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Doctor Who Unbound: Doctor of War
Doctor Who Unbound: Doctor of War, Vol 2: Destiny
Times have changed. A choice was made and the universe diverged. And now all of history is at war. One man stands at the centre of it all. But whose side is he on? Is he with the angels? Or the demons? And does anyone even know which is which? He was a Doctor once, but now he is Doctor no more. He is the Warrior. The Doctor of War.
Who Am I? by Nigel Fairs
The Tesh and the Sevateem are at war, obeying the orders of their God Xoanon. But they cannot know their battle has a higher purpose, one led by the Time Lord responsible for Xoanon’s condition. A Time Lord called… the Master.
Time Killers by Lizzie Hopley
Arriving on Marinus in search of a temporal weapon, the Warrior and the Master are confronted by a place where time literally is money. As the Master finds himself in changed circumstances, the Warrior finds himself with a deadly decision to make.
The Key To Key To Time by Tim Foley
As battle continues to rage across the history of the cosmos, the White Guardian opts to provide the Warrior with a way out… located at the end of a dangerous quest, with an even more dangerous companion. But can a Time War ever truly end?
Who Am I? by Nigel Fairs
The Tesh and the Sevateem are at war, obeying the orders of their God Xoanon. But they cannot know their battle has a higher purpose, one led by the Time Lord responsible for Xoanon’s condition. A Time Lord called… the Master.
Time Killers by Lizzie Hopley
Arriving on Marinus in search of a temporal weapon, the Warrior and the Master are confronted by a place where time literally is money. As the Master finds himself in changed circumstances, the Warrior finds himself with a deadly decision to make.
The Key To Key To Time by Tim Foley
As battle continues to rage across the history of the cosmos, the White Guardian opts to provide the Warrior with a way out… located at the end of a dangerous quest, with an even more dangerous companion. But can a Time War ever truly end?
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Nigel Fairs
79 books4 followersNigel Fairs is a voice actor, director and writer for Big Finish Productions. Although a contributor to the main Doctor Who and Bernice Summerfield lines, he is perhaps most associated with The Companion Chronicles. He was also involved with several BBV Productions audio stories.
In the 1980's he was heavily involved in the fan-produced stories made by Audio Visuals, where he starred as the Doctor's companion Truman Crouch and also wrote several episodes. He was later involved in writing and producing a series of audio plays collectively entitled Pisces, which were promoted as being like "Doctor Who with teeth."
In the 1980's he was heavily involved in the fan-produced stories made by Audio Visuals, where he starred as the Doctor's companion Truman Crouch and also wrote several episodes. He was later involved in writing and producing a series of audio plays collectively entitled Pisces, which were promoted as being like "Doctor Who with teeth."
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October 20, 2022
An alternate reality? A variant history? An incarnation of the Doctor and/or a timeline that was erased by effects of the Time War? After the Doctor’s eighth incarnation, he grew weary of the endless battles of the Time War, and he decided to take or more active role in an attempt to put an end it once and for all and to do so, he became the Warrior (often known as the War Doctor). But what if we turned back the Doctor’s personal timeline a bit farther, to the events of Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks and what if the fourth Doctor made a different decision, and instead he chose to permantely end the threat of the Daleks - to commit an act of genocide. In this … variant timeline, this alternate history, the fourth Doctor dies at this point and regenerates, but not into merely a fifth incarnation, instead he transforms into a Doctor of War, into the Warrior and their story continues.
2.1 Who Am I? - The tale of Leela. But not the Leela we’re familiar with, this is a Leela very different from the one we know, the one who was a companion to the Doctor and a champion of Gallifrey. Interesting shenanigans from The Master as well. I am guessing that this is mostly set up. It feels very disjointed and the weird repeating sequences kept making me question the integrity of my download (3/5).
2.2 Time Killers - The Warrior (aka The War Doctor, aka The Doctor of War, aka The Doctor), with his traveling companion The Master, arrive on Marinus … but this isn’t the Marinus we know, it’s not the Master we know and it’s not the Warrior we know. This isn’t anything we know. Wild. Trippy. And nothing familiar, but expect the unexpected. Quite an improvement from the previous story (4/5).
