Did you like it then?
I never did much.
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My day changed a bit and I’ve only heard the first two parts.
I have basically forgotten everything about this story. But two things: I am confused about what is going on, and I find it boring…
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That’s a pretty accurate way to describe this entire audio. I can’t really recall what happened in it either 
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It’s been a long time for me too, but I thought there were some interesting ideas, especially with the Doctor being a boogyman to this species, but the details are entirely forgettable and buried under hard to understand alien voices.
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I am listening to the rest of this story today.
Have just listened to part 3 and have started part 4 - but it feels like I’ve listened for hours, this story is really slow.
I need something a bit more exciting when this one is done. “The Church and the Crown” is the next MR… Might put on a Gallifrey instead 
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Just finished it.
It was just not very exciting, nor was the story very good.
Colin Baker did his best with his performance to put some excitement into the story, but it was just not enough for this one.
It was actually boring to listen to this one…
Even the overall idea of the story with the Doctor being this Sandman figure wasn’t a good one - it might have become something approaching interesting with a page one rewrite, maybe.
A solitary 1/5 
is where I rank this one.
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This is a fun little Three Musketeers romp. I had a good time with it and that’s saying a lot from someone who generally struggles with 5th Doc audios.
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@MrColdStream is correct. The Church and the Crown is a cracker.
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I must be confusing it with another story
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I’m always correct 
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Ah, the curse of English not being your first language. You have confused the adverb ‘always’ with ‘rarely’.
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Here’s something I don’t often say: my problem with this story is Colin Baker!
I love Simon Forward stories, I love the Galyari, the Clutch and the fascinating world-building. I love The Sixth Doctor and Evelyn; but for some reason, when The Doctor goes evil, Colin’s acting is so ridiculously OTT, it sends things into parody. Ham sliced thicker than a Galyari’s body-armour! Why didn’t someone say, “Colin, perhaps a little less …?”
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I actually thought the performance was spot on. This is the Sixth Doctor acting Eeeeevil to burn his role as the Sandman into the race memory because (insert parts of plot I’ve already forgotten) - the Sixth Doctor is not a subtle man at the best of times and here he is deliberately hamming it up. I thought Colin Baker’s acting fitted that quite well actually
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You’re right - with that amazing coat of his, “subtle” isn’t a word that will ever work as a description of Sixie…
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Well, here I come with my contrarian opinion… ish.
I enjoyed this one. It’s not the best in the world, but it was an easy listen, and didn’t offend me.
I think Six, and maybe Seven, are ideal to explore the idea that the Doctor is a nightmare to some other species. Six is at his best, for me, when he is loud and, somewhat, menacing. The transition scene from Part 1 to Part 2 gave me great joy, as it was exactly what I wanted.
The story was OK enough that I happily listened while doing housework. I wasn’t bored with it at any point, and it kept moving enough to keep my attention. The end was a bit of a let-down, but again, it didn’t offend me to the point of it ruining the rest of the serial.
There is more potential here than what was presented, but it was solid enough, even if a little lacking.
I give it a solid 3.5/5 (7/10).
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Just finished this one, boi did I pick a worst one to continue the Monthlies again.
This was just a bit of a boring one, isn’t it? Nothing too frustrating, even if the Concept sounds much cooler than it is here, but really it’s the worst crime is just being unengaging.
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Not a huge fan of this one tbh.. Some great Doctor moments, and with Evelyn too, but overall just a bit meh?
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This wasn’t good,
Very dull
Six and Evelyn are great, 1.5/5
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