Just listened to this one.
And…
I loved it! Hooray!
It was so much fun, very funny, the singing was brilliant, and then it got emotional too, oh wow it’s a new favourite of mine 
I always forget how much fun this one is, and how dark it gets. I’m am very much not a fan musicals (the closest I tend to get is Blues Brothers), but the musical aspect of this is a lot of fun, and it works here. Thankfully, it’s contained to a single episode. I think if the whole thing was a musical, I wouldn’t like it near as much. That said, it’s good story for the Sixth Doctor, and a great story for Evelyn.
This is the best big finish main range story! There i said it!
This is right up there with one of my fave 6th Doctor audios, ive been trying to learn Gallifreyan Buccaneer since i first heard it
Finished this today, a bit of a slow start but the more I think about it now the more I realise how genius it was
Definitely one of the most out there and experimental stories that make it a complete classic
Another great outing for Sixie and Evelyn!! Review of Doctor Who and the Pirates by Jamie · TARDIS Guide
Greatest. Cliffhanger. Ever.
The pure fear in Evelyn’s voice when she realises
Gallifreyan Buccaneer is the best Thing out of this entire Story. But yeah that Story was pretty excellent 
I have to listen to this again I have to listen to this again I have to listen to this again. I remember being obsessed with the soundtrack (and that from the actual Pirates of Penzance play) when I first gave this a spin lol.
This serial has taken me over a month to finish. The first 2 parts are fine, if not a little boring. The third part was hell to get through. I’m not a fan of musicals, and because they have “plot” in them, I couldn’t skip through. The final part was OK, but by that point there was little to save it from being a “meh” story.
I will say that Bill Oddie was great as Jasper.
I give this one a 2.5/5 (5/10).
I really like the story within a story aspect, allowing for unreliable narrator between the Doctor and Evelyn’s contributions as well as how it works for Evelyn’s character story and motivations (reminded when she’s substituted Sally in Jem’s place early on). It also justifies the musical episode, the Doctor intentionally shifting the tone of the narrative for Evelyn’s benefit. On a writing level it allows Jacqueline Rayner to indulge in pirate clichés whilst calling out the usage of them through Sally (and also Sally refuting the Doctor’s claim that tragedies don’t happen in musicals).
Helen Goldwyn deserves a lot of credit for her performance as Sally, especially the twist around why this is all happening and how the reveal happens.
People need to see this masterpiece
