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The Land of the Dead (Doctor Who) [Audiobook] [Audio CD]

Steve Cole
3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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  • Audio CD
  • Publisher: Big Finish Productions Ltd (30 Jan 2000)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1844350649
  • ISBN-13: 978-1844350643
  • Product Dimensions: 13.6 x 12.4 x 1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 108,462 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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This is the fourth release from Big Finish in their range of audio only adventures starring classic Doctor Whos. It stars Peter Davison as Five and Sarah Sutton as Nyssa. This is a cracking adventure that really captures the feel of the old TV adventures, while subtly updating and making use of the fact that on audio the visual effects are so much easier to realise. 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.

The Doctor and Nyssa arrive in 1960s Alaska, the TARDIS on the trail of a mysterious energy source. They suddenly jump forward thirty years and on setting out to investigate they find themselves trapped in a house with the usual bunch of Dr. Who supporting characters and some very odd fossils.

This story does what classic Who did so well, and blends the superstitions of the Alaskan peoples with the science fiction elements beautifully to create a story that is tense and intelligent. The script writers have realised that the monsters are so much better in audio, and are not limited by dodgy screen effects. By letting the imagination work with the descriptions given by the characters you can conjure up some quite frightening images. It's really well done and makes the most of the new medium.

This is set in the period between Arc of Infinity and Timeflight, when Five and Nyssa were travelling alone without Tegan. This addresses a missed opportunity in the TV series to show the Dr and Nyssa travelling alone, as she was too often overshadowed by the annoying Adric and Tegan. Davison and Sutton step right back into the roles as though they had never been away, and it all works rather well. 4 stars.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Alaska, Nyssa and exposition 11 April 2006
"Landing in Alaska, the Doctor and Nyssa encounter a group of people in a most unusual house, cut off not only by the harsh climate but by their individual secrets and obsessions.
"Millionaire Shaun Brett is utilising chunks of the local area to construct a shrine to his dead father. But when deadly creatures start roaming outside, and a terrifying discovery is made inside the house, the Doctor realises that Brett has unleashed an unimaginably ancient force."

The Land of the Dead is an imaginative, if rather odd, concept. Most peculiar is the house, with its themed rooms of stone, earth, timber, sea, ice and bone - if only we could see this strange creation on the screen! However, visuals are really unimportant in this story, as it's the characters inhabiting the house that matter.
They include the bitter and twisted Shaun Brett (Christopher Scott), the ageing Eskimo Gaborik (Andrew Fettes), the half-American Tulung (Neil Roberts) and the artist Monica Lewis (as opposed to Lewinsky), in an engaging turn by Lucy Campbell.
Unlike some of the Big Finish Audio series, there is no problem identifying who is who in this particular tale. Peter Davison and Sarah Sutton are in good and recogniseable form as the Doctor and Nyssa, and the remaining characters are all well-drawn and have distinctive voices. Whilst the monsters have a role to play, the crux of the story is really the personal struggle between Brett and Tulung, with the unfortunate Nyssa caught in the crossfire. In the absence of Nyssa's company, Monica Lewis makes a good companion to the Doctor during the last episode as she runs the gamut of stress from tense to wittering to sarcastic in what becomes something of a running joke.
Like many of the Big Finish stories, The Land of the Dead has good sound design and a decent script, this time written by Stephen Cole, which lets itself down only by including too much obvious descriptive exposition. I look forward to hearing more of the series.

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5.0 out of 5 stars I see dead people 17 April 2009
Landing in Alaska, the Doctor and Nyssa encounter a group of people in a most unusual house, cut off not only by the harsh climate but by their individual secrets and obsessions.

Millionaire Shaun Brett is utilising chunks of the local area to construct a shrine to his dead father. But when deadly creatures start roaming outside, and a terrifying discovery is made inside the house, the Doctor realises that Brett has unleashed an unimaginably ancient force...

The early Big Finish audios were more closely linked to the classic series than in more recent times, and in many ways they were more accessible for it. Land of the Dead features the Fifth Doctor and his Trakenite companion Nyssa; ancient monsters, shifty people harbouring secrets and an 'ancient evil' make this more akin to the late 80s Sylvester McCoy period, however it is a strong and engaging story and kept me riveted throughout.
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