arc and enjoyable individual episodes that set up future stories to come.
This four part audio drama box set is the second instalment in the Doom Coalition series and stars Paul McGann as the Doctor.
1.Beachhead by Nicholas Briggs ⭐⭐⭐
In an attempt to relax after the dramatic events of the first box set, the Doctor takes companions Liv and Helen to village of Stegmoor, only to find that it has been hit by a flood that may be linked to the Voord.
Whilst a simple story on the surface, Beachhead is a strong start to the set taking it’s inspiration from the Boscastle floods and featuring the Voord, an alien race from the William Hartnell story “The Keys of Marinus”. It was also fun twist to see references to another era of the show’s history. I do wish however that the Voord’s backstory, as introduced in the audio Drama “Domain of the Voord” had been referenced in the episode to stop them from feeling like a generic warmongers.
2.Scenes from Her Life by John Dorney ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Following directly on from “Beachhead” the Doctor explores a deserted city trapped in space and time and finds more than he bargained for. A more complex tale than the first, about a series of strange experiments, offering a few twists and turns along the way. It was also nice to see Helen and Liv separated from the Doctor for a portion this story putting some of the focus on them. This is especially true for Helen, who’s put in a situation were her past experiences come in to play.
3.The Gift by Marc Platt ⭐⭐⭐⭐
The TARDIS land in San Francisco, 1906 where the Doctor becomes increasingly erratic after exposure to a high amount of physic energy. This works as a simple but effective set-up story for “The Sonomancer”, the finale of the set, with the Doctor trying to recuperate in the city where he previously regenerated. This with along with the threat of 1906 San Francisco earthquake, effectively adds a sense of foreboding to the story winch ultimately dovetails into the finale.
4.The Sonomancer by Matt Fitton ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Doctor travels to the planet Syra, a planet on the brink of destruction where he once again comes into conflict with the Eleven who has set in motion a destructive new plan with a new ally known as the Sonomancer.
One highlight of this story is the inclusion of River Song as voiced by Alex Kingston from the new seies. For the majority of this tale Helen is separated from the Doctor and Liv giving her the opportunity to act as a companion for River who is unable to meet Paul McGann’s incarnation of the Doctor as she is from his future. Keeping her separated from the Doctor is surprising effective as it show the River can deal with a crisis on her own merit evoking a similar feel to her own audio series, “The Diary of River Song”. It is also good to see Helen away form the rest of the trio again as paring her with River helps shine the spotlight on her given that she is a relativity new addition the team at this point.
This set was in my opinion a big step up from the previous set in the series, with an interesting arc and enjoyable individual episodes that set up future stories to come.
July 21, 2017
Doom Coalition 2 is a definite improvement over the first entry in the series. With tightly written stories, superb performances, solid directing, and an overall enjoyable tone, it's a great four episodes of Doctor Who. I like the direction the series is heading and I really love the central villains of the series so far. I wish they were in more episodes, but when they're in an episode, they're suitably interesting, threatening, and great. The episodes themselves varied a bit in quality and relevance to the main plotline, which sucks a little bit. I'd prefer it if all the story were directly tied into the main plot of the box set, like most of the episodes of the Dark Eyes series were, but that nitpick aside, the episodes are a whole lot more enjoyable on average than the ones in Doom Coalition 1 were. Overall, it's a solid entry in the series and the finale really has me pumped for the next box set (which appears to feature a whole lot more River Song in it.)
(Full review at my blog)
(Full review at my blog)
April 7, 2018
2.5/3 stars out of five. Wasn't bad but wasn't good. Heh. I liked the scenes from her life but the rest kind of fell flat.
December 3, 2021
It got especially good when River entered the story.
July 4, 2022
A fine box set. I don't feel that the stories come together as a cohesive singular as much as Dark Eyes or Doom Coalition 1, but still very enjoyable.
February 9, 2024
Love the Eleven. Love River Song. Even if 8 isn't too bad lol
May 7, 2024
2.1 'Beachhead' by Nicholas Briggs: 4*
2.2 'Scenes From Her Life' by John Dorney: 3*
2.3 'The Gift' by Marc Platt: 4*
2.4 'The Sonomancer' by Matt Fitton: 5*
2.2 'Scenes From Her Life' by John Dorney: 3*
2.3 'The Gift' by Marc Platt: 4*
2.4 'The Sonomancer' by Matt Fitton: 5*
December 8, 2024
hate that they toned down the world-weary charm of the main range era, love that they brought back the obsession and rudeness of the wilderness novels
June 3, 2018
Great audioplay, but not as good as the first one (it got a bit confusing in parts).
Still, I cannot get enough of Paul McGann as the doctor, and I really love River Song...
Still, I cannot get enough of Paul McGann as the doctor, and I really love River Song...
June 10, 2021
Beachhead:
7/10
Verdict: Optional
An alright story with some decent drama, but the Voord are a bit of a boring threat. Pretty standard Who story on the whole. Love the setting though, something about British countryside villages really suit a sci-fi story.
