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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
When the BBC produced their 'enhanced' talking books with Tom Baker as the Doctor (Hornet's Nest) I found it tedious and dull beyond compare. This wasn't the way I wanted to hear the 4th Doctor and bemoaned the fact that it wasn't a Big Finish full cast production.
And then Big Finish announced they were to produce 4th Doctor full cast dramas... well I was over the Moon!
I pre-ordered a couple and this one arrived towards the end of January.
There was the theme I remember from my childhood and I settled back to listen to a cracking story. Only it isn't.
The actual story is slow and plodding, strange for such a short piece, with rather stilted dialogue from all concerned.
Tom sounds a little older but enough like his old self for me to visualise him, same with Louise. Generally the acting is good, as with nearly all of the BF plays, but this is just so boring.
After the initial excitement at the start of the story it just grinds to a halt and becomes a struggle to stay awake.
Hopefully the next release will be more exciting and up to the usual high standard for BF.
But one thing puzzles me - why are these only 2-part stories?
And then Big Finish announced they were to produce 4th Doctor full cast dramas... well I was over the Moon!
I pre-ordered a couple and this one arrived towards the end of January.
There was the theme I remember from my childhood and I settled back to listen to a cracking story. Only it isn't.
The actual story is slow and plodding, strange for such a short piece, with rather stilted dialogue from all concerned.
Tom sounds a little older but enough like his old self for me to visualise him, same with Louise. Generally the acting is good, as with nearly all of the BF plays, but this is just so boring.
After the initial excitement at the start of the story it just grinds to a halt and becomes a struggle to stay awake.
Hopefully the next release will be more exciting and up to the usual high standard for BF.
But one thing puzzles me - why are these only 2-part stories?
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Hate to say it but as with first couple of reviews i'm in agreement this is one dull story,it drifts along going nowhere the debut of Tom Baker should have been better than this,indeed the lost stories boxset is great but this its like porridge all thick and stodgy.
Ok the good points,there's little doubt Big Finish have the "feel" right Baker and Jameson sound as they did back in the '70's and in that resepct it should have got a better story to go with it,but hey ho no point worrying about it now i've no doubt better stories are coming along but this one..no it should have been perhaps released later in the series.
To me,as a massive Big Finish fan i have no doubt that Tom Bakers doctor is in more than safe hands it's just a shame it's got off to a sticky start i expect better next time out.
Ok the good points,there's little doubt Big Finish have the "feel" right Baker and Jameson sound as they did back in the '70's and in that resepct it should have got a better story to go with it,but hey ho no point worrying about it now i've no doubt better stories are coming along but this one..no it should have been perhaps released later in the series.
To me,as a massive Big Finish fan i have no doubt that Tom Bakers doctor is in more than safe hands it's just a shame it's got off to a sticky start i expect better next time out.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Not as good as the recent Fourth Doctor Box Set, but still not bad. I do have one big gripe however! The story is only two episodes long, so the format and pace is rather forced. Don't get me wrong; I really do welcome this new Fourth Doctor range, however if you were measuring value for money by minutes you might think these new audio plays expensive in comparison to the usual four episode stories of the other Doctors in the Big Finish range. I hope Big Finish will reconsider the format for future Fourth Doctor stories to allow for story development whilst keeping the price in line with other Doctor stories, so as not to take advantage of their customers. Looking forward to the next one though.
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