Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #424385 in Books
• Published on: 2007-03-30
• Format: Audiobook
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 2
• Binding: Audio CD

Customer Reviews

Another Dalek story beginning with an 'r'...
Not the most original or exciting of the Big Finish audios, this Fifth Doctor and Nyssa story is saved by the inclusion of the fearsome Nazi pepperpots. The 'nano-Daleks' are also a great idea, for once employing stealth and subtlety in their invasion plans, in creating these Dalek 'toys', the evil race has possibly come up with its most effective strategy ever for invading the Earth.
Peter Davison and Sarah Sutton work well together and the guest cast is pretty impressive too. The new style CD cover design is okay but fairly bland, and overall veteran DW scriptwriter Chris Bidmead has done a competent job.

the dalek invasion has begun!
Another doctor who audio story featuring the fifth doctor and nyssa. This has four twenty five minute long episodes. And this running time will be the norm for big finish stories from now on. After some that have been a little too long for their own good, this is a welcome change, although perhaps it will take me a while to get used to as the pace of the episodes did make some of them feel a little rushed.

The fifth doctor and nyssa start the story in different time periods, as a result of testing out some new technology. The doctor is forced to help the military who are trying to prevent something from happening. The doctor knows that the thing they're trying to stop should happen. So does he preserve the web of time?

And I can't say too much more about the plot without giving things away, because this is just the start. An awful lot happens and it twists and turns along the way, bringing you to some interesting settings en route.

The tardis picks up several supporting characters on route, all of whom have very strong accents. Whilst it's a nice change to have a multi national cast of characters the accents do feel a little strong, although the interviews with the cast at the end of both discs are worth listening to as these will reassure you about the quality of their acting.

The resolution of the plot in part four - the daleks have launched an exceedingly cunning scheme to conquer the universe involving time travel - is very clever but it will take several listens to get your head around it. And the last scene feels a little abrupt. Although that is probably again down to the new episode lengths.

This is perhaps not quite as good as it could have been - the inlay does make it clear there's been some rewriting - but it's an intriguing story. It's very reminiscent of the style of story told in tom baker's last tv season in the role and in the three that peter davison did, so if you liked those this should appeal. If not, you should think carefully before buying

Where on Earth do you find these other reviewers?!
This audio play is a curious runaround that never achieves its undoubted potential. Because of the swingeing cuts and changes made by the script editor (the leaden-handed Alan Barnes) the author of this piece actually had his name taken off the cover to be replaced by a bizarre Alan Smithee-like compromise. The mini-Daleks looking like toy Daleks was an interesting conceit but it's shamefully underused and the rest of the script seems entirely out of character with it. As a children's audio this might have worked but the clunking scenes with Nyssa ruin the whole enterprise. I suspect this is the kind of story Big Finish want to do more of, sadly.