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Pier Pressure (Doctor Who) [Audiobook] [Audio CD]

Robert Ross , Colin Baker
3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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  • Audio CD
  • Publisher: Big Finish Productions Ltd (1 Jan 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1844351661
  • ISBN-13: 978-1844351664
  • Product Dimensions: 14.4 x 12 x 1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 439,590 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars I've got one for you 28 Jun 2007
By Paul Tapner TOP 500 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
It's this new doctor who audio play, right? It's four episodes long, and it features the sixth doctor and his latest companion, evelyn smythe. They come to brighton in 1936, meet max miller, and enlist his help in dealing with some evil lurking at the end of the pier. And they manage to tie that nicely into real history.

There's some great recreation of the time period - you might want to look up the films that the character billy mentions he's been in, as you won't believe who he really is - and decent guest star acting, particularly from roy hudd playing the great stand up comic max miller.

But this one isn't as good as it could be, because the episodes are about five to ten minutes too long, and everyone spends a lot of time standing around talking about evil things without actually doing much about them. Particularly the actual villains.

So this is a pretty good story, but if it had been shorter and sharper, it could have been so much better
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars Mediocre, slow adventure 8 April 2006
By Jane Aland VINE™ VOICE
This story finds the 6th Doctor and companion Evelyn (who only left a couple of stories ago, but whatever) fighting against `pure evil' on Brighton Pier in 1936. Author Robert Ross has a nice setting, and a reasonable central conceit (the Doctor meets comedian Mix Miller) but sadly the actual story itself is a collection of unoriginal worn out clichés: evil aliens wanting to invade Earth, possessed characters acting like zombies, the Heroic Sacrifice of a supporting character to save the day - it's mind-numbing Doctor-Who-By-Numbers. Some reasonable performances, especially from `Hellraiser's Doug Bradley, but the unoriginal story and the slight plot stretched out over 2 hours makes this a disappointing seaside adventure.
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By Victor HALL OF FAME TOP 50 REVIEWER
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This is the seventy eighth release from Big Finish in their range of full cast audio adventures starring classic Doctor Whos. It stars Colin Baker as Six, Maggie Stablees as Evelyn and in an inspired move, Roy Hudd as Max Miller. There are 4 episodes, roughly 30-35 minutes each, complete with original theme music between each, and cliff hanger endings. Two episodes per disc on 2 discs, and a short booklet with some pictures of the cast and production notes.

It starts off well. Set in the period (I think) between the events of Arrangements for War and Evelyn leaving he TARDIS to marry Rossiter (so preceding the last Evelyn/Doctor story to be released, Thicker than Water) we find ourselves in 1930s Brighton, in the company of Max Miller (convincingly played by that old trouper Roy Hudd) and Billy, who is (pleasingly for the fans) a character of great significance to Who history. But after the excellent setting the adventure really falls flat. It is over long, and full of clunky exposition without much action. And the exposition makes little or no sense. I caught some flashes of interesting ideas, such as the ruminations on the nature of evil that reminded me of Brighton Rock. But largely the plot was very dull and very badly put across.

There are highlights that make this worth a listen, notable Roy Hudd as the irrepressible cheeky chappie, and Baker and Stables working well off each other. But the uninspired script makes it a difficult listen. 3 stars.
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