Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #131044 in Books
• Published on: 1999-07
• Format: Audiobook
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 2
• Binding: Audio CD

Customer Reviews

Sirens of Time
This is Big Finnishes first Dr Who story and in all honesty is a bit of an oddity. As you will know its a multi doctor story featuring the 5th, 6th and 7th Doctors. The story is basicly each Doctor getting an episode to themselves and meeting up in the 4th episode to fight an enemy. (as you can see BF kept the 4 part format) Out of the solo episodes Colin Baker (6th Doc) does the best, while the other two are finding their feet on audio (this echoes how they performed in their own solo stories released later) but are quite good. The best bits are when they meet up and the interplay in the 4th episode.

I havent gone into detail much because honestly I can't remember it - but thats not the point. Big Finnish are finding their feet (as are a few of the actors) and in terms of quality its a bit dodgy to be honest but it gets 4 stars for being the start of a very good audio series and for getting the actors together and for being a multi story. If these factors don't float your boat I can't recomend it but if it does buy it.

Or the Three Doctors (again!)
A curious one this, The fifth Doctor's companions Tegan and Turlough spend the entire story inside the TARDIS where they are inexplicably trapped. The Sixth and Seventh Doctors are travelling alone whilst The fifth Doctor is taken from somewhere between 'The Awakening' and 'Frontios'; the Sixth Doctor from between the end of his trial and, according to Big Finish's website 'Time and the Rani'; and the seventh Doctor from immediately prior to Doctor Who The Movie.
While it is fun for fans to have three Doctors together in one drama I felt that more could have been done with this, particularly given that it is an audio and therefore potentially unconstrained in terms of 'visuals'.
There is plenty going on but there is too much waffle about 'time distortion' and not enough interplay between characters; there are also some impressive monsters and another 'Gallifrey under siege' storyline. Overall a decent enough story just don't expect too much.

SIRENS BEATS ZAGREUS!
I was snooping around for a good audio CD online, and I came to spare parts, I absoulutely loved this, and I am also a fan of Colin, So I wanted one where Both Davison and Baker where in. First I bought this and LUUUUUVED it, then I bought Zagreus, thinking it would be as fantasticly amazing, I listened to it, and it wasnt as good!

Sirens of time is seriously the BEST big finish like a line:

1.The sirens of time
= Spare parts
2.The Juggernauts
3.Red
4.The Game
5.Zagreus
6. The Mutant phase...

So on! PERFECT! Also, if you like this, buy spare parts! Its fab!