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Doctor Who: The War Doctor Rises: Morbius the Mighty

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Review Date: 2025-02-21 10:17:23

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Morbius the mighty is the first in these cinematic 3 hour film sagas of the war doctor and it’s very good! It’s more like an 8.5 overall but a 9 would be too high.

Out of the 3 acts I felt the final act was the weakest but not by a lot, it just felt that it was slightly overstuffed.

Samuel West is fantastic as Morbius the mad dictator as he tries to end the Doctor. I like that Morbius has a somewhat of a cultish nature as he has followers throughout the universe. He made for a threatening villain throughout the piece.

The highlight for me however was Cora as played by Sheila Ruskin and her chemistry with Jonathan Carley’s war doctor. They had a very sarcastic and entertaining relationship throughout as she is a strict nurse who has been caring for the war doctor for three years. I loved these two and I hope Cora appears again.

The way the doctor’s tardis relates to the plot was very interesting as was the reason behind the Doctor’s condition.

Overall this was a great boxset by Tim Foley and I’m excited for Unknown Soldiers. (As of this review there is no listing for unknown soldiers so I may just update this review with my thoughts on it).

6.3 - Exit Strategy

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Review Date: 2025-02-10 18:56:49

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Exit Strategy is an amazing conclusion to the “war doctor begins” range! It not only delivers an emotional arc for the war doctor himself but also deliver a satisfying conclusion to Case’s story.

This was never going to be a story about ending the time war and I’m glad Fitton instead went for a story that focuses more on saving a character we have grown to love and heightens the personal stakes.

It’s not a big spoiler to say that the eighth Doctor is in this story and I loved what his inclusion signified for the war doctor. I won’t explain how, but I loved how through this story we are shown how the decision to become a warrior was the wrong one and it takes the doctor to be the one to save the day! McGann is fantastic as is Carley and I loved how they pulled off the inclusion of both doctors.

Case is also amazing here as she has her arc ended in a bittersweet way. I loved her through this range and I was happy to see her be the focal point of this boxset.

I think that David Monteith was also amazing as the nurse and this furthered the character arc as we see him inspired to help people by the doctor.

The plot here is quite spoiler heavy and I won’t go into details too much but I loved how the time strategist even got a satisfying conclusion.

This was a fantastic end to the range that I’m sad to leave behind!

To rank the boxsets
6# warbringer - vol 2
5# battlegrounds - vol 3
4# comrades in arms - vol 5
3# forged in fire - vol 1
2# enemy mine - vol 6
1# he who fights with monsters - vol 4

6.2 - Fear Nothing

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Review Date: 2025-02-10 18:45:13

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Fear Nothing is another fantastic story from this range.

I think my biggest criticism is that the ideas on show aren’t fully delivered on to their full extent. The main premise involves a new prototype tardis and a temporal engineer who is symbiotically bonded to it.

Mark Wright may have written the best dialogue for the war doctor as he gives this speech about fear. Jonathan Carley delivers this in the best possible way and it makes a truly striking moment as the Doctor says “this war has taught me to fear everything.”

Jodall is a very interesting character as we see her linked with this new prototype tardis. I love how this story show that tardises are alive and this is displayed amazingly through Jodall as she experiences many emotions as well as displaying how the ship feels.

I like how we also see Case working for the Daleks and actively hurt and kill people as she falls down this path of evil.

This has a lot going for it and the overall community rating is too low.

6.1 - The Hybrid’s Choice

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Review Date: 2025-02-10 18:38:36

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The hybrids choice is a wonderful story, I believe written by Case herself!

This feels like a second part to Memnos as we are following the same story and aftermath involving Case being left with the Daleks.

I love how the Daleks are written as cunning in this story as they try and act empathic towards Case to manipulate her. I think Dalek manipulation is presented very well here as they even try and give Case a birthday and turn her against the time lords. This is without a doubt Ajjaz Awad’s best performance as Case as she relives what could very well be her childhood. It’s a very emotional and upsetting story as we see a range of emotion at the situation.

Jonathan Carley also gives a fantastic performance as the war doctor as he urgently searches for his old friend and has to try and convince her of the dalek’s evil. In this whole boxset, Carley is giving his A-game as the war doctor begins enters the final act.

