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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I don't think I've ever been so let down by anything. I got the first three seasons of Gallifrey from Big Finish direct in one of their sales packages and was addicted from the start - I'd even go as far as to say those three seasons are some of the best stuff Big Finish have ever produced, period. Gripping, edgy, political... Dr Who meets West Wing. Audio gold.
However Season Four is nothing like the rest of the series - it's basically just four random stories set in parallel universes that nobody cares a hoot about. I think a lot of us were hoping for a progression of the first three seasons or maybe even some Time War build-up, but instead Big Finish just progress the main characters... and not very compellingly.
Gallifrey IV is worth a listen only for Colin Baker's geust appearance, not as Maxil, but as a dark parallel version of the Sixth Doctor. If you're not bothered about that, avoid.
However Season Four is nothing like the rest of the series - it's basically just four random stories set in parallel universes that nobody cares a hoot about. I think a lot of us were hoping for a progression of the first three seasons or maybe even some Time War build-up, but instead Big Finish just progress the main characters... and not very compellingly.
Gallifrey IV is worth a listen only for Colin Baker's geust appearance, not as Maxil, but as a dark parallel version of the Sixth Doctor. If you're not bothered about that, avoid.
10 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
The first three series of Gallifrey audio plays make up an excellent, fast paced adventure series that has something of a John Le Carre feel; a political tale but told within a science fiction setting. The performances are strong, the plots complex and the series builds to a cliff hanger ending. As someone who had enjoyed these plays, I was delighted to find another series had been released; my delight ended as soon as I started to listen. The complex threads of the previous cliff hanger ending are brushed aside within a few lines, as the characters drift through a tedious series of 'alternative' versions of Gallifrey via a portal that pops up now and then. These 'other' Gallifreys include some deeply silly ideas, from Romana being married to Andred, to a female Borusa. Each story visits another Gallifrey that isn't Gallifrey, and it is hard to care what happens on each, as they are not the real Gallifrey. The energy and excitement of the previous CDs is completely missing, as is the theme music, replaced by a vastly inferior one, and it really is hard going to sit through all four dull stories. After the previous series this set is a staggering letdown from start to finish. There are many excellent Doctor Who CD plays available via Amazon, many of them from Big Finish, sadly Gallifrey Four is not one of them.
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