2.3 The Key to Key to Time - Have you read The Neverending Story? If you have … no, no, not the film. Have you read the BOOK? Right. Then read it and come back and we’ll talk. Oh … wait … have you read The Sensational She-Hulk, Vol. 1 and/or The Sensational She-Hulk: The Return? Okay, then, let’s talk. Huh? The She-Hulk: Attorney at Law series on Disney+? Well … that might count, but I really need you to have read The Neverending Story. Go - now! Yes, yes, I’ll wait. Right, and THEN we can talk. Promise. No, really (4/5).
2.1 Who Am I? - The tale of Leela. But not the Leela we’re familiar with, this is a Leela very different from the one we know, the one who was a companion to the Doctor and a champion of Gallifrey. Interesting shenanigans from The Master as well. I am guessing that this is mostly set up. It feels very disjointed and the weird repeating sequences kept making me question the integrity of my download (3/5).
2.2 Time Killers - The Warrior (aka The War Doctor, aka The Doctor of War, aka The Doctor), with his traveling companion The Master, arrive on Marinus … but this isn’t the Marinus we know, it’s not the Master we know and it’s not the Warrior we know. This isn’t anything we know. Wild. Trippy. And nothing familiar, but expect the unexpected. Quite an improvement from the previous story (4/5).
2.3 The Key to Key to Time - Have you read The Neverending Story? If you have … no, no, not the film. Have you read the BOOK? Right. Then read it and come back and we’ll talk. Oh … wait … have you read The Sensational She-Hulk, Vol. 1 and/or The Sensational She-Hulk: The Return? Okay, then, let’s talk. Huh? The She-Hulk: Attorney at Law series on Disney+? Well … that might count, but I really need you to have read The Neverending Story. Go - now! Yes, yes, I’ll wait. Right, and THEN we can talk. Promise. No, really (4/5).
January 23, 2024
Though it’s John Hurt’s birthday, I ran out of War Doctor audios to listen to. So I finally got around to this. What’s somewhat fitting is Leela’s first serial, The Face of Evil, ended on January 22, 1977, and the first story here is an alternate version of that. Beevers was interesting in the second story. The third story, which has Davros, was my favorite, but it got a bit too meta at the end. Overall, this set was aight. I was kind of expecting more of a finale.
October 26, 2022
🙏🏼61% = 👍🏼40 👎🏼25 = Average!
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WHO AM I?
🙏🏼69% = 👍🏼18 👎🏼8 = Good!
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Here we get the second alternative take on The Face of Evil within a month even going as far as reimagining the opening of the story, this time with Leela and the Master (and, I should say, it's one of the best scenes BF provides us this year, both accurate and very different from the TV version).
I like how well Fairs re-established the world and people of the televised story before taking the story in a very different direction. The Master gets very involved here, making the second half of the story both sinister and atmospheric.
The religious stuff with the Tesh is a bit tedious to listen to and doesn't connect well with the Sevateem scenes. Overall, I feel that this story is a huge waste of potential, as it has great performances and a few nice ideas but places them in s middling narrative. Even though the point of the story becomes clear eventually, I feel like Fairs makes the road there needlessly convoluted.
Louise Jameson is on form here, in a very commanding take on Leela. Seriously, she steals every scene and my heart! Geoffrey Beevers is the leading Time Lord here in a vocal performance so sugary sweet and sinister that I felt scared all the time. He brings a lot of needed energy into the second half of the story.
Xoanon plays quite an important role in the story, and I like its three voices and its pretentious dialogue; it's just as creepy as the insane computer from the TV story. There are quite a lot of characters here, most of whom don't get much to do or say (such as Andor, a character whose name is very distracting given another, more famous character bearing that name...). Sadly, the reimagined Doctor barely appears in this one, so I feel duly robbed.
There is not a lot going on in terms of sound design and music, which makes this story somewhat empty to listen to. What little appears is good, though.
Who Am I? is a slower story, with the little obvious build-up of tension and not a big reliance on the Doctor or the sci-fi concepts, meaning that you'll spend a lot of time wondering where we're going to end up. Once the true nature of the story starts to become clear, things turn quite a lot darker and more sinister, but it's still stubbornly lingering in the background, hinting at things to come but never really delivering anything.
Eventually, we realise how this story builds up to a sinister plan that will surely play out throughout the rest of the set.
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TIME KILLERS:
🙏🏼58% = 👍🏼14 👎🏼10 = Average!