This was a fantastic character piece that puts Case’s origins to rest and sets up the story for the final two stories.

3. - Memnos

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Review Date: 2025-02-03 17:21:01

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I think everyone is sleeping on Menmos. I went into this story expecting it’d be good but I was so shocked to find just how good.

This is another Case-centric story as she tries to find out about her past and who she was before the Daleks took her memory. This is a really interesting aspect as we are finding out about the companion’s backstory along with them simultaneously compared to when the companion has an established history.

I love how there isn’t a lot of action in this story and that the main conflict is the battle for Case’s soul between the Doctor and the time strategist. This genuinely felt like the outcome could have gone either way due to the current status of her relationship with the Doctor and Mulryne’s script has you hanging on every word as the story progresses.

This was such an incredible adventure to listen to and the cliffhanger of this story was amazing. I can’t wait to start Enemy Mine and see how things unfold!

2. - Berserker

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Review Date: 2025-02-03 17:07:53

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I loved Berserker! This is such a dark and atmospheric story that Timothy X Atack that keeps you engaged from the opening minutes to the cliffhanger at the end.

I love this new pairing of Case and the War Doctor. By this point in the range the Doctor needed a companion to make these stories feel a bit more cohesive in my opinion rather than them all feeling like drifting standalone tales. It helps that we’ve met Case before and have a good grasp on her character and I love how Atack writes this poor girl as quite an ordinary person who’s been thrown into these terrible circumstances. Ajjaz Awad gave a fantastic performance and was the stand out in this story.

The idea of a Berserker Dalek is brilliant - a sort of mad Frankenstein esque creature that’s gone insane over 400 years - I’d love to see this Dalek design/type in the modern show to articulate the depravity of these monsters.

I liked how Atack writes the war doctor too. He’s written as a much darker and manipulative figure in this story as he lies to Case and the side cast about his motivations in the story. This was a much different side to him and it was a lot of fun to see.

My only criticism is that the resolution with the Berserker Dalek is a bit weak, but besides that this was a fantastic script.

1. A Mother's Love

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Review Date: 2025-02-01 10:18:29

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A mother’s love is a competent script. That sounds harsh but it’s very by the number base under siege.

The minute the doctor enters haven you know who the villain is and you have an idea of what’s going on before the story reveals it to you.

The main purpose here is to reunite the Doctor and Case. Im happy with that, I really like Case, they were the highlight of boxset two so their return is much appreciated. I think the war doctor needs a companion now after basically 4 solo sets and having Case, who is in many ways a parallel to himself, will hopefully provide some good growth for him!

Veklin is fun here but again, you already know how the conflict with her character is going to go about ten minutes in.

That’s my biggest gripe is that it all just feels very basic and that’s not a bad thing but it does limit my enjoyment when I’ve seen this story done many times before.

3 - The Horror

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Review Date: 2025-01-20 08:34:59

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The Horror is an amazing finale and rounds out potentially the best war doctor set so far. “Comrades-in-arms” is going to have a hard time matching the scope and scale of “he who fights with monsters”

Everything in this story is revealed and it’s interesting to see a story that consistently carries its plot and doesn’t stumble.

The barber-surgeon is definitely the highlight of this story and I love the ways it eludes to the fact he may be an alternate reality version of a certain character we all know. The references to iconic lines as well as certain things he does create this theory and I really love it!

I can tell that Rob Valentine has a good understanding of the war doctor and this story exists to expand on his conflicting characteristics with the point of the story being that underneath it all he’s still the doctor and even if he refuses to call himself that name, his spirit is the same. The way it’s delivered in the story is incredibly effective and this may be the best work I’ve seen from Valentine.

The idea of the “unforgiving minute” is an amazing concept only the Time war could do which was excellent as well.

This is just a joy from start to finish. It’s without a found the most cinematic war doctor boxset and has the best character work for him so far.

To rank the boxsets:

4# - Warbringer
3# - Battlegrounds
2# - Forged in fire
1# - He who fights with monsters

2 - The Abyss

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Review Date: 2025-01-20 08:21:47

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Another incredible story from this boxset! The plot hasn’t lost its pace in the slightest and I like how we’re getting closer to finding out more about the barber-surgeon.

