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Big Finish: Monthly Range #252
Doctor Who: An Alien Werewolf in London
A space-time summons brings the TARDIS to the strangest place Mags has yet visited. A haven for the freakiest freaks and the weirdest weirdoes: Camden Lock, London, in the early 1990s.
But there's a reason why former TARDIS traveller Ace has brought the old gang back together. She’s on a mission to rescue an alien being, held prisoner in a massive mansion…
A mission that can’t possibly go wrong. Can it?
But there's a reason why former TARDIS traveller Ace has brought the old gang back together. She’s on a mission to rescue an alien being, held prisoner in a massive mansion…
A mission that can’t possibly go wrong. Can it?
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First published June 11, 2019
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About the author
Alan Barnes
99 books15 followersAlan Barnes is a British writer and editor, particularly noted for work in the field of cult film and television. Barnes served as the editor of Judge Dredd Megazine from 2001 until December 2005, during which time the title saw a considerable increase in the number of new strip pages. Among other strips, Barnes originally commissioned The Simping Detective. He also wrote a handful of Judge Dredd stories involving alternate universes or featuring a young Dredd.
He worked for five years at Doctor Who Magazine and progressed from writing strips to becoming joint editor in 1998 and sole editor from 2000 until 2002. He subsequently contributed the ongoing Fact of Fiction series of articles to the magazine. Barnes has also written or co-written a number of Doctor Who audio plays for Big Finish Productions.
He has written a number of books on cult films (including James Bond, Quentin Tarantino and Sherlock Holmes) and his book The Hammer Story, co-written with Marcus Hearn, was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Best Non-Fiction in 1997.
He worked for five years at Doctor Who Magazine and progressed from writing strips to becoming joint editor in 1998 and sole editor from 2000 until 2002. He subsequently contributed the ongoing Fact of Fiction series of articles to the magazine. Barnes has also written or co-written a number of Doctor Who audio plays for Big Finish Productions.
He has written a number of books on cult films (including James Bond, Quentin Tarantino and Sherlock Holmes) and his book The Hammer Story, co-written with Marcus Hearn, was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Best Non-Fiction in 1997.
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October 31, 2024
A loud, chaotic, and somewhat silly actioner, with helicopters, machine guns, and werewolves. Possibly too much going on, because I really can't remember too much of it.
February 26, 2022
This last instalment is easily the strongest of the "werewolf trilogy" which sees Seven paired up with reluctant lycanthrope Mags. Fortunately, it's entirely standalone and (so long as you're willing to accept that Mags happens to be a companion) there's no requirement to have listened to any of the others to follow it.
It begins with the Doctor and Mags arriving in London in 1990 to meet up with Ace, who wants to rescue an alien being held prisoner in a country mansion. The first half-hour deals with the set-up and attempted rescue, until things suddenly change at the 30-minute mark. From there on, we're in a story that's a mash-up of Gothic horror, science fiction, and the soap opera Neighbours.
The connection to Neighbours and its ilk are not the only late '80s/early '90s references in the story - in fact, it's riddled with them. (And, yes, I know that Neighbours is, as of this writing, still going, but that era was very much the heyday of its popularity). There is also a running gag about architecture and the story certainly can't be accused of taking itself too seriously.
The plot, however, is quite complicated and does require some exposition at times. It does mostly hang together, however, although there is a science gaff when it comes to a key part of the final resolution. Other flaws include incidental music that's a little too intrusive and an overreliance on flashbacks.
On the plus side, the fact that it doesn't rely on Mags repeatedly changing shape is a plus; when she does so it's directly relevant to the plot, but we don't get a lot of growling, running around, and other elements that work poorly without visuals. Which, in fact, allows us to explore here a little more as a character, although it's fair to say that that's not the real focus of the piece.
Which is the enjoyable mash-up of genres, more '90s references than you can shake a stick at, and taking the mick out of daytime soap operas.
It begins with the Doctor and Mags arriving in London in 1990 to meet up with Ace, who wants to rescue an alien being held prisoner in a country mansion. The first half-hour deals with the set-up and attempted rescue, until things suddenly change at the 30-minute mark. From there on, we're in a story that's a mash-up of Gothic horror, science fiction, and the soap opera Neighbours.
The connection to Neighbours and its ilk are not the only late '80s/early '90s references in the story - in fact, it's riddled with them. (And, yes, I know that Neighbours is, as of this writing, still going, but that era was very much the heyday of its popularity). There is also a running gag about architecture and the story certainly can't be accused of taking itself too seriously.
The plot, however, is quite complicated and does require some exposition at times. It does mostly hang together, however, although there is a science gaff when it comes to a key part of the final resolution. Other flaws include incidental music that's a little too intrusive and an overreliance on flashbacks.
On the plus side, the fact that it doesn't rely on Mags repeatedly changing shape is a plus; when she does so it's directly relevant to the plot, but we don't get a lot of growling, running around, and other elements that work poorly without visuals. Which, in fact, allows us to explore here a little more as a character, although it's fair to say that that's not the real focus of the piece.
Which is the enjoyable mash-up of genres, more '90s references than you can shake a stick at, and taking the mick out of daytime soap operas.
August 27, 2024
Definitely the best in the trilogy. Helps that Ace is involved. Funny enough, they mention some Veggiemite commercial around the time I was thinking of something similar from Rocket Power: Race Across New Zealand.
August 26, 2022
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Scary music
Scary music
March 23, 2025
I really wanted to like this one BUT it was just a complete mess and fairly unlikable.
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November 5, 2019
A brilliant story filled with culture references, some horror and vampires! This story had a lot of going for it and I was nervous this would end up being a train wreck but I was pleasantly surprised of how good this was! 9/10
July 22, 2019
The family nesfouroto trying to take over but ace calls in the calvary
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