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Time Killers throws us straight into the action, and it takes a while to catch up. It is interesting to return to Marinus, though, and hear how it has evolved since the First Doctor's days (not that the setting plays into the plot at all; this could have been set literally on any planet.). Lizzie Hopley tries to build upon the previous story but follows a very confusing route where the various points feel very disconnected, making for a difficult story to listen to. There are many fun ideas here, perhaps too many, because most of them feel more like early drafts than fully developed plot elements. The one thing I like is the way the concept of time is handled and how that plays into the climax and the twist at the end.
Why do the writers of this range feel the need to overcomplicate things rather than give us good, straightforward adventures? In addition, why does everything feel so disjointed, with a lack of a clear narrative throughline?
Colin Baker is fully unleashed as the Warrior here and leads the pack with Geoffrey Beevers, the two of them making for a great time travelling duo. The Warrior's characterization remains darker and more extreme than the Doctor's, which I enjoy. The Master is sadly forgotten through most of this, though, just popping up here and there seemingly at random. The other cast members are fine, even if I once again find them slightly underused. Akshay Khanna voices Riffort with a remarkable unnerving intensity and makes for a compelling villain.
This is an action-packed episode at least, which feels like a nice change of pace after the previous story. However, it is also a bit too busy for its own good. The latter parts of the story are a bit more coherent and tense, with good stakes as well as a wonderfully sinister ending.
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🙏🏼53% = 👍🏼8 👎🏼7 = Underwhelming!
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Tim Foley closes the set with a re-imagined version of Doctor Who's Key to Time Season (i.e. Season 16). Therefore, this story has more of a traditional quest-like structure, which also makes it the most approachable story of this series so far. Interestingly, this story pairs the Warrior with a slightly different take on Davros - a troubled alliance that works far better than it should. There is an uneasy banter between him and the Warrior that doesn't feel excessively off.
While the story begins in a promising matter, it quickly begins treading water by throwing in plenty of plot threads but rarely doing anything interesting with them.
Colin Baker is allowed to do some acting here, although the Warrior feels more like the regular Sixie here than before. The characterization is dull, save for the two leads. The Guardian sounds uninspired and the Time Lord President is tiresome.
There are interesting ideas and emotional exploration hidden under layers of overcomplicated plot, but popping up to the surface from time to time. I do have to applaud Foley for some of the later plot developments, which take some bizarre turns that I did not expect.
This is a story that, once again, falls on its ambitions to be a different, intelligent and complicated story, which does not make for an interesting listen.
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WHO AM I?
🙏🏼69% = 👍🏼18 👎🏼8 = Good!
----
Here we get the second alternative take on The Face of Evil within a month even going as far as reimagining the opening of the story, this time with Leela and the Master (and, I should say, it's one of the best scenes BF provides us this year, both accurate and very different from the TV version).
I like how well Fairs re-established the world and people of the televised story before taking the story in a very different direction. The Master gets very involved here, making the second half of the story both sinister and atmospheric.
The religious stuff with the Tesh is a bit tedious to listen to and doesn't connect well with the Sevateem scenes. Overall, I feel that this story is a huge waste of potential, as it has great performances and a few nice ideas but places them in s middling narrative. Even though the point of the story becomes clear eventually, I feel like Fairs makes the road there needlessly convoluted.
Louise Jameson is on form here, in a very commanding take on Leela. Seriously, she steals every scene and my heart! Geoffrey Beevers is the leading Time Lord here in a vocal performance so sugary sweet and sinister that I felt scared all the time. He brings a lot of needed energy into the second half of the story.
Xoanon plays quite an important role in the story, and I like its three voices and its pretentious dialogue; it's just as creepy as the insane computer from the TV story. There are quite a lot of characters here, most of whom don't get much to do or say (such as Andor, a character whose name is very distracting given another, more famous character bearing that name...). Sadly, the reimagined Doctor barely appears in this one, so I feel duly robbed.
There is not a lot going on in terms of sound design and music, which makes this story somewhat empty to listen to. What little appears is good, though.
Who Am I? is a slower story, with the little obvious build-up of tension and not a big reliance on the Doctor or the sci-fi concepts, meaning that you'll spend a lot of time wondering where we're going to end up. Once the true nature of the story starts to become clear, things turn quite a lot darker and more sinister, but it's still stubbornly lingering in the background, hinting at things to come but never really delivering anything.
Eventually, we realise how this story builds up to a sinister plan that will surely play out throughout the rest of the set.
------------------------------------------
TIME KILLERS:
🙏🏼58% = 👍🏼14 👎🏼10 = Average!
