In the Company of Friends
Jul. 29th, 2009 10:52 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
eve11The new Big Finish 8th Doctor story "In the Company of Friends" is out. I downloaded it and listened to the first two parts on my way into work. It follows the same pattern of Circular Time, 100, and Forty-Five in that it is a series of four 1-part stories. In this one, each chapter features a different companion. So far I've really enjoyed them! Spoilers below!
Part 1:Bernice Summerfield
Okay, so (a) Bernice Summerfield is always fun, (b) timey-wimey-ness is always cool, and (c) Doctor/TARDIS relationship and Time sense is always compelling. Plus it had a crazy "Save the TARDISes" activist, and of course Paul McGann being flighty and fun with the right hints of depth and danger. And green/blue lions. So yeah, this story was totally made just for me. I love the easy relationship between Benny and the Eighth Doctor, and how she reconciles this version with the last one she knew ("'I have to have a plan?'", ha!). I love the Doctor's explanation for the relationship between Time Lord and TARDIS ("Frankly, it's private."). And the "Vortex Shark" was a good baddie, and the Doctor totally copped to the fact that yeah, basically he just makes most of that techno-babble up on the spot. :) Great to see those two together.
Part 2: Fitz Kreiner
Oh, this was just the right level of crack to embody an Eighth Doctor Adventure novel. I thought Fitz came through quite well-- though I must admit, holy heck, I had a tough time sometimes deciphering what he said through that thick accent (London accent?). But he was just the right combination of bravado and bravery, out to impress the ladies but not really doing it so well. It's nice to know there are other planets out there that are as susceptible to alien invasion as Earth. I loved the advertisements, I love how they switched to "Ominous American Accent" for the ADT voiceovers, and the Doctor Construct was really pretty funny ("I get..rrresults!" And he did!). Poor Doctor, knocked out by 'pacification gas' from a droid he totally thought he'd pwned with the sonic screwdriver. One can't blame ADT for it though, he was totally skulking around. I loved the interview with Fitz on the six-o-clock news, and I laughed like an idiot (seriously, other drivers and passers-by must've been staring) when they replayed the Venom Queen incident. And of course, the baddie is the cleaning staff, and of course, Fitz gets to do TV commercials in the end, and loved every second of it! Fun, mayhem, danger, and disintigration. What could be better?
Edit: Oh hey, here's my writeups of chapters 3 and 4
Part 1:Bernice Summerfield
Okay, so (a) Bernice Summerfield is always fun, (b) timey-wimey-ness is always cool, and (c) Doctor/TARDIS relationship and Time sense is always compelling. Plus it had a crazy "Save the TARDISes" activist, and of course Paul McGann being flighty and fun with the right hints of depth and danger. And green/blue lions. So yeah, this story was totally made just for me. I love the easy relationship between Benny and the Eighth Doctor, and how she reconciles this version with the last one she knew ("'I have to have a plan?'", ha!). I love the Doctor's explanation for the relationship between Time Lord and TARDIS ("Frankly, it's private."). And the "Vortex Shark" was a good baddie, and the Doctor totally copped to the fact that yeah, basically he just makes most of that techno-babble up on the spot. :) Great to see those two together.
Part 2: Fitz Kreiner
Oh, this was just the right level of crack to embody an Eighth Doctor Adventure novel. I thought Fitz came through quite well-- though I must admit, holy heck, I had a tough time sometimes deciphering what he said through that thick accent (London accent?). But he was just the right combination of bravado and bravery, out to impress the ladies but not really doing it so well. It's nice to know there are other planets out there that are as susceptible to alien invasion as Earth. I loved the advertisements, I love how they switched to "Ominous American Accent" for the ADT voiceovers, and the Doctor Construct was really pretty funny ("I get..rrresults!" And he did!). Poor Doctor, knocked out by 'pacification gas' from a droid he totally thought he'd pwned with the sonic screwdriver. One can't blame ADT for it though, he was totally skulking around. I loved the interview with Fitz on the six-o-clock news, and I laughed like an idiot (seriously, other drivers and passers-by must've been staring) when they replayed the Venom Queen incident. And of course, the baddie is the cleaning staff, and of course, Fitz gets to do TV commercials in the end, and loved every second of it! Fun, mayhem, danger, and disintigration. What could be better?
Edit: Oh hey, here's my writeups of chapters 3 and 4
