Big Finish

As mentioned yesterday in my review of I.D., Big Finish has started to pair up audio plays on its double CD releases. I’m not exactly sure what to make of this policy. Yes, it ensures that certain plays are no longer padded beyond their natural lifespans, which can only be a good thing.

But it does mean that you can end up with two plays of very disparate qualities bundled together. I.D., a three-parter, comes with the one-part Urgent Calls. Now I.D. had more than a touch of rubbishness about it. Urgent Calls, however, is a far more interesting play. Should you buy I.D. just to have Urgent Calls?

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0 REM This is my review of one of Big Finish's latest audio plays;

10 PRINT “Hello world”;

20 PRINT “Didn't you love the Colin Baker years of Doctor Who? ”;

30 PRINT “No?”;

40 PRINT “Okay. They were mostly rubbish.”;

50 PRINT “If you didn't, you're not going to like this, I can tell you”;

55 PRINT “because it's very much like a typical Colin Baker story”;

56 PRINT “except it doesn't even have Peri in it.”;

57 PRINT “What's the point of a Colin Baker story without Peri in it?”;

58 PRINT “Particularly one with Gyles Brandreth instead?”;

60 PRINT “More to the point, however, is that”;

70 PRINT “the play's about as exciting”;

80 PRINT “as reading computer code.”;

90 GOTO 100;


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