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I remember being really thrilled by this. The slow reveal of where things are taking place - what a great idea! - and then the past about Samson and Gemma.
And the contrasts, as well: a party in the middle of an invasion, C’rizz’zs behaviour…
This was one of the first Big Finish I listened to, and what an absolute banger to start with!
Terror Firma was once in my top ten audios ever.
It’s not quite that high anymore, but it’s still a damn good script.
Davros is at his most terrifying, McGann at his most charming, the world at its absolute darkest.
I do wish the ending happened on screen but I suppose you can’t have everything.
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Some of the best Davros and the Daleks ever get. What starts off as a run of the mill Dalek story quickly evolves into a dark, post apocalyptic nightmare. I did not expect that twist.
I love this one so much.
I think this is the first time since the story of the same name when Davros actually scared me
I can’t believe they’ve brought back Gemma for the newest Time War set
I have a very hard time with this story. It’s hyperactive and a bit nonsensical at times, and the pacing is inexplicable. I believe the term I’m reaching for is “all over the place”. And the Eighth Doctor gets amnesia… again? What is this, the twenty-seventh time?
Introducing Samson and Gemma as previous companions of the Eighth Doctor felt like an overreach as well – we don’t get nearly enough of them for that to feel earned or exciting. Apparently, they reappear in two short stories, so that’s… something?
Well, the 8th Doctor returns from the Divergent Universe with a bang. This is an utterly gripping, fantastic audio. It keeps offering new twists that keep you engaged while boasting strong performances and production values.
Terror Firma is a chaotic, ambitious, and emotionally charged return to the main universe for the Eighth Doctor. While not everything lands—the sidelining of Charley and C’rizz, a few over-the-top moments, and some continuity-bending twists that might confuse casual listeners—Joseph Lidster’s script is packed with bold ideas, unforgettable scenes, and excellent performances.
This is Big Finish storytelling at its most psychologically intense and narratively ambitious. With Paul McGann and Terry Molloy at the top of their game, and a plot that connects the dots between Storm Warning and the Eighth Doctor’s unknown past, Terror Firma stands as a unique and essential chapter in the Eighth Doctor saga.
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I will echo the praise for Molloy, the scene where Davros is trying not to fully give in to the Supreme Dalek personality is great
I’ve come to the conclusion that most of the 8th Doctor stories just don’t really work for me. They all seem to involve Charley in traumatic circumstances, the Doctor’s head being messed with, and some kind of dark and grim story that leaves me needing a beer at the end.
It’s a shame because I like Paul McGann’s characterization of the Doctor and the characters of Charley and C’rizz, but I’m not sure I’ve really enjoyed any of their last few stories much.
In this one Davros was very well done but that was counterbalanced by the somewhat pointless and rushed story of Samson and Gemma (an idea that might have worked better as a plot arc in a boxset, maybe).
Love, love, love this one. It’s darkness with a point. It’s grim but it ends with a glimmer of hope, with humanity starting to rebuild. Samson gets a lot more to do than Gemma by nature of how the plot works. The stars here really are Davros and the Doctor though. Just like with Davros, I could just listen to Paul McGann and Terry Molloy verbally spar for two hours. The slow burn of the plot is spectacular and it takes what would be a bog standard Dalek/Davros story into something really special.
The idea of Davros growing a cloned body makes me think of a scene from the Lance Parkin audio Davros, where Arnold and Lorraine Baines discuss cloning as a means of longevity. In that scene Lorraine asks why Davros doesn’t just clone himself a healthy body, to which Arnold answers that some people are prideful enough that they wouldn’t accept moving their consciousness into a clone of themselves.
For Davros to have grown a clone here demonstrates that he’s past the point of such pride, and desperate enough to embark on such an endeavour. Granted, his whole identity is at stake here so it’s not out of character.
I love a bit of Samsung and Gemma Collins
After having to go through an Arc, that was maybe a bit too ambitious for its own good, it’s nice to return to the regular Universe with a pretty good Story like that. I do quite like Terror Firma, it does have some flaws, dare I say some major ones, but the good outweighs the bad or odd. For starters, I quite like what they did with Davros, the last Monthlie with him was a bit samey in some regard, while Molloy is a blast to listen to, I thought the Juggernauts played it a bit safe with him, which we don’t get here. What we get with Davros is arguably to me some of the most interesting Developments in quite a while, and Molloy brings it with Performance all together.
I do quite like the Twist about Samson and Gemma, while I do think the Story expects a bit much from the listener to care about those (and at times goes a bit much with its emotions to achieve it), at the end it works quite well, in particular for this Incarnation of the Doctor. I do wish we got a bit more of them, but then again this one is already doing a lot, so I can’t really expect it. The entire Story with C’rizz is sadly forgettable at best, annoying at worst, I do like the Character but he seems to always get the end of the short stick 
Far and away my favourite of the DU onwards monthlies with 8. It’s grim, it’s bleak, it’s brutal. But it never feels like it’s doing it as misery porn, and all the performances are incredible. The reveal with Gemma and Samson…
God. I love this one so much.
I like this one but it needed more expansion to me. Does the Audacity stuff in recent sets ruin this to anybody?