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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
"October, 1930. His Majesty's Airship, the R101, sets off on her maiden voyage to the farthest-flung reaches of the British Empire, carrying the brightest lights of the Imperial fleet. Carrying the hopes and dreams of a breathless nation.
"Not to mention a ruthless spy with a top-secret mission, a mysterious passenger who appears nowhere on the crew list, a would-be adventuress destined for the Singapore Hilton... and a Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey.
"There's a storm coming. There's something unspeakable, something with wings, crawling across the stern. Thousands of feet high in the blackening sky, the crew of the R101 brace themselves. When the storm breaks, their lives won't be all that's at stake...
"The future of the galaxy will be hanging by a thread."
"Not to mention a ruthless spy with a top-secret mission, a mysterious passenger who appears nowhere on the crew list, a would-be adventuress destined for the Singapore Hilton... and a Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey.
"There's a storm coming. There's something unspeakable, something with wings, crawling across the stern. Thousands of feet high in the blackening sky, the crew of the R101 brace themselves. When the storm breaks, their lives won't be all that's at stake...
"The future of the galaxy will be hanging by a thread."
Alan Barnes' Storm Warning is the first of the Big Finish Audio series to feature the Eighth Doctor, played impeccably by Paul McGann. The story begins with a brief teaser scene, during which the lone Time Lord finds himself in a situation of some peril, before catapulting into the main story with an energetic new version of the Doctor Who theme tune.
The airship of Storm Warning is populated by a variety of characters including companion-to-be Charley Pollard, played by India Fisher, and the very British Lord Tamworth, played with a Colin Baker-esque inonation by Gareth Thomas. Also on board is the British intelligence agent Rathbone, played with a very peculiar accent by Barnaby Edwards, and his mysterious passenger voiced by Helen Goldwyn. As ever with the Big Finish series, the voice performances are good, particularly the excellent Paul McGann. Helen Goldwyn's voice is distorted in a variety of ways over the course of the story to represent different facets of the Triskele; this is less successful, and becomes somewhat irritating after a while.
The setting of the story, however, is intriguing, with the ensemble cast confined to the interior of the Edwardian airship, which incidentally has very good sound design. Unfortunately, the plot changes direction during episode three, and the script and the story in general sag very badly around that point. The story redeemed itself somewhat in the highly enjoyable fourth episode, which incorporates enough twists and turns to keep the story involving (even including a fight scene, surely a challenge given the audio medium), but one is left with the slightly bitter feeling caused by the weak third episode and an excess of exposition. The final minutes of the story leave the series open for an ongoing story arc, and it remains to be seen how well this will be followed up.
Overall, an intriguing first entry into the Eighth Doctor series of Big Finish Audio adventures, even if I'm not without my criticisms, and I look forward to hearing more.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
I am an avid Who fan that, for a long while now, has been sceptical of getting one of these Audio Dramas, fearing they would try and do something wrong with the classic Who formula. However, i took the plunge with Storm Warning. If i didn't like it, at least i could say i'd tried the Audio path.
I'll skip straight to the point: this was brilliant. The opening sequence in the TARDIS with Paul McGann immediately cleared the clouds on whether i would take to the purely audio situation and when the story really gets going i was hooked. McGann is excellent - bringing a new Doctor to light despite only one TV movie of screen time. He is instantly Who with new witticisms and a new enthusiasm for the role. The plot of the story itself - which i knew nothing of, discovering the hard way that blurbs ruin plot twists all too often. Don't worry - not on this CD. Everything that happens takes your breath away and the imagination involved is spectacular. This is a real treat. As is the voice cast. The new companion fits it like a glove, voiced enthusiastically by India Fisher, and the guest voice is a dream. Gareth Thomas, of Blake's 7, finally gets to be in Doctor Who and he is brilliant. Exclamation mark. I cannot recommend this one higher. Its a great place to start if you're unsure either of the Eight Doctor or of audio dramas in general.
