Weekly Who Round-up
It's that time of the week again.
No Man's Land: Aw yiss, psychological experiments in WWI with extra moral outrage. Somehow Seven works so well in this kind of environment. I tend to like Doctor Who stories that are a little more low-key and less "if we don't stop X THE ENTIRE CITY/PLANET/UNIVERSE WILL BE DESTROYED", and actually three out of four of these audios fit the bill.
Year of the Pig: oh man I bet some people hate this one. It's really just Six, Peri and a bunch of society characters exchanging words and witticisms for roughly two hours with a really rather bizarre genetic engineering and mistaken identity plot. Naturally, I greatly enjoyed it (though I'm not sure I would on a second listen). Also Six <3
Circular Time: I think the only reason I'm not ALL OVER this audio is because Five's Not My Doctor. Which is not to say it's bad - it's definitely one of my favourite Five audios to date - but considering it has so many of the things I like (mostly calm, somewhat introspective stories with a common theme) I don't like it as much as I could. I don't think any of the four stories are without problems, whether it's being somewhat inconsequential (the first one) or weirdly non-canon-compliant (the last), but viewed as a whole it works (if not as perfectly as it could have).
Also Five has an inner monologue about how cricket is just like the passing of seasons and ephemeral beauty of dying life or something like that, which is. How do I even respond to that. It's so rubbish I'm almost inclined to like it.
Nocturne: Meh. Yes, I know, "meh" is the worst, worst word to use in reviews, even short and crappy ones like these, but still. Meh. The setting's nice, but there's not much in the way of plot. And for an audio so reliant on the theme of music I'd expect a more impressive score.
Only four audios this week; in my defense, I've been busy reading (finished The Scarlet Empress) and watching and... studying. Also sleeping.
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No Man's Land: Aw yiss, psychological experiments in WWI with extra moral outrage. Somehow Seven works so well in this kind of environment. I tend to like Doctor Who stories that are a little more low-key and less "if we don't stop X THE ENTIRE CITY/PLANET/UNIVERSE WILL BE DESTROYED", and actually three out of four of these audios fit the bill.
Year of the Pig: oh man I bet some people hate this one. It's really just Six, Peri and a bunch of society characters exchanging words and witticisms for roughly two hours with a really rather bizarre genetic engineering and mistaken identity plot. Naturally, I greatly enjoyed it (though I'm not sure I would on a second listen). Also Six <3
Circular Time: I think the only reason I'm not ALL OVER this audio is because Five's Not My Doctor. Which is not to say it's bad - it's definitely one of my favourite Five audios to date - but considering it has so many of the things I like (mostly calm, somewhat introspective stories with a common theme) I don't like it as much as I could. I don't think any of the four stories are without problems, whether it's being somewhat inconsequential (the first one) or weirdly non-canon-compliant (the last), but viewed as a whole it works (if not as perfectly as it could have).
Also Five has an inner monologue about how cricket is just like the passing of seasons and ephemeral beauty of dying life or something like that, which is. How do I even respond to that. It's so rubbish I'm almost inclined to like it.
Nocturne: Meh. Yes, I know, "meh" is the worst, worst word to use in reviews, even short and crappy ones like these, but still. Meh. The setting's nice, but there's not much in the way of plot. And for an audio so reliant on the theme of music I'd expect a more impressive score.
Only four audios this week; in my defense, I've been busy reading (finished The Scarlet Empress) and watching and... studying. Also sleeping.
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