Call Me Master: The Good Life by: Una McCormack: Maybe they’re trying out different tones for each story to see what sticks? This one is closer to a War Master style story which I think actually works really well with what Dhawan is doing in the role of the Master. Bethany Antonia is the viewpoint - ThreadSky

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Call Me Master: The Good Life by: Una McCormack: Maybe they’re trying out different tones for each story to see what sticks? This one is closer to a War Master style story which I think actually works really well with what Dhawan is doing in the role of the Master. Bethany Antonia is the viewpoint

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newt5996.bsky.social•4 days ago

character here and that really works to see this Master from the outside looking in with how manic the portrayal is. It’s also actually connected nicely to the previous episode close enough to make the set feel as the whole having a point.

newt5996.bsky.social•4 days ago

Call Me Master: Inner Demons: The second Big Finish Chibnall era set while not quite as strong as the Fugitive Doctor set, really shines in allowing Sacha Dhawan to unleash his performance as the Master and lays some groundwork for actually exploring what this incarnation of the Master is really

newt5996.bsky.social•4 days ago

motivated by sort of this split in who he is. The set is playing on the uncertainty generated by the character’s previous incarnation and the snap back to evil is particularly interesting.

newt5996.bsky.social•2 days ago

The Sirens of Time by: Nicholas Briggs: So my great Main Range listen through begins and I’m just gonna say it, this has always been a messy story. The format is essentially 3 Part One’s that crossover with each other in a single Part Two, built upon the idea of having the Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh

newt5996.bsky.social•2 days ago

Doctors interacting which is certainly a fun idea just not wrapped in a particularly interesting plot. The final episode is where Briggs actually tries to tell the story and we don’t just have three episodes of the same setup. The strongest individual episode is probably the second, it’s the one

newt5996.bsky.social•2 days ago

where Briggs has clearly thought about who the Fifth Doctor is and what would tempt him into a trap while the weakest is the first. Sylvester McCoy and Peter Davison haven’t quite adjusted to audio as a medium while Colin Baker is the one that has. The plot involving the Knights of Valesha and the

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