Its fair to say that I have found this Lost Stories series a bit of a mixed bag. Some have been really good (Nightmare Fair, Mission to Magnus) and then there have been some really woeful ones (The Hollows of Time) but then there are some average ones (Leviathan, Paradise 5). Point of Entry was written by Barbara Clegg but adapted for audio by Marc Platt. The moment I read that Platt was working on this then I knew that we were going to get a very complicated story and that is exactly what we got.
The story starts off with Christopher Marlowe who I had never heard of before but turns out to have existed between February 1564 and May 1593. He is writing a story but is lacking inspiration before being offered inspiration by a strange Spaniard to finish Foustus if he helps him find a knife. Whilst Asteroid Spotting the Doctor and Peri come across one that is emitting a strange sound. They soon arrive and become embroiled in the events. The main problem with this story is that there isn’t enough to stretch it to two forty-five minute episodes. Like in Leviathan we get a first episode with nothing really happening. The Doctor and Peri just potter about for forty-five minutes. Its only when we learn a bit about what was making the buzzing noises were that it started to get me interested.
The true success of this story are the characters and the actors that play them. Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant are on usual good form and in particular Bryant gets something interesting to do. The part where she has to pretend to be Queen Elizabeth I but sounding more like Elizabeth II was quite funny and added a bit of comedy to the story. Gemma Wardle as Alys was perhaps my favourite because she was cheeky but not irritating which is quite a difficult thing to get right. Luis Soto was a very convincing baddie as Velez and also Sean Connolly should be praised for being very good as Iguano. All the other characters and actors were very good and were given some good dialogue.
Ultimatley Point of Entry is a story that doesn’t quite work for me. There’s too much time wasted in getting to the main nub of the story. However once they do get to what’s actually going on then it becomes a slightly more enjoyable adventure. I’m not sure how much of this confusing story is down to him and how much is down to Barbara Clegg but I think that this story could have been better than it was.
The story starts off with Christopher Marlowe who I had never heard of before but turns out to have existed between February 1564 and May 1593. He is writing a story but is lacking inspiration before being offered inspiration by a strange Spaniard to finish Foustus if he helps him find a knife. Whilst Asteroid Spotting the Doctor and Peri come across one that is emitting a strange sound. They soon arrive and become embroiled in the events. The main problem with this story is that there isn’t enough to stretch it to two forty-five minute episodes. Like in Leviathan we get a first episode with nothing really happening. The Doctor and Peri just potter about for forty-five minutes. Its only when we learn a bit about what was making the buzzing noises were that it started to get me interested.
The true success of this story are the characters and the actors that play them. Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant are on usual good form and in particular Bryant gets something interesting to do. The part where she has to pretend to be Queen Elizabeth I but sounding more like Elizabeth II was quite funny and added a bit of comedy to the story. Gemma Wardle as Alys was perhaps my favourite because she was cheeky but not irritating which is quite a difficult thing to get right. Luis Soto was a very convincing baddie as Velez and also Sean Connolly should be praised for being very good as Iguano. All the other characters and actors were very good and were given some good dialogue.
Ultimatley Point of Entry is a story that doesn’t quite work for me. There’s too much time wasted in getting to the main nub of the story. However once they do get to what’s actually going on then it becomes a slightly more enjoyable adventure. I’m not sure how much of this confusing story is down to him and how much is down to Barbara Clegg but I think that this story could have been better than it was.
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