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It has always tickled me that this audio sees the return of the Nimon and manages to make them a proper threat whilst staying true to their debut story and background.
Hot take: this is probably my favorite of the “Season 2” Eighth Doctor stories. Everything about it is just delightful from the storytelling, the hopping around, the monsters, the humor. It has probably my favorite rendition of the Eight/Charley dynamic and the most delightful “oh yeah I’m gonna be your best friend” version of Eight.
It is absolutely not the perfect story that is Chimes. But this is where we come into plum pudding and bulls . They’re two completely different stories. That’s kind of the magic of Doctor Who to begin with. You have a dark comedy character piece about grief one week and the next, a very fun time trotting adventure with a very fun twist that also reflects on why mortality is so important.
Hmm. Idk. Usually i’m the number one Paul Cornell fan but this time i’m… not really feeling it? Like it was good, duh. But not great, or more. Aoh well. I’ll blame it all on the other writer and keep swimming in my endless pool of blind Cornell praise that sounds reasonable
I’m not sure if it’s in the script or if it’s the direction of the delivery, but a lot of the dialogue feels really ‘written’, i guess to me. And like more than usual. Even during more casual banter it sounds like they’re reading of off a script.
Great concept, to follow a guy who lives very long and becomes bitter through the ages. A bit Rory the Lonely Centurion vibes. Maybe they got inspired by this? Probably not. So the idea sounds all masterpiece worthy, but i dont think all that much is done with it. Last episode where he meets himself is great. But there’s also quite a bit much of alien with barely understandable voice filter nonsense.
And the other parts don’t decide to do that much with the interesting concept of the guy losing his morality. Paul McGann and his beautiful voice just tells us he has. The Doctor brabbles a lot of poetic stuff, and even lampshades that he does. And don’t get me wrong i love a good old roast of capitalism among other things, but it’s more fun when it’s a theme in the story and not a 20 second sequence where i’m told that.
So like not bad. Just feels like something that should and could have been even better.
Lots of rambling in this one by me, i truly totally feel like this is a next step in my Paul Cornell arc. Minds have been shattered and feelings have been blown. Im so good at making sense you guys
Edit: oh oh and they mentioned the guy who sits in your head and lives among the dead who eats you when you’re sleeping which was exciting
. They’re two completely different stories. That’s kind of the magic of Doctor Who to begin with. You have a dark comedy character piece about grief one week and the next, a very fun time trotting adventure with a very fun twist that also reflects on why mortality is so important.