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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Big finish do it again.
When first listening to the story I was hit by the old `Oh no the old rewrite of a fairy story' or oh no another rehash storyline' type of thought but I'm delighted to say the story really picks up and you're left with a very satisfying 3 parter story couple with an excellent 1 parter `The Vanity Box'
Story spoilers apart the two are linked and that is a stroke of genius on the author Paul Magrs part. This is an intelligent use of the `time' aspect of Dr Who.
Think of the TV story the Ark with the Monoids and your on the right track or should that be timeline?
The story has a great cast, just what we expect from Big Finish BUT I suggest you do not play the extras on the first CD before you listen to the second because there is a big story spoiler on there for you.
Listen to the first 2 parts on CD one then play part 3 on CD2 followed by the Vanity Box. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
In the Wishing Beast Jean Marsh, Geraldine Newman and Toby Longworth provide excellent support to the story.
The story is set on a distant asteroid and the occupants are castaways...
BUT I could see that the sisters were up to no good from the start and I've no idea why the good Doctor and Mel didn't just tie the sisters up and force the confession out of the two old ladies... but that would be cheating wouldn't it dear readers?
In the second and to my mind superior of the stories it is set in Salford in the mid 1960s.
Now this setting, the accents of the actresses really seems to set some people laughing- Southerners??
But think of Coronation Street when it started and you have an idea of the setting.. backstreets, pubs with Snugs and `Hairdressing Salons al Madam Lulu etc!!
Here I should mention the brilliance of Toby Longworth who plays Monsieur Coffure all cod French and slipping into broad Mancunian so well it really seals an excellent little play within a play off like a Ginger Biscuit to a cup of tea.
Add this with the good doctor dragged up and you have an excellent CD.
The extras are really good too just don't play them until you've listened to the plays.
Recommended?
Yes!
When first listening to the story I was hit by the old `Oh no the old rewrite of a fairy story' or oh no another rehash storyline' type of thought but I'm delighted to say the story really picks up and you're left with a very satisfying 3 parter story couple with an excellent 1 parter `The Vanity Box'
Story spoilers apart the two are linked and that is a stroke of genius on the author Paul Magrs part. This is an intelligent use of the `time' aspect of Dr Who.
Think of the TV story the Ark with the Monoids and your on the right track or should that be timeline?
The story has a great cast, just what we expect from Big Finish BUT I suggest you do not play the extras on the first CD before you listen to the second because there is a big story spoiler on there for you.
Listen to the first 2 parts on CD one then play part 3 on CD2 followed by the Vanity Box. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
In the Wishing Beast Jean Marsh, Geraldine Newman and Toby Longworth provide excellent support to the story.
The story is set on a distant asteroid and the occupants are castaways...
BUT I could see that the sisters were up to no good from the start and I've no idea why the good Doctor and Mel didn't just tie the sisters up and force the confession out of the two old ladies... but that would be cheating wouldn't it dear readers?
In the second and to my mind superior of the stories it is set in Salford in the mid 1960s.
Now this setting, the accents of the actresses really seems to set some people laughing- Southerners??
But think of Coronation Street when it started and you have an idea of the setting.. backstreets, pubs with Snugs and `Hairdressing Salons al Madam Lulu etc!!
Here I should mention the brilliance of Toby Longworth who plays Monsieur Coffure all cod French and slipping into broad Mancunian so well it really seals an excellent little play within a play off like a Ginger Biscuit to a cup of tea.
Add this with the good doctor dragged up and you have an excellent CD.
The extras are really good too just don't play them until you've listened to the plays.
Recommended?
Yes!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
This, the third Big Finish Doctor Who release to feature a main three-part and an extra, one-part story, is an imaginative and enjoyable story from Paul Magrs; a veritable 'Who' veteran with a host of novels and audio plays to his credit. He has also written 'Sick Building' for the new range of original novels featuring The Tenth Doctor and Martha.
Magrs' (pronounced 'Mars') story opens with The Sixth Doctor and Mel receiving a cry for help on the TARDIS scanner from two, seemingly frail and vulnerable old ladies. They are then drawn into a mystery involving a host of phantoms, the eponymous 'Beast' and a deadly vacuum cleaner!
After an admittedly 'slightly clunky' start the story beds down and we are treated to what has now become an excellent double-act on audio. Mel is her usual glib and sparky self but The Doctor is in somewhat subdued form with none of his usual brashness and an almost humble demeanour. This works well here although I would hope that he is more true to form next time around.
Jean Marsh and Toby Longworth provide excellent support and the eerie tone is sustained throughout.
The extra mini-adventure, 'The Vanity Box' is a humorous Earth-bound adventure that sees The Doctor and his companion embroiled in the machinations of a previous adversary...an excellent set all-round, with only a slight silliness and the wooden dialogue at the beginning preventing me from awarding the full five stars.
Magrs' (pronounced 'Mars') story opens with The Sixth Doctor and Mel receiving a cry for help on the TARDIS scanner from two, seemingly frail and vulnerable old ladies. They are then drawn into a mystery involving a host of phantoms, the eponymous 'Beast' and a deadly vacuum cleaner!
After an admittedly 'slightly clunky' start the story beds down and we are treated to what has now become an excellent double-act on audio. Mel is her usual glib and sparky self but The Doctor is in somewhat subdued form with none of his usual brashness and an almost humble demeanour. This works well here although I would hope that he is more true to form next time around.
Jean Marsh and Toby Longworth provide excellent support and the eerie tone is sustained throughout.
The extra mini-adventure, 'The Vanity Box' is a humorous Earth-bound adventure that sees The Doctor and his companion embroiled in the machinations of a previous adversary...an excellent set all-round, with only a slight silliness and the wooden dialogue at the beginning preventing me from awarding the full five stars.
In the 3-part 'The Wishing Beast' the 6th Doctor and Mel find themselves battling a pair of witch-like sisters and their hideously mutated brother. A pleasantly spooky fairy tale style story enlivened by some moments of humour (including a ghost-destroying vacuum cleaner), this is brisk, enjoyable stuff, and only slightly let down by the rather cheesy ending.
1-part story 'The Vanity Box' makes a lovely coda, as this linked tale finds the 6th Doctor and Mel encountering a hairdresser with a peculiar talent for making his clients look younger. Much more comedic in tone than the main story, boasting thick Mancunian accents and the 6th Doctor in drag, this is fabulous stuff.
All in all two enjoyable interlinked tales, and one of the more successful of Big Finish's experiments in the double story package.
1-part story 'The Vanity Box' makes a lovely coda, as this linked tale finds the 6th Doctor and Mel encountering a hairdresser with a peculiar talent for making his clients look younger. Much more comedic in tone than the main story, boasting thick Mancunian accents and the 6th Doctor in drag, this is fabulous stuff.
All in all two enjoyable interlinked tales, and one of the more successful of Big Finish's experiments in the double story package.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Yes, a great story actually....
A doctor who story with a real fairytale feel. Yes, that is this tales definition. Does it suffer because of it? Well, in my opinion not at all. Read more
Published on 4 Sep 2007 by big mad doctor who guy
heart's desire
another audio adventure for the sixth doctor who, this time with bonnie langford's mel as his companion. Read more
Published on 9 Aug 2007 by Paul Tapner
Oh lor, and now it's 'once upon a time'...
There's no reason why Dr Who can't encompass fairy tales into its myth but this isn't the way to do it. Read more
Published on 5 Aug 2007 by Mr. D. Harris
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