The Cannibalists was the first Big Finish release I listened to and I've been addicted to their audios ever since. When I chanced upon this story on Radio 4 Extra, I had no idea there was a whole range of EDAs, so for me it was hugely exciting to discover more about this Doctor, who had only appeared in one tv movie (which for me wasn't enough to actually form any opinion on him)
But with the Cannibalists I completely fell in love with this breathless romantic, the Eighth Doctor. And I fell for Lucie Miller, Jonathan Morris' beautiful script, the lovely robot characters and well, just about everything about this release. Re-listening to it now, it hasn't lost any of its initial charm: It remains a wonderful stand-alone story, very imaginative, surprisingly emotional and great fun to listen to.

The clue to the cop out ending is in the title, but it has a great build up to that moment. All the loose strands in the last episode are coming together in a tangled web as the Doctor struggles to understand hope.

Molly gets stronger as a character in each episode and its clear she's no simple follower nipping at the Doctor's heels. She may not understand it, but she knows this is her story that the Doctor is a part of.

All up, a big imporvement on the last episode and it looks like its heading for a worth while end.

The first time I listened to this story I was a little apprehensive, because I don't know much about the works of Edgar Allan Poe. I guess this trepidation rather spoilt my enjoyment and I took an immediate dislike to this adventure. However, on my recent relisten to series 4 of the EDAs I decided to give it another chance and to just take the story for what it is. This worked very well for me and I discovered an interesting little tale in Nevermore. There are some nice twists and reveals and a rather good build up of tension, which make this quite intruiging to listen to.