Audio Club: The Dark Flame

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It’s time to listen to and discuss The Dark Flame

Buy it online using the link above, or listen for free - you’ll find links where to listen free on the story page!

Once you’ve listened, talk about it below! Even if you listened to it before and just want to discuss it - dive right in! Just please use spoiler tags where appropriate.

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Another nice Seven, Ace and Benny story that gets the seal of quality purely because of our leads performances but is also one of the most forgettable stories I’ve ever listened to.

It feels effectively VNA but with a incredibly stripped down and uninteresting plot.

Also, it was written by Trevor Baxendale, leaving little reason to actually listen to it.

Full review here, if you enjoy, feel free to drop a like:

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I do not remember this episode. I barely remembered that my beloved Benny is in it. But I did read the title of the audio club and thing ugh, that one, so I must have some sort of repressed memory of this one being kind of subpar. Due a relisten I think

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I don’t remember a huge amount about this story but I do remember it has a sequel:

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Draconian Rage is one hell of a story :confounded: I won’t turn this into Benny book club again but could bad things maybe not happen to her for one day please :frowning:

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It’s weird, because “The Shadow of the Scourge” is a much better stab at “let’s cram the VNA vibe into our audio drama format.” I suppose being a somewhat forgettable runaround dealing with cults is also part of the VNA vibe? Still, it’s a rare audio of the Benny/Ace/7 team, and it’s always a delight to have these three actors bounce off each other.

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I almost said she has a somewhat good day whenever the Grel are involved, but then I forget that they’re still awful to her, even when they’re being hilariously daft.

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I loooove the Grel I think they’re so funny. I literally say ‘Good Fact!!!’ all the time in real life :rofl:

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I feelt that this was pretty mid. It was not bad but I will probably not remember it in a couple of weeks. I am starting to like Benny even if is far from my favourite time-travelling archaeologist…

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Just started listening to this! So far, I’m not really enjoying it, but I love having Ace and Benny in the same story (:

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a drag queen is making a funny face and says meh on the screen

Not good, not bad. Mediocre. I have nothing else to say about it.

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I did enjoy it while listening. Thought it was funny. There’s Bernice so that’s a plus. There’s this one very good scene with the robot. But for the rest I find that I’ve already forgotten most of it, or maybe there just wasn’t a lot happening. In terms of actual plot there’s not a lot here. It’s filled up with a lot of kinda entertaining character interactions, but it’s not like I go away from it remembering funny thing Bernice said number 7, and oh wow how funny that was. Oh and there was a big speech at the end where the Doctor calls a ‘god’ a parasite. Me when the Rings of Akhaten.

Very forgettable, and actually, that’s good, considering Baxendale. I really wouldn’t mind this getting buried in the pile of memories of stories.

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