Jonathan Rudderham

My review of All-Consuming Fire ends in a typical Doctor Who / explosion style ending. Once it was over, I found myself wondering what Sherlock Holmes and Watson were really doing in the story.  After the second episode, they contributed little.  In the third episode, Benny took over for Sherlock […]

8. All-Consuming Fire, cont’d

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The second episode of Big Finish‘s adaptation of All-Consuming Fire continued from the first, beginning with a “mission report” from Ace who doesn’t seem to be very involved in the adventure right now. The usual issues with audio adventures arise, such as not really being sure what certain noises and […]

8. All-Consuming Fire, cont’d

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All-Consuming Fire is a Big Finish audio adventure based on the original 1994 Andy Lane Doctor Who New Adventures novel as adapted by Guy Adams, and features the 7th Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) in a Sherlock Holmes (Nicholas Briggs) adventure. The story opens with the Sherlock Holmes music followed by Watson (Richard […]

8. All-Consuming Fire

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Working through my collection of Big Finish audio dramas, I’ve been listening to The Speckled Band starring Nicholas Briggs as Sherlock Holmes, and Richard Earl as Dr Watson. My only previous experience of this pairing was a 10-minute Christmas freebie given away in the past and, to be honest, it […]

The Speckled Band

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Previously … The Assassination Games And so, 1963: The Assassination Games ends with the expected running about, gunfire, explosions, etc.  Suitably epic stuff that would no doubt have looked good on the small screen. Ultimately, though, you come away with the sense that the author got lost in his own narrative […]

1963: The Assassination Games, finale

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Previously … The Assassination Games, episode 3 I listened to the first half of the last episode of 1963: The Assassination Games last night, but was too tired to continue it. This half of the episode tells us precisely what’s going on, what the whole plot is, what everyone’s doing, and […]

1963: The Assassination Games, episode 4

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Previously … The Assassination Games, episode 2 I’ve listened to the third episode of 1963: The Assassination Games now and, sad to say, I’m having a tough time with it. It comes across like a political talkfest.  It feels like the writer has gone to great efforts to give the […]

1963: The Assassination Games, episode 3

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The fourth episode of season four of The Adventures of Superboy continues the theme of “doubles”, this time with two Lana Langs.  The Basement sees Lana investigating an old house, wherein she is trapped by an alien entity who steals her identity. This time this episode allows Stacy Haiduk a […]

4.04 The Basement

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From season four of The Adventures of Superboy comes The Kryptonite Kid starring Gerard Christopher as Superboy / Clark Kent and Stacy Haiduk as Lana Lang.  The episode opens with a scientist trying to partially neutralise Kryptonite to make it safe for Superboy, but the experiment goes awry and a young man becomes […]

4.03 The Kryptonite Kid

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Previously … The Assassination Games, episode 1 The second episode of 1963: The Assassination Games sees more input from the Doctor and Ace, and we follow through with Rachel and Allison going undercover. Much of the story is politically-heavy, which doesn’t necessarily make for much excitement.  Fortunately, both Sylvester McCoy and […]

1963: The Assassination Games, episode 2

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The last of the “1963” themed main range adventures from Big Finish is, at least as far as the first episode goes, more of a Counter Measures adventure that happens to feature the 7th Doctor and Ace. Counter Measures is the name created to represent the group led by Group […]

1963: The Assassination Games, episode 1

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The first episode of this Third Doctor Adventures box-set from Big Finish is available as a free download to newsletter subscribers, so I took the opportunity to listen to it last night. The first issue to address is the recasting of the 3rd Doctor as Tim Treloar. I’m pleased to report […]

The Transcendence of Ephros, part 1

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