Each Unbound Doctor is their own incarnation from a different universe – so the David Warner Doctor, for example, is an alternative Third Doctor who was exiled to earth in the 90s rather than the 70s!
The other Unbound Doctors ’split off’ from the main timeline at different points, so none of them regenerate into each other, but they all exist somewhere in the multiverse. Except Deadline, which takes place in an alternate version of our universe where Doctor Who was never made…
I wish I could just listen to part 2, or even just the snippets he’s in, and rate it but it’d feel wrong to do so so here we are listening to it all just for a badge
Granted, I did next to none of the prerequisites but they said you’d be fine without, and I was for the most part but its just the story itself was meh.
In fairness I have done basically all the prereqs and it was still… eh. There were some decent bits - Benny is always fun, I loved Roz and Chris! But I also listened to it all for the literally maybe five lines in the last two minutes of Narvin too so. Yeah
It’s a time for finishing stuff at the moment for me.
Last night I listened to the last parts of the audiobook of “Caged”, which was very well read by Bonnie Langford. I’d say this is the best 15th Doctor NSA I’ve experienced, though I still haven’t done the “new batch”.
And then I listened to the last Unbound story I had left: “A Storm of Angels”, which probably was half an hour too long but still very enjoyable. The two Susans was a great part of it
And, wrong topic I know, but I just finished reading the fourth Time Hunter book, “The Clockwork Woman”
I finally got around to listening to The Jarillion Mercy, having picked up the CD at a sci-fi convention a year or so ago. It’s unconnected to the Whoniverse, other than being a sci-fi story read by Sarah ‘Nyssa’ Sutton.
I must confess I didn’t really enjoy it. On paper, The Jarillion Mercy had the right ingredients — a beloved performer like Sarah Sutton, a sci-fi setting, and a reflective tone — but the execution leaned too far into bleakness and visceral detail for my personal tastes. That said, it may well appeal to others.
It’s worth adding that Sarah Sutton is, as ever, a skilled performer with a wonderful voice for audiobooks. Her reading is beautifully done — I just found the story itself a little too grim for my liking. So much so that I’m not inclined to keep the CD. I think I’ll be dropping it off at the local charity shop next time I drop in. Pity.
I’ve experienced the same phenomenon, though with a different actor. Colin’s read a good chunk of non-DW sci-fi audiobooks written by “no-name” authors and they’ve all been either boring, uninspiring, or too ridiculous for me to enjoy it. Those were all available for free, though, so, like you, I’d be disappointed if I had paid for them.
I finished Rage Of The Time Lords, the third War Master set, and ultimately it’s not quite up to par with Only The Good or The Master Of Callous, but then those are notably great and surprising BF sets from any range, and this one ends up in a much more familiar place. The arrangement of elements was just a little off for me (expanded on in my review!), the second story does turn out to be almost totally superfluous, and ultimately I really don’t need The Doctor to pop by in my War Master sets, even the romantic cat voice of Paul McGann, we can do all that kind of business in the main franchise, over here my little sinister tweed chaos trickster should get to do his elaborate, clever, abominable schemes on a massive scale and get away with it, much more fun. He does still come out on top, in a way, of course he does, and I’m not even marking that as a spoiler haha, that’s like the USP of these sets. Really excited for the next one, Anti-Genesis, looks heavy duty!
Relistened to Litefoot and Saunders from the 2nd Jago and Litefoot set. Forgot how much I’ve missed them, it’s also a excellent vampire story and David Collins is excellent in the role.