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This is the fifth release from Big Finish in their range of audio only adventures starring classic Doctor Whos. It stars Sylvester McCoy as Seven and Sophie Aldred as Ace. There are four episodes, roughly 25 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 notes from the author.
Previous releases in the range had been pretty good and captured the feel of the original TV series, but this release really made me sit up and say WOW! The Doctor and Ace are trying to track down a monster known as the Fearmonger, which hides inside people. As well as a straight monster tale it is also a well done study of the politics of the far right, and the mobs that both oppose and support the extremists. The Doctor must not only find his prey, but counter the various political machinations and tabloid hate stirring. The play boasts a supreme performance from McCoy as Seven as he faces down some of his greatest fears, changing from lighthearted to dark and brooding in a flash, from jester to foreboding in the space of a breath. McCoy gives a totally magnetic performance, backed by a really strong script and excellent direction and production. Also of note is Sophie Aldred as Ace. Her character really developed in the TV series, and she continues that development here as though her 10 year absence had never happened. She just steps right back into the part, and continues to portray an Ace who is still growing and becoming a stronger person every day.
A superb release, 5 stars.
Previous releases in the range had been pretty good and captured the feel of the original TV series, but this release really made me sit up and say WOW! The Doctor and Ace are trying to track down a monster known as the Fearmonger, which hides inside people. As well as a straight monster tale it is also a well done study of the politics of the far right, and the mobs that both oppose and support the extremists. The Doctor must not only find his prey, but counter the various political machinations and tabloid hate stirring. The play boasts a supreme performance from McCoy as Seven as he faces down some of his greatest fears, changing from lighthearted to dark and brooding in a flash, from jester to foreboding in the space of a breath. McCoy gives a totally magnetic performance, backed by a really strong script and excellent direction and production. Also of note is Sophie Aldred as Ace. Her character really developed in the TV series, and she continues that development here as though her 10 year absence had never happened. She just steps right back into the part, and continues to portray an Ace who is still growing and becoming a stronger person every day.
A superb release, 5 stars.
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Set in a dystopian future where a right-wing political party spreads malice and a sinister creature feeds off the ensuing fear. An interesting twist, strong performances from Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred, and a moody score; this is one of those stories that makes you wistful about how much better the TV series could have been if they'd given it another chance back in 1989.
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"One would-be assassin is in a mental ward. Another's on the run. Their intended victim is stirring up the mobs. Terrorists are planning a strike of their own. A talk-radio host is loving every minute of it. A Whitehall insider whispers about a mysterious UN operative, with a hidden agenda.
"Everyone's got someone they want you to be afraid of. It'll only take a little push for the situation to erupt - and something is doing the pushing. But you can trust the Doctor to put things right. Can't you?"
"Everyone's got someone they want you to be afraid of. It'll only take a little push for the situation to erupt - and something is doing the pushing. But you can trust the Doctor to put things right. Can't you?"
The Fearmonger is a well-crafted story set some time after Survival, and pairs a moody Seventh Doctor with a more mature Ace. I've always enjoyed the pairing, and Jonathan Blum's script quickly reminds one of the darker atmosphere of the later TV stories.
Without going into too much detail on the plot, The Fearmonger features several well-acted supporting characters, including a smooth turn by Jacqueline Pearce (who played Chessene in the TV series' The Two Doctors) as the leader of a hard-line political party, backed up well by Hugh Walters as her aide and with a successful turn by Vince Henderson as an obnoxious talk radio presenter, among others. All have their part to play in a scenario in which fear is the ultimate political weapon. And amidst all this, there's the Fearmonger, which is lapping it up.
I like the way the story is styled. The Fearmonger remains mysterious throughout, and often one is left wondering where it is really hiding, if it even exists at all, or if it's just a figment of the characters' imaginations. If I had any complaints around the mid-point of the story (some shocking cliff-hangers by the way!) they would have been that the Fearmonger is a little too intangible, but it is well paid off in episode four in a final twist that you probably won't have been expecting.
The usual high standard of sound design is present, although as the story is set in near-contemporary London it requires less outlandish sound effects and the atmosphere is achieved through subtler effects such as the sound of passing cars or the echoing accoustics of an empty warehouse.
The Fearmonger is definitely one of Big Finish's most stylish stories to date, but then this is only number five...
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