The second Big Finish story to feature the Fifth Doctor and Nyssa is an improvement on the previous story. This story was written by Andrew Cartmel who was the Script Editor on Doctor Who during the Sylvester McCoy era on the show. I was hoping that Cartmel would do what happened during his time as Script Editor and that is tell a good story with interesting aliens and a Doctor that wasn’t what he appeared to be which for the Fifth Doctor was going to be tricky.
What I did like about this story as well as in Land of the Dead is that the story is set in a isolated place. I really really like this type of story because it means that everyone is trapped and there is no escape (until the end of Part Four). This story has a lot of spooky stuff going on. This story is the first to feature India Fisher who would come back as a full-tme companion Charley Pollard. In this story she played Peri who was a cheeky character that I actually quite liked. Its amazing how similar Peril sounds like Charley. I also thought the character of Miss Tremayne was quite an interesting one and well played by Sally Faulkner. Peter Davison was very good in this story giving a nice strong performance as well as Sarah Sutton who is one of my favourite companions so its always a delight when she stars in a story.
Normally poltergeist themed stories are ones that I dislike because I don’t really believe in all that type of thing however the setting was what made the story. At the end of the day this story is much better than Land of the Dead. The characters were all well written and also gives the Fifth Doctor his best outing so far on audio and it shows why I think that the Fifth Doctor/Nyssa combination is so good.
A very good story.
What I did like about this story as well as in Land of the Dead is that the story is set in a isolated place. I really really like this type of story because it means that everyone is trapped and there is no escape (until the end of Part Four). This story has a lot of spooky stuff going on. This story is the first to feature India Fisher who would come back as a full-tme companion Charley Pollard. In this story she played Peri who was a cheeky character that I actually quite liked. Its amazing how similar Peril sounds like Charley. I also thought the character of Miss Tremayne was quite an interesting one and well played by Sally Faulkner. Peter Davison was very good in this story giving a nice strong performance as well as Sarah Sutton who is one of my favourite companions so its always a delight when she stars in a story.
Normally poltergeist themed stories are ones that I dislike because I don’t really believe in all that type of thing however the setting was what made the story. At the end of the day this story is much better than Land of the Dead. The characters were all well written and also gives the Fifth Doctor his best outing so far on audio and it shows why I think that the Fifth Doctor/Nyssa combination is so good.
A very good story.
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