I think it’s interesting seeing the Doctor try and stop this villain who’s scheme will later reflect his own!

I can’t give too much away but this was a fantastic second part.

1 - The Mission

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Review Date: 2025-01-15 09:23:20

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It’s odd to say that an audio drama feels cinematic but there’s no other way to describe the feeling of this story. The Mission from the start feels like a war film with a damaged hero against impossible odds.

I love Carley’s performance of the War Doctor in this, especially in the quiet moments. The highlight is definitely in the 3rd act where he speaks with a side character and laments about how he used to travel the universe with a sonic and some jelly babies and along the way this has been replaced by war. This doctor while having a lot of depth, has yet to really just sit and talk with a character like this and I thought it was excellent.

The Barber-Surgeon is built up incredibly well in this story. He feels like a threat without appearing and I like how his plan mirrors that of the Doctor’s later Down the line. I also thought the addition of the Dalek Hunter-killers out to find him too was a great way to increase the stakes of this story.

While it slows slightly towards the end, this was an absolutely incredible first act of a three part epic!

3.3 - Rewind

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Review Date: 2025-01-03 20:48:29

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Another fantastic story for this boxset. Rewind is a very interesting story that hooks you in with our protagonist Ignis.

The idea of a Groundhog Day type story isn’t new, but the plot reasons behind it and as to how the Doctor is involved is brilliant.

The story ends quite openly and leaves the audience with their own interpretation of what happens next which is very effective as it plays into our current narrative.

The berserker Daleks idea was also very interesting as I’m a big fan of any new type of Dalek class.

Overall, a standout story for this range!

3.2 - Temmosus

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Review Date: 2025-01-03 20:45:35

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I very much enjoyed Temmosus! I appreciate that there are some flaws that rely on the stupidity of the side characters, I still think this is a great story.

The idea of a Dalek trying to gain favour politically with the emperor is quite interesting and gives more of an insight into the Dalek hierarchy. These scenes and the general explanation of the plot was the highlight of the story as I was interested to see what would happen next and how the Daleks failed machinations would impact our characters.

Jonathan Carley is still fantastic as the war doctor and I’m loving the different types of story we’re giving the war doctor with this range that are more experimental.

3.1 - The Keeper of Light

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Review Date: 2024-12-28 12:18:09

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My biggest gripe with this story is that the twist is somewhat predictable. As soon as I heard that Adele Anderson was playing Dorothy, I put together the general idea of what the twist was.

I actually quite liked Layla and the reveal of the monster and the twist but I just found the plot leading up to it to be somewhat lacking.

Not a bad story and I preferred this to any of the previous boxset “warbringer”

2.3 - Saviour

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Review Date: 2024-12-16 17:58:08

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I’m going to give the same very brief reviews for the stories in this boxset because they follow a similar theme of that they are good but nothing above good.

Our main three characters of veklin, case and the doctor are played amazingly by their respective actors, with Case being the standout.

This was a decent enough boxset but the weakest of the range so far.

2.2 - Destroyer

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Review Date: 2024-12-16 17:57:51

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2.1 - Consequences

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1.3 - The Shadow Squad

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Review Date: 2024-12-12 20:00:24

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Another incredible story from this boxset!

The doctor and Tamasan investigate the mysterious shadow squad.

There was a lot to love in this story! The idea of the shadow squad; a unit bread with no real timeline to combat the Daleks killing people early in their lifespan was such a creative idea. As well as this, the appearance of my favourite Dalek is always a bonus.

The way the final scene tied into the beginning was clever and the way the doctor dismantled the Daleks at the end was brutal and fulfilled this “war” incarnation with some violent tendencies.

A very strong end to a very strong boxset.

1.2 - Lion Hearts

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Review Date: 2024-12-11 21:02:49

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I was worried this would be a weak story but I actually really enjoyed it.

The Doctor joins Lorinus as they try to rescue a member of the Tharils.

Yes this is not as good as the first story but it’s still thoroughly entertaining. I thought the side characters were slightly weak but everything going on with the War Doctor was incredible and Carley continues to excel.

The moral dilemma was good if only slightly undermined by the ending, but still, this is much better than the reviews say!

1.1 - Light the Flame

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Review Date: 2024-12-10 16:11:18

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WOW!

