For those of you new to this section of the blog, I started listening to the Big Finish Doctor Who releases when they started back in 1999, getting them as they were released up to mid 2002 and release No 33 Neverland. At that time I left Uni and due to being a bit busy with life and what not I only heard one or two releases over the next few years. I started getting back into them around 2008 and was 6 years behind at that point. Due to wondering off into the Lost Doctor range and a relaxed listening pace I fell further behind. In order to catch up I'm listening to two releases a month (or more when its a 60 min single disc release, plus without seeing the cover or knowing anything about the story) and my mission to catch up continues;
The Canabalists - the 8th Doctor Adventures continue with this single disc story featuring the 8th Doctor and Lucie. A very good release and gets the best out of a limited story set up, personally I think it had enough for a second disc and could have gone further 9/10.
Second Sight - "The Worlds of Doctor Who" is wrapped up nicely with the 6th Doctor finally making an appearance. I highly recommend the box set as its been a fun ride and its nice to see characters from around The Doctors life come together 7/10.
A Storm of Angels - its a visit to the "unbound" range with this release and an alternate 1st Doctor who stayed behind on Gallifrey. This story sees him on his travels after some unseen stories and is a rather engaging story. Geoffrey Bayldon does very well, this is my favourite Mark Platt written story that I've heard in a while 8/10.
The Butcher of Brisbane - a very run of the mill story with a hook (meeting a certain character earlier in their life time before their TV appearance) which lifts it to above average 6/10.
The Doomsday Quatrain - a very busy, engaging story with a lot going on. A proper meaty story featuring the 7th Doctor and Nostradamus - not what I would have expected had I known this going in. A plot story with a slight humorous bent at points, it left me thinking and this could be a story I revisit before others in this entry 7.5/10.
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