Time to continue the “Season 6B” run of Second Doctor stories, a run that so far has been extremely unimaginative and safe despite its continuity bending concept. I’d love to say “but that changes here” but I can’t, not really. It is set in an alternate timeline which leads to a few fun things but overall I’m continuing to wish they’d left well enough alone with the 6B stuff… Let’s take a look anyway!
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The latest War Doctor effort was notable for featuring the audio return of the Rani, and with it a really interesting look into the character that I wasn’t expecting, honestly. The story also goes into some fun lore and works really hard to try and explain the confusing Rani portrayal during her recent TV appearances. Though no doubt it might disappoint someone looking for more of an action-packed adventure I was pleasantly surprised given Rani stories don’t have a high hit rate with me… Let’s take a look!
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The next Thirteenth Doctor story has arrived (or did a few months ago…) and it’s time for the Thirteenth Doctor to meet the Ice Warriors, but more interestingly for this long… long time fan of the Big Finish side of Doctor Who it also sees the return of sarcastic policewoman Patricia Menzies after a long absence. What’s the story like outside of continuity references? Very good, as it turns out!
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Aegis is the “big mid-season finale” style story, even though the “season” as it were is continuing bi-monthly that was the intention, and to be fair this does wrap up a few plot threads and then leave enough dangling to keep you interested, it’s just lacking a little “oomph”. Let’s take a look!
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Now we’re caught up with the Ninth Doctor releases it’s time to catch up with the Thirteenth Doctor, starting with “The Violet Hour”. Set in 1920s London and featuring predominantly women fighting back against the old fashioned (or then current I guess) dismissal of women as equal to men it certainly fits the bill as a Thirteenth Doctor story, sadly more of the TV side of things that these audios have tended to thankfully back away from. Still, there is a good story tucked away here regardless, so let’s take a look…
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“Dark Tides” is the first Ninth Doctor and Rose story separate from the recent Powell Estate story arc and much like its name it’s rather plain and by-the-numbers, but I’ll take a simple space horror (with knights! … and the evil hologram scientist woman from classic Red Dwarf episode “Quarantine”…?) over another trip to 00s London right now… Let’s take a look!
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The storyline of The Doctor and Rose constantly being pulled to the Powell Estate comes to a close with “Thirteen O’Clock”, and can I just say: boy that wasn’t worth it. Six stories over a year and we end with a sequel to a story from just a few years ago that was okay but not particularly memorable? Same writer so I’m sure he loved bringing back his old creations like they were beloved characters, but for me I was just left wondering why this was the big pay-off and not just a one off thing… Oh well, let’s take a look…
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Our next chunk of Big Finish catch-up is a trio of Ninth Doctor adventures followed by a trio of Thirteenth Doctor adventures, getting us caught up with the monthly singles ranges in three batches of two. “Pandemonium” continues both the “we keep getting brought to the Powell Estate” story arc as well as the idea of being set after the TV story “Father’s Day” as it features more Rose and her Dad related grief. Let’s take a look!
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The Rutans vs. Sontarans plot thread comes to a close and thankfully it’s a good one. Not a great one like the opener, but a good one, with some really satisfying twists and scenes at the very end. It also once again reunites Paul McGann’s Doctor with Charley and C’rizz, which still makes me smile that we’re getting new C’rizz stories in the 2020s… Anyway, let’s take a look!
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After a great opener and a pretty good second part Rutans vs. Sontarans comes to a bit of a halt with “Grave Moon”. There are some good bits here and there but mostly it’s just sort of meandering around for a while before a few revelations and then it ends. Honestly it felt more like an Eighth Doctor story too as I can’t really think of anything The Sixth Doctor or Peri really did during the story, whereas at least McGann did some things, a bit. Ah well, let’s take a closer look anyway…
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