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Musical Who!,
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This audio CD from Big Finish is a real 'Marmite' episode. All the previous reviewers clearly love it but I'm afraid I found the musical aspect rather tiresome after a while. Jacqui Rayner has attempted to do something original and all credit to her for a brave move, however I'm not a fan of operetta and therefore it wasn't my cup of tea.
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Doctor Who and the Pirates - Doctor Who the Musical!,
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Yet another excellent audio drama from Big Finish, starring Colin Baker as the sixth Doctor, with Maggie Stables as his made for audio companion Evelyn Smythe, professor of History at a University. The relationship between these two characters (and actors) is excellent, the unusually old companion is a great foil for Six's exuberance and arrogance.
The Big Finish dramas are at their best when playing around with the format and trying something new. And that is what we have here. Essentially this episode is Doctor Who the Musical. The Doctor and Evelyn are relating a tale to one of Evelyn's students, weaving a story of adventure on the high seas (the plot of which will sound familiar to fans of treasure island!) and telling in the style of Gilbert and Sullivan in appropriate places. The pastiche works well to my ears and makes for an entertaining couple of hours listening. Especially the slightly dark ending, where the pair's motives for telling the story become clear, and the relationship between the Doctor and Evelyn is explored a little bit further. Once again Colin Baker does an outstanding job as the Doctor, leavening the harsh, arrogant style of his TV episodes with a compassion and humour that gives the character much more depth. The great Bill Oddie does a turn as the Pirate Captain Red Jasper, hamming it up to the rafters yet striking just the right note and providing entertainment and menace in equal measure. All in all an excellent adventure. It can be listened to in isolation, but it might help to hear some of the earlier Baker/Evelyn audios to understand some of the back story. A bit different from what you normally get, but a welcome experiment, and one I hope the Big Finish team repeat with other Doctors sometime.
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How diverse and brilliant can the big finish range be?!,
By big mad doctor who guy "Christian on a mission!" (Poole, Dorset) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Doctor Who and the Pirates (Audio CD)
Doctor who has had mad scientists, mad monsters, repetitive robots saying kill all the flipping time and loads of other great ingredients ever since its beginnings with the late great william hartnell back in 1963. And now what do we get from that great company big finish productions? We get Dr who and the pirates! With Bill Oddie. before i even listened to this story i knew it would be fun. With bill its not going to be anything else. there is tonnes of humour and also a few sorrowful moments which blend very well with the witty overall theme of this story. Maggie stables perhaps gives one of her best performances as the great companion evelyn smythe. But you know what really makes this story? the daft singing. Colin Baker is laughably good and the lyrics are flaming hilarious. Jaci Rayner really acxtuallyw rote a beauty with this story. In fact, this does feel like it could have been a William Hartnell story, with the historicness of old pirates and such. I love this play to bits. It really is a dose of good humour. Listen to this if youre feeling down and need perking up!
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