Scenes From Her Life:
5/10
Verdict: Recommended
Fun setting if underutilised. The ongoing mystery is ok but leads to some iffy pacing, what with the flashbacks and all. I really didn't enjoy the crazy upperclass weirdos, I found them more annoying than endearing in this, and definitely not threatening. Swordfish is a non entity that is purely a function in this story. Liv and Helen are OK, but I did find the conversation between Helen and the wired up woman quite irritating for how forced the dialogue was, I get that it was probably designed that way though. As for the ending, I found it to be pretty predictable and while I enjoy the concept of the character, I'm not sure I actually enjoy them as a proper villain.
The Gift:
6/10
Verdict: Recommended
Pretty dull 'Power Corrupts' plotline with a decent setting. Goes exactly how you think it will, and as much as it wants to convince me that the characters are in mortal peril, I didn't feel any of it. Side characters are alright but veer into irritating, especially the theatre owner. The plot feels too crowded, might have been better with the runtime halved and the sideplots removed.
The Sonomancer:
6/10
Verdict: Recommended
With this being a crossover with Diary of Riversong, There's a bit of catching up to do with her side of the plot, and unfortunately a lot of side characters and their storylines don't have much of an effect. I may re-review this specific story after listening to DoRS, but for now it's just a decent story. The face off with Eleven and Liv is pretty great, and there's some fun dialogue between Helen and Riversong. Talking of Riversong, she's pretty good in this, a weird place to introduce her but entertaining in this story none the less. Caleera is still pretty boring, but giving her more of a god complex in this story definitely improves her, making the exchange between her and 8 decent. There's a tiny bit of dialogue in regards to Liv's dad, and it's not to be missed since it sets up for one of the best stories from these boxsets.
7/10
Verdict: Optional
An alright story with some decent drama, but the Voord are a bit of a boring threat. Pretty standard Who story on the whole. Love the setting though, something about British countryside villages really suit a sci-fi story.
Scenes From Her Life:
5/10
Verdict: Recommended
Fun setting if underutilised. The ongoing mystery is ok but leads to some iffy pacing, what with the flashbacks and all. I really didn't enjoy the crazy upperclass weirdos, I found them more annoying than endearing in this, and definitely not threatening. Swordfish is a non entity that is purely a function in this story. Liv and Helen are OK, but I did find the conversation between Helen and the wired up woman quite irritating for how forced the dialogue was, I get that it was probably designed that way though. As for the ending, I found it to be pretty predictable and while I enjoy the concept of the character, I'm not sure I actually enjoy them as a proper villain.
The Gift:
6/10
Verdict: Recommended
Pretty dull 'Power Corrupts' plotline with a decent setting. Goes exactly how you think it will, and as much as it wants to convince me that the characters are in mortal peril, I didn't feel any of it. Side characters are alright but veer into irritating, especially the theatre owner. The plot feels too crowded, might have been better with the runtime halved and the sideplots removed.
The Sonomancer:
6/10
Verdict: Recommended
With this being a crossover with Diary of Riversong, There's a bit of catching up to do with her side of the plot, and unfortunately a lot of side characters and their storylines don't have much of an effect. I may re-review this specific story after listening to DoRS, but for now it's just a decent story. The face off with Eleven and Liv is pretty great, and there's some fun dialogue between Helen and Riversong. Talking of Riversong, she's pretty good in this, a weird place to introduce her but entertaining in this story none the less. Caleera is still pretty boring, but giving her more of a god complex in this story definitely improves her, making the exchange between her and 8 decent. There's a tiny bit of dialogue in regards to Liv's dad, and it's not to be missed since it sets up for one of the best stories from these boxsets.
October 18, 2016
Non posso arrivare alle 4 stelline con questo box set, secondo.della quadrilogia di Doom Coalition.
Le quattro storie sembrano solo episodi filler, ma hanno tutte un filo che le unisce, tanto.da renderle vincolate l'una alle altre, con cliffhanger finali che le fanno sembrare quasi mancanti di una traccia audio conclusiva.
2.1 Beachhead by Nicholas Briggs
Una nave aliena, un posto già visitato dal terzo Dottore e continui rimandi ad una storia che, per quanto ricordi, in realtà non esiste.
Storia adeguata ad un episodio classico della Big Finish, quasi sottotono rispetto alla costruzione in più parti (e più box set) della serie.
Il mondo distrutto degli alieni fa la parte della luna perduta di Poosh rispetto alla totalità della storia.
2.2 Scenes from Her Life by John Dorney
Siamo partiti dal catticattivissimo Eleven e stiamo per scoprire che le cose sono più complicate di quel che sembra.
Lo scopriamo, come ascoltatori, molto prima di quanto non facciano il Dottore, Helen e Liv... personalmente non appena sono state introdotte tutte le parti della storia.