Additional: the audio allows the imagination to create all manner of things to make it just that little more personal. Eg - just what does a Vortesaur look like? Its up to you.
I'll skip straight to the point: this was brilliant. The opening sequence in the TARDIS with Paul McGann immediately cleared the clouds on whether i would take to the purely audio situation and when the story really gets going i was hooked. McGann is excellent - bringing a new Doctor to light despite only one TV movie of screen time. He is instantly Who with new witticisms and a new enthusiasm for the role. The plot of the story itself - which i knew nothing of, discovering the hard way that blurbs ruin plot twists all too often. Don't worry - not on this CD. Everything that happens takes your breath away and the imagination involved is spectacular. This is a real treat. As is the voice cast. The new companion fits it like a glove, voiced enthusiastically by India Fisher, and the guest voice is a dream. Gareth Thomas, of Blake's 7, finally gets to be in Doctor Who and he is brilliant. Exclamation mark. I cannot recommend this one higher. Its a great place to start if you're unsure either of the Eight Doctor or of audio dramas in general.
Additional: the audio allows the imagination to create all manner of things to make it just that little more personal. Eg - just what does a Vortesaur look like? Its up to you.
I only give this four stars because its the first one i've ever attempted. Perhaps the others are better!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Storm Warning marks the first Big Finish original full cast audio production to feature the until now underused eighth Doctor, played by 'Withnail and I' star Paul McGann. The play's plot revolves around the Doctor's accidental arrival on the ill-fated flight on the airship R-101 in October 1930 and of course wherever the Doctor arrives, extraterrestrial trouble is bound to follow. Scriptwriter Alan Barnes refrains from featuring any of the actual crew or passangers of the airship, instead presenting a highly fictionalized but very entertaining mystery, featuring Gareth Thomas, star of the cult 1980's television series 'Blake's 7' as Lord Tamworth; an operative of the British government on a secret mission.
The adventure begins well, bedazzling the listener with the mystery of the passenger in the locked Cabin 43, but as the story reachs its third episode (Big Finish adventures usually present two twenty-five to thirty minute episodes per CD) it begins to peter out and a few plot wholes emerge here and there, particularly in an instance where a brutal alien race appears more frightened by a bit of roaring from the Doctor than a troop of very heavily armed men. However the story's real strength is the eighth Doctor himself and Paul McGann shows why many Doctor Who fans hold him as a favourite to return to the role in the new BBC television series.
All in all this release represents the Big Finish productions very well and is a recommendation for fans of McGann's Dr. Who, who want to see (or hear to be more precise)more his adventures.
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Storm Warning - Welcome to the Doctor who never was!
This is the sixteenth release from Big Finish in their range of full cast audio adventures starring classic Doctor Whos. Read more
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October, 1930. His Majesty's Airship, the R101, sets off on her maiden voyage to the farthest-flung reaches of the British Empire, carrying the brightest... Read more
October, 1930. His Majesty's Airship, the R101, sets off on her maiden voyage to the farthest-flung reaches of the British Empire, carrying the brightest... Read more
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Theres a storm coming...
So here it is. Paul Mcgann plays the Doctor for the first time since the TV movie, and in a story which puts the movie to shame. Read more
Published on 18 Feb 2009 by Tim Allan
Beware The Oncoming Storm as Doctor Who gets a bit Darker!
Set in October 1930, on his majesty's airship the R101, this story is based loosely on real events surrounding the fate of the aircraft. Read more
Published on 24 Nov 2008 by J. L. Maitland
Sorry, but this does doesnt gel for me....
The setting of the r101 should have made this a great play. But to be honest, only the last episode is any good on this story. Read more
Published on 5 Sep 2007 by big mad doctor who guy
he's back. In style
The first audio story that Paul McGann did, just when we thought the TV movie would be his only ever go at the role, this is the perfect beginning for the eighth doctor audio... Read more
Published on 20 July 2006 by Paul Tapner
A fine reintroduction for Paul McGann's Doctor!
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