I honestly just want to leave this review here bc I was so impressed by this. Alas, I won’t I’ll talk about it a little bit.

I’ll get to the point, Carley is FANTASTIC as the war doctor, if I didn’t know it was an impersonator I’d believe he was Hurt.

I enjoy that this post-regeneration story is very different to any others. The War Doctor is very sure of his warrior status from the start but over the course of the episode tests the limits of his new body at the moment. This Is seen when he is hesitant to carry a weapon at the start and willingly requests one by the end. I loved the line regarding his older faces cowering away in shame from him as it goes to show that this doctor is aware he’s a bad man.

Ohila was great in this story at manipulating the Doctor and I liked the acolyte the Doctor tried to befriend.

I was going to give this a 9 but i genuinely have no criticisms so I’m going to give it a 10.

4.3 - The Enigma Dimension

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Review Date: 2024-12-10 15:36:04

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I’m sad to see the conclusion to this boxset be slightly weak. Considering this is Hurt’s final performance, it’s upsetting that he didn’t get another adventure like the neverwhen.

The issue here is a lot of technobabble and that’s the most memorable part of the story.

The plot is fine and the time strategist has some good moments and a good plot. Hurt gets some great moments to shine as this warrior doctor but this just feels like a Nick Briggs ego trip where he has to write the first and/or last story of a range because he wants to, not because he has a good idea.

To rank the boxsets from worst to best:

4# casualties of war (still a very good boxset overall)
3# only the monstrous
2# agents of chaos
1# infernal devices

4.2 - The Lady of Obsidian

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Review Date: 2024-12-10 15:12:12

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The lady of obsidian offers a lot to enjoy and also pairs up this rogue incarnation with an old companion.

I’m not a huge Leela fan (rewatch of S14/15 incoming) but I thought she was really good here. Her chemistry with Hurt is really entertaining and it’s nice to see a more savage companion work with a more mature and violent Doctor. Although, having read the notes in the booklets I don’t know where that scene Louise Jameson acted that allegedly had everyone in the studio in tears was in the story. I felt some moments there were “aww poor Leela” but nothing that would reduce me to tears.

Ollistra also gets some amazing things to do here and it’s refreshing to see her on the offensive and leading a squad rather than strategising in the back.

I think the secondary villain was an interesting idea and the elaboration on how the time strategist is different with his timeline splintering gun.

A very interesting story with some good ideas.

4.1 - Pretty Lies

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Review Date: 2024-12-08 20:31:17

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The Doctor and Ollistra arrive on a planet where they encounter a war journalist.

The USP of this story is seeing how journalists influence wars and I feel it slightly falls short here. Yes the plot is resolved with the use of edited footage but I wish the episode had been more experimental with this and had just presented the story through camera footage.

John Hurt is excellent here with his adamance that he’s not a hero and with some of the actions in this story, you start to believe him.

I did really enjoy this, I just wish the journalistic aspect was expanded and utilised more.

3.3 - Eye of Harmony

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Review Date: 2024-12-07 19:56:06

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I was actually quite worried going into this finale having seen the score, however I was pleasantly surprised.

I'll address the common criticisms first. Yes, the plot is SLIGHTLY basic, however the atmosphere and setting and the daleks master plan is fantastic.

The way the cliffhanger from the last story is resolved is handled quite well. I enjoyed that it gave some agency to Ollistra and showed that she can still handle herself.

The daleks plan to destroy Gallifrey and how they would do this was quite ingenious and I think this is one of their smarter plots.

I enjoyed the way this story ended. It was very bleak and I liked the exchange between Ollistra and the Doctor, even if it did slightly try to imitate the ending of Only the Monstrous.

This was a great boxset and I'm looking forward to boxset 4.

3.2 - The Eternity Cage

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Review Date: 2024-12-07 19:49:54

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This is definitely one of Andrew Smith's best scripts. As I said in my last review, I like when the sontarans are used seriously. This is no exception as we see a sontaran plan to try and leverage the daleks and time lords to let them join the war.

I appreciate that they kidnap both Ollistra and the time strategist. It actually gives them some gravitas that they can gain the upper hand on these two titans. I'm not going to spoil it here but I found what the eternity cage actually was to be a very inventive idea that feels right at home in the time war.