----
Time Killers throws us straight into the action, and it takes a while to catch up. It is interesting to return to Marinus, though, and hear how it has evolved since the First Doctor's days (not that the setting plays into the plot at all; this could have been set literally on any planet.). Lizzie Hopley tries to build upon the previous story but follows a very confusing route where the various points feel very disconnected, making for a difficult story to listen to. There are many fun ideas here, perhaps too many, because most of them feel more like early drafts than fully developed plot elements. The one thing I like is the way the concept of time is handled and how that plays into the climax and the twist at the end.
Why do the writers of this range feel the need to overcomplicate things rather than give us good, straightforward adventures? In addition, why does everything feel so disjointed, with a lack of a clear narrative throughline?
Colin Baker is fully unleashed as the Warrior here and leads the pack with Geoffrey Beevers, the two of them making for a great time travelling duo. The Warrior's characterization remains darker and more extreme than the Doctor's, which I enjoy. The Master is sadly forgotten through most of this, though, just popping up here and there seemingly at random. The other cast members are fine, even if I once again find them slightly underused. Akshay Khanna voices Riffort with a remarkable unnerving intensity and makes for a compelling villain.
This is an action-packed episode at least, which feels like a nice change of pace after the previous story. However, it is also a bit too busy for its own good. The latter parts of the story are a bit more coherent and tense, with good stakes as well as a wonderfully sinister ending.
------------------------------------------
🙏🏼53% = 👍🏼8 👎🏼7 = Underwhelming!
----
Tim Foley closes the set with a re-imagined version of Doctor Who's Key to Time Season (i.e. Season 16). Therefore, this story has more of a traditional quest-like structure, which also makes it the most approachable story of this series so far. Interestingly, this story pairs the Warrior with a slightly different take on Davros - a troubled alliance that works far better than it should. There is an uneasy banter between him and the Warrior that doesn't feel excessively off.
While the story begins in a promising matter, it quickly begins treading water by throwing in plenty of plot threads but rarely doing anything interesting with them.
Colin Baker is allowed to do some acting here, although the Warrior feels more like the regular Sixie here than before. The characterization is dull, save for the two leads. The Guardian sounds uninspired and the Time Lord President is tiresome.
There are interesting ideas and emotional exploration hidden under layers of overcomplicated plot, but popping up to the surface from time to time. I do have to applaud Foley for some of the later plot developments, which take some bizarre turns that I did not expect.
This is a story that, once again, falls on its ambitions to be a different, intelligent and complicated story, which does not make for an interesting listen.
December 17, 2022
Having had listened to the first set, I was going in expecting another set of quite "meta" stories.
"Who Am I?"- I agree with other people saying this story was confusing. It is. Although in the end, I think I understood most of it. Performances are good and I also like the Master doing his thing. He is nicely evil and very creepy. I thought there were several really clever bits in there, recalling certain scenes of the actual TV episodes. The Master meeting Leela for example was great, especially the little twist on the "jellybaby" conversation. It is just the scenes with the confused mad computer, speaking in different voices, that were really distracting.
"Time Killers"- Pairing the Doctor with the Master as companion is great. Let us be honest- the Master really steals the limelight here. Great performance by Beevers. The story itself is sadly very similar to previous Time War stories featuring stolen Dalek weapons and using time as weapon.
"The Key to key to time"- another very meta story. They even shattered the 4th wall at the end... Some nice Doctor / Davros banter. You certainly cannot fault the performances by the leads here. But the story itself... sorry to say, but it was all over the place. Yes, maybe it was supposed to be like that... but I cannot help but wish there was a bit more of a red line though this instead of a lot of chaos.
Colin hits the nail on the head in the interviews when he calls the story a "mind scramble".
So for my final verdict-
We get some great performances.
However, the experimental stories did not quite hit with me. I usually adore experiments, I also like weird and chaos with mixed timelines. But if you do that, you always need some strong thread to hold it all together. And that is sadly missing here. So sadly, it just falls apart.
Another thing-
For a set that calls itself "Unbound Doctor of War", in the first two stories, the Doctor is hardly featured. Both stories feature the Master much more prominently. What a weird decision. Why did they not call this the Unbound Master of War? Not that I am complaining, I like Beevers, I like what he does with the Master here, but still, the title of this set was pretty misleading.
