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Big Finish - Cream of the Crop
..Ish (Doctor Who)..Ish (Doctor Who) by Phil Pascoe
Buy new: £13.99 / Used from: £5.99
Fantastic-ish!! Seriously - this is clever, witty and different. Highly recommended.
Master (Doctor Who)Master (Doctor Who) by Joseph Lidster
Buy new: £10.94 / Used from: £6.88
Very atmospheric, scary and spot-on for late 7th doctor. Slightly let down by the assasin-dialogue, verbose ending explanations & odd back story.
Jubilee (Doctor Who)Jubilee (Doctor Who) by Robert Shearman
Buy new: £10.42 / Used from: £7.99
Good fore-runner to the recent t.v. episode 'Dalek' evokes a similar atmosphere and feel and sufficiently different to be worth still buying.
Davros (Doctor Who)Davros (Doctor Who) by Lance Parkin
Buy new: £12.03 / Used from: £9.82
Brilliant, everything you would expect from a 6th doctor/davros showdown.
Just War (Professor Bernice Summerfield)Just War (Professor Bernice Summerfield) by Lance Parkin
Buy new: £9.99 / Used from: £8.00
The only Bernice Summerfield I've heard. Harrowing, uncomfortable listening but absolutely brilliant, realistic and well-acted.
Doctor Who: Fires of VulcanDoctor Who: Fires of Vulcan by Steve Lyons
Buy new: £13.99 / Used from: £5.40
Excellent historical. Riveting, well characterised and executed and educational.
The Holy Terror (Doctor Who)The Holy Terror (Doctor Who) by Robert Shearman
Buy new: £10.07 / Used from: £3.95
Better than Jubilee. Great mix of darkness and humour and a good take on the issue of religion.
Doctor Who - Red (Big Finish)Doctor Who - Red (Big Finish) by Stewart Sheargold
Buy new: £14.24 / Used from: £10.00
Explores some interesting and topical ideas. One of the best for a while.
Whispers of Terror (Dr Who Big Finish)Whispers of Terror (Dr Who Big Finish) by Justin Richards
Buy new: £13.99 / Used from: £5.50
One of the early Big Finish plays. This is closest they got to the TV version of Colin Baker with a fairly intelligent script tailor-made for this format. (Can be hard to follow at times). Not bad.
Colditz (Doctor Who)Colditz (Doctor Who) by Steve Lyons
Buy new: £13.99 / Used from: £5.50
Brilliantly evokes the Ace/Doctor of the tv days. Well researched and riveting story. Loved every word! (I like the more abrasive Ace just as I like the more abrasive 6th doctor!)
The Settling (Doctor Who)The Settling (Doctor Who) by Simon Guerrier
Buy new: £14.99 / Used from: £7.00
Historical Who at its best. Oliver Cromwell is a very interesting 3D character. The interplay between Hex and Ace has truly refreshed the character of the latter. And the Doctor gets to be a Doctor!
The Marian Conspiracy (Doctor Who)The Marian Conspiracy (Doctor Who) by Jacqueline Rayner
Buy new: £13.99 / Used from: £6.50
Colin Baker has matured into a less abrasive audio Doctor in this informative historical. Evelyn is a decent companion allowing a far more mature interplay than Peri! Above average.
The Game (Doctor Who)The Game (Doctor Who) by Darin Henry
Buy new: £14.24 / Used from: £6.80
An excellent play featuring my least favourite audio doctor. The gritty realism would suit Colin Baker more but Peter Davison is excellent. Divided into 6 short parts; based on a rollerball type game.
Night Thoughts (Doctor Who)Night Thoughts (Doctor Who) by Edward Young
Buy new: £13.49 / Used from: £5.00
The most darkly atmospheric play I've ever heard. Chilling and engaging with sufficient complexity and enough twists to make it a masterpiece.
The Harvest (Doctor Who)The Harvest (Doctor Who) by Dan Abnett
Buy new: £13.99 / Used from: £10.50
New start for the 7th doctor, introducing new companion Hex. This revitalises McCoy & Ace. The first few episodes have a wonderful 'Unearthly Child' feel. Shame the storyline isn't too strong.
The Genocide Machine (Doctor Who)The Genocide Machine (Doctor Who) by Mike Tucker
Buy new: £9.86 / Used from: £7.99
This early play starts off very evocatively (I really felt I was in the rainforest). Straightforward plot but overall a well performed first dalek play.
The Council of Nicaea (Doctor Who)The Council of Nicaea (Doctor Who) by Caroline Symcox
Buy new: £14.24 / Used from: £7.00
Excellent historical. Educational and entertaining. Full of action with great interplay between the doctor, peri and erimem. The other characters are complex and wonderfully realised.
Unregenerate! (Doctor Who)Unregenerate! (Doctor Who) by David A. McIntee
Buy new: £14.24 / Used from: £4.95
Straightforward story but entertaining and involving throughout with excellent cliffhangers. The asylum setting is wonderful and McCoy plays a grrreat madman! McCoy and Mel are great together in BF.
"Doctor Who", Death Comes to Time (BBC Radio Collection)"Doctor Who", Death Comes to Time (BBC Radio Collection)
Buy used from: £8.25
Not BF but entertaining strong story accompanied by a great classical music score. I love the resolution. Strange rewriting of the doctors mythology (in a different & opposite way to the tv play).
The One Doctor (Doctor Who)The One Doctor (Doctor Who) by Gareth Roberts
Buy new: £13.99 / Used from: £5.90
I laughed out loud a few times and this is entertaining and amusing throughout. The plot is unimportant the situations and characters are brilliant. Light doctor who at its best!
The Fearmonger (Doctor Who)The Fearmonger (Doctor Who) by Jonathan Blum
Buy new: £9.73 / Used from: £5.00
Fairly decent early play. Straightforward, enjoyable with a good twist. Satisfying but not the best.
Doctor Who and the PiratesDoctor Who and the Pirates by Jacqueline Rayner
Buy new: £13.99 / Used from: £5.99
I don't rate this as higly as most. It's mostly simplistic and silly but the Gilbert & Sullivan operatics in episode 3 are worth hearing. 'I am the very model of a Gallifreyan buccaneer...'!