This is a brilliant way of describing them. I’ve always found the cliffhangers in this one odd, because they seem to end about 5 seconds after you would expect them to end.
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Yeah, it’s never “I wonder how they’ll get out of this one”, it’s “and here’s what’s happening next time”
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This one i felt was good but dragged for my taste.
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This one was okay, but I enjoyed Red Dawn more. I felt Nyssa had a lot more reactions that were more in line with Tegan than her, and I enjoyed some of the additional characters but there wasn’t anything that really stuck in my mind. It was entertaining enough that I listened to the whole story and enjoyed it, but not enough to be put on my re-listen list.
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I’ve just relistened to Winter for the Adept for the first time since it came out and I have to say I’m not impressed. I like that most of the first episode was setting up the story and Nyssa scenes, with the Doctor nowhere to be found. I also like the relationship and banter between Peril and Alison. The writing kept me guessing who the baddie was and I was surprised by the twist. However, as the mystery was unpeeled, I liked the story less and less. And although I think India Fisher’s performance as Peril was excellent, her voice took me out of the story a few times. But it was the explanation about Harding that really broke my belief in it.
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Pretty sure I first encountered this sentiment from someone else’s Tardis Guide review, but I think this is a great 7th Doctor and Ace story.
I get Cartmel writing any Doctor as 7, since his era didnt charicterize 7 like he is but instead asseted every Doctor had always been like that. But Nyssa as Ace kida reads as just not bothering to reseaech the charicter.
Still, it is a really good story despite the fact it isnt a 7th Doctor and Ace story.
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Wow, this one seems incredibly divisive. I can totally see why. I liked it to be honest, mainly because I think it’s conceptually really interesting. As others have mentioned, it starts brilliantly, tonally speaking, but sadly this all falls apart and the potential it has to be genuinely spooky is lost in the poor direction and sound design, though dregs remain in the script. I enjoyed much of Cartmel’s work in this story, though I think he should perhaps stick to Seven, as N_Squared implies above. The lowest factor in this story for me is Nyssa, whom I don’t enjoy at the best of times, but who was nothing short of insufferable in most of this one. This is the final release in a trilogy of pretty forgettable Fifth Doctor audios, but it’s by far the best of the three.
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