"Who Am I?"- I agree with other people saying this story was confusing. It is. Although in the end, I think I understood most of it. Performances are good and I also like the Master doing his thing. He is nicely evil and very creepy. I thought there were several really clever bits in there, recalling certain scenes of the actual TV episodes. The Master meeting Leela for example was great, especially the little twist on the "jellybaby" conversation. It is just the scenes with the confused mad computer, speaking in different voices, that were really distracting.
"Time Killers"- Pairing the Doctor with the Master as companion is great. Let us be honest- the Master really steals the limelight here. Great performance by Beevers. The story itself is sadly very similar to previous Time War stories featuring stolen Dalek weapons and using time as weapon.
"The Key to key to time"- another very meta story. They even shattered the 4th wall at the end... Some nice Doctor / Davros banter. You certainly cannot fault the performances by the leads here. But the story itself... sorry to say, but it was all over the place. Yes, maybe it was supposed to be like that... but I cannot help but wish there was a bit more of a red line though this instead of a lot of chaos.
Colin hits the nail on the head in the interviews when he calls the story a "mind scramble".
So for my final verdict-
We get some great performances.
However, the experimental stories did not quite hit with me. I usually adore experiments, I also like weird and chaos with mixed timelines. But if you do that, you always need some strong thread to hold it all together. And that is sadly missing here. So sadly, it just falls apart.
Another thing-
For a set that calls itself "Unbound Doctor of War", in the first two stories, the Doctor is hardly featured. Both stories feature the Master much more prominently. What a weird decision. Why did they not call this the Unbound Master of War? Not that I am complaining, I like Beevers, I like what he does with the Master here, but still, the title of this set was pretty misleading.
August 8, 2023
The Unbound Range is one I love a lot, it's a series of audios with some very exciting and interesting what-if ideas that are ballsy, to say the least. When Doctor of War was announced, I wasn't too sure what to think despite being excited about the range's return. But after listening to the first set, I was excited to give the second set a go as soon as I could, so here we are now!
Who Am I?
Leela has fallen in love with a member of the Tesh, she has broken a rule of her tribe and must be banished. But that's when she meets The Master and soon she's about to learn that everything leading up to that point is all to his benefit. But who is he and what does he what? Leela's in for a nasty surprise.
Nigel Fair's script is a very clever and disturbing one that's a what-if scenario if Leela had met The Master instead of The Doctor in The Face of Evil and it's bloody brilliant. A really haunting story with a very bleak ending. I like how this story homages back to The Face of Evil in a few scenes, making for a very special listen. 10/10
Time Killers:
The Warrior and The Master have arrived on a broken planet where the people cannot rest otherwise a portion of their life will be taken away from them. Marinus is in trouble, time is broken here and a monster is using it to its advantage.
Lizzie Hopley has written a really timey-wimey script with paradoxes and fascism surrounding the concept of time itself. It's interesting to see The Master be more of a companion in this story as opposed to being a villain which makes for a very interesting listen. It's a really fun story but with a jaw-dropping ending! 8.5/10
The Key to Key to Time:
The Warrior and Davros have been brought together by The White Guardian to find segments of the Key to Time. But they have both The Timelords and The Daleks to worry about. But things are about to get a whole lot more complicated. Here we are at the end, or is it the beginning?
Tim Foley has written a brilliant brain scramble of a story that's wonderfully complicated, emotional, epic, and jam-packed with ideas. It's a very confusing story that comes gets more and more confusing as it goes along but ultimately all comes together in the best way imaginable. 10/10
Overall: 28.5/30
Who Am I?
Leela has fallen in love with a member of the Tesh, she has broken a rule of her tribe and must be banished. But that's when she meets The Master and soon she's about to learn that everything leading up to that point is all to his benefit. But who is he and what does he what? Leela's in for a nasty surprise.
Nigel Fair's script is a very clever and disturbing one that's a what-if scenario if Leela had met The Master instead of The Doctor in The Face of Evil and it's bloody brilliant. A really haunting story with a very bleak ending. I like how this story homages back to The Face of Evil in a few scenes, making for a very special listen. 10/10
Time Killers:
The Warrior and The Master have arrived on a broken planet where the people cannot rest otherwise a portion of their life will be taken away from them. Marinus is in trouble, time is broken here and a monster is using it to its advantage.
Lizzie Hopley has written a really timey-wimey script with paradoxes and fascism surrounding the concept of time itself. It's interesting to see The Master be more of a companion in this story as opposed to being a villain which makes for a very interesting listen. It's a really fun story but with a jaw-dropping ending! 8.5/10
The Key to Key to Time:
The Warrior and Davros have been brought together by The White Guardian to find segments of the Key to Time. But they have both The Timelords and The Daleks to worry about. But things are about to get a whole lot more complicated. Here we are at the end, or is it the beginning?
