Join the Doctor, Charley and Audacity as they meet some deadly strangers.
Thought I’d kick off a topic to chat about the new Eighth Doctor box set.
Puccini and the Doctor get a 4/5 from me.
Really enjoyed this story about love. This Tardis team works really well. I think the last box set played down the romantic tension between the Doctor and Charley that was present this part of their original adventures together so it’s nice for it to make a return here.
The use of Madame Butterfly is also nice way to link the story to the TV movie.
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I’m hoping to find the time to listen to this set this week! It looks very promising!
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Women’s Day Off gets a 3.5/5 from me
Nice story with some good banter between the two companions. The main let down is not using the setting. The Women’s March doesn’t really tie into the plot or themes of the main story. The painless/paneless joke really made me laugh.
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The Gloaming Gets a 4
Another strong story. The Mara was sufficiently creepy. Enjoyed both Charley and Audacity getting to do a silly voice.
I wonder who the note of the Tardis was from. My guess is River Song. It seems like the kind of thing she’d do
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Puccini and the Doctor was well written, well acted, if Charley/Eight is your kind of thing it is great on that front, Audacity is wonderful, and really all of it is very good.
And I hated it. Objectively, I can see that it is a good episode which is why I gave it a 3/5, but it’s full of all the tropes that drive me mental about ~love~ being what makes us human and I personally find the ‘romance’ of Charley and Eight quite unbearable. At least Audactiy wasn’t forced to change her opinion of romance and given a love interest because that would have irritated me enough to give it a low rating. I think also this is a function of it being me listening to it in a week where I’ve been arguing with people about being aro, so it’s put me in a bad mood, so I will revisit this with a more open mind one day probably.
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Of the 3 concurrent 8th Doctor tardis teams, this one is probably my favorite as a team, but I think they’ve been getting by far the weakest scripts. They’re not bad, they’re fine, there’s even bits I liked, but compared to the other 2 sets we got this year, it falls flat. None of these stood out to me as anything special
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Got to say I disagree. thought this was the best set with this team so far. But interesting to hear your opinion.
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I like sets 1 and 2 (haven’t listened to 3 yet), but honestly they shot themselves in the foot by making an entire set Christmas themed because we didn’t have any actual interactions with the whole team yet by that point… and we’re making their first few adventures monothematic
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