Il finale mi è sembrato tranciato a metà e spero.che mancassr veramente qualcosa, altrimenti posso tranquillamente considerarlo il finale più brutto ascoltato fino ad ora.
2.3 The Gift by Marc Platt
Siamo a San Francisco alla vigila del terremoto del 1906. Altra storia sui generis, utile solo per introdurre gli elementi che saranno utili nell'ultima parte...
2.4 The Sonomancer by Matt Fitton
... che, come punta di diamante, ha la presenza di River.
Degna conclusione di una serie di storie non troppo entusiasmanti.
I cattivi perplimono sempre di più, mano a mano che si procede. Il Dottore e, in coppia, Liv e Helen sono sempre in parte. River è River e non si smentisce... mi piacerebbe vederla interagire di più con il Dottore di McGann ma so che non è così facile come sembra.
Prossimamente il terzo cofanetto... speriamo sia meglio.
Le quattro storie sembrano solo episodi filler, ma hanno tutte un filo che le unisce, tanto.da renderle vincolate l'una alle altre, con cliffhanger finali che le fanno sembrare quasi mancanti di una traccia audio conclusiva.
2.1 Beachhead by Nicholas Briggs
Una nave aliena, un posto già visitato dal terzo Dottore e continui rimandi ad una storia che, per quanto ricordi, in realtà non esiste.
Storia adeguata ad un episodio classico della Big Finish, quasi sottotono rispetto alla costruzione in più parti (e più box set) della serie.
Il mondo distrutto degli alieni fa la parte della luna perduta di Poosh rispetto alla totalità della storia.
2.2 Scenes from Her Life by John Dorney
Siamo partiti dal catticattivissimo Eleven e stiamo per scoprire che le cose sono più complicate di quel che sembra.
Lo scopriamo, come ascoltatori, molto prima di quanto non facciano il Dottore, Helen e Liv... personalmente non appena sono state introdotte tutte le parti della storia.
Il finale mi è sembrato tranciato a metà e spero.che mancassr veramente qualcosa, altrimenti posso tranquillamente considerarlo il finale più brutto ascoltato fino ad ora.
2.3 The Gift by Marc Platt
Siamo a San Francisco alla vigila del terremoto del 1906. Altra storia sui generis, utile solo per introdurre gli elementi che saranno utili nell'ultima parte...
2.4 The Sonomancer by Matt Fitton
... che, come punta di diamante, ha la presenza di River.
Degna conclusione di una serie di storie non troppo entusiasmanti.
I cattivi perplimono sempre di più, mano a mano che si procede. Il Dottore e, in coppia, Liv e Helen sono sempre in parte. River è River e non si smentisce... mi piacerebbe vederla interagire di più con il Dottore di McGann ma so che non è così facile come sembra.
Prossimamente il terzo cofanetto... speriamo sia meglio.
January 31, 2017
This was on the OK side of likeable... as an average, as these were four linked stories, themselves linked back to the Doom Coalition 1 box set.
The first story about a village, a flood and a beach was touching - and the Doctor has to apologise for being a bit rubbish previously.
The second was a difficult listen but a clever, wrong-footing story, perhaps the best. Lots of menace and some entertaining caricatures.
The third 'episode' The Gift used a tried and tested theme of the desired but corrupting gift and put it in a tried and tested early 20th Century US setting and ended up dry and dreary.
And finally, Professor River Song shows up (although not to the Doctor) in the fourth, I am sure to loud cheers from her many admirers. I'm more on the fence and it felt as though altogether too many big things (read: big characters) were concentrated in this last one... plus the bear-chappy baddy miner and an intergalactic heritage rescue outfit.
The first story about a village, a flood and a beach was touching - and the Doctor has to apologise for being a bit rubbish previously.
The second was a difficult listen but a clever, wrong-footing story, perhaps the best. Lots of menace and some entertaining caricatures.
The third 'episode' The Gift used a tried and tested theme of the desired but corrupting gift and put it in a tried and tested early 20th Century US setting and ended up dry and dreary.
And finally, Professor River Song shows up (although not to the Doctor) in the fourth, I am sure to loud cheers from her many admirers. I'm more on the fence and it felt as though altogether too many big things (read: big characters) were concentrated in this last one... plus the bear-chappy baddy miner and an intergalactic heritage rescue outfit.
February 10, 2017
The 8th Doctor and his companions Liv and Helen chase down a time lord that is messing with the galaxy.
March 31, 2016
I wanted to put 4 stars as I really loved the last episode, but I have to be fair, the first 3 ones were good but not enough for me to give them 4 stars :( ...
March 23, 2016
Interesting how they work River in there.
November 26, 2024
I enjoyed this set better than the first mainly because of River Song. I cannot wait for my Diary of River Song set to get here!
April 10, 2017
Great performances and writing in these stories. Liking the subtle hints of a larger story arc, still just peeks at a bigger picture, I'm sure the third box set will reveal more...
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