a need to tell this story. I will say listening to it this time hearing Neil Roberts as Tulung was a surprise. Cole also struggles with the characters, they’re all basically one-dimensional. Nyssa at this point at least only had her TV stuff for characterization, but the Doctor is also just there - ThreadSky

newt5996.bsky.social • 2 days ago

a need to tell this story. I will say listening to it this time hearing Neil Roberts as Tulung was a surprise. Cole also struggles with the characters, they’re all basically one-dimensional. Nyssa at this point at least only had her TV stuff for characterization, but the Doctor is also just there

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newt5996.bsky.social•2 days ago

and the rest of the supporting cast are nothing. There’s an archeologist who is a discount and flimsier Tegan who is really there to be told exposition while Brett is a villain that just kind of is there. He descends into madness but Christopher Scott is no Simon Rouse.

newt5996.bsky.social•2 days ago

The Fearmonger by: Jonathan Blum: And here we have the first fantastic story Big Finish did and sadly the only one by Jonathan Blum who like his wife Kate Orman is a perfect writer for the Seventh Doctor. This is all a look at the general political machine and how the right manipulates it to their

newt5996.bsky.social•2 days ago

advantage of stoking fear in the masses to push people further to the right. Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred as the Doctor and Ace immediately click back into their characters as Blum draws on the New Adventures for characterization. Jacqueline Pearce plays the right wing party leader Sherilyn

newt5996.bsky.social•2 days ago

Harper and she is just as dramatic and impactful as you’d expect. There are a couple of weird moments in the edit, especially with the Part Three cliffhanger, but Gary Russell is a great director for this. The big twist as to where the creature is always gets to me because it reframes the creature

newt5996.bsky.social•2 days ago

as not representative of the political machine stoking fear, but the unrest and listlessness of trying to go against that and how far that can go. It’s Blum at his best.

newt5996.bsky.social•10 hours ago

The Last Wish by: Andrzej Sapkowski and translated by: Danusia Stok: The Witcher Saga began with two short story collections and the first one has always been the stronger of the two. Much of the series has always been takes on fairy tales, and this short story collection has perhaps the best of

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