‘So this is one of the last paintings Van Gogh ever painted. Those final months of his life were probably the most astonishing artistic outpouring in history. It was like Shakespeare knocking off Othello, Macbeth and King Lear over the summer hols. And especially astonishing because Van Gogh did it with no hope of praiseContinue reading “Vincent and the Doctor by Richard Curtis (2010)”
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The Savages by Ian Stuart Black (1966)
‘I don’t intend to leave these people in this oppressed state’ ‘Oppose you? Indeed I am going to oppose you, just in the same way that I oppose theDaleks or any other menace to common humanity’ The Doctor has come a long way since ‘An Unearthly Child’, his travels have been followed and celebrated byContinue reading “The Savages by Ian Stuart Black (1966)”
The Aztecs by John Lucarotti (1964)
‘The little I know about them doesn’t impress me. Cutting out people’s hearts.’ ‘Oh, that was only one side to their nature. The other side was highly civilised.’ ‘A vision is with us and shall stand before them. And I, in supplication to the Rain God, shall offer human blood. The rains will come. NoContinue reading “The Aztecs by John Lucarotti (1964)”
The Glorious Revolution by Jonathan Morris (2009)
In which Jamie ventures into his near history and tries his hand at being a Time Meddler! This story is one of the ‘Companion Chronicles’ range from Big Finish. They are generally two handers, part acted, part narrated, usually with some sort of framing device to allow the lead (in this case Frazer Hines) toContinue reading “The Glorious Revolution by Jonathan Morris (2009)”
The Fires of Vulcan by Steve Lyons (2000)
In which Mel discovers that she has a character and the Doctor riles a Gladiator. Before ‘The Fires of Pompeii’ and before the TV show came back, there was the ‘Fires of Vulcan’. Now, I like the TV story well enough, I watched it again recently, but to be honest it wastes a fair bitContinue reading “The Fires of Vulcan by Steve Lyons (2000)”
Doctor Who and the Pirates (or the lass that lost a sailor) by Jacqueline Rayner (2003)
In which a Gallifreyan Buccaneer and the pirate ‘Evil Evelyn’ battle the insane pirate leader Red Jasper and help a young girl make it through the night. Warning. Contains singing! Welcome everyone to ‘Doctor Who’s’ only unreliable narrator, pirate musical, ermm thing… To start off this review off, I thought a flavour of this storyContinue reading “Doctor Who and the Pirates (or the lass that lost a sailor) by Jacqueline Rayner (2003)”
The Marian Conspiracy by Jacqueline Rayner (2000)
In which the Sixth Doctor meets a new best friend and Evelyn learns that history isn’t always quite as it seems. This is a very early Big Finish release (no. 6 released in March 2000, when the universe was less than half its present size – or at least a much nicer place) and IContinue reading “The Marian Conspiracy by Jacqueline Rayner (2000)”
The Council of Nicaea by Caroline Symcox (2005)
In which the Fifth Doctor, Peri and Erimem discover a schism in the Christian church in Nicaea in (modern-day Turkey) 325AD and Erimem upsets the Emperor Constantine. Well, it isn’t often that you get to review a ‘Doctor Who’ story written by your local vicar! The author of this play – Caroline Symcox (married toContinue reading “The Council of Nicaea by Caroline Symcox (2005)”
The Church and the Crown by Mark Wright and Cavan Scott (2002)
In which the Fifth Doctor, Peri and Erimem end up in an Alexandre Dumas novel – a tale of Musketeers, Richelieu’s guards, court politics, Queen Anne, a vain King Louis and the Duke of Buckingham’s attempts to invade France! There are quite a few different ways to do a ‘Doctor Who’ historical – one isContinue reading “The Church and the Crown by Mark Wright and Cavan Scott (2002)”
The Angel of Scutari by Paul Sutton (2009)
In which Hex meets one of his heroes and Ace gets chatted up by Tolstoy! Now this is a story I should really love. Set during the Crimean War, this is partly a homage to Tolstoy’s ‘Sebastapol Sketches’, which I’ve read a couple of times – I became obsessed with Tolstoy for some reason inContinue reading “The Angel of Scutari by Paul Sutton (2009)”
A Journal of Impossible Things 