In terms of the plot with the Doctor, I loved seeing him take control and manage a team to save Ollistra. It feeds into more of his warrior persona that I feel has slightly been lacking in some of these stories. I loved his relationship with Kalan who served as a one time companion. It's nice to see Hurt have something to dig his teeth into that's a bit different.

I think there's some meandering with the plot, but I still thoroughly enjoyed this and the cliffhanger was a real shock.

3.1 - The Shadow Vortex

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Review Date: 2024-12-07 14:08:22

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The Doctor is on the hunt for a dalek spy in 1960's Berlin.

That premise alone is a fantastic hook. It's interesting to see an Earth story in the War Doctor range as it usually involves alien worlds and bold new societies, so to see this one set on Earth with two strong political strike forces is refreshing.

Niamh McIntosh is amazing as Lara. She feels unique as a villain and I like seeing her work in tandem with the Dalek Time Strategist.

Speaking of, Nicholas Briggs gives his best dalek performance as the Time Strategist. He is so cunning and evil and I adore that he exists somewhat as the War Doctor's archenemy.

John Hurt is incredible it goes without saying and I enjoy his interactions with all the side characters.

A great start to "Agents of Chaos"

2.3 - The Neverwhen

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Review Date: 2024-12-05 20:22:34

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It took me a while to finish this set as I got distracted by other audios but I’m so glad I did.

I’ve actually come to think very fondly of “infernal devices” and this finale was a great end to a really good boxset.

The idea of the neverwhen being a temporal flux that shifts reality constantly is a great idea for the TIME war and it stops being just a war drama and becomes a temporal war drama.

The midway twist had my jaw dropping and this was sold excellently by John hurt and Jaye Griffiths.

Overall I’d rightly recommend infernal devices as it’s an incredible boxset from big finish.

2.2 - A Thing of Guile

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Review Date: 2024-11-13 14:30:16

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I actually really enjoyed this story! I was hesitant going in due to the low reviews but I thought it was better than expected.

The Doctor is enlisted by Ollistra to find a Dalek secret weapon.

The plot is slightly basic but what makes this interesting is the chemistry between Ollistra and the Doctor as well as various atmospheric scenes.

The first act in the sentient tunnels was really creepy and gripping, mainly due to the sound design and John Hurt’s performance.

My main issue is that I feel the story doesn’t really do a lot to resolve itself. It’s quite a bad resolution and I think maybe too long was spent in the first act before the plot got going.

2.1 - Legion of the Lost

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Review Date: 2024-11-11 18:13:28

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The Doctor arrives on a planet with the technomancers. A group that can revive the dead.

This is actually quite a good story with John Hurt giving some amazing acting.

David Warner is great as Shadovar and I was surprised how much I loved the side character of Collis.

It’s a good story but it’s slightly too long and I feel there was slightly more you could do with this premise.

1.3 - The Heart of the Battle

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Review Date: 2024-10-18 08:27:26

Reviewed By: Julius98 (473)

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The finale to the set delivers on the potential of the last story very well.

The Daleks want to destroy Gallifrey by throwing a thousand worlds at them and it’s up to the Doctor and company to stop them.

A simple plot, but the conflict lies in seeing how this incarnation handles the Daleks.

I really enjoyed the time war aspects and the scheme of the Daleks involving the thousands worlds is really ingenious.

As for that final scene with Ollistra and the doctor, complete gold. Jaqueline Pearce is amazing and her chemistry with Hurt is electric.

Only the monstrous is actually a really great boxset and a very easy listen. I’ll definitely be listening to it again very soon.

1.2 - The Thousand Worlds

Doctor Who

The War Doctor

Review Date: 2024-10-18 08:22:25

Reviewed By: Julius98 (473)

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This is definitely not as good as the last story and I think the problem is because it just feels like a lot of set up for the finale.

The doctor goes to this planet (i wonder which planet it will be?) and sees it has been enslaved in the future by the Daleks who are mining magnetic cores.

One of the characters in this sounded very similar to John Hurt to me and whenever they interacted I was confused who was talking at times.

I haven’t got a lot to say without ruining the story completely so I’ll just end on: it’s good! But the weakest of the boxset.

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