This story continues the good start that this second series has had. It’s at this point of a series where the novelty of a new series has warn off and the story has to stand on its own merits. Grand Theft Cosmos is written by Eddie Robson who has developed a reputation of writing good sound stories. This one is no exception. Admittedly it’s not one of his best efforts but is still a good effort. This story sees the return of two characters from the first season in the form of the Headhunter (Katarina Olsson) and Karen (Louise Fullerton).
As the story suggests there is a lot of chasing around in this story. Its not a normal Doctor Who story and leans quite a lot to the comedy side of things but not too much. The Doctor, Lucie, Karen and the Headhunter are searching for the Black Diamond of Claudio Tardelli. We are given a bit of a back story to Tardelli who was actually in the Black Diamond. Hopefully we will get a future adventure where we look back at their previous encounter. Fingers Crossed!
The use of the Headhunter and Karen was a nice. The Headhunter has slightly lost some of her menace after the first season but she is given a more free reign and Katarina Olsson is now given more freedom. Louise Fullerton does seem slightly lost in the flow of the story but does interact with Lucie well. This story is Sheridan Smith’s best performance so far. Its nice to have the character move on from the events of series one. Paul McGann was very good also in this story, he had some good scenes with Tardelli and also with the Headhunter. It was nice to have McGann’s Doctor do something a bit light hearted this time. He is too often given something that is very complex and serious so this was a nice change from the norm. This story also boasts an actor who appeared in ‘classic’ who and that was Christopher Benjamin who appeared in the Talons of Weng-Chiang. He was highly enjoyable in this as Tardelli. Colin Spaull should also get a mentioned as he was Henrik. Both actors should do more radio work because their voices are ideal for this medium.
When I finished listening to this story I thought that it wasn’t going to top the best stories of the season awards but it was still better than most comedy laden stories that Big Finish have produced over the years. Eddie Robson has written another enjoyable story and Barnaby Edwards should be applauded for giving this story a pace to it that is normally reserved for a more traditional story.
As the story suggests there is a lot of chasing around in this story. Its not a normal Doctor Who story and leans quite a lot to the comedy side of things but not too much. The Doctor, Lucie, Karen and the Headhunter are searching for the Black Diamond of Claudio Tardelli. We are given a bit of a back story to Tardelli who was actually in the Black Diamond. Hopefully we will get a future adventure where we look back at their previous encounter. Fingers Crossed!
The use of the Headhunter and Karen was a nice. The Headhunter has slightly lost some of her menace after the first season but she is given a more free reign and Katarina Olsson is now given more freedom. Louise Fullerton does seem slightly lost in the flow of the story but does interact with Lucie well. This story is Sheridan Smith’s best performance so far. Its nice to have the character move on from the events of series one. Paul McGann was very good also in this story, he had some good scenes with Tardelli and also with the Headhunter. It was nice to have McGann’s Doctor do something a bit light hearted this time. He is too often given something that is very complex and serious so this was a nice change from the norm. This story also boasts an actor who appeared in ‘classic’ who and that was Christopher Benjamin who appeared in the Talons of Weng-Chiang. He was highly enjoyable in this as Tardelli. Colin Spaull should also get a mentioned as he was Henrik. Both actors should do more radio work because their voices are ideal for this medium.
When I finished listening to this story I thought that it wasn’t going to top the best stories of the season awards but it was still better than most comedy laden stories that Big Finish have produced over the years. Eddie Robson has written another enjoyable story and Barnaby Edwards should be applauded for giving this story a pace to it that is normally reserved for a more traditional story.
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