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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
i bought this cd after finding out about Stephen Gately taking part and having been a fan of the recent tv show with David Tennant.
i thoughly enjoyed it, even though i have never bought an audio cd before. it was so well done it feels like a show without the visual. the sound effects and music add to the feel of the episode.
the cd comes with interviews with the cast of the drama and the song "Children Of Tommorow" sung by Stephen Gately and Clare Buckfield.
i thoughly enjoyed it, even though i have never bought an audio cd before. it was so well done it feels like a show without the visual. the sound effects and music add to the feel of the episode.
the cd comes with interviews with the cast of the drama and the song "Children Of Tommorow" sung by Stephen Gately and Clare Buckfield.
By J Brackell
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Whilst looking for a bite to eat, the Doctor and Lucie arrive at a Motorway Service Station on the M62 during a terrible blizzard. Also en-route to the Service Station is star-making music manager, Arnold Korns, and his latest signings, Trisha and Tommy Tomorrow, ready to make their debut on Top of the Pops. However, outside in the snow and darkness is a dangerous threat - a pack of alien monsters that threaten to bring a sudden halt to the careers of these fledgling Glam Rockers...
The idea of a remote Service Station under siege by alien creatures is very reminiscent of the classic `base under siege' storylines that were used during the Second Doctor's era such as: The Moonbase, Fury from the Deep and The Ice Warriors. Unfortunately, the story doesn't have the benefit of a multi-part serial to build up the suspense and instead, throws itself straight into the action and is finished within the hour, which is the equivalent of a two episode storyline in the classic series. As a result the story felt like a mish-mash of `Classic Who' storytelling, mixed with the format and modern approach of the current series, similar to recent stories like Cold War.
We're quickly introduced to the cast of supporting characters: Flo, Pat, Arnold Korns, Trisha and Tommy Tomorrow, as well as a few extras who are effectively `Monster Meals' with several lines. Each of the characters was easily identifiable by their voices, which is something that can cause issues if several characters sound similar to each other. I really liked the character of Arnold Korns, played well by Bernard Cribbins who managed to chew on the audio scenery when on-air.... Read more ›
The idea of a remote Service Station under siege by alien creatures is very reminiscent of the classic `base under siege' storylines that were used during the Second Doctor's era such as: The Moonbase, Fury from the Deep and The Ice Warriors. Unfortunately, the story doesn't have the benefit of a multi-part serial to build up the suspense and instead, throws itself straight into the action and is finished within the hour, which is the equivalent of a two episode storyline in the classic series. As a result the story felt like a mish-mash of `Classic Who' storytelling, mixed with the format and modern approach of the current series, similar to recent stories like Cold War.
We're quickly introduced to the cast of supporting characters: Flo, Pat, Arnold Korns, Trisha and Tommy Tomorrow, as well as a few extras who are effectively `Monster Meals' with several lines. Each of the characters was easily identifiable by their voices, which is something that can cause issues if several characters sound similar to each other. I really liked the character of Arnold Korns, played well by Bernard Cribbins who managed to chew on the audio scenery when on-air.... Read more ›
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Tony Jones
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Format:Audio CD
Named both as an allusion to the Sylvester McKoy 'Fang Rock' story and a descriptor of the early 70s, this story is set in a motorway services late at night when the only occupants are kitchen staff, various glam rockers travelling post gig and some monsters trying to break their way in, apparently to destroy everyone inside. Into this maelstrom (did I mention the snow storms?) coem the Doctor and Lucie.
There is a lot to like about this:
1) We meet Lucie's Auntie Pat as a young woman who reappears next season in the Zygon who Fell to Earth, another rock & roll story
2) Bernard Cribbens is excellent as the dodgy dealer manager who comes good right at the end
3) The location - why are more stories not set in a service station? This is clearly the UK equivalent of a motel - random visitors, isolated, lots of corners. I really like that this is one of the services with the bridge over the motorway where the story culminates.
As to the series, yes this is a one-off but note that relations between the Doctor and Lucie are much improved as they grow more used to each other.
I orignally gave this four stars, but have now decided it's a five; I may even listen to it again soon!
There is a lot to like about this:
1) We meet Lucie's Auntie Pat as a young woman who reappears next season in the Zygon who Fell to Earth, another rock & roll story
2) Bernard Cribbens is excellent as the dodgy dealer manager who comes good right at the end
3) The location - why are more stories not set in a service station? This is clearly the UK equivalent of a motel - random visitors, isolated, lots of corners. I really like that this is one of the services with the bridge over the motorway where the story culminates.
As to the series, yes this is a one-off but note that relations between the Doctor and Lucie are much improved as they grow more used to each other.
I orignally gave this four stars, but have now decided it's a five; I may even listen to it again soon!
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By S Maslin
Format:Audio CD
In 2006, BBC7, the BBC's digital archive radio station, after airing some previously recorded Eighth Doc stories, asked Big Finish Productions to produce a series of new 50 minute tales, with a new companion, Lucie Miller, later to be released on CD. They should have been wonderful. Big Finish wheeled out some of their most respected writers, the casts were, in radio terms, stellar, Paul McGann (one of the finest radio voices of his generation) was still in the lead chair. It all looked rosy right from the off. The remit seems, understandably, to have been 'new series for the radio' but for all their lining up of the big guns, what makes the NEDAs so much less than they should have been is that they are so slavishly adhere to the norms of new series TV, with its constant musical accompaniment, casual slaughter (specifically of women), and with modern youth as something to be pandered to, rather than analysed or, god forbid, criticised. The Doctor is, for Lucie, more a figure of ridicule than one of mystery (for no other reason than he is older than she is). One doesn't expect a Victoria Waterfield clone in this day and age but had I been the Doctor, I would have booted her out of the Tardis quicker than you could say "Turlough". (Actually, he does try to do just that quite early on in the previous story.)
'The Horror of Glam Rock' is story number two and there are a couple of funny moments. The cast ain't that bad, although Lucie is really annoying and the whole thing crawls its way into predictabilty pretty quickly. When the most engaging supporting character is killed, it is not only sadly predictable but the death is then happily forgotten by everyone in no time at all. Since when did death become so easily shrugged off?... Read more ›
'The Horror of Glam Rock' is story number two and there are a couple of funny moments. The cast ain't that bad, although Lucie is really annoying and the whole thing crawls its way into predictabilty pretty quickly. When the most engaging supporting character is killed, it is not only sadly predictable but the death is then happily forgotten by everyone in no time at all. Since when did death become so easily shrugged off?... Read more ›
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