Caerdroia was the third Big Finish story I ever listened to. It is a very strange story a new starter to go for. The story is the first one to be written by Lloyd Rose and this story is at quite a pivotal moment in the divergent universe story arc. After a poor Faith Stealer and a good The Last I had hopes that this would be better than those two.
This is the story where the Kro’ka really starts to shine. I have found this character very entertaining. It’s almost very much like the Master as played by Roger Delgado not the pantomime version of Anthony Ainley. The Kro’ka has been manipulating the Doctor, Charley & C’Rizz for several stories but this is where things start going weird. The Doctor is asleep and won’t go into the next zone.
In this story we have three Doctors for the price of one. The thing about this story is that normally a multi Doctor would be confusing and hard to understand but thanks to McGann giving each Doctor a slightly different edge to it. McGann really seems to be enjoying himself in this one. Conrad Westmaas and India Fisher also put in superb performances and this is one of the best stories that these three feature in for some time. Stephen Perring is brilliant as the Kro’ka.
For me the biggest thing to come out of this story was the revelation that Rassilon is actually the master of the Kro’ka. Did not see that coming.
The Divergent Universe story arc feels like it reaching its conclusion. Thankfully so. The sooner that they get back to doing traditional adventures the better. I have to say that this is the best of the recent Eighth Doctor stories. It’s an enjoyable four part adventure. The images that I conjured up in my head from listening to this were a bit like Alice in Wonderland.
This is the story where the Kro’ka really starts to shine. I have found this character very entertaining. It’s almost very much like the Master as played by Roger Delgado not the pantomime version of Anthony Ainley. The Kro’ka has been manipulating the Doctor, Charley & C’Rizz for several stories but this is where things start going weird. The Doctor is asleep and won’t go into the next zone.
In this story we have three Doctors for the price of one. The thing about this story is that normally a multi Doctor would be confusing and hard to understand but thanks to McGann giving each Doctor a slightly different edge to it. McGann really seems to be enjoying himself in this one. Conrad Westmaas and India Fisher also put in superb performances and this is one of the best stories that these three feature in for some time. Stephen Perring is brilliant as the Kro’ka.
For me the biggest thing to come out of this story was the revelation that Rassilon is actually the master of the Kro’ka. Did not see that coming.
The Divergent Universe story arc feels like it reaching its conclusion. Thankfully so. The sooner that they get back to doing traditional adventures the better. I have to say that this is the best of the recent Eighth Doctor stories. It’s an enjoyable four part adventure. The images that I conjured up in my head from listening to this were a bit like Alice in Wonderland.
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