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aziraphales_left_shoe's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
teachinsci's review against another edition
3.0
I enjoyed hearing another story of the Doctor and Donna, this one read by Catherine Tate (Donna)! The story itself was standard Dr. Who fare, which is a good thing. The enemy was interesting, and the background story was compelling. However, I found myself having to skip back several times because of having trouble connecting people with no face.
The other problem I had was in the extremes of the story. Several times, events in the story were described as "The Worst or Most (or insert superlative here) of the Doctor or Donna's life. While a light love story was a nice change with Donna's character, the rest of the events were too Tardis commonplace to be a new high or low in a character's life.
Certainly worth a listen if you get a chance.
The other problem I had was in the extremes of the story. Several times, events in the story were described as "The Worst or Most (or insert superlative here) of the Doctor or Donna's life. While a light love story was a nice change with Donna's character, the rest of the events were too Tardis commonplace to be a new high or low in a character's life.
Certainly worth a listen if you get a chance.
emilywrayburn's review against another edition
4.0
I listened to this while baking DW-themed biscuits for the 60th Anniversary of Doctor Who, which wasn't a bad way to spend an afternoon. I really enjoyed this one! Third one in the series and the first that didn't get weirdly fatphobic with its villain. And a bittersweet romantic subplot for Donna! (I'm a sucker for a doomed romance)
electroclan17's review
4.0
I prefer The Forever Trap but Catherine was better at narrating this story.
deve2k's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Trying not to nitpick because I loved every second of this (!) but what was the βwe are not who we say we areβ thing even about? It feels like they forgot a plot twist somewhere, maybe.
And I swear the Doctor has been in this general area at this exact date and time at least two or three times now! There are about 25 of them all running around during WW2, and they either need to declare those years off limit for good or start writing the most chaotic multi-Doctor story ever π
Anyway, this was my favourite audio story so far. They always get me with the historical fiction π
And I swear the Doctor has been in this general area at this exact date and time at least two or three times now! There are about 25 of them all running around during WW2, and they either need to declare those years off limit for good or start writing the most chaotic multi-Doctor story ever π
Anyway, this was my favourite audio story so far. They always get me with the historical fiction π
taaya's review against another edition
dark
tense
slow-paced
3.0
Not my type of story, but not badly written.
quigonchuy's review against another edition
4.0
It's like an episode of Doctor Who, just in audiobook format. I really liked it. Read by Catherine Tate(Donna), which is a huge plus. I'll definitely be checking out more audiobook DW stories. This one ran about two and a half hours.
rayne709's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Listened to the version read by Catherine Tate, love her as a narrator. A fun adventure.
nwhyte's review against another edition
"http://nwhyte.livejournal.com/1286105.html#cutid1[return][return]An audiobook original, read effectively by Catherine Tate. Standard stuff - earth threatened by 'orrible aliens, Donna gets a brief romance, base under siege; what drags it down, unfortunately, is that the base under siege is Dover immediately before Dunkirk, and my suspicion of disbelief is rather shattered by the idea that an alien assault and massive loss of personnel would not disrupt the intricate planning of such a key operation. If you do a historical story for laughs, make sure it is funny; if you do it didactically, as is the point here, you need more verisimilitude than this."
realpageturner's review against another edition
2.0
I didn't like this one because it was much too similar to "Pest control" which was awesome. It also had the Doctor and Donna visit 1940. How many times can the Doctor visit WWII era (and all in UK I might add) before he runs into himself. Or the universe explode or something?