Listened to this last night.
It’s some really good world building and a great story so far but I think everyone has really overblown the “reveal” in this.
I rushed to get it, a range I would never otherwise try, because of the huge amount of hype and people saying that the next box will spoil things so I must do it now.
This much hype always has me rather disappointed in the end but I was especially disappointed because of what it was. Spoilers:
Spoilers - why I don’t get the hype
People were saying “they’re gonna have to change the next cover!” so I knew it would be actor-related.
Honestly I thought it was going to be an introduction to a character we hadn’t seen before with Big Finish.
Maybe a companion or Doctor that had so far not been used.
But then I thought, this can’t be the way they add Matt Smith or anything, too secret, so maybe it’s a character we already have coming, they just did it early!?
My thoughts were going to the Thirteenth Doctor - that certainly would be hugely surprising, but doable, she is already on the books and coming out soon.
But it was Paul McGann.
Now don’t get me wrong, I love the Eighth Doctor, but he’s in so many things. He’s practically part of the Big Finish furniture.
They probably didn’t even need to get a special trip for this, he was probably in the studio recording something else and they just got him to come and say a few lines.
I guess it’s exciting if the next box set has some multi-Doctor stuff, and is this the first time since the Main Range that they’ve interacted?
But really. It was so much less than I was expecting with all the hype.
I must not let myself get swept away and imagine things in my head, it always ends badly for me lol.