Episode 22: Hunts,Tombs & Masquerades

 

This year's trilogy of tales featuring the fifth Doctor and Nyssa are up for review this episode as Matthew Kresal and Mary Lang review Moonflesh, Tomb Ship and Masquerade. Topics discussed include ethnic casting on audio, cliches and stereotypes, dues ex machina endings and an unavoidably spoilery discussion of Masquerade.

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Episode 21: Three Kingdoms

 

This episode finds Matthew Kresal and Mary Lang reviewing Home Truths, The Drowned World and The Guardian Of The Solar System, three stories from The Companion Chronicles written by Simon Guerrier featuring Sara Kingdom, played by Jean Marsh in the 1965-66 story The Daleks Master Plan. While avoiding how Sara is telling the stories to begin with, topics discussed include Sara's character development, how different parts of the audios are taking place in reverse order of one another and how much foreknowledge of Sara's TV story is required.

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Episode 20: Enter Doctor Smythe

 

This episode finds Matthew Kresal and Mary Lang reviewing The Marian Conspiracy and The Spectre Of Lanyon Moor, two stories from Big Finish's early days featuring Colin Baker's sixth Doctor and that introduced Big Finish's first non-television companion: Doctor Evelyn Smythe. As well as discussing her introduction and portrayal by actress Maggie Stables, topics discussed include the beginning of Big Finish's rehabilitation on audio of the sixth Doctor in The Marian Conspiracy, Nicholas Courtney's return as the Brigadier in the latter story as well as its origin as a story for a more elusive Doctor...

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Episode 19: Sounds Of Morbius

 

This episode finds Matthew Kresal and Mary Lang reviewing two stories from the Eighth Doctor Adventures range which tie into that Doctor's most recent on screen appearance in Night Of The Doctor in the form of Sisters Of The Flame and The Vengeance Of Morbius. Topics discussed include the merits of doing a story across what seems to be two different releases, the character of Lucie Miller, the cliffhangers from both stories and more.

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Episode 18: Middle Destiny

This episode finds Matthew Kresal and Mary Lang returning to the Destiny Of The Doctor series, co-produced by Big Finish with AudioGo as part of the show's fiftieth anniversary, to review the middle four stories from it covering the fifth through eighth Doctors. Topics discussed include the quality of each of story's respective reader, how each story represents each Doctor's era (perhaps too much so) and perhaps the biggest disagreement yet on the podcast in regards to the eighth Doctor story Enemy Aliens.

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Episode 17: Sidesteps Into Virgin Territory

To mark the release of The New Adventures Of Bernice Summerfield box-set earlier this month, Matthew Kresal and Mary Lang are looking back at two of Big Finish's previous forays into the territory established by the Virgin New Adventures in the form of the adaptation of the novel Love And War and The Shadow Of The Scourge, both written by Paul Cornell. Topics discussed include Love And War's faithfulness to its source material, Sylvester McCoy's performances and how the Seventh Doctor is represented in each story.


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Episode 16: Chronicles Of Companions Past

To mark the end of the Companion Chronicles range this month, Matthew Kresal and Mary Lang are looking back over four of their favorite stories from the range. Matthew picks The Rocket Men and The Last Post while Mary picks Peri And The Piscon Paradox and The Memory Cheats. As well as those stories they talk about their least favorite Companion Chronicles and there's some feedback as well.

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