Dan Dare - 1.3 - Marooned on Mercury Reviews

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Synopsis

When a distress call summons the crew of the Anastasia to the burning wilderness of Mercury, they are reunited with their old ally, Sondar. He tells them of the beleaguered Mercurians who are held in thrall to a cruel new taskmaster - the Mekon! The exiled Mekon is rallying his forces, plotting a desperate revenge against his former homeworld of Venus and his hated enemy, Colonel Dan Dare!

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1 out of 4 (25.0%) raters say this story requires a previous story.

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6.3

(4)

Acting

7.0

(4)

Effects

7.3

(4)

Replay

6.5

(4)

Dan Dare - Volume 1

7.7

1.1 - Voyage to Venus

6.8

1.2 - The Red Moon Mystery

7.0

1.3 - Marooned on Mercury

7.2

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Cast

Ed Stoppard (Dan Dare) Geoff McGivern (Digby) Heida Reed (Professor Peabody) Michael Cochrane (Sir Hubert) Raad Rawi (The Mekon) Bijan Daneshmand (Sondar) Amber Aga (Treen General) David O'Mahony (Flight Engineer) Kelly Burke (Flight Control/Ergulux) Dianne Weller (Onboard Computer) Hugh Fraser (Ivor Dare) Jake Maskall (Sergeant Scott) Jalleh Alizadeh (Corporal Dajani) Alistair Lock (Crewman Galloway/ Treen Captain) Greg Keith (Doctor Harlan Stoll) Diane Spencer (Teacher) Ryan Sewell (Flamer Spry) Nicholas Briggs (Garlock)

Director:

Andrew Mark Sewell

Writer:

Marc Platt

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Big Finish

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Dan Dare

1.3 - Marooned on Mercury

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Reviewed By: adamelijahReview Date: 1/6/17 6:31 pm

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The Anastasia is forced down on Mercury by the forces of the Mekon and after receiving a distress call from Sondar. There they are befriended by the inhabitants of Mercury.

This is another solid space adventure. Like the previous two stories, this one maintains a cinematic feel and it has a cliffhanger that will have you read to get the next box set.

However, it's not great and it feels somewhat unoriginal because it's so similar to the first story. Dan Dare and crew land on a planet where the Mekon has the people under rule and Dare and crew try to thwart the Mekon's plan. The story occasionally feels like Voyage to Venus done on Mercury, but there are some new elements, and again the cliffhanger ending is a great tease.