Tim Foley has written a brilliant brain scramble of a story that's wonderfully complicated, emotional, epic, and jam-packed with ideas. It's a very confusing story that comes gets more and more confusing as it goes along but ultimately all comes together in the best way imaginable. 10/10
Overall: 28.5/30
January 31, 2023
Doctor Who - Unbound: Doctor of War 2: Destiny - 4/5 stars
Who Am I? by Nigel Fairs - 4/5 stars
Not a fan of The Face of Evil but this alternate-universe one is honestly really cool. I love what it does with essentially all the main points of the original story. It twists it and makes it so dark. This truly isn’t Doctor Who. That ending is so horrible for the characters but amazing. Poor Leela.
Time Killers by Lizzie Hopley - 5/5 stars
A story where time is currency? Oh god how awful, I love it.
Something I love about this alternative universe stuff is how different the characters are. The Master in this one is still trying to find a way to destroy Gallifrey, something somewhat in line with his original character, but this story leads him down a path into caring about the lives of the innocent strangers that live on Marinus, of course, once he and The Warrior (The Alternate Timeline Doctor) save the day and stop the creature, the Warrior boots the Master from his ship for becoming “too soft,” and its revealed dematerializing from Marinus would cause its destruction which, in a non-Doctor fashion, the Warrior does without a second thought. Horrific, nasty, horrible. Great stuff.
The Key To Key To Time by Tim Foley - 2/5 stars
Basically, a less interesting Davros (the audio drama from 2003) rehash with a key to time reskin.
Who Am I? by Nigel Fairs - 4/5 stars
Not a fan of The Face of Evil but this alternate-universe one is honestly really cool. I love what it does with essentially all the main points of the original story. It twists it and makes it so dark. This truly isn’t Doctor Who. That ending is so horrible for the characters but amazing. Poor Leela.
Time Killers by Lizzie Hopley - 5/5 stars
A story where time is currency? Oh god how awful, I love it.
Something I love about this alternative universe stuff is how different the characters are. The Master in this one is still trying to find a way to destroy Gallifrey, something somewhat in line with his original character, but this story leads him down a path into caring about the lives of the innocent strangers that live on Marinus, of course, once he and The Warrior (The Alternate Timeline Doctor) save the day and stop the creature, the Warrior boots the Master from his ship for becoming “too soft,” and its revealed dematerializing from Marinus would cause its destruction which, in a non-Doctor fashion, the Warrior does without a second thought. Horrific, nasty, horrible. Great stuff.
The Key To Key To Time by Tim Foley - 2/5 stars
Basically, a less interesting Davros (the audio drama from 2003) rehash with a key to time reskin.
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December 31, 2022
Disappointing. But given the disappointment of the first set, what did I expect, eh?
The first episode is basically "Let's be cruel and abusive to Leela."
The second is probably the best, but mainly because it is as close as this series comes to giving us a basic Doctor Who episode. And it's because of that second episode that I will give two stars to this release. (Otherwise, one would be generous.)
And then the third episode is . . . whatever the hell that was, . . . closing on some fourth-wall-breaking stuff that I'm sure the writer thought was clever, but instead felt like "I don't know how to end this, so let's just do something crazy."
In the end, both "Doctor of War" sets are a hot mess. Which is sad, because the premise -- what if the Fourth Doctor actually had gone through with the plan of "Genesis of the Daleks" -- had some promise.
The first episode is basically "Let's be cruel and abusive to Leela."
The second is probably the best, but mainly because it is as close as this series comes to giving us a basic Doctor Who episode. And it's because of that second episode that I will give two stars to this release. (Otherwise, one would be generous.)
And then the third episode is . . . whatever the hell that was, . . . closing on some fourth-wall-breaking stuff that I'm sure the writer thought was clever, but instead felt like "I don't know how to end this, so let's just do something crazy."
In the end, both "Doctor of War" sets are a hot mess. Which is sad, because the premise -- what if the Fourth Doctor actually had gone through with the plan of "Genesis of the Daleks" -- had some promise.
October 4, 2022
First story was confusing. Still not entirely sure what happened across these six stories?
October 14, 2022
Very confusing and never made sense
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