The North Atlantic is a treacherous place at the best of times. 14 April 1912 is the very worst of times. The Doctor and Jamie find themselves trapped aboard the RMS Titanic, 400 miles off Newfoundland and heading towards a conclusive appointment with destiny.
But the iceberg isn’t their only problem. Down in the inky depths, something is hunting: something huge, hostile and hungry. This should certainly be A Night To Remember.
It’s time to listen to and discuss The Wreck of the Titan.
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I was told to avoid this one like plague.
About 10 minutes in I decided to ignore all the advices that these people gave me, because this one is fantastic!
Very surreal, slowly hinting at the final revelation of the arc, and just being downright insane, with several ideas crashing down against each other and forming a beautifully complex narrative.
I love this one so much. But not as much as the finale…
6 Likes
It seems I’m still advancing through the Main Range at about the same speed as the Audio Club!
I absolutely loved this one, I didn’t even know it had a “bsd reputation”, and honestly, I can’t believe it. It’s so fun! The introduction on the Titanic is intriguing and great fun, then when it seems like you know where it’s going it switches to the Titan, with some things inexplicably being the same (except that it’s not inexplicable, just the repeating tropes and cliches of the naval romance genre), a guy gets mauled by an ice bear, and when all seems lost, The Nautilus shows up! But even then nothing is as it seems. The tension is constant, it’s full of imagination, and the build-up to the Land of Fiction reveal is great.
4 Likes
And we have Captain Nemo played by Star Trek DS9’s own Dr. Bashir.
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This is so much fun. It’s an expert second act, slowly drawing out the revelations in the plot. Even when you know the twist, it’s not frustrating, which is really difficult. Fantastic story. Bring on the wildest Cyberman story ever told.
3 Likes
Really enjoyed this one. Jamie’s a lot of fun, and Alexander Siddig is great.
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What an interesting title (I haven’t listened to the story, but damn, they basically predicted it huh).
It’s a strong, memorable story that keeps the Doctor and Jamie on their toes. All the different ideas the Doctor has that get discounted could easily make for interesting stories themselves, and I love the touch about no bathrooms have been established (because how often in fiction do people use the loo?) and that the background characters have no name (because only plot important characters got those)
In hindsight, the idea that the Land of Fiction includes characters and settings based on pulp novels (in this case pulp romance) and not just the famous books is very interesting, and at least one other story has gone into the idea of how quality control, or rather lack of, has impacted the Land.
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