Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #219262 in Books
• Published on: 2007-02-28
• Format: Audiobook
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 2
• Binding: Audio CD

Customer Reviews

Nighty night
The Seventh Doctor brings Ace and Hex to Glast City on the planet Nocturne, home of the Artists Enclave, a collection of artists in different fields, which is one of the Doctor's favorite places in the universe. As is usual with the Timelord, death follows in his wake, soon after he appears, one of the artists is murdered and his home is torched. The Doctor's companion Hex tries to help, but he's arrested on suspicion of murder and things begin to turn ugly. Trying to secure his friend's release, The Doctor finds that someone has been conducting experiments in bioharmonics, the science of living sound, and may have summoned some kind of dark force to Nocture...
A good solid action adventure; Hex fits in to the TARDIS crew nicely and Sylvester and Sophie are on song too. Recommended.

"You can't kill the music!"
This audio play finds the 7th Doctor, Ace and Hex visiting the artistic planet of Nocturne, only to find a sentient killer alien music on the loose. The idea of a killer sound being perfect for audio may be understandable, but Big Finish have been down this road before with the likes of Whispers of Terror, and while this is by no means a bad play it doesn't really do much to stand out from the crowd. The authors notes make great play on the fact that he wanted to have the Doctor visit a planet outside of Earth where he is a familiar face, but seeing as the TARDIS team are instantly accused of murder by the local police (as per usual) this doesn't really seem to amount to any difference from the norm.

'Nocturne' boast some good solid performances, and it never outstays it's welcome, but this is ultimately a by-the-numbers middle-of-the-road average Doctor Who adventure. Not bad, but not great either - your average middling adventure.

Not very memorable
I can't really remember much about Nocturne, I'm afraid. There was an authoritarian government with an improbably vibrant arts scene (the two tend not to go together). There was the usual running around. I didn't absorb much of it.