Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #562229 in Books
• Published on: 2002-08
• Format: Audiobook
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 2
• Binding: Audio CD

Customer Reviews

Fantastic-ish!
This is still one of the best and most original doctor who plays I've heard. This is thanks in large part to the originality and intellectualism which both add depth and meaning. It wouldn't work well on t.v., as it is more concerned with words than visuals (so it would only require a small budget), but on audio it's great.

The doctor is well acted (or should that be voiced). Colin Baker and Peri sound just like they did on t.v. The verbal sparring continues and is emphasised by the whole concept. If you have a dictionary to hand, you'll learn some new and lengthy words, but you better pause this while looking them up because this play demands full attention to be understood and appreciated!

Another reason I'm fond of this play is because I found parts of it were genuinely amusing and even made me laugh aloud (embarrassing when listening through headphones but that's another story!) No other doctor who play has really had this affect on me.

If you have any interest in words and language or just want to experience Colin Baker finally realizing his potential as the doctor (he has shined through Big Finish), then buy this.

Attack of the Ominverbum!
At last some originality in Who! ...Ish takes a bizarre and novel concept of a suffix to an infinately long word, and gives the verbose 6th Doctor a grand opportunity to let loose his verbal dexterity. Excellent performances, and a clever, witty and amusing script make this one of the best stories that Big Finish have yet released. Proof that, when done well, the 6th Doctor and Peri can be a winnng combination.

Thought provoking but hard to follow
Another CD full cast adventure for the Doctor from Big Finish, this time starring the 6th doctor (Colin Baker) and Peri (Nicola Bryant). This story finds the doctor arriving for the unveiling of the biggest dictionary in the universe, and coming up against a malevolent word....

I really wanted to like this story because it really made me think about the role of language in our society, with the notion of language existing THROUGH us being a fascinating one. The reason I didnt enjoy it was because the story just seemed smug and self-satisfied, as if it KNEW it was being clever. In places it was generally fun, for example the doctor stealing a joke from Blackadder the third (another great BBC series) but it was generally Po faced, and too arrogant in places to explain exactly what was going on. Ive now listened to it twice and follow it up until about the beginning of part 3, where the delegates at the symposium lose the power of speech except the word ish... Then it all becomes a bit of a blur!

Its not a total wash out though - I want to listen to it again, if only to decipher the latter half, and its ideas are exceptionally good - with the 'baddy' if you like being the longest word in existance (the omniverbum) which must, by defination, have no meaning, and so driving anyone that comes into contact with it insane - just try letting Star Trek put that in an enterprise episode! If nothing else, Ish... proves the Dr Who format still has the capacity to make us think and not just feed as a drip of cliches. Worth a listen.