Despite only having one appearance in the main show, Kaldor is a setting that expanded media can’t help but keep coming back to. Comics, Novels, the Main Range, and two separate audio series’ being set there (one by Magic Bullet, one by Big Finish), not to mention companion Liv Chenka being from there.
I figured it made sense to have a thread to discuss the stories and settings.
What do you think about Robots of Death?
Do you think it deserves it’s cult classic status?
Have you listened to any of the audio adventures set on Kaldor?
Which Kaldor audio series do you prefer, Kaldor City, or The Robots?
What are your thoughts on Liv Chanka?
How do The Kaldor Androids rank in terms of design for you, compared to other classic series robots?
The Robots of Death is brilliant. Excellent characters, snappy dialogue, a proper tense and thrilling whodunnit in Doctor Who. Yes you can see the clothes of the guy who did it, which maybe kills some of the mystery, but I don’t think that matters too much, if anything just rewards those who are paying attention. Cult classic status much deserved. Done nothing else in the Kaldor-verse so to speak. The Robots are great, very creepy, especially the way they talk almost human, but not quite.
Oh and Grimwade hated robots, so it’s funny they named the fear of them after him.
Robots of Death really is that good. It’s just good every time. I haven’t listened to the Kaldor City audios yet though I will get round to them eventually. I loveddddd The Robots though and I loved that Toos and Poul were in it too
I wonder how we determine if a story is set in the past/future/present? Is it according to the publish time (audiences’ present) or relative to companion’s “present”?
Kaldor City is great fun (although the final story, Storm Mine, is really, really weird). Love that it ties Blakes 7 to Doctor Who definitively and manages to really build effectively on The Robots of Death.
I keep toying with buying The Robots every time they’re in a sale but haven’t done it yet.
