It’s been a long time since we have had a new companion story. In fact it’s been about 3 ½ years since Erimem first appeared. This is the second story since the epic Zagreus and it’s now that the Eighth Doctor’s stories start to calm down. It’s good that a writer from the TV series is given the chance to write for Big Finish. Philip Martin wrote the 1984 story Vengeance of Varos and also the Terror of the Vervoids part of The Trial of a Timelord season.
The Kromon are a very well thought of creature. There was a moment in this story that had me thinking of the scene where Peri gets turned into a bird in Vengeance. Charley’s transformation into a breeding queen for the Kromon was quite horrific. But for all the horrific moments that Martin introduces it is the creation of C’Rizz that is what this story will be remembered for. The idea of a character that has chameleonic skin is not something that would never have worked on TV but due to the imagination of people who listen to these stories it’s a wonderful idea. By the end of the story I got the feeling that C’Rizz’s emotional state is going to form a very interesting story arc. You know that a character is going to be more than normal when they kill their partner to avoid them becoming a breeding Queen.
Paul McGann and India Fisher were on great form in this story. Their relationship has taken a battering in recent adventures but is starting to go in a new direction. Now that C’Rizz has joined the TARDIS team it’s going to be interesting to see how he affects the balance. The Creed and the Kromon is a nice little story. If you take out the stuff with C’Rizz then what you are left with is a normal middle of the road stuff but Conrad Westmaas has done a great job creating a character that has loads of issues to deal with and potential. The Creed of the Kromon is a good start to thi
The Kromon are a very well thought of creature. There was a moment in this story that had me thinking of the scene where Peri gets turned into a bird in Vengeance. Charley’s transformation into a breeding queen for the Kromon was quite horrific. But for all the horrific moments that Martin introduces it is the creation of C’Rizz that is what this story will be remembered for. The idea of a character that has chameleonic skin is not something that would never have worked on TV but due to the imagination of people who listen to these stories it’s a wonderful idea. By the end of the story I got the feeling that C’Rizz’s emotional state is going to form a very interesting story arc. You know that a character is going to be more than normal when they kill their partner to avoid them becoming a breeding Queen.
Paul McGann and India Fisher were on great form in this story. Their relationship has taken a battering in recent adventures but is starting to go in a new direction. Now that C’Rizz has joined the TARDIS team it’s going to be interesting to see how he affects the balance. The Creed and the Kromon is a nice little story. If you take out the stuff with C’Rizz then what you are left with is a normal middle of the road stuff but Conrad Westmaas has done a great job creating a character that has loads of issues to deal with and potential. The Creed of the Kromon is a good start to thi
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