The new Twelfth Doctor stories continue as The Doctor and his new emotionally broken companion Ash head to Scotland and begin to unravel a mystery involving a millions-of-years-old robot who just wanted to help people but may have ended up doing the opposite. Sounds familiar, a comparison that goes beyond just “sounds like The Doctor”. This is similar to “The Second Death” in that the story truly shined in its final few scenes, but what about the rest?
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Jumping a head a bit here Big Finish-wise, but with so much to catch up on due to being in “the dark place” in combination with a second round of updated app not working issues I thought I’d listen to and review them in order of how excited I am about them, and finally getting full cast Twelfth Doctor stories put this right at the top! These were released weekly, and although I had planned to review them weekly as they came out I’ll still put them up individually rather than pair them up, but I’ll be putting two up a day as I make my way through them. “The Second Death” was a good way to start the series, a fun story and a very interesting new companion combined with a good, if not often a bit wonky, Twelfth Doctor impersonation. Works for me! Let’s take a closer look…
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I was tempted to put this and the next two TV reviews into another trio of mini-reviews, but I just couldn’t, especially not with this. I loved Maul: Shadow Lord, it was the right combination of Star Wars wonder and action with a more mature edge and some interesting layered characters. It truly is weird just how much they’ve done with the Maul character, especially as I remember rolling my eyes when I heard he was being brough back… Let’s take a look!
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The Time War: Uncharted line comes to an e- … Oh, well… The Time War: Uncharted line concludes a few things but somehow continues on with “Branches”, seeing the return of Susan to the storyline, albeit briefly. After a 4 for the Cass boxset and Set 1 Uncharted 2 got just a 2 from me last time, so how does this fair? Well…
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In what I hope will be the last of the collected catch up mini-reviews now I’m starting to crawl out of the darkness it’s time to look at some games I played at the end of last year / start of this year, three JRPGs in fact, and on three different consoles to boot! Sadly with this trio none of them blew me away, and in fact one of them I didn’t enjoy enough to finish. Which one? Well…
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Just in the vein hope of speeding through some of these older Big Finish releases I’ve once again bunched all three stories of this boxset into one review. This is the kicking off point in a new series of full cast Eleventh Doctor stories, featuring their second recast (I missed out on the first one for the most part, something to get to later I guess!) and I have to say our new Eleventh Doctor isn’t quite up the task of the previous one but does a good enough job that I was able to lean back and enjoy listening to the stories, and the new companion set up is a real treat too. Let’s take a look…
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Another trio of “mini-reviews” of things I sadly missed out of giving proper time to over the past few months, this time a trio of anime! Admittedly as much as I enjoyed the eye candy that was Jujutsu Kaisen’s Culling Game season I doubt my overall review would’ve been that much longer really, given it’s all-action approach…
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Due to more Big Finish website / app issues and a long period where I just haven’t felt like doing… much of anything, I’m WAY behind on Big Finish, so don’t mind me if I double or triple up some shorter, less-detailed reviews in the next few months! Kicking this off is a double bill of Fourth Doctor and Sarah adventures, with both stories featuring the Brigadier and Harry, giving this a more Season 12 vibe than 13, which while isn’t necessarily a bad thing does kind of fly in the face of the idea of this run of stories… Let’s take a look!
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Another Anime UK News Review, this time for the Blu-Ray “Collector’s Edition” of Ragna Crimson, a “battle shonen” show I’d never heard of despite the fact it came out in 2023. Is the reason I never heard of it because it was neither so bad it got mocked online nor so good it got praised online, therefore falling in the middle?! … Click HERE to find out!
Hi all, while I’m not ready to fully commit to long-form reviews I didn’t want to lose out on months of watching / listening / reading / playing so I thought I’d put up a series of “mini-reviews” for the time being, going over my thoughts on things without going into deep detail. If/when I get fully back into the swing I can always revisit some of these things and give them a proper review, though I’ll admit when it comes to this trio it’s unlikely… Let’s take a look!
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