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The Dark Husband (Doctor Who) [Audiobook] (Audio CD)

by David Quantick (Author)
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  • Audio CD
  • Publisher: Big Finish Productions Ltd (30 Mar 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 184435315X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1844353156
  • Product Dimensions: 14.2 x 12.4 x 1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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2.0 out of 5 stars Stupid, just stupid!, 10 April 2008
By Barney McGrew "Charlie" (UK) - See all my reviews
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To be honest this is downright silly. The Doctor, Ace and Hex are, at Ace's behest, seemingly going to a planet where they can have `fun' for a change rather than battle enemies and thwart invasions. However, once they arrive Ace realises that the Doctor has manipulated them into coming to the planet Tuin in order to interfere in the planet's politics - two warring factions (the clumsily named `Ir' and `Ree') are set on destroying one another.
The tone is set early on with Ace and Hex being chased into the TARDIS by an angry `snot beast' and the young Scouser subsequently being covered in `snot'. Things go from bad to worse when a warrior of the Ree (sounding like Brian Blessed bellowing for all he's worth) captures the time travellers and an Ir soldier (sounding like Richard O'Brien in full snake whispering mode) arrives in a big spaceship. Much of the remainder of part 2 is spent listening to the two `warriors' (one hairy and one completely bald for extra comedy effect) bicker and snape at one another whilst The Doctor twinkles and twitters and eventually decides to get married to `the shining bride' in order to end the war.
As a big fan of the Seventh Doctor on audio I was disappointed to say the least. The last few audio CDs featuring the TV Doctors have been uniformly excellent but this is just lame. Come on Big Finish, you can do better than this!
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3.0 out of 5 stars glastonbury in space, 10 April 2008
By Paul Tapner (poole dorset england) - See all my reviews
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Another audio adventure for doctor who. this one features sylvester mccoy as the seventh doctor, sophie aldred as his companion ace, and philip olivier as his companion hex - a character who was created especially for audio and has been in quite a few stories with the doctor and ace.

As usual this contains two discs, with two story episodes on each. The episodes do run a little longer than the usual twenty five minutes. and both discs end with approx fifteen minutes of interviews with the cast and crew, and the last track on disc four is five minutes of the music from the story.

This story involves the doctor and his companions visiting the planet tuin. Advertised as holding the most amazing festival ever it looks like just the place for a nice break from what they usually go through. but they land in the middle of a war zone, and find that there's more to this planet than meets the eye. and certain sacrifices will have to be made to end the fighting...

Written by top tv comedy writer david quantick, this strives to be fairly humorous. And that part just about works. It's not laugh out loud funny but comedy coming from character based situations, and there are some decent moments as a result. The alien world is very strange and well realised and populated by two warring species. The truth about them is a good twist in part four.

But this story is a bit too long, and drags at points, especially in part two. The fact that it's also not laugh out loud funny may mean some people don't find it involving.

There's a fair amount to like here, but whilst it's not bad, it's not the strongest audio ever.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Charming but Dispensable, 17 Jun 2008
By Andrew Brack (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews
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When Doctor Who does comedy the results are usually variable to say the least and usually quite divisive. Look at the reception `Love and Monsters' received in Series Two of the new television show for a good example of this.

For this reason I approach stories such as `The Dark Husband' with a sense of apprehension. Experience has taught me not to expect to like a story and then I am pleasantly surprised when I do.

Perhaps the biggest surprise for me when listening to this story was how little I found myself laughing. This was not the fault you might expect it to be - instead of a stream of one liners, David Quantick serves up gentle character moments that fit the tone of the Ace-Hex relationship perfectly.

The story is however as fluffy as you might expect a comedic Big Finish story to be. Those comedic aspects diffuse much of the dramatic tension when our heroes are placed in peril; aliens are much too silly to be taken seriously and some of the plot twists can be predicted by the listener simply asking themselves "how could this get any sillier?".

The overall result is a thoroughly charming audio adventure (snot jokes aside!) that manages to capture the characters well and gently amuse for well over a hundred minutes. This is a fun and charming addition to this year's line up of Big Finish releases, however in a year that is packed with departures, new companions and returning villains I suspect that this will be the release that many will choose to skip.
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