Multi Doctor stories are a strange beast. Sometimes they work and sometimes they don’t. This is only the fifth Multi-Doctor story following The Three Doctors (1973), The Five Doctor (1983), The Two Doctors (1985) and The Sirens of Time (1999). I am a big fan of Project: Twilight (2001) which I thought was a Top 10 story. I thought that it was an interesting to add the Seventh Doctor to this story which is a sequel for the Sixth Doctor.
The first half of this story featured just the sixth Doctor and it felt like Twilight. There are some truly horrific moments in this part as Nimrod plans to kill the Doctor again and again. This is so he can work out how the Doctor regenerates and harness that power. The role of Cassie was one of the highlights of Twilight Evelyn’s emotional distress at leaving her was very sad and I really liked her in this story. The role of Nimrod is one of best developed and acted in the Big Finish range.
When the Seventh Doctor does appear in Part Three this is when the story really shifts into top gear. The Seventh Doctor is companionless so his part is set sometime before the TV Movie. I liked how he was surprised to discover that his previous incarnation is already at the forge. The question is how come he doesn’t remember? This was quite cleverly resolved as it isn’t really the Sixth Doctor. It is a clone, this then elevates the Seventh Doctor from being just a visitor to being the fighter and trying to destroy the clones.
As the story progresses the gore increases and the action and excitement increases. I thought that the ending was very good and didn’t disappoint. Cavan Scott and Mark Wright have done a great job in writing a sequel that manages to be just as good as the first play. Everyone in this story did a superb acting job and everyone in production also managed to do that rare thing and make a radio play seem quite gruesome.
Superb.
The first half of this story featured just the sixth Doctor and it felt like Twilight. There are some truly horrific moments in this part as Nimrod plans to kill the Doctor again and again. This is so he can work out how the Doctor regenerates and harness that power. The role of Cassie was one of the highlights of Twilight Evelyn’s emotional distress at leaving her was very sad and I really liked her in this story. The role of Nimrod is one of best developed and acted in the Big Finish range.
When the Seventh Doctor does appear in Part Three this is when the story really shifts into top gear. The Seventh Doctor is companionless so his part is set sometime before the TV Movie. I liked how he was surprised to discover that his previous incarnation is already at the forge. The question is how come he doesn’t remember? This was quite cleverly resolved as it isn’t really the Sixth Doctor. It is a clone, this then elevates the Seventh Doctor from being just a visitor to being the fighter and trying to destroy the clones.
As the story progresses the gore increases and the action and excitement increases. I thought that the ending was very good and didn’t disappoint. Cavan Scott and Mark Wright have done a great job in writing a sequel that manages to be just as good as the first play. Everyone in this story did a superb acting job and everyone in production also managed to do that rare thing and make a radio play seem quite gruesome.
Superb.
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