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Tom Baker stars as the Fourth Doctor in the fifth of five thrilling brand new adventures, with Susan Jameson as Mrs. Wibbsey, Richard Franklin as Mike Yates, and David Troughton as the Visitor.
It has been three months since the Hexford catastrophe, and Mike Yates is trying to show strength of leadership to the villagers. But with morale low and supplies running out, it is increasingly difficult to keep his own hopes up. Unless somebody finds them soon, the future looks bleak.
So when the TARDIS materializes on the village green, it seems that help has arrived at last. But with two Doctors apparently at large, there is still the small matter of what was buried under Nest Cottage - not to mention who is clamouring to break through the protective force field. Soon Hexford is under siege once again, and this time an ancient hunger will be sated. Time has run out for the keepers of the Skishtari egg...
With Tom Baker as the Doctor, Susan Jameson as Mrs. Wibbsey, Richard Franklin as Mike Yates, Cornelius Garrett as Rev. Tonge, David Troughton as the Visitor, Nerys Hughes as Deirdre, Joanna Tope as Tish, Sam Hoare as Lucius and Paddy Wallace as the Tsar, "Survivors in Space" is the last of five linked stories written by Paul Magrs.
It has been three months since the Hexford catastrophe, and Mike Yates is trying to show strength of leadership to the villagers. But with morale low and supplies running out, it is increasingly difficult to keep his own hopes up. Unless somebody finds them soon, the future looks bleak.
So when the TARDIS materializes on the village green, it seems that help has arrived at last. But with two Doctors apparently at large, there is still the small matter of what was buried under Nest Cottage - not to mention who is clamouring to break through the protective force field. Soon Hexford is under siege once again, and this time an ancient hunger will be sated. Time has run out for the keepers of the Skishtari egg...
With Tom Baker as the Doctor, Susan Jameson as Mrs. Wibbsey, Richard Franklin as Mike Yates, Cornelius Garrett as Rev. Tonge, David Troughton as the Visitor, Nerys Hughes as Deirdre, Joanna Tope as Tish, Sam Hoare as Lucius and Paddy Wallace as the Tsar, "Survivors in Space" is the last of five linked stories written by Paul Magrs.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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This is an enjoyable episode. It is a delight to see David Troughton portay his fathers roll as the 2nd Doctor (father being Partick Troughton). David sounded exactly like his father at times which was impressive. Tom's performance along with David's make for a great story. It is a must to hear the previous story first, Doctor Who: Serpent Crest: The Hexford Invasion: 4 (Dr Who). Would like to hear more new 2nd Doctor adventures with Big Finish featuring David Troughton. The next story for the 4th Doctor worth a listen to for Who fan's is, Destination: Nerva (Dr Who Big Finish).
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Fifth and final entry in the Doctor Who: Serpent crest series of talking books. These tell one long story in five parts. And despite this one beginning with a 'story so far' recap, new listeners are much better off starting with Doctor Who: Serpent Crest: Pt. 1: Tsar Wars (Dr Who).
This cd, like the others, runs for just over one hour. It's one long episode with no breaks in the middle other than the usual cd chapter ones.
Minimal sleeve notes give cast and crew and copyright details and have a mocked up Radio Times billing for the story plus some other material that ties into it.
This is impossible to review without one minor spoiler - although you probably know it anyway - but even so.....
Part four ended with the village of Hexford whisked off into space, with Mike Yates and the Second Doctor [played by David Troughton in a splendid performance sounding incredibly like his father] stranded in the village along with the inhabitants. And the Fourth Doctor and Mrs. Wibbsey left behind.
This part begins a little while after. And the bulk of the first half has a lot of narration from Richard Franklin as Mike Yates. Where he describes how he's tried to keep things going in the village. Although supplies are running low. And he's coming to understand what the Brigadier meant about the loneliness of command. This is very understated reading and that makes it work very well indeed. It's a good bit of acting.
The story keeps the mystery going that began in part four about what the Second Doctor is up to and why the Fourth doesn't remember this. And when the Fourth and Mrs. Wibbsey eventually turn up - with hints of untold adventures along the way - the scenes between the two Doctors are just as much fun as you would expect.
This and the mystery does mean things move along at a very nice pace and do keep the listener hooked for the first two thirds.
Once everything is explained though - and a lot of that is quite clever and and nicely done - there's a big action sequence that isn't quite as involving as it could be. It does what it has to do though and wraps up everything up.
But...the final scene between the Doctor and Mrs. Wibbsey is far more involving that I would have expected. And does leave you quite hoping that she and he will return for more adventures together. That's not quite a feeling I had after the first two series of these, so it was a pleasant surprise.
This is a decent end to a pretty good series.
This cd, like the others, runs for just over one hour. It's one long episode with no breaks in the middle other than the usual cd chapter ones.
Minimal sleeve notes give cast and crew and copyright details and have a mocked up Radio Times billing for the story plus some other material that ties into it.
This is impossible to review without one minor spoiler - although you probably know it anyway - but even so.....
Part four ended with the village of Hexford whisked off into space, with Mike Yates and the Second Doctor [played by David Troughton in a splendid performance sounding incredibly like his father] stranded in the village along with the inhabitants. And the Fourth Doctor and Mrs. Wibbsey left behind.
This part begins a little while after. And the bulk of the first half has a lot of narration from Richard Franklin as Mike Yates. Where he describes how he's tried to keep things going in the village. Although supplies are running low. And he's coming to understand what the Brigadier meant about the loneliness of command. This is very understated reading and that makes it work very well indeed. It's a good bit of acting.
The story keeps the mystery going that began in part four about what the Second Doctor is up to and why the Fourth doesn't remember this. And when the Fourth and Mrs. Wibbsey eventually turn up - with hints of untold adventures along the way - the scenes between the two Doctors are just as much fun as you would expect.
This and the mystery does mean things move along at a very nice pace and do keep the listener hooked for the first two thirds.
Once everything is explained though - and a lot of that is quite clever and and nicely done - there's a big action sequence that isn't quite as involving as it could be. It does what it has to do though and wraps up everything up.
But...the final scene between the Doctor and Mrs. Wibbsey is far more involving that I would have expected. And does leave you quite hoping that she and he will return for more adventures together. That's not quite a feeling I had after the first two series of these, so it was a pleasant surprise.
This is a decent end to a pretty good series.
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Bit disappointed with the climactic story in the Serpent Crest mini-series, hence the mediocre rating. Yes Tom is as excellent as ever, and yes David Troughton is brilliant playing the distinctly dodgy Doctor #2, however my beef is that nothing at all really happens in the episode; the Scishtari don't appear until right near the end and for a very brief cameo, whilst the Robotovs are equally underused, and Richard Franklin's Captain Yates just dithers around ineffectually - where's the Brig when you need him?!
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