Unbound: Auld Mortality

[wshaffer]

I just finished listening to the first Unbound audio, "Auld Mortality" this morning.

About halfway through, I thought, "Wow, why is this making no sense at all, and yet being strangely compelling? Oh yeah, Marc Platt wrote this. Par for the course."

Overall, I enjoyed this, but I felt like I was really missing something plot-wise.

Comments

[doyle_sb4]

I loved it (and this is from someone who hated Lungbarrow with a fiery passion - I snerked at the Doctor rather testily confirming that Susan is his daughter's daughter, getting rid of the complex/tedious Other stuff from that book); the scene at the end with the possibilities, the description of what we know happened in An Unearthly Child, gives me chills. Beautifully done.

[rob_t_firefly]

I loved it. It's not my favorite unbound, but it's certainly worth another listen. Once you know the outcome you can pick up on so much stuff going on in the background.

SPOILERS AHEAD...

Susan realizes who Quences really is just before her investiture, when she remembers seeing pictures of him and people like him at the investiture of every President ever elected. Quences is actually the living embodiment of death, Auld Mortality himself. He was desperate to have a member of the family become President, since that event would join Power with Death, and grant Quences/Auld Mortality ultimate power.

[notfromvenus]

Ooh, I liked Auld Mortality, though yeah, it is a little confusing. I got a lot more out of it on a second listen (though I'd read Lungbarrow in the meantime, so that helped). And I agree about the possibility tree and the end scene..... those were great.

[jw_77]

I really liked Alastair Lock's arrangement of the theme tune, shame that they reverted to the Hartnell arrangement for the sequel, 'The Storm of Angels'. In terms of the Unbounds, I personally rate 'Sympathy For the Devil' and 'Full Fathom Five' higher. But the two Geoffrey Bayblon tales are certainly enjoyable stuff.