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This story isn’t bad persay, but as you can tell from the length of my review, there’s really not much to say on it.
One good idea but a story that feels like circling around a drain.
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To be honest, I’m not a fan of this one(
McIntee is a great writer, but this one didn’t hit for me.
I like the idea, and I guess I hyped myself up wrongly, because the cover and the name implied that it would be about regeneration lore, but instead I got something very very confusing(
Maybe it’s just me, but I thought this story had much more potential
I remember quite enjoying this one and I always welcome 7/Mel stories. (Although they had more time on TV than 6/Mel, the Wilderness Years seemed to focus much more on 6/Mel and 7/Ace so I always loved having 7/Mel stories).
Gave this one 3*. Don’t remember much of it now. Think it was basically fine but nothing terribly special
The earliest Seventh Doctor story in the BF catalogue is definitely something. The best part of it is the delightful taxi driver. It’s good but quite overwhelming.
7/10
Unregenerate! is a dense, concept-heavy early Seventh Doctor adventure that leans hard into Time Lord politics, mind-swapping horror, and regeneration trauma. Sylvester McCoy excels as a fragmented, dangerous Doctor operating on the edge of sanity, while Bonnie Langford’s Mel proves herself as an unexpectedly capable investigator in her own right.
The story’s strengths lie in its tone, its ambition, and its fascinating central premise: a Time Lord experiment gone horribly wrong. But the plot ultimately strains under the weight of its own complexity. With too many threads, too much technobabble, and a final act that descends into narrative overload, Unregenerate! feels like a four-parter trying to squeeze in six episodes’ worth of ideas.
Still, it’s a worthy listen for McCoy fans, for those interested in Time Lord intrigue, or for anyone who wants to see what Doctor Who might have looked like if it had tackled post-regeneration madness with a bit more edge.
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Unregenerate is a weird Story for me, I think I liked it? But honestly I am not 100% sure on that. It has great Ideas to it, one would even argue superb Ideas. It has a good Doctor/Companion Pairing, who I like, and it has an interesting setting to it and yet.. when I first finished it, I was like “That’s it..?”. It’s a weird Feeling, it’s competent and you’d think with its Ideas it would leave a bigger Mark on you, but it simply doesn’t.
McCoys Acting here is sadly one of his weakest Outings, I can see what he is going for, sadly it doesn’t work for me quite as well. Bonnie on the other Hand is much better and so is the Sidecast, but even those can’t really save the Story. I will say the earlier parts of it worked much better for me. Maybe it was the Atmosphere or the Intrigue to get the Questions answered, but I don’t know, those worked much better compared to like the final Part.
Oh of couse, this one has got Jennie (Barbara) Linden in it! I forgot that!
That was certainly a story. That’s all I have to say.
I have more time than most people for this one. Is it good? No. But I wouldnt say it was dreadful. I remember when I was first getting into Big Finish in 2017/2018 this one was actually highly recommended by one fourm I was on.
Its probably a 6/10 for me. Not good, but not too bad.
(I’ve nearly caught up with the Audio Club! And it’s only taken 6 months or so!)
I didn’t think this was that bad… the main problem is the massive chunks of exposition in the form of characters lecturing each other on what’s going on. The heavy handed references to Mel being a computer programmer with an eidetic memory were a bit clumsy, but I guess no worse than entirely ignoring her background, which is what most writers seem to do.
Generally though I thought this had a decent story with interesting characters and setting, it was just a bit weak overall. I also like seeing time lords other than “massive threat to the universe and / or Rassilon comes back again” so perhaps that gets it another half star from me.
Overall 3/5.
I gave this one a three. I don’t think it deserves the low average rating by any means, although I can get why I suppose. For me the strength of the story was the first half, the intrigue and ongoing mystery was really well done and I loved the dynamic between the Taxi driver and Mel! She was just on top form this story too. I did like the concepts they introduce in the second half, and the main mystery that’s unraveled but it did feel idk.. lacking in some ways?