Living Legend was first released in Doctor Who Magazine as a free CD back in 2003 and thanks to the wonderful people at Big Finish, they have released it as a podcast (also for free). Written by Scott Gray it features the Eighth Doctor and Charley, yes remember that time when those two travelled in the TARDIS? Considering its been four years since we last heard an Eighth Doctor and Charley adventure (The Girl That Never Was), I was wondering how this was going to go. I have been waiting a long time to listen to this one.
The story takes place in Italy in 1982 just after they have won the World Cup. The Doctor and Charley stumble across two aliens who are trying to lead an alien invasion. Quite why they chose the 1982 World Cup winning country to do this is debatable so clearly they aren’t the smartest aliens in the galaxy. This is compounded by the fact that the Doctor and Charley dress up as Timelords and separately go about trying to prevent them from finishing their task. I think that it’s a simple yet effective plan and given the short duration time (less that 30 minutes) it was the only one that they could have gone about it. Both tactics used are very amusing, the Doctor tries to convince one of them aliens that the euphoria that the Italians are showing is contagious and gets him drunk. I loved this strand of the story because it was showing the Doctor being manipulative but in a positive way. Charley’s attempts is not as amusing but just as good. She tries to persuade the second alien that the first doesn’t appreciate him and thinks very little. This is her attempt to try and drive a wedge between them but considering how stupid they appear it wouldn’t take (and doesn’t) much.
It’s very hard to find fault in anything that is given to us for free and to be honest I cant find any fault with it. The duration is just right and the story moves along at a nice snappy pace and never gets boring. Both Paul McGann and India Fisher are on fine form and prompted me to listen to one of best Big Finish stories ‘The Chimes of Midnight’. It was a nice and enjoyable release and shows that making great stories isnt something Big Finish have perfected recently but from the very beginning and Living Legend should be listened to as it’s a nice taster to hopefully lure newbies into Doctor Who adventures.
The story takes place in Italy in 1982 just after they have won the World Cup. The Doctor and Charley stumble across two aliens who are trying to lead an alien invasion. Quite why they chose the 1982 World Cup winning country to do this is debatable so clearly they aren’t the smartest aliens in the galaxy. This is compounded by the fact that the Doctor and Charley dress up as Timelords and separately go about trying to prevent them from finishing their task. I think that it’s a simple yet effective plan and given the short duration time (less that 30 minutes) it was the only one that they could have gone about it. Both tactics used are very amusing, the Doctor tries to convince one of them aliens that the euphoria that the Italians are showing is contagious and gets him drunk. I loved this strand of the story because it was showing the Doctor being manipulative but in a positive way. Charley’s attempts is not as amusing but just as good. She tries to persuade the second alien that the first doesn’t appreciate him and thinks very little. This is her attempt to try and drive a wedge between them but considering how stupid they appear it wouldn’t take (and doesn’t) much.
It’s very hard to find fault in anything that is given to us for free and to be honest I cant find any fault with it. The duration is just right and the story moves along at a nice snappy pace and never gets boring. Both Paul McGann and India Fisher are on fine form and prompted me to listen to one of best Big Finish stories ‘The Chimes of Midnight’. It was a nice and enjoyable release and shows that making great stories isnt something Big Finish have perfected recently but from the very beginning and Living Legend should be listened to as it’s a nice taster to hopefully lure newbies into Doctor Who adventures.
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