This is it. The big one. Five hours, four Doctors, and a whole host of former companions (mostly playing other characters).
Following the events of Neverland (M033), the 8th Doctor is infected by Zagreus, a myth of ancient Gallifrey, and he rages about the TARDIS like Jekyll and Hyde. Charley, meanwhile, finds herself back in 1900s England with her mother, who soon turns into a rabbit. A hologram of the Brigadier comes to her and she realizes she is not really back on Earth.
Where they really are is a lot of timey-wimey explanations that don't fully make sense, but if you go with it Zagreus is a various and entertaining story. The Doctor's former selves pop up as a strange trio of alternate characters, but eventually make appearances in their proper personalities. Dozens of former companions also make appearances, and some familiar voices are easy to spot, but because most of them are not playing their original characters they may go unnoticed by those of us who have not seen the entire original series.
But many good lines and clever references to classic children's literature like Alice in Wonderland or The Wizard of Oz make for a hodgepodge epic of an audio play.
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Saturday, October 4, 2014
Tuesday, September 2, 2014
M033 - Neverland
The last 8th Doctor story until the Zagreaus (M050) anniversary special is very much a prequel to that story, setting up what will be a major conflict and one of the better excuses to bring past Doctors together.
The story itself does not have anything to do with Peter Pan and JM Barrie, which is almost a shame since I could see the "never grow up" theme working well with the Doctor, but instead the Neverland of the title is an alternate universe being explored to show how Charley's continued existence despite her supposed death on the R101 is causing disasterous ripples. It's a fairly emotional story bogged down a bit by the Time Lord mythology that the new TV series was right to push aside.
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